Hey... can somebody answer my question?
Why do most people find it hard to understand Kingdom Hearts?
I think it's easy to understand.
Actually, if you want to understand Kingdom Hearts,
you only have to play (Or watch a playthrough.) Days, Com and KH 2.
(For some reason, I don't think
you have to play KH 1 because you can understand
the whole thing in KH 1 by just playing Com. Of course, I
did watch a playthrough of it.)
Once Birth by Sleep is released in USA, I guess you have to
play that aswell.
You have to play
Kingdom Hearts to understand why Sora is traveling with Donald & Goofy, as well as for backstory on his relationships with Kairi, Riku, and Xehanort as well as explaining what Heartless are.
Chain of Memories can be skipped, as if you skip it, you'll just be in the same boat as Sora, not knowing how he got there or who certain people are.
Kingdom Hearts II is the official sequel to
Kingdom Hearts, so its a must play, since it explains Nobodies.
358/2 Days can be skipped as the more important information on Roxas is explained during
Kingdom Hearts II, although you have to play it if you wish to understand how Roxas can dual-wield Keyblades. You also have to play
Chain of Memories if you want to understand some of the occurences in
358/2 Days. As far as spin-offs go,
Kingdom Hearts coded and
Birth by Sleep are the most important.
coded explains what was on the letter King Mickey sent to Sora and
Birth by Sleep explains Xehanort's past, which was unknown even to him, and they both set up the events for the next
Kingdom Hearts game, be it
Kingdom Hearts III or
Kingdom Hearts Reconnect, although my munny's on
Kingdom Hearts III.
I also thought of a little inconsistency in
Kingdom Hearts II &
358/2 Days. In
Kingdom Hearts II, Roxas' panel in the World that Never Was shows his weapon as both the Oathkeeper and Oblivion, and although this is right, it wasn't true at any point that he was the Organization XIII, as shown in
358/2 Days since he used a single Keyblade up until after Xion's death, when he seemed to have gained her's, which he turned her's and his into the Oathkeeper and the Oblivion right before his fight with Riku. Even Axel showed surprise when Roxas was about to fight him with two Keyblades. So either it was a mistake on the designers part or the panels' images change with the weapon.