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|image=[[File:Kairi's Grandma KHBBS.png|x400px]]
|romaji = ''Kairi no obāchan''
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|romaji=Kairi no obāchan
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|fr=Grand-mère de Kairi
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|de=Kairis Großmutter
|engvoice = [[wikipedia:Kathryn Beaumont|Kathryn Beaumont]]
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|japvoice = [[wikipedia:Masako Ikeda|Masako Ikeda]]
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|journalBBS=A loving grandmother. Kairi could listen to her story about the light a hundred times and never get bored.
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'''Kairi's Grandma''' was an elderly woman who resided in [[Radiant Garden]] and presumably has a close connection to [[Kairi]].<ref>The word {{nihongo|"granny"|Obāchan|おばあちゃん}} is not precise, and may be stretched to refer to any old woman with whom there is an intimate relationship.{{fact}}<!--
{{Q|With these fragments of light, children rebuilt the lost world. It's the world we live in now. But the true light sleeps, deep within the darkness. That's why the worlds are still scattered, divided from each other.|Kairi's Grandma retelling Kairi the story of light and darkness.}}
'''Kairi's Grandma''' is a resident of [[Radiant Garden]], and the only one of [[Kairi]]'s relatives that appears in the series. She appears in person in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'', and within Kairi's memories in ''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|game}}''. Both times, she is seen telling her granddaughter the story of light and darkness, the tale of the ancient [[Keyblade War]].


Linguistically, this is true, but the BBS journal says "a loving grandmother", which is much more precise. I think we should rewrite this to remove the speculation.
==Story==
 
--></ref> She is seen to encounter [[Aqua]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'', the Keyblade warrior having previously rescued her granddaughter. In ''[[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'', thanks to Kairi's heart being transplanted into Sora during the destruction of [[Destiny Islands]], Sora was able to access Kairi's apparently lost memory of her grandmother telling her the story of [[light]] and [[darkness]].
==Journal entries==
===''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''===
===''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''===
''A loving grandmother. Kairi could listen to her story about the light a hundred times and never get bored.''
[[File:Magic to Keep Kairi Safe 01 KHBBS.png|thumb|left|200px|Kairi walks with her grandmother while Aqua looks on.]]
Kairi's Grandma finds Kairi after Aqua and Mickey save her granddaughter from a swarm of [[Unversed]]. As they walk away, Kairi asks her grandmother to tell her favorite story about the light and the darkness, as Aqua listens in the background.


==Story==
===''Kingdom Hearts''===
===''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]''===
While in [[Traverse Town]], Sora suddenly experiences one of Kairi's memories—a memory of Kairi's grandmother telling the story of light and darkness while reading in [[Hollow Bastion]]'s library. After Kairi is rescued and taken to Traverse Town's Underwater Cavern, she tells Sora that there is a deeper meaning to this story, and that it was "more than just a fairy tale".
[[Image:Kairi G-ma.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kairi with her grandmother while Aqua looks on.]]
{{-}}
Kairi's Grandma finds Kairi after Aqua and Mickey saved her granddaughter from a swarm of [[Unversed]]. As they walk away, Kairi asks her grandma to tell her favorite story about the light and the darkness, with Aqua listening in the background.


===''[[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]]''===
==Other appearances==
While in [[Traverse Town]], Sora suddenly experiences one of Kairi's memories—a memory of Kairi's grandmother telling the story in [[Hollow Bastion]]'s library. A story about the light and the birth of the darkness coveting the light. Later, after Kairi is restored to completion, [[Sora]], upon meeting Kairi in the Underwater Cavern in [[Traverse Town]], acknowledges that there is a deeper meaning to this story, and stated that it was "more than just a fairytale".
===''Kingdom Hearts χ''===
 
[[File:In the Age of Fairy Tales KHUX.png|thumb|left|Kairi listens to her grandmother recount the story of light and darkness.]]
 
Kairi's grandmother appears briefly in the opening cutscene as a page of the Book of Prophecies. She tells the story of light and darkness to Kairi while they are picking flowers, with the story serving as foreshadowing of future events.
==Appearance==
Kairi's Grandma is a small, elderly woman with thick, grey hair tied into a bun. She is usually seen smiling pleasantly with her eyes closed, though the few times they are seen open, she is shown to have blue eyes like Kairi. She wears a sleeveless, purple dress with a white apron overtop it. She also wears a dark cloth tied around her neck, and a white ring on her left ring finger.
 
==Notes and references==
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==Design==
Kairi's Grandma is a small, elderly woman with thick, grey hair tied into a bun. She is usually seen smiling pleasantly with her eyes closed, though the few times they are seen open, she is shown to have blue eyes like Kairi. She wears a short sleeved, purple dress with a white apron over it. She also wears a dark cloth tied around her neck (which was maroon in ''Kingdom Hearts'' and grey in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''), and a white ring on her left ring finger.
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Latest revision as of 05:25, 16 September 2024

Kairi's Grandma

Kairi grandma

Japanese カイリのおばあちゃん
Rōmaji Kairi no obāchan
Voice actors (Ja:) Masako Ikeda
(En:) Kathryn Beaumont
Homeworld Radiant Garden
Games Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Kairi's Grandma

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
A loving grandmother. Kairi could listen to her story about the light a hundred times and never get bored.
"With these fragments of light, children rebuilt the lost world. It's the world we live in now. But the true light sleeps, deep within the darkness. That's why the worlds are still scattered, divided from each other."
—Kairi's Grandma retelling Kairi the story of light and darkness.

Kairi's Grandma is a resident of Radiant Garden, and the only one of Kairi's relatives that appears in the series. She appears in person in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, and within Kairi's memories in Kingdom Hearts. Both times, she is seen telling her granddaughter the story of light and darkness, the tale of the ancient Keyblade War.

Story[edit]

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep[edit]

Kairi walks with her grandmother while Aqua looks on.

Kairi's Grandma finds Kairi after Aqua and Mickey save her granddaughter from a swarm of Unversed. As they walk away, Kairi asks her grandmother to tell her favorite story about the light and the darkness, as Aqua listens in the background.

Kingdom Hearts[edit]

While in Traverse Town, Sora suddenly experiences one of Kairi's memories—a memory of Kairi's grandmother telling the story of light and darkness while reading in Hollow Bastion's library. After Kairi is rescued and taken to Traverse Town's Underwater Cavern, she tells Sora that there is a deeper meaning to this story, and that it was "more than just a fairy tale".

Other appearances[edit]

Kingdom Hearts χ[edit]

Kairi listens to her grandmother recount the story of light and darkness.

Kairi's grandmother appears briefly in the opening cutscene as a page of the Book of Prophecies. She tells the story of light and darkness to Kairi while they are picking flowers, with the story serving as foreshadowing of future events.

Design[edit]

Kairi's Grandma is a small, elderly woman with thick, grey hair tied into a bun. She is usually seen smiling pleasantly with her eyes closed, though the few times they are seen open, she is shown to have blue eyes like Kairi. She wears a short sleeved, purple dress with a white apron over it. She also wears a dark cloth tied around her neck (which was maroon in Kingdom Hearts and grey in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep), and a white ring on her left ring finger.