#Homer Yushima

[digi-lov]

Homer Yushima BT13-096, Kamemon BT13-022, Gawappamon BT13-024, Shaujinmon BT13-027, and JumboGamemon BT13-032 by GOSSAN from BT-13 Booster Versus Royal Knights

[heckcareoxytwit]

The Humans and their Digimon Partners in Digimon Savers/Data Squad picspam

(Japanese and English dub names)

Masaru Daimon / Marcus Damon and Agumon

Tohma H Norstein / Thomas H Norstein and Gaomon

Yoshino Fujieda / Yoshi and Lalamon

Ikuto Noguchi / Keenan Crier and Falcomon

Satsuma Rentarou / Richard Sampson and Kudamon

Miki Kurosaki and Pawnchessmon (Black)

Megumi Shirakawa and Pawnchessmon (White)

Hiroshi Yushima / Homer Yushima and Kamemon

Suguru Daimon / Spencer Damon and BanchoLeomon

Chika Daimon / Kristy Damon and Piyomon/Biyomon

[citrus-cactus]

-> Remembering my Digimon Old Men phase (which happened pre-Tumblr and I was something I mostly kept to myself) where I wrote dialogue snippets and experimented with how to draw:

Old Gennai

Iori’s grandpa (Chikara)

Yamato and Takeru’s grandpa (Michel)

Homer/Hiroshi Yushima from Data Squad/Savers

This IS a good drawing exercise, btw. Drawing different types of faces and facial structures, and trying to figure out how aging works in your drawing style, even if it’s still Oops All Anime!

-> Looks at the Professor and the posts I’ve been making about him (semi)recently:

…

………

-> Yeah, that tracks.

[amethyst-geek]

If I had a nickel for every time Toei was involved in the production of a show where the local elderly mentor had a turtle-themed creature for a partner and wore a Hawaiian shirt, I’d have 2 nickels, which isn't a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

[marianas-art-world]

CHARACTER PROFILES

Digimon Savers

(insp.)

[nocontextdigi]

[mass-driver]

Any advice on how to handle a Lopmon and Terriermon duo? I've been doing my best to provide for the pair I have in my service but i'm worried I might not be doing enough since truth told, my knowledge of digimon is woefully limited.

“My first response to this is a formal request that you register as a D.A.T.S. Tamer, due to the secrecy of Digimon to the general public…But, putting that request aside for a moment, a Tamer having more than one Partner is unusual, almost unheard of outside of the Tamer Union’s factions. My suggestion would be learning their likes, dislikes, and any allergies they may have, and then planning with those in mind. Of course, D.A.T.S. does have facilities to treat sick or injured Digimon, due to how vital their role is in our duties in protecting the world from wild Digimon.

And, should they die, I must regretfully inform you that the chance of one of your Digimon remembering their past life is extremely low; one of our Tamers experienced that, but was fortunate enough to have his partner Digimon recall everything. Being a Digimon Tamer is an extremely hazardous profession, and one not for the faint of hea–”

“Hush now, Richard. Let this old man give a few pointers of his own, hohoho! Now, if you’re gonna be taking care of those Digimon in the long run, make sure you don’t ignore their needs; if a Digimon needs to go to the bathroom, prioritize that immediately, unless you want them to Digivolve into a Sukamon, or something. And, if they’re sick, then I have to suggest contacting D.A.T.S. to treat them; no other organization, aside from the Union, is equipped to handle Digimon due to the Japanese government’s stance on information regarding them. And, finally, if they ever want mackerel and tea, feel free to hunt me down near D.A.T.S. Headquarters! Kamemon and I’ll give them all the mackerel and tea they want!”

[jolteonjordansh]

Thoughts on Kurata Arc

We got a doozy, guys. I have no idea how to start this other than oh God. Lots of changes to talk about, lots of characters, and lots of opinions. But in one sentence: Digimon Savers did but also didn’t go in some of the directions I expected it to and I’m kind of blindsided by it. 

Let’s deal with this below the break.

I can’t believe how many risks Digimon Savers took in a single arc that it could have screwed up so easily. I was so ready to get so irritated with this series if they screwed up so many specific and particular things, but they managed to nail it in a way that made things work miraculously.

So there's a second opening in this arc! Digimon has never done a second opening before, but it's a Koji Wada opening! And I'm so torn because both the first opening and this one, Hirari, are super catchy and great. Seriously, I don't think I can pick between the two. But regardless, go listen to Hirari. Any Koji Wada song is worth your time.

Anyway, I'm ready to tear Kurata apart, but let me try to keep some order in this post. I do like how this series goes between the Digital World and Real World, but it's not as convenient as it was in Digimon Adventure 02 and there is some danger to it. This is especially an issue when Kurata destroys the DATS headquarters and the only Digital Gate the cast had there. Thankfully, there is a Digital Gate in the leftover basement of Keenan's parents. Naturally, they're against seeing Keenan go to the Digital World with the rest of the cast after finally seeing him again, but they eventually agree to let him go. Unfortunately like Adventure 02, this show felt the need to do a set of comedy antagonists. While I do think Arukinemon and Mummymon had some merit and humor, Savers' comedy trio... doesn't quite catch my interest.

Kouki, Nanami and Ivan are examples of people Kurata takes advantage of, and I can say I like that much of their characters. Nanami is vain and wanted more in her life and knowledge, and Ivan worked with Kurata to get money for his siblings. But this is about as much depth as they get. Nanami is mostly fanservice with boob jiggle physics, and Ivan is a really annoying comic relief character who wants to bone every girl he sees. There's also Kouki, who basically serves as Marcus' rival in that they both want to punch the shit out of each other, but that's it. There's no reason for him to offer himself for Kurata's research other than he wants to fight things and feel powerful. I guess you could argue this was part of the reason Marcus joined DATS, but he also joined them to be Agumon's partner, so there is some depth for him. I can't help but admit that these three being humans fused with Digimon is actually Frontier done right to an extent. Silly nonetheless, but there's some sick cruelty behind it that characterizes it as part of Kurata's insanity and sadist nature. If not Frontier done better, it certainly feels like a Take That to Digimon Frontier. The trio of dumb does prove to be strong adversaries if anything, supposedly killing Richard as the main cast escapes to the Digital World, but I don't think Richard's dead yet. I just don't think he would die that easily and to such loser characters. Plus, they can't get rid of my adorable Kudamon that Digivolves to this badass!

The main three characters also manage to achieve Mega level almost simultaneously. They have to train with BanchoLeomon who I know is going to die too, and this somehow fixes their Digivices after breaking them from a sudden surge of power in their last fight with the trio of dumb. I do appreciate how Marcus' achievement to Digivolution to Mega with Agumon was done since he fought hard the entire time in BanchoLeomon's dojo, but Thomas and Yoshino's felt sort of sudden. Hell, Yoshino didn't even fight the wooden dolls that BanchoLeomon had. They just made it work. I'm glad they do all achieve Mega level at least, but I will agree what does bother me a little bit is that the development of characters doesn't quite feel balanced. It's not to a point that it ruins any of the characters, but I do feel the lack of balance. You can really feel this for Keenan and Falcomon a bit in this arc, who don't achieve Mega level until the very end of the arc because they leave to do their own things in the Digital World and don't get the same experience as the other three. Even then, their excuse to leave was kind of flimsy at best. But again, not enough to ruin any of these characters for me.

I am glad we get to know the mysterious old man more--Homer Yushima. The main group ends up running into him and he does provide a funny supportive role, and his partner Kamemon is a funny partner with his odd shyness. I would classify him as a badass old man, but he doesn't really do anything really kickass. He's just there to be a cool old guy and be quirky. The supporting cast, in general, is pretty good, like Miki and Megumi actually participating (even if they are mostly back-up) and Marcus' mother and sister. There's a couple of Digimon on the "holy capital", ElDoradimon, but most of them really don't mean or do anything and one of them, Baromon, has about as dumb of a death as Seraphimon's in Frontier. But other than the supporting cast, some big changes happen in the main cast within this arc, and the writers could have totally screwed this up so easily.

In the midst of the Digital World part of this arc, Thomas gets pointed out ways he may be inferior to Marcus or even similar to him but not as good. This starts to set up the potential rival mini-arc, kind of like with Tai and Matt in Digimon Adventure, and this really started to irk me. I did not want to see Digimon Savers copy this plot point of Digimon Adventure, especially since Marcus and Thomas already had their fight in the beginning of the show and generally recovered from it. It definitely comes across this way, especially when Thomas decides to "join forces" with Kurata and fights Marcus for the sake of his surprise younger sister's health. It really frustrated me, but thankfully Digimon Savers somehow managed to land right on its feet and make this whole elaborate plot that shows just how clever Thomas really is, when initially it made him look really stupid.

The whole thing comes across as Thomas letting his emotions take over his intellect, between his supposed "grudge" against Marcus and his love for his younger sister, but no. Kurata is just a really clever asshole who put Thomas in a terrible position by having a bomb on Relena and having Thomas figure it out, so he knows fighting against Kurata would only end up getting Relena hurt. But he also makes his whole non-existent grudge against Marcus all the more convincing. And it's convincing all the way to the very end, down to Thomas creating a faulty device for Kurata to control Belphemon and to agree to Relena's surgery to do a human to Digimon fusion until the very end and utilizing his actual doctor title. It's here we also see Thomas kind of has an asshole dad because he was neglectful of him and his mother, but still loves Relena. It's still a little confusing and I'm hoping we get some depth on that.

This whole "betrayal" also leads to the inevitable Dark Digivolution of the series, which I had honestly forgotten about because I was becoming so immersed into it. It's all triggered by Marcus' anger towards Thomas for seeming to betray him, and the raw anger of his DigiSoul transforms ShineGreymon to his Dark Digivolution, ShineGreymon Ruin Mode. It actually works really well with the whole theme of the soul in Digimon Savers and Marcus' negative emotions are personified really well into ShineGreymon Ruin Mode, who is overcome with so much of Marcus' negative emotions that he just continues to rampage until he will destroy himself. Marcus is thankfully able to stop this... but at the cost of ShineGreymon reducing to an egg once more. This does lead to a good character arc of Marcus having to understand how to control his raw emotions and deal with the despair of losing Agumon--especially since it's speculated that all Digimon who are reduced to DigiEggs lose their memories. Lucky for Marcus, this doesn't happen, but they do a kind of funny fake-out with it that just fits Marcus' relationship with Agumon. Their reunion is honestly pretty emotional, as silly of moments as it has, and it just really solidifies how much more I like Marcus and his Agumon. Also, the way Marcus carries around the egg towards the final fight is weirdly adorable.

And now, I can finally talk about Kurata. Ho. Ly. Fuck. I hate this guy. Everyone hates this guy. He's the actual definition of a douchebag. No, seriously, if you look it up in the dictionary, you'll see his picture there. He's despicable in every way possible. He's a spineless coward. He takes advantage of people's emotions and fears. He's a liar who claims he's out to do one thing like destroy the Digital World for the safety of the Real World (even though that was wrong to begin with), then he decides "Fuck it, let me rule both worlds!". He kills hundreds of Digimon for their life energy, all to revive one of the Seven Great Demon Lords, Belphemon, without a care in the world for Digimon or even people. Seriously, he's despicable in every way and is just an awful human being. Thankfully Thomas was smart enough to sabotage part of this plan, but ironically Kurata tries to force this to work by transforming himself into data and basically fuses with Belphemon to turn him into the destructive beast he wanted to control. This eventually bites him in the ass as Belphemon's consciousness takes over Kurata's... only for Kurata to come back and create this ugly abomination. Thankfully, he does get his just desserts when he gets exactly what I wanted--Marcus and ShineGreymon punching him straight in the fucking face.

During the fight with Belphemon, Falcomon does get to achieve his Mega level--Ravemon, who's honestly a neat looking bird samurai. On that note, I should talk about the other Mega level Digimon. ShineGreymon is a neat take on the Greymon line, and I think I prefer it over WarGreymon. He's definitely not Gallantmon, but pretty neat. MirageGaogamon is probably my favorite of the Mega levels here, having a sort of knight theme to him, maybe mixed with a ninja theme considering how fast he is. As for Rosemon, she's... well, Rosemon. She's about the same as I would say about Rosemon when watching Digimon Adventure tri. I'll give credit that generally they've avoided doing jiggle physics with her (though they did some with Lotusmon, but Evil is Sexy). There's a couple of bits of fanservice like ass shots, but nowhere near as bad as... Ugh... Fairymon. There's also an advanced form called the Burst Mode, and ShineGreymon manages to achieve ShineGreymon Burst Mode, and it looks even better. Again, it's a really awesome design for the Greymon line. I just hope that the other three Megas get Burst Modes too, but I won't be surprised if they don't necessarily.

Still, the final fight in this arc is so freaking satisfying. Again, Kurata getting his punch to the face was something I was clamoring for since the end of the Worlds Conflict arc. It feels like a truly challenging fight with high stakes, and it's probably my favorite fight in Savers so far. While Kurata's fate isn't made clear in the very end, my mind tells me he's either dead or stuck in limbo in space-time. So either way, he suffers. And that's good. Because Kurata sucks. I can say without a doubt in my mind that he's the worst Digimon villain--not from a writing standpoint, but as a human being. He's the cruelest, most manipulative, jerkish villain I've seen in these series. And if the next arc somehow changes that, I'll be shocked.

This arc overall was really good. Once again, Digimon Savers continues the trend of getting better as it goes just like Digimon Tamers. I don't know how it can get better in 10 episodes, but I'm willing to let Digimon Savers try to convince me if they can execute things as well as they did in this arc where they could have screwed up so easily. It looks like with this whole rip in space-time that's colliding the worlds, traveling between the Real World and Digital World might have more freedom? I'm curious to see how it goes.

But before I can close this out and move on to the last arc of Digimon Savers... Surprise! Digimon Savers has a movie! Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!!. This movie isn't canon, and you should only watch it until after this arc because it spoils ShineGreymon Burst Mode. You may be wondering why I don't have a separate final thoughts post on this movie. Well... That's because this movie kind of sucks. In fact, it's probably the worst Digimon movie of them all. Yes, worse than Hurricane Landing!!/Transcendent Evolution!! after all of the hell I've given that movie. Not to mention, this movie is only a mere 20 minutes long. So yeah, it doesn't deserve its own post.

One of the worst parts of this movie is that the human characters are barely even in this movie. There's just Marcus. No Thomas. No Yoshino. Not even any Keenan or even Falcomon. The movie just focuses on the three main Digimon--Agumon, Gaomon and Lalamon. But even then, Gaomon seems kind of out of character as apparently the humans are trapped in these weird cocoons, but he tells Agumon to give up hope on them ever waking up. Seriously Gaomon? Aren't you the loyal one in this group? Why would you not have faith in Thomas or even try to help him? It just comes off as really out of character.

But then the movie spends five minutes--a quarter of its runtime--on a really clumsy fight scene that doesn't do anything for the "plot" as the three Digimon try to save this little girl. But she's not a little girl! She's actually a Digimon named... Rhythm, and not something like Rhythmmon? Yeah, okay, I get it Digimon. You wanted your loli bait for the movie. Fine. Do whatever Japan. You're just trying to beat around the bush with the "B-B-But she's actually a Digimon!!!!!" excuse like with Fairymon, but whatever. They don't do anything fanservice-y with her at least, but the problem with Rhythm is she’s just... really boring. With the 20 minutes this movie has, they do nothing to really give her a character or give us a reason to care for her other than she got in trouble and the Digimon want to help her. She's just being chased by the Digimon in charge of all of the destruction in this movie, Argomon, for... reasons. They don't really explain. But Argomon's motives to dominate the world is... he's mad at humans for destroying the environment. Oh come the fuck on! A freaking environmental message!? Even the Pokémon Shaymin movie wasn't this transparent about the message! The West always sucked with environmental movies like Ferngully and Once Upon a Forest! Why are you trying this in 2006!?

So yes, this is a dumb movie with a dumb premise, dumb plot, and does nothing interesting. The Digimon are basically just running away constantly being unable to Digivolve due to not having their human partners, making it really boring until Marcus comes in last minute and Digivolves Agumon to ShineGreymon Burst Mode, but that's it. Even main antagonist Argomon is boring because his designs are very reminiscent of Diablomon and he lacks any originality. It's just a bland waste of time. Honestly, this movie has just two redeeming factors.

One is the animation. It's really, really good. Nothing quite as revolutionary and timeless as Our War Game!, but it's still really nice to look at. The fight scenes look great and there's some really fluid animation with nice shading. But what sucks is that it was wasted on this movie and not something better. There aren't any Digivolution animations (though I'm glad they didn't do the shitty cropping from Runaway Locomon), but I gotta say that ShineGreymon and the effects on him just look awesome. I really loved looking at it. But again, it's just a shame this budget was wasted on this. I wish they had just done a special episode with this, but even this movie is basically just a bad episode of the show. It's just bland and a waste of time. The other redeeming factor, which is related to animation, is that this movie has bloopers in the credits oddly enough. It's silly, but it's funny and I like it. I don't see a lot of 2D animated films do bloopers so I can appreciate Digimon doing something fun and lighthearted here. I just wish I didn't find the bloopers better than this whole 20 minute movie. It's just a waste of time, and I can't recommend watching it unless you really like Digimon and want to see some pretty animation.

So yeah, the Kurata arc was great. The Digimon Savers movie sucked. But despite that, I really hope to see that the final arc of Digimon Savers is great and that it makes watching this show all the more worth it. Ten episodes left, let's see how much they can do in that time.

[brave-new-digital-world]

☀ by 柊 りん

[sevensfantasia]

[digimontfln]

[mass-driver]

Operation: Relationship Celebration Party! (Drabble for thisisjusttheworst’s mun’s birthday)

It had been just an idea in passing from Yushima, really. How Marcus and Sampson both now found themselves decking out the command room of D.A.T.S. Headquarters to celebrate Yoshino’s and Neon’s relationship was a complete mystery. In fact, they were pretty sure that they’d probably been hornswoggled into this at some point.

But, this was also something nice, and Marcus, admittedly, felt bad for lashing out when Yoshino had told him and Thomas about her relationship. He’d never really done much to make up for it after the fact, either, so this was a fine chance to save his pride (and his friendship with Yoshino!).

There was just one teeny, tiny problem...

“Oi, Commander. Why’m I th’ one puttin’ up th’ sign? Ain’t you tall enough t’do this? ...Willya stop wigglin ‘round, Agumon!? Yer makin’ this take way longer than it oughta!” He was having trouble putting up the ‘Congratulations! Yoshino & Hitoshi“ sign, primarily because Agumon decided to be a little(?) wiggleworm that day when Marcus had to stand on him.

“B-But you’re too heavy, Boss! I can’t do this forever, you kn---OW!” Any further complaints Agumon may have had were utterly silenced by way of Marcus stomping his foot onto the Rookie’s snout. He was getting sick of the wiggling, darn it! And he really wished Agumon would quit the wiggleworm routine, before he fell!

“Quit complaining, Marcus. They’ll be here soon, you know. We have to hurry, and make sure this is something those two appreciate.” Sampson’s job was simple, really. He had to decorate the consoles...Which was actually easier than one would think, even if the decorations were Lalamon-themed and numbered in the hundreds. Even Kudamon had Digivolved to Reppamon to lend a hand, via carrying the box on his back for Sampson.

Of course, that’s when a voice rings out from outside the door, followed by Yushima’s head peeking in.

“They’re here! Everyone, look spry, like Yggdrasil’s on your heels!” Yushima had just come in with the punch when he’d seen Yoshino and Neon arrive, so he was quick to have Kamemon run the punch to the Command Room, before hot-footing it there himself and lending a hand in whatever still needed to be done, such as helping Marcus with his task.

And, thankfully, the two lovebirds had just entered right after everything was ready, only to be greeted by Marcus, Sampson, Yushima, and their partners. It was a shame Miki and Megumi had been off, honestly; they’d shown interest in helping, but they couldn’t waste vacation days...

Well, no matter, it was time for the greeting! And, they’d make sure it was a grand one, too! Plus, it was even being recorded with the security cameras for Miki and Megumi, so they didn’t miss anything. Even Thomas could watch, whenever he decided to come back!

“CONGRATULATIONS, YOU TWO!”

[mass-driver]

Do you think Porygon z gets mistaken for a Digimon? Let's find out! *Gives every Digimon muse a Porygon!**

“We’ll have to decide what to do with this later, Kudamon…I wonder what it eats? Maybe having a pet would be good for my nerves.”

“…You know what? Fine. I’ll keep the damn thing. I played Pokemon once, you know. I totally know how to raise a Porygon.”

“Can I eat it, Boss?”

“I don’ think y’can eat it, Agumon. Don’ ask stupid questions! Maybe I’ll give it t’Kristy, or somethin’...”

“…Uh, what am I supposed to do with this? It looks kinda dumb...I bet Dai-Dai would like it. Maybe I’ll force him to keep it.”

“Hohoho! I wonder if it drinks tea? Kamemon, be a dear and go prepare some tea for our new friend, won’t you?” Kamemon’s already gone to prepare the tea, though, by the time Yushima turns around. He preempted his own Tamer’s request by deciding to make tea anyway.

[mass-driver]

{from @thisisjusttheworst} Yoshi made cookies for everyone at DATS. Even Marcus, despite the fact he’s been such a pain in the butt lately.

“...You can have your share, Marcus. If, and only if, you endeavor to behave more.” Sampson didn’t even bother waiting for Marcus to move; he took the initiative, taking the cookies into his left hand with an iron glare. He’d make sure the chaos in his command was minimized, one way or another.

“Wh--C-C’mander, yer killin’ me! I’ve gotta ‘ave some fun, or else I’ll go nuts!” How else was he supposed to get his jollies when there weren’t Digimon around to punch!? Help with Kristy’s homework!? He was terrible at schoolwork!

“We’re the ones that’re likely to go ‘nuts’ with you and your shenanigans around, you meatheaded buffoon...” Thomas, thankfully, made quite sure Marcus couldn’t hear his complaint about the brown-haired Agent’s complaints.

“Seriously, Marcus, you’re making yourself look like a clown. Just settle down some, and you’ll get your share of the cookies. That’s what the Commander’s asking of you. It isn’t rocket science...But, I doubt there’s much of a difference between the two for you, is there?”

“Oho, do I spy cookies there? Don’t mind if I do, Richard!” And there’s Yushima, taking a cookie to be eaten right then and there. “Are these from Yoshino? I need to thank her later; these are stupendous! Maybe I could fry her some fish in thanks? Hohohoho!”

[mass-driver]

Alright you Digimon muses! Who's the cutest baby level Digimon in your opinion?

“Poyomon, definitely…Though, you want some tea while you’re here? Kamemon made more than usual.”

“Whatever Agumon Digivolves from, o’ course! …Uh, What’s Agumon Digivolve from, Commander? ‘Sides Koromon, I mean.”

“Botamon, Marcus. That’s the earliest point of Agumon’s Digivolution line. As for me, I couldn’t tell you offhand.”

“Sparrowmon, obviously! ...I don’t even get the question, so too bad.”

“…Kuramon, for obvious reasons.”

[mass-driver]

“Halloween, is it? It’s a good thing I stocked up on candy, hohoho! Now, let’s make sure there’s enough candy...Kamemon, check the candy for me, would you?!”

“Right. Check candy.”