I started reading this manga because I, like many other fans, am (im)patiently waiting for Kingdom Hearts 3. As a Kingdom Hearts fanatic, I really wanted to like this manga... but I couldn't get into it. I have completed it, but nothing really came out of it for me.

If you've been living under a rock for 15 years, Kingdom Hearts is a Square Enix game with RPG elements about a boy whose island is invaded by heartless. It's also a crossover between Final Fantasy (and as of KH3D, The World Ends With You) and Disney.

STORY: 10- Outstanding. The same as the original Kingdom Hearts 1's story, which is quite amazing.

ART: 7- Good. The art has a consistent style and doesn't change much, but it tries to fit too many events on each page.

CHARACTER: 5- Mediocre. This is part of where the manga falls short. In KH1, the characters were more lively and had more personality. Of course, they weren't perfect characters, as there are minor flaws with their development. However, in the manga, they don't have development at all.

ENJOYMENT: 3- Poor. This is probably the biggest reason why the manga stinks. Everything worked so much better in the game. Kingdom Hearts had amazing music and beautiful worlds and cutscenes, which the manga couldn't pull off.

Overall, the manga didn't have much potential anyway. However, I think that the rest of the KH mangas will be better than this one (or at least I am hoping.)