#digimon masters 2022

[yuurei20]

Meet the Seiyuu: Enma Yuuken

The Twisted Wonderland anime's Enma Yuuken is to be voiced by Azakami Youhei, who has been active in the voice acting industry since 2011.

In 2024 he won "Best Supporting Actor Award" at the 18th Voice Acting Awards for his role as Guel Jeturk in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury.

He has been involved in over 100 anime, 70 video games and 60 drama CDs, such as:

・Araiguma Calcal-dan

・Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hidden Hideout (with Vargas’ Takeuchi, Lilia’s Midorikawa)

・Bibliophile Princess (with Idia’s Uchiyama, Silver’s Shimazaki)

・Brave Bang Bravern! (with Trey’s Suzuki)

・Bungo Stray Dogs (with Rollo’s Kamiya, Trein’s Koyama, Crowley’s Miyamoto)

・D Cide Traumerei the Animation (with Rollo’s Kamiya, Fellow’s Sugita)

・Delico's Nursery (with Epel’s Tsuchiya, Idia’s Uchiyama, Lilia’s Midorikawa)

・Digimon Survive

・Doctor Elise (with Vargas’ Takeuchi)

・Dr. STONE (with Vargas’ Takeuchi, Trey’s Suzuki)

・Duel Masters Win

・Ensemble Stars (with VAs for Riddle, Lilia, Neige, Leona, Deuce, Trey, Jade)

・Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange (with Baul’s Koyasu)

・Godzilla Singular Point

・Granblue Fantasy with VAs for Crewel, Sebek, Ortho, Leona, Rollo, Baul, Idia, Floyd, Jade, Deuce, Trey, Trein, Silver, Fellow, Grim, Neige, Vargas, Azul, Riddle, Maleanor, Lilia, Scully, Ace)

・Honey Vibes (with Leona's Umehara, Floyd's Okamoto)

・Honkai Star Rail (with Crewel’s Ito)

・Kuromukuro

・Love All Play (with Riddle’s Hanae and Epel’s Tsuchiya)

・Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (with Riddle’s Hanae)

・Oblivion Battery (with Silver’s Shimazaki)

・OVER REQUIEMZ (with Trey’s Suzuki)

・Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective

・Sakura Wars: The Animation

・Shadowverse (with Fellow’s Sugita)

・Sentenced to be a Hero

・Spriggan (2022) (with Deuce’s Kobayashi, Baul’s Koyasu, Vargas’ Takeuchi)

・Snack Basue

・TALES OF THE RAYS Recollection (with Riddle’s Hanae, Idia’s Uchiyama)

・The Aquatope on White Sand

・The Blue Wolves of Mibu (with VAs for Deuce, Fellow, Vargas, Leona, Grim, Crowley)

・The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh (with Rollo’s Kamiya, Fellow’s Sugita, Idia’s Uchiyama, Trein’s Koyama, Crowley’s Miyamoto)

・Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 4th Heart (with Baul’s Koyasu)

・Touken Ranbu (with VAs for Lilia, Leona, Azul, Crewel, Ace, Sebek, Neige, Riddle, Floyd, Grim, Chenya)

・When Will Ayumu Make His Move?

[variouscolors]

AU MASTERLIST

Small master-post for AUs featured in this blog. There may be new ones in the future, since I can't stop making more and more AUs. (Yes, this is a warning)

[last update: May/26/2025]

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

Those are the main AUs summary post. They may have a brief description and a link + tag for each AU. Crossovers are usually tagged as "[Digi series name] + [unknown]" but if one crossover end up being too specific there may be a tag for it instead. ↳ There's no specific tags for crossovers at the moment.

Also, canon divergence are all tagged with the same style, mentioned previously. If one canon divergence is too specific, there may be a tag for it too instead. ↳ There's no specific tags for canon divergent routes at the moment.

Advverse AUs:

Project Mei AU - a specific AU based on an old theory from 2017. In this verse, Meicoomon is a human-made digimon created by a government program to create their own group of Chosen Children to fight digimon menaces. [ tag | info | main blog ]

Kamen Chef AU - a scenario in which Daisuke works to Cher Digitamamon from the Chinatown area of the Digital World under an alias. [ tag | info ]

√02 Interquel AU (Root 02) - [CW: body horror, murder mention, self-harm + 02TB spoilers] An interquel AU in which Rui and Ukkomon are involved in 02 TV anime series' events instead. [ tag | info ]

Kaiser Henchman AU - A multiverse AU route in which Daisuke is the Digimon Kaiser's (or a Kaiser equivalent's) loyal henchman. [ tag Kaiser route | tag gen route | info ]

The Phantom Thief Arises (Sort of an AU) - [CW: body horror + 02TB spoilers] This verse uses a fancy name for my kaitou digi-fanfic named "Young Prince Detective", and it's self-explanatory: a verse which focus on Arsenemon and his relationship with the Chosen Children; plus phantom thieves vs detectives shenanigans...! [ tag | info ]

Other AUs:

Legend Xros Wars AU - [CW: body horror] A Xros Wars AU made in 2012, re-written in 2022, focused on the crossover between Digimon anime instead. [ tag | info | main blog ]

Kamen Rider Lightni AU - [CW: body horror] A Rider AU in which Daisuke and Rui are Kamen Riders and fight the Great Demon Lords. [tba]

Pokemon AU - self-explanatory. More details to be added later. [ tag | info ]

Cyber Sleuth/Hacker's Memory AU - an AU in which the 02 kids + Wallace (possibly Rui now) are hackers protecting EDEN and investigating cases in their group's BBS. Details to be added later. [ tag | info ]

Frontier AU - an AU in which the 02 quartet are part of the Frontier gang and the holders of the remaining spirits (Wood - Steel - Water and Earth). Details to be added later. [ tag | info ]

Sonic AU [experimental] - self-explanatory. More details to be added later. [ tag | info ]

Persona AU [experimental] - self-explanatory. More details to be added later. [ tag | info ]

[tamersonas]

The tags to use that this event will be tracking are both #Tamersonaweek & #Digidestinedweek

Welcome to Tamersonaweek year 3!

Self-inserts are fun, but they can be a little nerve-wracking to post sometimes. But no worries! We have a full week dedicated to You Yourself and your Digimon!

Not just limited to your self insets, feel free to include canon characters, OCs, any friends, rivals, teammates, all are welcome! ART IS NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE! All types of submissions are welcome so long as they follow the general guidelines of keep it appropriate + ask for permission if using art that isn’t yours, and credit if you do!

Not a fan of the prompts? No worries, find the 2021 & 2020 question list here!

Until then!

❤ Ask ❤FAQ/Master Tag List/Rules ❤

Image text found below the cut

Slide 1:

Tamersona Week Year 3

Nov. 7-13, 2022

Slide 2:

Day 1: Introduce yourself

-Tell is about yourself! Crest? Spirit? Digivice?

Day 2: Introduce your partner(s)

-All about your mon! Their egos? Do they have nicknames? More than one (partner)? How did you meet?

Day 3: Let’s get ready!

-Outfit highlight! Training montage! Snack time, how do you start your day?

Slide 3:

Day 4: Fall traditions

-What’s your favorite part of the season? Any you want to introduce to your Mon? Do you have your Halloween costumes yet? *Note; this was made before the dates was finalized, but Halloween + fall outfits in general are still welcome

Day 5: Roleswap!

- Scenario time! What if YOU became the Digimon? And your partner the Tamer? What do they look like as a human? Does your dynamic change?

Slide 4:

Day 6: What’s Your DIGIsona?

-You’ve heard of a Tamersona, what’s your Digisona? What Digimon would You be?

Day 7: Accomplishments in your journey

It’s been a long year, how did things go for you and your Partnermon? Any new evolutions? Events?

Some notes;

You 100% do not need to follow all of the prompt choices!If you have your own answer/idea/response, go for it!

OCs, Canon Character, Digifakes, and all in between are welcome!

Tamersonaweek is a celebration of YOU and YOURSELF as the protag! Do as you please and have fun with it!

Will be tracking posts, but some have been known to not appear in the tags before, feel free to @tamersonas on every post to be extra sure it pops up

[campdigimonth]

Camp Digimonth Server Master Collection

Happy Odaiba Day to Chosen Children all around the world, of all ages!

The digimon fandom creatives in the Camp Digimonth Server have been making beautiful content all year!  We are so proud and pleased to present the Camp Digimonth Server Master Collection of digimon fanfics on AO3!  The collection includes fics that members of the servers have published in the year 2022!  There are NINTEEN BEAUTIFUL FICS for you to enjoy, made from currently active members of the community :D  Please check all ratings/content warnings before enjoying <3 

We are also so very proud of our artists, gif makers, makeup artists, book binders, image manipulators, cosplayers, and more!  We will try to figure out a way to corral everything for easy sharing in the future <3

With deep thanks to all Chosen Campers...  Let’s continue to support each other and share our brave hearts with our works <3

[artful-browniebites]

I posted 103 times in 2022

86 posts created (83%)

17 posts reblogged (17%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@browniefox

@artful-browniebites

@institute-of-the-root

@the-east-art

@the-east-hunter

I tagged 99 of my posts in 2022

Only 4% of my posts had no tags

#ceramics - 44 posts

#pottery - 21 posts

#pokemon - 17 posts

#pkmn - 13 posts

#loz - 8 posts

#au - 8 posts

#wip - 8 posts

#legend of zelda - 7 posts

#digimon - 7 posts

#teapot - 6 posts

Longest Tag: 65 characters

#i think that it'd be neat if zelda finds the miraculous of wisdom

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

See the full post

74 notes - Posted July 19, 2022

#4

Do you think we realized, just what we'd done?

Tore down the canvas that held up the sun.

87 notes - Posted April 15, 2022

#3

The victims of Ghetsis finally healing

91 notes - Posted April 1, 2022

#2

Something about N just makes me want to paint him with watercolors <3

Anyway, some more BW3 N! As previously mentioned, he now works full time rehabilitating pokemon who have been abused by previous trainers, and a couple are here!

Herdier was found abandoned as a lilipup, born without his two front legs. He mostly hops places on his back legs, but when he gets tired there’s a set of wheels he can lie on and push himself around.

Scolipede was abused by her previous trainer, who filed down the stinging spines along her throat so she couldn’t use them. She’d made a lot of progress since then, but she’s still jumpy, and the solution was to put tennis balls on her horns until she stops attacking things that catch her off guard.

The zorua on the other hand is one of many who visit N’s place to practice shifting into humans, a safe place to do so. There’s never more than one at a time.

104 notes - Posted August 15, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Couldn’t figure out his clothes so have two for: The Subway Master!

In an au where battling is a more serious and regulated practice, some in Unova illegally battle in the subway, the effort headed by The Subway Master. Little is known about this mystery man other than that he loves to battle. His battle style changes up constantly! And he must know the subway tunnels better than anyone, because some say they swear he can be in two places at once…

Inspired by a post by @fluorescent-air-fresheners

143 notes - Posted April 21, 2022

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[higuchimon]

[fanfic] Dads & Fathers

Yamato stared at the long, elegantly crafted sword that hadn’t existed in his hands moments before. It rested right in his hands, and while he hadn’t ever had a lesson in how to use it before, he thought he might be able to do so if he needed to.

He closed his eyes and thought hard; he didn’t want the sword there at all. He didn’t want to be Piemon’s son. He didn’t want to be able to do what he’d slowly been learning that he could do.

But the sword didn’t go anywhere and he hissed under his breath, wishing there was someone that he could talk to about this. Those other Chosen who were part Digimon, like him, none of them were like him. Between he and Jou, Koushiro, and Sora, he was the only one who was an Ultimate level no matter what.

I wish I could talk to Gabumon about this. His partner would understand the level of power he had. But Gabumon remained in the Digital World and he had no idea when, or if, he’d be able to go back there.

A familiar hand rested on his shoulder. “Where’d you get that?” His real dad, the dad who had raised him, asked.

Yamato tensed at the words. He’d been so deep in his own thoughts that he’d never even noticed the other’s arrival.

“It’s mine. Because of Piemon.” Yamato spat the words out. He’d told his dad about what happened once they’d all returned home, not wanting to keep this bubbling under his skin.

Ishida Hiroaki peered at it, then pointed to the Crest embossed on the hilt. “That’s yours, isn’t it? What did you call them? Crests?”

“That’s right.” Yamato eyed it. “The Crest of Friendship.”

Hiroaki nodded slightly, remaining quiet for a few more moments before he continued. “Are you going to need lessons in kendo?”

Yamato shook his head without a hint of hesitation. “I don’t want to learn how to use it.”

“Why not?” Hiroaki asked, voice still quiet and thoughtful. “If it’s yours, then you should know what to do with it.”

Yamato opened his mouth, then closed it again. He guessed that wasn’t entirely wrong but it still didn’t feel quite right, either. He stared down again.

“I don’t want anything to do with him,” he said at last. “It’s like admitting that he’s – part of me.” That made him slightly nauseous just to think about.

He almost expected his dad to say something to the effect of “But he is a part of you”. It would be true; it just wasn’t something he wanted to think about. He didn’t think his dad would say it, but he might.

Hiroaki didn’t. Instead, he rested one hand on the hilt, where the Crest was, and stayed silent for a few minutes before he spoke again. “The only part of him that’s a part of you is what you want. And what matters is how you use it and what you use it for, nothing else. Whatever else, you’re my son more than you’d ever be his. What does he know about you?”

Yamato thought on that one. Truth to tell, he didn’t think Piemon had ever known much about him, nor had he cared to. He knew that Yamato was his son, that he had inherited a great deal of power from him, and anything related to Yamato being a Chosen. He’d never made any effort to learn anything else at all – had never given the impression that he wanted to, or that it mattered in any sense.

But his dad knew his favorite colors and favorite food, had eaten food that Yamato had made himself, made arrangements for him and Takeru to see one another on a regular basis, and worried about him when they were in the Digital World to fight the Dark Masters. He’d easily accepted Gabumon as Yamato’s friend, as well as the other Digimon.

Hiroaki hadn’t even seemed that disturbed or surprised to find out that Yamato wasn’t entirely human. Yamato wanted to ask about that one day, but now wasn’t the time. Now he had his own issues to work through.

“He knows what he wants me to be,” Yamato said at last. “He doesn’t know who I am.” He’d been in the process of working out who he was when all of this got dumped on him in the first place. Being Piemon’s offspring hadn’t made it any easier.

But, now that he thought about it, while the others who were part Digimon might not be as strong as he was, they were still part human, part Digimon. Even Koushiro, in the sense of being a full Digimon but having been raised human. Perhaps talking with them really would help. What did he have to lose from it? They were his friends.

Hiroaki nodded before he patted the sword-hilt again. “Can someone else hold onto this? I know I’ve read about weapons that only the proper user can hold.”

“I don’t know,” Yamato admitted. “No one else has ever tried.” He’d gone out of his way to ensure that the weapons weren’t there for anyone else to try.

“Mind if I try?”

Yamato agreed, though he wasn’t at all sure of what his dad had in mind. Hiroaki picked it up, examined it for a few seconds, then turned the hilt back towards Yamato.

“What are you going to do with this?” Hiroaki asked, and the weight of the question struck Yamato like a blade to the heart.

And at the same time, he already knew the answer.

“I’m going to use it, and anything else I have, to do what he’d never do. Help people. Protect people from the likes of him.” They’d go back to the Digital World one day – they all knew it. They didn’t know when or why, but even for the ones who weren’t like him, who were full human, it was a part of them now. Their partners were there. And he didn’t doubt for a second that there would be trouble that would need to be dealt with.

Hiroaki nodded, before he shifted the hilt closer to Yamato again. Now Yamato took it back, with far more of a feeling that this was now his than it had been before. Not something he’d asked for or wanted, but his all the same, and with it came the same choice that being a Chosen brought – he could do something to help others. But it would always be up to him if he did.

He just had more tools now to do it with.

With a flick of his hand the sword vanished, and he got to his feet. “I’m going to make dinner,” he told his dad, who nodded, anticipation in his eyes. Yamato headed for the kitchen, a soft satisfaction in his chest that hadn’t been there an hour ago.

Piemon might have sired him, but it would always be Ishida Hiroaki who was his dad.

The End

Notes: Yamato, Jou, Sora, Ken, and Daisuke all refer to their Digimon parents as “sire” or something to that effect. They’re not parents, even if they raise them. Miyako and Koushiro don’t have that problem, but that will be addressed later. Also, this will probably be referred to when I get around to rewriting “One of Those Days”.

[ahiddenpath]

My Projects/To-Do List

Chatter about stuff I wanna work on and where I am on the stuff I AM working on :D  More beneath the cut!

Puits d’Amour

There are currently seven remaining written updates for Puits d’Amour.  Of those, I still have two left to edit/complete between chapter updates.  However, I realized I want to add an update after the next one, so I will spend the next month making sure that is ready (I have four weeks before it would be time to post that).  So that’s... eight updates, or sixteen weeks of posting every other week, which takes us out to... early July.

It shouldn’t take me too much longer to finish editing, maybe two months?  But I am also really low on art made during campdigimonth2022, meaning I’ll be drawing a lot in the upcoming weeks.  Part of me is intimidated- I’m not much of an artist- but part of me is excited to draw the entire Adventure/02 cast, plus some characters I haven’t worked with before, like Wallace/Meiko/Osamu.  I can’t wait to make a master list with links to all the art!

So basically, updates will all be Puits d’Amour until July.  This is not the end of the story; it’s just the end of the material I wrote during Nanowrimo2021.  At this point, I’ll have to figure out what I’m doing next.

Ideas for what I’ll post next

A lot will depend on how I’m feeling in July!  I might continue PdA, or I might go back to TIL.  Those are the most likely things.  FY also remains open, but when I launched TIL, I meant to write and post in movie-based chunks.  I left Ketsui unfinished, so I would like to close out that movie before moving on to something else.  Also, as the person hosting Koushiro week 2022, I do want to have something written about him for that, so that’s circling my brain, too.

Other Ideas/Projects

Every now and then, I like to post a laundry list of projects I want to work on.  Here’s what’s in my orbit now:

-Developing the Camp Digimonth Discord and blog

So it turns out that folks enjoyed the Camp Digimonth discord and create-together atmosphere.  I don’t know much about Discord, but apparently most of the servers are based on specific seasons/characters/ships, which means that a lot of people are left out if they aren’t into that specific thing.  There’s special alchemy to combining the following: a place for all digimon content, a creation-oriented environment, and a place where folks generally know one another to some degree via the Tumblr community.

I’ve been trying to think of ways to keep the community content-creation vibe going!  It can’t be an eternal event, because everyone should have a chance for their events.  But if the bulk of goings-on is on discord, then we can avoid stepping on toes on Tumblr.  

That’s where we are now, working together to figure out how to best use the Discord.  For now, it’s limited to the original Campdigimonth crew while we figure out what it is we want to do, but eventually, we will likely offer invites to interested folks! 

-Koushiro Week 2022

I’ve scheduled Koushiro week!  I’d like to have the Tumblr up and the prompts written and available for circulation to Koushiro fans for further suggestions by the end of April.

I’m also considering reserving a single day of Koushiro week for a specific purpose.  Most of us Tumblr content creators are adults, with lots going on.  It’s really difficult to be ready for events.  That’s why I want to reserve a day of Koushiro week for reblogging your own existing Koushiro content (not anyone else’s, just yours).  Another idea is Koushiro recs- a day to recommend your fave Koushiro fics/meta/art!  I’m hoping that everyone can feel included with these days (maybe the same day for both old content and content recs).  Folks shouldn’t be left out because we’re adults with busy lives.  Koushiro for everyone, lol!  (AS IT SHOULD BE).

-Book Binding

Making my first book was so satisfying, I’m hooked!  My next book binding project will be a repeat of After August, but first, I want to read the existing physical book, then ship it off to its new home.

The problem is that I wanna make ALL OF MY FICS books- but I need to edit first, and editing takes more time than the initial drafting!  So this process is going to take literal years.  I really want to make Growing Up with You.  Can you even imagine it, book one with Mitty’s art?!  MY HEART!  I would cry.  No really, I would cry.

But honestly, prepping fics for book binding is more of a project than the actual... book binding part, so don’t expect anything soon.

-Stickers/Prints

I can make stickers and prints now!  I really want to make a sticker of the cover art for TIL! 

-Digimon Tarot

The Chosen as Major Arcana Tarot Cards is one of my all time favorite projects.  Now that I have access to a high end printer, I’ve been thinking more seriously about drawing art for my tarot card selections.  The trouble is that I mainly draw simple hips up portraits, lol!  And 22 illustrations for the Major Arcana is already a lot, and that doesn’t even touch on the remaining 56 cards (although you can substitute for ace through 10 of Cups/Wands/Swords/Pentacles using an ordinary deck of cards, and you also have jack/queen/king, at which point you need to create page or knight cards of each suit, depending on what you decide the jack is).  

I don’t have the skill to make this work, but maybe if I keep practicing drawing...

I love tarot, check out this video I made about my decks!

-Original Stories

Do you remember Tales of REM?  They’re a collection of ideas for stories based on dreams.  I have a lot more that aren’t listed.  

Unfortunately, I’ve more or less decided not to write them as fanfics (although I might toss up the one I’ve already written and have been sitting on for years).  The last time I wrote a story based on a dream, I had the sense that folks were confused/disappointed that it wasn’t like my normal stuff (it was a crackfic, lol).  I think my time would be better spent turning them into original stories.  

I’ve never really considered publishing before, and I’m not saying that I think I can just... put some stuff together and be successful, lol!  But I do think I could write a book.  If it’s just for me, fine.  If I buy an ISBN# and publish it digitally, fine.  In fact, I’m dubious of traditional publishing, because the author loses most of their control over their work via that route.

But, um, as someone who is sitting on...  1.4 million archived words on FFN, uh, yeah.  I can Book.  I am capable of Book, many times over.  What a strange thought!

I honestly think that holding the printed and bound copy of After August kind of... made this concept real to me.  I write books.  I have written actual piles of complete books, they’re just digital and unsuitable for publishing, as fanworks.  

I’m a book witch.  I create on a mysterious digital plane, then conjure those creations into the physical world.

What a thought!  What a power!  What a gift.  I’m in awe of creation, however small.

-Upcoming fanfics

Nothing, except for the rare oneshot/short story for events, particularly Koushiro’s event in October.  I need to complete something first.

That’s what is in my heart and mind!  Are any of these things particularly interesting to you?  I hope you are all well and creating, if that is your jam <3

[newsintheshell]

The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting: svelati cast e staff dell’anime

La commedia slice of life di Tsukiya andrà in onda sulle tv giapponesi nel 2022.

Con l’apertura del sito ufficiale di “Kumicho Musume to Sewagakari” (The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting), sono arrivati nuovi dettagli riguardo alla serie animata, tratta dalla popolare commedia slice of life di Tsukiya, accompagnati da una prima immagine promozionale, che ci dà appuntamento al 2022 per il debutto in tv.

L’anime è diretto da Itsuro Kawasaki (True Cooking Master Boy, Magical Girl Ore) e in produzione presso gli studi FEEL (Hinamatsuri) e GAINA (Il Piano nella Foresta).

La sceneggiatura è curata da Keiichiro Ochi (The Quintessential Quintuplets, Hinamatsuri) e il character design è adattato da Hiromi Ogata (Katana Maidens: Mini Toji, Magic Kaito 1412). Le musiche per la colonna sonora della serie sono, invece, realizzate da Takuro Iga (Tsukigakirei, Slow Loop).

Assieme allo staff sono stati svelati anche i doppiatori dei due protagonisti:

Tooru Kirishima: Yoshimasa Hosoya (Shin in Dorohedoro)

Yaeka Sakuragi: Misaki Watada (Hikari Yagami in Digimon Adventure:)

Kirishima Tooru è uno yakuza molto violento, al punto che si è guadagnato il soprannome di Demone di Sakuragi. Per tenerlo sotto controllo, gli viene improvvisamente affidata una nuova missione direttamente dal capo: fare da babysitter a sua figlia!

Il manga ha fatto il suo debutto online sul sito Comic Ride nel giugno 2018, per poi spostarsi su Comic Elmo. Attualmente l’opera conta sei volumetti pubblicati in Giappone da Micro Magazine.

* NON VUOI PERDERTI NEANCHE UN POST? ENTRA NEL CANALE TELEGRAM! *

Autore: SilenziO)))

[FONTE]

[scsigs]

The Future of Sentai US DVDs (Speculation)

Another of my Reddit posts brought to here.

I posted a post several days ago talking about my speculation on why the Sentai DVDs stopped for over 3 years. If you wanna have that discussion, go to that post.

Now that we're into the full swing of things again with all of the legal BS & whatnot sorted between Shout Factory, Hasbro, eOne, & Toei, time to talk about the future of the Sentai DVDs here in the US.

So, to recap, they started with Zyuranger in 2015, released Dairanger 10 months later. Then in 2016 and '17, we had the next 4 series, 2 a year. Then in 2018, we had 5 series, with the next 4, but also Jetman. Come 2019, we had Hurricaneger, with Bruno from MMPRToys teasing Fiveman in a video soon after, but we heard nothing about the release until Summer 2022, then after it was released, we had the announcement that Abaranger is going to come out in November, which is great news.

What of next year, though? That's my question, as well as I assume a lot of other people's question. Assuming they're licensing these things in batches, as per 1 of my assumptions of what could be happening, or they're continually licensing new series well in advance of when the next ones come out, my assumption is that they may be working on Dekaranger right now, or will be soon, & will announce it soon after Abaranger comes out. Probably for a January or February release is my estimate, but we'll see. Now, will they do Turboranger after that? I've seen someone in the comments of DosmRider's video talking about the Abaranger release announcement point out that so far, the releases for series before Zyuranger going backwards in descending order has been happening every 2 seasons that move after it in ascending order. Assuming this is a pattern they'll repeat in the future, after Dekaranger is probably when we can expect Turboranger, then after Boukenger is when we can expect Liveman. Assuming as well that they do at least 5 series a year like in 2018, we shouldn't have to wait too long in between releases. I kinda hope that they bump that up to 6, though. Imagine if they do. 4 seasons post-Zyuranger a year with 2 pre. A good even number for each and combined.

Now, Blu-Rays. I'm not entirely sure when Sentai went HD. It went widescreen with Boukenger for its 30th anniversary season (remember, you can have widescreen without HD & HD without widescreen). I've read conflicting information. Some people say that the shows from Boukenger on were rereleased on Blu-Ray while it appears that only Shinkenger onwards were, with a remastered collection for the theatrical films from Gorenger to Go-Onger or so being released in the 2010s as well. And, while Toei filmed all of the pre-HD seasons on film (though apparently they switched to something else at some point & I guess transferred those to film?), unless the shows are properly remastered by Toei, we aren't likely to see them released on the format. The only pre-HD & widescreen show, I believe, to receive a BR release is Dekaranger & that was for its 10th anniversary & to promote its 10 years after movie from 2014, I believe. Pretty sure it's also 1 of the more popular seasons in Japan, so that made sense. And, even then, it was an upscale of the previous DVD masters rather than a new transfer from film. Toei's pretty cheap like that. And, I know some people would want Shout to do SD on BR like some other companies are doing, but Shout aren't one of those companies. We're more likely to see DVDs still. However, once they get to seasons shot & aired in HD that have suitable masters, I imagine they'll get those out on Blu-Ray, since by then, Shinkenger will be 15 years old, I imagine they shouldn't have any problems getting permission from Toei for that. Especially since they're releasing Kamen Rider & have released the Digimon Tri films on BR. I think Toei will be ok with it. At worst, they get some people in Japan importing the US release years after they've already have the JP ones out. I also hope Toei doesn't give them somewhat gimped masters like they did Kamen Rider: Zero-One where apparently they had to de-interlace the masters they were given because Toei gave them ones with that issue.

So, going up to the current season (Donbrothers as of this writing), this is what I see as the release schedule going forward, assuming this is the pattern & they do 5-6 sets a year. Also depends on if they don't alter their schedule in any way. If they do 5, just move the last ones in the lists to the next ones, then adjust each year accordingly & add a few more years.

2023: Dekaranger, Turboranger, Magiranger, Gekiranger, Liveman, Go-Onger

2024: Shinkenger (possible start of BR releases for post-Zyuranger), Maskman, Goseiger, Gokaiger, Flashman, Go-Busters (possibly Akibaranger)

2025: Kyoryuger, Changeman, ToQger, Ninninger, Bioman, Zyuohger (Possibly Kyoryuger/Dino Force Brave)

2026: Kyuranger, Dynaman, Lupinranger VS Patoranger, Ryusoulger, Goggle-V, Kiramager

2027: Zenkaiger, Sun Vulcan, Donbrothers, (2023 Sentai Series), Denjiman, (2024 Sentai Series)

2028: (2025 Sentai Series), Battle Fever J, (2026 Sentai Series), (2027 Sentai Series), J.A.K.Q, Gorenger

2029: (possibly the 2028 Sentai Series), start of Sentai movies & specials

2030: (possibly the 2029 Sentai Series), more specials & movies

Yeah, I speculate that after they get done with all the shows, they'll start licensing all of the various movies & specials they can, including theatrical & straight-to-video ones. I have no idea what order, or if they'll group them in sets of the seasons, or if they'll do sets of certain numbers. I also assume they'll be able to give them BR releases like the shows. Though, I'm not sure if Toei will let them do the newer shows or movies until a suitable amount of time has passed since they were released in Japan. My assumption is bundled releases like Toei did, as well as individual releases. It sucks that we most likely won't start getting the movies & specials for at least 6+ years. If they shock us & start licensing them sooner, it'll be great, but I don't see it with how Toei currently licenses their shit (poorly). It'll also be a bit painful waiting until 2024 to get Gokaiger for me, but this is the price we have to pay sometimes to get what we want. I can also see them licensing Akibaranger & releasing it over here, since it's technically a part of the franchise.

If anyone has any info on some of these things, or an alternate theory, please let me know.

[recentanimenews]

Sword Art Online Delivers the Frightening News that Players Can't Return in Progressive Film CM

  Japanese freelance newscaster Chiaki Matsuzawa appeared in a shocking video yesterday reporting the news that players who had entered the Sword Art Online game with the new Full Dive headset cannot return to the real world. Though the news is worrying indeed, the video does note in the corner that it is actually just a commercial for the upcoming Sword Art Online The Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night anime film, set to hit Japanese theaters on October 30.

    【速報】 ゲームから現実世界へ帰れない人が続出。 (NEW SAO)#sao_anime pic.twitter.com/qtr0DPq1w5

— アニメ ソードアート・オンライン 公式 (@sao_anime) October 25, 2021

    Matsuzawa has appeared as a news reporter on everything from Digimon Adventure tri, My Hero Academia, and even the Shin Megami Tensei series, as well as being an actual newscaster in Japan.

  Sword Art Online The Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night opens in Japan on October 30, with the film heading internationally on December 3 from Funimation and Aniplex. They describe the film as such:

  This is a tale of the time before “Lightning Flash” and “The Black Swordsman” were known by those names…

  The day that she happened to don the NerveGear, Asuna Yuuki was a third-year middle school student who’d never even touched an online game before.

  On November 6, 2022, the world’s first VRMMORPG, Sword Art Online, is officially launched. But the players, still euphoric over having logged in, suddenly find themselves trapped inside the game when the Game Master deprives them of any way to log out.

  The Game Master then gives them this warning “This may be a game, but it’s not something you play.” If a player dies in-game, they die in the real world.

  Hearing this, all of the players panic, and pandemonium reigns.

  One of those players is Asuna, but despite not yet knowing the rules of this world, she sets off to conquer the floating iron castle, Aincrad, whose peak is too high to be seen.

  As the days go by in this world where death is never very far away, she has a fateful encounter. And then, a parting…

  Though she’s at the mercy of the reality before her eyes, Asuna fights on with all her might, until someone appears before her: the aloof swordsman, Kirito…

  Source: Sword Art Online on Twitter

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram. 

By: Daryl Harding

[higuchimon]

[fanfic] Broken Ties

Sora ran a hand down the side of the egg.  Most of the time she never bothered to come here. There wasn't any need for it.  Her only needs were for blood and to obey her master.  But sometimes - very rarely - she did something merely because it occurred to her to.  Because some vague part of her wanted a tiny flicker of pleasure that couldn't be gained from sinking her fangs into someone and taking everything that she could.

So here she stood in the room that safely kept four eggs away from all harm and tried to remember days long gone.  To remember the touch of the sun on her skin and the voice of her partner.  The last thing she'd ever heard Piyomon say had been her own name.

I'm sorry,  she thought, though she wasn't sure if she was.  If there had been anything human left of her other than her form and memories, she might well have been. She might have been far more than sorry - she would have been devastated at what her own errors had cost herself, her partner, and two worlds. This macabre life hadn’t been what she wanted. 

If she'd not been seen - if Vamdemon hadn't decided to feed on her - then she wouldn't be here now and Piyomon wouldn't be in the egg.  She would be - grown, not sealed into the body of an eleven year old, with the mind of a hunter and some might say without a shred of a soul.  She would be different.  But she would not be herself.  She'd not be part of Vamdemon-sama's pack.  She'd not have people who feared the very fact of her existence, let alone her presence when she went out on the hunt.

I don't know who I'd be.  But it doesn't matter.  These moments came rarely and never stayed long when they did come.  If she tried with all of her effort, she could remember the joy that had filled her when she saw Piyomon evolve for the first time.  To think that such a creature wanted to protect her.

But she didn't need protection now and Piyomon hadn't been able to do it when the most important moment came.  It was because of her own foolishness and Piyomon's lack of strength - the fact that she couldn't evolve farther, Crest or no Crest, and the fact she wasn't capable of loving and never had been that led to where she was now.  She would pay for all of that for the rest of her existence.

Not me.  Gennai.  He's the one who decided I was grunion to be a Chosen Child.  That's what led to this.  She pulled her hand away from the egg, not wanting to harm it. There was very little life in it – she didn’t know if it would ever hatch and doubted it. Once away from the egg, though, her fingers tightened, sharp nails digging into her palms.  There hadn't been any indication from the Digital World that they'd even had more than the barest signs of Gennai, but she knew that would change, sooner or later. 

When it did, there would be so much blood, and the pack would bathe in it until they could do so no more.

But now, more important tasks called for her attention, and she couldn’t stand here all night with useless memories of her past.

The End

Notes: I feel I will enjoy this week. I have Plans! (But don’t I always?)

[higuchimon]

[fanfic] Visits That Never Happen

He didn’t visit the one in the dungeon. He had for a while, after he was freshly turned, but that faded away with time. She didn’t hold any real interest for him, not compared to learning how to be this new thing that he was, and learning how good it felt to obey his master.

He knew where the eggs were kept and that Mimi watched over them, but after the first few cursory visits, leading the pack under his master’s watchful eye became far more interesting. Even more so when rumors of rebels turned up, foolish humans like and unlike him who thought they could throw off the inevitable rule of the master.

Taichi knew better than that. He hadn’t once. He recalled that, and guessed it had something to do with being human. Now that he’d died and returned, none of that seemed to matter anymore. Only feeding and obedience. Not Agumon. Though there were times in the depths of his daytime slumbers when he relived old moments, and saw glimpses of things that he found himself wondering about. Things that hadn’t happened and he would never let happen anymore. The idea of resisting his master crossed his mind – but never for more than a few moments. He’d certainly never fight him, not anymore.

Not Hikari. She was only a prisoner now, kept far underground and out of sight from everyone except the Digimon who guarded her and Vamdemon himself, on occasion. There were fleeting moments when he saw her, but while he remained aware that she’d once been his sister, the human Taichi and the vampire Taichi were so different that they might as well have been – well, different people.

Perhaps he would have cared once. He remembered how angry he’d been when he’d seen Sora’s fangs the first time. How dare Vamdemon do this to one of his friends! Only before he could do anything about it, Sora had Takeru in her arms, floating out of reach, and that meant Yamato couldn’t do anything, despite his rage.

Taichi hadn’t wanted to hesitate, but seeing the fear in Yamato’s eyes held him back for a few precious seconds, that cost everything. Vamdemon seized him from behind, and he’d not even had time for a scream before the bite closed on his neck. The pain couldn’t be described, and he wasn’t sure if it were his pain or Agumon’s.

But then the shadows engulfed him and he’d tasted the sweetness of something on his lips. His old life ebbed away, and all of his old loyalties and convictions vanished. When his eyes opened again later – days later – he wasn’t a Chosen anymore. Agumon wasn’t there anymore – he learned later that the moment he perished, Agumon became an egg.

He had a new life spreading out before him now.  They were Vamdemon's prizes and no mistake - the undead evidence that their master had defeated the Chosen and brought them to their knees.  That he would rule the human world and his long-time ally would rule the Digital World.  Taichi still wasn't sure if he liked or trusted Piemon, but Vamdemon's words were law to him.

A vague hint of humanity remained, Taichi had learned over the years.  Enough of it to be slightly amazed at how those Chosen who remained human aged and those who hadn't - didn't.  Years passed and while he no longer wore the same clothes that he had on that long ago day, he still looked the same.  Perhaps even somewhat better.  Vamdemon insisted on proper grooming for the pack, before and after a hunt.  So his hair was brushed more than it wasn't.

Sometimes he wondered if he didn't always recognize Hikari not merely because he'd changed so much since his turning, but because she had as well.  She didn't grow the way she would have if life had been as it was before.  But she grew all the same, and Vamdemon even kindly provided her with discarded clothing to wear.  She was the Child of Light all along.  That confused him more than a lot ever had over the years.  How had he not guessed? He wasn’t quite sure of how Vamdemon had figured it out. But in the long run, it didn’t make a great deal of difference anymore. She was the only Chosen left who hadn’t pledged themselves to either Vamdemon-sama or Piemon-sama. She didn’t have a partner or a Digivice. She was, in every meaning of the term, useless.

Taichi refused to let himself worry about that for another moment. Perhaps it was time he visited Agumon’s egg again. He didn’t do it often but he did pay at least one visit a year, in memory of all the times that had been. A tiny part of him wished that Agumon could have survived his own turning. Perhaps they could serve Vamdemon together.

He considered that a bit more seriously for a few moments. It was an interesting thought. What would it be like if they could? Was it possible at all? Was that why Vamdemon-sama made sure to keep the eggs? So that one day they would be together again?

Maybe I should ask him that. The more he’d proven his new loyalties, the more Vamdemon favored him. The worst that would happen now was that he would be mildly reprimanded if he stepped out of line.

He had to wonder – how would Agumon evolve now? Could he evolve now? Would he become something else entirely? Or would he become SkullGreymon, just more reliably? Not that Taichi thought there was anything wrong with destroying everything, as long as enough life remained behind for the pack to feed.

He’d figure it out sooner or later. And once that was settled, maybe he’d even try to see if Hikari would start to be more amenable to behaving herself. She could certainly be useful, though not as a member of the pack. Perhaps she should be sent to the Digital World, to see if Piemon-sama had a use for her.

And if she didn’t want to be useful, or there was nothing she could do, then she could remain where she was. In a hundred years, she’d be a pile of bones, the human world would be Vamdemon’s to rule forever, and he would gleefully serve at Vamdemon’s right hand for the rest of his existence.

The End

Notes: The eggs wouldn’t rehatch. Taichi doesn’t know that, though.

[higuchimon]

[fanfic] Dinner Preparations

Devimon made a point to study human foods.  He'd not had this particular plan in mind when he'd done so, but he knew that learning of any kind could be very useful, and if humans were to be a threat to him, best to find a way to counter them.  He'd learned how soft and easily breakable humans were, and he quite looked forward to wiping out these so-called Chosen when the time came.

For now, though, he wove his illusion tightly.  All the food spread out on the table would appear to be of the finest quality, and when the children ate it, they ate in reality nothing but ashes and air.  This would ensure that their Digimon wouldn't be strong enough to evolve and he could easily dispose of them.

There was a movement he caught out of the corner of one eye.  It dawned on him a breath later who it was, and he at once bowed down before Piemon, mightiest of the Dark Masters, a Digimon o great age and power, who could have wiped him out without a moment's hesitation.  Piemon chuckled softly. 

What is he doing here?  Piemon never came to File Island.  That was one of the reasons Devimon had taken up residence here.  That, and someone had needed to keep an eye on those eggs as they hatched and grew, before they became a real threat.  If he hadn't, someone like Etemon might have done so.  Etemon might be a Perfect level, but Devimon remained unconvinced of his power.

"So you've lured the Chosen here?"  Piemon wafted his way around the chamber, examining it all with a careful eye.  Devimon nodded.

"They haven't arrived yet but soon,"  he assured the Ultimate Digimon.  Piemon picked up one of the cups - how he did that when it was an illusion and he knew it was an illusion, Devimon didn't know and wasn't going to ask - and examined it.

Then he set it down and rested his white-gloved hands over the cup for a few seconds.  Devimon could feel the effect of Piemon's magic on his own right away.  The cup wasn't an illusion anymore, nor was the tea within it.

"Piemon-sama?"  Devimon asked cautiously, as Piemon drifted around the room and did the same thing to each and every cup there.  They were drugged; he could feel the drug in there.  But what it might do, he wasn't sure.

"I will have these children.  When they sleep, I will take them."  Piemon offered him a very calm, cold smile.  "Though if you please me enough, I might award you guardianship of Akuenmon."

Devimon jerked; that was a name he'd not thought to hear!  "She's here?"

"She is one of them."  Piemon continued to exchange false goblets for true, each one filled with a heavily drugged drink that would send the children to sleep for hours.  "The one partnered to Piyomon."

Devimon had known for years that he'd sired a child upon a human woman.  He'd not thought that the child would come here to the Digital World or be one of those Chosen to fight against him.  He considered as quickly as he could before turning his attention back to Piemon.

"Who else?"  He wasn't the only one who'd sired a child.  If his offspring were one of them, then surely some of the others were as well.

"The ones partnered to Gabumon and Gomamon.  The one who is partnered to Tentomon is Leomon's spawn."  Piemon's smile glinted in the pale light of the room around them.  "Gomamon's partner is Vamdemon's offspring.  Gabumon's -"  Piemon's smile widened.  "He's mine."

Piemon had an offspring.  Devimon stopped himself from shuddering.  The clown was insufferable enough as it was.  But this would make it even worse.

"There are others, who haven't come as of yet.  I will acquire them when the opportunity arises."  Piemon once more wandered along the table, brushing his fingers over the plates this time.  Devimon became aware that one certain dish would now be real food - the mushrooms. 

Piemon's plans were starting to become clearer.  Not every detail; Devimon didn't think he'd be able to figure out everything.  The clown plotted so many steps ahead that sometimes Devimon wondered if Piemon himself knew what his own endgame was.  But what he could see was plain itself - the drugged drink to make the children easy to move along, and the Mushrooms of Forgetfulness to clear their mind and make them malleable to his desires.

It wasn't what he'd had in mind - he'd expected merely to finish them off - but he wasn't going to deny Piemon what he wanted.  Especially not when Akuenmon could be brought under his wing as well.

"Father!"  A trilling voice wafted in from another room and Devimon held himself back from groaning.  He'd specifically told her not to show up.  So what was she doing here?

From a completely different direction there dropped in a figure just little shorter than he was.  Her skin was chalk white - much like Piemon's mask but not being a mask - and her eyes a rich scarlet red to match her lips.  Star-like markings were sprinkled all over her body, which had given rise to her name.

"Hoshimon,"  Devimon sighed.  "What do you want?"  If she had to show up, then why was it now, when Piemon was here and making his own plans?  She couldn't have waited until later?

"I heard Piemon-sama was here,"  Hoshimon chirped, scarlet eyes glittering before she spied the Ultimate and spun over towards him, not touching the ground for a moment.  "Piemon-sama!  I've been looking forward to seeing you!"

Piemon regarded her thoughtfully.  "Hoshimon.  I've heard of you."

Devimon took a step forward.  "This is my daughter."  The last thing that he wanted was for Hoshimon to do something that would end up with them both rendered down to their component data.  "She doesn't require the kind of training that Akuenmon would - and she's been spending her time with Black Rosemon."

That achieved a smirk from Piemon.  "As I said.  That's who I've heard of her from."  He regarded Hoshimon. "I hear that you and Black Rosemon's consort Enshoumon had a - interaction last week?"

The smile died on Hoshimon's face right away as she raised one hand to the back of her neck, muttering a few words that Devimon was quite certain he'd never taught her.  Though he did consider acquiring a few of those for his own vocabulary one day.  Piemon raised his head.

"Those Chosen are approaching.  Go. Hide yourselves, and I will take them when the time is right.  Akuenmon will be returned once she's in a more - biddable condition."

Devimon bowed his head.  "Of course."  He beckoned Hoshimon out of the room.  She floated on, not bothering to remain right side up, and grumbled all the way.

"I would've won if I'd gotten her from behind,"  she muttered.  "She doesn't fight fair!"

Devimon snorted softly. "Did you really think that she would?"  Everyone knew about Enshoumon.  She didn't start battles but she always ended them.  She would never do anything that angered Black Rosemon but if Black Rosemon didn't care, she would happily reformat anyone who got in her path. 

Hoshimon muttered a few more words before she looked at Devimon.  "What does he want here, anyway?"

"He's found Akuenmon, and others who carry Digimon data crossed with human blood,"  Devimon said, moving to where he had a view of the approaching Chosen.  Just as he'd planned, all of them looked exhausted and hungry.  They'd accept whatever was set in front of them without argument or resistance.

He stretched his thoughts out to where Leomon waited, ordering him to stay where he was for right now.  He'd move his pawn later.  For now, he needed to keep Hoshimon under control, so she didn't -

"Akuenmon?"  Hoshimon's eyes glinted brightly and she whirled towards the door, darting forward.  Devimon grabbed her before she could get out there; she moved very fast when the mood took her, so he was surprised he managed to catch her.  "Let go of me!  That's Akuenmon!"  Her claws dug into him but he ignored the pain that shot up his arms.  Hers were so much longer and sharper than his and she enjoyed using them.

"I know.  Restrain yourself.  Piemon-sama's plan will deliver her into our hands." 

If he'd known Akuenmon was there, he would have made certain to set her aside himself.  As for the others - it might have been interesting to use them as some sort of bargaining chip.  Though if his luck were as bad as Ogremon's - and no one's could be that bad - then Piemon or Vamdemon would reformat him with a flick of a finger.

But Hoshimon wasn't giving up.  She thrashed harder and harder, claws digging into him.  "How dare she come back here!  She's not getting anything of mine!  I won't allow it!"

Again Devimon kept a tight grip on her.  "You're not going to do anything that I don't allow, Hoshimon." 

She snapped her head around to glare at him, words escaping her lips fit to turn the air blue around her.  He waited until she'd finished her diatribe before he said anything else.

"She'll need to have her true self awakened, and then her power trained.  You will be a qualified teacher." 

It wasn't entirely wrong.  When Hoshimon could be bothered to focus, she was extraordinarily powerful or her level of Adult.  Akuenmon's power could be even stronger – legend held that those who crossed human and Digimon were more powerful than their Digimon parent, though they held the same level of that parent. 

I wonder if she can evolve?  It might be possible that Hoshimon could.  The situation had never yet been brought up.  But it might be worth involving at some point in the future.  It could help keep Akuenmon in line. He wasn't going to rule something like that out.  Not as of yet.

Finally Hoshimon began to relax, though she kept on glaring at him, tiny blue and green sparks flickering at her fingertips.  She hadn't let her rage go - she never did.  It always burned as white-hot as the stars whose name she carried.

"You expect me to teach her?"  Hoshimon eyed him suspiciously. Devimon nodded.

"I won't be able to do everything.  You will be vital to this."  He didn't entirely believe that but at least trying would satisfying Hoshimon's bloodlust for the time being.  Once she lost interest, he could take up Akuenmon's training himself.  It shouldn't take long.  Hoshimon wasn't known for keeping interest in anything for more than a few hours. 

She wriggled her way out of his grip and this time he allowed it.  Hoshimon was the product of a sordid and tawdry union between himself and one of his Bakemon servants, granting her much more malleability in whatever form she took.  That was why she and Enshoumon didn't get along - Enshoumon was a far more practiced shapeshifter, able to assume any form she desired effortlessly. 

"When do I get to have fun?"  Hoshimon demanded.  Devimon shrugged.

"Whenever Piemon-sama allows it."  Who knew how long it might be before his other daughter was deposited back on their doorstep?  But he'd best make other preparations for that as well. 

It would make matters much easier if his Gears could affect his offspring. He'd learned that they didn't when it came to Hoshimon - she'd merely grabbed onto it, examined it, pronounced it a dull toy, and tossed it away.  He wondered what Akuenmon might do to it.  Perhaps he'd find out at a later date.

For now, he had enough to deal with keeping Hoshimon from shredding Akuenmon and anyone else who couldn't stop her before she did the same to them, and planning for Akuenmon's future - and his own.  It would be fascinating to see what he could do to overthrow Vamdemon and Piemon - if anything at all.

Even if he couldn't do that, then he'd be more than capable of continuing his rule over File Island, with Leomon either his eternal slave or reformatted, and Akuenmon and Hoshimon as his right and left hands.  Then he could set his sights on the Village of Beginnings - he knew that Piemon had some sort of plans for it, but he wasn't sure of what.

The future looked far better than it had not all that long ago, and he savored what was to come next.

The End

Notes: So, are the Chosen going to get drugged and memory wiped? Piemon’s certainly trying! Perhaps one day I will tell what happens next.