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So I just recently read the Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories novel Reverse/Rebirth (Riku's Story) novel translated into english. In the first chapter, this part grabbed at me hard for some reason and I had to draw it. The words in the drawing are from the story. This is the part of the story I drew:

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Ansem stopped the Soul Eater with his arm, and Riku was the one sent flying instead.
“Did you think you could defeat me? You, the weakling who couldn’t win against Sora even when you relied on the power of darkness?”
“Well excuse me… for being weak…”
Riku’s knees hit the floor.
“You’re weak, which is why you need the darkness. Give up. Prostrate yourself before me and the darkness.”
Ansem walked to the fallen Riku, and pulled him up by the arm.
“Who would… to something like darkness…”
Ansem brought his face close, and Riku averted his.
“There’s no longer anything that can be your power but darkness.”
Ansem threw him down, and Riku hit the ground with his face.
So I can’t do anything if I don’t borrow the power of darkness…
I lost to Sora. I lost to Ansem. There’s no one here with me. There was only Maleficent and Heartless… nothing but beings of darkness.
Riku felt like he was going to cry.
I can’t do anything if I don’t borrow the power of darkness… that’s

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So yeah, there you go! I love how this novel really delves into what Riku's dealing with and what's in his heart and how he truly feels, unlike what the game does. That's why I have him nearly crying in the drawing, because he felt like he was going to in the story, so yeah. And behind him you can see Ansem: Seeker of Darkness standing there. This was a fun, intense drawing for me to work on and it gave me the chance to practice sketching Riku's face some more as well and to try out a new pose. I feel like I'm starting to get better at it! I also wanted to do this in black and white with just hints of color. Mainly Riku's eyes and Ansem's coat color. So yeah. Anyway, hope you guys like this one! Thanks in advance for any comments and/or faves!

Description
So I just recently read the Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories novel Reverse/Rebirth (Riku's Story) novel translated into english. In the first chapter, this part grabbed at me hard for some reason and I had to draw it. The words in the drawing are from the story. This is the part of the story I drew:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ansem stopped the Soul Eater with his arm, and Riku was the one sent flying instead.
“Did you think you could defeat me? You, the weakling who couldn’t win against Sora even when you relied on the power of darkness?”
“Well excuse me… for being weak…”
Riku’s knees hit the floor.
“You’re weak, which is why you need the darkness. Give up. Prostrate yourself before me and the darkness.”
Ansem walked to the fallen Riku, and pulled him up by the arm.
“Who would… to something like darkness…”
Ansem brought his face close, and Riku averted his.
“There’s no longer anything that can be your power but darkness.”
Ansem threw him down, and Riku hit the ground with his face.
So I can’t do anything if I don’t borrow the power of darkness…
I lost to Sora. I lost to Ansem. There’s no one here with me. There was only Maleficent and Heartless… nothing but beings of darkness.
Riku felt like he was going to cry.
I can’t do anything if I don’t borrow the power of darkness… that’s

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So yeah, there you go! I love how this novel really delves into what Riku's dealing with and what's in his heart and how he truly feels, unlike what the game does. That's why I have him nearly crying in the drawing, because he felt like he was going to in the story, so yeah. And behind him you can see Ansem: Seeker of Darkness standing there. This was a fun, intense drawing for me to work on and it gave me the chance to practice sketching Riku's face some more as well and to try out a new pose. I feel like I'm starting to get better at it! I also wanted to do this in black and white with just hints of color. Mainly Riku's eyes and Ansem's coat color. So yeah. Anyway, hope you guys like this one! Thanks in advance for any comments and/or faves!