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“Dependable senior” Kido Jou

Continuing my thread of analyzing the Adventure characters in detail, today we’ll be talking about Jou, Adventure’s most famous disaster character whom most of us have probably started feeling may actually be the most relatable character in this cast. It’s hard not to love him, honestly, given how earnestly he works so hard at everything and yet has an unfortunate tendency to dig himself into a hole.

Let’s just cut to the chase and talk about Jou!

Jou’s family background

Adventure is of course known for its overall focus on family backgrounds, but Jou’s is fairly different from the others’ for a lot of different reasons. We never meet Jou’s parents in the series itself, only in a drama CD, but we do meet his brother, Kido Shin -- and in fact, Jou’s the only Adventure kid to have siblings outside of the group (two, in fact, although we don’t meet Shuu until 02).

Jou’s family is what’s often called an “elite” family -- one that pushes for its kids and family members to have a certain degree of “high status” through their career. Even those in non-Asian countries will probably recognize that academic achievement measurement pressure is endemic to the culture in general -- especially since Japan has standard entrance exams go all the way down to high school level -- but it is especially prominent in the case of the Kido family, and Jou’s father has been pushing all three of his sons to become doctors, largely because he wants one of them to inherit his clinic. (While it’s not as extreme as Sora’s problem with iemoto position inheritance, Jou’s position of being in inheritance pressure is not entirely dissimilar.) It also means that just being any kind of doctor isn’t enough for him -- it’s got to be one of the “dignified and prominent” kinds of doctors (heavily implied to involve surgery, given the mention of blood).

In addition, while it’s not strictly said within the series itself, it’s implied that Jou is feeling a lot of pressure in terms of being the youngest of three sons, when the older two have a huge age gap with him. Jou is only in elementary school, while his second oldest brother is in high school and his oldest brother already a medical student! (By the time Adventure is over, both brothers are in national university, which is a really tough achievement.) Within his family, Jou really is The Baby compared to two high-achieving brothers who are already “well on their way to great things”.

In order to be on the path of becoming a doctor, Jou starts off the series, only in elementary school, in the “prep school track” -- or, what’s basically a constant cycle of getting into a good school so that he can get into another good school so that he can get into another good school (et cetera). Again, Japanese schools have entrance exams as early as high school, so this is something he’ll be setting on very early. I also cannot emphasize enough that for anyone who has to go through this process, it is absolute hell. I have never met anyone who actually enjoys doing this; it’s a means to an end. It’s very hard to have your heart into this unless you want the final goal that badly -- vague promises of status alone don’t do it -- and even those who do want it often end up demotivated and going through the motions with their will broken partway into it.

And, unfortunately for Jou, he’d already had a good reason to not want to do this from day one.

Jou has severe blood phobia. (Formally called “hemophobia”, although I tend to avoid that term given that it’s one letter off from something else.) Shin even makes it clear in this scene from Adventure episode 38 that any doubts about Jou’s ability to become a doctor don’t have anything to do with his personality or abilities, but the fact is that this is, indeed, a very serious and concrete problem for someone who intends to become a doctor (or at least, again, the kind of doctor that his father wants him to be). It’s possible that Jou outright fainting at the sight of blood might be a bit of an exaggeration, but it’s definitely enough of a deterrent that he’s not feeling this whole thing at all, and convincing him to actually care about becoming a doctor is going to require a huge uphill battle. By default, the answer was already a huge, capital NO in giant letters before anything ever began. And yet, Jou continued to force himself to go through the motions.

It should also be made clear that while Jou’s father was pressuring him to become a doctor, he was also not trying to force Jou to become one. The drama CD where he appears had him actually outwardly encourage Jou to do whatever he wanted instead of forcing himself -- but it was also extremely clear that he was still personally very unhappy and dissatisfied with the idea of all three brothers not taking over his clinic. As much as the Kido brothers do seem to be concerned about their father’s disapproval, it’s less so out of fear of retribution and more that they just really worry about disappointing him. Hence, this is why Jou continues to follow the path even when he’s not really feeling it, and it’s important to understanding Jou as a character for the rest of this post: Jou has no personal interest in status or honor, but is motivated by his sense of duty towards other people.

Even so, “because my father really wants me to” isn’t exactly very motivating in itself, and, all in all, Jou starts off Adventure very jaded about his future prospects, and rather demotivated and uninterested in them. But come the events of Adventure, Jou, the aforementioned “baby of the family”, gets recasted as the oldest in the group -- which becomes a huge factor in how he ends up changing his view of himself and his personal goals.

Jou in Adventure

Jou starts off the series assigned as Mimi’s camp group leader, but even Mimi senses an aura from him that he doesn’t seem very “reliable”. In this case, the word “reliable” doesn’t refer to his Crest name (which did get a dub name of “Reliability”) but rather various words that effectively mean “able to be counted on”. Which, at this early point of the story, Jou is decidedly not. Once the adventure gets off the ground, Jou easily succumbs to stress, and especially the stress and burden placed on him from being the oldest in the group.

If you’re wondering if that one-year difference between Jou and Taichi/Yamato/Sora really is that big of a deal, culturally speaking: yes, it is (especially when everyone’s at this young age), and Jou isn’t just being stickler about it. You can actually see an example of how this comes into play once they return to regular society in Adventure episode 29, when the kids are allowed to go to Hikarigaoka purely because “a sixth-grader” (Jou) is with them. This is the kind of responsibility that society normally imposes on him, and this is what he carries even into another world.

In fact, Jou’s aware even from the get-go that he’s not exactly cut out for that kind of role. From the Adventure novels:

Jou thought about it. He, too, felt sorry for the younger boy… but it would be over for his leadership if he went back on what he’d already decided. Give them an opening and they’ll soon be walking all over him. He just couldn’t have that. Jou was all too aware of his own often indecisive personality. ... When they heard what had transpired between her and Jou, Yamato and the others glared coldly in Jou’s direction. What was this, a dictatorship?

As a result, he initially rubs everyone the wrong way because, in their view, he’s trying to impose his will on everyone like some control freak, but as it turns out, being a control freak is actually part of Jou’s stress response.

Said control freakishness manifests in Jou constantly spending the early part of the series by leaning back on “the rules of society” -- including the early series running gag of him insisting that there must be “adults” there, when this is clearly not the case to everyone else present -- because, for someone like him who easily gives into stress and anxiety and has a nasty tendency to become incredibly irrational, leaning on those “rules” is some degree of comfort to him. Now that he’s been dragged into another world, he’s desperately clawing at anything that can bring his sense of “reality” back -- hence why he keeps relying on the concept of “adults”, because the truth is that he himself isn’t actually that capable of handling the situation on his own, and he’s trying to convince himself that there’s Some More Reliable Thing Out There that they can fall back on.

The infamous “egg scene” in Adventure episode 7 is certainly comedic when Jou overreacts to everyone harmlessly listing off things they like on their eggs, but things quickly take a turn for the dramatic when Jou practically has a mental breakdown over it. In the end, Jou so easily succumbs to anxiety that even little things like “being a little out of order” stress him out to no end. The world is easy to understand and explain when everything is in the right place, and chaos has a tendency to completely disorient him.

But on the other hand, it’s also in Adventure episode 7 where we learn that Jou’s control freak behavior isn’t because he actually cares about any kind of status or honor for being the oldest, but because he truly, truly feels responsible for everyone’s welfare.

“Because I’m the oldest” is a statement that Jou means in the context of him having a duty to protect everyone -- beyond everything, the one thing that does make Jou passionate is how much he truly, truly cares about other people’s welfare, to the point he impulsively throws himself onto the Black Gear-controlled Unimon and tries to yank the gear out with his bare hands. In fact, said episode demonstrates that Jou can be recklessly self-sacrificial when he wants to be, because his failed attempts at dispute resolution lead him to conclude that he should be the one to take one for the team. For all it’s worth, Jou has the right idea when it comes to trying to take leadership, because he’s very much doing this for the welfare of others more than he ever cares about himself or the glory of the position -- it’s just that, being rather reckless, rather paranoid, and not very good at actually thinking straight, his way of going about it doesn’t tend to always land right.

But it’s undeniable that he cares, and he’s trying, and this leads to a shift in how the rest of the team comes to perceive him for the rest of the series now that they understand that his intentions really are for their sake, not because he’s trying to be a jerk about it.

And that comes out to be the one most prominent trait about Jou for the rest of the series, especially in Adventure episodes 23 and 36 -- as much as an unpredictable loose cannon as he can be, he’s so loyal to his friends and determined to protect them that he would even recklessly throw himself into the line of fire for them. That’s the basis of his Crest, which is something that’s been translated half a dozen different ways, but all boil down to the same principle: he has a strong sense of duty and responsibility to other people, and will always make do on his promises to others or his desire to provide for them.

After a few of their initial bad starts, the Adventure kids never treat him badly -- in fact, both Sora and Mimi respectfully call him “Jou-senpai” as if to acknowledge his position over them in school, something that’s stuck very well with the actual fanbase (more on this later). Of course, everyone tends to get exasperated at him or worry about whether he’ll actually pull through on anything he attempts, but the majority of the humor revolving around Jou in Adventure has very little to do with anyone insulting or tormenting him, and more that he tends to be so dramatic and high-strung that he kind of digs himself into a hole. (Like how he tries to angrily chastise everyone for spending their money on food in Adventure episode 30, only for the revelation that he’s starving himself to kick in and for him to sink into the exact opposite extreme.) Ultimately, everyone comes to understand that Jou’s working really hard for their sake, so they cut him a bit of slack.

In fact, while Taichi initially complains about Jou sitting out of their trip to Shibaura to find the eighth child for the sake of entrance exam studies in Adventure episode 32, the kids strike a compromise by dumping all of their phone call work on him. Of course, this is a bit of “revenge” for him not accompanying them, but it is effectively the other kids respecting his right to sit out and not have to completely give up on his real life obligations even in the middle of the eighth child search, by allowing him to participate in the search in a way that’s more convenient for him.

But despite diligently sticking to the motions, Jou doesn’t actually emotionally care about all of this. We even get a hint of this in Adventure episode 35 -- Jou gets what he calls “the worst grade in his life,” presumably due to all of the stress he’d been going through lately, having just gotten back from the Digital World and all. He also bounces back incredibly quickly, saying that he’ll have to call and inform his parents he’ll be back late.

In the end, Jou doesn’t really care about his grades or performance when it comes to cram school, even despite insisting on sticking to it, because he’s just not feeling it. He doesn’t even want to be a doctor all that much; he has no true motivation and no reason to care. (The only time Jou is ever portrayed as actually liking doing any kind of studying at all rather than doing it as obligation is when everyone’s listing off what they miss doing in Adventure episode 6, but it’s in a context where everyone’s talking about missing home, so it’s more of him missing his daily routine and what’s “familiar” to him than anything else.) He went through the motions, and was slightly disappointed about the grade, but the “ultimate goal” of becoming a doctor had no personal meaning to him, and so he shrugs it all off.

Jumping in physical danger to save someone’s life? That’s a no-brainer -- Jou would easily throw himself into the line of fire to do so, because he’s so passionate about protecting other people and taking responsibility for them that he’ll gladly sacrifice himself for anyone else in a heartbeat. But this whole thing about becoming a doctor and his future career is such a vague thing that he doesn’t even want that it’s arguably more of his “required daily routine” than it’s actually something he cares about all that much.

And so, we finally meet Kido Shin, in Adventure episode 38 -- he’s the oldest of the Kido brothers, already a medical student, and, ostensibly, the one closest to their father’s goal of having doctor sons. Yet his first appearance indicates that even he doesn’t have it all together, either -- he sleeps in the closet (Jou didn’t even know about this!), and somehow just slept through all of his surroundings being kidnapped. So even one of Jou’s apparent models is a bit of a disaster himself -- and, more importantly, Shin leaves some advice with Jou that sticks with him for the rest of the series.

Shin does not intend to be a doctor in the way their father wants him to be (remember, he specifically wants them to take over his clinic). This is Jou’s first time hearing about this, which is important because it means it’s the first time Jou is having such a major shakeup to his likely perception of Shin as a “prior example” -- and Shin knows this, because he promptly uses himself as an example of why Jou should also be free to choose his own path. Jou being the Kido family’s “baby” especially comes out in the novel, because Shin implies that he thinks Shuu would feel independent enough to not need any advice about this, whereas Jou definitely needs it.

We don’t get follow-up on this until after they return to the Digital World, and Mimi witnessing a handful of deaths and eventually Taichi and Yamato falling out brings her to her emotional limit; Jou decides to take responsibility for her, and while part of it is presumably because he’s had charge of her as her camp group leader since the beginning, it’s also clear that the recent events in the Digital World are weighing on him in their own way, as are Shin’s words about finding his own path.

What he wanted to tell her was this: that he didn’t see any likelihood of co-existing with the Dark Masters, and that they had no other choice but to fight them. Even a neutral country like Switzerland had a military. They would be invaded by enemy countries without one. It would be nice and ideal if they used the nonviolent resistance approach as Ghandi did. But that didn’t mean it was okay to just be killed without lifting a finger… But not even he could find a good answer.

QUESTION: Under what circumstances is it okay to battle?

That sort of question would never appear on a school test, and he’d never once thought about it before…

But on their way, Jou and Mimi encounter Ogremon and Leomon, and for the first time, Jou’s peripheral knowledge of medicine from his father starts having a practical use -- up until then, “becoming a doctor” had only been something that he’d been following for a vague sense of status that he didn’t even want, but here, Jou starts to see the connection between that goal and what it would mean for what he wants: to be able to help people right in front of him. Shortly after, when Leomon’s death turns out to involve injuries beyond that a sixth-grader can take care of with his limited supplies (”toilet paper won’t fix this!”), Jou is suddenly hit with a certain sense of reality: if Jou wants to truly help others, there is much more of a skillset he’s going to need to gather in order to do so.

So by the time of Adventure episode 50, Shin’s words now weigh so much on Jou that he’s even dreaming about them, and he finally internalizes those words of “everyone taking their own path”. In short, this is Jou acknowledging that fighting isn’t the only way to meaningfully contribute -- after all, Mimi has a severe aversion to fighting or seeing more casualties and thus can better meaningfully contribute by gathering allies to work together, while Taichi and Koushirou are directly in the front lines.

Jou, ostensibly, decides to go off and find Yamato, but there’s another layer under this: Jou admits that he’s not very strong, so much to the point that he doesn’t think Gomamon will reach Ultimate, and feels like there should be “something only he can do”. The full answer to what Jou started touching on here, and what he ends up doing thereafter, is stated in explicit words in Two-and-a-Half Year Break:

When we were in the Digital World last summer, many of the Digimon got injured and died. I couldn’t do anything for them, even though I was a doctor’s son. I don’t want to ever feel useless again! Not when someone is hurt in front of me. The Digital World doesn’t have a doctor. They need someone who’ll be able to heal them. Even now, I carry around a simple first-aid kit just in case the Gate opens again. Because of it, my bag is always crammed. And my arms are becoming muscular. [laughs] Really! By the way, I have a problem. Of course, I’ll be doing regular doctor studies, but I’ll be treating Digimon, you know? Don’t you think I’ll need to study veterinary medicine too in order to heal them?

And thus, Jou finds the all-important link that actually motivates him to want to become a doctor -- the one thing that had always been a constant about Kido Jou was that he could not leave people behind when they needed help right in front of him. Or in other words, he has a marvelous case of Good Samaritan syndrome (a whole eleven years before Kudou Taiki, at that!). “Feeling useless” is pretty much on the very, very top of the list of things he hates the most. And, by his own admission, “fighting” is not really his specialty, and he doesn’t even particularly like it himself.

But he wants to meaningfully contribute in some way, and now, here’s an option that isn’t fighting: he has the roots in a talent for treating the wounded and preventing casualties that way. All he has to do is hone it. And just like how Shin decided that he specifically wanted to be a doctor in a place where a doctor would be needed most, Jou also decides he specifically wants to be a doctor for the Digital World, because that is something he can meaningfully provide for instead of becoming a doctor for the status.

He’s still going to disappoint his father this way, but never mind that: he’s found something that he wants, and it’s his own path, like Shin told him to follow. And yes, that means even if he has to fight his own blood phobia to do so.

And this becomes very important to how he’s able to confidently help bring Sora out of her darkness-induced spiel in Adventure episode 51, where she -- who has a problem with a compulsive tendency to burn herself out in helping others -- starts falling into despair because she caves to the pressure of having to save everyone. Yamato and Jou, together, simply re-shift her frame of mindset: it’s not that being a Chosen Child is about trying and failing to fulfill a particular duty, it’s that there’s a situation happening and they are actively making the choice to do everything they can. Because, really, Jou himself understands it best -- he’s never been someone good at doing things because other people tell him to, he’s someone who’s gotten this far because of his own personal sense of responsibility and priorities being so strong, and that’s why he’s capable of pushing on with his own path and what he wants.

02 and beyond

Jou was, unfortunately, forced to sit out the events of Our War Game!, but as far as blaming him for it goes, it’s really hard to; he had no idea this was going on at all, and by the time the incident had hit climax, he was already in the test room and impossible to be contacted. (You can imagine he was probably quite upset about not having been able to help out afterwards.) As for why nobody tries to pull him out the way they do end up pulling him aside a few times in 02, it’s because this isn’t just a practice exam for prep school -- this is THE exam. Remember, this kind of lifestyle involves a chain of needing to get into a good school to get into a good school to get into a good school, and Jou is aiming for a national university like his brothers; this actually could impact the rest of his career, and given that the other kids respect how important this is to him, it’s also understandable that they’d be a bit hesitant to pull him aside from this.

We’re first properly reintroduced to Jou in 02 episode 5. Unlike Taichi, Yamato, Sora, and Koushirou, Jou does not attend Odaiba Middle School, which means that, assuming that the Adventure universe Odaiba is like the real-life one in which Odaiba (Koyo) Elementary and Middle are the only schools on the island, Jou regularly spends his school and prep school days off the island and quite separated from the others. Instead, Jou attends a private middle school (hence why he had to take an exam to get in), presumably one that’s intended to help him on the medical school track.

But despite that, his first major scene in the series is to ditch prep school to go help Gomamon. For someone who doesn’t know Jou very well, this probably would seem appalling -- that someone so studious would be so willing to ditch at the drop of a hat -- but anyone who does know him well would probably not be surprised; after all, “being a doctor” is still a far-off dream, whereas Gomamon needs help now, and the number one thing Jou can’t stand is to leave people in need behind.

Unlike with Taichi, Yamato, Sora, and Koushirou, who all have some degree of connection to the 02 juniors in some way (Taichi and Yamato being Hikari and Takeru’s brothers, Taichi and Sora having known Daisuke from the soccer club, and Koushirou having known Miyako from the soccer club), Jou is a complete stranger when he’s introduced to Daisuke, Miyako, and Iori, with Digimon-related work being the only connection they have to him at all. Despite that, the new 02 kids, being well-behaved juniors who really look up to their elders, immediately endear themselves well to him -- in fact (you can thank @takerusfedora for this observation), Miyako squishing Poromon in delight upon seeing him, and the context she usually does this in, hints that she might even see him as attractive. (Considering that he’s a prospective medical student from an elite family, this probably shouldn’t be too surprising.)

While the fact he’s medical school bound isn’t explicitly brought up in the series itself, the fact he’s well on that path is already pretty evident by his actions, given that he comes stocked with heating pads and other medical supplies, just in case. Takeru comments on him always being prepared -- because he’s constantly thinking of other people and how he can be useful to them.

This episode also marks the beginning of a particular relationship between Jou and Iori, which is quite an interesting one considering that we’re talking about the oldest and the youngest of the group of eleven (not quite twelve yet) Tokyo Chosen Children at this point. As many point out even within this episode, Jou and Iori have a lot in common, and it’s likely Jou sees a bit of himself in Iori -- someone who has a firm insistence on principles (even beyond the point of practicality), but also is protective of others and hates to see them hurt. Not only that, Iori had even gotten a similar lesson from his grandfather earlier in the episode about the importance of “making one’s own decisions” -- and so, the two share common ground in Iori having ditched his “duty” to practice kendo with his grandfather that day in order to help Gomamon, and Jou having done likewise via ditching his prep school classes. Because Iori will always have more kendo lessons, and this certainly won’t be the last prep school class Jou has, but these are effectively two kindred spirits who care so much about friends in need that prioritizing them over all else is non-negotiable.

Jou compliments Iori by calling him “dependable”, which is a huge compliment coming from someone who, at this point of the story, regularly attracts comments like “dependable senior”. 02-era Jou gets this kind of reference a lot in press materials and fan descriptions of him, because now that he’s matured a bit and isn’t as prone to making ridiculous, reckless decisions or being as emotionally high-strung, his on-point aspects like being very on-task and always keeping his word are much more visible.

Well, that said, he still kind of starts screaming loudly as soon as he hears his dad is supposedly in trouble in the middle of his exam in 02 episode 16, so he’s still a little emotionally high-strung. But never mind that!

As usual (especially since this is most likely a practice exam, one of many Jou will be taking for the next year), Jou doesn’t mind being interrupted all that much; it’s not like exams are any fun anyway, so of course Jou doesn’t really care about being pulled from it, especially when Daisuke and the others are literally suffocating to death at that exact moment.

Unfortunately, for Iori, this entire incident is a convergence of things totally eating away at his psyche; he’s still blaming himself for everyone being trapped down there, he’s just placed a burden on Jou, and his grandfather had just said that lying is the worst thing that one could ever do, so now Iori thinks of himself a horrible, undeserving person. But Jou is someone who empathizes with being so stuck on “principles” that you forget the big picture, and reframes it in a way Iori can understand: lies are bad when they hurt people, but in this case, not lying would have led to much, much worse happening, and both Iori and Jou share that common ground of absolutely hating the feeling of standing by and doing nothing while others are in trouble.

We also finally meet the third (or, technically, second) Kido brother in 02 episode 33, Kido Shuu -- and while we don’t see him interact directly with Jou (at least, not until the drama CD), what we learn about him contextualizes Jou’s situation even further: Shuu not only decided to leave the path of inheriting his father’s clinic, he’d also decided to ditch the medical school path entirely, switching to humanities because he was so fascinated by Professor Takenouchi’s work. That’s a pretty drastic shift, but, as Shin had said in the novel, Shuu is the type to be independent enough to do whatever he wants without Shin even having to advise him of this, and given that he made this decision less than a year after the events of Adventure, it was likely a huge motivator in Jou deciding that their prior “example” of being medical students wasn’t necessarily something he needed to follow when both of his own brothers weren’t even following that standard anymore to begin with.

And, much like with Jou, Shuu’s new chosen profession also brings him closer to the Digimon, except in an “understanding more about them” sense rather than Jou’s medical sense. So, just like Shin wanted, all three brothers found their own paths.

In Diablomon Strikes Back, Jou is thankfully blessed with being much more available to deal with the conflict; he starts off stuck in a long line to register for high school in the midst of scrambled records, but comes to assist Daisuke and Ken with a bike as soon as he’s able. This movie being quite the comedic one, you get to see a bit of his disaster tendencies slip back in as he scrambles to help everyone -- but, as always, he’s doing his best.

A lot of people have also pointed out that the movie spends an awful amount of scenes depicting him in the company of the girl he borrowed the bike from, which has led to a few amusing extrapolations, but at the base level implies that he at the very least wanted to make absolute sure that her bike was safely returned to her once everything is over -- after all, Jou would hate to be responsible for someone losing a bike, or in debt to someone. He’s someone who fulfills his obligations, after all.

By the time Jou actually is in medical school in Kizuna, he truly has become among the crowd too busy to participate regularly in Digimon incident tackling (similar to Sora and Mimi), but To Sora indicates that he’s still keeping tabs on everyone through their group chat and emotionally supporting them, and it’s made clear in both the short and the overall movie that the rest of the group is sympathetic to and understanding of how difficult life is to juggle with all of this. Not only that, much like how Jou stated back in Adventure that he was looking for a way to meaningfully contribute and help out besides just fighting, Jou plays an important role in using his position to tend to all of the Eosmon kidnapping victims.

At least, until he ends up becoming a victim himself and is actually dragged into the fight -- and, now that he’s actually on the spot and the conflict is right in front of him, he approaches it with enthusiastic gusto, indicating that he’s still able to be as emotionally high-strung as ever.

We get more info on Jou in his Memorial Story short, “Kido Jou: Medical Student” (which takes place at some unspecified point before the movie), where we learn that Gomamon is still worried about how much that blood phobia thing might impact Jou’s career, and “tests” him by having himself and Agumon pose as mock victims. Jou, very tired and not in a mood to play, snaps at him (rather understandably, given that Gomamon is kind of being a bit insensitive here), but when Gomamon is injured, Jou immediately puts everything aside to help him, even through -- yep -- blood.

Again, it’s not entirely clear how severe Jou’s blood phobia was back when he was a kid, but it’s at least put on the table that Jou’s figured out a way to push past that in order to fulfill his dream, and especially when it involves a loved one being hurt in front of him. Jou tires himself out pretty badly with the work, but hey -- he used to jump recklessly into physical line of fire for his friends, so of course that kind of thing is nothing to him. (But he still apparently is a bit lacking in the confidence department.)

Because Jou was lucky enough to be able to concretely decide on what he wanted to do as early as elementary school, Jou’s epilogue career is naturally the single most straightforward, and really just amounts to “you know that thing he wanted to do? He did it.” And indeed, he becomes the Digital World’s first doctor -- presumably not inheriting his father’s clinic, nor following a high-status expected path, but choosing to become a pioneer in a place he has a deep emotional stake in, in a place where he’s needed because there are no alternatives. And, of course, he’s depicted treating Ogremon, who was effectively Jou’s first “patient” all the way in Adventure, the first step in him realizing that this was his path, and his alone.

Meta

Jou occupies an interesting position in the Digimon fanbase in terms of memes, considering that there’s a fanbase meme of over a decade where anything relevant to him gets people spamming “JOOOOOOOOOOOOO” (with varying levels of Os). Being a comedic but lovable character who tries his hardest but repeatedly runs himself into a corner, he also happens to resonate much harder with the adults in the audience rewatching the series, because all of us as disaster adults can just so easily look at him and go “oh, that’s me.” He also seems to be inexorably tied to the word “senpai”, given that so many characters call him that (including the 02 kids, who never went to school with him); after a certain point it’s hard to dispute that he (especially in 02) exudes this kind of “dependable senior” aura, and, like with “Ken-chan”, the Japanese fanbase has a tendency to constantly use “Jou-senpai” all of the time to refer to him affectionately.

His Japanese voice actor, Kikuchi Masami, also holds the distinction of having been in nearly every Digimon TV series to date (the only exception, as of this writing, being Appmon), with him having been Jou (and Jou’s entire family of two brothers, his mother, and his father) in Adventure and 02, Dolphin and Grani in Tamers, Neemon in Frontier and Adventure:, Kurata in Savers, and Damemon in Xros Wars. (Him being the absolutely despicable Kurata in contrast to the endearing and lovable Jou has been cited as quite a shock to many.) There’s been many a joke about Kikuchi’s constant presence, but Jou is undeniably his most iconic role for the franchise, and you can also imagine it’s conversely gotten a lot of people to fondly think of him every time Kikuchi reappears.

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sleepdepravity · 7 years ago

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top ten anime men tag meme god why why would you do this to me

Tagged by @summerotaku the scoundrel 1. yeah yeah lets get this over with you all know already it's fuckin sanji fuck off he's number one but also number worst I hate him 2. I don't actually read much besides one piece uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Shinobu Morita from honey and clover 3. Kiyomaro from konjiki no gash bell he's a good guy a good stand up fella I just realized this list probably isn't in any particular order at this point 4. What the fuck other anime are there I have no Fucking clue wait shit does Kiyomaro count as a man he's a middle schooleruhhh jou kido 5. ..................Ichimatsu.......... 6. I literally don't remember anything else I watched I'm just gonna stare at anime series titles until ideas happen Ishimaru 7. That works since technically dangan ronpa has anime adaptations. Same for Yusuke suck on it 8. OH WAIT NOZAKIKUN HAS AN ANIME mikorin 9. Uh crap um dang I don't think I can think of any others ugh aafhshd uhhhhhh aaaahhhhhhhhhhh ummmmmmmmmm ughhhh and I don't wanna reuse series........I'm gonna just make up a name now...uh......danbart......that's it I can't do anymore I c ant I ca 10. Ivan X

#ask meme #personal malkylife

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ttsuky · 8 years ago

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Solar System Disco - Hatsune Miku

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Minha opinião/Momento de zoeira

Nananaanananaanananaanananaanananaanananaanyanyanyaanyanyanyanananaanananaanananaanananaanananaanananaa~ (((o(*°▽°*)o)))

SIM! EU SEI QUE NA VERSÃO ORIGINAL É A MIKU QUE CANTA, EU SEI! MAAAAAAAASSSS.... O canal da NayutalieN teve a conta encerrada pelo próprio... e poderoso... YOUTUBE! ＼(￣▽￣)／

"Mas por quê?", sei lá, quando eu entrei no canal da NayutalieN tava apagado e com uma mensagem do YouTube escrito que o canal foi cancelado pelo próprio YouTube por causa de umas paradinhas aé. Mas o canal da NayutalieN ainda está ativo no NND, só que eu não consegui fazer o download do vídeo na versão da Miku porque o vídeo possui um bloqueio no NND, então o jeito foi legendar no cover mesmo; lado positivo da coisa: a letra da música é a mesma, e a voz do Sou é legal.

Fiz essa legenda a pedido da Ayano -chan ヾ(☆'∀'☆)

A tradução foi bem complicada, então logicamente pode ter erros bem errados.

Espero que tenham gostado!

*Informações*

Utaite: Sou Título original: 太陽系デスコ (Taiyoukei Disco) Título em inglês: Solar System Disco Título traduzido: Disco do Sistema Solar Producer/Produtor: NayutalieN/Nayutan Seijin

Kanji~> https://www5.atwiki.jp/hmiku/pages/35919.html

Romaji

Ano ittousei no sanzameku hikari de Anata to dansu o odorou ka Waga taiyoukei no kodou ni awa sete Karamatta suteppu de kirameite, seit'!

Ranbada runba futari uchuu de randebuu na Mou, wazuratte renya nemurenai Seiza ni natte mazaru don'na ittousei mo Anata ni kawaru koudo wa nai wa

Kousha no ura ano hi anata mitsuketa Kiseki sae ima mo hanarenai Tonari ni Shige ku mieru meiousei mo Ainiku, ima wa kyoumi ga nai wa

Hoshi ga matchatte Mune ga natchatte Kidzukeba kanata ???

Ano ittousei no sanzameku hikari de Anata to dansu o odorou ka Waga taiyoukei no housoku ni sasowa re Majiwatta kando de kirameite, seit'!

Oo o oo! Seikan-sen o kizuna ide Oo o oo! Anata ni todoke Oo o oo! Uchuunohate kara Oo o oo! Anata shin kou kei!

Nananaa nananaa nananaa Nananaa nananaa nananaa Nyanyanyaa nyanyanya Nananaa nananaa nananaa Nananaa nananaa nananaa

Daitai no dansu wa hoshi ga hikari hyou to naru no sa Mi taiken'na suteppo de HA, HA, HA, HA, Daitan na sutansu de shuukai kidou jou nazoru no sa Taiyoukei no desuko de HA, HA, HA, HA,

Chuu tayuta tte itsuka futari wasureru Kotoba sae ima wa motometai Choushinsei o negau kureta sekai mo Fushigi to ima wa dou demo ii wa

Nani mo nakutatte Nantonaku datte Hoshi wa megutte ???

Ano ittousei no todokanu hikari wa Harukana kanata de kira meita Waga taiyoukei no housoku mo hazurete "Sore demo ii sa" te o nobashite!

Saa, ikuseisou to yado shita omoi de Anata no subete motomeyou ka Nee, nan kounen no koudai na tabiji de Hiku no renri o sagasou ka Ano ittousei no sanzameku hikari de Anata to dansu o odorou ka Hora suikin datte chi ka moku do ten kai mo Futari no ginga de kirameita, seit'!

Oo o oo! Seikan-sen o kizuna ide Oo o oo! Anata ni todoke Oo o oo! Uchuunohate kara Oo o oo! Anata shin kou kei!

Nananaa nananaa nananaa Nananaa nananaa nananaa Nyanyanyaa nyanyanya Nananaa nananaa nananaa Nananaa nananaa nananaa

Fuu

Tradução

Com a luz espetacular daquela primeira estrela

Nós vamos dançar com você

De acordo com o batimento do nosso sistema solar

Nós limpamos com passos emaranhados, uma estrela!

Lambada, rumba, duas pessoas se encontram no universo

Atraso, não consigo dormir uma noite depois de sofrer

Torne-se constelação e misture qualquer primeira estrela

Para isso, não há intensidade de luz

Eu te encontrei um dia, atrás do edifício da escola

Mesmo agora, mesmo um milagre, não pode vir

Plutão também parece ser vizinho

Infelizmente, não estou interessado agora

As estrelas estão dançando

Meu coração começou a tocar

Se eu o notar ---

Com a luz espetacular daquela primeira estrela

Nós vamos dançar com você

Convidado pela lei do nosso sistema solar

Limpe com a sensibilidade que você cruzou, uma estrela!

Oh - oh- oh!

Junte-se à linha interestelar

Oh oh oh!

Entregando a você

Oh oh oh!

Desde o fim do universo

Oh oh oh!

Sistema de invasão!

Nananaa nananaa nananaa

Nyanyanyaa nyanyanya

Nananaa nananaa nananaa

Uma estrela será uma marca brilhante para a maioria das danças

Com nossos passos inexperientes

HA, HA, HA, HA,

Com uma postura ousada, rastreio em órbita

No disco do sistema solar

HA, HA, HA, HA,

Algum dia esquecerei dois deles

Eu quero perguntar até para as palavras mesmo agora

Desejando uma Supernova, o mundo escuro

É estranho e eu não me importo agora

Não havia nada

De alguma forma

Entre as estrelas ---

A luz que não alcança aquela primeira estrela

Que estava muito longe e apagada

A lei do nosso sistema solar também está fora

"Mesmo assim", levante as mãos!

Agora, com pensamentos hospedados em múltiplas geadas

Peço a todos vocês

Ei, que na viagem relâmpago de anos-luz

Vamos procurar o amante de despedida

Com a luz espetacular daquela primeira estrela

Nós vamos dançar com você

O ouro da água, o fogo da terra, o mar do céu, veja tudo

A estrela brilhante que as duas galáxias cobriram!

Oh oh oh!

Junte-se à linha interestelar

Oh oh oh!

Entregando a você

Oh oh oh!

Desde o fim do universo

Oh oh oh!

Sistema de invasão!

Nananaa nananaa nananaa

Nyanyanyaa nyanyanya

Nananaa nananaa nananaa

Fuu

*NOTAS DE TRADUÇÃO*

+Nas frases "Sistema de invasão!" e "O ouro da água, o fogo da terra, o mar do céu, veja tudo" a tradução foi muito complicada, tive que ir ver um vídeo legendado em inglês, só que a segunda frase que citei não tinha a tradução, então tive que fazer umas loucuras da vida, coloquei virgulas na frase em japonês é saiu uma tradução mais correta, mesmo assim tive que aperfeiçoar porque não dava pra entender 100%, então a frase ficou assim mesmo: "O ouro da água, o fogo da terra, o mar do céu, veja tudo"

*NOTA DE _LEGENDA*

As legendas estão no tempo do som ^-^

*SIGNIFICADOS*

+Supernova: Supernova é um evento astronômico que ocorre durante os estágios finais da evolução de algumas estrelas, que é caracterizado por uma explosão muito brilhante. Por um curto espaço de tempo, isto causa um efeito similar ao surgimento de uma estrela nova, antes de desaparecer lentamente ao longo de várias semanas ou meses. (Leia mais: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova).

+Lambada: dança e música alegre, síntese de elementos negroides, caribenhos e brasileiros, dançada por pares sensualmente enlaçados.

+Rumba: dança popular afro-cubana, executada com marcados movimentos dos quadris.

*Links*

Blog: https://opiniaovocaloid.blogspot.com.br/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/opiniaovocaloid/ Ask: http://ask.fm/Tsubomi_Kido_00 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kitsune-kido YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TsubomiKido01

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koushirouizumi · 4 months ago

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{D I G I M O N} Adventure/tri {+2020 as AUs} ~ Short Clip Preview x "MY Kind of 'Perfect" {+Aspec!}/{Demi-pan!} Koushiro {Asexual spectrum and/or - Demiromantic Pansexual (Full Main Canon) {+Tri}; - or Panromantic Demisexual (many of my Spinoff A.U.s); - or AlloAro-spec, Demi-pansexual!Koushiro [Allosexual Aromantic]} [either way, its a DemiPan-involved Identity/Headcanon] x (Queer!/MLM!) Taichi (M-spec, Multi Gender Attracted spectrum) {KouTai}; Koushiro{u} Izumi x Taichi Yagami (Bonus appearance of Tri!Jou Kido); {Ketsui Spoilers} Music (C) David Archuleta + Jive Records D I G I M O N (C) Toei Animation NO $$$ is being made off this Fanwork

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#izumi koushirou #koutai #koushiro x taichi #koushiro and izumis #chai own #taikouvember preview #r: the other side of down #koushirouizumi previews #(a N Y W A Y)#({A kind mutual and I were chatting about KouxTai again}-)#(and I was asked something re how I think Koushiro perceives Taichi but also 'others' in comparison+in general)#(and {'let me see if i can e XPLAIN this in [email protected]. a NALOGY---'})#({I was already working on this for about 40 min~ of clip'ng but in reality it was some more hrs of work+loading stuff})#(and its aLREADY CRASHING ON 43~ OR SO SECONDS a LONE aaaAAAAA 'THIS IS WHY I HAVE i SSUES FINISHING FOR E VENTS A **LOT** ACTUALLY')#(BUT I got This much done and as said Might drop Pre-views as Things Happen--- {oK ITS STILL e XPERIMENTAL B U T})#({After the last one I did} my Fav of Old coming back like 'Hey did you know near ALL of my stuff fits your current main Fav Completely??')#({'f UNNY how that Is h U H???? Hahaaa'} {'You totally didnt intentionally leave out over half my stuff on that Fan-S.T of yours right??}')#({'You know that one you did WAY BACK in like 2k17???? Hahaaa'})#(Bonus Jou shows up in this one too {maybe will add him in a couple other spots later} but yea intent is KouxTai&Izumis supportin as usual)#(I think its skipping on effect on one of Jous clip's I'll try to smooth that later too....)#({yEA a NYWAY VERY MUCH PRE-VIEW FOR NOW I MAINLY WANTED TO TRY t IMING LAST SEQUENCE WHILE I y ELL INTO VOIDS @ T H E M})#Vimeo

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izzyizumi · 2 years ago

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{Index}/{DigiAdvs}/{Head-canon[s]} The (Mis?-)Adventures of Steve & Frigimon

Since 'today' is basically Yet Another Day for me, I'm collecting a series of head-canon / reaction posts & Thoughts TM I recently made for a vastly under-acknowledged Long-Time Fav That Most People Apparently Don't Remember Exists! (even though they, too, featured briefly in 02's "World Tour" arc...)

This Series A.K.A, What It (May) Mean To Be A (Canon!)Jew In The Digital World (Yes! A Certain One Exists!) + Dealing with Certain Aspects of DigiAdv + 02 ""Lore""

Most of these I marked as 'no r.b'., but feel free to 'Like' anything involved, or refer to this index + if you also appreciate Steve & Frigimon! (of Inter-national Chosen fame!...)

Pt 1: "Gole...m"on Pt 2: "S...ephiroth"mon Pt 3: "Wizar"mon & "Witch"elny Pt 4: Meeting Daisuke Again ("Holiday"s in ..'03!) Pt 5: "Sister"mon{s} Pt 6: "Devi"mon Pt 7: {+"Belial"}"Vamde"mon? / Literally Any "Evil" 'Mon, really Pt 8: (~Totally Not Confronting~) Qinglongmon Pt 9: Meeting Jou Again & "Studying" Pt 10: "Pump"mon & "Costumes" Pt 11: "Gobli"...mon ("Let's Just...") Pt 12: Meeting Koushiro Again / Meanwhile With KouTai & Steve? Pt 13: "Snow"mons (Or ... Featuring, Frigimon! ...) Pt 14: The meaning(?) of "Becoming Adults" {Kizuna Spoiler} Pt 15: 'Meeting' Menoa {Kizuna Spoiler} ("You see, Frigimon was asking me about {MY}---") Pt 16: Lighting the Candles & "Potential" [Post-Kizuna] & an aftermath of Meanwhile With KouTai & What It May Mean to Be "Partners" (Mentioned: Tentomon) Pt 17: "Witch"mon Pt 18: "Witch"mon & "Pump"mon Pt. 19: Espimon Appears Pt. 20: Meanwhile with Steve, Frigimon, Espimon & KouTai ("You know, Espimon reminds me A LOT of...")

(If you have questions about any of these, feel free to send a respectful Ask, So long as my blogrules are followed!)

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izzyizumi · 5 years ago

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Digimon Adventures + Tri AMV ~ x Kagerou Project “ Shounen Brave ” AMV [ music ( C ) Jin, singer: IA / Vocaloid ] [ english title: “ Boy Brave ” / “ Brave Boy ” ( either works ! ) ] featuring CHARACTERS / DUO: JOU (“Joe” in USA) KIDO + his partner, GOMAMON ; + SHIP w/ MIMI TACHIKAWA ; J[y]oumi ( Jou x Mimi as SHIP or friendship ) bonus background implied pairing [ shown only briefly but heavily implied ]: Taichi Yagami [“Tai Kamiya”] x Koushiro(u) Izumi [“Izzy Izumi”] [Taishiro(u)] ( this amv initially completed around 1 PM on December 31, 2019 ) “ Are you scared of “ HEARTS ” ? “ DO YOU LACK THE COURAGE to CHANGE TOMORROW ? ” “ But what if WE could BE SAVED just like IN A PICTURE BOOK ? ” PAST AMVS / VIDEO EDITS IN THIS SERIES: Kagerou Daze (Heat-Haze Daze) / Children Record / RED / Additional Memory and Imaginary Reload music edits for KageDaze / Days (short edit) / Lost Time Memory / Yesterday Evening / Summertime Record ( * It’s ok to start on this current AMV “ Shounen Brave ” ! ) [ *You may understand the story/implied timeline of things better if you begin from “Kagerou Daze” though it’s also not required! “Children Record” is also recommended as a starting point! ]

- part of my Taishiro [Taichi x Koushiro] REPEAT?_ ficverse (please note any and all notes/trigger warnings for said ficverse!!) [seriously, please note the warnings, the plot is kinda heavy] (please note any and all warnings for Kage-pro’s plot too if you look into that!!) - no, it’s NOT a direct parody (but v[ERY] inspired) (if you can’t tell) - no, the Digimon characters aren’t meant to portray those (specific) characters exactly or even at all ; though inspirations were taken from all the Kage-pros - Digimon Tri minor related spoilers through to “ Ketsui ” [Tri Part 2] - further Tri spoilers may show up in the other amvs but THIS ONE IS SAFE - note: the amv at the direct youtube link has somewhat better quality if you change the definition to high definition / 1080p !!!

Lyrics Preview:

" IT’S YOUR FAULT FOR HAVING HOPE . ” The noises in the web of solitude SAID , AND PLANTED “ THIS ” IN ME AS RETRIBUTION . The crouching {PERSON} said, " YESTERDAY , TODAY , and the day BEFORE yesterday , I had A DREAM that THIS WIDE WORLD was easily crumbled. "

Original commentary under the ‘read more’!

- there are some other vaguely implied side pairings in the overall story besides Taishiro + Joumi but Taishiro + Joumi is the MAIN focus so please note that !!! - in other words, THIS AMV PARTICULARLY IS JOUMI-FOCUSED / IMPLIED - PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT if you don’t ship them ( OR Taishiro ) I don’t care to hear that. - PLEASE DO NOT TAG AS SIMPLY “BROTP”s (STRONG RELATIONSHIPS ARE INTENDED) unless you also tag as ship, please... - ( OR basically please just acknowledge that yes, this is more of a shippy amv, but I also have no issue with others’ LGBTQIA+ headcanons for them!! ) - background / potential POLYSHIPS AUs are implied in this AMV as well ! !! ( though you are free to imagine whichever following ships you please ): -- YamaJ[y]ou / Yamato Ishida x Jou -- So[ra]Mi[mi] / Sora Takenouchi x Mimi -- Sorato / Yamato x Sora -- YamaJouMi / Yamato x Jou x Mimi as an EQUAL OT3 -- YamaSoMi / Yamato x Sora x Mimi as an EQUAL OT3 -- YamaJouSoMi / Yamato x Jou x Mimi x Sora as an EQUAL OT4 -- Joushiro / Jou x Koushiro ( as AU spinoffs ) -- TaiJoushiro / Taichi x Koushiro x Jou as an EQUAL OT3 -- TaiKouMi + any applicable Jou combo above / Taichi x Koushiro x Mimi, -- the potential combos goes on ~ it’s an AUs verse after all !! !

- basically, to make a long story short, T I M E L O O P S - with something like a not-quite-soulmates AU BUT VERY CLOSE - ( ok but it’s still not really a soulmates AU ) - ( MORE LIKE A DECONSTRUCTION *WAVES HANDS WILDLY* ) - ( I HAVE A LOT OF COMPLICATED THOUGHTS RE: SOULMATES AUs ) - ( AND MY FRUSTRATIONS WITH THEM Y E A H ) - Tri is here because … ah … … - let’s just say it’s probably AT LEAST ONE part of the “start” of it all ah - Koushiro voice: ( ‘ W H Y ’ )

- DO THEY MAKE IT TO THE END - @ TAICHI & KOUSHIRO (& OTHERS), ARE YOU SURE YOU /WANT/ TO ——- - LONG STORY SHORT, this is Jou’s role in the story / verse ! ( & Mimi’s !! ) - this song is calmer and prettier to an extent compared to MOST Kagepros songs but SOME ... THINGS still implied :') [ END OF 1ST CHORUS ] - Taishiros appear for like a split 3 seconds BUT THEY'RE THERE I PROMISE - WHOA FOR ONCE NOT A TAISHIROS MAIN AMV - added a couple relevant canon scenes to the end for fun :') [ though got too lazy to sub the ending tri scene from Ketsui BUT THIS SCENE ] - I also had to improve / add some filler because aaaa Kagepros version is surprisingly CALM stills in some parts ;; - note: a line is missing around 1:04 timemark: “ I embraced it and said ” .... - I meant to add this in and fix it but my program REALLY likes crashing when videos get too hard / too full of scenes to manage - BASICALLY : Jou is one of THE FIRST to notice everything going on with Taichi, Koushiro, Mimi, Yamato, the others ... AND HIMSELF - Naturally this leads to Jou angsting and doubting himself A LOT - IT’S HARD OK - IT’S HARD WHEN YOU HAVE THE FATE OF NUMEROUS UNIVERSES RESTING ON YOUR SHOULDERS AND /THE OTHERS CAN’T EVEN HELP/ - WHAT DO - More than once Jou likely tries to run away from the Endless Timeloops but WILL HE SUCCEED ( maybe obvious answer: ‘ no ’ ) - ALPHAMON IS VERY INVOLVED IN BACKGROUND ( moreso than in Tri ) - along with NUMEROUS other players, evil Digimon, etc. etc. etc. - ( @ HOMEOSTASIS @ Homeostasis @ HOMEOSTASIS-“ SAN ” ) - So on top of ALL of this ( AND CANON ! JOU’S OWN INITIAL ISSUES ) - Jou has to ALSO face ......... y E A H A LOT - JOU COME ON YOU GOT THIS - JOU I BELIEVE IN YOU !! ! ! JOU YOU CAN DO IT - JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ------------

" IT’S YOUR FAULT FOR HAVING HOPE . ” The noises in the web of solitude SAID , AND PLANTED “ THIS ” IN ME AS RETRIBUTION . The crouching GIRL said, " YESTERDAY , TODAY , and the day BEFORE yesterday , I had A DREAM that THIS WIDE WORLD was easily crumbled. " Lyrics:

I cried, “ Please, don’t tease me ” and couldn’t help but tremble

I was scared at how easily I felt lonely like “courage” itself hated me.

There was a puppy, rain-soaked like me and I begged it to understand me I embraced it and said “ You won’t bully me, right ? ”

“ Let’s become [ ’ FRIENDS ’ ] . ” “ Without using words. ” “ Though I really want to say something. ”

But there was a tragedy waiting for me.

I heard it, a loud voice that knocked on my closed-off mind “ They’re so dirty ” “ Let’s play a trick ” “ I hate you ” “ just die already ” like that

The voice of my “thoughts”, all at once refused to comply and knocked

If I can’t talk, my heart will break I’m going to cry

“ It’s your punishment for having hope, ” the noises in the web of solitude said

and planted this in me as retribution. ( alternate translation: The noise in the web called “ Punishment for having dreams ” was planted in me as retribution )

Today, too, the voices pulled at me and flowed into me as I melted I stole the thoughts of others The strange me, who everyone hated

I ran away in an attempt to escape Because here, I can no longer even breathe Avoiding the eyes of hatred in the city, I quietly dashed along to somewhere.

In the silence of the wandering forest, with no destination in mind, again, I was scared, and there was someone waiting for me.

I could hear it “ Today, too, I’m waiting for a painted ” today “ . ” “ Someone, please save me from here, it’s so lonely ”

“ The voice of my thoughts ” was of the hesitant boy I was yesterday

“ Are you afraid of ’ hearts ’ ? ” “ Do you lack the courage to change tomorrow ? ”

“ That’s not true, ” I knocked on the door.

This story is so very fragile, and, carefully and gently, I opened it.

The crouching girl said, “ Yesterday, today, and the day before yesterday, I had a dream that this wide world was easily crumbled. ”

That feeling of “ I’m scared ” The teary voice of “ it’s painful ”

But what if we could be saved just like in a picture book ?

I knocked, with a choked out voice, on the feelings that just budded today.

I’ll talk to you. I’ll tell you, “ Even then, it’s okay. Don’t cry. ”

If I could embrace and laugh with the heart of “ the voice of my thoughts ”

I could call a “ heart that rescues hearts ”

something like “ courage ” .

As I start to move forward today, as I do every other day, the voices outside the door can no longer be heard.

FURTHER KAGEPROS RELEVANT NOTES: - COMPARE TO ORIGINAL KAGEPROS because comparisons are fun !! ! ! ! [ and also so you can see " what I did there " with quite a few scenes ! !! ;; ] ( JOU JOU JOU JOU JOU JOU JOU JOU JOU JOU JOU JOU --------- ) - Kagepros version of their music video is much MUCH tamer compared to most in the series ! - regardless there's still some implied (super-quick scenes, at least) psuedo-deaths too here ahaaa ;;; - Forest-boy [a.k.a. Kousuke Seto in Kagepros version, commonly known as just Seto]'s original ' death ' is implied here too ( see : end of first chorus ) - the song itself contains strong implications re: his thoughts of himself and said events, etc. etc. as you can see in ... the lyrics above - [ he was a victim of bullying AT LIKE AGE 4 . 4 !!! or 5 ?? ? YEAH ;;;; ] - BUT IT HAS A GOOD ENDING I SWEAR ..... - KAGEPROS KOUSUKE SETO IS PURE - KAGEPROS MARY KOZAKURA ( white-haired girl ) IS TOO - [ ALSO DID A THING THERE W/JOU ] - “ KAGEPROS IS A VERY FUN SERIES I SWEAR " - me - ( OK BUT SETO IS ALSO A VERY PURE BOY AND KAGEPROS SETO+MARY A VERY PURE DUO TOO ...... ) - [ and then I take both said characters and turn them into J[y]ouMis for a Taishiro ficverse aHA ;; ;; ] [ BTW THE PREVIEW IMAGE HERE IS MAINLY WHY I WANTED TO DO THIS VIDEO THIS SCENE . Y E A H ]

“ TIMELOOPS AUs ARE VERY FUN ” “ THIS IS FINE ”- ME ...

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I can hear it now I can feel the encore This endlessly thrumming beat Let it RING OUT once more {Jou Kido appearance} I just want to know what’s out there Beyond the furthest reaches of the sky I set my sights on the beyond In my desire for an infinite shine {Mimi Tachikawa appearance} [+Tachikawa Family] No matter how hard it got You gently wrapped me in those kind arms of yours These feelings too overflowing to express in words {Takeru Takaishi appearance} [+platonic Takaishi-Ishida Brothers] Let me express them to you now Take your voice And this dream of mine Let’s bring them together {Sora Takenouchi appearance} This LIVE {LIFE} is beautiful Let my song dance and rise high above {Koushiro Izumi & Tentomon appearance} Though this may be goodbye It would make me happy if YOU could KEEP SMILING Even if I can’t see you anymore This place will always be special to us

{Yamato Ishida appearance} No matter how many times I’m reborn or travel the stars I want to find you again I’ll embrace you in my kisses {Taichi Yagami appearance} Let my love RING OUT to the farthest futures {Hikari Yagami appearance} [+WIZARDMON friendship] Take your voice And this dream of mine Let’s bring them together This LIVE {LIFE} is beautiful Let my song dance and rise high above This love of mine This song of mine The voice calling for it all This encore is forever I wish you endless happiness {Adventure Chosen & Digimon} I sing out in THIS moment because IT WON’T LAST F O R E V E R {02} I can hear it now I can feel the ENCORE This endlessly thrumming beat Look, a rainbow spans the sky Instead of saying goodbye Let me hear you call for me one more time Believe that it will start once more in the future A call for us and only us {tri.} We’ll CREATE TOMORROW This love of mine This song of mine The voice calling for it all This encore is forever I wish you endless happiness I wish for the beginning of eternity Our love lasts through the encore

{ WE L O V E ... }

- M A M O R U . M I Y A N O ; E N C O R E

“When my {Quality of Life} is so diminished that I can no longer enjoy even eating, {when I can only be fed through a feeding tube lying in a hospital bed}, That’s when it might be time for me to go.”

“... BUT I’M NOT A F R A I D.”

- Dedicated to my Grandmother C., Z”L*, (*May her memory be a Blessing) 1926 ~ August, 2015 (passed near 89 years old) - Jewish, she also lived through the years of the Holocaust, (1941~1945) and her entire Jewish family got safely through those years. [Not long before WWII ended, she met my Grandpa.] My grandmother was one of my closest family members. When I was little (around 8 years old myself when first watching), she wholeheartedly supported my strong interest in Adventures/Digimon when I was first getting into this series, even if she didn’t know anything about it, (other than small bits I told her) even she could see how much I loved it. (Because she was one of my closest family members, she was also the one who overall learnt the most about my health. When I was, few years after discovering Adventure as a child, diagnosed Autistic and with generalized Anxiety disorder as well, she continued to support me all throughout, educated herself & our other interconnected family about my conditions, and continuously encouraged my interests and growth.)

Original Posters [Mine] commentary: I made this quick A.M.V edit a handful of days ago to this gorgeous song by Miyano, one of my favorite JPN voice actors/singers, {You may know him as: Dent[o] in JPN Pocket Monsters, Tamaki in Ouran, Rin in Free!, Tokiya in Utano*Prince-sama (where this song comes from), Konoha, Haruka & “Clearing Eyes” in Kage-Pro, among many more} mainly made with thoughts of general appreciation for this series in mind. I also made it with thoughts of my Grandmother in mind, who passed late August 2015, (yes, August). Tri had been announced, but wouldn’t yet air until November. I didn’t start much more actively blogging about Digimon until a bit later on, starting from a couple years later, because I was still heavily grieving. However, I still enjoyed reblogging Digimon posts I enjoyed to other blogs I had at the time even in the pre-Tri and early Tri years.

This was made very quickly, so it’s not perfect, has minimal editing, and the 1st Adventure portion is straight from the final battle with no editing done to it, but it fit the music well enough, so I included it as-is for now. I’ll probably re-arrange scenes if I remake it later and include much more other, varied scenes from Adventure, (for example, during end of Yamato’s portion, I was also thinking of the Yamato&Sora+Jou scene from the end of Dark Masters Arc).

(^One of my favorite Adventure scenes regardless of personal favs) But until I can edit those in, I’m just leaving this as it is. The middle portion with 02 is edited slightly more timed to music. A major Tri ending spoiler for the final battle’s result appears during the end. Kizuna is not included in here as of yet, but it may be in the future, along with Adventure 2020. All of this will probably be rearranged in a remake overall, but I’m keeping the general themeing & feel as-is for now, along with the Tri ending scenes.

Because this was made in appreciation of this series and out of respect to and with thoughts of my grandmother, please be respectful when interacting with this post. Thank you.

{& Pretty soon, in a few days, I’m getting my 2nd C.O.V.I.D shot.} (So I’m posting this now as-is, but I’ll see if I can work on it more later. It’d be nice if I could manage to finish it in time for August 1st, but we’ll see.)

{because every August, I think of not only this series, but also my grandmother.}

(August 2021 will be the 6th-year anniversary of her death.) Please remember this if you interact with my blog during the month of August. Or just during the summer in general.

This blogs’ queue will be ongoing in general for a while after this post.

{Additional note: this post is mainly intended GENERAL CHARACTER/SERIES SUPPORT-FOCUSED. please remember + RESPECT this when interacting} {my other major ship/O.T.P. is Taichi x Koushiro, though I’d probably keep this A.M.V. more gen[eral] overall later} [I also enjoy various other ships with all characters on the side anyhow]

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#digimon adventures #digimon adventure #adventure chosen #chosen children #digidestined #izzyizumi posts #izzyizumi amv edit #izzyizumi amvs #amv: encore #verse: repeat #verse: advs #verse: adv #verse: 02 #verse: tri #c: adv chosen #c: koushiro #c: 02 chosen #c: meiko #c: meicoomon #c: omegamon #c: repeat koushiro #yamajoura #(I enjoy various ships so I'll probably throw in others around it BUT the)#(main focus of this AMV is general series appreciation more than ships)#(so please remember and respect that fact)#(I really love the part where Koushiro comes in and might keep him there for a future remake of this one but edited scenes of him)#(Taichi will fit in naturally near his portion too as will Hikari and the part with Wizardmon will probably stay in too but Hikari also fit)#(it's ok if you don't care for various parts of this series. it's fine. it's fine. but please respect my contents when interacting)#(every August I want to appreciate this series but I also have to think of the people I lost and it will be like that every single year)#(So please respect that if you're interacting. I'm a human. Please don't come onto my Digimon Adventures blog spewing Adventures hate)

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