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, is a fictional user of black magic in the ''Final Fantasy'' series and one of protagonists of ''Final Fantasy IX''. His appearance is directly based on the black mage characters from various other Final Fantasy games. As a result, he is garbed in blue, wears a tall yellow hat, and has no facial features beyond a set of yellow eyes. He did not have a voice until ''Kingdom Hearts II'', where he is voiced by Ikue Otani and Melissa Disney in the Japanese and English versions respectively. The ''Kingdom Hearts II'' incarnation of Vivi was designed by Tetsuya Nomura. Vivi was created after the plot of ''Final Fantasy IX'' was complete, which was unlike previous titles such as ''Final Fantasy VII'' and ''VIII'', which had their protagonists designed before their stories. Because he was a key character to the plot, part of the world design was centered on him. Since appearing in ''Final Fantasy IX'', Vivi has received largely positive reception. He has been featured in several pieces of merchandise and was well received by game critics. ==Appearances== Vivi Ornitier first appears at the beginning of the game, and becomes embroiled in Tantalus's plan to kidnap Princess Garnet when he travels to Alexandria to attend a performance of the play ''I Want to be Your Canary''.〔Vivi: Leave me alone! / Knight 1: Stop! / Knight 2: Come back here! / Vivi: Don't come any closer! / Garnet: Ow! That's hot! / Baku: Zidane! It's time! / Zidane: Princess Garnet! Let's get outta here! (Final Fantasy IX)〕 With some encouragement from Zidane and Adelbert Steiner (who calls him 'Master Vivi' out of respect for his magical prowess〔Zidane: Why are you calling him 'Master'? Steiner: You fool. That black mage has unimaginable powers... (Final Fantasy IX)〕), he starts to believe in his abilities and initially joins the group to save Garnet from the depths of the Evil Forest. After they find Queen Brahne's Black Mage factory in Dali, he remains with the group to search for the truth about his origins. It is later revealed that Black Mages are mindless footsoldiers, manufactured by Kuja who supplies them to Queen Brahne in order to help her conquer the Mist Continent. The Black Mages are larger than Vivi and wear purple jackets instead of blue ones like his, and mostly do not show emotions like Vivi himself does. Vivi desperately wishes to find out the truth about his origins and the reason for his existence, fearing his purpose is nothing more than to be a soulless killing machine. He also does not understand why he is different from the rest of the Black Mages, including why he shows emotions when other Black Mages, including the Black Waltzes, do not.〔Vivi: ...Zidane. Those...black mages and I... Are we...the same...? (Final Fantasy IX)〕 The truth is revealed to him by Kuja and the Black Mages in the Black Mage Village later on in the game. He learns that most Black Mages "stop" after one year, equivalent to death in humans.〔Black Mage No. 288: Seven of our friends stopped functioning recently... I think our life span is limited... I've suspected this ever since the first one came to a stop. It varies a little, but most of us stop moving one year after production. (Final Fantasy IX)〕 A conversation with the Black Mage leader suggests that Vivi was the black mage prototype built to "last longer."〔Vivi: A-Am I gonna stop pretty soon, too? / Zidane: ! / Black Mage No. 288: I don't know... Kuja said the prototype built before us would last longer. / Vivi: But...I am gonna stop eventually. / Black Mage No. 288: ...... (Final Fantasy IX)〕 Vivi's history prior to traveling to Alexandria was he fell out of a cargo ship, and a Qu, Quina's race, adopts him. Vivi refers to him as his grandpa. They lived in a cave near Treno. However, Vivi's grandfather eventually died, probably prompting Vivi to leave his home and travel to Alexandria. It is possible that interacting with the Qu who raised him has given Vivi the emotions and sense of himself that most other Black Mages seem to lack. Vivi himself does not appear in the epilogue cutscenes, but the screen cuts to black to display his ending monologue. Instead, seven other black mages who look exactly like him appear at the celebration in Alexandria, one of whom identifies himself to Puck as "Vivi's son." Through his messages during the ending scenes, Vivi thanks Zidane for their adventures and the lessons of life, and bids everyone farewell. It is implied that he dies due to his limited lifespan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vivi (Final Fantasy)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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