The Things That Matter

The Things That Matter is a zine centered around Riku, the deuteragonist from Kingdom Hearts. The zine is a second installment to a series of zines published by khrikuzine.
==About==
A year after the completion of The Road to Dawn, a second Riku zine was announced on November 9, 2020https://twitter.com/khrikuzine/status/1325941498844745728. Applications for artists, writers, and merch artists opened on January 10, 2021https://twitter.com/khrikuzine/status/1348404254877356034. Applications closed on February 7, 2021, with a reported total of approximately 230 artists and 60 writershttps://twitter.com/khrikuzine/status/1358689223583412224.
Preorders opened on June 5, 2021 with the following pricing tiershttps://twitter.com/khrikuzine/status/1401237500786577413:
* Dark Divide ($10 USD) - Digital Zine, Icons, Coloring Pages, Emojis, Encore EPUB
* Soul Eater ($25 USD) - Physical Zine
* Oblivion ($30 USD) - Physical Zine, Prints, Sticker Sheet, Die Cut Sticker, Buttons
* Way To The Dawn ($45 USD) - Physical Zine, Prints, Sticker Sheet, Die Cut Sticker, Buttons, Charms, Magenet, Washi Tape
* Braveheart ($60 USD, Initally limited to 200) - Physical Zine, Prints, Sticker Sheet, Die Cut Stickers, Buttons, Charms, Magnet, Washi Tape, Acrylic Standee, Spinner Pin, Digital Bundle
Braveheart bundles quickly sold out by June 6thhttps://twitter.com/khrikuzine/status/1401452403296112640. Due to demand, the limited bundles were restocked on June 12thhttps://twitter.com/khrikuzine/status/1402747207766491136.
Preorders closed on July 3, 2021https://twitter.com/khrikuzine/status/1411535627028369411. In the first of many production updates, the project reported a total of 411 preordershttps://twitter.com/khrikuzine/status/1414313546855243777.
Shipping began approximately after September 30, 2021https://twitter.com/khrikuzine/status/1443741356585852928. Shipping of physical orders finally completed on September 4, 2021https://twitter.com/khrikuzine/status/1443741356585852928. Digital copies were sent out on October 16, 2021https://twitter.com/khrikuzine/status/1449540233159008267.
Leftovers opened on November 13, 2021https://twitter.com/khrikuzine/status/1459657455651020807. On the next day due to demand, the Etsy store was closed and all stock was reallocated to the main Big Cartel storefronthttps://twitter.com/khrikuzine/status/1459997710031880192. All physical stock was sold out by November 15, 2021https://twitter.com/khrikuzine/status/1460367603424129027. The digital bundle was made available on Gumroad from October 21, 2021 to November 20, 2021https://twitter.com/khrikuzine/status/1451309130912710665. 
 Project Schedule
 	Start 	End
Contributor Applications	January 10, 2021 	February 7, 202
Preorders 	June 5, 2021 	July 3, 2021
Shipping 	September 30, 2021	October 16, 2021
Leftover Sales 	November 13, 2021 	November 20, 2021
==Contributors==
The following names were taken from the project's social media accounthttps://twitter.com/khrikuzine/status/1369060726103490564.
===Page Artists===
* AmyHayaNora - Guest, Cover Artist
* Becomeafish (beccrea)
* Bell (dreamisoup)
* Claude (cloudcastor)
* Dani (danini_panini)
* Destiny (DaPandaBanda)
* Hakei (hakeism) - Guest
* Jax
* Jenn (jenn.vento)
* Josie G (dawning_skye)
* Joy (MysidianRabbit)
* Kelly (kasurias)
* Kett (KETTsuper)
* Lia (LiaSunderland)
* Lico (LicoriceRoll)
* Lily (a0rii)
* Lottie (trashcanprince)
* Lou (louscribbles)
* Maddie (forgivenbeaver)
* Mare (la_mare69)
* Meat (rouwan) - Guest
* Nijuukoo (nijuukoo) - Guest
* Owl (owlforkh) - Guest
* Somay (SomniMagus)
* Space (SpacePenguin10)
* Tay (ignightroad)
* Tixca (tixca_)
* Wano (wanologic)
* Wistaria (_.wistaria._)
* Yura (yurasarts)
===Merch Artists===
* Briku (tetrabriku)
* Draco (dracooties)
* Ili (vaenili)
* Nymph (sintomacronico) - Guest
* Pea (Peatootin) - Guest
* Smovs
* Vivian (sugarcubedstudios) - Guest
===Writers===
* Amarxlen - Guest
* Ariasune
* BlissfulNightRain - Guest
* ClaireK (finalfantasyx)
* eskandarrohani
* HinataOC (CurryFury13) - Guest
* Niehi (_oathbreaker)
* pineovercoat
===Mods===
* Jess (shakyypen) - Graphics, Layout, Coordination
* Nymph (savaagenymph) - Social Media, Coordination
* Amar (amarxlen) - Shipping, Writing Beta
* Bliss (BlissyNightRain) - Finance, Writing Beta
* Lucky (hinataoc) - General Mod, Writing Beta
==Gallery==
File:Riku zine vol2 banner.png|Social Media Banner
File:Riku zine vol2 limited bundle.png|Braveheart Listing
== Fan Reception ==
The following posts are a sample of posts retweeted by the project's social media account about the zine.
Bell wrote on Twitter
Kelly wrote on Twitter
Tay wrote on Twitter
BlissfulNightRain wrote on Twitter
VintageAerith wrote on Twitter
rea wrote on Twitter
Triffy wrote on Twitter
MarcoAntonio wrote on Twitter
C-World Productions wrote on Twitter
Kai wrote on Twitter
Chris wrote on Twitter
Moone wrote on Twitter
== References ==
Category:Kingdom Hearts Zines
Category:2021 Zines