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|name=Chapter 23: It's Tough to Be a Hero
|seriesissue=''[[Kingdom Hearts II (manga)|Kingdom Hearts II]]'' Chapter 23
|prev=Chapter 22: One Bad Dude
|prev=One Bad Dude
|next=Chapter 24: Underworld Rhapsody
|next=Underworld Rhapsody
|front=Chapter 23 - It's Tough to Be a Hero (Front) KHII Manga.png
|image=KHII Manga 23a.png
|kana=第２３話 英雄はつらいよ
|caption=
|romaji=Dai 23-wa Eiyū wa Tsurai yo
|publisher={{w|Yen Press}}
|date=August 2013
|coverdate=2013
|written by={{w|Shiro Amano}}
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|continuity=[[Kingdom Hearts (manga)|Manga continuity]]
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'''Chapter 23: It's Tough to Be a Hero''' is the twenty-third chapter in the ''{{c|Kingdom Hearts II|manga}}'' manga.


==Story==
==Synopsis==
In [[Olympus Coliseum]], [[Pete]] offers [[Hades]] his help in taking down [[Hercules]]. Meanwhile, Hercules is fighting the [[Rock Titan]] in the Coliseum. As [[Sora]], [[Donald]], and [[Goofy]] arrive at the Coliseum, they hear the sound of a match going on. As they're on their way to look, they hear a scream and find a woman being attacked by [[Heartless]]. After rescuing her, the woman introduces herself as [[Megara]]. As Megara prepares to head into the Underworld to talk to Hades, an exhausted Hercules appears to stop her, but falls down.
The chapter stars when [[Sora]] lands in the world, [[Olympus Coliseum]], excited to enter a match. When Sora, [[Donald]], and [[Goofy]] browse the outside of Coliseum, they find out that [[Megara|someone]] is being attacked by Heartless. When Sora saves her, she flirts with the gang and introduces herself. Just when she is about to leave, [[Hercules]] walk is tired, only to be aided by the Sora and the others. Hercules goes into a depressed state, and [[Phil]] tries to cheer him up. He tells Hercules to pull himself together, while he discuss being how much Sora has changed. Meanwhile, [[Hades]] talks with [[Pete]] about Hercules getting a replacement team. They discuss their plans to bring Hercules out, while Sora, Donald, and Goofy fight the [[Hydra]]. Hades is angered to see that Sora had defeated the Hydra, then he explains his plan to Pete about manipulating Sora. Afterwards, he sends Pete out to capture Megara. Hades assist Pete in the capture, and brings her to the underworld, ending the chapter.
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In the Coliseum, Megara explains Hades has been entering monsters in the Games to tire Hercules out. [[Phil]] appears and tells Hercules to skip the next match to rest, and plans for Sora, Donald, and Goofy to take over. In the Underworld, Pete and Hades discuss Hercules skipping the match. Pete sarcastically suggests holding a tournament in the Underworld. Sora, Donald, and Goofy face the [[Hydra]] in the Coliseum. Sora cuts off its heads, but the Hydra grows more heads back. Eventually, the heads become too heavy, and Sora manages to take it out by attacking its foot, causing it to crash down.
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==Errors==
===Continuity errors===
* None yet identified.
 
===Artistic errors===
* None yet identified.


In the Underworld, Hades learns of the Hydra's defeat. Pete explains that Sora wields the [[Keyblade]], and Hades comes up with a plan to use the Keyblade to unlock [[The Underdrome]]. In order to do so, Pete and Hades abduct Megara as she picks herbs for Hercules. At the Coliseum, Sora, Donald, and Goofy report about their match to Hercules, and Sora offers to take over for Hercules for a while. In the Underworld, Hades seals Megara in [[The Lock]].
==Items of note==
===Dubbing changes===


==Worlds and characters==
===''Kingdom Hearts'' references===
*[[Olympus Coliseum]]
**[[Pete]]
**[[Pain]]
**[[Panic]]
**[[Hades]]
**[[Hercules]]
**[[Rock Titan]]
**[[Goofy]]
**[[Sora]]
**[[Donald Duck]]
**[[Jiminy Cricket]]
**[[Moogle]]
**[[Megara]]
**[[Philoctetes]]
**[[Hydra]]


==Story changes==
===Real-world references===
*Sora, Donald, and Goofy do not head into the Underworld to talk to Hades in Megara's place.
*Sora, Donald, and Goofy fight the Hydra in the Coliseum, instead of after it has destroyed the Coliseum.


==Volumes==
===Miscellaneous trivia===
<gallery>
Kingdom Hearts II, Volume 4 Cover (Japanese).png|''[[Kingdom Hearts II, Volume 4]]''
Kingdom Hearts II, Volume 2 Cover (Yen Press).png|''[[Kingdom Hearts II, Volume 2]]''
</gallery>


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==Collections==
*2013 - ''[[Kingdom Hearts II Volume 2]]''
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[[Category:Yen Press manga chapters]]

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