Big headcanon now is Sora and Riku are huge gundam fans ( like thier VAs) and Yugioh fans. If anyone disagrees, come find me at the back alley to catch these hands
OK the parallels between Yugioh and Kingdom Hearts are incredibly prolific and surprising with constant back and forth including but not limited to:
Power of Friendship
Card games in KH:CoM
People living inside each other
Literal Power of Waking/memory-based invocation in the latest YGO movie DSoD (seriously watch that movie if you’re a Kingdom Hearts fan)
Also pretty sure you pilot a mech in Yozora’s game in KH3 and Gundam has similar themes as well like communication and understanding that transcends death, exploitation and heartbreak of child soldiers, and how tournaments are a fun diversion from cosmic politics up until the devil tries to intervene.
