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As he didn't take pure form and needed to create his by using Riku

Think about this

The Emblem Heartless are from the human experimentation

no he was a heartless wayyy betore riku

Actually Ansem might be an emblem heartless since the world of chaos is a emblem heartless

i saw that nova

You saw nothing

?

He was a heart in a cloak that possessed Riku and took physical form

I like that KH1 final mix shows that Ansem cast riku aside when he became powerful enough

Pretty much since Ansem is a Heartless he can Reform his body if he has enough darkness to do so

"So, Nomura, heartless that have emblems are Emblem Heartless, right?"
Nomura: "Yes, indeed they are."
"So, that means that Ansem is an Emblem Heartless?"
Also Nomura:

well, time to watch bf probably finish the accursed KH title that has three of the same letters in its name convention in the color magenta

Ah you mean Kingdom Heart BBB, Bream Brop Bistance

Yeah Ansem is an Emblem Heartless but he has a higher functionally due to retaining his intelligence and selfhood

okay look, let's think about it like this.. Riku had the Dream eater sigil upon his jacket.. turns out he's truly a dream eater.. so, by that logic.. Maybe Ansem is a special being whom started via being a purebreed, but, the means by which he gained his form is "artificial".. hence.. Emblem

?ream ?rop ?istance

yes, of course.. Bream Brop Bistance

the best one

Probably a decent explanation Ama

Ansem as the Robed Figure was not a Heartless

Yes he was lol

Well, in 3D Young Xehanort said that his older self visited him while he was just a heart.

Okay hold up I got it

So idk.

Robed Figure is pureblood

Ansem shed his Physical form

Ansem physically is Emblem