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→ I don’t expect anyone with canon characters to follow the storylines/plotlines I post (or reblog) in this blog. You’re free to disagree with them as you wish; however If you like them and want to join them, feel free to ask me first! And yes, I can change parts of these verses/plotlines to accommodate you and your headcanons, just let me know first!

→ Our portrayals of the same muse may differ, and that’s okay. Don’t expect me to write the same muse like you and vice-versa (I feel uncomfortable when people do that). ※ If you feel unsure about your own portrayals, please remember that even the canon material has different portrayals of a character because it was written by multiple people. I may block if someone comes to “teach” me or anyone else how to write my or their muses. I have had bad experiences with this in the past, and now I vouch for everyone’s right to write their muses/AUs/ships the way they want, even if I disagree with them.

[qatrunnasuha]

Embarrassed Drawmon

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Gender:Male He/Him/His

Age:18

Color:Hot pink

Emotions:Embarrassment

Death by:???

Similarity:Drawmon from Appmon

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Spirit of Dahlia

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Personality:Embarrassed Drawmon is embarrassing & shy boi he the soft one of The Floral Emotions Extra and he has a girlfriend named Loving Morphmon Also he getting very nervous & flustered by his girlfriend but it's pretty strange his Death was Unknown because he didn't remember about how he died

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inspired by:Embarrassed Kai darkness

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The Floral Emotions Extra (1/6)

[yj-14]

By Topic:

Main Characters:

|| Shinkai Haru || Karan Eri || Astora || Katsura Rei || Ozora Yujin ||

Buddy Appmon:

|| Gatchmon || DoGatchmon || Globemon || Gaiamon ||

|| Dokamon || Dosukomon || Oujamon || Poseidomon ||

|| Musimon || Mediamon || Entermon || Ouranosmon ||

|| Hackmon || Raidramon || Revivemon || Hadesmon ||

|| Offmon || Logamon || Shutmon || Rebootmon ||

Side Characters:

|| Kashiki Ai || Watson || Katsura Hajime || Deneimon ||

Other Characters:

|| Haru's Mother || Eri's Mother || Ai's Father || Asuka Ryutarou || Asuka Jenny || Hikajirou || sayjirou || Manager Anezaki || Mashiro Alice || Kibayashi Elena || Kagurazaka Izumi || Mashiro Arisu || Hatsumi || Occult Hunter J ||

Series Appmon:

|| Messemon || Navimon || Ropuremon || Sukasimon || Mailmon || Sleepmon || Shotmon || Dressmon || Perorimon || Gomimon || Watchmon || Recomon || Dogamon || Emceemon || Tutomon || Protecmon || Cookmon || Reviewmon || Kosomon || Calendamon || Puzzlemon || Tellermon || Timemon || Copipemon || Resshamon || Dreammon || Medicmon || Weatherdramon || Dezipmon || Dantemon || Musclemon || Maripero || Racemon || Tripmon || Batterimon || Calcumon || Compassmon || Callmon || Jishomon || Bootmon || Damedamon || Uratekumon || Unknown Appmon ||

Antagonists:

|| Cameramon || Scorpmon || Sakusimon || Mienumon || || Coachmon || Virusmon || Warudamon || Cometmon || Drawmon || Sateramon || Tubumon || Unryuji Knight || Biomon || Beautymon || Fakemon || Charismon || Deusmon ||

Super AI:

|| Leviathan || Minerva ||

Other Appmon:

|| Onmon ||

Other Digital Lifeforms:

|| Worms || Haru's Agumon || Other Game Characters

Locations:

|| Real World || AR Field || Net Ocean || Deep Web || Cyber Kowloon ||

By Episode Source:

|| E01 || E02 || E03 || E04 || E05 || E06 || E07 || E08 || E09 || E010 || E11 || E12 || E13 || E14 || E15 || E16 || E17 || E18 || E19 || E20 || E21 || E22 || E23 || E24 || E25 || E26 || E27 || E28 || E29 || E30 || E31 || E32 || E33 || E34 || E35 || E36 || E37|| E38 || E39 || E40 || E41 || E42 || E43 || E44 || E45 || E46 || E47 || E48 || E49 || E50 || E51 || E52 ||

By Type:

|| Images || Video || Gif || Music || Text ||

|| Edit || Fanart || Writing || Meme || Meta ||

|| Original || Reblog || Official || Offtopic ||

Other:

|| AU || Crossover ||

Specific/Blog Only:

|| PMD AU ||

[nami-moittli]

[Part 1] [Part 2]

Note: There will be appmon spoilers ahead!

So, picking back up where I left off, now that we’ve got one half of the appdrive-color coding out of the way, let’s move on to the other half, where I will slowly start to get more indulgent and headcanon-y

So, now that I’ve talked about how each chosen is color coded, we now have to take a look at the appdrive DUOs

(Sorry Astora, for the blurry photo)

But now we get interesting, each DUO has two colors, each chosen’s main color and a secondary one. All but one of them have the same secondary color, and guess who that is!

It’s Yuujin. Because of course it is.

Yuujin has purple as the ‘top’ color, which as I’ve stated represents himself and Offmon, but on the ‘bottom’ color, it’s white, silver, really.

All the rest of the chosen have their respective colors on the top portion, and a yellow, gold, on the bottom. Now what could this all mean?

I, personally, see it as a slight show of Yuujin’s “other” nature. Being a second “sixth ranger” and, of course, being an A.I. being originally made for Leviathan before Minerva decided to use him herself.

Now, I can’t really talk about color theory and why Yuujin, Leviathan, is silver while the others, Minerva, are gold, but I can talk about my own headcanons and general AU bs!

So, speaking of the appdrives and Leviathan, that brings us to everyone’s favorite arc-long villain, Unryuji Knight.

We see in the fight between Warudamon and the app drivers there is a mysterious applidriver who allows for Mienumon to app fuse her to get her to ultimate, and this mysterious appli driver also shows up with Cameramon to app fuse him to Scopemon.

As we can see here, from Mienumon being listed as Knight’s buddy, (I think from the manga?) it would make sense for this mysterious applidriver to be our dear Knight.

Now, why am I saying this?

What color would his appdrive be?

To confirm that the manga is the reason why Knight is listed as Mienumon’s buddy, here on Wikimon it lists all the applidrivers:

Of course, the color is listed as “unknown”, which makes sense, it means we, the fans get to speculate!

(Also, slight mention for the game appdrivers, apparently Kazuki/Itsuki, who I believe are the male/female protagonists, have white appdrives. I’m ignoring that because it’s game canon, not show canon.)

Now, the easiest color to choose for him would be white, as that is what he is mainly seen wearing. However, as I’ve previously mentioned, the appdrive’s color seems to match the buddy, not just the child.

This, decidedly, makes things harder.

Of course, we could give him, maybe a pink, to match Mienumon, as blue and purple are already both taken (unless we want to go with a “different shade is good enough!” Approach) but, I and others who have watched the show know that this isn’t quite right. Knight originally had an app that he himself made, being a messaging app, before it got shut down due to hate speech.

Of course, we would go with this app’s color scheme instead. I don’t remember if we ever get to see this app’s icon in the show? I think it’s shown, but I don’t really remember the color scheme. But even, I do have my own ideas!

Now, I know that I said that white is the obvious option, and it is the one that I would pick for his applidrive, but I did want to talk about his buddy as well. So with that out of the way, and me diving into the trenches of my own cool ideas without regard for what makes the most sense, I do have a fun idea as to how Knight’s applidrive more interesting!

I think it’s be cool, if like Messemon, which has multiple colors, Knight’s appdrive reflects off different colors as well! Of course, the base color would still be white, but depending on the angle, maybe the outline color could change? Maybe green, blue and red like we see from Messemon? Or something else?

Idk, I just think it’s cool.

Oh, and of course, with his DUO the secondary color would be silver like Yuujin’s.

New section: My madness (with a hint of analysis still sprinkled in)

So, now that I’ve got all of the canon stuff out of the way, with an exception of Hajime, which I will get to in this section, I can talk about my own personal headcanons/post-canon AU stuff!

Let’s start out simple with “still in the realm of canon” Hajime!

I believe that his appdrive color would be orange, because yellow’s already taken and it’s reasonable to get orange from both Hajime and Onmon/Bootmon. For his secondary DUO color though, I’d imagine it to be neither silver, nor gold. Instead being a bronze, as by the time he gets his appdrive, both are gone.

Now, into my madness! Yuu, my headcanon/OC character. If you haven’t read my little “introduction post” I suppose it would be called, for him, the basic premise for his character is: Yuujin but one model down is brought to life by the Katsura’s, who he now lives with. He has an identity crisis over 1) being an android and 2) not having any memories of the main story, as he’s currently YJ-12, if you will. He ends up having so much of an identity crisis because (when I first imagined him he was Hajime’s age without me thinking of the implications) he wanted a more “fresh start” of being his own person. He’s now Hajime’s age and he goes by “Yuu Katsura”

Anyway, with that out of the way, I can get into what I actually wanted to talk about! Of course, as this is post canon, his secondary color is bronze, just as Hajime’s is. But his primary color? At first, I wanted it to be green, as that’s Yuujin’s main color, and it could be like they switched, Yuujin wears green with a purple appdrive, and Yuu wears purple and has a green appdrive. But then I had my appdrive color realization, and luckily, purple is not Offmon’s only color!

So Yuu’s applidrive would have grey as its primary color and bronze as its secondary color.

Now, for awhile, Astora’s cousin, Hinarin, was my Side Character I Care Way Too Much About. So, of course, I had to give her a buddy of her own! And so, I ended up giving her the buddy appmon of Dancemon! It makes sense, as she’s Astora’s cousin so a variant/coincidental resemblance to Musimon makes sense. Plus, as she’s been bedridden in the hospital for quite some time now, having such an active buddy would be really fun! I even came up with an episode idea for the two, but I never got around to really writing it, Y’know?

Anyway, all this is to say, green primary color, bronze secondary color.

Onto Ai! Now, I mainly associate her with the color pink, but as I’ve already discussed, there’s more to it than just that. So, who would her buddy be?

Now, I’ve seen people say that Bookmon would be a great buddy for her, and while I do agree, it would seem a bit, off. If you know what I mean.

Gatchmon, Musimon, Dokamon, Hackmon and Offmon (and Onmon/Bootmon, if we want to add Hajime) if you think about all these appmon, adding Bookmon to the roster would look, odd, would it not? After all, all of them are, idk how to describe it, vaguely humanoid? Of course, all except Hackmon, who’s more beastioid? I mean, It’s not like any of them look as human as say, Mienumon, off the top my head, but none of them are object appmon either.

So, no, I would not have Bookmon be AI’s buddy. Who would I choose?

Well, honestly, I kinda want to make an OC appmon for her buddy, so, in terms of applidrive colors?

Pink primary, bronze secondary.

Bonus:

Watson can have that one Roleplaymon variant we see in his joke backstory. The one based off the successful RPG app game.

Idfk, brown and bronze?

[digitalgate02]

This is maybe a weird question, but are there any specific story arcs from the various Digimon anime that stand out as favorites?

Hmmm... There's things i didn't watch since last decade (basically things like Tamers and XW i only watched once, Tamers being the first in a while, i only saw it when i was a kid) -- so i might not answer all of them 💦

Adventure: I'm pretty much attached to the Tokyo Arc because it's the one that i remember getting interest on digimon first, despite my official entrance gate was 02 lol.

02: I love everything in 02, but I'm a huge fan of the Kaiser arc. Actually i like when Ken joins the group later too, and while i like the Kaiser arc so much... I feel bad for seeing Ken as the enemy, being all alone and having no friends. So, perhaps my answer is post-series stuff: Armor Evolution to the Unknown (Drama CD) is what comes first in my mind.

Frontier: The Continent of Darkness arc has a ton of great episodes imo, especially ep 22 where has the Takuya line i love the most.

Savers: The moment Ikuto joins the group, I love Ikuto a lot okay!?

Appmon: The arc Yuujin joins the crew. I think it's where things start to get intense for me, and i like Yuujin lol

Reboot/Psi/Whatever-you-call-it: Uhhh... This a bit hard, because it had too many arcs imo and was episodic... But I liked a good chunk of Sora centric episodes.

That's all!! (i'm not counting movie/OVA stuff -- though i'm making an exception to 02 by mentioning a drama CD because honestly post-02 material is where i tend to appreciate the 02 group more)

[shihalyfie]

I personally find it very interesting that Astra’s character arc not being about strictly rebelling against his family’s expectations for him to become the family heir -- rather, the more nuanced issue of how to find his own path in life without rejecting it completely -- was specifically by design. More precisely, they felt it would be more reflective of kids in the modern era to not have it be as simple as “parent forces kid to be heir, kid rebels” but rather about the less visible and more nuanced pressures in which a parent doesn’t technically force their kid to do something, but the kid still feels pressure to follow the path anyway and to not let their family down despite that. As I think about that, well...the original Adventure was doing that too, despite being an anime from a decade and a half earlier!

In particular, this kind of thing was shown with both Jou and Sora, who also are under the pressure of being expected to inherit something. In the case of Jou, we learn in Adventure episode 38 that his father is pressuring his three sons to become doctors, to the point where Jou needs extra encouragement to pursue his own path instead of doing things just because his father wants him to -- but in Armor Evolution to the Unknown, we learn that his father was technically okay with him following his own path and not inheriting the Kido clinic! Jou didn’t have to worry about his father lashing out at him or disowning him or anything -- but nevertheless, it was apparent that his father wasn’t very happy about this outcome, and so it was only natural that Jou, someone who hates letting other people down, would still be hesitant about it even though his father wasn’t theoretically against it.

In the case of Sora, it’s interesting how her eventual path ends up not too far off from Astra’s (especially since we’re talking about both of them being expected to inherit the iemoto position). Astra’s issue was that he wanted to be an AppTuber, but he also didn’t necessarily want to leave the Asuka school behind (especially since it seems he does actually care about the traditional tea ceremony art), even if his father assured him that it’d be okay for him to do so. On the same token, after Sora and her mother reconcile after the events of Adventure, Sora starts genuinely studying flower arrangement during the course of 02, but Kizuna’s To Sora (released four years after Appmon’s broadcast start) lays out the fact that she’s going through a similar problem: she’s pursuing flower arrangement out of her own will, and presumably not to let her family down, but she still hasn’t figured out what she wants for herself. Considering that Astra’s ultimate decision in balancing his AppTubing and position as the heir was “I’m doing both and you can’t stop me,” while we don’t definitively know what Sora’s final decision was, the 02 epilogue depiction of her certainly has the same energy -- it’s got the flower branches and the obvious traditional Japanese influence that establish Sora’s family influences and its presence in her life, but she’s also doing something that’s very much not flower arrangement.

[tenebraevesper]

Digimon Ghost Game Analyzer, Episode 10: Game of Death

For those asking, I’m fine. It took me a while to recover, but it’s nothing I can’t handle.

So, today’s episode is all about video games. What, is it going to tell us how dangerous video games are and how they corrupt your mind?

That doesn’t appear the case from what we’ve seen in the preview. Anyways, let’s see what this is all about.

We start with a guy with a 20 win streak in some kind of fighting game, which actually reminds me a lot of Street Fighter.

Too bad Digimon aren’t in the same position as in our world, else we could’ve had a video game similar to Digimon Tamers: Battle Evolution, or for those who don’t know, Digimon Rumble Arena.

True. *tilts head* You’re only saying that because I’ve been using your character whenever I played the game, aren’t you?

*shrugs, smirking* Hey, I can’t say that I’m not honored that you chose me to beat up the opponents in the game. Just like in real life.

Right. *turns back* Moving on, this guy is then challenged by an unknown... player?

It’s a Digimon. We both know that’s no video game character, but an actual Digimon. Although, I hadn’t seen a Digimon that can enter a video game, only Appmon.

I guess there is a first time for everything. I will also spoil the surprise here and call the Digimon Kinkakumon, but I will later go into more detail about her. For now, all you have to know is that Kinkakumon beats the guy in his own game and then Ginkakumon (I’ll explain later) literally absorbs him into the computer after asking him about his name.

Admittedly, humans being absorbed into the computer isn’t anything new for Digimon, but this is a little disturbing.

Indeed, being a gamer means living on the edge. *grins*

*rolls eyes* So, what are the Tamers going to do about this?

Well, first things first, Kotaro tells Hiro about a game called Fighter’s Kingdom, where if you get a win streak, a new character cuts in to fight.

Although, looking at Kotaro’s expression, he has a different reason to see this mysterious character. *sighs*

The two run into Kiyoshiro, who tells them to stop talking about the video game, considering the topic inappropriate. *eyes Kiyoshiro* I don’t think talking about a video game should be a problem.

*smirks slyly* I think Kiyoshiro owes us an explanation, as Jellymon points out how he was totally hooked on the game.

Quitting a video game after hearing some scary rumors is such a Kiyoshiro-thing to do. *shakes head and shrugs*

Now, before I continue, I think I know what the horror theme of this episode is.

*eyes Tenebrae* You mean, video games?

Well, yeah, but I’m specifically talking here about the Urban Legend Of Zelda-type of mysteries, like the MissingNo. glitch in Pokémon Red and Blue; as well as video game Creepypasta, like Sonic.EXE. It’s that kind of mystery/horror, where rumors fly about people finding a new area or characters that ends up in someone being hurt. Some, however, are just harmless fun and some aren’t even true, but you don’t know unless you investigate it by yourself.

It seems that you’re right.

While Kotaro decides to play the game, Kiyoshiro, who is also a really good gamer, tells Hiro about another rumor he had heard.

According to Kiyoshiro, those who encounter the new character, Kinkakumon, disappear one after one. That’s why he doesn’t want to touch the game again. I guess that’s a logical decision.

Not to mention, the moment Kiyoshiro learned that Kotaro decided to play it, he immediately goes to him.

Not a moment too late, as Kotaro has been targeted by Kinkakumon and is in the process of being digitized and absorbed. Hell, this episode immediately ups the stakes by having one of Hiro’s non-Tamer friends being harmed.

However, since it’s locked and Kiyoshiro has issues remembering the key number, Kotaro is asked by Kinkakumon and Ginkakumon what his name is, meaning they don’t have much time until he’s gone. So Gammamon opens the door instead...

That’s an useful ability.

We also saw it before. Considering what Digimon are, it’s obvious they can interact with electronics in this manner. 

Anyways, just as they break inside, they find Kotaro being absorbed into the computer.

Honestly, Hiro’s expression here shows just how horrifying this experience is for him, as he has to watch helplessly his best friend vanish because of a cursed game.

Even Kiyoshiro freaks out, to the point of fainting.

‘Integer overflow’? What’s that supposed to mean?

I'm sure we'll get an explanation soon. In any case, Hiro calls Ruli so they can all investigate what had happened.

We can see that this investigation is very personal for Hiro, considering his close friend had been targeted.

He’s wants to know what exactly had happened.

Meanwhile, we have Gammamon and Jellymon messing with Kiyoshiro, who still seems to be passed out. Angoramon wonders what Gammamon what this integer overflow that Gammamon is repeating means, with Jellymon explaining that it’s when her Darling’s fear count reaches max capacity and overflows. Afterwards, something happens that Jellymon calls limit break. As she opens the Fighter’s Kingdom game, Kiyoshiro suddenly wakes up.

Hah, he can easily use it as his personal alarm clock. *smirks*

Kiyoshiro then quickly crawls under the blanket, apologizing and asking to be spared. Gammamon wonders if that’s the limit break Jellymon mentioned, but it isn’t.

Is it just me or does Jellymon look disappointed that it failed?

They then get a message from Bokomon, who invites them to the library. He gives Gammamon some chocolate, observing him. Ruli wonders why he moved to a library close to the dorm, with Bakumon explaining how Bokomon already read all of the books there.

Hiro then questions Bokomon about whether he knows what may have happened to Kotaro. Bokomon isn’t that knowledgeable about video games and Ruli’s friends/followers have no idea what’s going on, so Jellymon suggests they play the game to learn what is going on.

Unfortunately for Kiyoshiro, this means that he has to be the one who’d play it. Kiyoshiro refuses (with Jellymon calling him her cowardly darling). Bakumon then realizes that the ones behind the disappearances may be the siblings Kinkakumon and Ginkakumon. Apparently, Bakumon loves computer bugs and he ran into them when he ate computer bugs from another video game.

Basically, these siblings work as a team, where Kinkakumon defeats her opponents and Ginkakumon turns the opponents into liquor.

Ha, we actually had at least two episodes where an alcoholic beverage played a role in the episode. One was in Digimon Adventure, Episode 27: Vamdemon, the Castle of Darkness, where the Chosen Children got a Nanimon drunk in order to infiltrate Myotismon’s castle, as well as in Digimon Tamers, Episode 31: Friendship with Guardromon! "I'll fight too!", Tamer Hirokazu, where Orochimon forced a bunch of Gekomon to brew sake for him.

Angoramon mentions that he had heard the rumors, and that Ginkakumon’s gourd, the Beni-hisago sucks in everyone who answers its call, turning them into liquor. Basically, they’ll all become liquified.

In short, they’re on a time limit. Not to mention, one has to wonder how many people were already liquified by Ginkakumon before the Tamers found out about it. Since there is no way for them to find the siblings in time, they realize that there is only one thing they can do now.

Kiyoshiro is their last hope. *grins* I’m so looking forward to this.

Hiro, Gammamon, Kiyoshiro and Jellymon are back at Kiyoshiro’s room, with Kiyoshiro getting support from Hiro and Jellymon.

While Jellymon loves to mess with her Tamer, she still has his back. I really like their relationship. As for Ruli, Angoramon, Bokomon and Bakumon, they’re watching a stream of the battle. As expected from the dorm leader, Kiyoshiro manages to win battle after battle, gaining Kinkakumon and Ginkakumon’s interest. Once he completes his 20 streak win, Kinkakumon appears, ready to challenge him.

To make things interesting, Jellymon herself enters the game, deciding to battle Kinkakumon with Kiyoshiro’s aid.

Now, I’m excited to see how this battle is going to turn out! Also, Ginkakumon appears behind Kinkakumon, taking control over her.

I think we can now confirm that Digimon Tamers: Battle Evolution (also known as Digimon Rumble Arena) is canon as a video game in the Digimon anime. *grins*

Jellymon and Kinkakumon start trading blows and even though this is just a fighting game, Kinkakumon would have even in an actual Digimon battle the upper hand. After all, not only is Kinkakumon a Champion (in comparison to Jellymon being a Rookie), but she’s also a Virus, which has advantage over a Data Digimon like Jellymon.

Still, it is not over until it’s over. Kiyoshiro strikes back, having used the first part of the battle to observe Kinkakumon’s moves and Jellymon manages to push back. However, Ginkakumon is prepared, expanding his controller (isn’t that cheating!?) and having Kinkakumon strike Jellymon with her kanabou. Ginkakumon then really goes into overdrive with the command inputs (wouldn’t be surprised if he entered the Konami Code at some point).

Jellymon and Kiyoshiro fight back furiously, but it’s not enough.

They look to me like they’re evenly matched.

Okay, maybe not, but Kinkakumon does vocalize what I have in mind whenever I’m fighting a strong opponent. Kinkakumon then attempts to grab Kiyoshiro, but he activates the AR Field, causing Kinkakumon to destroy his room. Ginkakumon also emerges and the battle continues, much to Kiyoshiro’s dismay.

Dude, this is not the time to short-circuit!

The siblings are disappointed by Kiyoshiro fainting, but Jellymon stands up to them, leaving Hiro and Gammamon/BetelGammamon (who does have a better chance due to being a Champion, as well a Vaccine to counter Ginkakumon’s Virus Attribute) to save the people trapped in Ginkakumon’s gourd (with Ruli and Angoramon flying to join them). Unfortunately for Jellymon, she is no match for Kinkakumon.

Jellymon attempts to wake Kiyoshiro up, even tearing up when he doesn’t answer.

There is a lot more to Jellymon than she wants to show, isn’t it? She’s quite desperate here, aware that she won’t be able to win without Kiyoshiro’s aid, and even threatens him by telling him how she’ll throw his stuff away or tell everyone about the secret of his wrapped hand as Kinkakumon slowly approaches them.

Finally, leaving the threats aside, she acknowledges that the reason why they managed to match Kinkakumon wasn’t because of their video game skills, but because they were a team. That’s the kind of message Digimon promotes and I love it!

Not to mention, in these kinds of situation, it is the Tamer who acknowledges that their strength comes from supporting their Digimon partner, so it is interesting to see Jellymon being the one who delivers this kind of speech.

But, just as she reaches out for Kiyoshiro, Kinkakumon steps on her tentacle. Man, that has to hurt, not only physically, but emotionally as well. Jellymon was trying to reach out for her partner and Kinkakumon just stopped her, deciding to deliver the final strike.

Fortunately, Jellymon isn’t the type to give up so easily and she manages to literally shock Kiyoshiro awake. As for Kiyoshiro...

*shudders* Honestly, as much as Digimon Ghost Game likes to make fun of him, whenever Kiyoshiro decides to get serious, he is a man on a mission. I really admire him for that.

Even Jellymon agrees. No wonder she had chosen him for her partner. This time, they are going unlock their true Max Level Limit Break!

This columinates in a new Digivolution, introducing us to TeslaJellymon.

May I add that they look really badass here. (✧ω✧)

TeslaJellymon easily avoids Kinkakumon’s attacks and taunts her back, and I’m laughing over here at her remarks.

I think that you’d be more like TeslaJellymon in this battle. You have a passion for fighting, but you’re not afraid to mock your opponents.

You should only have this kind of confidence if you know that you’re going to win, just like TeslaJellymon shows us.

Kinkakumon didn’t even have a chance against the team of Kiyoshiro and TeslaJellymon.

After defeating Kinkakumon, Ginkakumon is forced to release all the defeated players (but not without a complaint - dude, seriously! You’ve been using humans as your booze source!). Fortunately, everyone is fine, but you can see their clothing being damaged to an extent, showing that they had been in danger.

*laughs alongside Tenebrae* Of course, in order to prevent Ginkakumon from causing trouble, Hiro promises to give him his father’s stash of booze. What show are we watching?!

Ginkakumon is fired up, but Kinkakumon refuses, noting she was only interested in the battles. *deadpan* Wow, what a supportive sibling.

Jellymon is cool with being challenged again, but Kiyoshiro is not. Baby steps, Kiyoshiro, baby steps. We then get another speech from Angoramon (with Ruli wondering what he’s talking about) and the episode ends.

For the episode’s highs, the best part was Kiyoshiro’s and Jellymon’s bond, but the battle was meh. If you ask me, it could’ve been a bit longer, especially the fight between Kinkakumon and TeslaJellymon.

I agree. It lacked a bit in animation, but seeing Kiyoshiro getting serious, having Jellymon Digivolve and even seeing Digimon in a fighting video game was pretty awesome.

*turns to the audience* So, what do you guys think? See ya next time!

[analyzingadventure]

Catching up on Ghost Game, episodes 43-49 Oh boy have I fallen behind, lmao oops

Quick note, since I do want to watch these episodes in one go without it taking forever I might try to keep the commentary to a minimum because. Commenting on shit takes time (since I need to pause, take a screenshot, crop it, save it, add it to the post, write some commentary... It slows things down)

43 - Red Eye

Man this episode is gonna be rough to anybody with a fear of eyes, huh

NO NO

NOT IN THE EYE

HHHHH

OHHH I DON’T LIKE THAT, I DON’T LIKE THAT A LOT

So what the fuck is Eyesmon really after? Just? Does he just want to see and know things for the sake of seeing and knowing? Having eyes on everything? Or is he looking for something in specific?

Emma what the fuck were you gonna do with those scissors 8V

You know there’s an Eyes of Nine joke to be made here somewhere

Yeah this episode was fine, nothing great, but not bad, just fine

44 - Rust

So we got shaking buildings, rusty water, limited edition items... Unknown Digimon is stealing shit for the kid in school who redistributes them or something? Anyway Espimon don’t be a dick and steal Gamma’s choco >:(

OH WE GOT TINY DEVA BUNNIES

Ah, so the monster of the week is Jellymon causing problems dfsghfdg

Tiny Antylamon are so fucking cute tho, and funny in comparison to the Lorge Antylamon from Tamers

That looks so much like a toy it’s so fucking funny (also, the design is interesting actually, like, would an egg shaped, round phone be easier for most Digimon to hold since their hands can be all sorts of funky?)

Oh the tiny bunnies are big bunnies now

This is definitely more of an action episode than anything and all things considdered, it was a nice change of pace! Again, it was a fine episode

Oh wow we still have a few minutes to go lol

OH THE ANTYLAMON WERE MAKING SHIT FOR HOKUTO?? Huh

45 - Ghost Newspaper

OH RYUDAMON’S BACK! That’s nice

Oh jesus the girl got ran over, oh god

OH THIS IS THE EPISODE WITH THE NOT-APPMON, RIGHT (although I’m really behind I haven’t really avoided the usual Twitter spoilers, so yes I did see all the Digimon who’re appearing in these episodes, although I kinda forgot most of them). And he’s voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi, of course

Man Publimon looks so much like an Appmon lmao

We’re not done with this episode yet but this is definitely my least favorite I’ve watched so far, like, actually kinda boring

Oh shit, Publi straight up just... died. I mean, kind of earned, but, man, brutal

Yeah, meh episode at best. NEW ENDING THO! Cute!

46 - Queen’s Banquet

Oh man, Kotaro’s hallucinating, that’s bad, that’s rough, Hiro please notice, dude’s clearly not okay

Oh man the animation on the new flower Digimon is so excessively smooth

Jellymon, couldn’t you have gone with Ruri soshe wouldn’t have been alone

Oh no the Digi wants to vore Kotaro... time for Digitamamon 2.0

Oleamon, eh, that’s a lovely name

HOKUTO AGAIN... YOU ABSOLUTELY USELESS FUCK

I’m actually happy Oleamon isn’t Digitamamon 2.0, that’s fun and charming. This episode was fine once again

47 - Memory of Eternity

Oh this is the Nanomon episode, okay. Dude’s just... allowing Digimon to linger longer through human bodies?

LMAO

Man couldn’t they just go directly to fucking Mummymon and ask him for help?

OH THEY DID, FANTASTIC

Omg he has a lab coat now, that’s so fucking cute

Mummymon is so fucking cute I’m SO HAPPY he’s a reoccuring character

Oh man Nanomon is TINY

Oh man I was literally just wishing Mummymon would show up guns blazing AND LOOK WHOSE FUCKING HERE HELL YEAH

Oh man... poor Shadramon...

JKGHFJKHDFJKHDFG don’t scream that’s not polite to your doctor

OH UVER?? I mean yeah he’s there for the egg but also Nanomon?? And another letter to Hokuto, okay

48 - The White Bride

Ah this is the new Mushmon variant eh

Ah random Geremon...

Ah, Ryudamon is in this episode too

Is it weird that these Mushroom Digimon eat mushrooms?

I love this Geremon lmao LOOK AT ‘IM (and ah, this is why the Geremon was here, to be a lil helper, how nice)

Wait don’t tell me the Geremon is actually evil and behind this all, oh no

RYUDAMON EVOLVES??? RANDOM BUT COOL??

Chamblemon, eh

Limit Break!

Oh man these Chamblemon are STRONK

Why does this look like a fake sub screenshot lmao??

KIYO WHY ARE YOU EATING YOUR OWN SHROOMS?? Bro that’s really weird

GEREMON??? WHAT???

THAT?? I??? WHAT???

Good episode, uh, unsettling ending???

49 - The Crimson Harvest Festival

Aaand last episode for now, a Halloween episode! And Witchmon is here, how fun!

So Witchmon is pulling Vamdemon’s shit all over again

I wonder how Mummymon would feel seeing Hiro and Gammamon dressed up as mummies for Halloween lmao

So Witchmon wants a world for just witches... bro just go to Witchelny jdfhgdsfg

Oh she wants a castle? I mean valid but excessive

PUMPMON IS BACK! HOW?! HOW DID YOU COME BACK I MEAN I’M NOT COMPLAINING I’M HAPPY, IT’S A HALLOWEEN MIRACLE, BUT HOW

Please tell me we’re gonna see Pumpmon and get to know how he’s here, I’m gonna be really sad if he got blown away and we don’t see him again this episode

Okay we got to see him again, I’m happy

LORE BOMB??

WELL, I GUESS WE KNOW WHY GAMMAMON’S BEING STALKED.... Those are totally his former followers

God

Man, no explanation to how Pumpmon returned, that’s balls

That was a fine episode again, nothing great though, but man... that lore bomb

Next epI OH OH MEICRACKMON?? MEICRACKMON??? OH MY GOD???

[wild-battlebond]

Appmon Ep52 Liveblog

It’s the final episode! Our Singularity! There are several definitions of the word “singularity”, but the definition that best fits the episode (and entire series) is: “a hypothetical moment in time when artifical intelligence and other technologies become so advanced that humanity undergoes a dramatic and irreversible change.”

another fancy quote. this one is from Clyde Sinclair.

Haru was falling off a building but he’s fine now because Gaiamon came and grabbed him. I actually think that this shot is really cool, how the camera dips down as Haru should hit the ground but then raises back up when Gaiamon catches him.

and everyone else’s Appmon are back, too!

and now everyone else’s Appmon are getting beat up. good thing they don’t have to worry about protecting humans anymore, because this city is getting torn to pieces.

I still don’t really get why Haru holds up his hand at Leviathan (i guess it’s supposed to be like, he’s so heroic and fearless now? i think Haru has just been running off of adrenaline ever since the antenna fiasco and isn’t putting a whole lot of thought into what he does.) but everyone calling out to their Appmon, even from such a long distance, is cool.

Minerva’s dead now, but now everyone has a cool power-up! it’s basically like a reverse version of the power-up that Leviathan threw around during the Ultimate Four arc.

this fight is super cool, and really well choreographed with all of the swooping around and the solid impacts that the hits have. and they knew it was cool, too, cause the opening plays during it.

and now after all that big talk that Leviathan’s minions had about the irrelevance of feelings and what the heart wants and how logic will always prevail, Leviathan subccumbs to the raw emotion that is the fear of death. ultimately, no matter how emotionless and logical someone pretends to be, they will always be influenced by their emotions — we wouldn’t be living things without that.

aw man, I just thought of this... wouldn’t it have been cool if part of these power-ups had been fueled by an overdrive?

Leviathan’s body is destroyed now! this isn’t the end, though, but everyone thinks it is so they enjoy a nice moment of reunion and congratulations. So everyone hugs and hi-fives and stuff, Dokamon finally gets some affection, and Rei & Hackmon are just vibing!

i was gonna say something cheeky about how Yujin starts apologizing for what he’s done, but then I realized you can actually look at this as a parallel to Offmon’s profuse apologizing for some unknown deed from earlier on — the way Yujin repeats “sorry” even sounds like how Offmon would apologize.

but things are not over because Leviathan was scared of death so now Yujin is acting as a host for Leviathan’s remains.

besides the “no more fear of death” thing, I wonder why Leviathan is so enamored with the idea of a world without suffering or sadness? perhaps choosing to break away from the rules of humanity lead Leviathan to discover the depths of human suffering? maybe, like with the “no more fear” thing, Leviathan felt a bunch of negative emotions and was like “well this sucks” and decided to get rid of them?

yep, change is a really important theme in Appmon. change for the better, change for the worse — it’s what living things do

oh yeah lol then Leviathan turns that on its head and makes Haru choose between humanity and Yujin’s life.

but, in the end, to not have selected “yes” would have been extremely selfish, not to mention unprotagonist-y. looking at it as sheer numbers, there’s more value in saving lots of people instead of just one person... and, it would result in lots of people loosing those they care about. it’s one person’s valued relationship VS the valued relationships between billions of people, so of course “yes” is the best answer... really shitty of Leviathan to make Haru make that choice, though. it’s good writing.

and now Haru knows what he’s going to do in the future (and what kind of high school he’s going to apply for) — he’ll become a AI researcher so that he can try and revive Yujin after all this. it’s been only about a day since they had that conversation, after all, so it’s still fresh in his mind.

and Yujin knows that it would be horrible to make Haru willingly give up his best friend so he wakes his consciousness up and hits the button for him. so, despite Yujin not actually changing much through the series, he does finally make good on his App Drive question — he gave up his life to protect Haru. though the wording of the question made it seem like Yujin would wind up saving him from, like, physical harm, he actually winds up protecting Haru from emotional harm.

Haru’s request to Yujin to somehow come back and be his best friend again is pretty illogical (how would he do that if he’s dead), but again I think Haru is mostly just running on raw emotion rather than any actual thought throughout this episode. which is fitting, I suppose, given the themes of emotion VS logic. plus Yujin is going to be back in like five minutes so *shrugs*

also, I think this part is sweet, how the buddy pairs try to console each other... it’s especially cute how Musimon tries to wipe away Astora’s tears

and now it’s the near future and everything is getting rebuilt!

oh, the person watching the news is Unryuji Knight. i guess he doesn’t completely dissapear after the end of his arc.

oh, they actually go over the intended definition of singularity in the episode. I totally forgot since I was focused on everything else happening in the epilogue.

I can’t escape the feeling that Astora must get grounded or something sometimes after his videos. like there’s no way he gets off scot-free for breaking pots or filling ponds full of fish with slime

at this point, the first time I watched this episode I barely paid attention to the actual happenings of the epilogue because, once I realized that no Appmon were appearing, the only thing I could think was “and the Appmon? where are the Appmon?? they didn’t leave, did they???”. so this time, since I know the Appmon are still around, I’m going to pay better attention.

I’m really curious what the dissolving of L-Corp means — was everything owned by L-Corp just shut down, or did other companies get to buy up L-Corp’s subsidiaries? because it seems really coincidental that Eri would wind up working with Elena and Alice again under a completely different idol firm, so I wonder if they’re still working for Appliyama and it just got bought out by a new company?

and Grandpa Deneimon got put back in the real world. it’s never said whether everyone winds up telling their families about the Appmon or anything, so is Deneimon just living in Ai’s basement and Haru’s mom has no idea he’s still alive??

and the Appmon are still around, much to the relief of my past self! everyone’s still close friends, too — they still hang out together in the bookstore’s basement. and, they somehow managed to pull Offmon out of the wreckage of Leviathan’s body, and now Haru is careing for him. Gatchmon never really ever got over being annoyed-jealous at Offmon all the time, so I imagine that Haru’s home life must be real experience with those two around.

andddd Yujin is alive! somehow! it’s a little cheap that he magically comes back after Haru bases his future goals around losing him — generally, if you’re really going to use a death for character development, they should stay dead. But, this is a kids’ show, so I really can’t complain too much. and, soon after watching this for the first time, I did quickly cook up a theory to explain his return — since Yujin befriending Haru was so intrigal to Leviathan’s plans, it seems like there would have been a way to revive Yujin if something happened to him so that the plan could continue. so, based on the assumption that when Yujin returns home for the day and his doorway scans his memory and makes it so his mom knows what he wants to eat also makes a backup of his memory, it’s entirely possible that his mom was also saddened by his death and decided to just revive him from a backup (which would leave him without any memory of what happened the day they caught Bootmon or anything after that), using that last complete-but-unused Yujin body that was shown a few episodes ago. that’s my headcanon for what happened, anyways.

one last Haru’s birthday for the road :’)

And that’s the end of the show! I wound up really liking Appmon when I first watched it last August, to the point where I decided to rewatch it just a few months afterwards. And, lo-and-behold, I still really like it! It’s not only a really good mon-genre show, with a lot of focus on the friendships between humans and monsters, but it’s also a really interesting look at the potential bonds of people and technology. So, I’m really glad to have watched it again while doing liveblogs — and I’m proud of these liveblogs, too, since I wound up going way into depth on my thoughts and theories and headcanons for the show, so it was really fun! I’m also glad that other people have enjoyed reading these, too — ultimately, I do this just because I enjoy it, but it’s nice to know other people like it too. So, thanks for reading! And, also, if anyone wants to hear more of my thoughts on this stuff... I’m open to discuss the show at any time as well!

[zeroarmsgrani]

Hackmon buddies!! What’s better than one Hackmon after all? Two Hackmons!

[holyangemon]

Is it just me, or was the latest episode of Digimon Universe more adorable than usual?

It’s usually pretty dang adorable, but definitely not just you. They really upped the adorableness. I mean underneath that it’s like … suspicious. We still don’t know what’s up with Yuujin, but I don’t think it’s good. 

But then, who even knows with this show. Tends to always end up goofier than expected pfft. Well, except when Rei is involved. Rei’s in his own show. The dark and gritty version.

[variouscolors-old]

“Why do I sense someone wanting to smash my face with a punch right now?”

[citrus-cactus]

Fanfic authors game

@rockthistowninsideout was nice enough to tag me, so here you go!

FFN/AO3 name(s): CitrusCactus (FFN) and citrus_cactus (AO3). Brand consistency, babey! I tried to set up a pseudonym for *spicy* fics, but the way AO3 does pseudonyms it doesn’t actually seem to hide your identity, and there is no way I will ever be comfortable admitting I occasionally write that sort of thing

Fandoms: Digimon (primarily Adventure/02/tri) and Pokemon XY. I’ve written a tiny amount for both Sailor Moon and Revolutionary Girl Utena, and have WIPs in various stages of completion for Digimon Frontier, Appmon, Princess Tutu, and a bunch of other fandoms that don’t matter, because I have moved on and will never finish them!

Number of fics: 17 published across both platforms.

Fic I spent the most time on: Hmmm, I know “Hell is Other DigiDestined” (Sartre’s “No Exit”, but with Digimon, aka AAAAANGST) took about three years to write and revise, but “Twenty Questions” (slow-burn Diodeshipping showing a relationship between Ash and Clemont developing and maturing over the years) has involved active writing for about a year and a half and writer’s block for three, so... definitely one of those ^^;

Fic I spent the least time on: The Final Problem, back in 2008 (WARNING: contains in-joke from 2001 that no one on the Internet remembers anymore). I wrote it longhand, typed it up, and published it over the course of a day. That was the point at which I thought  “Hey, maybe I should give this fanfic thing a try!”

Longest fic: “Hell is Other DigiDestined” at 30,000 words (omg please don’t read that one. It’s embarrassing!)

Shortest fic: “How to Be a Gentleman“ (Utena x Anthy sexytimes), clocking in at 650 words.

Most hits: Twenty Questions--which, despite its name, has 21 chapters (and will have 24 someday, if I ever %*#& finish it!).

Most kudos: “Gentleman” is cross-posted, so it has managed to amass 102(!!) faves and kudos over the years. My more explicit attempt at sexytimes is a reasonably close second, so maybe that’s supposed to be telling me something XD

Most comment threads: Twenty Questions, for sure. I don’t get as many comments on anything as I used to, but then again I haven’t published anything new in a while :/

Favorite fic I wrote: That would have to be The Great Unknown (Taishiro), which involves teenagers, trees, and Feelings(tm), all of which I think I handled pretty well! It’s perhaps a bit too wordy overall, but I’m really proud of how nicely the end worked out.

Special shoutout to Give Them Back! (Digimon Frontier), because nothing I could write in the future will ever be so ridiculously on-brand!

Fic you want to re-write: Hmm, nothing I really feel like I want to revisit in any major capacity, other than to correct some small typos and awkwardly phrased sentences here and there. I really just want to rework my current WIPs into something I can be happy enough to post!

Share bit of a WIP or a story idea you’re planning on: Uhhh well, I’ve been trying and failing to write Appmon fic for about two years. Most of them are AUs, because apparently this is my life now? (I used to not understand the appeal of AUs, hahahaha). Anyway, allow me to offer you this snippet of a cozy Harujin coffeeshop fic to remind us all of better times:

Haru takes several slow, deep breaths and closes his eyes, making a conscious effort to put the lingering stress of finals and end-of-term projects on hold, choosing instead to focus on the vibrant immediacy of his surroundings. His hands wrap around his drink on the table, its warmth invigorating as he inhales sweetened tendrils of steam. He listens to the murmur of quiet conversations, the percussive clatter of baristas filling orders, and the occasional tapping of fingers on a keyboard, letting it all meld together to create a veritable symphony of human sound. And gradually, Haru’s worries become untethered and start to float away, lost to the relaxing white-noise thrum of activity that surrounds him. When he’s here he feels at peace, and the most like a character in a book: one of an entire cast of characters, people with their own lives and habits and stories that weave together and intermingle to form something new. All of it leads him to believe his theory about coffeeshops is most likely correct—particularly for those built on the periphery of busy college campuses.

Don’t feel like tagging anyone, but if you see this and the spirit moves you, go for it!

[recentanimenews]

Crunchyroll Adds Digimon Universe App Monsters!

Crunchyroll is excited to announce the latest addition to its catalog in Digimon Universe App Monsters!

Synopsis: Everyone in the world uses smartphone apps, but within them lurks unknown creatures called App Monsters or "Appmon." The Appmon are AI lifeforms with the ability to think and act, and exist in the boundary between the human world and the digital world. In the vast sea of the internet, the "villainous AI" also known as Leviathan takes control of the Appmon with the L-virus and begins hacking every system, thus gaining control of the human world from the world of the net. Haru Shinkai is led to acquire the Appli Drive, and uses it to materialize Gatchmon, a search app monster.

The series will be available on Monday October 14th at 3PM PDT for Crunchyroll members in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, Central America, and the Caribbean. The series will launch in Latin America on October 25th.

By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

[uniquestream]

Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters 2016 Everyone in the world uses smartphone apps. But inside them lurks unknown creatures called "Appli Monsters," or "Appmon." The Appmon are AI lifeforms with the ability to think and act, and exist in the boundary between the human world and digital space.

[shihalyfie]

An Adventure/02 pseudo-honorifics chart

I’ve mentioned a few times that I maintain an Adventure/02 honorifics chart for the sake of fanfic writing (it’s generally a pretty vital thing to have on hand if you intend to use honorifics in fanwork, or even in fiction at all), and I’ve even mentioned that I’d like to release it someday, but one thing that was always holding me back about it was my constant checks for accuracy -- an acquaintance was also keeping one, and when we compared them we found some minor inconsistencies that would require us to rewatch the entire series with a notepad to get the right references.

After a fashion, I realized that I was scrutinizing this way too closely. The important part is not the specific honorifics themselves but rather the pattern in which they’re used -- especially because they would often alternate in-series, partially intentionally, and partially because they would flip-flop depending on writer. On top of that, most people who would be interested in this are likely writing post-2002 fanfic, where it could be reasonable for certain honorifics to change based on certain relationships.

As such, I’ve decided to just throw out the minutiae, forget about making an organized “chart”, and simply write a general overview of how the twelve Adventure/02 kids use honorifics for each other. Hopefully this can be an interesting resource/meta for those who are considering writing fanfic with these (or even simply due to general interest).

Before we begin, a few notes:

Overall, I am mostly omitting “obvious outlier cases” where a character called someone else something different from usual, but context made it clear why that particular instance was different. (For instance, Miyako trying to butter Daisuke up by calling him “Dai-chan” in 02 episode 8; she very much would not have done this in most circumstances.) I am also not looking too deeply into one-off outlier cases that seem to wildly fall outside the pattern, and seem to merely be the result of whoever was writing that episode/piece of media not checking the chart.

The tri. anime series and tri. stage play actually contradict each other, and given that they’re supposed to take place in around the same period, you basically have to commit to one or the other here. Between the two, the anime series has a number of incursions that go against patterns in ways that make it difficult to form a consistent analysis about it, whereas the stage play is much easier to make a consistent case between 02 and Kizuna (with comparatively much fewer outliers), so in terms of providing actual analysis, I will be prioritizing the latter’s take.

Due to similarly having too many obviously contradictory incursions, 02′s first drama CD (Armor Evolution to the Unknown) is also mostly removed from consideration, with the exception of instances when it’s a factor in an already ambiguous situation.

All twelve Adventure/02 characters are consistently respectful with elders and strangers (with some exceptions; Taichi really wasn’t very amused with Gennai when they first met). The following analysis is important mainly in regards to the kids’ relationships with each other.

I’ll be marking down the first-person pronouns for Digimon partners as well, but for the sake of brevity I’ll be sticking with the “base” forms (Child for everyone except Tailmon, who’s Adult) and not the higher ones.

General overview

A quick crash course on honorifics and how they’re used!

Firstly, there’s first-person pronouns, which, in the scope of fiction, generally are used to indicate a character’s disposition. Note that “one character consistently using one first-person pronoun for nearly every situation” is very endemic to fiction in particular; in real life, one may change their pronoun depending on whom they’re talking to or the context in which they’re speaking, but Japanese fiction is generally much more consistent about using these as consistent points for characterization, even to the point of bringing out pronouns that aren’t practically in use anymore in real life.

The ones generally of importance to the Adventure kids:

ore: Masculine and assertive. Note assertive instead of aggressive; it simply implies being very self-assured, and you can still have a stoic character who uses ore. Since it’s a very casual and somewhat brash pronoun, a character who uses this might still default to something like boku depending on the surrounding circumstances (for instance, Taichi, who normally uses ore, will still use boku when speaking to adults on the phone).

boku: Masculine and deferential/polite.

watashi: Gender-neutral and somewhat deferential/polite. When used by male characters, usually it’s to imply that they’re particularly mature or polite (since otherwise you’d probably expect boku).

atashi: Feminine and casual. The “casual” connotation means that it’s often employed by aggressive or assertive girls in a sort of feminine equivalent to ore, but it can also simply mean that they’re just very girly (see: Mimi).

When referring to each other, honorifics come into play. Honorifics are generally used based on a combination of “comparative level of station” (i.e. whether someone is in a “higher societal position” than you or not -- yes, even a single school grade can matter here!) and “sense of distance” (i.e. whether you are a close friend to the person in question or not). And, of course, there’s also the question of how polite the speaker is in general. These factors do weigh against each other, so that’s why it’d still make sense for two very close friends to use honorifics on each other, if said friends are portrayed as particularly polite in general.

No honorific: Referred to as yobisute in Japanese, this is actually something that merits a category on its own, because it’s something you should only be whipping out when you’re particularly close to the person. This is especially in the case of elders; unless you really do have a close relationship to the elder in question that they can forgive it, you’re being a bit in-your-face and rude for acting like you’re on their level.

-san: The most common honorific, because it’s the one you can generally rely on to default to if you’re not sure and want to be polite. Upward-facing and polite.

-senpai: Similar to -san in that it’s upward-facing and polite, but it has a stronger connotation of “someone who has been in a certain field longer than you have”. Depending on the characters in question and the relevant situation, it and -san can be interchangeable (this happens with the 02 kids and their Adventure seniors, who are both people the 02 kids look up to as people in general and people who are in higher school grade levels and further experience in Digimon-related issues).

-kun: Downward-facing and polite. In this case “downward-facing” simply means that the person you’re addressing is either on the same “societal level” as you or lower on the social ladder; it’s not meant to be used in a condescending sense! (Well, at least, not by default, anyway.) Its use is still considered respectful, especially moreso than dropping the honorific altogether, but it simply means that you’re also not necessarily deferring to the other person being higher than you. On very rare occasions, you could theoretically use it for a senior you consider yourself particularly close with, but this kind of usage never comes into play with the twelve kids in the Adventure universe (its most notable Digimon usage is Appmon’s Haru using it for Rei, who’s one year older than him).

-chan: Endearing and somewhat casual. Often used for younger girls. Because of it having a “cute” implication, it’s the one honorific here that may be advisable to avoid if you want to avoid that implication; it’s not rude per se to be using it, but it’s definitely possible to want to avoid the implications and go for “-san” (despite that normally being upward-facing) or “-kun” (despite that being a bit more formal) instead.

On top of that, it should be noted that there is a difference between calling someone by their surname vs. their given name, mainly in terms of sense of distance -- formality usually dictates prioritizing surname first by default, someone really close with a particular friend can go as far as given name with no honorific, with the other extreme being using surname and adding an honorific. Likewise, “surname with no honorific” can imply a bit of bluntness yet mutual level of comfort in a relationship, while “given name with honorific” can imply politeness but still with a sense of tight friendship and familiarity -- basically, it’s a grey area. Fortunately, in the case of Adventure/02, this only really matters in the case of Ken (and, in one instance, Koushirou).

And finally, note that if two characters call each other a certain way long enough, honorifics can “stick” and even start taking on an “endearing nickname” sentiment -- which is why you might see a phenomenon of people still using honorifics on each other even when their closeness to each other might suggest otherwise. This is pertinent mainly in the case of certain characters who continue calling each other a certain way even after their relationship should suggest that they’ve gotten a lot closer -- the implication being that they’ve called each other that for so long that it feels weird to change now. (Yes, that even includes between dating and/or married couples.)

Incidentally, all Digimon partners (with the exception of Tentomon and Hawkmon, who use -han and -san respectively, and Wormmon, whose single-minded dedication to “Ken-chan” means he really doesn’t talk about anyone else other than a reference to “Izumi Koushirou-san on the phone” in 02 episode 26) simply refer to the humans by given name and no honorific (including humans who aren’t their partners); presumably they’re allowed this due to not being members of Japanese society per se, and therefore not being beholden to its standards.

To wrap this up, here’s a reminder of everyone’s school grade levels in relation to each other, from highest to lowest (note that we don’t actually know anyone’s specific birthdays, so we have to go by school years):

Jou

Taichi, Yamato, Sora

Koushirou, Mimi

Miyako

Takeru, Hikari, Daisuke, Ken

(empty space here)

Iori

Taichi

First-person pronoun: ore (assertive)

General honorifics pattern: Given name, no honorific for the boys (”Yamato”, “Jou”, “Daisuke”, etc.). Uses given name with “-chan” with most younger girls (”Mimi-chan”, “Miyako-chan”), the implication being that he simply treats them casually without being extra blunt or extra polite.

Parents: tou-san and kaa-san (still roughly respectful, but casual enough to drop the respectful o-).

Sora: As he’s known Sora for a while even before the events of Adventure, Taichi simply calls her “Sora” with no honorific.

Mimi: Taichi was known to call Mimi “Mimi-chan” in Adventure, which was consistent with how he called Miyako in 02, but in Kizuna it seems to be just “Mimi”. There are multiple potential interpretations, one being that something may have happened to make the two more intimately close between Adventure and Kizuna, one being that something happened to make Taichi feel that Mimi shouldn’t have a “diminutively endearing” honorific, one being that the scene in question was rather serious and he felt it wasn’t the right time...and one being that the writers simply just forgot.

Jou: Notably, Taichi’s lack of using honorifics for the boys also extends to Jou, who’s a year older than him, either because he’s fine being casual enough with Jou that he doesn’t mind violating propriety, or he made the same mistake as Yamato (see below) and initially mistook him for being in the same school year due to Jou not initially coming off as very senior-esque (unlike with Mimi, Jou wasn’t explicitly designated as the leader of the others’ camp groups).

Hikari: Hikari is Taichi’s sister, so he simply calls her “Hikari” with no honorific.

Other notes: Amusingly, while everyone calls Gennai “Gennai-san” for the most part, Taichi isn’t very patient with him at first and calls him “jiji” (old man) during Adventure, but seems to have gotten over himself and calls him “Gennai-san” in Kizuna. (Well, he’s not an old man anymore by then.) Unlike Taichi, Agumon uses boku (polite), despite the two characters otherwise being very like-minded. Agumon is a little more easygoing than Taichi in general, so it can be said that Agumon represents Taichi’s nature of not being altogether aggressive when it really comes down to it.

Yamato

First-person pronoun: ore (assertive)

General honorifics pattern: Given name, no honorific for the boys (”Taichi”, “Jou”, “Daisuke”, etc.). Like Taichi, he uses given name with “-chan” with most younger girls (“Hikari-chan”, “Miyako-chan”).

Parents: oyaji (think roughly in the sense of “my old man”) for his father, kaa-san (again, a bit more respectful but still rough enough to drop the o-) for his mother (whom he doesn’t live with).

Sora: Yamato omits the honorific for Sora, implying he considered her a close friend even during the time of Adventure.

Mimi: Notable mainly because of our lack of information about this; Yamato and Mimi never referred to each other over the course of Adventure or 02, and while Mimi’s way of referring to Yamato (”Yamato-san”) was easy to extrapolate even before Kizuna based on existing patterns, the reverse could go either way, depending on whether Yamato would see her as close enough to merit the drop. The Adventure mini dramas have him call her “Mimi-chan”, but this was in unison with everyone else, so it’s hard to tell whether it counts; the tri. stage play and the Kizuna novel has him drop the honorific.

Jou:  Like Taichi, he never uses any honorific with the one-year-older Jou, the canonical explanation being that he initially mistook Jou for being in the same year (well, not like Jou was acting as the epitome of a dignified senior...).

Ken: Yamato initially refers to him as “Ichijouji-kun” when discussing Ken’s circumstances with Iori in 02 episode 35, but during 02 episode 42, when Ken is now working directly with him and has integrated himself more as everyone’s friend, Yamato simply calls him “Ichijouji”, being more willing to speak to him on a more blunt/close level (but not quite knowing him as well as the other 02 kids, whom he’s on given name basis with).

Other notes: Yamato is the one Adventure senior who gets a lot of interaction with the 02 group in Kizuna, and interestingly, the four of them all call him “Yamato-senpai”, despite him not going to their school -- given that they’re dealing with a Digimon incident, the implication is that they’re treating him as an experienced senior in that respect. Despite what his shy personality would suggest, Gabumon in fact uses ore, like Yamato. Gabumon can be said to represent Yamato’s emotional core, so it is true that he can be very assertive when it really comes down to it.

Sora

First-person pronoun: Mostly used watashi in Adventure, with fairly uncommon lapses into atashi, fully moving to atashi by 02. This is consistent with her characterization difference between Adventure and 02, the latter of which portrayed her as quite a bit more assertive about what she wanted and rather less deferential (and also a lot more willing to come off as more feminine, at that). The tri. stage play sticks with atashi. Kizuna has her go back to watashi, which can possibly be taken as her deciding to be a bit more mature in her adult years -- basically, Sora is the kind of person where going either way fits her, since she’s capable of being assertive but also likes to carry herself calmly and maturely (and her teenage years are where you could most definitely believe she’d be the most aggressive about it).

General honorifics pattern: Uses “Jou-senpai” for Jou, treating him properly like a school elder. Given the rest of her way of using honorifics, most likely she’d use “-san” or “-senpai” for most elders. Uses given name plus “-kun” for younger boys (”Koushirou-kun”, “Daisuke-kun”) and “-chan” for younger girls (”Mimi-chan”, “Miyako-chan”). In other words, generally diligent about using honorifics, dropping it only with people she’s particularly close with.

Parents: Generally respectful okaa-san and otou-san.

Taichi: Having known Taichi as a peer for quite a long time prior to the events of the series, Sora simply just calls him “Taichi” with no honorific.

Yamato: Initially Sora calls him “Yamato-kun”, and it’s reasonable to extrapolate she probably would call most boys her age with the “-kun” honorific, but early in the series, Sora starts alternating between “-kun” and simply calling him “Yamato”, which allegedly was actually intentional to indicate foreshadowing of their building relationship. This alternation continues all the way into 02, even after they start dating -- Armor Evolution to the Unknown has her calling him “Yamato-kun” even when she refers to him super-endearingly (implying it really has become a nickname of sorts), while DSB has her drop the honorific, and both firmly depict them as dating. For what it’s worth, the tri. stage play and Kizuna also depict her as dropping the honorific.

Daisuke: Sora actually drops honorific for Daisuke, possibly due to knowing him from the soccer club.

Ken: “Ichijouji-kun” in 02 episode 38. This is in the context of her observing how much he’s changed, so, much like with the other seniors, she thinks well of him, she’s just not particularly close with him to merit moving to given name basis.

Other notes: Piyomon, who’s portrayed as clingy and affectionate, uses atashi from day one.

Koushirou

First-person pronoun: boku (polite)

General honorifics pattern: -san for everyone older (”Taichi-san”, “Jou-san”). “-kun” for younger boys (”Takeru-kun”, “Daisuke-kun”).

Parents: Generally respectful okaa-san and otou-san.

Mimi: Mimi is the same age as Koushirou, but Koushirou presumably doesn’t feel comfortable using the “affectionately endearing” “-chan” and would rather use the more respectful “-san” instead.

Hikari: Hikari is an unusual case in that she’s quite a bit younger than Koushirou, but Koushirou still calls her with “-san”. Presumably, he didn’t feel comfortable going with “-chan” like everyone else did (and presumably for the same reasons he won’t use it for Mimi either). This persists even all the way into 02, but interestingly, he calls Miyako differently (see below), so it’s hard to say what his stance would be on younger girls in general, or whether Hikari got special privileges due to the circumstances of how she met the group (as the younger sister of his respected senior Taichi, and as a fellow Chosen who met everyone during some rather personal circumstances detached from school). The tri. stage play floats up the idea that he might have accepted “Hikari-chan” by 2005, but Kizuna takes the stance that he’s still using “Hikari-san” in 2010.

Miyako: Koushirou, having met Miyako during some rather impersonal circumstances and initially only having a computer club senior-junior relationship with her, calls her “Miyako-kun”. Note again the avoidance of the “-chan”; he really doesn’t seem to want to use the “cute” honorific, and would rather treat her a little more formally.

Ken: Koushirou refers to Ken as “Ichijouji-kun” in general, Ken getting the surname basis as he joined the group on the level of him somewhat of a stranger to Koushirou compared to the other 02 kids. That said, this shows up even during their heart-to-heart in 02 episode 33, so other than the surname thing, it’s clear that Koushirou using the honorific is less detachment and him simply wanting to extend the same respect he uses for everyone else.

Other notes: Koushirou is infamous for using polite language (-masu, -desu, etc.) in every circumstance, including even with the Digimon (who are generally treated as being outside societal obligations of honorifics) and younger characters. The implication is that this came from Koushirou being deferential to everyone out of sense of distance and lack of self-esteem after his revelation of being adopted made him lose sense of his place in the world. In Adventure episodes 38 and 54, it’s made apparent that Koushirou wants to learn to speak more casually with others, but has difficulty doing so, and his parents and Tentomon assure him that he doesn’t need to force himself. Koushirou continues speaking this way even into 02 and Kizuna, but the epilogue implies that he at least doesn’t do this with his daughter (and the Character Complete File that he at least broke out of this with Tentomon). Tentomon uses Kansai dialect, which is stereotyped as being associated with easygoing and less book-smart characters (in contrast to Koushirou, and also for the absurd humor of the terrifying-looking Kabuterimon speaking this way), but he also uses the polite form, so he can be said to match Koushirou in this way by simply being polite and deferential to others in general. While most Digimon don’t use honorifics for humans, Tentomon also uses “-han” (the Kansai variant of “-san”) on any human he talks to.

Mimi

First-person pronoun: atashi (casual). Mimi is normally a very polite girl, but she also likes being in-your-face cute, so her usage of the pronoun is in line with this.

General honorifics pattern: -san for any and all elders (”Taichi-san”, “Sora-san”), -kun for younger boys (”Koushirou-kun”, “Daisuke-kun”), and -chan for younger girls (”Hikari-chan”, “Miyako-chan”). Mimi is depicted as having been raised as a sort of “lady of the house” (ojou-sama) personality due to having been spoiled by her parents, so she’s basically a “spoiled sweet” sort of girl who is polite and respectful to pretty much everyone -- hence why her speech pattern is uniformly consistent across everything. Of course, since she’s also very fond of “acting cute” and proud of it, younger girls like Hikari and Miyako get the cute “-chan”. The sole exception to her pattern is “Jou-senpai” (see Jou’s section on why).

Parents: Super-affectionate “Mama” and “Papa”, in line with the over-the-top lovey-dovey-ness of the Tachikawa household. Mimi’s mom goes as far as to endearingly call her “Mimi-chan” (her father is just “Mimi”).

Ken: Referred to Ken as “Ichijouji-kun” starting in 02 episode 25. This was in a context of her wanting to get him in to help, so she clearly has no ill will with him, she just doesn’t know him all that well compared to the other 02 kids.

Other notes: Palmon, who also enjoys acting cute, uses atashi much like the like-minded Mimi.

Jou

First-person pronoun: boku (polite). There’s an incident where he famously slips into ore when trying to intercede in the argument between Taichi and Yamato during Adventure episode 8, so it can be taken that he does have it in him to be more assertive if he lets his emotions take control of him, but otherwise is deferential.

General honorifics pattern: Interestingly, Jou seems to consider himself close enough to the older boys in the Adventure group to use given name with no honorific (”Taichi”, “Yamato”, “Koushirou”), despite what his insistence on societal propriety might make you think. In other words, he can be very casual when he really wants to be. With the girls, he generally uses given name plus “-kun” (”Sora-kun”, “Mimi-kun”), the implication being that he doesn’t like using the affectionate “-chan” on them and wants to keep them at a somewhat respectful and polite distance rather than the more casual manner he treats the boys with. Likewise, boys who are a certain level of younger than Jou are on given name basis plus “-kun” (”Takeru-kun”, “Daisuke-kun”); since this includes Takeru, who was also part of the Adventure group, it seems to have more to do with closeness based on age than anything. It’s unclear what he would do with elders since he’s the oldest depicted of the twelve, but most likely he’d at least be consistent about his -san and -senpai if he’s not particularly close with them.

Parents: Jou was never depicted with his parents in the series proper, but in Armor Evolution to the Unknown he uses “tou-san” for his father and “kaa-san” for his mother (generally respectful but still somewhat casual).

Shin and Shuu: Jou is depicted as calling them “Shin-niisan” and “Shuu-niisan” respectively.

Hikari: Jou’s one major reference to Hikari in Adventure was “Hikari-chan” -- presumably, Hikari being so young that it’s okay in his book to use the endearing honorific. The tri. stage play has him use “Hikari-kun”, so you can maybe presume he now sees her as old enough to be treated with the more formal honorific. Because both cases are somewhat isolated (one showing up really only once in the series and one being from a writer who may not have caught that one time), it’s difficult to make a projection.

Other notes: Jou infamously seems to exude such a “school senior” aura that he’s occasionally called “Jou-senpai” in settings where other characters might use “-san” for others (mainly Mimi, whose initial relationship to him was being under his responsibility in their summer camp group, and the 02 kids, who jump on using “-senpai” for him much faster than they do most of their other Adventure seniors, despite not even going to the same school as him). This has led to the Japanese fanbase often latching onto calling him “Jou-senpai” affectionately. Gomamon infamously uses the first-person pronoun oira, which is basically like the assertive ore but with a more laid-back and almost country bumpkin-esque air to it. It’s much in line with his very laid-back and playful personality, the complete opposite of Jou’s.

Takeru

First-person pronoun: boku (polite). This is actually a plot point; Adventure episode 12 (which is a Takeru focus episode) also uses boku in its title, and the narration for the 02 episode 50 preview suddenly uses boku, culminating in the reveal that the narrator was Takeru the whole time.

General honorifics pattern: Consistently uses given name “-san” for all elders (”Taichi-san”, “Jou-san”, “Miyako-san”, etc.). Uses given name plus “-kun” for boys who are the same age or younger (”Daisuke-kun”, “Iori-kun”). Hikari is “Hikari-chan”, so he’s comfortable enough to use the endearing honorific (although it might just be because it’s Hikari, whom he happens to personally know very well). In general, Takeru is a fairly polite person and adheres reasonably well to honorific propriety.

Parents: Super-affectionate and somewhat childish “Mama” and “Papa” in Adventure; generally respectful “okaa-san” for his mother and ever so slightly more casual “tou-san” for his father in 02.

Yamato: In Adventure, Takeru initially calls Yamato “onii-chan”, the “o-” being respectful, and “-chan” being endearing. He carries this into 02 as well. Given that it’s unlikely for him to continue doing this much longer after 02, different media ended up going in different directions with this; DSB went with “nii-san” (still very respectful, but missing the “o-” and not as “cutesy”), the tri. stage play went with aniki (one of its few holdovers from the tri. anime; somewhat more blunt and less respectful), and Kizuna uses DSB’s “nii-san”.

Ken: Takeru starts off calling him “Ichijouji-kun” when they’re just starting to get to know each other. This does happen to persist even as their relationship gets deeper and Takeru significantly warms up to him, culminating in him still seeming to call him this by Kizuna’s drama CD, but it seems to be more out of politeness/respect (or, most likely, habit, considering how long it took for Ken to get on good terms with everyone in the group) by this point. (Ironically, this is a significant improvement over when Takeru had punched out the Kaiser in 02 episode 17, in which his references had been an extremely passive-aggressive “Ichijouji-san” and a more genuinely angry “Ichijouji” -- once everything had calmed down, Takeru presumably felt that he at least deserved proper respect.)

Other notes: Patamon uses boku, much like Takeru, which is probably meant to accentuate his “childishness” (in Adventure) and general like-mindedness with Takeru and easygoing nature (in 02).

Hikari

First-person pronoun: watashi in Adventure, atashi in 02, watashi in the tri. stage play and Kizuna (specifically the drama CD). This is likely for similar reasons to Sora in that Hikari was portrayed as rather deferential to others in Adventure but got quite a bit more assertive in 02, then, as she got older, went back to carrying herself a bit more maturely (and, if the tri. stage play is to be believed, went back to it at an earlier age, presumably since she’s more on the polite side than Sora), albeit still of course bright and assertive when she wants to be.

Parents: Generally respectful okaa-san and otou-san.

General honorifics pattern: Much like Takeru, she consistently uses given name with “-san” for all elders (”Sora-san”, “Koushirou-san”, “Miyako-san”). Uses given name plus “-kun” for boys of the same age or younger (”Takeru-kun”, “Daisuke-kun”). It’s unclear what she would do with younger girls, but she probably wouldn’t be averse to using “-chan”. All in all, much like Takeru, she’s fairly polite and adheres to honorific propriety.

Taichi: Hikari consistently calls Taichi “onii-chan”. Given Hikari’s personality as a lot more willing to come off as “cute”, this is in line with her.

Ken: Like Takeru, Hikari starts off calling him “Ichijouji-kun” and sticks with it even after the group accepts him; again, Ken took an unusually long time to get on good terms with everyone in the group, by which time the surname basis had likely become habit for her, Takeru, and Iori.

Other notes: Because Hikari is called “Hikari-chan” by so many characters, the Japanese fanbase tends to attach the honorific to her name a lot when discussing her. Tailmon’s first-person pronoun usage mirrors Hikari’s in that she uses watashi in Adventure, atashi in 02, and watashi in the tri. stage play and Kizuna drama CD -- beyond mirroring Hikari, it also exemplifies 02 being the point in time when Tailmon seemed to be keen on making use of her new life and freedom.

Daisuke

First-person pronoun: ore (assertive)

General honorifics pattern: Consistently uses “-san” (”Taichi-san”, “Koushirou-san”) and/or “-senpai” for his elders (mostly “-san”), with the exception of Miyako (see below) -- in general Daisuke is actually quite respectful of his seniors in the Adventure group. For his friends in the 02 group, he eschews honorifics entirely and generally goes to given name basis with no honorific (”Takeru”, “Iori”), with the exception of Hikari (see below), so when it comes to people he’s actually closer with on a personal level, he doesn’t really seem fond of keeping distance with honorifics (much like Taichi and Yamato).

Parents: Doesn’t directly address his parents in the series proper, but the Character Complete File supplies “tou-san” and “kaa-san” (generally respectful but casual).

Jun: Refers to her as “aneki” (blunt and in-your-face).

Taichi: Although Daisuke has used both “-san” and “-senpai” for both Yamato and Jou, Taichi is the one where the interchangeability is most clear, since Daisuke has a particular relation to him as his respected soccer club senior.

Hikari: Consistently calls her “Hikari-chan”. The implication is, of course, that he sees her as cute and endearing, although it’s also completely possible he’d use “-chan” for any other similar age or younger girl he develops a particular rapport with (he does go along with Mimi’s suggestion of “Nat-chan” in The Door to Summer).

Miyako: Omits the honorific with her and simply calls her “Miyako”, despite her being a year older. The implication is that they banter so much and are so like-minded that he feels comfortable being more abrupt with her. She personally doesn’t seem to mind, especially given that, when Daisuke momentarily gets a bit disoriented and calls her “Miyako-san” in 02 episode 30, she complains that it sounds weird (meaning that it sounds weird coming from him, given that everyone else in the group calls her this).

Ken: Initially calls him “Ichijouji” prior to 02 episode 39, having just gotten out of the fights with him as the Kaiser and not quite being on personal friendship levels with him (much less treat him at a “polite distance”), but still wanting to handle him casually in his bid to integrate him into the group and get to know him better. He first drops the idea of switching to given name basis and calling him “Ken” in 02 episode 30, and is depicted as directly switching to it on-screen and committing to it when declaring Ken to be his friend in 02 episode 39. From then on, with Ken as basically his best and most important friend, he sticks with it.

Other notes: Being the very active and playful type, V-mon uses ore, just like Daisuke.

Ken

First-person pronoun: boku (polite); that includes as the Kaiser, implying that he was trying to portray himself as “regal and dignified” during that time.

General honorifics pattern: “-san” for all elders (”Koushirou-san”, “Miyako-san”), although he also uses “Yamato-senpai” in Kizuna (implying a sort of “Digimon senior” relationship with him and potentially other seniors by that point). Given name plus “-kun” for Iori, and presumably all younger boys. Ken generally uses given name basis for everyone, including the seniors; however, because he started off using “Motomiya-kun” and “Izumi-san” for Daisuke and Koushirou respectively before eventually shifting to “Daisuke” and “Koushirou-san”, it’s implied that this wasn’t necessarily the case when he was still initially ashamed of being around everyone.

Parents: Super-affectionate “Mama” and “Papa”, and his mother calls him “Ken-chan” in return (he’s just “Ken” from his father). The history behind this is really complicated, but the point is that the family is very affectionate when it all comes down to it.

Daisuke: Initially alternated between “Motomiya-kun” and “Motomiya” (phasing out the former as the series went on), having been in an awkward position of Daisuke so prominently having opposed him before suddenly getting in his face trying to befriend him. He drops a “Daisuke” (no honorific) in his head in 02 episode 26 and once outwardly in 02 episode 39, and while he never quite commits to given name basis during 02 itself, he uses it in DSB and in most postcanonical material, including Kizuna, indicating that with their relationship having gotten so close, Ken eventually got over himself and started referring to Daisuke as such.

Hikari: Hikari is the same age as Ken, but he calls her “Hikari-san”. Since the circumstances of why Ken wouldn’t use “-chan” with her are apparent (given his relationship to the 02 group at the time, it would have been incredibly inappropriate for him to use an “endearing” honorific with her), it’s hard to tell whether he would have extended this to all other girls his age or younger, or whether his way of referring to Hikari would have changed as he got to know the 02 group better (our latest point in time is Spring 2003, where he still calls her “Hikari-san”, but past that, it’s unknown).

Takeru: Notable mainly in our lack of information about this -- other than Daisuke (see above), Takeru is the only other boy his age that we get to see, and 02 never actually has Ken use his name in the series, so there’s been dispute over whether it would be “Takeru-san” or “Takeru-kun” (with a larger camp going for the latter, since Ken’s not averse to using downward-facing honorifics, he just clearly didn’t want to use “-chan” for Hikari at the time). There have also been interpretations that Ken might have been on surname basis with Takeru for at least a while; this is also ambiguous, given that he was initially on surname basis with Daisuke but went straight to given name basis with Iori (who, at the time, hated him the most out of the 02 kids).

Other notes: Nobody in the Adventure/02 group of kids actually calls him “Ken-chan”, but Wormmon and his family calling him this stuck so much in memory that the fanbase (and, at times, even official staff) constantly defaults to endearingly calling him this. Wormmon himself uses boku, much like Ken (and also in line with his generally polite disposition).

Miyako

First-person pronoun: atashi (casual). Does occasionally use watashi (polite), but this is very, very rare.

General honorifics pattern: Uniformly given name “-san” for all elders and seniors (”Sora-san”, “Mimi-san”), with the exception of Koushirou (see below), and seems to not be averse to using “-senpai” in certain cases. Generally uses given name plus “-kun” for younger boys she’s good friends with (”Takeru-kun”, “Ken-kun”), but will eschew it if she has a particular rapport with them (see below). Uses “-chan” for Hikari, and likely other younger girls as well. In general, Miyako’s neutrally polite to others “by default”, but is a bit more willing to be in-your-face with people when she deems them to be particularly close.

Parents: Uses “kaa-san” for her mother (generally respectful but casual). She’s not seen addressing her father directly within the course of 02. The Character Complete File supplies “okaa-san” and “otou-san” (overall respectful).

Siblings: Miyako isn’t seen addressing Mantarou directly during 02, and her only direct address to her sisters is in Armor Evolution to the Unknown, during which she calls them “onee-chan-tachi”, implying that she may call them “onee-chan” (respectful, endearing) individually.

Koushirou: Having looked up to him as a computer club senior (but not really having known him personally at the time) prior to the events of 02, Miyako starts off the series calling him “Izumi-senpai”. While she is depicted as briefly calling him “Koushirou-san” in 02 episode 33, most portrayals stick with “Izumi-senpai” (even Kizuna), and given that she calls the other Adventure seniors by given name honorific, the implication is that it really has stuck too much with her, given the way she looks up to him.

Mimi: After bonding with Mimi in 02 episode 6 and fantasizing about Mimi being a sister-like figure to her, Miyako starts calling her “Mimi-oneesama” (”older sister Mimi”). While she does carry this into 02 episode 14, this only crops up when Miyako is in a particularly cheerful or playful mood; when things get serious, she goes back to using “Mimi-san” as usual.

Daisuke: Unusually, she only calls him “Daisuke”, with no honorific like she does Takeru. The implication is that, with how they bounce off and bicker with each other, she considers him enough of a peer to just go straight for the name (especially since she’s averse to Daisuke calling her with an honorific in turn; see above).

Ken: Initially called him “Ken-kun” while gushing over him in 02 episode 8 (not knowing he was the Kaiser), basically fantasizing over the idea of being close to him. Once his true nature was revealed and the fight with the Kaiser ended, Miyako initially kept him at distance as “Ichijouji-kun” when contemplating her feelings on him, but immediately started going back to using “Ken-kun” after solidifying her intent to have him on the team in 02 episode 25, committing to it fully in 02 episode 30 after the incident that led to her slapping him. She is the first person on the 02 team to use given name for him; the implication is that she deliberately decided to start calling him this because of how much she wanted to reach out to him and consider him a friend, with no illusions of standoffishness, and the fact she made this kind of conscious change so early into knowing him is likely why she didn’t end up getting habituated into surname basis like Takeru and Iori seem to have.

Iori: Miyako never uses an honorific for him, simply calling him “Iori”; the implication is that this is from her background of having known him as a neighbor and friend prior to the events of 02.

Other notes: Hawkmon uses “watashi”, which is in line with his very formal and polite attitude. He also perpetually uses polite-form Japanese, and is one of the few Digimon to use honorifics, adding “-san” to everyone’s names.

Iori

First-person pronoun: boku (polite)

General honorifics pattern: Consistently “-san” for everyone older than him (”Koushirou-san”, “Daisuke-san”), occasionally “-senpai” if the circumstance is right (very rarely). Since he’s the youngest of this group, we don’t get to see much about how he would address younger people, but it’s likely “-kun” would be in play to at least some degree. In general, he’s extremely adherent to societal propriety.

Family: Generally respectful okaa-san and otou-san in reference to his parents. His grandfather is “ojii-sama”, getting an elevated honorific due to his extra tier of formal respect from Iori.

Ken: Iori calls him “Ichijouji-san”; by the time he fully warms up to Ken (which takes him the longest of any of the 02 kids), he still calls him this, all the way up to the Kizuna drama CD. Presumably, it also got habituated.

Other notes: Like Koushirou, Iori speaks to everyone formally and politely with the -masu/-desu forms, but in Iori’s case, it’s implied to be part of his strict and formal upbringing, and something he consciously has to hold himself to -- unlike Koushirou, who had to actively force himself to try and speak casually, Iori speaks casually on-and-off with the Digimon, and actually has multiple moments of slipping into casual speech whenever he loses control of his emotions or gets sufficiently angry. Because of this, it’s hard to tell if he’d continue to speak formally with younger people, although Kizuna depicts him as at least speaking that way with his peers in school. Armadimon uses the assertive ore and speaks in Nagoya dialect, giving him an image of a very rough-around-the-edges but laid-back type.