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On this week's episode, Sora mostly runs around killing people. I've got his kill tally up to 22 at this point, but that number has become extremely muddled and I'm no longer sure what death even is in this universe. Anyway, moving away from that existential headache, let's get to the relevant existential headaches of the week! What is the soul? What is the identity of a man created by combining two people and ripping them back apart again and again? Can someone truly say they've chosen their fate when their fundamental nature as a being was determined from the…

This week, Sora doesn't visit the final world of Kingdom Hearts 3, but he does visit the Final World of Kingdom Hearts 3! It's one of those weeks. After some bad stuff happens, he opens a sleeping keyhole or he doesn't and visits a sleeping world or he doesn't. Nobody can agree on much about what's going on in this part of the game, so we'll be taking a very even-handed approach called "being confused"! One thing is for sure: Jiminy Cricket is always here when we need him the most. Sam | Drew | Bluesky | Cohost

The true Kingdom Hearts 3 begins here! We've finished the Disney worlds and we're heading to the Realm of Darkness to do story stuff. I don't want to spoil anything here, so I'll just say that we've got our first legit Crackpot Corner in a while and also Mickey Mouse looks very depressed at one point and it's funny. They also let Haley Joel Osment do sicko voice again! This is a good game! Sam | Drew | Bluesky | Cohost

We've reached the final Disney world of Kingdom Hearts 3: San Fransokyo from Big Hero 6! We both watched the movie this time and it turns out it's great! That's not what we're talking about this week though. Instead, we've got funny original Baymax antics (original antics, not original Baymax) and an evil little Riku. Hopefully Sora can figure out the analogy of Baymax to Roxas in time to save him from Baynitas or whatever! Sam | Drew | Twitter | Cohost

Yo ho, yo ho, the Pirates in KH3 This week, we went to the Caribbean We didn't like it, yo ho The cutscenes were boring and we were snoring Wake up, me hearties, yo ho Yo ho, yo ho, the Pirates in KH3 Luxord was there and he tried to parley For the Master's black box, yo ho Jack gave it away, Sora's notice delayed It was kind of funny, yo ho Yo ho, yo ho, the Pirates in KH3 And then it was time for the Davy Jones fight It was all pre-rendered, yo ho It was straight from…

Frozen is a movie about a girl with ice powers losing control and freezing her kingdom in the summer. This is why it's funny that we're talking about Arendelle in July! We did it on purpose! A lot of people say this is an all-time low for the series. It's not very good, but it still has its moments in between trips up and down the mountain. They fixed Elsa's hair, at least! Sam | Drew | Twitter | Cohost

We're back from a short internet-problems break to talk about Monstropolis, a world in which Sora and friends walk forward through a series of hallways! Fortunately, the hallways are occupied by our favorite scary guys from our favorite scary company to keep us scary company. All things considered, it's pretty good, and someone gets comically hucked through a door! Uh oh! This episode starts with Sam talking about a leak in the ceiling, and it turns out that leak might be a much bigger problem than was apparent at the time. If you don't hear from us for a while,…

Welcome to Kingdom Hearts Untangled, our Tangled recap recap podcast where we recap a recap of Tangled! All things considered, it's still a pretty fun world despite very literally being "Sora, Donald, and Goofy watch a Disney movie." Even one of the least interesting villains in the series can't drag this one down! Sam | Drew | Twitter | Cohost

It's a great week for Kingdom Hearts 3! We're heading to one of the best worlds in the series: Toy Box! We're missing a lot of the Toy Story toys, for reasons that will be explained/stupid, but that's okay. We've got everything we could possibly want: Woody roasting Xehanort, Rex being a gamer, Sora piloting a mech, and the army guys being slightly too real. Also, a commercial for the game that Nomura wishes he could make if he wasn't busy doing this! Sam | Drew | Twitter | Cohost

In this bistro-centric episode, we're returning to Twilight Town, the chillest town in the Realm Between, and catching up with the Other Sea Salt Trio: Hayner, Pence, and Olette! So much has happened with these three in the past [???] days or weeks or months, and Sora can truly relate to them now that he has a phone. Scrooge is also here, and he's got an Unnamed Rat in his employ! This looks like a good spot to try to say "ingredients" in Donald Duck voice! Sam | Drew | Twitter | Cohost