In KH1 Sora released his own heart in order to save Kairi, whose heart was in Sora. Because of this, Sora turned into a Heartless, that's obvious.

But why was it a Shadow? A Shadow is the lowest Heartless in the KH universe, I mean there exist literally millions or even billions of them, because every ordinary guy who loses his heart to the darkness turns into a Shadow.

But Sora is no ordinary boy (even though Nomura tries to convince us otherwise), he's a Keyblade wielder and he has a strong heart, or else Roxas wouldn't exist, that's proof enough that his heart is strong.

For example, Xehanort's Heartless is the only one with a human form, because he had such a strong will and heart. I'm not saying that Sora's Heartless should have a human form too, since he was not nearly as strong as Xehanort at that moment, but it should be at least a stronger Heartless.

So why a Shadow?

I'm not saying that he is a Heartless like Ansem, I'm saying that by not being a Heartless and not being a whole person, he is somewhere in between. He lacks a true body like a Heartless, but he has all of what makes him himself and his form is not made of Darkness, distancing himself from being a Heartless. If the name for that "in-between" category is now cannonly called "a walking heart", then fine, he's a walking heart, no arguments there. Either I'm not making myself very clear or now everybody is taking me too literally.

 

You are referencing Ansem as your only other comparison but if you knew what we were saying and agreeing i don't get why you are trying to argue it's vague when there are clear differences. Sora was not a heartless once he was purified. Yes he was a walking heart. In this series the smallest details make a difference. I think we are on the same page now

You are referencing Ansem as your only other comparison but if you knew what we were saying and agreeing i don't get why you are trying to argue it's vague when there are clear differences. Sora was not a heartless once he was purified. Yes he was a walking heart. In this series the smallest details make a difference. I think we are on the same page now

Fine fine, I'm just drained and confused by this point. Ansem=Heartless, reduced to simpler walking heart-ish form, still Heartless because Darkness. Sora=not Heartless, walking heart, purified of any Darkness that would make him a Heartless. Am I good now?  :sad: