I have a feeling that the samurai dude was actually a keyblade master, but got tired of moving around worlds, so he settled in one, comfortable (probably one that takes place in feudal japan, thus explaining his clothing).

Vanitas is COOL!!!!!

In any case, Yeah, Ven's and Vanitas' relation is probably equivalent to Sora's and Riku's. I Hardly think that they're brothers...this game doesn't have a lot of...family concerns.

In any case, moving onto the simularities of Ven and Roxas, I haven't finished 358/2 Days yet, and I don't know if they show why they look alike, but this is my theory on their simularities:

When Sora was a child (about 5-7) he saw Ven. This is during the events of BBS. Maybe he even got close to Ven, talked to him, treated him as an older brother, something like that. When Terra, Ven, and Aqua dissapeared though, something maybe happened to Sora's memories, like Kairi coming onto the island, and the fruit of destiny showed its flavours and awakened the ability of the nobody within Kairi, Namine. Therefore, Sora forgot all about them, and so did Riku.

When Sora turned into a heartless, and created a nobody though, his remaining memories locked deeeeeeeeeeeep within his heart, was gone, and the shape took place as Ven, a.k.a. Roxas.

After Sora regained Roxas (in TWTNW, before the last fight where Roxas joins into Sora), maybe he gained his memories of Ven, without realizing it, and the letter that Sora receives later on from King Mickey was about Sora going back to Disney Castle and Mickey will then take out a Journal, Jiminy's Journal. It's the recordings of the journey with...Terra, Ven, and Aqua! Jiminy was probably called from his home world away from Pinochio and was used as a Chronicler (spl?). Then Sora will learn about Terra, Ven, and Aqua, and blah.

I realize this is a stupid theory, but hey! Anything can help!


Also, about the "deck" thing in Birth by sleep, I think they're reffering to something like the panel system in 358/2 Days, or:

You can change the way you do your combos...

A normal combo is: Swing from above, stab, then spin-slash.
Maybe you can change it to: spinslash, swing from above, stab.
or: Magic finisher, spinslash, stab, stab, spinslash, magic finisher...

Meh, w/e. Maybe this thing should have a word count...I'm writing too much....

LOL

Maybe Mulan-world? He could fit that place. Then again he IS a very stereotypic Asian master! Shame on you Square Enix! Shame on you Nomura! =D

Yeah, the brother-thing we gotta wait and see. It hasn't happened before, so it's a small chance for it to happen. But then again we gotta 'expect the unexpected'! :p

I thought that theory of yours was too boring, but then again it might happen, who knows... Darn it, if there is even ONE MORE Sora-clone... Argh! =D

And yes. You wrote a book! LOL

Probably NOT the Mulan world, if mulan's world went anymore back in time, then it'll probably be in the time where it never existed, LOL.

Yeah, but expecting the unexpected would undeniably mean that we are expecting something that isn't unexpected considering the fact that we're expecting it...wait...what?? Disregard that....

Yeah, sometimes I go Ranting...I hope there isn't any more sora clones either...

Just gotta wait and see! I don't care what language it is when it comes out, it could be in HYROGLYPHICS for all I care, I'm gunna get it! =D

LMAO, we entered a paradox!

Master Xehanort was sinister as always. Though seeing a bad guy in Disney Castle(?) was a bit rough to see xD (though it makes sense, since we fought(or at least I(I beat it(was not easy)))the E.S. there too from the portal thing...) LOL, I intentionally did those brackets xD

Long live the Paradox. ^.^

That's true!