Guest Feature written by Chris Miller

Several years ago, Square Enix & Disney released a video game about a young boy, his two unlikely allies, and a girl whose spirit they had to revive. Sound familiar? Was CLAMP merely paying tribute to Kingdom Hearts or is there something else going on? Chris Miller takes a look at the all too eerie similarities between the game and the manga.

Kingdom Hearts	Tsubasa
The first spell Sora learns is a fire spell	The first ability Syaoran learns is summoning a fire beast
The group usually consists of 3 main characters: Donald the Wizard, Goofy the Guard, and Sora the main character or swordsman	The group consists of 3 main characters: Fai the Wizard, Kurogane the guard to Tomoyo, Syaoran the main character or swordsman
The main trio are off on a quest to retrieve the heart of Kairi	The main trio are off to retrieve the heart of Sakura, who's in a similar condition, limp and emotionless until given back her memories
The trio are going to a bunch of different worlds from one universe	The main trio are going to a bunch of different dimensions
In order for Sora to remember and gain his memories, he may have to lose some that are important to him	In order for Syaoran to recover Sakura's memories, he may have to lose his precious relationship with her in the past
The trio comes across magical beings who give them advice on some events eg: Merlin and the Fairy Godmother	The trio comes across magical beings who give them advice on some events eg: Youko, Mokona
The trio meet characters that the audience previously knows, but are actually different characters altogether eg: Leon, Yuffie, Cloud	The trio meet characters that the audience previously knows, but are actually different characters altogether eg: Touya, Yukito, Sorata
The trio are constantly followed by mysterious villains who are after a power that Kairi wields eg: Ansem, The heartless, and the princess of hearts	The trio are watched over by a mysterious villain who wants a power that Sakura possesses

Also, it's interesting to mention that certain seiyuu who worked on the Japanese version of Kingdom Hearts are also cast in the Tsubasa Chronicle anime.

	Kingdom Hearts	Tsubasa Chronicle
Miyu IRINO	Sora	Syaoran
Maaya SAKAMOTO	Aerith	Tomoyo
Shinichiro MIKI	Aladdin; Sephiroth	Touya