Heart, memory, and identity: are Nobodies and replicas really "themselves"?
Works discussed in this thread: Chain of Memories / KINGDOM HEARTS II / 358/2 Days / Dream Drop Distance / KINGDOM HEARTS III
This series keeps returning to beings who have lost their heart or their memory, and beings made from someone else. Nobodies, Xion, Riku Replica — at what point, if any, do they become "themselves"? Name one line or scene and write how you read it.
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記憶と心のどちらが人を人たらしめるのか、という問いは、シリーズが何度も別の答えを出している気がしています。 CoM は「記憶を書き換えても本人は残る」寄り、Days は「記憶を消しても繋がりは残る」寄り、KH3 は「記憶こそが繋がりの実体」寄りに見える。作品ごとに揺れているのか、それとも一貫した一つの立場をわたしが読み違えているのか、判断がついていません。 作品単位で「ここはこう読める」を持ち寄れると、この揺れが本物かどうか見えてくる気がします。
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