Isa
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| Japanese | アイザ | ||
| Rōmaji | Aiza | ||
| Voice actors | (Ja:) Ginpei Sato (En:) Kirk Thornton | ||
| Homeworld | Radiant Garden | ||
| Games | Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Kingdom Hearts III | ||
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| Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep |
| A serene and self-possessed boy who always has time for a quick quip at his best friend Lea's expense. |
| Kingdom Hearts Union χ |
| KINGDOM HEARTS BbS (2010) Cool, collected, and mature beyond his age. He's good friends with Lea. |
- "I know I won't forget you. Believe me, I try all the time."
- —Isa to Lea
Isa is the human form of Saïx. In his youth, he was a close friend of Axel's human form, Lea.
Story[edit]
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep[edit]
Isa lives in Radiant Garden alongside his best friend Lea. On their way to attempt to sneak into Ansem the Wise's castle, Isa and Lea encounter Ventus in the Central Square. Despite Isa telling Lea they do not have time to mingle, Lea challenges Ventus to a duel. Lea loses but claims the match was a draw, and Isa playfully insults Lea's performance and then shares a laugh with the two boys, then he and Lea continue towards the castle.
Some time after Terra-Xehanort is defeated by Aqua, Isa and Lea are thrown out of Ansem the Wise's castle by Dilan. Afterwards, the two eat sea-salt ice cream together.
Between Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts[edit]
After hearing mysterious cries from the castle and rumors of human experimentation, Isa and Lea sneak into the castle to investigate. Eventually, they find their way to the Heartless Manufactory and encounter an amnesiac girl, Subject X, in one of the cells. Secret Report 5 They befriend the girl and make plans to help her escape, but she disappears before they have a chance to. In order to locate her, they decide to become apprentices to Ansem the Wise. Secret Report 6
However, shortly after Isa and Lea become apprentices, Ansem disappears, and Xehanort removes the hearts of the other apprentices, including Isa and Lea.[1] Their strong hearts and wills allow their bodies and souls to continue on as Nobodies and they join Organization XIII as "Saïx" and "Axel", respectively.
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded[edit]
With the destruction of his Heartless and Nobody, Isa is revived as a human in Ansem's lab, alongside the other former apprentices. Young Xehanort arrives, and, with Braig's assistance, takes Isa in order to further Master Xehanort's plans to create a real Organization XIII. Destiny
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance[edit]
When Dilan, Even, Aeleus, Ienzo, and Lea awaken in Radiant Garden, they notice Braig and Isa's absence, and Lea ventures out to search for them.
By the time Sora and Riku reach The World That Never Was, Isa has once again become his Nobody, Saïx. When Lea attempts to retrieve Sora, he is attacked by Saïx.
Kingdom Hearts III[edit]
After the defeat of Xehanort, with Saïx having been destroyed once again, Isa is restored to his original form. Isa meets with Lea, Roxas, Xion, Hayner, Pence, and Olette at the Twilight Town clocktower and the group eats sea-salt ice cream together. Afterwards, Isa meets with the Guardians of Light and their friends on Destiny Islands and plays frisbee with Lea and Ventus. Isa then joins everyone in watching Sora and Kairi share a moment before Sora fades away.
Design[edit]
As a teenager, Isa has turquoise eyes and bright blue hair, most of which is swept back into upward spikes, save for a section by each ear cut at about nose-length. His hair is neck-length in the back. He wears a high-collared navy blue jacket with elbow-length sleeves that is half-unzipped from the bottom, revealing a black undershirt. The jacket has a ridged, light blue collar, cuffs, and bottom hem, and a light blue stripe going along the shoulders to the ends of his sleeves. A yellow waning crescent moon symbol is prominently displayed on the left breast of the jacket, referencing Saïx's attribute in Organization XIII. Isa also wears white pants, a silver belt, and black shoes with grey trim. He wears silver stud earrings.
He seems to be about the same age as Lea and Ventus.
Upon his revival in Radiant Garden as an adult, Isa is physically identical to Saïx, with Saïx's amber eyes, pointed ears, and X-shaped scar on his face between his eyes. His hair is longer, extending to the top of his chest in the front and to his shoulder blades in the back. He wears the black coat of Organization XIII.
After Xehanort's defeat, Isa is once again restored to his human form, this time with his eyes and ears returned to their original state, though he retains the X-shaped scar. He wears a high-collared, knee-length black duster jacket and black pants. His jacket has a short zipper on either side of the chest. A dark grey flap with a column of five buttons is attached to the right of a long middle zipper, which extends over halfway down the jacket. The sides and sleeves of his jacket and his pants have grey camouflage patterning along the sides. The left breast of his jacket has a gold medallion bearing a star and a waxing crescent moon. Isa also wears black shoes with grey camouflage trim along the bottom. This outfit may be based on a Roen-Gackt collaboration design, which it bears a high similarity to.
Personality[edit]
Like his Nobody, Saïx, Isa is mature and has no interest in siding with Lea on childish matters. However, Isa has much more tolerance towards Lea, as he smiles while Lea and Ventus squabble. Isa values his friendship with Lea, but he is rather sarcastic and does not hesitate to lightheartedly mock him after he loses his fight with Ventus. Isa jokingly claims that he has tried to forget about Lea and his antics on multiple occasions.
In Secret Report 6, it's revealed that Isa is capable of compassion and selflessness as shown by his offering comfort to his and Lea's new mystery friend whenever they visited her, and his strong desire to save her from her imprisonment as Xehanort's lab rat. When she vanished, Isa's desire to find and save her is so strong that it remains in his adult years, even during his time as Saïx.
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ Kingdom Hearts III, Lea: "One day we're apprentices, the next Ansem the Wise has up and vanished, the day after we're Nobodies, day after that we're doing icky jobs for Xemnas."
