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'''Ansem's Reports''' are a series of pages collected throughout ''[[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''. The reports explore the mythology of the series, and focus largely on the nature of beings, what they become ([[Heartless]] and [[Nobody|Nobodies]]), and the nature of darkness and nothingness. The second report, also known as the '''Secret Ansem's Report''', explains the background and plans of specific characters, primarily [[Xehanort]], [[Naminé]], and [[Organization XIII]]. Though both reports are originally thought to be written by [[Ansem the Wise]], he claims in his Secret Ansem's Report that he is only responsible for Ansem's Report part 1, while his apprentice Xehanort stole his identity and wrote Ansem's Report parts 2-13.<ref>The pages of the Ansem's Report are numbered 0-12 in the Japanese versions of ''Kingdom Hearts'' and ''Kingdom Hearts II'', and this numbering is preserved when they are mentioned in ''Kingdom Hearts II''.</ref> It is much more clear, though, that Xehanort wrote the Ansem's Report parts 10-13.

Ansem began work on the report in order to study the darkness in the hearts of beings, and to determine ways to protect his homeworld, [[Radiant Garden]], from its ravages. The reports were later written at some point by Xehanort. Ansem later wrote a new set of reports after his escape from the Realm in Between.

::<small>Ansem's Report 2 is received from [[Aerith]] in the [[Library]].</small>

:''The experiments caused the test subject's heart to collapse, including those of the most stalwart. How fragile our hearts are! My treatment produced no signs of recovery. I confined those who had completely lost their hearts beneath the castle.''

::<small>Ansem's Report 4 is received from Aerith in the Library.</small>

::<small>Ansem's Report 6 is received from Aerith in the Library.</small>

::<small>Ansem's Report 10 is received from Aerith in the Library.</small>

::<small>Ansem's Report 11 is obtained after beating [[Kurt Zisa]].</small>{{FM}}

:''Upon opening the door of a world's heart, the wall around that world is broken down. This is seen as a shooting star. Through this, I have been able to understand the reason why the material known as Gummi Blocks has the ability to allow travel to other worlds.''

:''A world's wall collapses because of the appearance of the Heartless, but finding a world's door takes time. And robbing a world of its heart is a similar case.''

:''If the door has been closed by the Keyblade, one would probably be unable to reach that world's heart again. Before the Keyblade wielder appears in this world, I must take measures to do something.''

:''Supposing that there is a close relationship between the Princesses and the Keyblade, it seems likely that they will resonate with each other...''

:''I have chosen a [[Kairi|special girl]]. I do not know if she possesses the power of the Princesses, but there is a chance, and this is an experiment. She may lead me to the place where the one holding the key is...''

:''I shall send her off to the [[Destiny Islands|Sea of the Skies]].''

:''I have transcended to an existence of only the heart. I should have come back as a Heartless, but there is no sign of such a transformation.''

:''My body has surely perished. However, I am different from the other Heartless, keeping the memories of before, and I have not taken on the form of a Heartless.''

:''It is evident that there are still many things to be studied.''

:''In order to cross over to the dark realm, which is not this world, you must go beyond the door of Kingdom Hearts, the heart of all worlds.''

:''The core connected to the world's heart, the place that will take me to the world of darkness. (I will record the details in another report...)''

:''There are still so many unknown worlds.''

:''The Realm of the Present...The Realm of darkness. The Realm of light.''

:''And, the [[Realm Between]].''

:''In which one will I find sanctuary?''

:''When the heart casts away the body, where does the body go?''

:''Heart and soul are separate, and the soul remains in the body. But can we assume that the remaining body and soul perish?''

:''Certainly when the heart changes into a Heartless, the body disappears.''

:''Or does that apply solely to this realm? Could other beings similar to the Heartless exist in another realm?''

:''If we take that to be the case, then there must be another form of oneself elsewhere.''

:''An existence neither of darkness nor of light. An in-between existence. Cast off by the heart, a mere shell, one who begrudges both the darkness and the light.''

:''This mystery cannot be easily resolved. The relationship between the heart and the body is a complex one.''

:''But since we exist in this realm, our counterparts of another realm must not be existent.''

:''"The non-existent ones."''

[[File:Secret Ansem's Report KHII.png|thumb|right|A page of the Secret Ansem's Report]]

===Secret Ansem's Report 1===

===Secret Ansem's Report 2===

===Secret Ansem's Report 3===

===Secret Ansem's Report 4===

===Secret Ansem's Report 5===

===Secret Ansem's Report 6===

===Secret Ansem's Report 7===

 

===Secret Ansem's Report 8===

===Secret Ansem's Report 9===

===Secret Ansem's Report 10===

===Secret Ansem's Report 11===

===Secret Ansem's Report 12===

:''It may be that Sora's memories are slow to return because the half of him that Roxas is still lacking.''

===Secret Ansem's Report 13===

* Ansem mentions "earlier reports" detailing his research into darkness, though he claims that he only wrote the first report, which merely posed his question. The earlier reports also chronicle experiences that were only his, such as his meeting with King Mickey. While some of this can be explained by Xehanort's assumption of Ansem, which may have led him to pretend to have Ansem's memories as well, it does not explain Ansem's mention of earlier reports. Especially because the pages in ''Kingdom Hearts'' were called simply the "Ansem's Report", it is possible that there were other side reports that Ansem wrote between Ansem's Report 1 and Ansem's Report 2.

* A further inconsistency appears with the mention of Ansem's disciples working with Xehanort to study the Heartless. In the original report, it seems to imply that Xehanort was working completely alone.<!--Anyone have a solution for this?-->

==References==

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