#digitama-world

[windydrawallday]

VPet DigiDuet!

I never thought as an adult to have the chance to own one of these devices, feels like a dream 💚.

My first run was quite satisfactory: raised without trouble the whole line of Agumon… but made some mistakes when overfeeding Gabumon that made him evolve instead to Frigimon xD Still, I loved each moment of it!

Back to the drawing: because it was my first run, I delayed a little when choosing the second Egg after Agumon so, my Gabumon was always the "smaller brother" to him! I wanted to portray what I headcanoned as their relationship in these drawings x)

PD My VPet is a Glown-in-the-Dark version, which makes it extra badass for me to carry around ✨ I'll show a few photos of it under the cut.

[digi-lov]

Tokomon BT11-003 by tessy from BT-11 Booster Dimensional Phase

This card shows Tokomon, along with other Baby Digimon in Jijimon's House in Digimon World!

[deramonfaqs]

Y O L K M O N

[antrusimbol]

I love those two

Random Digimons: Lunamon - Coronamon🌑☀️

[digimonirl]

Omg I love that you are so close with your Alraumon! I know Palmon are more popular among girls, so breeders get a load of money for them when Alraumon are just as cute and way more common??

Thanks anon! And Aruraumon are way cuter than Palmon imo. I know I'm biased because it's Felt's preferred Stage III (plus purple is my favorite color) but even if it wasn't, I don't see Palmon's pink leaves justifying breeder's business practices. Yeah, they're cute and all, but every digimon is cute if you just get to know them.

[hikaritakaishi]

Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning [My Movie Review]

♡ ! SPOILER ALERT! ♡

This review will contain spoilers of the movie, continue reading if you already saw the movie, or just don’t mind the spoiler! Enjoy & comment something if you want to share an opinion! ♡

After what seemed ages of waiting, Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning finally aired in Portugal, on May 16, 2024, several months after it’s national premiere in Japan, on October 27, 2023. I was worried that it wouldn't come to my country, but perhaps due to the huge acceptance of Digimon Adventure: LAST EVOLUTION KIZUNA, the distributor made the hearts of the DigiDestined from the most hidden corner of Europe warm again and brought us the sequel. Thank you remembering us once again! ♡

I really tried to keep my expectations as neutral as possible until the day I went to see the movie, which was pretty difficult, due to the fact that I was constantly being bombarded with online information about it, whether on Tumblr or Twitter, or through video recommendations on Youtube. I was so excited for the movie, that I had to control myself immensely not to go see the spoilers.

Initial considerations? I like it. In general. But let's go in parts!

This will be an analysis of what I consider to be the most important points of the movie and what caught my attention the most. A personal analysis, so don't take it too seriously if I don't talk about a certain point or a certain specific topic, I probably just missed that.

Firstly, I would like to comment on the initial dynamics of the movie.

Everything seems to happen much faster here than it did in Kizuna. Despite being two movies with practically the same time span, this one seemed to go by much faster. But it might just be me. [LAST EVOLUTION KIZUNA have 94 minutes, and The Beginning have 87 minutes total].

 We're introduced to the key plot problem pretty quickly too.

People's digital devices are glitching, and the same message is repeating itself on all of them, not just on the phones and televisions, but on computers and large digital screens in cities all around the world. And this all around the world is very important, because it not only brings us closer to what will be the future of humanity and it’s increasing contact with the Digimon and the Digital World, but it opens the path we take since 2012 [time of the movie] until to the epilogue of 02 (which the production team and Toei animation seem to insist on wanting to keep canon, despite all the script inconsistencies it can cause, or how different from the initial profile of each character it may be).

“May everyone have friends, may everyone have a partner Digimon”

It's the message. Meanwhile, we are told that a suspicious and unknown Digitama appeared in the sky of Tokyo, right above the Tokyo Tower, and it’s been there for a while. Taichi and Koushiro are showned to be trying to help resolve this issue as professionals in the field of diplomacy and technology respectively, but without major progress.

I think it's important to highlight that they are the only two characters from the first season of Adventure who appear in this movie, and even so, without any direct speech or great relevance, beyond contextualization, and later Taichi as well again for the context of “space- time”, in that frame we see in the trailer of the movie with Hikari, which we later discover is located in Hikarigaoka, where Rui also lived when he had his first contact with Ukkomon.

The focus is on the characters from 02, or at least, it should have been. But as in Digimon Adventure Tri, this focus is overshadowed by the introduction of another new character in the story: Rui Owhada [or Lui, in Japanese pronunciation].

Rui [or Lui] is a much more charismatic character than Meiko was in Digimon Adventure Tri. There is no doubt about that.

Meiko was a somewhat empty character. A static character without great charisma. The only pleasant scenes she had were driven by the other characters around her (namely Mimi).

Rui doesn't. Rui is a character on his own. With a much more aggressive personality and a much more interesting past. The only issue here is the length of the movie: This movie is too short; too short for us to get attached to this character and actually be able feel empathy for everything we are shown about him. So short, that it's difficult to develop both this new character and the others around him, which, by the way, is a shame.

I mostly went to see the movie in hopes to see more from the 02 cast, and not because, again, of a random character they created for this new script. Just like what happened in Tri.

And this is important because notice that one of the most complex and best-built characters in the Adventure universe is literally the character with the most screen time: Takeru.

Analyzing Takeru's character as a whole is extremely time-consuming, because he was in every season, and practically involved in all the main events of the plot, either by himself or through the relationships he establishes throughout the plot, which feed the character's emotional charge. Which makes him a very complex character.

There's no time for that here. There is no time to establish a relationship between Rui and the other characters, nor to establish a relationship between Rui… and the audience.

Rui's childhood is very shocking and once again, Digimon brings a very strong narrative based on a complex and deep family plot.

We had already had examples in Adventure of family issues with Takeru and Yamato, Koushiro, and in 02 with Iori and also Ken. To a certain extent, even with Miyako. But here we reach a higher level of complexity... and violence (remember that the age to see the movie is over 12 years old. I can totally understand why).

Rui is physically abused and neglected by his mother, who leaves him out in the cold, starving when he makes a childish mistake or does something she doesn't like... when he is only four years old. His father has a very serious illness and depends on his wife to survive. Rui is then shown as a sorrowful child, lonely and without any support network. We've never had anything in the Digimon Adventure series so… raw. The aura of the movie is deeply heavy and dark.

The evolutions and battles in this movie are far from being the focus, which probably frustrated many people who went to see the movie for this more dynamic side of the anime.

It is a film with a moral content and even touches on the philosophical, about the bonds we create with others and their nature, about how we should relate to others and learn about them every day we have them in our lives.

It's about healthy communication, and how it's okay to correct the people around us, as long as it's made based with pure intentions. Because love is not omissive. Love corrects, love draws the other's attention for what really matters, in the form of love. In the form of companionship. Nothing physical or superficial is worth the price of a real bond.

The movie really grew with it’s audience. It is not, at all, a movie targeted for new fans of the franchise, or for those who know little about the Adventure series universe. It's for those who know the characters, for those who grew up with them. If you don't know the characters, you will miss details and conversations that are important to really understand the plot as a whole.

Daisuke and Ken look on Rui’s past with him. They see the arrival of Ukkomon in his life, who should’ve bring peace and comfort, but it is only the beginning of all his problems.

Let's take a break from the movie's plot to talk about the characters of 02.

I'm going to divide them into groups, because it seems like they individually… don't have much progress or very memorable scenes, honestly. It doesn't even make sense to separate them, in my opinion, and you'll understand why.

♡ Daisuke & Iori

There is not much to talk about them here. Daisuke and Iori are the flattest characters in the movie. Iori much more than Daisuke, let's be honest. Iori barely speaks, and has very few relevant scenes.

Daisuke works at a ramen restaurant, as he always wanted, where he gathers his friends to talk about the problems they are facing right at the beginning of the movie.

His personality is practically the same, Daisuke from 02 is the same Daisuke from The Beginning, and even the same character as in Kizuna, he is just taller here and wears different clothes. He still aspires to have his own ramen business and is extremely focused on his career goals. Which was predictable, given the way he talks about his dream in 02.

Daisuke's only two relevant scenes are seconds long: the first when he convinces Rui that the bond of friendship he and his Digimon partner share is much more than something superficial; it's something that comes from the heart, and that no object makes a difference between them, namely the Digivice, (something we also expected to hear from Daisuke in 02, which justifies my opinion that in the meantime... he remains the same).

The other is a scene that had enormous potential, but is cut short by a comical moment in which Miyako pops up.

Daisuke is talking to Ken seriously about Rui, and how he and his Digimon could understand each other better if they just communicate more effectively and directly, and Ken comments that Daisuke's more serious side is very pleasant and rarely appears. However, Miyako speaks up and dismisses the subject. Sadly.

We could have had a conversation here that could tell us more about Daisuke’s presente self and way he sees life now.

*sigh* Anyway.

Iori, again, doesn't speak much. Seems to only have intermediary interventions, and serves as a “pair” for Daisuke and Rui in the snowball fight that we see at the end of the movie. A very beautiful scene, don't get me wrong, but only if we see it from the perspective of Ken and Miyako, and Hikari and Takeru. I'll talk about that now.

♡ Ken & Miyako

Ken and Miyako are two characters who seem to grow more together than apart within the movie's plot. Which is natural, given that we know at the end of 02 that they become in fact a couple, and that they build a family together in the future. Here we see the first steps towards their future as a couple.

As expected, nothing explicit or direct is given to us about the nature of their relationship, but we can understand that there is progress, especially by the end of the movie, before the snowball fight, when Miyako tells Ken something that seems extremely vague, but actually means something.

 “Let's do it together! "  What? I don't think they are aware yet. Ken also seemed very confused about it.

“ Keep thinking Ken, we have to find another solution. “ We also see Miyako trying to support Ken at that moment when they have to make a decision about the future of Ukkomon and the world.

Here comes what I said above: Love cannot be omissive. We cannot expect the least from those we love. If we know the potential of the person we have by our side, we have to support them. If we see that they are trying to go further, we must support their journey and be a source of advice and rest. Alone we can go faster, but with the right company we can certainly go further.

And I think this is where the movie touches on something really important.

It is in these small moments that we see that they really want to tell the audience something beyond, but we need to have a fine power of perception.

No conversation or comment is random, everything contributes to the story. Digimon Adventure has always been made up of metaphors and subjectivities, it is necessary to know how to interpret and be attentive.

In the midst of that dilemma of whether or not to defeat Ukkomon that we talked about a moment ago in relation to Ken and Miyako, we have another moment that I consider important between Takeru and Hikari, which for those who don't know the characters, can take it as a normal conversation of two people who know each other well. Too well, even.

♡ Takeru & Hikari

Keeping in mind their journey, and everything they went through together, is the key to understand the nature of the relationship they share now. But before that:

Much like Ken and Miyako, Takeru and Hikari do not exist separately in the plot. It's ridiculously difficult to separate them. If you talk about one, you have to talk about the other.

At the beginning we see them together in the city when the electronic devices break down, and this dynamic continues throughout the entire movie.

They practically always walk side by side, Hikari takes the front seat in Takeru's car, and even when they are talking to Rui and trying to understand what happened to him in his past, they were a nucleus apart from the others. Nothing new, really. More of the same. But it's in that conversation I spoke about earlier that we understand something that is even part of the main moral of the movie: the way they now communicate with each other now, is different.

Anyone who has followed Takeru and Hikari throughout the series knows that the main “problem” in their relationship has always been direct communication.

Exposing things to others as they are is scary. And none of them were good at doing that.

Deliberating about feelings, exposing what disturbs us, what distresses us, what we think of a certain attitude of the other person. That was always Takeru and Hikari's problem and what hindered the possible evolution of their friendship, into a real love relationship.

In Tri we discover that Hikari starts to look at Takeru differently. And we know that Takeru has concrete feelings for Hikari (Said by the actor who plays Takeru's voice) And then? It's done? Things… are much more complicated than that.

They first need to accept the situation in question (And I tell you this as someone who also developed a romantic relationship with a childhood friend. It's not easy. Trust me. It's far from easy!)

And far from being quick.

It requires a lot of deliberation mostly. Just accepting the fact that we see that person we grew up with differently, someone who has always been part of our life, and we can lose them. Just because we developed feelings. Is scary. There's a lot to lose. It's all or nothing. Especially when one side has trauma associated with romantic relationships. (remembering that Takeru's parents are divorced) it's even worse.

What seems to exist between them in The Beginning was the result of a long process. But effective, it seems to me. Whatever decision they made, it went… pretty well.

Takeru is completely against defeating Ukkomon, from the moment he realizes that this could also imply the disappearance of his Digimon partner.

He probably saw the suffering Taichi and Yamato went through when Agumon and Gabumon disappeared and the suffering he would go through if he lose Patamon... again. And he is extremely vocal and firm in what he says and what he thinks about all of that. Impulsive really.

Until Hikari intervenes. Which cuts through his catastrophic reasoning. She asks him to think, opening up a new perspective on the situation.

Here we have a conversation between them that is quite lengthy (compared to the fast action standard of the rest of the movie) in which Hikari tries her best to make Takeru use reason and not emotion in his deliberation on the situation.

Takeru who, remember, whenever “darkness” or “sacrifice” is mentioned, leaves his rationality aside, becomes blind with pain because of his past traumas.

Hikari's role here is almost the same as Miyako’s in Ken's case: calling to earth and calming Takeru, always in an understanding way, because you can see that she knows where that feeling comes from and that position initially adopted by him (and it is something which she can almost predict would happen, by the speed with which she responds) but she knows that he is better than those triggers that make him impulsively speak based on emotion and neglect reason.

It's about getting to know each other. Knowing how to talk to our person about the most difficult topics. Because it is necessary to strengthen your union. Predict reactions, and be there to calm them down, because you may even know that the person is not to blame for the feelings and traumas they carry, but believe that they are bigger than them. And expect the same from the other side.

The way Miyako knew that Ken could find a solution, he just needed to think a little more. Hikari understood perfectly where Takeru's impulsive reaction came from, but she knew that if she appeal to his racional side he would be able to think of a better alternative to the problem, which he thought would be the end of the world.

That's why I separated this analysis into groups (although the first one isn't... substantial) and decided to analyze the characters together, because that's what this movie is about.

It's about who you are with your people, and the bond you share with them. In a world so individualized, so selfish and so distant (largely because of technology, which distances us from each other), I found it a very necessary message.

And the role of adults? With children and more painful lives?

It is to understand that children are also humans. Who also think, and feel, and understand things. Just like them. Adults tend to forget that they were once children themselves.

We already saw this topic being developed in Adventure 02, but seeing Rui as an adult, reaching to his mother in the past, and drawing her attention to the fact that she neglects her son, is something very touching. Sometimes, we just need a wake-up call, and we can change the future. Ours, and our future with others.

 The DigiDestined of 02 encouraged Rui not to give up on someone he loved, Ukkomon, because after all, he only acted the way he acted because he thought it would make Rui happier, even though he failed. Several times.

Ukkomon basically gave Rui everything he thought he needed, everything he wanted. But this is not always ideal.

He acted with his partner's happiness in mind, and this blinded him to the risks he was putting him into. He idealized their entire relationship, and everyone's relationship with him. Instead of being, real. And real things are never perfect.

Rui wanted friends? He gave him friends. He even reprogrammed his parents. They became manufactured humans. And the movie is about reality and accepting it as imperfect as it is.

Do you know what that reminded me of? That whole fantasy created by Ukkomon of “perfect world where Rui is never sad and everything is wonderful?” The fantasies in which the characters from 02 cast were trapped in at the end of the series. That world created with the characters’ deepest desires.

Takeru wanted his family united. Iori wanted his father back and to be able to show him the Digital Word. Miyako wanted attention. Ken… wanted to redeem himself. Hikari wanted peace. It's exactly the same thing.

Think about it with me: For example, Takeru's parents could’ve stay together, they could never have divorced, but they would still have problems. They would argue, and there would be conflicts. Which doesn't mean that this wouldn't traumatize their children even more. Maybe the divorce was in fact the best option for all four of them.

Ken felt he deserved the same suffering he inflicted on others. Would that really be the answer to appease his soul?

But none of it was real.

Not even Hikari's utopia of a world constantly at peace is real. Not even the absence of siblings in Miyako's life would solve anything. Things are not black and white and really, what we want is not always what we need.

Rui just needed to talk to Ukkomon and be sincere.

Where is Mimi tho?!

I will end with a few quick notes that I think are worth highlighting: First, the music and animation in general. As expected, they are excellent.

Very well done visually, appealing scenes, and the last snowball fight scene is so simple… but so delightful.

Life is made up of beautiful moments as well as tragic moments, light and darkness.

Did you notice that part of the movie takes place in a much dark environment, and when the main action is resolved, the movie gains light? I believe that is not just because!

Visually it can be very strong because there is blood, there is violence, there are physical wounds, it conveys the affliction in a very literal way.

Another thing that was expected to happen, but that probably wasn't even thought of properly when the Epilogue of 02 was made, was the problematic of whether or not everyone deserves, has enough morals and ethics, to have a Digimon partner.

How do you maintain peace between humans when you give them free access to machines of war and mass destruction? How do we build the world we see bz the end of 02 where everyone lives in peace even under these circumstances? Which is the the role of the government?

We'll probably need one more movie to find out.

Honestly, I hope you enjoyed this short (not... that short in fact) and sincere review. If I were to give stars, I would give the film 4/5 stars.

It could’ve been better, sure, if there was at least another half hour of animation.

But I don't complain. Despite that, I liked it. I cried, I laughed, just like I cried and laughed when I saw Digimon in my childhood, and that's everything for me. I was surprised by the message of the movie and the way they chose to visually convey it to us. Either way, I hope there's one more movie. To finally conclude the arc of all these characters, and finally, reach the epilogue of 02 (but in a dignified way please).

♡ Thank you once again Digimon ♡

[digimon-world-recycle]

Your Partner Digimon's Life Cycle

From their humble beginnings as Digitama, your Digimon Partner will rely on your care and guiding hand to teach them, and help them reach their full potential! In return, they will stick by your side and risk their life to keep you safe from the dangers of the Digital World!

As time passes and your Partner grows, depending on your capabilities as their Tamer, they may meet the requirements to evolve to new, higher stages of power. Each time they do, their lifespan will increase! Allowing you to venture deeper into the world, facing bigger threats!

No matter how skilled a Tamer you are, eventually the inevitable must happen. Be it through falling in combat, due to a sickness, or simplying passing from age. Your Partner will pass away, reverting back to data once more.

But all is not lost! Your Partner never truly leaves your side. Their data will be recycled into new Digitama, allowing your Partner to be reborn and your journey to continue onwards evermore!

[tobiasdrake]

Hold up: why TF are *human-shaped* programs cultivating the chosen digitama and their bonding widgets when this setting's already established 'mon nurseries? It's not like there aren't a solid handful of digimon with the proper anatomy (or even better in Nanomon's case) if they absolutely needed consoles & IT crap.

Where exactly Gennai and the... other humanoids of his kind... come from is a good question.

I think in 02 when there's a bunch of them they're all considered to be Gennai. But in the flashback, Piemon exclaims "Gennai!" when he sees our boi, as if that were his name and not the Kind Of Thing that he is. So IDK. Maybe Gennai was the sole survivor but reproduced through asexual division following the events of the first series.

He's a lump of data in the shape of a human; That is entirely possible.

One thing that struck me as interesting here is that this episode disproved two separate claims I've made about why Taichi's Agumon can't be the same as Hikari's Koromon.

1 - Hikari's Koromon died in the fight with Parrotmon. No he did not! We explicitly see Hikari's Greymon being taken through the portal with Parrotmon, so he returned to the Digital World. This also spares him from a plot point 02 will later introduce, that any Digimon who died in the human world has their data trapped there and can never re-enter the Digitama reincarnation cycle.

2 - Taichi's Agumon was created from his data. Also false! I remembered the Digitama, Digivices, and Crests all being made from the children's data, but that isn't so. The Digivices and Crests are, but Homeostasis never said anything about where the Digitama came from.

There is no reason to believe they are anything but ordinary Digitama which were plucked out of nursery somewhere and then linked up with the Digivices and Crests to make them Partner Digimon.

So, in fact, Tri confidently asserting that the two are the same is not a retcon; It is entirely possible for Taichi's Agumon and Hikari's Koromon to be the same. I was wrong.

[goldiesdigimonsanctuary]

Today, I set up my Data Accumulator, a system that detects and copies particles of digimon data from the ambient network in order to create a digitama. This method is essentially random (I can't determine the baby digimons species ahead of time), but also doesn't harm any naturally-occurring digitama from the Digital World.

I have a playroom and incubator all set for the egg. I will only be raising one digimon at a time, and once they are of age they will have the option to leave the sanctuary. I can't wait to meet our first little one!

[uzunotegaki]

Digimon Adventure 02 Countdown Day 7: 02 Gang as a Unit

Among the places in Digital World, Village of Beginnings is one of the unvisited location for them (excluding Takeru, Hikari, and Ken for obvious reasons). 02 kids propose an idea to visit the said village someday.

And here they are, at Village of Beginnings. While Daisuke, Miyako, and Iori are having fun with the digitamas and newborn digimon babies, Takeru and Hikari reminisce about their past experiences in this place (mainly from Adventure era). Ken and Wormmon spend their time together in silence. Afterwards, the group engage in group photo (Hikari holding a digitama is a parallel of her younger self holding the said egg in Adventure Episode 54).

This happens a week after the final battle against BelialVamdemon and Digital World has been restored to original state (in most part).

Dedicated to @digimon02countdown

[tomorrows2top]

02TB NEWS FROM DIGIFES 2023.

NEW KEY ART, TRAILER AND THE UPDATES IN THE WEBSITE!!

STORY SINOPSIS:

The secret behind the birth of "the DigiDestined" is now uncovered. It is 2012, ten years after the adventures between Odaiba and the Digital World took place. While they have embarked on their own paths, Daisuke and the other "DigiDestined" and their partner Digimon are still bound together by the same bond. Then one day, a giant Digitama suddenly appears in the sky above Tokyo Tower, sending a message to the world.

"May everyone in the world have friends. May they each have a Digimon."

As the world watches, a young man named Lui Ohwada appears before Daisuke and his friends with a cracked DIGIVICE. Behind the birth of "the DigiDestined" is Lui's single, hidden wish…

When the past and present connect, the biggest crisis in Digimon history is unleashed. What path will Daisuke and the "02" team choose? Once again, the DigiDestined mobilize, this time as adults!

(src- 02TB website)

NEW KEY ART:

(src- Digimon Partners twitter)

NEW TRAILER:

(src- Toei Animation YouTube channel)

※ If you would like to watch this PV with subs, Onkei subbed it on her twt acc -- But please watch it before it gets taken down by Toei.)

NEW DiM SET WITH 02 AND THE MOVIE CHARACTERS!!

Besides that, for Toy line, there's the movie & OG 02 themed DiMs: D-3 White and Yellow and D-3 White and Red -- Which will be released on Oct 28. This set includes Ukkomon, Besides of the six main digimon protagonists of the series & movie, with their Armor, Standard and Jogress evolutions. On the Adventure side, some old faces from 02 series and movies, besides Ukkomon!

※ There's a hidden digimon on the Hawkmon DiM too, might be related to the new movie 👀

(src- Digimon Web twitter)

<phew> that's all for now!! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[digimonloving]

Can i ask how would react the seven demon lords to their tamer dying in battle? I hope this is right, english is not my first language hahaha.

Lucemon FM

Lucemon isn't too worried on his Tamer falling in battle... mostly because of the fact he can bring them back to life. He has many abilities, and as such, reviving a human from the brink or bringing them back fully is a trick he can pull out of his sleeve. However... if it does not work for one reason or another, Lucemon grows to show his anger and rage. If the Digimon or whoever had killed his Tamer is still alive, then his Tamer will be able to rest when he completely destroys the data of the Digimon and devours it. He shows true anger and rage, something he rarely does. He does mourn... but it's secret. How come humans couldn't come back as Digitama? Perhaps that's something he should work on making a reality... somehow.

Beelzemon

Beelzemon does everything he can to keep his Tamer safe, especially when it comes to battles. He prides himself on his power, but just like he can boast, he can get too cocky about it. And that ends up getting his Tamer killed during a battle. It's a quick dispatch of the Digimon around, flying into a fury as he first thinks his Tamer is just wounded and he has to deal with this fast. It's only when he gets to them after it dies down that he realizes the worst. Holding his Tamer close and trying to get them to wake up, they were fine.... but they weren't. Beelzemon constantly beats himself up over it. If he hadn't been such a cocky bastard, his Tamer would still be alive and laughing with him... He doesn't know what he'll do now that they're gone, all that time together gone in a flash. Maybe he can find a Digimon who can bring them back, but it's such a far drive on Behemoth... Beelzemon tries at least, to see if it's possible... Damn humans and their stupid one life... he hated that about them...

Lilithmon

Goes through nearly all of the stages of grief within an instant, except acceptance. She is fueled with rage and is quick to use her abilities to try and find some Digimon who can save her Tamer. There is no way they're dead fully, surely there's still hope to bring them back. She DEMANDS the Holy Trinity bring her Tamer back, for they were the only thing in her life she truly cared for and loved. They have the power, she knows it, and she'll threaten them to do so. Lilithmon had never felt such a connection, and to have it suddenly lost is too much for her. If her Tamer can't be brought back, it takes time for her to heal... though she will never fully heal over such a thing.

Barbamon

Barbamon might be the only one who could bring his Tamer back without using his power exactly to bring them back... he has collected so many trinkets throughout the Digital World, some more powerful than even the others could handle. He's certain among the trinkets is something that can bring his Tamer back. And he's correct. He doesn't care what it costs. If it takes another human's life to bring his Tamer back? Well, Barbamon can make that sacrifice easily. He never figured he would go so far when it came to his Tamer... but this is what it was to be a Demon Lord and growing too close to a human. He has the power to bring them back, and as such, he's going to do it.

Leviamon

Leviamon more or less has.. the worst approach out of all of the Demon Lords when it comes to such a thing. He's such a massive Digimon, it would be too easy for his Tamer to accidentally be killed, even by him. When he does realize his tamer is dead... he retreats into the Net Ocean. Finding the deepest part of the large ocean and simply... falling asleep. His grief turning him back into how he had been before his Tamer had came to the Digital World. Perhaps the unhealthiest way to deal with it, and yet, it makes it to where he doesn't have to envy those who have Tamers, and his envy would run deep to the point he would attack them without thought. This was the best he had to just... avoid it all.

Belphemon

Belphemon flies into such a rage that he can hardly process what's going on. For a Digimon based on the sin of Sloth, his rage is truly unrivaled once he learns what has happened to his Tamer. It's to the point that he near starts to rage uncontrollably and has to be stopped by any means necessary as he can't process what happened to his Tamer. No... he knows... but he refuses to believe it, and as such, it sends him into nothing but blind fury. And with his power, the only hope is to seal him away again. His Tamer was the only thing keeping him in check, and now he had nothing to hold him back, and their death just tripled how his Rage Mode acted and lashed out...

Daemon

Daemon processes his grief over his Tamer's death in battle... strangely in a healthy enough way for the Demon Lord of Wrath. Save for when his Tamer was first killed in battle, but that's not the point right now.. Though, he does sort of set his Tamer's body in a 'stasis', making them look like they're simply sleeping while set in a glass case. Daemon doesn't have the heart to bury them, and as such, this is the best he has. Perhaps one day he'll send them back to the Real World, so they can be properly buried... but for now, they will stay right with him, and Daemon will take care to preserve the body for now. It is... odd to not ear them anymore, and he slowly grows to accept it, as much as he doesn't want to. It happens, humans eventually die, his was just taken from him far earlier than they should have been during a battle. Most Digimon would look at that as such an honor. Daemon didn't like the thought, however.

[digi-lov]

Tsunomon BT11-006 by koki from BT-11 Booster Dimensional Phase

This card of Tsunomon from BT11 features it in front of the fountain in the main plaza of File City from Digimon World 1, along with multiple other Digimon from the City.

[bethanythebogwitch]

Intro to Digimon

In my previous posts about Digimon, particularly my overview of all aquatic Digimon species, I god some comments from people who liked the designs and were curious about the franchise, but didn't know much about it. I decided to write this introduction to let people know more about the basics of the franchise and give suggestions for where to start if they're interested.

What is Digimon?

Digimon is a Japanese multimedia franchise owned by Bandai that focuses on the titular creatures. It is a monster collection franchise that started as a series of virtual pets. Think Tomagatchis aimed for young boys who like their virtual pets to be badass monsters. Digimon media includes virtual pets, toys, a variety of video games, a trading card game, multiple animes, mangas, and more. Unlike some other franchises, Digimon exists in a multiverse with most games, mangas, and animes existing independently from each other. Each setting can follow its own rules and variations of the lore and universe, though most follow some common rules. The Digimon Reference Book lists official Digimon species and gives setting-neutral lore for them. Many entries in the franchise involve the bonds between humans (known as tamers) who bond with one or more Digimon and go on adventures together.

Ok, but what is a Digimon?

Digimon, short for Digital Monsters, are creatures born from data and exist within Earth's internet and computer systems. While born from computer data, most settings say that Digimon are more than just AIs and possess souls and free will. A few newer entries in the franchise say that Digimon have existed since long before the internet and computers and data are just the most recent method humans use to interact with and influence them. Digimon come from the Digital World, a world that exists within the network but is also often depicted as being another dimension parallel to Earth. It can be thought of as a universe influenced by data, but that exists on its own. Again, each setting will have its own take on the Digital World. The Digital World is often depicted as being maintained and ruled over by a supercomputer named Yggdrasil or King Drasil. Other entries (usually early in the franchise) say that their Digital World is ruled by an enigmatic God heavily based on the one of Christianity who may be a human programmer.

There are many species of Digimon that can evolve through a series of levels. When evolving to a new level, a Digimon will change species. How similar Digimon are to humans varies depending on setting. In many, Digimon do not reproduce on their own, instead new Digimon are born from new data. While individual Digimon can appear masculine or feminine, different settings will differ on whether Digimon have sexes or genders. In most settings, Digimon who die will have their data reconfigured into a Digitama (Digi-egg), allowing for a form of reincarnation. Whether or how much Digimon can remember from past lives depends on the setting.

Each species has an attribute. The attributes are Vaccine, Virus, Data, and Free. These attribute comes form how the species behaves and affects the Digital world. Vaccines benefit the Digital World, Viruses harm it, and Datas have no real effect either way. Free attribute Digimon are rare and don't fit any other category. Generally speaking, Vaccine Digimon are good, Viruses are evil, and Datas are neutral. This isn't set in stone and it's perfectly possible to have a villainous Vaccine, heroic Virus, or Data that leans either way. Attributes in some of the games also have a rock-paper-scissors lineup where Vaccine beats Virus beats Data beats Vaccine. Free is neutral to everything.

Evolution

Evolution, dubbed in English as Digivolution, is the process by which Digimon grow stronger and reach new levels. The levels, listed in Japanese/English are Baby I/Fresh, Baby II/In-Training, Child/Rookie, Adult/Champion, Perfect/Ultimate, and Ultimate/Mega. Some entries have an addition level called Super Ultimate/Ultra. Yes, the fact that Ultimate is used for two different levels in different languages has caused quite a bit of confusion. Another from of evolution is Jogress(join+progress)/DNA Digivolution. This occurs when two or more Digimon will merge to become a new Digimon of a higher level. Related to evolution is mode changes. A Digimon that mode changes will change to a new form, but does not actually change level (with a few exceptions). Mode changes are denoted by adding the name of the mode to the Digimon's name. An example of a mode change is Jupitemon mode changing to Jupitermon Wrath Mode.

Evolution in Digimon is much more varied and open-ended than in other franchises like Pokemon. In many of the the video games and especially the virtual pets, Digimon will have multiple possible evolutions that are not necessarily thematically related to each other. Evolutions are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Multiple different species of one level could evolve to the same Digimon of the next level. Digimon can also evolve back to a lower level and not necessarily to the same species they started as. An example is Agumon (a little orange dinosaur) evolving to Centalmon/Centarumon (cyborg centaur), then evolving backwards to Patamon (flying hamster). Many species have a "default" through line that is considered the standard for that species. These default lines are usually either designed to be thematically consistent with each other through every level or were depicted in one of the animes or mangas. Non-virtual pet and game media, such as the animes and mangas, usually give Digimon much more linear evolution lines with few if any branches.

Evolution often work differently between wild Digimon and those with tamers. Wild Digimon cannot evolve freely. As they live and battle, they will gain experience and power until they evolve to the next level. Once at a new level, they stay there until gaining enough power to evolve again or being wounded badly enough to be forcibly reverted to a prior level but not enough to be killed. Digimon partnered with a tamer will instead stay at a default level, usually Child/Rookie, but can evolve to a higher one with help from their partner. These evolutions are temporary and the Digimon will eventually revert to its default form.

Where do I start?

If you're looking for a way into the franchise, there are a few options. If you want to start with an anime I suggest Digimon Adventure (original, not reboot), Digimon Tamers, or Digimon Ghost Game. Adventure is the original anime and one of the few that goes for more than one season. Adventure is followed up by Digimon Adventure 02, a few movies, Digimon Adventure Tri, Digimon Adventure Last Evolution Kizuna and the upcoming Digimon Adventure 02 the Beginning. Adventure set the standard for how most Digimon stories work. It features a cast of human children, each with a Digimon partner, being lost in the Digital World and going through adventures as they encounter villains and try to figure out how to get home. It is heavy on plot and character development and is a lot of fun. Digimon Tamers was the first anime not set in the Adventure universe and goes into darker and more adult themes while still being fun. It's a lot of people's favorite season for a good reason. Be aware that the english dubs for Digimon Adventure through Digimon Tamers added a lot of jokes and other silliness that weren't in the original. The dubs are very hit or miss and pretty contentious in the fandom. I like them personally, but watch the one you prefer. Digimon Ghost Game is the most recent season and thus you will find a lot of people still talking about it. It is more focused on monster of the week episodes than running plotlines and has a strong horror vibe. Ghost Game, like many recent entries in the franchise, is aimed toward adults who were fans of the series as kids.

If you want to start with a game, I suggest one of the ones on Steam as they're easily available in English. Steam has Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth, Digimon Survive, and Digimon World Next Order. Cyber Sleuth is an RPG that is probably the best entry point for people familiar with the Pokemon games as they function similarly. You catch and assemble your dream team of Digimon as you evolve them through higher levels and move through the story. Digimon Survive is a hybrid visual novel and tactical RPG which tells a more horror-based version of the classic "kids trapped in the Digital World" story. Your choices in the game affect the outcome and there are 4 different endings. The true route and ending is only unlocked on a new game + so play it twice. Next Order is a real-time RPG where you raise a pair of Digimon from egg to final form repeatedly as you move through the story and unlock new forms.

If you want to start with a virtual pet, the current one available is the Vital Bracelet BE. It is a fitbit-style health-tracking bracelet that pairs with an app and allows you to raise Digimon, with more exercise giving you better results. The VB has multiple DIM cards with more coming out regularly. Each DIM card unlocks new Digimon and evolution lines.

If you just want to see the different species and read their lore, there are two wikis: wikimon.net and the Digimon Wiki on fandom.com. I prefer wikimon. Wikimon uses Japanese terminology while the Digimon Wiki uses English terminology.

[antrusimbol]

Evo line from Digimon World 3 🔥

[arcthebreeder]

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04/15/2024, 09;03 (GMT-5)

Canoweissmon has been talking to me about something lately, both him and MegaloGrowmon are concerned they're not useful enough for the team, since they're Perfects and everyone else has already reached the Ultimate level, MegaloGrowmon isn't as concerned for this, since he has been kind of a supporting leader more than a combat unit since the beginning, however, I can't just look over this frustration, so I've decided to take Canoweissmon and Siriusmon to a little trip (MegaloGrowmon prefers staying home and I can't fight that tbh)

I've been thinking about bringing that DigiTama I stole from the police to "D" since he has way more resources than me to analyze this kind of file, and since he has been insisting on exploring a set of new digimon that has been discovered recently in the Digital World, I decided to kill two birds using one stone and help him explore while I silently drop the idea of him keeping the DigiTama to analyze it for a while, so that's exactly what I did, and now we're at the church's main office, about to dive into the Digital World, I'll register what we'll find in a few hours, I'll keep you updated!

ATT: ARC