This is a very cute, very amusing follow-up to the "Kingdom Hearts" manga series and video game which I am only slightly familiar with, but has always fascinated me. In this volume we find Sora, Donald, Goofy and Jiminy Cricket stuck in Castle Oblivion with waning memories of how and why they are there. However, the main goal of finding and freeing King Mickey and Riku from the darkness they sacrificed themselves to remains. As the gang continues further in they run into new (I think) opponents who are all very enigmatic.

Even without knowing the background in its entirety this was still a great quest fantasy story made even better by its humor, wonderful artwork (is it so wrong for me to think that Leon and Riku are just impossibly cute?) and, of course, appearances by a variety of Disney characters that I love. The plot relies heavily on ideals of friendship, loyalty and compassion which I really enjoy as well. There were a couple parts that even had me laughing out loud, such as Donald's "Blizzard" spell and trying to convince Jafar to become a genie ("will I have to go around nearly naked, like you?")

This is certainly one that I enjoyed a lot and is made even better because I can share with my 9 year old son about the story since he read it before I did. ( )

Sora, Donald, and Goofy started to find everybody when they stumbled inside a castle that can take memories when you step foot inside.Nearby in the castle, Riku manages to escape the dark realm. Little did Sora knew that the castle was the home of the nobodies. ( )

Sounds like a good book! ( )

Sora, Donald and Goofy search for their friends Riku and King Mickey, who are trapped inside Kingdom Hearts. ( )