Roxas! We will meet again. And then we can talk about everything. I may not know it's you, and you may not know it's me. But we will meet again. Someday soon. I promise!
Naminé is the Nobody of Kairi, and wields the power to manipulate the memories of Sora and those close to him. The first part of her name, nami means "wave" in Japanese, similar to Kairi's name, which is derived from the word for "sea".
Naminé first appeared in KHCoM, being forced and threatened with imprisonment by Marluxia to manipulate Sora via his memories. Fortunately, their ploy is foiled and Naminé is saved by Sora and she goes through the process of fixing his memories, alongside DiZ and Riku, for about a year[1]. She eventually returns to her true self, Kairi, at the end of KH2 but is able to leave a data message to Sora about those who were connected to his heart that are in need of saving.[2] She is later revived as herself with her own body at the end of KH3 and is helping search for Sora with the rest of the Twilight gang in Twilight Town.[3]
Personality[]
Naminé was born without memories and without the knowledge that she had emotions, due to the unusual nature of her birth. Because of this, she had no basis of any acting upon her birth. She simply followed the orders of whoever was close to her because it was the only obvious guidance she had, effectively making her very quiet, fragile, peaceful, forgiving and generous in personality. This led to her discovery of her ability to feel, as often times she found that blindly following her captors hurt others, something that made Naminé feel responsible and guilty.
Naminé often rebelled against her captors because of this guilt in favor of trying to redeem herself by helping someone, sometimes leading to her being extremely trustful, faithful and generous. Rebelling and constantly switching sides caused Naminé's determination and drive to grow significantly from her first appearance. Her more driven personality was put to good use, often going about in a Corridor of Darkness to help the games' other protagonists. She is also apparently very talented with her drawing, as seen when she finished a complex drawing of Castle Oblivion in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.
Like Roxas, Naminé seems to possess true emotions, being a special and unusual Nobody. While most Nobodies pretend to have emotions by acting on the memories of their past lives in order to react to a specific situation, Roxas and Naminé had no memories of their past lives, and thus had no basis for any acting.
Examples of Naminé's emotional capacity are as follows:
- She felt lonely, which eventually led her to attract Sora to Castle Oblivion.
- She feared for Sora's life when he was about to be killed by the Riku Replica, even going so far as to completely shatter the replica's false memories.
- She willingly threw herself between Sora and Larxene to keep her from killing Sora.
- She showed genuine remorse and guilt for what she had done to Sora, Donald, and Goofy.
- She laughed in amusement at Donald and Goofy's teasing comments and jokes about how Sora always acts around girls.
- She was surprised and frozen in fear when Marluxia used her as a shield against Axel.
- She angrily refused to destroy Sora's heart even when threatened with death by Marluxia.
- She was a little hurt that Sora should forget her in order to become normal again.
- She willingly accepted that Sora chose to forget her and despite being hurt, respected his wishes.
- She began to cry and saddened after she put Sora into slumber in his memory pod.
- She was willing to go against DiZ's orders to assist Roxas.
- She happily smiled at Roxas, through Kairi, when Sora returned to the islands with Riku in the FMV ending of Kingdom Hearts II.
Physical Appearance[]
As the Nobody of Kairi, Naminé bears a strong resemblance to her, though, like with Roxas and Sora, this resemblance is a bit more subdued than most as Naminé has medium long blonde hair, which draping over her shoulder, as opposed to Kairi's short red hair. Nevetheless, Naminé still shares Kairi's exact face, blue eyes, and general body structure.[4]
Naminé remains virtually unchanged from her appearance in Chain of Memories to Kingdom Hearts II, wearing the same plain, white, lace dress and light blue sandals with yellow starred emblems. However, in Chain of Memories, it was more obvious that she had rosy cheeks and pale, pink lips. She looks more mature and taller in Kingdom Hearts II, which results in the dress reaching to about mid-thigh as opposed to just above her knee as it was in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.
Creation and Birth[]
A Nobody is born when the strong heart of a person leaves the body, and is consumed by darkness, which creates their heartless and causes the body and soul to disappear and be reborn as a Nobody in one of the worlds that reside in The Realm in Between.
In the case of Kairi, when her heart left her body at Destiny Islands, while simultaneously hiding inside Sora's, only part of Naminé was formed as a foundation in Castle Oblivion.[5][6] This is because Kairi could not fully complete her own process of creating a Nobody for herself as she is a Princess of Heart - a being whose heart is of pure light that can't be corrupted by darkness. So even though her heart left her body, her heart couldn't be consumed by darkness, and thus, her heartless wasn't created and her body stayed in the Realm of Light, in a comatose state, instead of going to the world in between to be reborn as Naminé.[7]
It is also because Naminé was partly created when Kairi's heart left her body, while simultaneously hiding in Sora's, that a connection was formed between them in which that causes Ansem to describe Naminé as "the alter ego of the Kairi that directly interfered with Sora's heart" and the reason why Naminé has powers over Sora's memories and those connected to him - a feat which prompts Ansem and Larxene to call her a witch.[8][9] Moreover, as Kairi's heart never fell to darkness Naminé was also left without any memories of Kairi when she was later fully born. [10]
Eventually, when Sora uses the Keyblade of Heart to release his and Kairi's hearts from his body at Hollow Bastion, his body acted as the medium which would indirectly trigger the last process of making a Nobody for Kairi as he had a heart that can be consumed by darkness and a body that can be cast off because of it. However, even though Naminé was finally born through the full normal process of creating a Nobody, via Sora, she was still born lacking even his body and soul as it all had to be used, first and foremost, for his own Nobody, Roxas.[11]
This left Naminé with nothing, and yet, the previously existing foundation of Naminé was still able to gain and reform itself as an unstable physical existence of a Nobody because Sora still essentially tricked the rules of creating a Nobody, for Kairi, into giving Naminé a physical existence. This unique and complex process is why it can be said that Roxas and Naminé were born at the same time - with Naminé in particular being born from Kairi's heart and through the medium of Sora's body and soul yet still lacking her Nobody element.[12][13][14][15]
Henceforth, she is described as the "Shadow of Kairi", "an extremely unstable being", "having a pale appearance as if she could fade away any minute ", and "having not even become a Nobody" with Nomura stating that "she had a complicated birth that differed to proper Nobodies and could even be placed as a subspecies, which contributes to her extremely ephemeral atmosphere".[16][17][18][19][20]
Ultimately, despite her complex birth, in which she was essentially manifested and born out of nothing, she and Kairi are still considered to be incomplete without each other as Roxas and Sora are to each other.[21]
History[]
Kingdom Hearts[]
After Sora became a Heartless by using Ansem's Keyblade on himself to free Kairi's heart, he inadvertently helped Kairi give form to Naminé at Castle Oblivion,[22] where she was found by Organization XIII. After she was found, the organization discovered her unique ability to control the memories of Sora and those around them. As a result of this, she was held captive and was subject to experimentation, in which it involved the breaking and regenerating of memories, as they sought to find out the mysteries of Nobodies through the memories as Nobodies are heavily influence by their own memory.[23] [24]The members that governed these experiments in Castle Oblivion were Vexen, Zexion, and Laxeaus.[25] Eventually, Marluxia, who plotted with Larxene to betray the organization, was put in charge of the Castle and he secretly threatened Naminé with permanent imprisonment if she didn't follow through with his orders to manipulate Sora's memories and turn him into their personal puppet.[26] She reluctantly agreed to follow through with the plan.
Chain of Memories[]
When Sora comes into the castle, as he was lured by Marluxia, Naminé slowly caused Sora and his companions to forget many important friends and events. At the same time, he believes that Naminé herself is a very important friend that he has forgotten, though in truth they never met before.
Naminé continuously replaces Kairi with herself in Sora's memories, and the promise made between Sora and Kairi and her lucky charm now take on new forms to reflect the replacement. Motivated by these false memories, Sora continues to ascend Castle Oblivion where he realizes that Naminé is being held against her will by the Organization. Because the Kairi in Sora's memories had someone who cared very deeply for her, while Naminé was all alone in the world, this motivates her to replace Kairi with herself in Sora's heart.
Meanwhile, Naminé is also forced to implant false memories into the Riku Replica, so that he thinks he is the real Riku. However, like Sora, he believes that Naminé is his long lost friend, and that he made the same promise to Naminé that Sora made to Kairi. Replica Riku even has an identical lucky charm (though this one is only a transformed card). Naminé's conscience eventually helps her overcome her loneliness and fears, and she reveals herself to Sora after being released by Axel. She appears to Sora in the memory version of Destiny Islands as he is conversing with the memory version of herself. She tells him that she had never been in his heart, despite what his memories show him, and to look for a faint glimmer of light in the deepest regions of his heart, for that light is the person truly special to him.
Back in the halls of Castle Oblivion, Sora confronts Naminé, realizing that she is not the special person Sora thinks she is. Just then, the Riku Replica arrives, but Sora defeats him. When Sora tries to help him, the replica catches Sora off-guard and strikes him. He is about to move in for the finishing blow, but Naminé quickly shatters the replica's false memories, knocking him unconscious. Larxene then arrives to finish Sora off, but she is defeated when she makes the mistake of harming Naminé and angering Sora.
After the battle, Naminé explains her actions and motivations to Sora, and expresses deep regret, thinking that he will not forgive her. Much to her surprise, Sora is completely forgiving, though he does admit that he isn't happy about what she has done. When asked if anything can be done to restore their old memories, Naminé says she can do so, but only after they defeat the lord of Castle Oblivion, Marluxia, on the 13th floor. Sora heads off to fight him and leaves the replica under her care. However, as she is watching over the replica, Marluxia arrives and kidnaps her.
Marluxia puts Naminé to good use when Axel confronts him about his plot to overthrow the Organization. Marluxia uses Naminé as a human shield, but Axel is undeterred, saying that he will go through her to defeat him, much to her shock. Luckily, she is saved by the timely intervention of Sora, though he fails to stop Marluxia from escaping with Naminé. Sora then defeats Axel and moves on to Marluxia, who orders Naminé to completely shatter Sora's memories and destroy his heart, when he sees that in his current state, Sora is of no use to him.
Even so, Marluxia believes he can eventually restore Sora and make him his puppet. Remembering Sora's kindness towards her, Naminé refuses the order. When Marluxia threatens to kill her, Sora urges Naminé to erase his memory and destroy his heart, if it means saving her from Marluxia's wrath. In the end, she is saved by the Riku Replica's arrival. Sora, Donald Duck, and Goofy then initiate one final battle against Marluxia, as the replica guards Naminé.
After Marluxia is defeated and the replica departs, Naminé presents Sora with the choice of either keeping his memories of the events that took place in Castle Oblivion and abandoning his old memories, or regaining those and losing the ones of Castle Oblivion. She understands his choice of the latter, and leads Sora, Donald, and Goofy to a chamber housing crystal pods. They can sleep in these while Naminé restores their original memories. Though it will take some time, she assures Sora that he will eventually become his former self. Sora also believes that Naminé will always be in his heart, forgotten but not lost. Thus, the two promise to meet again as real friends, and then Sora falls into a deep slumber.
Naminé also aids Riku in his efforts to conquer the darkness within his heart. When Zexion overwhelms him with light, Naminé takes on Kairi's form to convince him that he should accept the darkness as well as the light within himself. Thus, he is given the strength to move through the light and strike down Zexion, who barely escapes.
Naminé and Riku meet again later at the urging of DiZ and she reveals Sora to him, who has fallen into a deep slumber in order to have his memories fully restored. She offers Riku a chance to seal away the darkness in his heart, though he, too, would have to sleep like Sora. Riku ultimately chooses to face the darkness on his own, and Naminé sees that he has made the right choice. He also reveals his suspicion that it was Naminé who appeared to him as Kairi, which she confirms, although she is surprised that he realized. Riku notes that the two "smell the same", before going off to face his darkness. Knowing that Castle Oblivion is still under the control of the Organization, DiZ convinces her to move Sora, Donald, and Goofy to his laboratory in Twilight Town for safekeeping.
358/2 Days[]
Naminé, with the help of Riku and DiZ, tries to restore the memories of Sora, Donald and Goofy while they sleep in pods at Twilight Town's Old Mansion. However, the process is taking longer than expected due to some of Sora's "leaked memories" gaining sentience through one of Xemnas's experiments. The individual created from these memories is a replica named Xion.
Naminé is the one who reveals to DiZ that Xion's existence may halt Sora's awakening, and she tells Xion of her nature as a replica after Xion's interaction with Riku on Destiny Islands.
Kingdom Hearts II[]
Naminé is working with DiZ and Riku (who has taken on the appearance of Ansem, Seeker of Darkness in order to use the power of darkness) to restore Sora's memories. Because Sora is incomplete, Naminé is having difficulty chaining his memories back together. To help with this process, his Nobody, Roxas, an ex-member of Organization XIII, is retrieved by Riku and placed into a digital Twilight Town, where he lives until the time comes for him to join with Sora.
Naminé desires to see Roxas, having developed a connection with him, as his situation is quite similar to her own in Castle Oblivion, and she enters the digital Twilight Town herself. There, she meets him and acts as a guide for him when he is attacked by Nobodies. After Roxas's Dive into the Heart, Naminé meets with him again, saving him from the darkness that bursts forth from the Twilight Thorn. She plans to reveal the truth of who he really is, but is stopped by Riku, who says that it's best for Roxas not to know. Even so, their encounter puts Roxas into contact with Kairi the next day, when Kairi manages to remember Sora's name.
On the following day, Naminé and Roxas meet again, and this time, she reveals to Roxas his status as a Nobody, his relationship with Axel, his connection to Sora, and that he was never supposed to exist. Upon seeing Roxas's reaction to the revelations, she apologizes and remarks that "some things really are better left unsaid".
On the final day of Roxas's time as an independent entity, they meet once more, and Naminé sheds light on Organization XIII, and their search for Kingdom Hearts. However, this Naminé is made from data, and is deleted before she can reveal any more. The true Naminé then appears, and tells Roxas that he will not disappear when he fuses with Sora, and will instead be whole. DiZ quickly tries to stop her, but before she is taken away, she promises him that they will meet again, even if they don't recognize each other. Despite Roxas's pleas for them to let her go, Naminé, DiZ, and Riku disappear into a Corridor of Darkness.
Having no further use for Naminé with Sora's memory restored, DiZ orders Riku to destroy her. However, Riku, already angry and bitter towards DiZ for his selfish intentions, instead leaves her in the care of Axel, returning the favor she did for him at Castle Oblivion.[27] Naminé makes a speech to Axel, stating that even Nobodies have people who are dear to them, which moves Axel.
Later, in The World That Never Was, Naminé breaks into the Organization's stronghold, rescuing Pluto and Kairi from their cell in the Organization's dungeon. They then proceed to find Sora, though Naminé's close proximity to her true counterpart causes her to blink in and out of existence as they apparently begin to join together again.
While searching for Sora, they are intercepted by Saïx. However, Riku arrives and manages to drive off Saïx. Naminé then tells Riku that he can take over from this point, and vanishes.
After the first battle with the Kingdom Hearts-powered Xemnas, Naminé appears another time, though in a transparent state, and opens up a pathway to Destiny Islands. Apparently, only Sora, Riku, and Kairi can see her, as Mickey, Donald, and Goofy have no idea where the pathway came from (however, the French version alters this; when the Corridor to Destiny Islands is opened, Donald asks, "Who was that girl?" to which Mickey replies, "I'll explain to you some other time." Having said thus, Mickey, Donald and Goofy enter the corridor, leaving Sora, Riku and Kairi behind to speak to Roxas and Naminé). Kairi thanks Naminé for her help.
Naminé then tells Sora that they meet again, though he does not understand what she means (due to his loss of memories of Castle Oblivion). At that moment, Roxas projects himself from Sora, and the two Nobodies meet once more, just as Naminé promised. The two realize that not all Nobodies are doomed to fade into the darkness, as they were able to meet their original selves, and though they are no longer independent, they will live on through Sora and Kairi. Sora and Kairi promise their counterparts that they will be together every day, and without regret, Naminé finally joins with Kairi, completing her.
Following Xemnas's death, Sora and Riku return home to a waiting Kairi. As Sora looks up to smile at Kairi, he takes on the appearance of Roxas. Kairi then takes on the appearance of Naminé, smiling back.
Coded[]
A data version of Naminé appears in the white room of the digital Castle Oblivion, where she meets up with Data-Sora and Mickey to tell them about Terra, Aqua, and Ventus well as Sora's destiny to save them from their suffering along with Axel, Xion, Roxas, and Naminé herself. As a replicant of data existing specifically for this purpose, Naminé fades away after the message is delivered.
Blank Points[]
At the end of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Naminé is seen in the White Room of the Old Mansion in Twilight Town, blissfully finishing a drawing of Sora on the Paopu tree, and says Sora's name.
Dream Drop Distance[]
Naminé appears as a vision in Sora's dream while in The World That Never Was. The Naminé in his nightmare is merely an illusion designed by Organization XIII to lure Sora into the deepest abyss of his darkness. When Sora catches up to her, she transforms into Xion, and then proceeds to run away.
Kingdom Hearts III[]
Naminé first appears as a light in the shape of a star if Sora finds and approaches her in The Final World. She explains that she was residing within Kairi's heart until Kairi got struck by powerful darkness (Demon Tide), and she found herself in The Final World. She then confirms to Sora that Kairi's presence still lingers on after the Demon Tide's attack, because she was holding onto Sora so that he wouldn't fade away and encourages him to find her. Then, Sora explains that he knows Naminé is hurting through his connection to Roxas. Naminé believes that Roxas is the one who they all miss; not her, but Sora mentions how much he, along with Kairi, Donald, Goofy, Mickey, and Roxas, misses Naminé dearly; Sora continues on by telling her that someone special wouldn't let her down and promises to find a way to free her, and then she thanked him. Naminé then mentioned her brief contact with Terra during the events of Kingdom Hearts I and Kingdom Hearts 0.2: A Fragmentary Passage, and promises to trace that connection to assist him. After Sora rescues and retreives all of the fallen Guardians of Lights' hearts with the exception of Kairi's, Naminé returned to her heart. Naminé's contact with Terra is what led him to find Aqua, Ventus, and the rest of the Guardians of light and help them fight off the one of the Thirteen Seekers of Darkness. During a battle against one of them, the heart of Riku Replica materializes out of Riku and fights off the replica who was a member of the Organization, taking the heart out of the now-empty vessel. Riku tells Riku Replica to take the body for himself, but he instead decides to leave it for Naminé.
Later on, at the end of the game, in Radiant Garden, Naminé reappears in Ansem the Wise's research study as Ienzo, Even, and Ansem are planting Naminé's heart inside the replica body. The construction appears to be successful as Naminé awakens, now able to exist independently as her own person. Afterwards, she is seen exiting Ansem's castle and was approached by Riku who arrived using a Gummi Ship, and escorts her into the ship to fly her off to the Destiny Islands.
She is seen again at the end of the game on Destiny Islands with rest of the main characters; Xion is showing her a blue colored thalassa seashell. Then, Naminé along with everyone else, takes a look at Kairi sitting on the Paopu tree with an image of a fading Sora.
Abilities[]
Memory Manipulation[]
I'm a witch with power over Sora's memories and those around him.
Naminé explaining who she is to Roxas
Unlike other humanoid Nobodies, Naminé's talents do not lie in battle, but in the ability to control memories, making her a "witch" or sorceress. The ability comes from the fact that, in her complex birth process, she gained a connection to Sora's heart and her physical existence was made possible because Sora's body and soul acted as a medium to indirectly complete Kairi's Nobody process. Because of this connection, Naminé can move around the "links" of his memories that are located within his heart to her liking, as well as the ones of those who are connected to Sora. She can even sever them completely, turning the victim into little more than an empty shell.
In addition, she can create objects affected by the new memories, evidenced by turning a card into a good luck charm for the Riku Replica and altering the appearance of Kairi's Wayfinder to resemble that of a Paopu Fruit. It is noted in Kingdom Hearts II that everybody who Sora, Donald, and Goofy met and worked with in Kingdom Hearts had mostly forgotten about them until recently; this could mean that the Castle Oblivion incident also somehow caused the other characters to lose their memories of Sora, and they regained all of them when Sora awakened. She also displays the ability to "break" the Riku Replica's heart through her connection to him.
She can also cover up Sora's memory of Kairi with her own image, but as she is Kairi's Nobody, it is impossible for Naminé to completely snuff out Kairi from anyone's memories, as shown when he regained a small memory of her even though he couldn't think of her name. Conversely, those with the greatest connections to Sora cannot ever completely forget him, as evidenced by Kairi, who still slightly remembered Sora, but not his name, his face, or the sound of his voice, while all other citizens of the Destiny Islands (along with all the people in other worlds) had completely forgotten about Sora's existence.
Naminé also has another limitation to her power. When Naminé took on the task of re-chaining Sora's memories together so that he will remember everything he had forgotten, but lose his memories of Castle Oblivion, she was unable to make much progress. DiZ reasons that it must be because Sora's other half, Roxas, is missing, and in order to completely restore Sora, Roxas and Sora must join with one another. This is half-true; the main reason of this is because of Xion, a memory-based replica of Sora created by Xemnas and Vexen.
How Naminé actually manipulates memories is something to be noted. As she is always drawing pictures on her sketchpad, DiZ believes that she draws in order to capture the memories she needs to chain together. Because of this, the walls of her room are covered by pictures of events, places, and people that are in Sora's memory. Several of them are also of Roxas, implying her ability to fiddle with Roxas's memories as well.
Naminé can sew in the manga, as shown when she fixed up Axel's coat, though he remarks that she has no talent for it.
Darkness[]
Naminé, being a Nobody, can also access the Corridors of Darkness to her liking, but she only does so three times; once to communicate with Roxas and inform him that he will not cease to exist when he joins with Sora, once to help Kairi and Pluto escape from their prison cell, and then to return Sora and co. to Destiny Islands. She also seems to be able to use the power of darkness to change her physical appearance, as seen when she uses Kairi's form to help Riku; however, this could be because of her connection to Kairi. Aside from being a Nobody, during the early events of Kingdom Hearts II, after Roxas returns to Sora, Naminé is seen with Axel and Riku (as Ansem; Seek of Darkness) in Twilight Town. In the manga, it can be shown that Axel showed and taught Naminé how to travel to different worlds using the Corridors of Darkness.
Trivia[]
- Naminé's name can also be translated to "sound of the wave" in Japanese, since the character 音 (oto) can be pronounced as "ne". Alternatively, her name can mean "born from the wave", because of the French "né" at the end of her name ("né" is the past participle of the verb "naître", which means "to be born"). However, this may have just been added in the English releases to ensure that her name was pronounced the same way it was intended in the Japanese original.
- Although, Naminé is the Nobody of Kairi, in which a Nobodies ability in general is derived from the original self, she doesn't appear to have gained actual abilities that Kairi exhibits as a Princess of Heart nor is Kairi shown to have the ability to manipulate memories like Naminé.
- Naminé is the only known Nobody to be born from a Princess of Heart - a being that is incapable of producing a Nobody.
- Naminé's attribute as a Nobody is not shown in the Ultimania's like other Nobodies, however, Nomura stated that her attribute is "Memory" in an interview.
- Naminé is the only character from the boxart cover of Kingdom Hearts III to not be featured in the opening of the Kingdom Hearts III game.
- Aside from this, she is the last person to reunite with protagonist characters (Sora, Roxas, and the rest of the protagonists) at Kingdom Hearts III.
- At The Final World in Kingdom Hearts III, Naminé made an appearance as a star-shaped heart. The reason for this is because she had formed her own heart before first merging with Kairi. When the Demon Tide attacked, it split Naminé away from Kairi's heart but Naminé managed to retain her own heart and her existence because Kairi holding onto to those deeply connected to her; this being Naminé herself, and Sora. She was unable to retain her form/body because she is Kairi's nobody, and she already had merged with Kairi at the end of Kingdom Hearts II.
- Naminé, along with the Wayfinder trio, and Roxas are the only protagonist characters who remained in their same outfit throughout the series since their debut thus far.
- Naminé, followed by Olette, Skuld, Strelitzia have their hair longer than the majority of the female characters.
- On interesting note, if wasn't for Sora having Kairi's heart in his body in Kingdom Hearts I, her heart would've been taken with the other princesses that were already captured, then by extension the Door to Darkness would've been opened sooner as well as Naminé not being born.
- According to the KHSeries Ultimania Alpha, Naminé had initially gained resolve and was going to break Axel's heart, like she did with Replica Riku, when he said "you have my sympathies from the heart" but she gave up when he crushed her resolve by saying "we nobodies can never hope to be somebodies".
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
- ↑ Kingdom Hearts (Re)Coded
- ↑ Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind
- ↑ KH Character Report - 2006 - Naminé
- ↑ KHIIFM Ultimania - Naminé Profile - pg 228: According to the definition of a Nobody, 'born when the heart leaves the body', the foundation of Naminé was formed when Kairi's heart hid inside Sora at Destiny Islands...
- ↑ KH!! - Secret Ansem Report 9: Naminé is a Nobody, created when a young girl's heart left her body.
- ↑ KHII - Secret Ansem Report 9
- ↑ KiHI - Secret Ansem Report 9: Naminé was a witch who controlled the memories of others.
- ↑ KHCoM - Larxene: the girl you've been trying to protect all this time, is really a manipulative witch who shackles people's hearts!
- ↑ KHIIFM Ultimania - Secret Report 9 Commentary: It turns out that Naminé is a very special being with no counterpart heartless and no memory that Nobodies normally have.
- ↑ KHII - Secert Ansem Report 10: Born of the same process as a Nobody, but lacking virtually all the elements of a Nobody.
- ↑ KHII - Secret Ansem Report 10: Naminé emerged as Kairi's Nobody...but the medium she used to be a nobody was Sora’s body and soul.
- ↑ KHII - Secret Ansem Report 12: Naminé is Kairi's Nobody, but was born through the medium of Sora's body and soul.
- ↑ KHIIFM Ultimania - Naminé Profile:...From this it can be said that Naminé was born through the medium of Sora’s body and soul.
- ↑ KHSeries Memorial Ultimania - Keypoint pg 129: Naminé, is born at the same time as Roxas by using Sora's body and soul as a medium.
- ↑ KH Series Ultimania Alpha: Naminé is the "shadow" of Kairi, who does not actually exist in anyone's memory.
- ↑ KH Memorial Ultimania - Naminé Profile: "Shadow of Kairi" that can intervene in Sora's memory
- ↑ KHIIFM Ultimania - Secret Report 9 Commentary: Naminé's line in "KHCOM," "Because I am Kairi's shadow," is thought to have come from the fact that she bore this identity.
- ↑ KH Character Report Volume 1 - Naminé
- ↑ KHIIFM Ultimania - Secret Report 9 Commentary
- ↑ KHII - Naminé: Roxas, Nobodies like us are only half a person. You wont disappear, you'll be whole!
- ↑ As stated by Saix on Day 117 in 358/2 Days - video credit to Everglow
- ↑ KHII - Another Report - Directors Secret Report
- ↑ KHII - Secret Report 8
- ↑ KHIIFM Ultimania - Vexen, Zexion, and Lexaeus Profile
- ↑ KHIIFM Ultimania - Marluxia Profile
- ↑ This is seen as an exclusive clip that appears only in Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix.