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''Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep'' is a prequel to the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series set 10 years before the first game. The game's story focuses on the efforts of the three main characters--that is, Terra, Ven, and Aqua--to find the missing Keyblade master, Master Xehanort, and his apprentice, Vanitas. The story is split into three separate scenarios, each focusing on one of the characters' efforts to locate Master Xehanort and Vanitas. While the characters will be alone most of the time during their journey, there will be times when the characters' paths will cross (a storytelling gimmick previously used by Squaresoft in ''[[Treasure of the Rudra]]'' and ''[[Threads of Fate]]'').

** Another one (that retroactively doubles as [[Foreshadowing]]) is {{spoiler|Master Eraqus' death scene. As he [[Disappears Into Light|fades into light]], his body phases through Terra at the last moment. Much like the whole [[It Was with You All Along|Sora-Kairi deal in the first game]], Eraqus' heart is locked away inside of Terra's as revealed by "Blank Points".}}

** From the epilogue:

** From Aqua's meeting with Sora and Riku at Destiny Islands:

*** [http://monjava.deviantart.com/art/Aqua-meets-sora-and-riku-184775868?q=gallery:monjava/27230077&qo=28 "Why do you say it like it's a pre-determined thing?"]

** In a flashback to Master Eraqus confronting {{spoiler|Master Xehanort}} about his objectives:

* [[Camera Screw]]: Occasionally, the camera will end up behind your target instead of you, which will have you running the wrong way. More annoying, however, is when the Lock-on will randomly ''un''lock, potentially making you attack and guard in the ''wrong direction.'' Usually (but not always) the camera only unlocks after you get a certain distance from the target but it also shows no ability to realize whether it's locked onto a barrel or an enemy. This can make fights in some areas a headache if you can't switch targets quick enough.

* [[Cap]]: The damage cap against bosses prevents them from losing more than 25 [[Hit Points]] per hit.

* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: What happens to Cinderella's step-mother and step-sisters is downright brutal.

* [[Graceful Loser]]: The Servant of the Mirror, to Aqua.

Adieu, oh victorious one. }}

* [[Grand Theft Me]]: {{spoiler|Master Xehanort takes over Terra's body at the end of Terra's story, which explains how he appears as Ansem's apprentice.}}

* [[Heroic Resolve]]: Ventus: {{spoiler|As he lies frozen and helpless on the ground, Vanitas strikes Aqua down and prepares to finish her off. Through nothing more than sheer willpower, Ven thaws himself out just in time to stop him and engage him in combat.}}

** Terra: {{spoiler|After Master Xehanort commits [[Grand Theft Me]] on him, he begins to walk away, when a barrier suddenly surrounds the plateau. The camera pans over and we see Terra's armor has reformed itself, through what is apparently his lingering emotions and ''will''. [[Kingdom Hearts II|Terra's Lingering Will]] proceeds to battle Xehanort on its own, giving us a very satisfying [[This Cannot Be!]] moment}}.

** Aqua: Despite everything that happens, she keeps on going long after the other two, and even {{spoiler|spends eleven years alone in the realm of darkness without cracking--[[Interrupted Suicide|although she did come close, but it was fortunately averted by the timely arrival of Ven and Terra's Keyblades to give her the drive to keep going.]]}}

* [[The Heartless]]: The Unversed, who were the Heartless before the Heartless, so to speak. Instead of devouring whole hearts they feed off of stray emotions. Pureblood Heartless in the form of Neoshadows and Darksides show up at significant points in some cutscenes, however. (A tad consistent with some of the Ansem Reports; reporting shadowy creatures.)