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PATAMON, agHAST Voice: You KICK Patamon??? You kICK PATAMON LIKE A FOOTBALL?!! Oh! Oh! Shut in the school at night for Takeru and Daisuke (and Miyako, and Yamato, aND--)! Shut in the school at night for One Million Years!!!! Takeru: ...Patamon, but we'd have graduated by--- Patamon: SHUT IN THE SCHOOL at NIGHT for ONE BILLION Years!!!!! DAISUKE: tAKErU---- YAMATO: Koushiro, mental sighing: (I'll just leave some extra keys by the doors and... other places.) Taichi, trying to keep from cracking up nearby: (pppFFFFT....) Tailmon: (It could have been me, but Hikari knows to not "kick me like a football", so I don't care.) Hikari: (... I'll have to be careful when I nudge Tailmon next time.)

[koushirouizumi]

M E: Actually, if (Chosen Child)!Steve doesn't show up for even 0.0001 seconds of screentime in "The Beginning" I'm gonna fLIP---

[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 ♡

[ashxketchum]

They uploaded the video where Agumon, Gabumon, Veemon and Wormon will call out names of fans and look! We get a glimpse at Taichi, Yamato, Daisuke and Ken's rooms!

You know what this means? It's time for a certified Ayushi breakdown 🫡

There is so much blue in Taichi's room hahaha (taiyama win!), the soccer magazines + jump manga reference is so on point. And he has so many bags! Taichi why do you need so many backpacks, one for every outfit? 😆 THE DUMBBELLS THO my boy is working out to maintain that body we got a glimpse of in Tri ��� The whistle hanging on the wall is also a nice touch, is it Hikari's whistle from when they were kids? 🥹 Or even if it's not, I'd like to imagine a scenario where Taichi helps Hikari with her kindergarten schoolwork occasionally by coaching football to the little kids in his free time! Can you imagine him running around with little kids who are about as tall as the football itself 🤣 I tried to zoom in to figure out what the magazine on his desk is for, and I could make out the word Nakano, so maybe it's just something he picked up on his way home (maybe he lives around Nakano?) since it looks slightly crumpled too, like it was shoved in his bag in a rush. His phone (and is that a wallet?) feel pretty standard. He is the only one who doesn't have a lamp on his desk + has some kind of reminder post-its stuck to his desktop, maybe he's not so good with passwords? Koushiro probably always lectures him about this every time he visits.

Now let's talk about Yamato, FIRST OF ALL I WILL SCREAM ABOUT THE KOD TSHIRT! HE STILL WEARS IT! I'M CRYING RIGHT NOW!!! And then his guitars because I swear I did a one hour deep dive trying to figure out the brand and model and I think they're both Fender (an expensive brand I would say) which once again makes me wonder how much money does the TakaIshi family has for their sons to have expensive, bikes, cars and guitars. TO TOP IT OFF Yamato is definitely an Apple bitch too like look at that monitor and keyboard, that's Mac and his phone is very clearly Iphone. Now his room follows a very warm, muted tones of black and brown. We can spot some music related magazines on his shelf and a big, plain tote bag on the ground (see Taichi one big bag should be enough 🤣) which looks like something he uses for grocery shopping. Yamato is the only one who doesn't have a wheelie computer chair, but rather a wooden one. Now whether he did this to follow the aesthetic of the room (highly likely) or because he doesn't actually spend a lot of time in this space is something we can all think about. He has a framed portrait or photo(?) up on the wall and I did consider him more of a framed art guy over a poster guy always so this is good to see too. Also nice to note that on his desk, he has THE HARMONICA 😭 And the same Jump issue that Taichi has on his shelf! His room is honestly a lot like how I imagined it to be in terms of the furniture and colours so I'm very happy with this sneak peek!

I am not qualified to comment on Daisuke and Ken's rooms, so will leave that to 02 fans!

[tobiasdrake]

Digimon Adventure 01 - Adrift? The Island of Adventure! / And So It Begins....

Right off the bat, we can feel the tonal difference between how the two shows want to present themselves. The Japanese version opens with narration provided to us by a grim and stone-faced narrator, while in the English version, Tai delivers the exposition himself in a light-hearted and goofy tone.

The Japanese narrator explains to us in a bit more detail precisely what is happening throughout the world. Drought has struck the paddy fields of southeast Asia, heavy rains are flooding the Middle East, and the U.S. is suffering from freezing temperatures.

Tai has similar dreary info to drop on us. He tries to keep it light because that's the tone the dub is going for, but his version's... a little different. In fact, hilariously, Tai's version is much worse.

The way he tells it, the whole rainforest has dried up and oceans have risen to flood "other areas like chocolate sauce". The freezing also is no longer in the U.S.; It's "cities which are normally blazing hot", not contained to any specific region. Holy shit.

So, yeah. Either way, the world's being fucked sideways right now by climate catastrophe, but it's ironically being fucked harder in the lighter and goofier English dub.

With that out of the way, we met our cast of kids - With the English Tai getting in a funny joke, claiming to be "working on my multiplication tables" while we clearly see him snoozing in a tree.

Each character comes with their own special introduction slide to give us some basic information on them. For the Japanese version, the narrator coldly lists them off by name, while their information blurb tells us what grade they're in.

This gives us a general understanding of how old each kid is, relative to one another, which is kind of important for understanding their group dynamic down the road.

6th Grade: Jou 5th Grade: Taichi, Sora, and Yamato 4th Grade: Koushiro and Mimi 2nd Grade: Takeru

The dub omits that particular information and instead gives us some basic information on what Tai thinks of each character.

Sora: "She's okay, for a girl!" Matt: "Too cool; Just look at that haircut!" Izzy: "He should have gone to computer camp." Mimi: "I'll bet you can guess her favorite color on the first try." T.K.: "Matt's dopey little brother." Joe: "Don't ever scare him; He'd probably wet his pants."

For most of the character names, it's pretty obvious which name connects to which. Izzy's the odd man out, as it's an abbreviation for Koushiro's family name Izumi.

The omission of the characters' ages from the dub is something that I think hurts it; It's not super clear, watching the show in English, that Joe's supposed to be the oldest kid by a year or two, or that Mimi's one of the youngest in the cast. However, this is important context for driving some of the plot points that the show has in store for them.

As the kids are struck by a freak blizzard, neither version really stops to explain this but the kids who will be our protagonists get separated from the rest of the campers. In both versions, we just see a group of counselors ushering kids into tents, and then Taichi opens this door once it stops.

I think the Japanese version was trusting its audience to understand from context where they are. Taichi, Yamato, Sora, Jou, Koushiro, Mimi, and Takeru have all taken shelter from the blizzard inside a nearby Shinto shrine.

This is why, when the aurora suddenly arrives and transports them across worlds, no other campers are taken with them. They're in an isolated location away from the rest of the group.

Jou even has a line expressing that he wants to return to the others, to clarify that these seven children are presently alone.

The English version offers no less information than the Japanese. Well, it offers a little less; That one context-clarifying line from Jou is replaced by Joe saying "I was worried I'd catch a summer cold but this is even worse!"

However, more importantly, we don't have Shinto shrines here. So the context isn't quite as evident to a kid watching on TV in the 90's. I always thought they were just in some kind of cabin at camp.

As the kids stare in awe at the sudden arrival of an aurora that's about to ruin the next several months of their lives, Jou again urges everyone to return to adult supervision pronto. This time Yamato agrees with him, pointing out that they could get sick if they stay out here.

Joe and Matt, on the other hand, have different concerns. In the dub, it's Joe that worries they're all going to get sick if they stay out here. This time, Matt disagrees, insisting that they can't miss a sight like this. That they are all alone in the wilderness with no adult supervision is not a concern for Joe at all, apparently.

Koushiro also points out that auroras aren't supposed to happen in Japan, so this is weird. The dub is trying to localize for an American audience, so Izzy's a bit more descriptive here. He calls this out as the Aurora Borealis specifically but says that's supposed to happen in Alaska. "We're way too far south."

Then the Aurora strikes, delivering their Digivices and whisking the kids away on a magical adventure of violence, terror, and coming to terms with the reality of death. YAAAAAAAAAY

So it begins! Taichi is the first we see meet his Digimon partner. This is Koromon. English Koromon explains that his name means "Brave Little Warrior". This is a bald-faced lie.

Like many Baby and Child stage Digimon, his name is based on an onomatopoeia; Specifically, Koromon is named for the sound of a round object rolling around. "Korokorokorokoro". I think the dub version of the character was embarrassed to admit that. :P

Koushiro's partner Mochimon is next. The subtitle here says Motimon but you can clearly hear Mochimon. His name is based on the sound of a spongey goop extending and retracting. Mochimochimochi.

Once these two are introduced, the dub goes in on trying to deliver information to the audience. This place is called the Digi-World, and Izzy speculates that the Digimon are the Digivices themselves, transformed into physical lifeforms.

None of this is in the original; This is a quiet moment as Taichi takes in the magnitude of their isolating predicament. The only information offered is that this is a place called File Island; the word "File" is said in English.

That they've Isekai'd into another world entirely is not something they know as of yet. At this point in time, the possibility exists that maybe we got washed out to sea somehow but we're still somewhere near Japan.

When Taichi tries to scout out what's around them, our central antagonist for this episode arrives: Kuwagamon, an Adult-stage Digimon named for a particular species of stag beetle: Nokogiri-kuwagata.

The first altercation with Kuwagamon goes terribly, forcing Taichi and Koushiro to take cover inside a special program. As Mochimon explains, they're inside a hologram of a tree which will conceal them from Kuwagamon.

The English Motimon offers the less helpful explanation, "It's a Hiding Tree, silly!" That'll do it. All I need to know, thanks.

Once Kuwagamon's gone, we meet up with Sora and our next Partner Digimon.

Pyocomon, named for the sound of bouncing. Pyocopyocopyoco! The dub cuts off the P and calls her Yokomon.

Immediately followed by Takeru's partner Tokomon, named for the sound of trotting around. Tokotokotokotoko.

And Yamato's partner Tsunomon. This one isn't an onomatopoeia; Rather, "tsuno" is the Japanese word for "horn". He's Hornmon. You can probably guess why.

Following that, we have Pukamon, named for the sound of floating or hovering. "Pukapukapuka", though the dub calls him Bukamon with a hard B sound.

We cut to commercial break and then come back to a completely redundant second introduction. Each Digimon takes turns going around and saying their names, and then Tai introduces each of the human characters and tells us which grade they're in; The same information from those slides earlier.

I think the localizers realized how unnecessary this is because they use this time to waffle instead. Rather than intros, the Digimon just say things like "We're super cute!" "And loyal!" Tai, however, once again misses an opportunity to establish the relative ages of the characters and just reintroduces all of the humans by name.

Wait, but aren't we missing someone? As if on cue, Mimi comes screaming out of the woods with her Partner Digimon at her side.

Tanemon, which translates in English to "Seedmon". However, like Tsunomon, her name remains Tanemon in the dub. Mimi isn't screaming because of Tanemon, however; She's being hunted by Kuwagamon.

I should note that the dub characters are extremely rude about Mimi's absence. Sora calls her "the girl with the funny hat" to which Tai replies, in the most eye-rolling and disdainful voice possible, "Now now, her name is Mimi." You can hear him sneering.

Then Izzy chimes in and, in a weirdly bitter tone, suggest she's "picking flowers" or "going on a nature hike". The fuck crawled up y'all's butts and died? This girl has done nothing.

The dub, however, does get in a fantastic line when Kuwagamon attacks again.

As the kids cower in a clearing from Kuwagamon's renewed assault, Joe cries out, "My mom is going to want a complete and total refund!" XD I love that. It manages to land a joke without killing the tension in the process.

Cornered on the edge of a cliff, the partners are forced to fight Kuwagamon.

It does not go well. Real quick, who do you think wins in a fight: An experienced lumberjack vs. several toddlers?

What a lovely start to an adventure. We have no idea where we are or why, and the strange magical creatures who showed up to protect us have all been beaten within an inch of their life by what, for all intents and purposes at this time, just appears to be Random Encounter wildlife.

We're gonna die out here.

With their backs against the wall, Kuwagamon renews the assault once more and the Baby Digimon are forced to break free from their worried kids and fight once more.

The dub tries really hard to downplay the peril these kids are in right now. For instance, when Taichi asks Koromon why he attacked Kuwagamon so recklessly, Koromon uses what little strength he has to state that he needs to protect Taichi. Dub Koromon just says he wanted to show off and look cool.

Similarly, as Kuwagamon comes tromping out of the woods, Taichi expresses hopeless fear, and Koromon then insists that that Digimon must fight. Dub Tai instead says, "Get ready to run!" only for Koromon to argue that he wants to fight instead. Like. They're standing on the edge of a cliff. There is nowhere to run to. The dub's manufacturing retreat options to make fighting a personal choice rather than a survival necessity.

But now the bonds they've formed with their kids are strong enough for the first in what's going to become a major metaphysic for this series: Evolution.

The dub calls it Digivolution, possibly to distinguish it from evolution in Pokemon which was airing alongside this show, but in Japanese it's just "shinka" meaning evolution. As each Digimon evolves, there's a stock quote format that they express in both versions.

In English, it's "Koromon, digivolve to: Agumon!"

In Japanese, it's "Koromon SHINKAAAAAAAA!!! Agumon!"

I admit, ever since the first time I watched this in subs, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the bloodcurdling battle roar of "SHINKAAAAAAA!!!" every time they evolve in Japanese.

While Kuwagamon gets dogpiled by Child-stage Digimon as the Digimon theme song blazes in the background, let's take a moment to go over each of their new names.

Agumon: "Aguaguagu". The sound of biting. Gabumon: A type of puppet used in Kabuki theater. Piyomon: "Piyopiyopiyopiyo". The sound of tweeting. Tentomon: Tentoumushi, a type of ladybug. Gomamon: Gomafu azarashi, a type of seal. Palmon: A play on "palm", a kind of tree. Patamon: "Patapatapatapata", the sound of flapping wings.

The English version replaces the roaring Digimon theme song with some generic fight music.

With Kuwagamon successfully fended off, the vibe of this scene is pure tension-relieving jubilation. The dub slides in Izzy saying, "They made vaporware out of him," and goddammit, that got me. XD The important thing is that Kuwagamon is gone and everyone is safe forev--

Oh, never mind. Everyone fucks off a cliff and probably dies and that's where we leave off episode 1. This sequence features possibly the funniest "Easing Up on the Peril" edit in this entire episode. As Kuwagamon slams his pincers into the edge of the cliff side to send them hurtling to their doom, the English version splices in random still frames of the kids looking tough to show this is no big deal and they can handle themselves in this mess!

Izzy standing there like "GRRR I'm a big strong American boy and they build us TOUGH over here! Me and mah gun can TAKE gravity!"

Before ending on the exact same shot of everyone falling to their doom anyway.

Either way, this is where the episode leaves off. The kids have been transported to this mysterious location. They have no idea where they are, how they got here, or why. They were terrorized around the forest, and now they're all falling to their doom.

This sets the stage for what this adventure is going to be like. This is not a magical journey of whimsey and effortless victories. These children are in extreme peril and nobody is coming to save them.

Man, File Island sucks. I'm with English Joe. If I was one of these kids' parents, I'd be demanding a refund too. Worst camping trip ever.

[ahiddenpath]

Digimon Honorifics help

So in 02, Miyako calls Koushiro 'Izumi-senpai.' Although she also went to the same elementary school as Taichi and Sora, she uses san for them, so I'm guessing the special honorific is because he was her computer club president. So like... He was her senior in a specific setting.

What I'm wondering is, would she change how she addresses him as an adult, when the computer club was like 9+ years in the past? Does she keep Izumi-senpai to be cute/funny? Does she switch to Koushiro-san? It's also totally possible she says his name in Kizuna or The Beginning and I didn't catch it, so if that happened, let me know the canon adult honorific! If not, please use your gut feeling or Japanese knowledge to tell me:

Thank you :D

[lemon-pear]

Some really old oekaki art (circa 2008-2009) of Koushiro/Izzy, for Reblog Day of @izumikoushiroweek !

1) Elementary, 2) Computer, 3) Tento, 4) Bedtime Story :)

[genork-the-fandork]

Cavalry

Word Count: 644 Prompt: Second Year A/N: Although the prompt is mainly a reference to Our War Game, I played with the story we're told in 02 - that is, the day the Chosen gave up the power of their Crests. I like playing with Hikari and Takeru's way of being part of and yet separate from the 01 cast in that they're very different. Not in a bad way! But in a very excellent one. @takariweek

Hikari and Takeru had had a silent agreement ever since they first met—whatever happened, they would stick together. If all else failed within this tightly knit group of Chosen, they would have each other. Hand in hand and side by side, they would defend the Digital World and Earth. Or, less seriously, they would tuck themselves away while the older kids talked about older kids things. They had more important things to talk about.

They had been summoned back to the Digital World for some mysterious purpose. Supposedly, they would find out more when they got there. Koushiro and Taichi were working out the strategy for how to get there while the others offered their own suggestions. Takeru and Hikari, however, sat apart from the others, waiting. Though they were certainly mature enough to join the "big kids" discussion, they often chose not to. It was pointless, Hikari had pointed out. Even when their brothers did listen, they did not truly hear them. So concerned were Taichi and Yamato with their safety that it would take a miracle to trust them with their ideas.

Not that Takeru was particularly bitter about this. Neither was Hikari. They preferred each other's company, where they could come up with a failsafe plan, should anything go awry. Like knights, or angel knights, as Hikari teased, they were the cavalry, ready to swoop in and save everyone at the last possible second. What were Angemon and Angewomon for, if not to make dire circumstances go away?

"So Yamato just—went into the computer?" Hikari whispered, leaning forward in such a way that her hair fell over her face.

Takeru wanted to say he could remember it clearly, but his memory was unreliable in this fact. One moment, his brother had been beside him, and the next, it was as if he was watching a movie on the screen, featuring Yamato and Taichi. Even Koushiro couldn't say for sure what he'd seen. The scene had filled Takeru with a sense of wonder and fear all at once, and he hoped never again to experience that feeling. "Yeah," he said, staring down at his hands. "He sure does have a close bond with Gabumon, huh?"

Hikari's hands folded on top of his, and he glanced up at his friend's smiling brown eyes. Well, some days they looked more amber than the chocolate brown of her brother's, but that was a secret Takeru kept locked away. If he let slip such a thought, she would surely tease him. Even if it would make her smile. "We all have close bonds with the Digimon," his friend gently reminded him. "I don't think they can beat our bonds by a landslide." Hiding her mouth behind her hand, as if that would prevent Taichi or Yamato from hearing, she added, "They need a little extra help—you know, because they're dummies."

The giggle that erupted out of Takeru was a bit loud, and he caught his brother glancing over his shoulder at them. Blue irises, so like his own, zeroed in on their joined hands. A slight smirk climbed up Yamato's face as he turned back to the others, but Takeru could feel the heat that expression had induced. Before he could take his hands away, however, Hikari squeezed them. He looked to her, seeing that her own face was a bright shade of pink. For a moment, they stared at each other. Then they laughed, still holding fast to each other's hands.

Neither they nor the others saw it, but their Crests briefly appeared in a flash of light on the spots over their hearts. It would be the last time the power of Hope and Light would be theirs to hold, for the Digital World had more need for it than they. Yet in this moment, it was all theirs, and it tied them together.

[amethyst-geek]

What school clubs the Digidestined partook in

Since Japanese children are expected to join a school club in their time as students, I thought it would be fun the speculate about the school club participation (or lack thereof) of the main characters from Adventure, 02, Tamers, and Frontier. I was going to speculate on the others well, but that sounded exhausting (plus in the case of Savers, I think it's obvious that none of the main characters were participating in school clubs, at least not during the events of the show).

First, I will list the characters whose club participation has been canonically

Taichi, Daisuke, Ken, and Takuya all play soccer. Sora used to play soccer, but switched to tennis in middle school. Koushiro and Miyako are both in the computer club. Iori is on his school's Kendo team

Now that we've went over those characters, let's speculate on the club participation (or lack thereof) of rest. And since joining more than 1 club is frowned upon in Japan, I will be writing this under the assumption that the kids only do 1 club with a few exceptions .

Adventure

Yamato- I got the vibe he was part of the 'go-home' club

Mimi- Mimi is probably 1 of the few characters I can see participating in more than 1 club. But if she had to only do 1 club, I say she'd be in the drama club, or perhaps a fashion club or cooking club.

Jou- I can see him joining a literature club or perhaps he could be part of a library committee like Komachi from Yes Pretty Cure 5.

Takeru- either basketball or some kind of literature club. I'm leaning towards the latter.

Hikari- Probably photography club.

Tamers- quick note, while I don't think any of them were already in clubs during the events of Tamers, I can see most of them joining clubs in junior high.

Takato- probably art club

Ruki- maybe some sort of sports team or mechanics club

Jian- probably computer club like Koshirou and Miyako.

Juri- home ec club? band? gardening? animal caretaking?

Ryo- I'm just gonna assume he's a member of the go home club

Kenta- upon entering middle school, Kenta considered joining the Chorus club, but much to the relief of everyone's ears, some of his friends out of it, and he instead winds up joining Drama club or literature club.

Hirokazu- drama club

Suzie- she's a little young for me to able to pinpoint what her interests in middle and high school would be, but maybe an animal caretaking like Kotaro in Ghost Game (Hopefully by this point, she's learned to be more gentle with living creatures).

Frontier

Kouji- I can see him joining his school's Kendo or Bōjutsu team.

Izumi- maybe literature club, as she's seen reading in at least 1 flashback

Junpei- one of the CD drama revealed that he took up Opera, so maybe a club relating to music

Tomoki- Once he's old enough to join a school club, I kinda like the idea of him joining cooking club or a home economics club.

Kouichi- maybe a literature club (then again the only time we ever saw him reading a book was in Takuya's imagination). Or maybe soccer, since one of the CD drama reveals that he apparently likes soccer.

[froggie-bolt]

Day 3: Habits and change

Super late for todays entry, but it’s been a day tbh.

I went through some drafts of mine and just picked something I thought might fit the prompt! I’m so sorry if it sounds rough :,)

So this is based off that one drama CD where Koushiro wrote a love letter and everyone was trying to figure out who it was for. I know at the end he did name someone, but it was bleeped. So for the purpose of this oneshot, pretend he never named anyone. I do nooot like this, maybe I’ll go back and do a re-entry for this day after the week is over…

“So, your love letter.” Taichi began.

Koushiro shrank in on himself. Again with this? Why was it so important?

“Taichi-san can’t we just drop—“

“I won’t tell anyone! We’re alone now right..? You can trust me, I just want to know!” He begged.

Koushiro kept his back to the boy but stopped typing as he considered.

Why did he want to know so bad!? Normally if Koushiro wanted Taichi to stop poking his nose in his business, all he had to do was say so.

But that wasn’t working this time.

“Cmon, if..if it’s Hikari I won’t actually mind. I was just saying that, y’know? Or Mimi or Sora too! But Sora’s into Yamato, so I don’t think that would work–“

“That hypothesis of yours is very heteronormative, Taichi-San.”

Taichi looked up at the boy curiously. He’d never heard that word before.

“Heteronorma-what?”

Koushiro spun around in his chair.

“Heteronormative. Denoting or relating to a world view that promotes heterosexuality as the normal or preferred sexual orientation.” he spoke slowly.

Taichi tilted his head and frowned. He still didn’t understand.

“But how is what I’m saying ‘heteronormative’?”

“You’re limiting your guesses to the girls.”

“Well of course I—“

Then the brunette paused as Koushiro turned his attention back to his computer.

The gears slowly began to turn in his head as he considered what his friend just said.

The room stayed quiet for what felt like a long while.

Was Koushiro saying he liked boys? Was that why he didn’t want to tell them?

“Koushiro, I didn’t know you were into guys.”

He heard the boy sigh.

“I’m into both. But the love letter you’re so insistent about is in fact, addressed to another boy.”

Taichi smiled widley. This was progress! Before, Koushiro refused to give them any hint as to who it was, but now they were getting somewhere.

[izzyizumi]

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You Might Be A Nerd, but Your My Nerd

Older Izumi Koushiro x Non-Binary

Prompt - Nerd/Jock AU

“Are you listening man?”

You were in fact, not listening. You were too busy staring at Koushiro. He was down the hall at his locker. He was putting stuff away since the last class of the day just gave out.

You were standing with your friends, if you could call them out. You all mostly hung out because you were on the same sports team for the school.

You never really liked them. Loud, annoying, bullies, but you never stood up to them, you just didn’t take part in their not so nice activities.

So you weren’t really listening in the first place.

You didn’t want to hear about the girl they hooked up with or the kid they bullied. But you really didn’t listen when Koushiro showed up down the hall. He was a nerd, that's what they called him.

\He was in the computer club at school and he was one of the smarter students. That made him a laughing stock for your ‘friends’. You never laughed at him, mostly because you found him cute.

His short height, compared to yours, he was actually quite tall. His short red that you wanted to run your hands through. Was it soft, or rough?

Was there actually enough hair on his head that you could run your hands through it? That’s what you were doing. “Y/n!” You looked over at the guy to your left. “Yeah?”

You asked and the guy just shook his head. “Never mind man, we’re going to the field. Want to come?” You glanced back at Koushiro. He had closed his locker and was slowly walking to the main exit of the school, which means he was walking towards you.

“No”, you said before walking away. You heard your ‘friends’ sigh and mumble something but you didn’t care. You were busy trying to find out what you were going to say to Koushiro.

You had tried to become his friend before but he mostly ignored you. Probably because he thought you were going to bully him. But you weren’t! You weren’t like the other jocks. You just happened to play the same sport as them.

You really wanted to be Koushiro’s friend, maybe more. “Hey Koushiro!” You called out with a smile on your face. Koushiro looked over at you. “Hey Y/n”, he said before looking away.

“How was your day?” You asked while walking next to him. “Good, no computer club today though”, you also didn’t have practice today. You nodded but didn’t say anything else.

You walked next to Koushiro, talking to him every once and a while. Koushiro talked more since you started befriending him a few months ago. You found that if you got him talking about coding and tech he rarely stopped.

You loved listening to him talk about the stuff he liked.

He always sounded so passionate about his work, Though you had no idea what he was talking about, that caused you to ask questions and for Koushiro to talk more. You loved it.

Once you both got to the door you sped up and held the door open for Koushiro. You pushed it open and held it with a sly smile on your face. Koushiro said thank you with a slight blush on his face.

You closed the door and speed walked to get back to Koushiro’s side. “It was nice talking to you Y/n, but I have to get home”, your smile fell a bit.

One of the main reasons you talked to Koushiro was because you wanted to ask him out. You’ve been thinking and you thought that Koushiro had a crush on you.

Plus, you’ve seen Koushiro hanging out with his friends and his friends were laughing and pointing at you and Koushiro. That was the same thing the popular kids did.

So you really wanted to ask him out, so you could know if you should stop trying to romance Koushiro or not. You stood there watching Koushiro get farther away, wondering if you should.

“Wait!” You yelled out and ran to Koushiro. Koushiro stopped walking and looked back at you confused. “Let me walk you home?” You asked.

That was a start, plus, if you wanted to ask Koushiro out you’d know where he lived. Koushiro didn’t say anything for a bit, “okay”, he said. You smiled and started to walk next to him.

You two made small talk as you walked to Koushiro’s place.

You told him about your practice and how hard you were working to keep your grades up. Koushiro talked about his work, though he didn’t go into too much detail about it.

You still liked hearing him talk.

You shifted the conversion to Koushiro’s friends. You saw him with at least one of them everyday, for being a ‘nerd’, Koushiro had a decent amount of friends. Though it looked like it, you didn’t really have any real friends.

You didn’t count your teammates as real friends. They only really talked to you to brag, talk about games, practice, or to whine that they are failing half of their classes.

Only really half of those things matter to you. You seemed popular, because you were a jock. People at school envied you. You had status, friends, good grades, good at sports, and could get any one you wanted.

But in reality, you envied them.

You frowned when you thought about it. “Everything okay?” You looked up to see Koushiro looking at you with concern, he was also a few feet in front of you.

You hadn’t realized that you had stopped walking. Koushiro looked concerned, like you were his friend. “I’m fine”, you walked to Koushiro, “just thinking about an up and coming test”, you walked past Koushiro.

Koushiro started walking next to you again. Koushiro still looked concerned, “you sure?” He asked again. You glanced over at Koushiro. He was cute when he was concerned.

“Yes, don’t worry your pretty little head about it”, you said with a flirty tone. Wasn’t the first time you flirted with Koushiro. You had no idea if Koushiro liked the flirting, but you liked the blush that overtook his face when you flirted.

Nothing else was said until you got to Koushiro’s home. “Thank you for walking me home”, Koushiro said as he opened the door. “Of course, but Koushiro?”

You said. Koushiro had opened the door and was about to step inside. You took a deep breath and gathered your courage. “Can I take you out on a date?”

You asked nervously. Koushiro blushed again, making his face darker. Koushiro didn’t say anything until you looked away and stepped back.

“Yes”, Koushiro said and caused you to look at Koushiro. “You can take me out on a date. Sunday”, you smiled. “Thank you, nerd”, though people say that as an insult.

You said it with love.

[koushirouizumi]

[Index] Koushiro{u} Izumi {DigiAdvs} Scenes (J.P.N Ver.)

{This is still actively being worked on; Please be patient as I continue to add more!!}

Because I got tired of not being able to immediately refer to scenes without having to use piles of caps / etc.

{More to be added shortly!!}

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{Adventure}

Ep02: Koushiro + rapid Maths Calculations {+Moments; with Jou} Ep05: Inside the Battery; Interests + Adoption {+ Friendly; with Tentomon} Ep10: Koushiro Guides Mimi Out The Maze {+Friendly; with Mimi} Ep13: Koushiro stands to signal support for Taichi’s decision {Friendly} Ep18: Koushiro and Yamato discuss their Crests {+Friendly; with Yamato} Ep20; vs. Etemon Arc (Near-End); Koushiro assisting Taichi Ep21: Hosoda!Koushiro; Communicating from Vademon’s Dimension? {+Moments; with Taichi} [+Taichi’s Monologuing that follows in relation] Ep24: Searching for Crest; & Vademon’s Dimension {+Friendly; with Tentomon} Ep24: Koushiro’s laptop + “Cosmic Power”?? activates communication with Taichi Ep24; Koushiro regains Inquisitive Heart + “I Want to Know!” {+Friendly; with Tentomon} Ep24: Koushiro Snaps Awake {+Friendly; with Tentomon} Ep28 vs Tri. Kyousei: Motimon/Tentomon’s “Bond” {“Kizuna”} with Koushiro Ep28: The Gate sequence {+Friendly, with Taichi} + Part 2 Ep28: Ending moment; Taichi with hand on Koushiro’s shoulder Ep29 x Tri. Soushitsu x 2020 Ep59: Motimon / Tentomon Parallels Ep30: Koushiro {physically} intervening to defend Jou / Pushed from Bridge Ep31: Koushiro’s Polite{ness} +(J.P.N) speech {+Familial; with Mrs. Izumi} Ep31: Koushiro’s Excuses + Adopted!Koushiro Scene {+Familial; with Mrs. Izumi} Ep31: Koushiro’s Bad/bland jokes + Adopted!Koushiro  {+Familial; with Izumis} Ep31: Koushiro’s Guilt + Adopted!Koushiro & Izumi’s concern + Taichi’s worry Ep36: “Just leave your computer behind!” {+Familial; with Izumis} + “Let’s BELIEVE in Koushiro, in our son.” - Mr. Izumi, to Mrs. Izumi [Koushiro sets up Gennai’s “barrier”; Izumis discover Tentomon] Ep36: Koushiro sets off to help the fight; Izumis send him off with love Ep38: the Adoption reveal / “It’s not wrong for you to be obsessed with Computers!” Ep38: Koushiro & Izumis Figure Out the Prophecy {+Familial; with Izumis} Ep39: Koushiro Displaying Compassion for Parents {+Familial; with Izumis} Ep45: Yamato & JouMi Leave the Group {+Moments; with Yamato & Chosen} Ep48: vs. Mugendramon Arc (Start); Koushiro showing concern for Yagamis Ep48: vs. Mugendramon Arc; +Andromon; Fake-Fights {+Friendly; with Taichi} Ep48: vs. Mugendramon Arc; Taichi’s Confession {+Friendly; with Taichi} Ep50: Koushiro (Totally Not) Showing off Skills {with Adv!Chosen; & Taichi} Eps 52~53: “Why WON’T YOU LET ME FIGHT?!?” {+Interaction, with Taichi} Ep52: vs. Piemon; crying out for Jou + teary-eyed {+Friendly; with Jou} Ep53: (Near End) Koushiro’s realizations {+Friendly; with Tentomon} + Tentomon: “But that’s what I like about you” Ep53: (Near End) Adventure Lore about The Crests

[dutchforstrangers]

Rouge - Taikoura one-shot for Shades of Red

For @taioraweek 2023 Day 8

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A/N: Shades of Red is a very precious little story I wrote for digiweek 2021 about Taichi falling for not only Sora, but for Koushiro as well. A story about the wonders of polyamorous relationships and that it takes self-knowledge to take that one courageous step towards a life full of love. So have a new shade of red <3

Based on a little Taiora-scenario I wrote in early 2021 which @seventeenlovesthree made sure to provide with beautiful art which I'm still so in love with :3 You can find it here: [x].

Day 8: Rogue or Blush | Characters: Koushiro Izumi (POV) x Sora Takenouchi x Taichi Yagami | Genre: Romance, some sort of hurt/comfort | Rating: T | Wordcount: 1.293

A yawn escaped him as he stretched his slender frame, the office chair rolling slightly to the back. Koushiro was still up, the different monitors on his desk lined up and on. After much complaining from Sora, who was according to him unnecessarily way too worried about his health, he had installed a filter on the screens. That way he could protect his eyes, but still work during night time.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t work in the day time, no, he had grown fond of working with both Taichi and Sora around. However, they had the tendency to distract them and so, being the night owl of the three, he decided to catch up on work during the night. Koushiro liked the quiet, the only sound interfering his endless thoughts the sound of keys clicking.

Time had already gone way past midnight when the sound of his fingers flying over the keyboard was interrupted with bare feet entering their shared office. Koushiro peeked over his computer screens, his eyes picking up on red-colored messy sleep hair, his nose smelling Taichi’s perfume she was bringing with her into the room.  

“Sora-san, shouldn’t you be asleep?”

His fingers left the keys as he decided to check up on her. He watched her closely and concluded she looked stress. It wasn’t a surprise with the big deadline that was luring from behind a bush called Friday. Koushiro remembered all of her speedy talking which wasn’t very Sora-like, her calm demeanor sliding off.

“I couldn’t,” Sora answered sounding sleepy yet stressed. “Tomorrow’s the first draft for the collection and it feels like I missed a few details. I have to check it.”

Not for one second did she look at him. As if pulled to her drawing table, she walked towards it, her right hand frantically searching for the right pencil underneath the pile of designs. To Koushiro they were all equally wonderful and knowing Sora, he knew she didn’t miss any details. He also knew she was stubborn, perhaps even more so than Taichi, and so he didn’t ask further. Instead he kept a close eye on her while he kept working, thinking it would only be a few minutes before she would return to bed.

But a few minutes turned into over half an hour and Koushiro grew worried. Without saying anything, he stood up to grab the both of them some tea.

“Thanks.” Was all Sora said as he carefully placed the cup on the only empty spot on her drawing table. Her eyes were wide, completely focused on her work. Koushiro looked over all the colors and lines dancing on the papers forming beautiful designs for modernized kimonos.

“I truly admire your skills and ambition, Sora-san. The designs look unquestionably stunning, I’m convinced that they’re enough for a first draft. I’d like to escort you to bed so you can sleep some more.”

“Tell that to yourself, you always stay up late,” Sora snapped back, but immediately realized how mean that was. She finally looked at him. “Sorry, I didn’t mean it like that.”

“I’m aware. You must be tired, hence why I wanted to bring you back to bed,” Koushiro explained calmly.

Sora smiled in return, her tiredness didn’t allow her to keep her lips curled up for too long. “And I appreciate your worry over me. But I just can’t sleep yet.”

Koushiro nodded in response. She gave off a tired look, the determination however made her glow all the same.

A little bit defeated, Koushiro headed back to his seat behind his desk. He sighed before his fingers went back to the keyboard, then started typing once more, the room filled with the tapping sound again. Per usual, it made him loose track of time.

Eventually from the corner of his eye Koushiro could see Taichi’s sleeping body dragging himself into the office. The brown haired man rubbed his eyes and a yawn escaped him as he placed himself next to Koushiro, looking over the computer screens in Sora’s direction. A worried expression emerged on his face and Koushiro looked up to Taichi.

“How long has she been up an working?” Taichi asked with a hoarse sleepy tone followed by another yawn.

Koushiro checked the time.

“It could easily be over an hour now.”

Taichi sighed. It was all he needed to know. He kept standing there, watching her work, worried yet the fondness in his eyes easily outdid the worry.

Even though Koushiro was well aware of Taichi’s adoration and admiration for both him and Sora, he could never get enough of Taichi staring so intensely to especially Sora. It was something he could observe day in and out, it would never grow old.

“What?” Came Sora’s voice. Clearly she had been taking notice of Taichi’s staring. It made Koushiro snap out of his thoughts, however, Taichi only intensified the eye contact he now had with her. “Do I have something on my face?”

“No.” He replied. The features in Taichi’s face changed from intensity to softness accompanied by a cheeky grin.

“Then what is it?” Sora asked, the annoyance in her voice returning.

In a way, even though Taichi meant it well, these little exchanges of words between his two partners made Koushiro feel uncomfortable. Simply because it could go two ways. They would either start bickering, or…

“I just think you’re beautiful.”

Or they would jump each other in a more sexually physical way.

Yes, Koushiro loved them both very much, but their intensity could sometimes be a tad too much. Making him blush in frustration or ecstasy. Often it was both though.

He looked from Taichi to Sora and back in anticipation. Because with Sora being stressed and tired, you could never predict how exactly she would respond.

Koushiro had not expected the cherry red blush on her cheeks radiating warmth and surprise.

“Go back to bed, Taichi,” she stumbled, failing to hide how that one compliment had gotten to her.

“Well, you’ve heard the boss,” Taichi said to Koushiro, taking Sora’s words as his cue to go. “Can you tell her I’d like to see her back in bed soon? And you too by the way.”

Taichi winked and gave Koushiro a sweet small peck on the top of his head before he turned his heel to return back to bed. Alone.

Or so Taichi thought.

Right before he would have left the office, Taichi was stopped by Sora hugging him from behind. Her graceful arms embraced his athletic body, her one hand just able to hold the wrist from her other hand. She pressed her head to Taichi’s back and rubbed her nose into the fabric of Taichi’s sleep shirt, a genuine smile happily dancing on her lips before she spoke.

“Thank you, I needed that.”

Koushiro looked at the both of them, standing in the door way exchanging love in a to him beautiful way. It was tender and fragile, grand in its simplicity.

Where Sora’s blush turned into a warm and grateful pinkish one, Taichi showed a knowing one. Accepting the love he felt for her. For them. And all Koushiro could do was take in the little loving still he was treated to.  

He recalled how their love wasn’t self-evident from the beginning, especially to Taichi. But the road he had followed together with Sora and Koushiro had led him to being his happy and cheesy self again. Where his blush first was one of confusion and shame, it now showed his pride and a genuine love.

Koushiro smiled, a shared blush like rouge now complimenting his own face. Happy he was here with them, being able to see the love unfold in front of him over and over again.

[otakween]

Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner Series - Part 1

More image songs! This time for Adventure 02, but I'm starting out with the older kids. I had a lot of fun listening to all of these. They really went all out this time. 12 CDs with 3 songs each (solo human, solo digimon & partner duet)!? Madness!

Taichi & Agumon

New Sun - Taichi (listen here - subbed)

Taichi singing to Daisuke (or maybe the whole new squad) about how they're taking over the original kids' legacy. The lyrics make him sound very wise.

Took me a second to adjust and picture Taichi singing this because his VA kinda sounds like a granny lol

This had very "Mufasa talking to Simba" vibes. The chorus was catchy and empowering.

Agumon Ondo - Agumon (listen here - subbed)

Agumon singing about how he needs/wants to eat a bunch to grow big and strong. Also, apparently he dances to help digestion lol.

Agumon talking to random kids during the song and then having them sing along was adorable. Also made me feel old.

Team - Taichi & Agumon duet (listen here + translation here)

A very generic song about how Agumon and Taichi make a great team, but it's always charming to hear digimon/partner duets.

Yamato & Gabumon

The Key to Granting Wishes - Yamato (listen here - subbed)

A cheesy shounen song about following your heart and friendship and what not. Comparing it to Yamato's image song from the first season, you can see he's grown past his emo, lone wolf phase.

Wasn't crazy about the song itself, but the music was great, especially the guitar solo. Had a nice bombastic intro too.

It's Alright - Gabumon (listen here & translation here)

Gabumon singing about his bond with Yamato. They both hide behind facades (Yamato's coolness, Gabumon's fur) and are misunderstood. I feel like this was a lot stronger as a character song than Yamato's solo song.

Gabumon's one of the quieter digimon so hearing him sing is a treat!

Our Melody - Yamato & Gabumon duet (listen here & translation here)

A touching (and CHEESY) ballad between Yamato and Gabumon about all the good times they've had together. It had strong drunken karaoke vibes haha.

Although cheesy, the lyrics did warm my heart a bit :') I think digimon/partner bonds get to me more than human/human bonds.

Koushiro & Tentomon

Open Mind - Koushiro (listen here - subbed)

Meh, not a fan of this one. I felt like the lyrics were clunky and didn't flow well with the song's melody.

The song is about Koushiro learning new things about himself and his emotions through his journey in the digital world. Even though I didn't like it, I'm happy to hear Koushiro's voice again :')

Dengeki Rhapsody - Tentomon (listen here - subbed)

Tentomon 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️ I love him so much. This song was really cute and plucky. Basically just Tentomon singing about being a good partner and appreciating Koushiro.

The only thing that bugged me (hehe) about this one is that it implied that Tentomon is always obsessing over food but like...I don't remember that ever happening?

The Scenery of the World! - Koushiro & Tentomon duet (listen here - subbed)

Another banger! Mostly just because I love these two and relate to Koushiro's passion so much. He's singing about how excited he is to absorb all of the world's knowledge and to see the whole world with Tentomon. Koushiro would make a good librarian haha. I too have strong urges to learn everything ever (currently reading every page of Wikipedia).

Tentomon's part of the song is kind of exasperated but in a loving way. He sings about how Koushiro is always staying up late glued to his computer, but that he'll still always stick by his side and pep him up when he gets tired. So wholesome <3

Joe & Gomamon

Towards the Wind - Joe (listen here - subbed)

A lot of these solo songs have the same, general theme about growing as a person. I wonder if the vibe will be different for the younger 02 kids?

I liked the mellow vibe of this song. A nice, easy listen. Joe definitely has the most mature vibes of the gang, despite being dweeby.

Invincible Flutter Kick - Gomamon (listen here - subbed)

Gomamon singing about how helpless Joe is and how he'll always be them to protect him and lighten his load. So cute :3

News to me that Gomamon has an "invincible flutter kick" lol. I mean, I can picture it, but usually he just summoned fish.

Crawl the Sky - Joe & Gomaon duet (listen here - subbed)

Joe and Gomamon singing about their unlikely friendship. They balance each other out. I kind of wish the chorus wasn't the usual, cheesy "we can do anything if we're together!" lines. The first part of the song was a little stronger when they were comparing each other's characters.

These songs are making me wish I had a little buddy to explore the world with :'(

Mimi & Palmon

Super☆Girl - Mimi (Listen here - subbed)

Mimi singing about her personal growth. It was a pretty generic, motivational song about being brave to be yourself and not fear mistakes.

I do really enjoy how unabashedly girly Mimi is and her songs always reflect that.

A Little Pinkie's Fantasy - Palmon (Listen here - subbed)

This one was just weird. The lyrics were super awkward. I think they're alluding to a pinky promise when Palmon talks about a "pinkie's fantasy," but the metaphor doesn't really work. Also the line about glittering lips also seems like a non-sequitur.

I've never been a huge Palmon fan, so I think that's mostly why this one was no good for me. (She's also a little tone deaf lol).

Happy Smile - Mimi & Palmon (Listen here - subbed)

It's nice to hear a song where Mimi and Palmon are talking about their friendship cuz Mimi could honestly be kinda nasty to Palmon in the anime lol.

Some of the lyrics in this were a little clunky (they basically said stuff like "fun things are fun!" "Smiling is nice!" "Pretty things are good!") but I liked the sentiments about distance not weakening their bond. That resonates with me as an adult who doesn't have many opportunities to see my friends in person.

Sora & Piyomon

Shiny Days - Sora (Listen here - subbed)

Uhhh I think mostly this one was just poorly translated because it was literally like a word salad. Like, read the lyrics here (or in the video subs) and you'll see they straight up make no sense --> https://www.animelyrics.com/anime/digi02/shinydays.htm

Sora is my least favorite Adventure character so it checks out that here song kinda sucks lol (sorry).

Wait this song has the same title as the Yuru Camp opening!

My Music Score - Piyomon (Listen here - subbed)

A nice straightforward song about Piyomon's love for Sora. I like how they incorporated her name into the song with all the "pipipi" and "piyo piyo." Very cute.

If We Fly Together - Sora & Piyomon (Listen here - subbed)

I feel like there was some nice harmonizing on this one. I hope the VAs had fun haha

The lyrics in this one were sweet. I especially liked this line about "telling each other secrets we hide from the stars." That really illustrates Sora and Piyomon's close bond.

[tobiasdrake]

Digimon Adventure 02x02 - Digital Gate, Open! / The DigiTeam Complete

Previously on Digimon Adventure: Daisuke got so upset about Hikari and Takeru's Digimon history that he marched right out and got his own Digimon out of spite. And succeeded! Hikari was only mildly impressed but Taichi was so psyched that he adopted Daisuke on the spot.

We pick today's episode up right where the last left off: In a tangled pile of limbs and regrets.

Taichi: This is.... Takeru: ...the computer room? Iori: D-Did you just return from the Digital World? Daisuke: Yes, that's right! (jumps to his feet) We're back! The Digital World was so cool! We were attacked out of nowhere by this dinosaur-looking Digimon and-- Miyako: I'M GOING TOO!!! Daisuke: Geh!?

Miyako jumps right up in Daisuke's face, cutting him off.

Iori: Miyako-san, let's put it aside for today. Miyako: Why!? Don't you want to go!? Iori: No, I am interested too. But if I don't get home soon, my mother will worry. Taichi: Yeah, we should all head home for the day. Koushiro: I also think that would be best. Takeru: Let's do that, Miyako-san.

Finding not even one person sympathetic to her eagerness, Miyako pouts, then exclaims:

Miyako: NO FAIR!!! EVERYONE ELSE GOT TO!!!

Which is entirely hyperbolic, given that neither Koushiro nor Iori got to go. But, in her defense, the only reason she missed this trip is because Iori's computer broke down and she had made a prior agreement to help with that.

Inoue "I WANNA GO TO THE DIGITAL WORLD!!!" Miyako is such an interesting contrast to Tachikawa "I WANNA GO HOME!!!" Mimi. They both have similar stripes, but of different colors.

Against Miyako's wishes, everyone leaves the computer room and we hear the Gate shutting down. Which. Was not expected behavior, as Koushiro returns a moment later.

Koushiro: Oh, I should turn that off-- Huh? Koushiro: ... Koushiro: The Gate is closed....

Mysterious!

In the dub:

Tai: Where are we!? T.K.: This is the computer room! Cody: Hey, when you guys came through the computer, where did you come from? Davis: Where? The Digital World! (jumps to his feet) That place is the coolest ever! There we were when suddenly a dinosaur-like Digimon attacked and that's when I jumped into action! Yolei: Enough! Let's go back! Davis: Huh!? Cody: I think we've had enough excitement for one day. Yolei: Don't you want to go to the Digital World, Cody!? Cody: Of course seeing all those monsters and stuff would be fun but tonight's macaroni and cheese night at my house and I don't want to miss out. Tai: (despondent) That's right, it's pork surprise at my place. Izzy: Stuffed green peppers and a salad. T.K.: TV Dinners in the microwave. Yolei: NO FAIR!!! I WANNA GO!!!

As usual, details in sound effects don't carry over to the dub. We don't hear the Gate shut down as they leave, and instead get a little bit of extra dialogue.

T.K.: Don't worry, Yolei. You'll get a chance. Yolei: WHEN!?!? Izzy: (returns) Oops, I almost forgot to turn off the computer. Izzy: ... Izzy: The Gate's closed....

Izzy doesn't make a surprised noise so it's not super clear how we're supposed to feel about that. Also, very minor, but the lack of a surprised noise makes it a little awkward when he silently stares dumbfounded into the camera with a blank expression for a couple seconds.

Fantastic job with Yolei's outburst.

Making the "We should all go home" conversation about what family dinners everyone has waiting for them still captures the spirit of the discussion while adding a lot of individual character to it. Nice touch.

Though Cody's line misses a key point of characterization. Iori is a prim and proper boy like Jou. He needs no further reason to go home than the simple fact that it's getting late and his mom will fret about him if he isn't home punctually. Also keep in mind that Iori is about 9. As a third-grader, he's only a year older than Hikari and Takeru were last series.

Cody implies that he'd be fine staying out late if they were having something less tasty for dinner, implying that this decision is selfishly-motivated.

I'm also not sure what he means by "We've had enough excitement for one day." He and Yolei haven't done anything. That's why she's so upset.

Everyone leaves school, but Taichi, Hikari, and Takeru do not go home. Recent events warrant the making of other plans.

Yamato walks out on his band in the middle of rehearsal.

Bandmate: What the hell, Yamato? You're going home already? Yamato: I have something important to take care of.

A brief moment that establishes this meetup is spur-of-the-moment. Taichi's asked everyone to drop what they're doing for an all-hands-on-deck emergency meeting. Well, all hands but Mimi who is... let's say, difficult to reach.

Yamato is the last to arrive at the playground for the team's meetup.

Takeru: Ah, Onii-chan! Taichi: Yamato! Yamato: Sorry I'm late. Sora: (hops down) We haven't all been together like this in a long time.

You still aren't, and that's very rude. You don't have to go off the cliff yet but I'm watching you. (•̀⤙•́)

We cut from the team to Iori's place, where he's practicing kendo on the balcony.

Iori: The Digital World... What sort of place is it?

Inside, Miyako's working on his computer as promised.

Miyako: I'm definitely going to the Digital World tomorrow. Fumiko: (Iori's mom, through the door) Miyako-chan, will you be eating dinner with us? Miyako: Ah, I'll go home!

...I guess that's a no.

In the dub:

Bandmate: You're leaving already, Matt? We're not done with rehearsal! Matt: Sorry, guys. There's something I gotta take care of. (Playground) T.K.: Here he comes! Tai: Hi, Matt! Matt: Hey, everybody! Sorry I'm late. Sora: (hops down) It's been a long time! It's nice to be back.

Dub Sora does not clearly assert what it's been a long time since, and kinda makes it sound like she recently returned from vacation or something.

Cody: (kendo) I wonder what it's really like to actually travel into the Digital World? (Inside) Yolei: I don't care if they don't want me along! Tomorrow, I'm going to the Digital World! Fumiko: (through the door) Yolei, are you staying for dinner? Mac and cheese! Yolei: No, but thanks anyway! I have to get going.

Cody's more concerned with the experience of travel than the nature of the Digital World itself. Yolei is taking this "We should go home for the night" thing incredibly personally, but it makes sense given how upset she is.

Meanwhile, in his room, Daisuke tosses a soccer ball and thinks about Veemon.

Daisuke: I wonder what he's up to right now.... Yamato: (sudden cut) ARMOR EVOLUTION!?!? Taichi: Yeah. I've never seen evolution like that before. Agumon and the others weren't able to evolve, but Daisuke's Digimon did. Sora: Daisuke from Soccer Club was in the Digital World?

Daisuke may have been Taichi's kouhai specifically, but if he was in Soccer Club then he would have played with Sora and Koushiro too.

Takeru: Miyako-san and Iori-kun from my apartment building have Digivices too. Jou: So those three are new Chosen Children? Koushiro: I believe so. Sora: But if this Digimon Kaiser is indiscriminately hunting Digimon, will Piyomon and the others be okay? Hikari: Mimi-san sent me an email from America. She was worried about Palmon.

The text in Mimi's email is too small for me to make out the more complicated kanji, but we do get our first glimpse at her final 02 design. Love the hair. Sad she doesn't keep it in Tri.

In the dub:

Davis: Boy, I just can't stop thinking about Veemon. Matt: (sudden cut) Digi-Armor Energize, huh?

You know, the sharp cut bit really doesn't work without the frantic yelling.

Tai: It was a form of Digivolving I've never seen before. Somehow Davis's Digimon was able to Digivolve but Agumon and the others weren't. Sora: You mean Davis from the Soccer Club went to the Digital World? T.K.: That's right. And the two kids from my apartment building, Yolei and Cody, also got new Digivices. Joe: Well, if they have Digivices, that means that they're the new DigiDestined. Izzy: That's just what I thought. Joe: Mm... Sora: One question: If this Digimon Emperor's really hunting Digimon and making them his slaves, will Biyomon and the others be okay? Kari: I got an email earlier from Mimi in America. She was asking the same question.

Everybody stays on script. No notes.

Suddenly, Yamato has an idea.

Yamato: Why don't we go too? To the Digital World. Koushiro: But... When we left the room, the Gate had already closed. Yamato: Right... That makes sense. Group: ... Koushiro: In any case, tomorrow I'll inspect all of the computers in the Computer Club again. Taichi: Yeah! I'll go too. Sora: I'll go too. Hikari: Mhm! Takeru: Mhm! Jou: Sorry, I have a National Practice Exam tomorrow.... Yamato: I skipped band practice today, so.... Taichi: Got it! We can handle it. Yamato: Let me know as soon as anything happens. Taichi: Uh-huh!

I'm not 100% sure what test Jou has tomorrow but it's bound to be a big deal. As of today, he's started 9th grade, his final year of mandatory education before he moves on to high school. A big national test like that is probably non-optional. As a "practice exam", I'd wager it's an initial assessment of student abilities before the year's education takes place.

In the dub:

Matt: I think we should just go there and do things our way! Izzy: We can't! I went back to check the computer and the Gate was already closed. Matt: That means... We can't help them? Group: ... Izzy: I'm going back first thing tomorrow morning to check the computer and see if the Gate has opened up again. Tai: Mm! I'm going with you! Sora: And so am I! Kari: Mhm! T.K.: Mhm. Joe: I can't. I've got an oral test tomorrow on laryngitis. Matt: Yeah, and my band's got a big concert coming up so we have to practice. Tai: Don't worry about it, guys! Just leave everything to us. Matt: Okay. But let us know if you need us.

Not everybody stays on script. A few notes.

Izzy says he'll be going "first thing tomorrow morning", suggesting he plans to do this... before school? This makes negative sense, especially since he doesn't even go to that school anymore. Though, given all the futzing with everyone's grades last episode, that might not be true? IDK.

Yes, this does imply that Jou's national exam is after the end of the school day. I cannot say if that's normal or not.

Flipping the timing to "first thing in the morning" means we are now discussing skipping school. So, Joe's reason for backing out still works. But now Matt's is weird. Were you... Were you already planning to ditch so you could practice?

Separate from that, Matt is weirdly aggressive about the new kids. "We should go do things our way!" I guess he really doesn't like the concept of Armor Digivolution. This doesn't have to be a competition, my guy.

The altered timing also creates consistency issues with the following scene. As we move to next day, clearly after school because that is the time of day when children are walking away from the building and not towards it.

Koushiro has returned to the elementary school's Computer Club as promised. He has the Gate pulled up on the computer. He types at it, but gets a rejection beep. Types some more and gets another rejection beep.

Koushiro: Like I thought, the Gate is still closed. (sound of door opening) Miyako: Huh? Izumi-senpai? Koushiro: Ojama shimasu.

Miyako and Iori enter Computer Club to find Koushiro in there. Not being privy to the Team Meeting, this is an unexpected sight for them.

Koushiro's response is easy to translate in words but not in intent. It literally means, "I am going to bother you." It's a customary phrase for entering someone's home. It pairs with ojama shimashita when you leave someone's home, which literally means "I have bothered you." It's playful nuisance energy filtered through Japanese politeness.

The point is, this is Miyako's club now, not Koushiro's. He is a guest and, polite as ever, engages with her accordingly.

(Not sure if she's club president or still just a member but the point is that Koushiro is no longer either.)

Koushiro: I've been thinking about what happened yesterday. Iori: I couldn't sleep last night either. Please take us to the Digital World today. Gate: (unlock chime) Koushiro: But the Gate is-- Eh!? The Gate's open!?

Convenient! I'm sure that's a coincidence. No need to look too deeply into it.

In the dub:

Izzy: Just as I thought, it's still closed. I've gotta find a way to the Digital World! Yolei: Izzy! Izzy: Huh? Yolei: What are you doing in here? Izzy: Oh, hi. I was just trying to get more information on what happened here yesterday. Cody: I couldn't sleep last night. I kept thinking about it. Izzy, will you take me with you to the Digital World? Izzy: I can't 'cause the Gate's not-- Gate: (unlock chime) Izzy: Huh!? Look! It's open!

The Gate waits slightly longer so that it can open at the most ironic time possible. XD

We still lose some sound effect details, though. First, Koushiro's keyboard clacking and the two rejection noises. Koushiro is actively trying to open the Gate and failing. Izzy seems to have just pulled it up, noticed it was closed, and proceeded to pout at it.

The other is the sound of the door opening when Miyako and Iori enter. I guess Izzy likes to hack reality with the door wide open.

No sooner has Koushiro noticed the open Gate than do the others arrive. Daisuke, Hikari, and Takeru enter the room, followed by Taichi and Sora.

Daisuke: Hey! Sora: Hello.

Daisuke, Miyako, and Iori present their new Digivices to the class.

Sora: Those are the new Digivices? Taichi: They're the three Digivices I pulled from the Digimental. Miyako: Hey, let's hurry up and get to the Digital World! Daisuke: (teasing) Heh, the Digital World is a scary place.... Miyako: Oh, don't try to brag when you've only been there once! Iori: We are prepared for a little danger.

多少の危険 Tasho no kiken. A little danger. Some mild peril. A reasonable level of risk.

Nobody tell Iori about... (scans through series 1) ...really all of that, honestly. Yeah, we'll go with all of that.

Koushiro explains the situation with the computer.

Koushiro: All of the other computers appear to be fine. However, it seems that this computer is the only one with a local Gate open on it. But a Gate's never been open two days in a row before! Daisuke: Whatever, let's go! To the Digital World!

Taichi, your kouhai is... acting like your kouhai. Fix that. XD Daisuke is aggressively disinterested in the particulars of the Gates.

An interesting note is that the first series only sometimes used the phrase "Digital World". It tended to refer to it as the Digimon World, or the Digimon's world. But 02 has thus far been very consistent about saying Digital World.

In the dub:

Davis: How's it goin', guys? Sora: Hi, everybody. (The new trio shows their Digivices) Sora: Those are the new Digivices? How cool? Tai: That's right. Those are the ones that were released from the Digi-Egg when I touched it. Yolei: Well, what are we standing around here for? I say let's get going! Davis: Hold it! I think I should give you a couple pointers about some of the things you're about to see. Yolei: Gimme a break! You've only been there once! What do you know!? Cody: I think we should be prepared for a little danger. Izzy: My suspicions were confirmed. I just checked the other computers. None of them seem to be affected by this. The Gate is only open on this one here. That's not all; The Gate has never been open two days in a row before. Davis: Then i say we get going! All ashore that's going ashore!

Solid. No notes.

Time to get going. To the Digital--

Voice: Well, if it isn't Yagami! Taichi: (flinch) Voice: It's been a while! Taichi: Fujiyama-sensei!

Hey, remember Fujiyama-sensei? He was the teacher in charge during the Chosen Children's fateful summer camp. They emotionally blackmailed him into letting them off in the wrong part of Tokyo, resulting in them predictably getting lost and having to hitchhike home through an ocean of child predators. And then vanishing into the bay on the back of a kaiju.

Fortunately, nobody found out about that so he remains employed. Despite the bad idea that he knew was a bad idea ending even worse than he could have anticipated. The moral of the story is: do not dump the children in your care at random parts of a metropolitan city. Trust your instincts and tell the crying children no.

Fujiyama: Takenouchi and Izumi too! What are graduates like you doing here? Taichi: W-Why are you here, Sensei!? Fujiyama: (poses dramatically) I'm the Advisor for Computer Club! Taichi & Sora: EHHH!?!? YOU CAN USE A COMPUTER, SENSEI!?!? Fujiyama: (still dramatically posed) Of course not! Taichi & Sora: (faces fall)

Taichi takes a moment to get over the whiplash, then starts physically pushing Fujiyama backwards out of the room.

Taichi: That's right! I had something I wanted to ask you about, Sensei. Fujiyama: What's that? Taichi: I'm having a lot of trouble keeping up with middle school classes. But let's not talk here!

Taichi successfully pushes Fujiyama all the way out of the room and down the hall. He signals the others with his fingers as he departs, giving them the go-ahead to leave without him.

Sora: (english) Thank you, Taichi.

Taichi is taking a bullet for us. While conveniently getting out of the way because he had his turn, and now it's Sora and Koushiro's turn to spend quality time with the new kids.

In the dub:

Voice: Tai Kamiya, is that you!? Tai: (flinch) Voice: We haven't seen you in a while! Tai: Mr. Fujiyama! Fujiyama: And Sora and Izzy are both here as well. Didn't you all graduate? Tai: Yeah... We did... And what are you doing here? Fujiyama: (poses dramatically) I'm the new head of the Computer Club! Tai & Sora: Huh!? But what do you know about using computers!? Fujiyama: (still dramatically posed) Hehe, not a single thing. Tai & Sora: (faces fall) (Tai starts pushing Fujiyama out) Tai: I just remembered, there's something I've been meaning to talk to you about, Mr. Fujiyama. You got a minute? Fujiyama: Sure, what is it? Tai: Well, I've been having problems adjusting to high school! It's the girls, ehehe... They're so much older! (Tai and Fujiyama leave) Sora: Thanks, Tai. We owe ya.

Almost a straight 1:1 translation, though Tai's pivoted from academic advice to romance advice and remains "in high school". He will regret this pivot.

Okay, now we can go to the Digital World.

Koushiro: Well, now's our chance.

The seven kids hold their Digivices up to the screen, which absorbs them through the Gate and passes them on into the Digital World. Miyako and Iori get new outfits like Daisuke's, while everyone else transfers over in their same clothes.

Iori: So this is the Digital World. Huh? My clothes changed! Miyako: (checking out her outfit) Oh wow! This is amazing! Daisuke: Check out how cool I look! Miyako: Not bad, but mine are cooler! Daisuke: Oh no, mine are definitely cooler! Iori: I think mine are pretty cool.

While the children playfully bicker about their magical Digital World outfits, the older veterans look on with no small amount of bewilderment. Sora is the only one whose jaw isn't hanging open, and that's because she's using it to talk.

Sora: These new Chosen Children are completely different from us. Have the times changed? Hikari: (teasing) Please don't start talking like an old maid!

Fortunately, we cut away before Hikari can receive the inevitable flick to the nose for that remark. :P

In the dub:

Izzy: Alright, let's get going. (Transfer to Digital World) Izzy: Is everyone okay? Davis: Yeah, but I feel like I just went through the rinse cycle of a dishwasher! Cody: Wow... So this is the Digital World. Hey, wait... I'm wearing different clothes. And they're pretty comfortable too. Yolei: Hey! I'm dressed like I'm part of the cool crowd! Davis: I forgot the part about the new wardrobe. Yolei: I love this helmet! It makes my glasses look smaller! Davis: I wonder if they have anything in a surfer style? Yolei: Wait 'til I tell my sisters I got free clothes! (Pan over to the veterans) Sora: Kids today have no sense of values. When I was a kid, I showed a lot more respect whenever I received a gift. Kari: (teasing) Sora, I hate to say this but you're sounding just like my mom!

Yolei and Davis's playful bickering is turned into them nerding out as friends over the cool outfits. Plus side, it's much more rich in interesting character details than "Mine are cooler" "Nuh-uh mine are".

Sora and Kari's exchange captures the spirit of the original; Sora starts talking like an old lady and Kari calls her out on it. It's a little more awkward in the dub, though.

In the original, Sora comments on the generation gap between the two groups of Chosen Children. In the dub, she delivers an impromptu Kids These Days ramble because the new kids don't appreciate their new clothes enough. Even though... I'm honestly not sure what they said that's disrespectful.

Also, Sora, you're 14. I think the dub thinks you're like 15 or 16 but even so, you are a kid. That is a very realistic thing for a teenager to say so I'm not dinging it for being a bad line but I actually am old so I get to be snippy about teenagers saying "When I was a kid." XD

Once the new kids are settled in their outfits, the team sets out to look for their Partners.

Sora: PIYOMOOOOOON!!! Koushiro: TENTOMOOOOOON!!!

Unfortunately, they're not alone. Watching from his control room, the Digimon Kaiser giggles to himself.

Kaiser: Huhuhuhuhu... I've been waiting. Come, let's start the game. Go, Snimon!

As Snimon leaves the base to attack, we get a closeup on the dark ring around their thorax.

In the dub:

Sora: Biyomon! Izzy: Tentomon! (Meanwhile, the Emperor) Emperor: Huhuhuhuhu... I've been waiting for you to get here. Now, let the games begin. Snimon, attack!

Pretty much 1:1. The Kaiser/Emperor has been sitting in-lobby waiting for the other players to queue up. Despite his trash talk, it really goes to show how interested he's become in PVP since the new game mode was rolled out yesterday.

Meanwhile, the kids continue their search.

Daisuke: V-MOOOOOON!!! WHERE ARE YOU!? V-MOOOOOON!!! V-mon: DAISUKEEEEEE!!! Daisuke: Ah! V-mon: DAISUKEEEEEE!!!

V-mon sprints across the field and gives Daisuke a firm handshake.

Daisuke: V-mon! V-mon: Hey! We found Patamon and the others' nakama!

Patamon, Tailmon, Piyomon, and Tentomon come over the hill to join them as well. Agumon seems to have somehow got the memo that Taichi wasn't coming on this one. No clue what's become of Gomamon, Palmon, or Gabumon, who were also missing from the group last episode too.

Koushiro: Tentomon! Sora: Piyomon!

As the veteran Digimon approach, Sora and Koushiro embrace their partners.

Koushiro: Tentomon! Tentomon: Koushiro-han! It's good to see you looking well! Sora: Piyomon! Piyomon: I missed you so much, Sora! Sora: I missed you too.

In the dub:

Davis: VEEMOON!!! WHERE ARE YOU!? VEEMON!!! Veemon: Davis! Davis: Haha! Veemon: Davis, I'm over here! (Firm handshake) Davis: Veemon! Veemon: Davis! I've brought Patamon and his friends with me! (Patamon and the others come over the hill) Izzy: Tentomon! Sora: Biyomon! (Hugs) Izzy: Tentomon. Tentomon: Izzy, you're a sight for big green sore eyes! Sora: Biyomon. Biyomon: I've missed you, Sora! Sora: I've missed you too.

A minor note. When V-mon says they found Patamon and co.'s nakama, it's a reference to last episode. The difference here isn't the word nakama itself. The dub translates it into "friends" as dubs often do, which works fine in this context. No, the point of contention is 見つけた mitsuketa, or "found".

This reunion connects directly with last episode. Agumon and Patamon were with Piyomon and Tentomon when they were attacked by Snimon. Piyomon and Tentomon were struck by Snimon's attacks and fell behind, while Tailmon and Taichi were able to get Agumon and Patamon to safety.

This word choice is explaining that, after we left last night, V-mon, Patamon, Agumon, and Tailmon were able to go back and regroup with Piyomon and Tentomon.

We aren't gonna have much time for this reunion, though. In a cool bit of imagery, the shadow of a cloud passes over the children and leaves behind the shadow of Snimon. But now that we're together, this won't turn out like last time.

Takeru: Sora-san, get down!

Takeru tackles Sora to the ground, letting Snimon whiff past overhead. The other children hit the ground as well, with Miyako quite reasonably screaming at the top of her lungs.

The veterans take to the air, letting off Magical Fire, Petit Thunder, and Air Shot. Snimon's aerial mobility is too great, however, as they weave through the attacks unharmed.

Tailmon uses this distraction to close distance, throwing her Neko Punch into Snimon's unguarded face. Snimon takes the hit without flinching, then slaps her to the ground with their scythe arm.

As she hits the ground, Tailmon laments.

Tailmon: Of course... I'm powerless without my Holy Ring....

Aw, shit. This is turning out like last time.

In the dub:

T.K.: Sora, move it! (tackle) (Everyone tries and fails) Gatomon: I'm sorry but, without my Tail Ring, I don't have enough power.

Alright, warm-up's over. Time for V-mon to get into the mix.

V-mon: Damn it! I'll Armor Evolve and wreck this guy! Daisuke, Digimental! Daisuke: Yeah! Kaiser: (control room) I can't let you do that. Go, Drimogemon!

Suddenly, a sinkhole opens up underneath Daisuke and he plunges in, barely managing to stop his fall by hanging onto the side. Down below, Drimogemon emerges from the depths of the earth.

Narrator: Drimogemon. An Adult-stage Digimon that lives deep underground. Their special attack is Drill Spin. V-mon: DAISUKE!!! Kaiser: (control room) Go, Mojyamon!

Lying in wait, Mojyamon quietly emerges from the treeline.

Narrator: Mojyamon. An Adult-stage Digimon that typically lives out in isolated snowy regions. Their special attack is-- Mojyamon: Hone Hone Boomerang!

Hone means "bone". This is one of the rare attack names to not fully be called in English.

The Hone Hone Boomerang catches V-mon offguard, knocking him into the pit with Daisuke. Daisuke catches V-mon's hand to keep him from falling, but loses his own grip. They plunge together into the abyss, disappearing with Drimogemon into the depths of the earth.

In the dub:

Veemon: Don't worry about it! I'll just have to Armor Digivolve. Davis, get the egg ready! Davis: Right! Emperor: (control room) Not so fast there. This is not a drill, Drimogemon. (Davis falls into the sinkhole) Tentomon: (rundown) Drimogemon lives deep inside the cavities of the Digital World. His Drill Spin attack will make you wish you were at the dentist!

Tentomon's taking some time away from being attacked by Snimon to fill in our diegetic rundowns. His original rundown for Drimogemon was practically word-for-word from the original, but he's feeling a little spicy this time around.

Veemon: Are you okay? Emperor: (control room) You're up, Mojyamon. (Mojyamon emerges from tree line) Tentomon: (rundown) Mojyamon's a frosty Digimon from the snowy mountains. His Bone Boomerang attack will make your head spin! Mojyamon: Bone Boomerang!

Both the Emperor and Tentomon were feeling very playful about Drimogemon, but then were like, "And also Mojyamon, I guess." Guess we know who the favorite on this team is.

Seeing Daisuke swallowed up by a subterranean predator rattles Miyako and Iori. Miyako drops to her knees and they both tremble in place.

Miyako: No way... He got sucked into the ground.... Iori: We... We have to help him.... Koushiro: We should escape for now. Iori: But Daisuke-san....

"Sucks to be him, but oh well." ~Koushiro, apparently.

Up in the sky, the three airborne Digimon try to keep Snimon busy. Sora grabs Miyako by the arm and tries to explain things better for Miyako and Iori.

Sora: If they capture us here, then we won't be able to rescue Daisuke and V-mon!

Despite the Child Digimon's best efforts, Snimon and Mojyamon move in and surround the children. Miyako is simply too frozen to move.

Sora: Come on, hurry up! Miyako: This is... this is... (crying) NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Somebody regrets being so gungho about coming here. Now she and Mimi are on the same page. We have been here for five minutes and now Daisuke's dead probably and a yeti is going to eat our bones. What a great place to go to commercial.

In the dub:

Yolei: Oh my. They're gone. The ground just opened up and swallowed them. Cody: Well, I want to go home now. Izzy: First, we have to protect ourselves! Cody: But what about Davis? (Digimon fight Snimon in the air while Sora tries to get Yolei to move) Sora: Davis will be fine, he's got Veemon, but our Digimon are only at half strength! We've got to get away! (Mojyamon and Snimon surround them) Yolei: I can't take this! I wanna go home! (bawls loudly)

"Sucks to be him, but oh well." ~Cody, Izzy, and Sora. Absolutely nobody cares about saving Davis. Because he's Davis.

Speaking of, Daisuke wakes up to find himself suspended from a cliff above a ravine, with iron manacles around his legs and wrists.

Daisuke: This... It's.... Kaiser: (in person) You finally woke up? Daisuke: Who's there!?

The Digimon Kaiser is perched on the cliffside above Daisuke. He cranes his head up, but it's unlikely he can get a good glimpse of the guy from that angle.

Kaiser: Huhuhu.... I didn't think you'd be so easy to capture. I thought you'd be tougher than that. It's disappointing. Daisuke: Are you the Digimon Kaiser? Kaiser: That's right. Daisuke: Aren't you just a kid like me!? Kaiser: Ahahahaha! Just like you!? Don't even joke. There's a huge difference between us. Here's your proof.

The Kaiser snaps his fingers. Across the cliff, a square compartment opens up and withdraws into the cliffside, replaced by a panel with V-mon shackled to it.

I'm not entirely sure what that proves but okay, man. You do you.

Daisuke: V-mon! V-mon: Daisuke! Ehehe... (embarrassed) They caught me.... Daisuke: Damn it! If you could just Armor Evolve.... Kaiser: That won't be possible.

The Kaiser holds out Daisuke's Digivice and his little pocket computer with the Digimental.

Kaiser: You can't do anything without these. (smugly) Can. You?

What a dick! Though I should note that, historically, holding a Chosen Child's seized Digivice in your hand has rarely worked out well for their captor. But I don't expect him to understand the particulars of their gear.

The dub skips the commercial break from before and goes straight from Yolei screaming into Davis hanging from a cliff.

Davis: Huwaugh!?!? (thinking) Oh, great. I must have been walking in my sleep again.

Yep, that's it. That is definitely how you got here.

Davis: Where... Where am I? Emperor: You're just hanging out. Davis: Who are you!?

Someone who's thrilled to finally have an audience for his dad jokes.

Emperor: Ehehehe... I'm your worst nightmare come to life. Frankly, I'm rather disappointed that I was able to catch you so easily. Davis: Are you the Digimon Emperor? Emperor: Speaking! Davis: But you're a kid just like me! Emperor: Ahahahaha! I'm nothing like you, because if I were then I'd be the one hanging from a cliff. Ooh, that reminds me. (Emperor snaps, revealing Veemon) Davis: Veemon! Veemon: Davis! Hey... Great view, isn't it? Davis: I haven't had time to look! Quick, Armor Digivolve! Emperor: Uh, just one problem. (Kaiser holds out Digivice and computer) Emperor: Aren't you going to need these to pull off that little trick? Ahahahahahahahaha!!! Davis: Augh!

The dub then puts its commercial break here, on the literal cliffhanger of Davis not being able to Digivolve Veemon.

This is mostly pretty good. They're having a lot of fun writing the Digimon Emperor; He is chewing every ounce of scenery and it's great.

There's just a couple weird nonsequitur moments that fall flat. Specifically, the sleepwalking bit and Veemon's inexplicable "Hey, nice view!" They clearly wanted gags there to break up the tension of Davis literally being suspended over a cliff while the villain gloats, but the ones they came up with were more "Huh?" than funny.

The Emperor taking Davis's "just like me" a little too literally, on the other hand, is gold.

Elsewhere, in the woods, the other children have gotten away.

As they're walking, Miyako and Iori's Digivices start letting out a repeating chime. Everyone stops and checks their Digivices.

Iori: Huh? What's going on? The Digivice is reacting to something? Takeru: (speaking for him and Hikari) But our Digivices aren't reacting to it. Sora: (speaking for her and Koushiro) Same with ours. Piyomon: Could it be because of the...? Tentomon: No question about it. Sora: The...? Piyomon: Everyone, follow us.

Explaining absolutely nothing, Tentomon and Piyomon lead the confused children off into the woods.

The dub misses the repeated chime that instigated this entire scene. We just have to take Cody's word for it that it's making sounds because there are no sounds to hear.

Cody: Wait up. This Digivice you were nice enough to give me is starting to make noise. T.K.: My Digivice is going off too! I think something's nearby. Sora: A building of some sort! Biyomon: Hmm... There are no buildings around here. Tentomon: No, just the temple. Sora: Temple? Biyomon: Yeah, but it's closed down now Tentomon: They couldn't book enough weddings or bar mitzvahs. Sora: Well, something in there's making our Digivices go off and I don't think it's the caterers! Let's take a look!

...no. No, dub team. Only Cody and Yolei's Digivices are supposed to be going off. You know, because there's... There's kind of a reason why those specific Digivices would be reacting to something nearby, and no other.

There is, perhaps, something nearby that is specifically calling out to those specific children. And not to Sora, Izzy, Kari, or T.K.

Also, Sora's Digivice tells her that the reaction she's not supposed to be getting is coming from a nearby building? Did Izzy upgrade the Digivices with a three-dimensional geomap of their surroundings or something?

Piyomon and Tentomon lead the way to a great pyramid in the middle of the woods.

Koushiro: That's.... Iori: Doesn't it look like the ruins of a Mayan pyramid?

The children follow the beeping from Miyako and Iori's Digivices into the pyramid, until they come upon a central chamber with a pair of pedestals on a raised platform. Sitting on the platform are a pair of familiar looking egg-shaped artifacts.

Piyomon: Look up there, Sora! Sora: (gasp) Are those Digimentals!?

The team climbs the steps to approach the pedestals, seeing a pair of familiar Crests emblazoned on them, just as the Crest of Courage was on Daisuke's Digimental.

Iori: It's reacting to this egg-looking thing. Sora: This is the Crest of Love. Koushiro: And this is the Crest of Knowledge.

Sora and Koushiro step forward to lift their respective Digimentals, but the artifacts refuse to budge.

Sora: I can't. Koushiro: It's too heavy. (Flashback to Taichi in the playground meeting) Taichi: Daisuke easily lifted the Digimental with the Crest of Courage that I couldn't even budge. (End of flashback)

This is not a line we saw Taichi deliver, but the scene did cut away to Iori and Miyako while he delivered the recap. Contextually, this is clearly part of said recap.

Sora and Koushiro exchange silent glances, then turn to their junior partners.

Sora: You try it, Miyako-chan. Koushiro: Iori-kun too. Miyako: Me? Iori: O-Okay!

Okay, we need to talk about this for a moment because it's kind of nuts that Miyako is not designated to the Crest of Knowledge, despite literally being established as Koushiro's junior. That is one of the first things we learned about her: She's a technology whiz with a lot of admiration for her former club president Koushiro.

No, 02 has a very particular and kinda lazy way of divvying out Crests. It keeps its Crests gender-segregated. Girl Crests are for girls and boy Crests are for boys. With the main character boy Crest going to the new main character boy. Absolutely zero effort, which will be reinforced once the Digimentals of Friendship, Purity, and Sincerity enter the picture.

That's not to say Iori doesn't exhibit the values of the Crest of Knowledge. He is both curious and insightful. He's not a zero-effort character. But it's still very much an "I see what you did there, and it's lazy," thing.

And it's further wild that the characters assume this will be the case too. Regardless of who the Crests actually go to, what part of their relationships up to this point leads Koushiro to go, "Iori is definitely my understudy. It couldn't be Miyako. She and I have nothing in common." Even if Iori is the inheritor of Knowledge, not Miyako, why would Koushiro just assume that out of hand?

Now, if this were the Digimental of Purity, I could see having Miyako try that. She's demonstrated some clear Mimi-like qualities. But so far as Love and Knowledge go, all we really know about them thus far is that Miyako was in computer club under Koushiro and Iori cares a lot about his mom.

I feel like Sora and Koushiro just... made sexist assumptions, which were then validated by lazy metaphysics.

The dub gives Yolei a gag line while the kids are ascending the pyramid.

Yolei: I'm exhausted! Hasn't anybody heard of escalators!? (Entering the pyramid and approaching the shrine) Biyomon: Look at it this way, Yolei. Only a few more steps to go! Yolei: (groan)

Yolei raises a valid point. The Digital World is weird and arbitrary, and often likes to insert scattershot appliances everywhere. So there's no reason they couldn't have installed an escalator into these ancient ruins. I'm with her on this. Whoever's responsible for restocking the Egg Fridges and installing new Numemon Dispensors should get right on that.

Sora: They look like Digi-Eggs. Cody: That must be what our Digivices have been reacting to. Sora: Look! That one has the Crest of Love on it. Izzy: And that one has the Crest of Knowledge. (Izzy and Sora try, and fail) Sora: It's just no use. Izzy: We'll never be able to move them. (Flashback) Tai: I don't understand. I couldn't budge the Digi-Egg with the Crest of Courage on it but somehow Davis moved it with no problem. (End Flashback; Sora and Izzy exchange glances) Sora & Izzy: Hmm.... Sora: Yolei, I think you should try to move it. Izzy: You too, Cody. Yolei: What!? You want us to try it!? Cody: Uh, okay....

With the exception of Yolei's comical aggravation at the pyramid design, this is played pretty straight.

Miyako and Iori step up to the pedestals. As with Daisuke, they easily lift the Digimentals.

Hikari: (awed) They lifted them.... Takeru: (awed) It's just like that time with Daisuke.

The new Partner Digimon emerge from the orange and purple beams in front of Miyako and Iori respectively. They're both Child-stage Digimon in the Free attribute, like V-mon.

Like V-mon, they also seem designed to be pre-evolutions for existing Digimon. Hawkmon and his Adult form Aquilamon seem to be more natural pre-evolutions to Garudamon than Piyomon and Birdramon, while Armadimon seems to resemble a Child form for Tortomon.

Narrator: Hawkmon. A polite and cool-headed Child-stage Bird-type Digimon. Narrator: Armadimon. A charming and carefree Child-stage Mammal-type Digimon.

Their rundowns tell us a little about their personalities and nothing more. Like V-mon, these Digimon were created for the show and thus are meant to be a little mysterious. What are they? Where did they come from? These aren't answers we're going to get from the Narrator reading off their wiki entries.

In the dub, Hawkmon and the only slightly renamed Armadillomon handle their own rundowns.

Kari: They were able to lift them! T.K.: Just like Davis did yesterday! (New Digimon emerge) Hawkmon: (rundown) Ahh! It feels so good to be out from under that stuffy rock and spread my wings! Armadillomon: Howdy! Why'd ya have to wake me up? I was having such a nice dream....

Hawkmon and Armadillomon both have noticeable accents as they wake up, which seems to be how the dub intends to translate their respective "coolheaded" and "charming carefree" voices. Hawkmon speaks with a posh British accent while Armadillomon is a Texan cowboy.

Notably, Armadimon does speak with the Nagoya dialect. This doesn't really translate to a Southern drawl, which is more associated with rural folks. Nagoya is, itself, a major urban area, so something like a Bostonian accent may have been more fitting. But... Y'know... Armadillo. I can see where they were coming from.

Meanwhile, Hawkmon is a bald eagle with face paint and a feather headdress. Giving such a Native American-coded character a British voice is a remarkably tone-deaf translation choice.

It's also interesting to note that Hawkmon is the first Partner Digimon who presents the opposite gender as his Chosen Child. Inasmuch as Digimon present gender, which is to say that he has a male voice and uses masculine verbage instead of feminine verbage when speaking, unlike Palmon, Tailmon, and Piyomon.

The new Digimon proceed to introduce themselves to Miyako and Iori.

Hawkmon: My name is Hawkmon. I've been waiting for your arrival. Miyako: H-Hang on a sec.... Armadimon: (yawn) I slept well! Were you the one who woke me up? My name is Armadimon. Thanks dagyaa! Iori: Ah! Uh.... Hawkmon: Come then, Miyako-san! Let's fight together! Miyako: W-Wait a second! I can't fight! Hawkmon: Oh!? (considering) That's going to be a problem....

Weirdly, Hawkmon already knows Miyako by name even though V-mon needed Daisuke to introduce himself. Not sure if deliberate inconsistency or plot hole. Could go either way.

Right off the bat, Armadimon introduces us to some of the distinct characteristic of the Nagoya dialect: The kitty-cat speak. Nagoya speakers are stereotyped as cat-like because they pronounce ae and ai sounds as a singular "a" that other Japanese speakers hear as "ya".

This results in words like the お前 omae Armadimon uses in this sentence coming out as "omyaa". To a Tokyo ear, Armadimon basically said, "Were nyow the one who woke me up?"

We also see Armadimon's favorite sentence ender dagyaa, which serves a similar purpose to the Canadian "Eh?" or the Minnesota "Doncha know"; A habitual phrase that simply conveys that the sentence is complete, played up as a regional stereotype.

So far as I know, this is not an actual thing Nagoya dialect speakers say but instead a TV thing. In fact, all of my attempts to research dagyaa ended up circling back to "The thing that Armadimon in Digimon Adventure says."

In the dub:

Hawkmon: Greetings! My name is Hawkmon and I've been waiting to make your acquaintance. Yolei: Uh... You talking to me? Armadillomon: (yawn) Wowee, I think my shell fell asleep. Hi, I'm Armadillomon, and you and I are partners! Cody: Uh... Well.... Hawkmon: So then, Yolei, you and I shall be working together as a team. Yolei: What!? I don't fight! Except with my sister over who gets the last cookie! Hawkmon: Are you saying you refuse to fight!? Harrumph! Why do I get stuck with a defective human!?

Dub Hawkmon says nothing about fighting but Yolei assumes that's what he's talking about. Which, given what she's seen thus far, is probably a fair assumption.

Dub Hawkmon throws a fit at Yolei's refusal. The original seems to accept her opinion, and is simply troubled by its ramifications for their Partnership.

Seeing Miyako's hesitancy, Sora steps forward and places her hands around Miyako's and the Digimental. Then she shares a bit of history from her team's journey three years ago.

Miyako: Sora-san.... Sora: A girl named Mimi-chan used to say the same thing. (Flashback to Mimi) Sora: "I don't want to fight! I don't want to see anyone else get hurt!" (End flashback) Sora: I didn't want to either. But someday you'll be grateful to have met the Digimon and gone on an adventure with them. I'm certain of it. So ganbatte. Miyako: (thinking) Sora-san's hands are so warm....

As usual, ganbatte is a word that doesn't really translate well, as it refers to the Japanese cultural value of perseverance over adversity via hard work and dedication. A lot of context is encapsulated in that one word. She's telling Miyako to face the hardship Miyako fears head-on and push through.

Miyako's takeaway from that speech was "OMG She's touching me."

Now is probably a good time to mention that the fandom is approximately 135% sure that Miyako is bi as fuck. Can't imagine why.

In the dub:

Sora: Yolei.... Yolei: What is it, Sora? Sora: I have this friend. Her name is Mimi and she's a lot like you. (Flashback) Sora: She used to tell me that she didn't want to fight anymore either, even though she knew she had to. (End Flashback) Sora: She did it for the Digital World and for us. Yolei, the more you do to help your Digimon, the closer the two of you will become. And that's a friendship you'll carry with you for the rest of your life. And you've got another friend for life too: Me. Yolei: Aww!

Dub Sora loses the plot after the flashback. She suddenly shifts topics to friendship-building. The dub also skips Miyako lingering on Sora's touch; Yolei seems to be paying more attention in this one.

Alright, now it's Iori's turn for a senpai-kouhai pep talk.

Koushiro: Iori-kun, what do you think about the Digital World? Iori: What do I think? I don't know yet. I just got here. Koushiro: But you are thinking about it, aren't you? Iori: Yes... I've made a few suppositions... But new questions keep popping up one after another, and there's so many things I want to understand. Koushiro: Iori, you have a heart full of curiosity. Just as I thought. Iori: A heart full of curiosity? Koushiro: If there is anything you can't understand, please go ahead and ask. We're nakama, and we share our power. We can think together. Iori: I will!

Again, I'm not sure where Koushiro got the idea that Iori is filled with boundless curiosity. He indicates that he already suspected this. He's right, but I don't know why he knows that. The only thing Iori's said to that affect was, "What sort of place is the Digital World?" and he was alone on his balcony for that.

Miyako is the one who's been raising a fuss about how badly she wants to see the Digital World, after furiously interrogating Koushiro about it and the Digivices. Miyako's demonstrated far more curiosity up to this point than Iori has.

In the dub:

Izzy: So tell me, what do you think of the Digital World so far, Cody? Cody: I don't know. After all, I've only been here for a short time. Izzy: Well, you must have some sort of opinion. Cody: Well... I try not to make up my mind until I have all the information but this place is so new to me, I have so many unanswered questions. I'm afraid I don't know where to start first. Izzy: You seem like a curious kid who just wants to know all the facts. Sounds like someone I know. Cody: What should I do? Izzy: Do just what I did: Learn to trust your instincts. And if there's a problem you can't solve, just come to me, and you and I will solve it together. Cody: Okay!

..."Trust your instincts"? Who are you and what did you do with Izzy? That's. Not. A thing. He does. Koushiro/Izzy trusts his ever-expanding knowledge base.

Encouraged by their mentors, Miyako and Iori turn towards their new Partner Digimon, clutching the Digimentals.

Hawkmon: So, Miyako-san, Iori-kun, please yell "DIGIMENTAL UP!!!" Iori & Miyako: DIGIMENTAL UP!!!

I know we just met these two less than three minutes ago but nonetheless, Hawkmon and Armadimon ARMOR SHINKAAAAAA!!!

With the Digimental of Love, Hawkmon evolves into Horusmon. Who has teeny-tiny Hawkmon wings that certainly could not lift a creature of that size, and it's kind of hilarious.

Nobody knows how to translate Horusmon and it gives me cancer. The official romanization is Holsmon, which is only slightly better than the dub's Halsemon. But this isn't like Centarumon where they misspelled it in Japanese. ホルスモン is literally ホルス Horusu モン mon, named for the falcon-headed Egyptian deity Horus. Who apparently neither the dub team nor the official romanization team have ever heard of.

So it's Holsmon in the Digimon Reference Guide, it's Holsmon in Wikimon, it's Holsmon in the subtitles. And I want to throw things. Because it's Horusmon.

In any case, Horusmon is an Armor-stage Free-attribute Beast-type Digimon.

Horusmon: Flapping Love, Horusmon! Narrator: Horusmon! A Beast-type Digimon that excels at aerial combat. He releases shockwaves from his wings with his special attack, Mach Impulse!

Excels at aerial combat despite those teeny-ass wings that aren't even attached at the right place. I'm sorry, I can't stop laughing at them. They look vestigial as fuck, and they don't even flap when he flies. In fact, nothing about him flaps which really calls into question the title of Flapping Love.

The Digimental of Knowledge makes Armadimon into Digmon, whose hands are scissors made of drills. Frankly, that is the scariest design in the show thus far. His face is a drill and he has drill scissors. Also he's an insect for some reason? Antennae and gossamer wings. For when you need to drill the sky.

Armor-stage Free-attribute Insect-type Digimon. There's not really a lot to say here with Armor evos. They're all Armor stage and Free attribute.

Digmon: Steel Knowledge, Digmon! Narrator: Digmon! An Insect-type Digimon that is unbeatable underground. He attacks with all of his drills at once using his special attack Gold Rush.

I'd rather he didn't. That sounds unbelievably gruesome.

As the children stare in awe at their new Armor Digimon, Horusmon interjects.

Horusmon: Now, let's go save our teammates (nakama).

In the dub:

Hawkmon: I beg your pardon, but in order for us to Armor Digivolve you must say "Digi-Armor Energize". Yolei & Cody: Digi-Armor Energize!

Huge inconsistency with the fact that Hawkmon needs to tell them that but Davis instantly knew it without being informed. But no more inconsistent than Hawkmon and Armadimon knowing Miyako and Iori's names when V-mon didn't know Daisuke's.

Halsemon: Halsemon, the Wings of Love. Halsemon: (rundown) I am an Armor Digimon. As Hawkmon, I used the Digi-Egg of Love to Armor Digivolve. I use my Tempest Wing attack to defeat my enemies.

"Wings of Love" is not what he's called, but I'll allow it because it's actually better than Flapping Love. They got a little poetic with 羽ばたく愛情 Habataku Aijou, and the dub is better off for it.

His rundown, on the other hand, completely sucks. He says absolutely nothing.

Digmon: Digmon, the Drill of Power. Digmon: (rundown) I, too, am an Armor Digimon. As Armadillomon, I used the Digi-Egg of Knowledge to Armor-Digivolve. Digmon: Now whaddya say we go find the others?

Digmon's rundown is even worse, and he also missed the memo that his title is supposed to have the Crest Virtue in it. There is no Crest of Power, Digmon. Are you embarrassed to be associated with Izzy? Because that's fair, he's an awful adaptation, but still.

Back at the cliffside, Daisuke and V-mon are still hanging out.

Daisuke: Damn it! Give me back my Digivice! Let V-mon go! Kaiser: That's not going to happen. This is what happens when you trespass in someone else's garden. I'm going to let you see the moment when your Digimon becomes my pawn.

The Kaiser snaps his fingers, conjuring one of those black rings.

(Rude. You're not allowed to throw Poke Balls at another Trainer's monster. At least play the game correctly.)

Daisuke: STOP IT!!! Kaiser: Huhuhuhuhu.... V-mon: Heh, go ahead and try, but I'll never be a minion of yours! Kaiser: What did you say?

As the black ring slowly approaches V-mon, he continues to reject the Kaiser's claim.

V-mon: I waited for so long... I waited for such a long time to meet Daisuke... I'm not about to become your minion now that I've finally met him! Daisuke: V-mon.... Kaiser: Then we'll just try it now. Daisuke: STOP IT!!!

A small translation note. The subs here use the word "slave". The Kaiser is going to make V-mon his "slave". But the word for that is 奴隷 dorei.

The actual word that the Kaiser and V-mon are tossing back and forth is 手下 teshita, which means his subordinate, his underling, his henchmon. Much softer terminology than "slave".

While the effects of the black ring are clearly to enslave Digimon, this choice of language may indicate that the Kaiser doesn't think of what he's doing as slavery. In his mind, he's just... going to make V-mon work for him. He's catching a new Pokemon.

Or it could just be the word choice of the moment. We'll keep an eye on that moving forward.

In the dub:

Davis: Gimme back my Digivice! And let Veemon go! He has nothing to do with this! Emperor: Yeah, right! You've both been trespassing in my garden without my permission. And as your punishment, you'll be forced to watch Veemon as he becomes my slave. (Emperor summons the Dark Ring) Davis: VEEMON, NO!!! Emperor: Ahahahahahaha! Veemon: Ha! You'll never get me to be your slave! You might as well destroy me right now and get it over with! Emperor: As you wish. (Dark Ring begins its approach) Veemon: Hey, take it easy, I was just kidding! Come on, old buddy, don't you know a good joke when you hear one? You know, a little comedy to lighten the mood. Haha, funny guy Veemon, c'mon! Davis: Veemon, no.... Emperor: I don't hear anyone laughing now, Veemon! Davis: LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!

Oh hey, they kept the flowery "trespassing in someone's garden" line. Good job.

The dub goes for the slave terminology, so no hypothetical nuance there. We'll reserve judgment for that based on whether that's actually a point of the Kaiser's characterization or not.

What was V-mon making a verbal last stand, defiantly shouting down the Kaiser and refusing to accept his fate even as inevitability comes for him, is now Veemon pathetically pleading for his life. Thanks, I hate it. Partner Digimon of Courage, everybody.

Suddenly, at the last moment, the cavalry arrives.

Horusmon: RED SUN!!!

Horusmon's Red Sun attack is a pair of red beams fired from his eyes. On impact with the black ring, they explode in the shape of an identifiable red sphere.

(Of note: Among his many domains, Horus is a sun god.)

Kaiser: What the--!? Miyako: DAISUKE!!! Daisuke: Miyako!

Miyako rides into battle mounted on Horusmon's back. While all eyes are on her, Digmon suddenly erupts through the wall behind V-mon, catching him with his adorable little scoopy legs.

Digmon: We're here to rescue you! V-mon: You saved me!

You're just lucky those aren't even more drills, V-mon.

In the dub:

Halsemon: TEMPEST WING!!! (Halsemon destroys the Dark Ring) Emperor: Who's that!? Yolei: DAVIS, HOLD ON!!! Davis: Save Veemon! (Digmon saves Veemon) Digmon: Sorry to burst in on ya like this! Veemon: You coulda knocked!

I guess Red Sun is Tempest Wing. I thought Mach Impulse was going to be Tempest Wing.

They're probably doing that dub thing where all of a Digimon's attacks have the one name for some reason.

Seeing which way the wind is blowing, the Kaiser decides to withdraw.

Kaiser: Hmph.

He turns to go, but finds Tailmon standing in his path.

Tailmon: I won't let you pass. Wormmon: I won't let you lay a finger on Ken-chan!

Out of nowhere, his little caterpillar minion steps in. Wormmon never gets a rundown so now's a good time to go over him. Wormmon is a Child-stage Larva-type Digimon. He's also a Free-attribute Digimon created for the show like V-mon, Hawkmon, and Armadimon.

You may notice that he does not have a black ring anywhere on him. He's also distinct for being the only Digimon among the Kaiser's forces to address him by his real name. It's easy to guess why; It's pretty obvious what his relationship to Ken-chan is.

Wormmon goes full-offense, lunging at--

Tailmon: NEKO PUNCH!!!

Tailmon punches Wormmon in his useless-ass face and sends him hurtling back into the Kaiser. The impact knocks Daisuke's Digivice and pocket computer out of the Kaiser's hands.

Kaiser: CRAP!!!

Daisuke's gear plunge into the chasm. Horusmon passes by and Miyako catches them out of the air.

Miyako: (pleasantly, in English) Thank you!

XD Miyako is the best. Also, poor Wormmon. He tries.

In the dub:

Emperor: Hmph! (Emperor tries to leave, finds Gatomon waiting for him) Gatomon: This litterbox ain't big enough for the both of us. Wormmon: Keep your claws to yourself, you big bully! (Wormmon lunges) Gatomon: (silently punches Wormmon) (Wormmon slams into the Emperor and sends Davis's gear flying) Emperor: You're useless! (Yolei catches the gear) Yolei: (pleasantly) Thank you!

The dub seems to be avoiding having Wormmon address Ken-chan by name. I think they're trying to keep him as an ominous and mysterious force of evil. The original, on the other hand, wants you to be thinking about the fact that, at the end of the day, this guy really is just some kid like Daisuke. Underneath the wicked shades and sick cloak and vile personality, there's a human boy named Ken-chan.

Furious, the Kaiser turns on Tailmon.

Kaiser: OUT OF MY WAY!!!

The Kaiser grapples Tailmon with his whip, then flings her off the cliff behind him.

Okay, yeah, the fact that this was a fight he could win means that was a pretty major whoopsy-doodle on Wormmon's part. Wormmon is actually less formidable than Ken-chan.

Kaiser: COME OUT, SNIMON!!! MOJYAMON!!! DRIMOGEMON!!!

The Kaiser's forces emerge from region around him. Snimon rises into the air, Mojyamon comes out from his hiding place in the rocks, and Drimogemon bursts forth from the earth.

As he's regrouping, the Chosen Children do the same. Daisuke descends the cliffside to join the group; Who freed him from his shackles and why they didn't bring him down themselves is unclear. Tentomon carries Tailmon safely to the ground to join the group as well.

Daisuke: That Digimon Kaiser...! Miyako: Here. (hands of Daisuke's gear) Daisuke: (English) Oh! Thank you! (Japanese) Alright, let's start our counterattack! Let's go, V-mon! V-mon: Yeah! Daisuke: DIGIMENTAL UP!!!

V-mon Armor Evolves into Fladramon and joins the fray.

In the dub:

Emperor: Here, kitty! (Emperor throws Gatomon off the cliff) Emperor: SNIMON!!! MOJYAMON!!! DRIMOGEMON!!! (The Emperor's forces emerge while the DigiDestined regroup) Yolei: Here ya go. Davis: Thanks a lot, Yolei. Now it's time for a little payback. Whaddya say, Veemon? Veemon: Yeah! Davis: DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!!!

Solid.

The two sides mobilize their forces. The Kaiser sends Snimon in to attack.

Horusmon: Hang on tight, Miyako-san. Miyako: Okay!

Horusmon takes flight. No flapping is involved.

Fladramon: Destroy those black rings! Do that and they'll all return to their senses. Horusmon: Got it!

While Horusmon flies up to engage Snimon, Drimogemon attempts to conceal themself underground. Digmon puts his own drills to work and pursues.

(Ludicrous as Digmon's drills are, it's worth noting that Drimogemon has far more. Both Drimogemon's front and hind legs have three drill fingers apiece, plus the narwhal horn drill in the center of their face. So, so many drills.)

Digmon: You won't get away!

That leaves one opponent remaining for Fladramon.

Mojyamon: ICICLE ROD!!!

Mojyamon hurls an icicle spear at Fladramon.

Fladramon: Ice against fire.

Fladramon blazes up his claw and catches the spear, melting it into water.

Mojyamon: O_O Fladramon: KNUCKLE FIRE!!!

Fladramon's counterattack ignites Mojyamon, setting every last surface of the hairy beast on fire. Which happens to also destroy the black ring. I guess that's one way to do it. I sure hope someone's got water handy to put out the flames now.

Daisuke: YOU DID IT, FLADRAMON!!!

In the dub:

Halsemon: Better hold on tight to me. Yolei: Okay! (Halsemon flies off to fight Snimon) Flamedramon: Let's show them what Armor Digimon can do against the slaves of the Emperor! Halsemon: ATTACK!!! (Drimogemon goes underground) Digmon: (wordlessly pursues) Mojyamon: ICE CLOUD!!! (Mojyamon throws the decidedly un-cloudlike spear) Flamedramon: When it's fire against ice, fire always wins. (Flamedramon catches and melts the spear) Mojyamon: O_O Flamedramon: FIRE ROCKET!!! (Flamedramon sets Mojyamon on fucking fire and also destroys the Dark Ring) Davis: Yeah! You destroyed the Dark Ring, Flamedramon!

They cut out the part where Flamedramon tells the two newbies how to fight these guys. Do they just... all somehow know what Dark Rings are?

Rather than explain what they need to do in order to end this fight with minimal harm, Flamedramon boasts, "Yeah, let's fuck these slaves up!" Like, he is stoked to beat the shit out of some mind-controlled puppets. Tonally, this is exactly wrong.

Though it does better match what they, uh... proceed to do in the fight.

The icicle spear is not a cloud. It in no way resembles a cloud. To be fair, it's not a rod either. It's more of a spike than anything else. Everybody is wrong here.

That's one adversary down. Two to go.

As Horusmon closes distance, Snimon fires off a pair of Shadow Sickle blades. With one blade forming a \ shape and the other in a /, it will be difficult to dodge them both. But Horusmon is up to the task, doing a barrel roll in midair to skate past both shots.

Closeup of Miyako screaming at the top of her lungs when gravity momentarily stops being friendly to her riding experience.

Horusmon: MACH IMPULSE!!!

Once past Snimon's attack, Horusmon lets off his Mach Impulse, which takes the shape of two crescent blades parallel to one another fired from his Digimental helmet's wings.

Once his shots are away, Horusmon breaks off his approach and descends into the canyon. The attacks continue forward, with one blade precisely skirting past Snimon's midsection and carving away the black ring without harm to Snimon.

Miyako: You did it, Horusmon!

In the dub, Snimon calls their attack.

Snimon: TWIN SICKLES!!! (Halsemon evades with a barrel roll, freaking out Yolei) Halsemon: Time for TEMPEST WING!!! (Halsemon shoots and breaks off, hitting his mark) Yolei: You did it, Halsemon!

Yeah, they had to do the Togemon "add words to attack name" thing for Mach Impulse. You'd think they wouldn't. It has the same number of syllables as Tempest Wing. In theory.

But in Japanese, Mach Impulse has six. Ma-hha-In-pa-ru-su. So we're at Chiku-Chiku Bang-Bang/Check out my Needle Spray all over again.

Deep underground, Digmon is waiting to ambush Drimogemon.

Drimogemon bursts into a subterannean chamber to find Digmon already there, in position and ready to fire.

Digmon: GOLD RUSH!!!

Digmon lets off all five of his drills as missiles, which strike his target dead-on and explode on impact. Uh, if his target was Drimogemon's face, as not one of the drill missiles even comes close to the black ring.

Fortunately, while blowing Drimogemon the fuck up, he inflicts enough splash damage to break the ring too.

(Horusmon was the only one paying attention when Fladramon said to shoot for the black rings, including Fladramon.)

Digmon does not get a verbal pat on the back from Iori as nobody can see this happening. The Kaiser does seem to have made it back to his control room, however, as we briefly cut to him reflecting on his defeat.

Kaiser: Huhuhuhu... Not bad. It wouldn't be any fun otherwise....

In the dub, Digmon takes advantage of his lack of lip flaps to quip at Drimogemon before firing:

Digmon: I guess we're the drill team! GOLD RUSH!!! (Digmon blows up Drimogemon and also succeeds incidentally) Emperor: (control room) Hehehehehehe! They're better than I thought! This makes things a lot more interesting!

Goddammit, Digmon. XD

With the three Digimon released from bondage, the Chosen Children see them on their way.

V-mon: Are you okay? I'm sorry, I didn't have any other choice. Mojyamon: No, this doesn't hurt nearly as much as the agony of being the Digimon Kaiser's minion.

Okay, since Mojyamon also uses the term 手下 teshita, I think we can safely assume it's just the show's particular word-choice for the Digimon's enslavement and not a specific point of characterization for the Kaiser.

I'd guess they're probably dialing down the language because Children's Cartoon. Similar to how 殺す korosu, "kill", is used sparingly.

As the three liberated Digimon depart, the children unpack.

Daisuke: That Digimon Kaiser is a jerk! Wow, I am so pissed off right now! Hawkmon: Miyako-san. Daisuke: Eh?

No one cares how mad you are, Daisuke. XD

Hawkmon: Moving forward, will you continue to lend me your power? Miyako: Sure, I'll be with you to the end. Armadimon: Iori, I look forward to getting to know you dagyaa. Iori: (politely) I look forward to that as well. Sora: From now on, they'll have to ganbatte in our place. Koushiro: No, we have to ganbaru as well. Piyomon: That's right, Sora. We have to do it too. Tentomon: We can't let the younger generation pass us by! Sora: I guess you're right.

Sorry, Sora, but you ain't getting out that easy.

Remember that speech Sora gave that Miyako wasn't listening to because she was too busy Gay Panic Blue-Screening over Sora touching her? It makes that scene even funnier when you realize that, despite her beautiful words, all Sora actually meant by it was "Yesssssss I'm FREEEEEEEEEEE."

Neither of them was correctly invested in this sweet mentor/pupil torch-passing moment.

In the dub:

Veemon: Sorry we had to fight you but we had to get rid of the Dark Rings. I hope we're still buds. Mojyamon: It's okay. Thanks for saving us! Being the Emperor's slave was the worst! All day long, it's "Destroy this", "Destroy that", "Get me a Cappuccino". Oy!

Toning down the part about "the agony of being his servant" and making it a laugh line instead.

Davis: He makes me so mad! Digimon Emperor... I'll show him who's in charge around here! Hawkmon: Settle down. Davis: Huh!? Hawkmon: So, Yolei, will I be able to count on your assistance from now on? Yolei: Absolutely! 100% Armadillomon: And will we be a team, Cody, when I'm not nappin'? Cody: Of course. I'd be honored to be your partner. Sora: Well, it looks like the new DigiDestined team doesn't need us around anymore. Izzy: I don't know. I still think we have a lot of work ahead of us. Biyomon: We can still help them fight the Emperor. Tentomon: And we can also provide them with advice and guidance! Sora: What a team!

"I'll show him who's in charge"? Davis, are you trying to dethrone the Digimon Emperor or supplant him?

Hawkmon directly addresses Davis and tells him to shut up. In the original, they ignore him, prompting his reaction when nobody cares about his outrage.

The funny moment where Sora tries to quit and gets dogpiled by the crew is dialed down to a casual discussion of whether the older kids can still be of use.

Well, it looks like we're done here. Time to get going.

Daisuke: Alright, let's head home! Kaiser: (control room) So, which Digimon do I want to play with next...?

As the kids return through the Gate, Taichi finally gets away from his former teacher.

Taichi: Ugh, I'm beat... Fujiyama-sensei never stops talking....

Taichi sees the bright light from the Gate opening and hears various screams and crashes. He rushes into the clubroom, finding the others once again in a tangled pile of limbs, now with their Partner Digimon in the mix.

V-mon, Hawkmon, and Armadimon have all regressed to Baby stages, though Patamon and Tailmon remain in their base forms.

Taichi: Is everyone okay!? Team: (groaning) We're fine.... Taichi: You brought the Digimon with you!? Daisuke: Eh? (notices Chibimon on his head) HUH!?!? Miyako: (hugs Poromon) AHHHHHH SO CUTE!!! Iori: (observing Upamon) We didn't bring them with us. They just followed us. But why did they take this form? Hikari: They must have regressed to their Baby stages. Patamon: But we didn't change. Takeru: That could be because our Digivices are different. Sora: Huh? What about Piyomon and Tentomon? Piyomon: Soraaaaa! Sora: Hm?

The kids turn their attention to the screen, seeing that Tentomon and Piyomon remain in the Digital World. They did not follow the children through the Gate.

They continue casually having this conversation while tangled up in the limb pile. Except poor Koushiro who's stuck in Family Guy Death Pose.

Piyomon: Sora, we're going to investigate what we can about the Digimon Kaiser. Tentomon: We'll let you know if we find anything. Sora: Sounds good. Be careful and don't do anything reckless. Koushiro: Guys... I'm sorry but... PLEASE GET OFF OF ME!!!

Koushiro's comical despair sees us out for the episode.

In the dub:

Davis: Well, it's time to go home!

The dub skips over the Kaiser's brief moment and goes straight to the return to the human world.

Tai: The birds and the bees, huh? Thanks Mr. Fujiyama! (exits) Boy, when it comes to girls, this guy has a lot to learn. Huh!? (Bright light flash in the computer room, with screaming and crashing) Tai: What happened to you guys!? Team: Please don't ask. Tai: The new Digimon returned to their In-Training forms! Davis: Huh!? Augh! Yolei: Wow! He's so cute! Cody: I don't understand how this little fella can turn himself into such a great big creature like Digmon. Kari: Are we gonna have to do this every time we come back? Patamon: And I thought Digivolving was a tough job! T.K.: Well, at least we made it back to the real world safe and sound. Sora: Hmm, except Biyomon and Tentomon. Biyomon: Sora! Sora: (silently turns to look) Biyomon: Don't worry. We'll both be safe here because the Digimon Emperor never comes out at night. Tentomon: Imagine! All that power and he's afraid of the dark. Sora: Well, get some rest. You'll need it for tomorrow. Davis: Yeah! That's when we'll go back to the Digital World and beat that Digimon Emperor once and for all!

As we zoom out from the school, they then superimpose the cut shot of the Kaiser over the scene as if to imply that he's somehow monitoring this conversation.

Emperor: Oh, really? Well excuse me if I don't start shaking in my boots! Narrator: What does the Digimon Emperor have in store for the new DigiDestined? Find out on the next Digimon: Digital Monsters!

What the fuck? Okay, dub team. Sure.

Setting that aside. The dub seems to imply that they brought the Digimon home on purpose. Nobody's surprised by their presence, only their regression. For reasons unclear, Biyomon and Tentomon weren't able to make it through the Gate. They will not be doing anything useful, and are just... not in danger, even though we couldn't take them with us for some reason.

On the plus side, Tai spent this whole episode having what was apparently an F-tier sex talk. XD Dipshit Tai can call him out on how bad his understanding of women is! And he threw up in Sora's hat and didn't tell her once! I guess Fujiyama must be a manosphere bro.

Assessment: Okay, I'm just gonna come out and say this: Sora feels wrong in this episode. I touched on it earlier with the Digimentals, but I feel like her role here was written for Mimi.

It's weird that Sora instantly pegs Miyako as having exhibited Love qualities when Knowledge and Purity are the qualities we've actually seen from her thus far.

Miyako's freakout about becoming a Chosen Child requires Sora to tell an anecdote about Mimi's growth and development as if it were her own.

The funny closing moment where Sora tries to seize the opportunity to bail on all this Digital World nonsense and everyone has to shout her down feels like a Mimi moment. Sora's never been like that before.

This feels like a Mimi episode with Sora accidentally reskinned over her.

Nonetheless, 02's setup continues. The children have met the Digimon Kaiser in person for the first time, as well as unlocked two more Digimentals. There's still a lot of details to come, but we're well on our way to a full team of next-gen Chosen Children.