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*Vanitas's name is derived from the Latin word for "Vanity" or "Emptiness", and was chosen for its meaning, that it sounded similar to "Ventus", and that it was a written pun on "Sora" in Japanese.<blockquote>Tetsuya Nomura: I wanted to give him a name that meant "empty", and so I looked for something that would be appropriate. When I was searching I found a word that meant "emptiness" in Latin, "Vanitas". It looked a lot like Ventus's name, and in Japanese it has the kanji for "sora" in it, so I thought it was perfect. Of course in Vanitas's case it doesn’t mean "sora [sky]" but "kara [empty]" [These two words are written with the same kanji, but are said differently and have different meanings.]</blockquote> | *Vanitas's name is derived from the Latin word for "Vanity" or "Emptiness", and was chosen for its meaning, that it sounded similar to "Ventus", and that it was a written pun on "Sora" in Japanese.<blockquote>Tetsuya Nomura: I wanted to give him a name that meant "empty", and so I looked for something that would be appropriate. When I was searching I found a word that meant "emptiness" in Latin, "Vanitas". It looked a lot like Ventus's name, and in Japanese it has the kanji for "sora" in it, so I thought it was perfect. Of course in Vanitas's case it doesn’t mean "sora [sky]" but "kara [empty]" [These two words are written with the same kanji, but are said differently and have different meanings.]</blockquote> | ||
*Only Master Xehanort and Ventus have seen Vanitas's face. | *Only Master Xehanort and Ventus have seen Vanitas's face. | ||
*''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep | *The ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' Ultimania refers to him as the {{nihongo|'''Masked Youth'''|仮面の少年|Kamen no Shōnen}}. | ||
*Out of all the antagonists to appear in the series, Vanitas has been fought in the most boss battles, a total of seven battles in all. | *Out of all the antagonists to appear in the series, Vanitas has been fought in the most boss battles, a total of seven battles in all. | ||
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