#digimon adventure 2020 episode 38

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DIGIMON ADVENTURE: (2020) Screencaps

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[the-laziest-dragon]

DIGIMON GHOST GAME: AKA: How to make the fanbase desperate with an unexpected ending.

Unlike Adventure:2020, I haven't commented much on this season because;

Story pacing is different (horror stories vs season 1 reboot)

Many of the references I needed to go after and the chances of talking nonsense were great. And I can't stand to hear more irrelevant drama than I already listen to offline.

But I really wanted to talk about Ghost GAME, and now that the season """"ended"""", I can talk a little with my opinions (and spoilers soon if you don't want to, don't read. Enjoy other of my posts or go to another blog you like, I'm not holding you back 🙂)

Taking everything out of the way, let's go to the beginning :

1 - The delay for tamers/chosen children/human heroes to appear and develop as characters.

I'm going to take those shots soon because it was one of the things that pissed me off the most.

Ruli joined the team in episode 3 and got the adult form of Angoramon in episode 15.

Kiyo joined the team in episode 5 and reached Jellymon's adult form in episode 10, if I'm not mistaken.

After waiting 12 episodes to reach the adult form compared to Kiyo who was only 5, she only reached the Ultimate form in episode 35. 20 more episodes. Kiyo achieved Ultimate form in episode 29...

Hiro already reached adult forms (Red, Blue and Green) in episodes 2, 7 and 12. The Ultimate form came in the episode 25...

And most of the time it was Hiro and Gammamon who solved everything, leaving the other humans and digimon in the background. Like the protagonists of the original Adventure rooting for the Megas to win because they are nothing but Ultimate form and the enemies are too strong for them.

And want to know when the mega forms arrived? Episode 56 for Hiro, 58 for Ruli and 60 for Kiyo.

And the season ended at 67... and the last two episodes Diarbbtmon and Amphimon barely served as relevant fighters... They were more like glorified punching bags.

2 - Digimon do not fight to the death.

It may sound morbid but it's a fact: The enemies fight to kill, the protagonists don't fight seriously because they don't want to hurt the other digimons.

Apart from GulusGammamon (I already got to him) the protagonists killed at least 2 digimons: SimbaeAngoramon killed Digitamamon and the three Ultimate killed RareRaremon.(No, Shadramon was already half dead before Datamon messed with him. Tetismon didn't kill him.)

It makes it seem like they don't really fight. And all they do is sit the shit out and then make up... which is kind of disappointing after the literal demon of lust just walks away.

3 - GulusGammamon

When he first appeared, NOBODY expected that the sweetest marshmallow in the world had the literal devil inside the body. But since every digimon protagonist has to have a dark evolution, it was to be expected.

Whenever GulusGammamon appeared it meant that someone was going to die. No jokes. That was basically it.

'Oh, this Digimon is too bad! What do we do?' 'Oh! Gammamon evolved into GulusGammamon!'

The worst part was what they did to him in the end. From Gammamon's suppressed original personality to the final Boss of the season. It was all so thrown in the face that there are still people numb from the shock.

And then there's the fact that he IS A FUCKING ALIEN DIGIMON FROM ANOTHER PLANET!!?That was contaminating the entire digital world to form an army to face a Galactus from the Digimon Universe!!??!?!!

4 - Espimon

For the first time, after Xros Wars of course, the protagonist won a secondary Digimon for his team. But my holy Christ... what a soap opera.

He was introduced in episode 38 but didn't reach his adult form until EPISODE 62!!!

This is all because he thought Hiro was a 'fake Hiro' because he wasn't practically identical to his father.

5 - THE END OF THE SEASON.

To say they hooked up for a second season is calling me and all fans idiots.

It was so rushed, but so rushed that it seemed like fanfic that the author got lost and decided to tie all the ends at once but left a lot up in the air.

The Digi-Galactus only coming 2000 years from now, a Country of Digimons in a space between the Digital World and the Human World*cough cough Xros Wars cough cough*, all human protagonists becoming diplomats as children. It looked like the Meme of Yamato becoming an astronaut at the end of Digimon 02...

But I'm not saying that the fight between Regulusmon and Siriusmon was bad... But three Megas almost losing to an Ultimate was a forced fall due to the plot armor.

I hope there is a second season, or movie or OVAs to end the story, because it was very... Empty at the end...

[bluediva]

May contain some spoilers if you haven't watched episode 38 of Digimon Adventure 2020.

Remember when we got teased with Ultimate (Mega) level evolutions for all in the early episodes of Digimon Adventure 2020?

38 episodes in now, and Taichi and Agumon are still the only ones to achieve that level. They've even reached it twice, though who knows if we'll see the secondary form again anytime soon (or at all). Time will tell...

Not going to lie here... after episode 36, where I thought we'd get the Ultimate evolution for Koshiro and Tentomon (and it didn't happen), I thought for sure they'd give us Yamato and Gabumon's in this episode (38). Yeah... they didn't... all they gave was a variation on the Kaiser Nail attack and a very brief teaser for MetalGarurumon when using that last attack.

Not going to say I'm too surprised they didn't show it, but this is a Taichi (and Agumon) focused series most of the time... maybe one day?

I'd love for Angemon to eventually come back as an evolution (and I'm sure he will), and we need Takeru and Patamon to reach their Perfect (Ultimate) level evolution eventually.

(I'm still wondering if they'll add in Nefertimon in addition to Pegasmon.)

This episode did have some good points. I like that the team is finally together (again), and hopefully it lasts this time. Joe got an opportunity to shine in this too, which I did enjoy. They shared more about Yamato and Gabumon's past together, and their bond, which was a good addition. Mimi, in a small throwaway scene, had brought some cups made with leaves to drink tea (?) with, which had me pausing to think it over and wonder if she made it or Palmon did (or together).

They did add in a short bit from Takeru about their family and home lives, which does expand their characters a bit (especially for any new fans).

Looks like next week is a Joe-centered episode, so get ready for that. After his shining moment in this episode, I'm looking forward to see what they do.

[oct8yamato]

[9-anime]

Digimon Adventure (2020) Episode 38 English Subbed

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[izzyizumi]

Digimon Adventure x “Digimon Adventure:” (2020 reboot) ~ Episode 38 (Adventure) vs. Episode 47 (2020) ~ Character Development ~ Comparisons & Parallels + Possible Hints for Future Developments?* (*If 2020 someday gets a sequel, perhaps these parallels could CONTINUE) + Koushiro & Displaying COMPASSION (Across various Series)

(Adventure!Sora, curiously/somewhat gently): “HOW LONG did YOU live in Hikarigaoka*, Koushiro-kun?” {*This was changed to fictional ‘Heighton View Terrace’ in U.S. dub} (In actuality, it’s based off a real location!)

“Why is That?” “I DON’T KNOW...”

(2020!Sora, curiously/gently) “Koushiro-kun, were YOU OK?” (Very Likely Heavily Implied): ‘At home’? {After talking about her mother at home, 2020!Sora peers at Koushiro with an expectant look} (2020!Koushiro) (HESITATING & Nervously):  “MY HOUSE, is, UM...”

(2020!Koushiro) (in reference to Gerbemon’s story about ‘revenge’): “...Some sort of PAIN, that can only be understood by the ones LEFT BEHIND.”

(Mrs. Izumi) (Forlornly): “We had A CHILD of our OWN, once...” “A LITTLE BOY -” “- BUT HE DIED when HE was JUST A BABY.”

(Mrs. Izumi) “All we want is for YOU to be Happy.”

(Mr. Izumi) “You don’t have to CHANGE yourself for US.”

(Koushiro, to Gerbemon):

“...From now on, please focus on your desired research WITHOUT being HAUNTED by revenge.”

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(Initially nervous/backing away): {Notably, nervous when Gerbemon maintains heavy eye contact): [to a point of some light stammering in repsonse]

(Koushiro, at end, reaches out TO Gerbemon...)

“You evolved when you THOUGHT you should TAKE After Koushiro-kun?”

“From now on, we’ll search Together!”

{2020!Koushiro, pleasantly, at HOME} (2020 Ending Theme #4) with Tentomon in IZUMI residence’s bathroom

+ (The lyric immediately following with that scene): “Blue skies, the ends of the ocean There’s a Tomorrow that NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT...”

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Digimon Adventure 2020: Episode 38 | The Blazing Blue Friendship: Obligatory Hatkeru post

[jippy-kandi]

Digimon Adventure: 2020 – Episode 38: The Blazing Blue Friendship (Review)

Thoughts on the thirty-eighth episode of the Digimon Adventure reboot series.

I think this was a decent episode, but for Yamato’s “return”, I expected it to be better. But it was another filler episode with some nice moments in it.

After Yamato’s been riding on Garurumon for 2+ months, the episode just drops us into a plot that has “happened” . . . I’d prefer they didn’t do this. It’s too random for a character we haven’t seen in a meaningful capacity for months.

Jou “coincidentally” and literally falls in (love) on Yamato. :D I liked their dynamic, actually. They made pretty good teammates! Even though they were apart for most of the episode, lol.

Yamato tells us that Gabumon has been captured by Mephismon, who sucks the energy of Digimon using an evil spell to a black crystal (a shard of Millenniumon). A flimsy connection to the plot, but I guess I’ll take it! Still a filler episode, though. :P

OMG when Yamato recounts how they went in to save the Digimon from Mephismon, we get a shot of him HOLDING HANDS with two little Chibickmon as he leads them to safety. IT WAS ADORABLE AF. He's going to make a great father someday to Sora’s children. XD

Yamato: “Jou. Gomamon. I can’t reach the very top alone. That’s why . . . lend me a hand! Please.” UwU I loved this. Especially since Yamato was always so dismissive of Jou in the past (. . . if little kids watching this series can even remember that far back, lol), so it’s great progress to see this!

Jou: “I . . . I never thought you’d say something like that to me!” LMAO. And the way he says it and expresses himself. Jou 100% has a crush on Yamato. XD; Get in line behind Sora! You’re not the only one who thinks he’s impressive. ;)

The episode cuts to Taichi’s group and . . . I facepalm so hard, lol. This is Yamato’s “return” episode after 738493 episodes of Taichi, and we can’t take one measly episode break from the guy? REALLY TOEI?

But I guess it’s forgiven because it was mostly so Takeru could provide us with some background information about the Takaishida family situation. It remains mostly the same as the OG - their parents divorced, Takeru lives with their mother, Yamato with their father. Takeru adds this: “But Big Brother always contacted me and came to see me a lot.” This is supposedly different to the OG, as the OG claimed that they rarely saw each other. So at least their parents are putting their kids first, now? TBH I care more about the headcanons I can create with this - Yamato seeing Natsuko more than he should, wheee. :D :D :D

It’s super nice that we got Yamato and Tsunomon’s first encounter! Since the OG never showed us, either. Just listen to Tsunomon bouncing after Yamato. OMG so cute! *SQUISH*

Gabumon: “Yamato, you protected me! You could’ve just left me there.” Yamato: “I . . . just protected you on my own too. *SMILE.* You, what’s your name?” This realisation made Yamato turn and accept Gabumon? Has he never protected anyone before/did something on his own? lol. I found it a bit odd. I think there needed to be more to bridge this bond.

It goes without saying, but . . . Yamato climbing a mountain via bars stuck to the side of it is utterly ridiculous. :P

OK . . . Jou countering the chanting of the evil spell by chanting material from his textbooks was hilarious. It was also utterly ridiculous - but freaking hilarious. So . . . I give it a pass and just LOL. XD;

Ikkakumon using his attack Harpoon Torpedo to create “bars” for Yamato to climb the mountain was actually really neat.

But it has to be said that Yamato is just as superhuman - if not moreso - than Taichi in this episode, ROFL. I guess he didn’t want to be outdone by his little brother, the Olympic gymnast, Takeru. So Yamato is an Olympic athlete - a three-time Gold medallist. No one better write him as hating sports in reboot fanfiction, as they mistakenly do in OG fanfiction . . .

Yamato going through the spell’s forcefield to reach Gabumon was 100% worthy of a Mega evolution. If Taichi can simply breathe to evolve his digimon to two Megas, surely Yamato can Mega evolve his Digimon with this act of courage and determination? Toei: “No.” -_-

Yamato to Gabumon: “I changed after I met you. I gained something important! Gabumon, you were . . . you were my very first . . . friend!” Awww. That was both super sweet and super sad. Yamato didn’t have any friends before Gabumon? Not even before his parents divorced? The child is 11! THAT’S A LOT OF LIFE LIVED. Damn. :( Don’t worry, Yamato, Sora will be your friend - and then some . . .

METALGARURUMON SHOULD’VE HAPPENED. His “aura” did show up on WereGarurumon, but it was a blink-and-you-miss-it moment. You literally have to pause your screen to see it - as though Toei didn’t even want you to see it. O_o Strange.

Gabumon to Yamato: “Wow, you climbed this [mountain]?” Yes, Gabumon, he did. We are all as astonished as you are. But I know someone who will be impressed! ;)

Takeru: “Big Brother!” OMFG YASSS!!! I’ve been waiting 784392 years for them to reunite for the 734892th time. I’m so excited! I HOPE THEY DON’T SPLIT UP IMMEDIATELY IN THE NEXT EPISODE. I’m watching you, Toei. orz

This was a filler episode. BUT I LOVED THE END. So . . . I liked that we got more background on Yamato, and I liked it simply because Yamato is (still) my favourite character in the reboot . . . but it was just an OK episode. For his “return” - I did expect more. :P

Next week looks to be fun! Lots of Jou - so here’s to hoping he gets fleshed out to be an actual likeable character! (I did like Jou in this episode, actually. Another plus!) And that Taichi doesn’t shoehorn himself in for 90% of the episode. I’m also just super excited for all the kids to be together! :D

[amethyst-geek]

Who I think would take whose family name in Digimon pt 1

Since 1 of my first posts was me sharing my headcannon that Yamato would be the one adoption Sora’s name, I decided to list some of the Digimon parings I ship who would adopt whose surname upon getting married. For some context, married couples in Japan are required to have the same surname and while it is much more common for the wife to be the 1 to adopt the husband’s surname, it is not unheard of for the husband to adopt the wife’s surname. To determine who would be taking whose surname, I will be asking myself the following questions:

1. Does the wife come from a prestigious family?

2. Is either half of the couple the last in their family line?

3. Do either of them have a career that would warrant keeping their surname (scientist, actor, etc)? I may need to rely on a head-cannons a bit for this one.

These r only some of the pairings I ship and I plan to discuss the other pairings in a different post. 

Adventure

Mimi and Koushiro- Figuring out this one is a bit tricky compared to the others. While the 2020 anime version of Mimi come from a prestigious family, that doesn't seem to be the case in original anime (at least not to the same extent). According to the epilogue, both have careers that would make it logical to keep their names, with Izzy being a researcher while Mimi is either a nutritionist or a celebrity chef (who also apparently dabbles in fashion design according to Kizuna). However there is one factor that makes me lean toward Mimi being the one to adopt Izzy’s name (at least legally, I can still see her using her maiden name professionally)- As revealed in episode 38 of Digimon Adventure, Izzy’s biological parents died when he was a baby and his adoptive father was his bio dad’s last living relative while his bio mom did not have any family at all, so Izzy is almost certainly the last in his family line. Thus I think Mimi will adopt the Izumi name while still going by Tachikawa professionally. Or maybe Izzy will adopt the Tachikawa name and they’ll name their daughter Izumi. 

Takeru and Hikari- The Yagami family doesn’t seem to be particularly prestigious, and since Taichi is still around, he’s probably got the “carrying on the Yagami name” thing handled. Thus, Hikari being the one to adopt Takeru’s surname seems more likely then the reverse.

Xros Wars 

Taiki and Akari- Based on the typical reasons a man might adopt his wife's surname, there doesn't seem to be any reason for Taiki to be the one to take the Hinomoto name. Akari has 2 brothers, so he Hinomoto name probably wouldn't die out if Akari adopted the Kudo name. Taiki and Akari also seem to be relatively equal interns of social class. I’m not really sure what Akari would do for a living. While I sometimes head-cannon her as growing up to become a physchatrist, I also consistently head-cannon Taiki and Akari as getting married shortly after the latter graduates from college or sometimes even right after she finishes high school (either way she'd probably begin her career using the Kudo name). 

Kiriha and Nene- While Hunters showed that Nene became an idol singer and actress (two careers where it is common for women in said professions to keep their maiden names), Kiriha is implied in the show to be the last of the Aonuma family (if his backstory of being alone after the death of the parents is anything to go by). Thus, similar to Mimi and Izzy, I believe that if Kiriha and Nene were to get married, Nene would legally change to Aonuma so the Aonuma name doesn't die out, but continue going by Amano professionally (partly to avoid confusion, also because they initially want to keep their relationship a secret from the public as some fans can get pretty crazy when it comes to the love lives of celebrates. Look up how fans reacted to Mamoru Miyano announcing that he and his wife were having twins if you don't believe me). 

[fizzingwizard]

Ep 38 is another good one! We are on a roll. I have some thoughts on why and whether I could still end up whining in future episodes again... but for now let’s just enjoy the moment.

We are finally catching up with Yamato (and Jou) who has the sort of episode you’d expect from the brooding lone wolf of the group. I wish they’d pushed it just a liiiittle further than they did and I’ll tell you why below. Still, the point is we learned some things we needed to about Yamato, and with some higher than usual stakes (for a side plot) than usual.

Pic of the day, though, is all about his highness, our lord and savior, JOOOOOOOOO.

You will bow before him, peasant!

More below.

Like I said, the stakes are a bit high this week:

Right off the bat, Gabumon’s been beaten, captured, and tied to a cross...

... where Mephismon (this guy) is apparently planning to kill him in ritual sacrifice.

In other words, this episode is: Yamato and Gabumon Go To Digimon Hell

:P

I mean... Mephismon even looks scary. Very Satanic. Gives me chill, lol. Probably not as scary for kids who didn’t grow up being hit over the head with a Bible every day by evangelicals, though. Sometimes I look back on my childhood and just think “wtf?”

That being said, Mephismon is the sort of lackey you’d expect Millenniumon to have, much more in the vein of Devimon or DarkKnightmon. Aka, pretty darn scary. I was so frustrated for so long by all the small fry Digimon Taichi “struggled” with by himself for no apparent reason - they felt like filler episodes, tbh - filler for a show that has no reason to have filler!

And I STILL do NOT understand why we got WarGreymon’s evolution over a totally forgettable nobody Digimon, but these recent episodes with Koushirou, Mimi, and Yamato have all been serious crises where the characters put everything on the line, and yet nobody evolves. It’s not that I think they HAD to evolve here - I can see they’re leading up to it and since that guarantees more focus on them in the future, I’m totally down for that. What I don’t understand is why Taichi DIDN’T get that. Why play WarGreymon so early? The episode itself did involve Taichi challenging himself, but it all felt so setup. And so unmemorable that it’s just hard to care.

Anyway... I’m ranting about things that didn’t happen in this episode. Rant over xD Back to Yamato.

His desperate play to rescue Gabumon by himself goes as well as you’d expect.

Yamato: I’m too cool for this shit

He is chased by those gas mask-wearing Digimon whose name I forget. But they are conveniently blown back by the gush of a timely geyser. Geyser, you say? That means hot springs must be nearby. If hot springs are nearby...

Jou: Now I know what it feels like to be Team Rocket!

Jou falls out of the sky and right into Yamato’s path. Dressed in nothig but a towel, he looks to Yamato like a scrawny, nerdy, guardian angel.

Yamato: You’ve gotta help me, Clarence. Fly me to the top of the mountain.

Jou: I can’t, I haven’t got my wings.

Yamato: Yeah, you’re about what I’d expect my guardian angel to be like...

So, Jou immediately starts to chatter at Yamato, and it looked to me like Yamato might be getting annoyed. If this were 99 Adventure, he’d had snapped and said something like, “Can’t you see Gabumon’s gone? Aren’t you even going to ask about that or do you only think about yourself?”

But this is 2020 Yamato, and 2020 Digimon Adventure, where the kids are all Very Nice and don’t have much in the way of flaws. That’s my number one complaint about this show so far. So Yamato just waits for the moment where Jou needs to take a breath to break and ask for his help rescuing Gabumon.

(Gomamon reminds Jou to get dressed first, thankfully.)

Up on the mountain peak, Mephismon sacrifices the Data of poor blue!Elecmon to the fragment of Millenniumon he is guarding.

At first I was like, why do Yamato and Jou know about these crystals?? But then they’re like, we heard from Taichi over the digivice. Ah, of course. I kind of miss the old digivices that pre-date smartphones :P

Yamato explains how they ended up in this situation, and I REALLY like this. They came across Mephismon sacrificing innocent Digimon on their journey to reunite with the rest of the team, and it was Gabumon who insisted they had to stay and save them. Gabumon!

So this is not the first time we’ve seen the Digimon partners take initiative this season. The lack of personal flaws and personality clashes are my least favorite part of the reboot, but the increased agency of the Digimon themselves is probably my favorite. When DanDevimon swallowed Taichi, it was Agumon’s pain that caused his warp evolution. Not saying Taichi had nothing to do with it, but the focus was certainly way more on how losing his partner sent Agumon over the edge. Now we’ve got Yamato actually arguing with Yamato because he feels so passionate about rescuing the captured Digimon.

Yamato’s not heartless, of course - he just prioritizes the people closest to him first. And I have no idea if we’ll see much more of this sort of willpower from Gabumon - it’s partly there for convenience, since no one else is around. (Last time, it was Sora who wanted to help others at their own risk and Yamato clashed with her over the same thing.) The other reason is, this is the episode where we find out how Yamato and Gabumon became friends - which is especially important for the guy who gets the Crest of Friendship - so they needed something a bit more meaty than “the proof of our friendship is I follow you wherever you go and do whatever you want.”

But I love it because it really makes them feel like partners.

Of course, Yamato can’t say no in the end, so he and Gabumon go to save the Digimon. But they’re overwhelmed.

The vision of his partner’s bony ass shrinking into the distance as bullets fly overhead will haunt his dreams always ;^;

Yamato: Once a psychic read my palm and said I have an unusually short life line. I guess she was right. But she also said I’d marry Emma Stone and have eight children.

Jou: are you sure she wasn’t just playing a game of MASH?

While Yamato and Jou plan their strategy, we switch back to the rest of the team, where the girls are having tea time.

I know I complain about this every time but WHO DA HECK decided Sora and Mimi should wear the same color scheme look what you did now they both blend into the couch

The boys talk a bit of shop, then Takeru reveals that he and Yamato don’t live together because their parents fight and don’t get to see each other because they both work so much. He doesn’t really come out and say “they’re divorced” but he says he and his brother are separated. Even though Yamato calls Takeru to talk a lot, Takeru still feels sad that there are things he misses since they live so far apart.

Taichi assures Takeru that Yamato will be fine, pointing out that Yamato had already been adventuring in the digital world for an unknown amount of time before Taichi’s group ever got there. Wow, haven’t referenced that in literally ages. I’m glad these things are finally relevant again. Also like how it seems to confirm Taichi still kinda holds special admiration for Yamato. That seemed like the route they were going way back when Yamato joined the group in episode 8, but then it wasn’t touched on till now.

Then we get the long-awaited Yamato & Gabumon origin story! Yamato appears to have arrived in the digital world in a similar way that Taichi did. He looks the same, so probably it wasn’t a huge time difference (in human world time anyway).

At first, Yamato’s like, “leave me alone. I don’t have any interest in the digital world. Where’s the exit?” And Tsunomon says, “Fine, then I will just protect you whether you want me to or not.”

Yamato: Reeeeeally wishing Ikkakumon could fly, lol

Yamato recalls how, despite his chilly behavior, Tsunomon still jumped to his rescue.

(The rescue involved Ikkakumon shooting torpedoes up the mountainside so Yamato can grab them and climb to the top. What I don’t get is why this didn’t draw Mephismon’s attention :P I guess he figured his gas mask lackeys would handle it but uh.)

Past!Yamato rescues Tsunomon, who is so touched that he is able to evolve. Yamato makes an attempt to remain aloof...

... but in the end he turns into Taichi :P

So that’s the origin story! It’s more or less what I figured. Kind of surprised we didn’t get any scenes of them in the digital world proper, since I got the impression Yamato was familiar with that world as well as this plane that seems to be a sort of interface between worlds. But maybe not, who knows.

What they try to do here is set up that Yamato is an aloof type who tries to avoid relationships. But he snaps out of it and warms up to people so fast that it’s hard to really appreciate it. Plus he doesn’t really do much to push them away other than say “leave me alone.” Eh.

Lol it’s funny because he’s strapped to the cross but because his leg fur hangs like that, from behind it looks like he’s just standing there....

Mephismon starts to sacrifice Gabumon!

A power blast of dark energy starts to pulse from the mountain, sending everyone to their knees. Jou thinks fast and hides inside his bag. Nylon is good at blocking out satanic chanting after all.

His eyes fall on... his textbooks! Social studies, chemistry, the periodic table, Japanese history memorization textbook... these useless books! Could they actually be useful?!?!?!

no.

no they couldn’t

Yamato: Ahh! That’s it, I have got to start lifting more.

But wait - Jou gets an idea. There’s something that calms him when he’s stressed and that’s... chanting passages from his rote memorization technique books x’D So he sits down and... it’s basically a throw back to the Bakemon episode in 99. I believe he’s chanting things from the Japanese history book, but as I’ve never been a Japanese kid, I’d have to do more research than I want to to figure out for sure.

He then switches to chanting the numerals of pi! He has pi memorized! x’D I don’t know why that should surprise me. He soon begins to glow with the Zen energy of a cram school trance.

Jou: 3.14159265359... 3.14159265359...

Gas mask Digimon: 3.14159265359.... 3.14159265359...

These bright ripples emanate from Jou, counteracting the evil ripples coming from Mephismon’s mountain. It soon pulls the gas mask Digimon into the trance as well.

Ikkakumon: ... I have no effing idea what is going in this episode on anymore

Jou comes out of the trance to discover the gas mask Digimon ARE NOW HIS OBEDIENT SUBJECTS. WHAT.

(see I told you you’d bow)

seriously what just happened! XD is this Jou’s mutant power

or is this something all Japanese children who survive juku can do as a result of spending so much time memorizing shit

Ikkakumon then is able to shoot a bunch better pathway of torpedoes for Yamato to climb and MEPHISMON STILL DOESN’T NOTICE

Yamato finally makes it to the peak!

Mephismon’s like, “nice try, but what were you planning to do now? You left your friend at the bottom of the mountain and I’ve got your partner. And I doubt you’ve memorized all the numerals of pi.”

He kindly creates an evil burning vortex to increased the hellishness of the landscape. He understands that a Yamato episode needs the proper ambience.

Gabumon’s about to be sacrificed to Digi-Satan lmao

Yamato steps into the pentagram and get shocked. But he presses on despite the difficulty (and the hellfire), thinking about how much his partner means to him.

He drops to his knees while Gabumon begs him to save himself.

Yamato: “You’re my... friend!”

The power of friendship destroys the pentragram and also frees Gabumon from the cross.

The Crest of Friendship glows...

Gabumon is strengthened and becomes... WereGarurumon.

:P

Yeah... seemed like a good time for MetalGarurumon but whatever.

After a cool but brief fight, Mephismon is defeated.

He appears frozen? Can Gabumon freeze stuff? Whatev. Anyway he’s frozen and then disintegrates.

Gabumon is tired but happy. Their bond is now even stronger.

Cute Takeru on Pegasusmon flies down to his brother at last.

And the others wave up to them from Komondomon. Aw. So finally the team is back together! ;__; Please let it last this time, please please please....

Kay so, overall... I liked this episode. The whole “You’re my friend!” bit would have been stronger if we’d seen more of Yamato resisting that though. I don’t really know why but the reboot seems to pull its punches a lot. I really wish they’d let the kids be mean to each other like 99 Adventure did sometimes. Being mean doesn’t mean you’re a bad person and a terrible influence on children watching your show. It just means you are human and your viewers can learn from watching your mistakes and seeing your growth. Try to understand that, showrunners :P

A missed opportunity in this episode: Yamato and Jou. I was excited that they were gonna be together because they often clashed in 99. And in the reboot as well, it was established that Yamato is annoyed by Jou, although he’s much more polite and hadn’t said anything about it till now (just stayed away from wherever Jou was until he fell asleep lol). So I thought, in this ep, we’d see them butt heads and learn to work together, something like that. But aside from the very first moment where Yamato might look a teensy bit annoyed, they just get alone fine. Idk. Not interesting.

In the end, though, the ep was clearly meant to be Yamato only and Jou was just there as a matter of convenience so the whole group would be together at the end. Since the team is finally reunited, I hope we do start to see all of them interacting in different ways that show their personalities more. Might not be the same as 99 (or, I should say definitely won’t be, at this point), but just something more than “look how well we all get along.”

Next week...

Looks to be a light and funny episode. The Burgermon were one of my fav bits of Frontier. But I’m a little nervous about this being a Jou epiosde. It’s his turn, I know, but everyone else got something meaningful. Even Mimi - though there was lots of humor in her episode, she was also major league cool the entire time. Maybe that will be the case with Jou here, but I’m not sure because 2020 Jou is a little different - more scatterbrained, more open, more talkative, less serious, less likely to act sullen... he’s quite different, now that I think about it. So I’m actually having difficulty imagining what his personal test will be in this episode. Guess we’ll have to wait and find out. Maybe it won’t even be that kind of episode anyway.

Also, just a guess, but next week is ep 39. So ep 40 maybe will be the start of something big again. It would be good timing: the team’s together and everyone’s had a chance recently for an episode to themselves...

See y’all next week! As usual didn’t check for typos :P

[crawlthesky]

DIGIMON ADVENTURE: (2020/Psi/Reboot/Whatever) Screencaps

source: Webrip resolution: 1920x1080 file type: .jpg (batch-converted from .png) image count / file size: Episode 36 - 585 screencaps / 352MB [download] Episode 37 - 635 screencaps / 465MB [download] Episode 38 - 719 screencaps / 498MB [download] Episode 39 - 809 screencaps / 566MB [download] Episode 40 - 920 screencaps / 631MB [download] Episode 41 - 682 screencaps / 413MB [download] Episode 42 - 570 screencaps / 425MB [download] Episode 43 - 808 screencaps / 533MB [download] Episode 44 - 597 screencaps / 451MB [download] Episode 45 - 537 screencaps / 374MB [download] Evolution Sequence 06 - 95 screencaps / 106MB [download]

Bonus [download] The above zip contains images of the new Digivice as well as some... Other Things that appeared in these episodes that might or might not be a little too spoiler-y to link to directly (in case of accidental clicking or whatever).

♥ Episode 50 airs this weekend, so we’re finally caught up...! Here’s to hoping I can keep this up for the last leg of the series. ♥ Previous episodes can be found here. ♥ If you have any problems with the download links, let me know, and I’ll toss you an alternate link or split them smaller or something. ♥ Have fun making a buttload of icons or edits or whatever.

[animefeminist]

Chatty AF 122: 2020 Summer Mid-Season Check-In 

Dee, Chiaki, and Vrai check in on the 2020 Summer season, from Spidermanders to cyborgs!

Episode Information

Date Recorded: August 15th, 2020 Hosts: Dee, Chiaki, Vrai

Episode Breakdown

0:00:00 Intros Red Flags 0:02:49 Monster Girl Doctor 0:07:53 The Misfit King of Demon Academy 0:12:26 Millionaire Detective: Balance Unlimited Yellow Flags 0:16:01 The God of High School 0:21:24 Appare-Ranman Harmless Fun 0:30:15 Mr Love: Queen’s Choice 0:33:52 GIBIATE 0:39:24 Digimon Adventure: 0:41:38 Diary of our Days at Breakwater It’s… Complicated 0:43:06 Super HXEros 0:46:34 Rent-a-Girlfriend Feminist Potential 0:52:25 Deca-Dence 1:01:49 Outro

More on This Season

Summer 2020 Premiere Digest

Summer 2020 Three Episode Check-in

[izzyizumi]

DIGIMON ADVENTURE: [2020 Reboot] ~ + IMPORTANT LINES + POTENTIAL FORESHADOWING TECHNIQUE

“Koushiro-kun, were you ok?”

“MY HOUSE is, um...”

FRIENDLY REMINDER: We still have some 30 episodes or so to go before this series finishes/wraps up, meaning there’s A LOT!!!!! more time left for Toei to further reveal 2020!Koushiro’s backstory and home situation.

I UNDERSTAND many fans of Koushiro here are incredibly PASSIONATE about his adoption backstory in the original Adventure series, I AM, MYSELF.

IT’S EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME AS SOMEONE WHO IS NOT 100% BLOOD RELATED TO MY OWN FAMILY ...AND HEAVILY RELATES TO KOUSHIRO IZUMI FOR THIS REASON.

REGARDLESS: THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME LEFT for the Izumi family to be revealed in-depth down the road. PLEASE, PLEASE do not instantly fret about Koushiro’s backstory “not happening” this early on. Even in the original series, it did not get revealed until Episode 38. We only just passed Episode 36, there might be many more episodes to go, and there’s more than enough time for Toei to wrap up Koushiro’s story arc down the road, even if it doesn’t happen around the same timeframe as the original.

PLEASE DO NOT INSTANTLY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TURN-OUT OF KOUSHIRO’S COMPLETE STORY BEFORE IT EVEN HAPPENS.

Please. you guys. i’m tired. please! I know a lot of you mean well and genuinely want to love & support Koushiro but you HAVE to consider actually LETTING TOEI TELL his story, ok! Just because we got a “piece” of it this episode does not mean that was all there was to his story!

(PLEASE READ & AGREE TO BANNERS BEFORE INTERACTING) [Note: commenting/tagging positvely/respectfully is ok!] {IF NOT RESPECTFUL, DO NOT BOTHER, I WILL BLOCK.}

[cinemty]

انمي Digimon Adventure الحلقة 38

انمي Digimon Adventure الحلقة 38

مشاهدة وتحميل مسلسل الانمي أبطال الديجيتال Digimon Adventure S01E038 2020 الحلقة 38 الثامنة و الثلاثون الموسم الاول مترجمة مشاهدة اون لاين تحميل مباشر Digimon Adventure Season 1 Episode 38 online , قصة Digimon Adventure هو مسلسل تلفزيوني من بطولة يوميكو كوباياشي ماساكو نوزاوا و Volcano Ota Taichi يستعد لرحلة تخييم صيفية حتى يواجه ظاهرة غريبة تجتاحه في العالم الرقمي مع

[thatguysamaniac-blog]

Every now and then a conversation sparks up round the water cooler at TGAM Towers that goes along the lines of someone asking "So is gaming mainstream yet?". Hours, insults, fisticuffs and a reminder on policy on worker in the work place later, inevitably the conclusion is a firm not yet.  We're not expecting an overnight transformation. But what would it take?  We have game inspired video games at the Box Office (okay so they're rarely great), Final Fantasy menus in restaurants, Splatoon and Pokemon collaboration ranges with Uniqlo, LEGO collaborations with Blizzard, Midway and SEGA. Museum exhibitions on video games, design and art. Gaming content seemingly dominates large swathes of the Internet from Youtube through to Youporn. Yet admitting that you choose to spend your time playing video games every now and then still feels, in the UK at least, akin to admitting that you strictly only eat the faces of babies because that's where the softest meat is.    When Does This Pre-Amble End? When it comes to the real world, specifically the high street, video games themselves have virtually no presence at all. In fact it's got worse since our budding interest grew in the 1990s. Arcades are all but dead, few cities have a dedicated game retailer (you might be able to find a grotty copy of NBA 2018 in one of those laptop/mobile repair shops), major supermarkets stock perhaps 4.5 games and media stores in general are critically endangered. TV never manged to 'get' gaming and even though Esports is making huge strides it's still not managed to topple the likes of darts, snooker and cricket from their prime time perches (or even get broadcast at all away from the Internet).  When we first got into gaming we'd wet our pants even when video games penetrated the mass media in the lamest ways from those Lucozade Tomb Raider ads. to the awful why-can't-anyone-crack-gaming-content-on-TV shows and even feigning support for those Resident Evil films when there was frankly nothing else on the horizon. However, now that Netflix is a national sport we're almost drowning in a rich and diverse soup of game-related content. Most of which is total pants. Some of which is bonkers and dare I say some might even have appeal beyond those who would call themselves a gamer (and cringes at the same time because nobody over the age of 12 unironically calls themselves a gamer). Gaming content is so prevalent on Netflix, it even has it's own category, two in fact! Does this mean gaming is mainstream yet? No you babyface eating monster it doesn't are you mad?  Gaming Shit Currently on UK Netflix (Alphabetically) The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Okay so for all the hype up top, a lot of this stuff is cheesy kid's cartoons. This is a 30 year old cheesy cartoon loosely based on that hot new video game release Super Mario Bros. 3 and although a smidgen better than the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.... it's amazing this franchise didn't just die in the 90s. Remember King Koopa and Princess Toadstool? 13 episodes. 13 episodes too many.  Angry Birds Can any lawyers out there help? Is there some EU mandated law that means video game tie-in media has to come out decades after the thing it is based on became culturally irrelevant? Three seasons of this steaming mess and I've not got to the will to work out if this is related to the movie, the sequel movie out THIS YEAR(?), the toons series or how it will fit in with the WHO IS ASKING FOR THIS CONTENT 'long form' cartoon out in 2020. For those of you younger than 10, i.e. the target audience for this stuff, Angry Birds used to be a video game. Black Mirror Sometimes very video game inspired, sometimes not, this series makes us question our relationship with technology makes us feel even worse for prodding a phone screen and writing swears to other 14 year olds online. Recommended watching but not all in one go mind.  Castlevania Supposedly a decent anime version of the games. I've not watched all of it because I only played Castlevania 64 and Dawn of Sorrow and if you don't understand who any of the characters are, it's reaaalllly slow and boring. Worth a try if you actually have engaged with the critically acclaimed series unlike us.  Digimon Fusion Ergh. Dirty. No. Bad Mega Bloks. No. Dinosaur King Ahhh dinosaur games. Archaeologists have found ancient scrolls that record the Dinosaur King was actually a video game and collectible card game from 2005. This is the series from 2008 that absolutely is not based on Pokemon at all and mixes anime style and really really bad looking CGI.   Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light Okay, this series is actually brilliant. Remember how Pinball Wizard was a feature movie advert for Super Mario Bros. 3? Well this is a series length advert for Final Fantasy XIV told through the heart warming story of an awkward Japanese man and his awkward relationship with his awkward recently retired Dad and he tries to rebuild that relationship by getting him into Final Fantasy XIV because they used to play Final Fantasy together. Each week is a new challenge as his Dad quits because of a mechanic he doesn't understand that helpfully his son and his guildmates help explain. Passable on it's own but elevated to must watch by a few scenes that use familiar Final Fantasy sounds that get this glorified advert tugging on the heart strings.  Halo Shit Includes Halo 4: Forward Until Dawn, Halo Legends and Halo Fall of Reach. The first one is live action and frankly awful. Legends is to Halo what Animatrix was to the Matrix and worth a watch. I've watched Halo: Fall of Reach six or seven times and I can't tell you what happens so try it perhaps? Hi Score Girl Weird anime homage to early arcades told through the relationship of a nerdy arcade kid and an aloof posh girl who is very good at video games but not allowed to play them at home. Watch if you you always wondered about turtling in Street Fighter 2 but didn't actually look it up in the last 30 years. Probably very nostalgic for 30 something Japanese gamers. Which isn't us.  Ingress the Animation I've impressed myself that I didn't miss this. Remember Ingress the AR mobile game that nobody had heard of  until it got a Pokemon Go reskin? No neither did I. Well apparently someone along the way believed so strongly in the Ingress vision that they commissioned an anime series in 2018. Really slow. Extremely Japanese. If the game was anything like this then we can understand why nobody has heard of it.  Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (NO LONGER AVAILABLE) This appears to have been pulled which is a shame as it was alright. Apparently, I'm reliably told the events of this film are really important to the context of the game and only told in this film. Errr tough anyway you missed it here.  Minecraft Story Mode Fuck off. Pacman and the Ghostly Adventures Perhaps takes the award for being the least relevant television tie-in ever. We got two seconds in before reaching for the revolver and the sweet release of a bullet kiss to the brain. All the tropes of Saturday morning cartoons with none of the charisma. Remarkably there's also a Halloween and Christmas Merry Berry short to make both of those holidays even more intolerable. Brilliant soundtrack though.   Pixels Probably the best worst video game related movie of all time. I'm not sure who the audience was when it came out and with each year gets more and more obscure. It stays the same amount of crap though which is a lot of crap.    Pokemon Want to watch only the first and last series of the anime and whatever random films seem to be on Netflix at the time? Knock yourself out. For us this is the UK being shit at commercialising this shit at its worst. Its very worst. The entirety of Pokemon has never been available in the UK at the same time ever. We never got VHS/DVD releases for most series or cinematic releases for some of the films. The Pokemon TV app frustratingly cycles episodes in and out and bizarrely Netflix is missing the middle 91 seasons and the first 38 films. It doesn't fucking matter anyway every episode is the same except the latest season where every episode is the same but set in a school BECAUSE WE'RE ALL CHILDREN AND WE FIND SCHOOL SUPER RELATABLE. There's also a creepy birthday video, hilariously with characters from a season otherwise not available on Netflix. Is it too much to ask to employ one person part-time to curate this shit? Rabbids Invasion File under striking whilst the iron is... you know what, I can't hate on the Rabbids. I really want to but honestly they're brilliant and most of their games are too. Probably brilliant. Strangely only the 4th season is available...?  Red Vs Blue The series that built the house of goofing around in games. Early seasons have not aged well at all. How did we put up with the awful sound and even worse 'plot'? 124 seasons of this madness though so if you're in palliative care and want to speed things along...   Resident Evil: Afterlife Hysterically, only the middle film is available serving the incredibly niche audience of people who like the Milaverse Resident Evil films but are four films behind.  Skylanders Academy Remember the smash hit wallet biting Toys to Life game series that ran itself and all the imitators into the ground from 2011 to 2016 and now fill attics and sheds the world over? Well now you can enjoy the 2018 animated series with all handfuls of your favourite characters. Set in a high school. There's also a weird 1 minute long happy birthday message thing that a lot of the kid's shows have done on Netflix so if you really hate your kid and want to let them know you should show them that on their birthday I guess.  Smosh the Movie Is this video games? They look cuntish enough to be Youtubers and this movie is exactly as awkward as you'd expect when Youtubers try to do something proper with make up, production values and nice cameras. Like that *cringes* Game Grumps series. Or when that *mega cringes* green haired kid did that Fortnite dance at that thing. Suggested watching if you're need that extra push to do the right thing and end yourself before it all gets a bit Fallouty round here. Sonic Boom This is the weird one that all the furries like. Tomb Raider I think the rebooted film before the current reboot? Is casting ladies from the North of the UK to be Lara Croft still a thing? In this movie Lara Croft, I kid you not, is a Deliveroo driver and... it does pick up from there but in a very formulaic and inoffensive kinda way. Video Game High School (NO LONGER AVAILABLE) And be fucking thankful. What if instead of lessons at school you played different video games? Live action series with hands down one of the worst cast of actors of all time. Ridiculous premise (which of course later sort of became real with several Universities running esports programmes) glad it got removed to be honest. Yokai Watch The new new Pokemon with 80% less appeal. Not 100% sure the game series is still going. Children's Shows and Toilet Contents So there we have it. No doubt there's a few I missed and some of this may have disappeared by the time you're reading this. A rich smorgasbord of children's cartoons and questionable content that got a pass because it's video games. At the time of writing, there's virtually no adult content and currently no documentaries. Which is a shame. If they wanted, Netflix could become the de facto place for curated traditionally produced gaming related content from Street Fighter live action movie and animated series, the CG Resident Evil Films, Pinball Wizard, King of Kong, Silent Hill one and two, the Dead Space films etc. etc. Instead it seems that they're content to maintain this weird ever changing half complete line up of irrelevant at launch factory manufactured kid's shows and single films from a series. Perhaps they are right though, there's no point competing with YouTube and Twitch which now host infinity hours worth of quality content that gamers are already spending millions of pounds on supporting. Is gaming mainstream yet? Looks like we need to wait until one of the grumpy white middle class hacks at the Guardian produces an op-ed on why they're giving up on Rabbids Invasion despite everyone at dinner parties talking about it or how Smosh the Movie made them bicurious one evening.  It's perhaps better to stay in the margins of the old media whilst defining new media (at a ripe young 40), after all REALLY PUNCHY FINISHER. Right?

http://www.thatguys.co.uk/2019/07/gaming-shit-on-netflix.html

[izzyizumi]

Digimon Adventures + Digimon Adventure: [2020 Reboot] + Digimon Adventure tri. + Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna ~ (AUTISTIC HEADCANON!) KOUSHIRO IZUMI Character Analysis (Japanese version) + DISPLAYING COMMON NEURODIVERGENT TRAITS (IN GENERAL) {see Part 1 of Autistic!/Neurodivergent!Koushiro canonical traits here}

+ despite Koushiro’s own (initial) beliefs about Koushiro’s deep TECHNOLOGY interest, eventually realizing he’s GENUINELY ENJOYING a SPECIAL INTEREST in COMPUTERS, TECHNOLOGY, (& KNOWLEDGE in General)

+ bonus receiving positive Stimulation from said Special interests (above gifs) from the Digimon Adventure movies

READ FURTHER: What is a Special Interest?:

Special interests are (not named) literally a part of the diagnostic criteria for Autism. From the DSM-V directly: Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus Note: abnormal in intensity or focus that means that if “everyone” has special interests, they aren’t ‘abnormal’ in intensity or focus, because that’s everyone. In the examples, directly from the DSM-V, specifically referring to interests: excessively circumscribed or perseverative interests (circumscribed=restricted perseverative=repeat insistently/redundantly) The below is a section from the Adventures novels, (bolding/italics by me for emphasis):

Koushiro stood facing his parents in a corner of Big Sight’s empty main lobby. “What did you want to talk to me about?” His father, Masami, spoke heavily. “While we were hiding at home, your mother and I had a talk and we decided to tell you the truth. The thing is—” He knew that this day would one day come. “We’re not your real parents.” “…I already know.” His mother, Yoshie, wasn’t surprised at all. “I knew it…” Just before they had moved to Odaiba, Koushiro had woken up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. His parents’ voices could be heard through the thin crack of the open door. “I decided to pretend that I hadn’t heard it. I tried to act as if everything was the same as before… but I just couldn’t do it. The more I tried, the weirder it felt… Until in the end, I became obsessed with computers… So that I could escape from reality…” “It’s okay to be obsessed with computers!” Koushiro looked up wonderingly at Masami’s sharp voice. “Is there something wrong about that? No! It’s what makes you unique.”

- Digimon Adventure Novel (written by Adventures head writer/director, Hiroyuki Kakudou) [with translation credit thanks to onkei kun of website Digital Scratch!] (*Note: while the novel is a highly condensed form of the original TV series, it contained many ideas Kakudou said/claimed he could not include in the final version; he then used the novels to elaborate on those ideas in an alternative form of media/enjoyment for the series.)

“IT’S OKAY TO BE OBSESSED WITH COMPUTERS!” - Masami Izumi, Koushiro’s father (Novels edition) of Adventure ep 38

“IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT? NO ! IT’S WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE.”

“YOU DON’T NEED TO CHANGE YOURSELF FOR US.”

“ALL WE WANT IS FOR YOU TO BE HAPPY.”

BONUS: (from episode 33 of 02 in which Miyako goes to Kyoto), Koushiro speaking in response to Ken Ichijouji, after they have a conversation about the possible reason, and Koushiro’s theory, of why Ken’s D3 initially transformed:

“...Because I WANTED TO KNOW.”

Please, if you will, compare all of the above to:

“ IS IT WRONG TO WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING ? ’ {a very common theme & phrasing used within Koushiro’s wider storyline across the series & novel)

+

(In the original Japanese version of Adventure episode 24, Koushiro’s Crest episode; he does not lose simply his “Curiosity” {a noncanonical-to-the-Japanese version US dub change}, he actually loses his ENTIRE {‘INQUISITIVE’ HEART}.)

“WANTING TO KNOW EVERYTHING IS A PART OF WHO I AM!”

(*Maybe of note: Here, he’s saying “Gomen yo” {I’m sorry} instead of the more formal “Gomen nasai” {Koushiro in the original Japanese version is known for his overly-formal way of speaking, typically involving him being/sounding extremely polite, especially when speaking to his adoptive parents. but also even with his friends. ‘Gomen yo’ sounds a little more casual in comparison, imo. He has more significant developments in this area of speech later on, but either way you can tell his intention here is genuine.})

BONUS:

“THAT’S THE {KOUSHIRO-HAN} I KNOW!”

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