Editing Jiminy's Journal

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{{nihongo|'''Jiminy's Journals'''|ジミニーメモ|Jiminī Memo}} are journals written by [[Jiminy Cricket]], containing information on [[Sora]] and the countless number of things he meets and discovers on his journeys through the [[Universe of Kingdom Hearts|''Kingdom Hearts'' universe]]. Being a form of [[Report]], the journal contains sections on the Heartless, other characters, story plots, notes on the worlds, mini-games, treasure chests opened, Trinity Marks (''Kingdom Hearts'') and hints of what to do next (''Kingdom Hearts II''). However, Jiminy's first journal is wiped clean at the beginning of ''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories'' and again at the end, with only one sentence left: "Thank [[Naminé]]." The Journal is the first object to become a character in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series, first appearing in ''Kingdom Hearts coded''. Because of the Journal being used as both a character and plot device in ''Kingdom Hearts coded'', it is replaced in actual gameplay with a Computer System report which holds all information collected within the game and statistics.

Jiminy is assigned by [[Queen Minnie]] to chronicle [[Donald]] and [[Goofy]]'s quest to find the "[[keyblade|key]]". Jiminy introduces his journal to Sora after defeating the [[Guard Armor]] in [[Traverse Town]]. Jiminy rewrites the journal entries as the party learns more about the ongoing situation, and does not keep records of prior drafts.

===''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories''===

When Sora and his friends awaken in the Old Mansion, they look through the Journal for hints as to how they got there, but only find Jiminy's message about Naminé. In response, Jiminy begins a second journal to begin chronicling their continuing journey, but keeps the old journal with him.

[[Image:Journal KHc.png|thumb|left|A Mysterious Message.]]

After the team vanquishes Xemnas and Jiminy returns to [[Disney Castle]], he goes to organize his journals but finds a message that he did not write: "Their hurting will be ended when you return to mend it." Jiminy asks King Mickey what to make of the message, but the King does not know, so at Chip and Dale's suggestion they decide to digitize the contents of the journal. Discovering that the data is filled with bugs, they create a [[Data-Sora]] to explore the [[Datascape]] created from the journal's contents and debug the data.

 

[[File:Beneath the Hood 04 KHREC.png|thumb|right|Jiminy's Journal in Data-Riku's Form.]]

After the loss of the Data-Sora's memories, Mickey finds him in Traverse Town and takes him to a data version of Castle Oblivion, where they meet and battle a Data-Roxas and eventually find a Data-Naminé, who tells them that the bugs were a side-effect of the real Naminé's tampering with Sora's memories, and that she summoned them there to inform them that those connected to the real Sora's heart are hurting and that Sora must venture out to save them from their individual fates.

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Jiminy's Journal has many contents pages, slightly differing between games. In general, each game's Journal includes entries on defeated [[Heartless]] and (in the case of ''Kingdom Hearts II'') [[Nobody|Nobodies]]. The entries feature a brief description of the Heartless, sometimes mentioning an attack of theirs or the main world that they appear in, and mentioning how many have been defeated. They all also include entries on the characters encountered over the course of the game; anybody that Sora meets is added, unless they are generic characters (such as [[Traverse Town]]'s townsfolk). If the character added is from a Final Fantasy game or a Disney film, their first appearance is noted as well.

[[File:Journal KH.png|right|thumb|Main sections of Jiminy's Journal in ''Kingdom Hearts''.]]

**'''Characters''': general ''Kingdom Hearts'' characters such as [[Donald Duck]] or Sora, and characters from ''Final Fantasy''.

===''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories''===

[[File:Journal KHCoM.png|right|thumb|The journal as it appears in ''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories''.]]

[[File:Journal KHII.png|thumb|right|Main sections in Jiminy's Journal in ''Kingdom Hearts II''.]]

The contents of the new Jiminy's Journal are separated by world. All world-specific characters may be viewed under "Characters" while viewing their world. For example, the player may choose [[Beast's Castle]] and then choose "Characters" if they want to view [[Beast]]'s entry. The Characters screen is different than in the previous games. Instead of a list of characters, it shows a small square with a picture of the character, divided into related groups. Sora, Donald, and Goofy all have entries under every world, with little difference in all world entries other than that of the [[Timeless River]], [[Atlantica]], [[Halloween Town]], the [[Pride Land]], and [[Space Paranoids]]. Any non-world specific characters, such as the Summon characters and discarded entries, such as that of a cloaked Organization XIII member after the real identity receives an article, or the defeated Heartless and Nobodies, appear under the "Jiminy" selection, symbolized by a picture of Jiminy.

None of the enemies or characters which Roxas encounters during his week in the simulated Twilight Town are recorded in the journal when the player gains control of Sora, although the [[Twilight Thorn]] eventually appears in the journal after Sora enters the simulated Twilight Town.

The main sections in Jiminy's Journal are:

*'''Ansem Reports''': displays the [[Ansem Reports#Secret Ansem Reports|Secret Ansem Reports]].

*'''The Nobodies,''': displays information and tips on the breeds of Nobodies.

*'''Treasures''': tells how many treasures have been found in each world.

*'''Combo Attacks''': displays each Limit and the record of maximum hits for those Limits.

*'''Character Links''': displays characters in a grid-like format, in which their background tells about their alignment in the story.

 

In ''[[Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix]]'' one more section was added, '''Puzzles'''. The most important part, however, is the '''Character Links''' section, which the portraits of the major characters are grouped in a page to show their relation, with heroes at the top while villains at the bottom.

*Donald Duck, [[Goofy]], [[Riku]], Sora, and [[Kairi]] are grouped at the top center.

*Finally, Organization XIII is arranged in rows of multiples of two, except [[Xemnas]], for he is slightly under the middle right side.

The colors of the squares containing the faces of the characters determine the characters' alignment, except for several profiles in [[Port Royal]] and [[Halloween Town]].

*[[Report]]

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