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Kingdom Hearts (novels)

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The Kingdom Hearts novels are a series of books that are based on the games of the Kingdom Hearts series. They have only been released in Japan and have not been confirmed to receive publication anywhere else. They are all written by Tomoco Kanemaki and the covers are illustrated by Shiro Amano who also did the manga of the Kingdom Hearts series. They are all published by Square Enix.

Main novels

Kingdom Hearts (novels)

This part of the series covers the first Kingdom Hearts game and was released in two volumes. This series was also co-published by Disney Press.

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

The Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories novels cover the story of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, and were released in three volumes. The first two volumes, Sora's Volume (First) (《ソラ編》上 《Sora-hen》 Jou?), Sora's Volume (Last) (《ソラ編》上 《Sora-hen》 Moto?), cover Sora's adventure, and were published October 22, 2005 and November 30, 2005, respectively. The final volume, Reverse/Rebirth (Riku's Volume) (《Reverse/Rebirth》リク編 《Reverse/Rebirth》 Riku-hen?) covers Riku's adventure, and was published January 31, 2006.

Kingdom Hearts II (novels)

This part of the series is about Kingdom Hearts II and was released in four volumes, with first one being about Roxas's story.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (novels)

This series of novels is based on the game Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days for the Nintendo DS. All three novels have been translated.[1] The third and final novel was released on May 28th, 2010 in Japan.

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (novels)

This part of the series is based on the Playstation Portable title Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. The third and final novel was released on May 26th, 2011 in Japan.

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (novels)

Recently announced within the novels is the Nintendo DS remake Kingdom Hearts Re:coded. The first novel will release July 28th, 2011 in Japan.

Special novels

Short stories

These are short stories from the main novel series that did not get put in. The original plan or concept for them is done by Tetsuya Nomura and Kazushige Nojima.

  • Vol. 1 - Other Diamonds
  • Vol. 2 - Axel-Seven Days

Other

Roxas-Somewhere in Time

Released along with Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix as a bonus to those who pre-ordered the game.

Gallery

Notes and references