358/2 Days Why the "/2"?

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  1. Excasr The Forgotten XIII

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    This may be a stupid question but I don't know the answer!

    Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.

    Ok, "Kingdom Hearts" is the game name; "358 [..] Days' is the number of Days that Roxas spent in the Organization XIII; but why "/2"?
    What does the number "2" and the "/" are doing there?

    And when you speak the game you usually call "Kingdom Hearts Days", but if you're saying the full name you say "Kingdom Hearts three hundred fifty-eight bar* two days"?

    *I do not know the name that english language gives to "/", in portuguese we use "barra", so "bar"?
     
  2. EvilMan_89 Code Master

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    perhaps it is 358 and a half days?that's a possibility but i also remember that the game is pronounced "Three Hundred Fifty Eight Over 2 Days". so i'm not sure myself.
     
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    "/" = "over".
    As for "2", I' m not sure, doesn' t Xion live 358 days ?
     
  4. Excasr The Forgotten XIII

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    I think Xion was
    Created in Day 6 or 7
    So she lives 352 or 351 Days I believe.

    EDIT: Still she may be created before...

    EDIT EDIT: She fade away in Day
    357
    , if she was
    created in Day 6 or 7
    , she lives for 351 or 350 Days.
     
  5. Scarred Nobody Where is the justice?

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    I think this is a great example of Noruma trolling his fans.

    For me
    at first, when I beat the game, I thought that the "/2" mean that it went "over into Kingdom Hearts 2", since it ended on The First Day of Kingdom Hearts 2. Yes, I realize how stupid that sounds, but that was my first reaction after beating the game. The "/2" may also mean the days he left the Organization before he was taken by DiZ.
     
  6. Lauriam I hope I didn't keep you waiting...

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    I agree with Tummer, I think it was
    Roxas lived for 358 days and then went over into either KH2, or two more days after the game.
    And yeah, I pronounce it Three-five-eight days over two
     
  7. Mixt The dude that does the thing

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    I'll see if I can't find it anywhere but IIRC Nomura mentioned that the full title would be said "Kingdom Hearts: 358 Days Over 2" and that it was referring to the 358 Days being shared by two people.
     
  8. Cloud4012 Gummi Ship Junkie

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    I believe the /2 part might mean that it was that roxas had 2 friends during the whole game.
     
  9. Excasr The Forgotten XIII

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    Ah, it does makes sense but,
    Shared by Roxas and Xion or Roxas's days being shaed with Xion and Axel?
    You could tell?
     
  10. Kayate King's Apprentice

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    I thought the "/two" was to symbolize its status of stretching into the timeline of two things.

    Roxas's days in the Organization, and Chain of Memories, since they happen at the same time.

    I, due to habits, pronounce it "Kingdom Hearts 358 and a half Days", I'm not sure why. I believe it's just because of how it's written and because I've been taught that a number with a /2 after it means a half most of the time.
     
  11. Alex856 Twilight Town Denizen

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    /2?

    At first I thought it was because Xion and Roxas were sharing powers and Sora's Memories...

    But It IS true, that Xion doesn't live the whole 358 Days. Only 351-ish.

    So maybe it's between Roxas and Sora?
    They share memories, and their Keyblade. (The keyblade Roxas uses in Days and the one Sora has are the same. but since Sora was asleep During most-The whole time they didn't over lap.)
    (and yeah, I know up until day 28 both use it at the same time, but Sora was using Kingdom Key's CARD. not the actual thing, it may be possible...)
     
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    I think the "/2" part means that it was Roxas and xion who were experiencing the 358 days
     
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    I like some of these reasons I'm seeing.

    I always thought the /2 was the 2 days Roxas wasn't in the organization:

    the day he ran and the First Day in KH2.
     
  14. Llave Superless Moderator

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    That's what I thought too.

    It could be in those 358 days, he's lived "two lives". Organization Roxas, and KHII/Twilight Town Roxas. Or the division of Sora's memories in both Xion and Roxas.
     
  15. Glen Returned from the dead

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    I think that it's because it was mainly about Roxas and Xion (just my personal opinion).
    Either that or yeah, because it branches into KH2.
    Then again, it could also be because it shows the origins of the friendship of Axel and Roxas and how it developed, but i think that's the least likely reason (again, in my opinion)
     
  16. Stella Nox Fleuret Hollow Bastion Committee

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    I always think it's the
    the two days he left the organisation.
     
  17. shadusnox Merlin's Housekeeper

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    No. the most least likely reason I have ever heard is that it's because roxas ends up having two keyblades
    I think it's from roxas representing two people, himself and sora, and the struggle he has trying to separate himself from sora
    Also, I say it 358 slash 2 days
     
  18. Llave Superless Moderator

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    In the Hepburn Romanization of the Japanese title, it's: Kingudamu Hātsu Surī Faibu Eito Deizu Ōbā Tsū, subtitle read as "Three Five Eight Days Over Two." So whatever the two days are, they are over the 358. I suppose it's about the days he left the organization, but I can't find any reliable sources telling what it truly means.
     
  19. Loxare Hollow Bastion Committee

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    I always thought it was because of the number of days Sora was esentially split in half, not including the time Roxas spent in Twilight Town with HPO. I see it as a fraction:

    358 Days
    2​

    358 days spent as two people.
     
  20. Kaidron Blaze Kingdom Keeper

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    that is exactly what I thought it was too