The official Kingdom Hearts Twitter account has shared a key moment from the first game and inadvertently restarted a debate about Donald’s negative impact on Sora.

One of the most important themes throughout Kingdom Hearts is Sora’s dangerous lack of self-worth. The happy-go-lucky Sora and his inherent belief that his, say it with me now, friends are his power may seem sweet and inspirational, but they hide a darker and much more human side to him that we see bubble up now and again.

From the moment Sora is split up with Kairi and Riku in the first game, he’s at a total loss for what to do, especially when he finds himself swept up in a destiny that wasn’t meant to be his in the first place. Pretty early on, Sora is somewhat encouraged to push all of those feelings down, which the series' official account has just put an awkward spotlight on.

Earlier this week, the official Kingdom Hearts account shared one of the most iconic moments from the first game where Sora, Donald, and Goofy meet for the first time in Traverse Town. It’s here that Donald tells Sora to stop being sad and “frowning” about Riku and Kairi, since the Gummi Ship “runs on happy faces”, seemingly to try and cheer him up.

In Donald’s defence, the Gummi Ship is shown to actually run on smiles in the manga , and is even said to do so as recently as Kingdom Hearts 3.

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