Editing Anti-Aqua

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'''Anti-Aqua''' is a boss in ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]''. After [[Aqua]] is corrupted by darkness and under the influence of [[Xehanort]],<ref>[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgPT0MjW0AUGrxb.jpg '''Tetsuya Nomura'''': "In the darkness, Aqua shoot at Riku and King Mickey, the golden eyes prove that she is under the influence of Master Xehanort. She called Mickey's name, but her voice was so cold. We couldn't feel any trace of her former self."]</ref><!--fix citation, include page number and source--> [[Sora]] is forced to fight her in order to rescue her.

Anti-Aqua later confronts [[King Mickey]] and [[Riku]] when they return to the Dark Margin to find her. She has her [[Demon Tower]] restrain Mickey and takes his Keyblade, explaining the pain she has been through over the years she spent trapped in the [[Realm of Darkness]]. She and the Demon Tower then fight Riku, but Riku destroys the Demon Tower and frees Mickey with [[Sora]]'s help. Sora battles Anti-Aqua and successfully manages to free her from the darkness.

Later, Aqua begins hallucinating when faced by the Demon Tide tornado. She mistakes the Shadows for Anti-Aqua clones, stunning her in place as the Demon Tide swallows her. Sora manages to purify the fear in her heart, which takes the form of Anti-Aqua, allowing Aqua to face the Heartless head-on during the second attempt.

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Anti-Aqua is a corrupted version of Aqua. Her hair is a bleached blue, her eyes are yellow, and her once-white dress has darkened and become tattered, with scaly texture appearance. Her arms and legs have also begun to darken, and her hands are now black with red fingertips;upon closer examination, her fingers are actually covered by armor, showing her armor attempted to manifest to protect her.  

 

In battle, she wields the [[Star Cluster]] after Mickey drops it during a fight with a Demon Tower.  

Anti-Aqua behaves nearly identically to the [[Game:Phantom Aqua|phantom Aqua]] from ''[[Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-]]''. She begins the fight by activating [[Spellweaver]], and continues to fight in this mode. She usually attacks in tandem with doppelgängers, often firing homing orbs at Sora and performing spiraling attacks. All of these attacks can be guarded. She often teleports across the arena, and sometimes teleports before Sora can attack. When her retaliation point is reached, she often counters with an unblockable lunge. Occasionally, Anti-Aqua will wander across the arena with several doppelgängers, explaining her pain to Sora. While she and the doppelgängers will disappear after a short time, Sora can use Thunder to instantly expose the real Anti-Aqua.

As her health dwindles, Anti-Aqua gains access to two ultimate attacks. The first, in which she teleports in the air before firing Blizzard shards, can be guarded or evaded. The second is the Spellweaver finisher, where she and three of her doppelgängers perform a spinning attack. To escape the attack, Sora can either dodge out of the spiral, or block with a [[Formchange]] that blocks with barriers.

Although her pattern can be challenging, she has low health for the point in the game she is encountered. The recently acquired Nano Arms Formchange works well against her as it has strong distance closing potential as well as providing access to a Barrier guard.

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