Sora attacks him, and we transition to Ansem opening the Door to Darkness and getting destroyed, followed by Riku telling Sora to take care of everyone. They exchange blows before Riku suddenly turns into Ansem, Seeker of Darkness. Riku is then seen in a similar situation as the first opening, with the wave about to hit him asking Sora to come with him, but Sora rushes to fight him rather than save him. He rushes over to her to see if she's okay, but soon realises that Riku is behind him, wearing his dark armor. He destroys a few Heartless and ascends the stairs where he suddenly finds himself in the Grand Hall, where he sees and unconscious Kairi. Suddenly Sora is at Hollow Bastion with Donald and Goofy, Keyblade in hand. Sora doesn't seem to distressed by this, and get determined to do something, jumping off the tree as the world around him disappears. Suddenly Kairi and Riku disappear like dust in the wind. The tide hides a seashell in the sand, and we see Sora, Riku and Kairi at the palm tree they always always hung out at, watching the sunset. We then see Kairi making the Wayfinder she gave to Sora on Destiny Islands beach. The opening starts off with Sora talking about scattered dreams and far off memories, saying he wants to 'collect the pieces'. Like Simple and Clean, there is an instrumental version of the song that is used for the menu trailer of 'Kingdom Hearts II' called 'Passion －Kingdom Orchestra Instrumental Version'.Ģ8 March 2006 Opening Kingdom Hearts II

This version is much quieter for most of the song until the ending part of it, which uses a faster instrumental than the rest of the song. The lyrics of 'Passion' show how phases of the past, present and future of the character in my song relate to each other.'Īt the end of Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance a different version, called 'After the Battle' is used. as if 'Hikari' was the dawn, and 'Passion' has a concluding or 'dusk' feeling to it. The reversed portion of the songs are 'I need more affection than you know' in the 'Battleground' sections, 'So many ups and downs' and 'I need true emotions' are the two other examples of the reversed lyrics. They include 'My heart's a battle ground' which is played in English even in the Japanese version of the song. The reversed lyrics are in English in both versions.

However, Sanctuary was not included in the Japanese version of the album (it was on the US as a bonus track ).īoth versions of the song contain reversed lyrics, voiced by Utada herself. It is also the second single from This Is the One, released only in Japan (both the Opening and Ending versions), thereby under the name Utada, not Utada Hikaru. Its Japanese counterpart is called Passion, and it reached #2 in the Oricon Singles Chart in 2006. Sanctuary is the opening theme song of Kingdom Hearts II and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. You may be looking for one of Demyx's sitars. You can help the Kingdom Hearts Wiki by adding Need Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Japanese opening (Passion), dual screen video.

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