#yamato x koushirou

[izzyizumi]

{D I G I M O N} Adventure: [2020 Reboot/Spin-off] ~ Episode 02 (Japanese version) + D I G I T A L {P r o j e c t i o n}!Taichi's {A d v i s o r}!Koushiro + Yamato & Koushiro Interaction{s} {YamaKou} + (Bonus) Taichi & Koushiro {KouTai} / {TaiKou} / {Taishiro[u]}

"THAT's why Koushiro's {sugei}/{sugoi}!" - T A I C H I

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Digimon Adventure tri. ~ Audio Drama C.D. (Taking place BEFORE '02' timeline, {"2001 Summer"}, released during Tri release era) ~ Koushiro, coming back from the Izumi family grave of Koushiro's biological parents, meets {in Kyoto in the Kansai region} suddenly with Yamato, {Yamato} whose grandmother "Kinu" lives nearby in Shimane Prefecture, where parts of "Our War Game" also took place (Koushiro had been travelling for a while already) "HEY! {OI!!!} Koushiro! {Sounding surprised} It's you, Koushiro {isn't it?!}" "H-HUH, Yamato-san?!! In this kind of place, {what are you DOING here--}"

"I was buying {Kyoto} omiyage!!" - Yamato

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[froggie-bolt]

Dialogue:

Taichi: “Get back here! You better shut up Daisuke, or so help me—!”

Daisuke: “oh cmon, I wouldn’t tease you if you’d just tell him! Aren’t you the original holder of the crest of courage!?”

Digimon doodles haha

Mostly just Taichi and Koushiro

So like, that cake at the end of Our war game right? I like the idea that Taichi’s mom is bad at cooking from the Digimon movie haha. Again, Taichi told him so.

The jerseys in the second one aren’t green for any reason I just thought it was the best colour. A soccer game between to OG chosen children and the 02 chosen children :) but Daisuke has been teasing Taichi about something…👀

I feel like if ANY of the chosen children would say “I will pay for your therapy” it would be koushiro. All of them need therapy holy crap

[levi-supreme]

Thanks for the tag @levisbrat25, @thevelria, and also @charlotteplsdosth on main!! 💕

Three ships: Reivi hehe <3 (Levi x Rei), Squinoa (Squall x Rinoa), Cloti (Cloud x Tifa)

First ever ship: It's a tie between Mamousa (Mamoru x Usagi) and Syaosaku (Syaoran x Sakura) 🥺💖 my 6 y.o. ass really be shipping people before I even knew wth was an OTP XD

Last song/album is: Blue Bird - Ayumi Hamasaki

Last movie: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen (I was rewatching it because I missed Kyoujurou T_T)

Currently reading: My notes for studying....... lol

Currently watching: (re-watching) Sailor Moon // (watching) JJBA, Criminal Minds Season 5

Currently consuming: Spy x Family gummy sweets..............

Currently craving: For my exams to be over......... sobs

Tagging (no pressure!!): @thehouseofmaple @theogonies @raenacreates @starstruckkittensweets @sckerman and anyone else who wants to do it!!

Tag Nine People You Want to Get to Know Better

I was tagged by @sounds-of-some-day Thanks for the tag!

Three ships: WinterIron. Sherstrade. Dreville. 

First ever ship: Probably Buffy and Spike. But I heard about fandoms and fanfiction because of Sherlock BBC and Johnlock. I also wrote my first ficlet for them. 

Last song/album is: Endless Summer Vacation by Miley Cyrus. I’m even thinking of buying the CD so I can listen to it in my car. 

Last movie: Pirates of the Caribbean on the tv (always enjoy those movies!) . Knives Out: Glass Onion on Netflix (that one was hilarious and I loved it)

Currently reading: The Hunger Games, book 1. (I bought the box set with the one book included). And I’m reading Winter’s End by  ali_aliska I don’t care that it’s not finished, the words that are out are so good, I’m finding it very comforting. 

Currently watching: I’m following Perry Mason. And I just watched Moon Knight on Disney+  Not sure what I will watch next, I have a list on both Disney+ and Netflix of shows and series I want to try. 

Currently consuming: Nothing at the moment. 

Currently craving: For this day to be over. Or at least for the funeral to be over. 

I tag without ordering: @chained-to-the-mirror @27dragons @not-close-to-straight @mutedsilence @lavenderandvanilla @the-pen-pot @the-reading-lemon @george-the-pumpkin

[xabi0407]

Digimon Fairy Tales 2

Taichi x Koushirou - The Little Mermaid

Sora x Yamato - Little Red Riding Hood

Jyou x Mimi - Sleeping Beauty

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Idea descriptions under the cut:

Idea 1 – Digimon “Slice of Life” Adventure: It’s been several years since the eight Chosen Children and their Digimon partners defeated Abaddomon and returned to the real world safely. Things have been mostly peaceful since then – aside from having to navigate through early teenage days with their little monster friends. While Yamato’s and Takeru’s parents have reconciled and moved to Shimane with their sons, Jyou is busy trying to apply for early management classes in Tokyo. He is profiting off Mimi’s connections at Tachikawa Technologies, as they both start to make serious plans for their careers in business. Koushirou is heavily involved there as well, as he is not only being provided all kinds of technology by Mimi, but also applying for an internship at the company – all the while him, Sora and Taichi try to get through school, family relations, Digimon shenanigans… And weird occurrences that still seem to disturb the “digital peace” of modern Japan. While they haven’t been able to return to the Digital World, Hikari is still able to feel the connection between the worlds that may or may not have an impact on life as we know it…

Idea 2 – The True Meaning of Team Light and Team Hope: Ever since the Chosen Children have returned to the real world, the memories of their past adventures have left a peculiar impact on them. Not only do they still have visions of Digimon appearing in the real world – which “normal humans” don’t seem to notice –, their connection to the other world and each other has never been stronger. Hikari is the first to notice that she is having similar dreams as Taichi, almost like an otherworldly experience, as she is starting to sense his feelings – as well as Sora’s and Koushirou’s. Slowly, but steadily, the four realize the increased mental and emotional connection among them, which seems to increase with time – all the while Takeru experiences the same with Yamato, Jyou and Mimi. Awkward realizations and emotional outbursts aside, they soon have to face the fact that there is more to the true meaning of their Crests than they were told. New secrets – and new evolution opportunities – will be uncovered…

Idea 3 – Multiverse Gate Hopping: Upon improving their “secret technology base” at their clubhouse at school, Taichi, Sora, Koushirou and Mimi are very invested in exploring the network further, discovering new gates and opportunities to use them for “real world gate hopping”. They are not aware that bugs in the network have been noticing their interferences and their goal to find a way back into the Digital World… So when Taichi actually manages to locate a gate to a parallel world/universe, he and Agumon get sucked in and end up lost between the worlds. Thus, the others have to come up with a plan to bring him back. Little do they know that they’ll be forced to jump right into the multiverse themselves to save their own timeline…

[grandramian]

Digimon favorite couple

Adventure and 02

Taichi x Koushirou

Taichi x Takeru

Yamato x Joe

Takeru x Daisuke

Tamer

Henry x Takato

Ryo x Kazu

Frontier

Takuya x Tomoki

[bagerfluff]

Digimon Masterlist

🌶️ = Smut

Ishisa Yamato x Non-Binary Reader

You May Hide It, But I See It

Izumi Koushirou x Non-Binary Reader

Stubborn Sickness

Maybe Prom Isn't So Bad

Relaxing With Your Jacket

My Job Is To Protect, but I Care Too

You Might Be A Nerd, but Your My Nerd

Your Mine

Late Night Loving

My Lap > Stupid Office Chair

Takaishi Takeru x Male Reader

Golden Wings

My Fallen Angel

My World In My Hands

I Don't Like Dancers, but I Like You

Hats and Cuddles

Nighttime Nightmares

Failed/Won at Impressing

Numb Legs and A Sleepy Boy

When A Handsome Boy Saved My Hat

Dinner Date - Hand Holding

A Very Pretty Boy

Closet Kissing

Sleeping Under The Digisun

From The Start

Monday Sickness

Forbidden Love

Maybe Myths Are Reality

Dog Eared Cutie

You'll Get A Cookie Next Time

The Haunting Past, and Kisses

Hyacinth's Tears

Romcom Realization

The Big Handsome Wolf

Anything For You

A Dork On Valentines Day

Holding Hands With My Guardian Angel

One Thing In Common

Third Person Perspective

Everything Gone Right?

Godly

Vigilante Loving

Trying To Be Romantic

Thin Walls

Flower's Bloom, but None as Beautiful as You

The Past Always Comes Back

Angel

Light Blush In The Sun

You Piss Me Off

Cwtch

Late Nights and Too Many Thoughts

Sitting In The Rain

The Prettiest Boy I've Ever Seen

Irises and Tiger Lilies

Soulmate at First Sight

A Sleeping Pretty Boy

I Love Us

I Don't Want To Be Friends

Cafeteria Crush

Right Where I Want To Be

Too Adorable For Your Own Good

A Sun Baked Kiss

Drunken Confessions

Chocolate Made Me Cry

Best Sleep Ever

Stress Baking

The Sun

By Your Side

Shit, He's So Pretty

Split Me Open

Hidden Feelings, Written Words

A Beautiful Bright Blue

Golden Blonde Hair

The Weirdest Fucking Thought

Blood Makes People Hot

Not A Burden

Tight Waist, Beautiful Body

A Smile Stuck In The Past

No Reason

Caring Call

Cuddles Are Worth It

Staring Problem

Peaceful Nights

Worth More Then Money

Moment In Time

Caught In The Rain

Conclusions Lead To Confusion

Boredom Leads To Love

Ichijouji Ken x Non-Binary Reader

Can I Take You Out?

Minamoto Kouji x Non-Binary Reader

Nighttime Sky and Holding Hands

A Bloody Nose and Caring Heart

Relaxing, with Hair?

Relaxing with You

Minamoto Kouji x Male Reader

A Face in The Window

Allergic to Affection, but Not To You

Just Being You Makes Me Happy

Lee Jian x Non-Binary Reader

Confessions, but Not By Me

Izumi Koushirou x Non-Binary Reader

Walk With You

I'm Blushing Cause Of The Cold

Takaishi Takeru x Male Reader

Missing You

[smol-tactician]

Some of the random shit Tai says part 3

Tai: There's no fruit in fruit snacks, therefore the government is having us lie to children.

Matt: Tai for once, can we just eat lunch without you instigating everything?

Tai: There's no coffee in coffee cake.

Matt: Wait what?

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Tai: Sometimes I wonder if some of the stuff I think about is cause of my ADHD, or if I'm actually worried about it.

Izzy: Meaning?

Tai: Izzy I could basically type up a 50 page essay on the theories of a fucking pineapple.

Izzy: A pineapple- Tai what the hell is suspicious about a pineapple?

Tai: The acid in it is slowly trying to destroy your mouth as you eat it.

Izzy:... Continue.

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Tai: I don't give a shit at this point. When we get married, we're getting a fucking tree house.

Matt: A tree house?

Tai: Yes! It'll be a vacation home or something!

Matt: You want a tree house as a vacation home?

Tai: Well duh! We'd live in the castle!

Matt: Yeah ok-... did you say castle?

Tai: Yeah, get over it. I've been planning this for over a year now.

Matt: I-

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Tai: Hey what's that thing that likes scan shit?

Sora: A scanner?

Tai: No the other thing.

Mimi: An X-ray?

Tai: No it like does the thing with the buttons.

Joe: Ticket scanner?

Tai: No it has radiation or whatever.

Izzy: MRI? CT scan?

Tai: No it's like the sun, but it's a box. It makes food.

Matt: Tai I swear to fucking god if you're talking about a microwave.

Tai: Yeah that thing.

Matt: OH MY GOD TAI!

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Tai: One of these days I'm gonna have to prove that I'm as smart as I seem to be on paper, and that scares me.

Kari: It scares all of us.

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Greymon: What should I do?

Tai: You're a dinosaur.

Greymon: Meaning?

Tai: Go Jurassic park on his ass.

Greymon: Tai I don't know what that means.

Tai: Go metal Greymon, then take you're big ass feet and stomp on him after you super slam him into the ground. Then do the fire thing.

Matt: I know this mother fucker did not just tell his digimon to super slam someone.

TK: I'm honestly not surprised anymore.

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Tai: Matt my relationship with you is like a video game.

Matt: Do I even wanna know what that means?

Tai: I love you, yet you piss me off the point I wanna throw you against a wall.

Matt: Yeah that's fair.

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Tai: So this dude came up to me.

Matt: W h a t

Tai: Matt we're dating, besides the guy smelled like middle school lockeroom. So he looks at me right?

Matt: Yeah?

Mimi:?

Tai: And I'm sitting there eating my fucking ice cream right?

Mimi: Keep going.

Tai: He asked me "what else dat mouth do?"

Matt: I'm sorry, WHAT?

Tai: Lemme finish! So I looked him dead in the eyes and said "Complain".

Mimi: *wheezing*

Sora: PFFT

Matt: Yeah that's accurate.

[izzyizumi]

Digimon Adventure ~ J.P.N Version ~ Episode 39 + Izumi Koushiro{u}'s Parent + Kido Shin (Jou's 2nd eldest Sibling)

"Don't say such {negative} things! I {b e l i e v e} in these children!" - Koushiro's parent, referring to Koushiro and, the "Chosen Children" as a Whole, (including Jou)

"It'll be all right, Nii-san.

We'll make {absolutely} sure the s u n does 'come up'!"

-Kido Jou, after overhearing from afar, Triumphant-like

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My Commentary: This small but significant sequence takes place not long after Koushiro is revealed to be a canon Adoptee. Mrs. Izumi is fully aware that Koushiro has accepted Mrs. Izumi (+Izumis both) as Koushiro's true parent{s}, however, we are not given indication that the other supporting characters were actually told about 'the secret' of Koushiro's. Shin's surprise, in that regard, can hardly be held too much against Shin - which Mrs. Izumi eventually quickly recognizes, dropping the argument and frustration - Shin was likely completely unaware how strongly Mrs. Izumi felt during these moments, while Mrs. Izumi was likely running on pure adrenaline responding!

Mrs. Izumi, in the original version, is also using a neutrally polite speech pattern that is overall appropriate when speaking to children; Koushiro, in the original, is also known for speaking throughout the entire series with a formal and polite pattern that is "unusual" for Koushiro's age, while it's more "typical" for Mrs. Izumi to use similar in this sequence.

Shin Kido, Jou's 2nd eldest sibling closer in age, the 2nd born of the three Kidos, is the sibling who appears throughout Adventure Episodes 35~39 and later Adventure-specific episodes (such as flashback sequence in Dark Masters arc) specifically. In the 2nd sequel series, "02", Jou's oldest sibling, Shuu, was introduced. The U. S. dub combined "Shin" and "Shuu" into "Jim", a singular character, but they were actually two separate siblings! (Thus, Jou is speaking to Shin as if Shin is the younger of the two siblings, addressing Shin commonly with a 'casual' "Nii-san", though in this scene, Jou sounds surprisingly more 'assured' and perhaps a slight bit 'full of' self, but is quickly grounded by Sora and Mimi not long after.)

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😆

[Yamato enters the kitchen]

Taichi: [jokingly while drinking coffee] Beware guys, Winter is coming.

Yamato: [deadly serious while locking eyes with Taichi] Not yet, but i will once I’m done with you.

Koushiro: [coughs]

Taichi: [chokes on his coffee]

Taichi: [intense blushing]

Yamato [smirking at Taichi]:…But you’ll be first, of course.

Taichi: YAMA, PLEASE - 

Yamato: - Yep, that’s exactly what your gonna say.

Mimi: [fangirling]

[froggie-bolt]

Mostly TaiShiro Doodles, but also a Yamato and Takeru in here too

I wanna draw Taichi and Koushiro interacting and stuff, but I i haven't been able to think of thingsss

[taichi-x-koushiro]

Just Koushiro Izumi Things

Concept, or, an A.U. I Haven't Written Yet: One day, Koushiro just isn't responding to any of the Chosen who try to get in touch - including the 02 Chosen, who were currently heading the group in the Adventure Chosen's various absences. They begin to panic a bit, because a Situation is happening, and they Can't Get In Touch With Koushiro, The Only One Who May Have A Semblance of Whats Even Going On (Technologically) Here. Taichi tries to get to the bottom of what's going on, by attempting to find out where Koushiro is, trying to get in touch more directly - but Koushiro isn't even answering Koushiro's personal cell number. It's only after Koushiro's left for a couple days - and after Taichi finally gets back in touch with the Izumi household (Mrs. Izumi had answered calls from Taichi before, so Mrs. Izuzmi knows Taichi enough) that they finally find out what's going on - Koushiro took a days+-long trip to visit the cemetary where Koushiro's biological relatives are buried. (Koushiro does this every year, after all. Notably for ohigan.) But now the Situation is getting out of hand - and Koushiro is somewhere with bad cell reception - so Taichi's the one who has to go help pick Koushiro back up (and FAST). There's just one other problem - Koushiro hasn't actually told the Chosen about BEING an Adoptee yet.

[draceempressa]

Going back on Adventure x Frontier crossover/comparison rambling, you have heard about how stairs hate Kouchi, now get ready for elevator-hating Taichi.

Listen yall, he was traumatized on NEARLY killed Hikari when he was a toddler, and now in Tri Daigo ACTUALLY dies for him? he will totally have trauma with elevators. Not generally enclosed spaces, enclosed spaces that moves and have some techs like the pod he was in. So basically elevators.

He wouldn't let anyone but Yamato, Sora and Koushirou know, he will try to act strong for everyone for he's the leader. He will say "ahhh you know I'm an athlete and it's healthier to take the stairs" which is believable since he's the soccer team captain and all. man.

also the contrast of kouichi and taichi are both older brothers to bearers of Light in their respective teams hmmm

[shihalyfie]

Have you ever thought about making a timeline for the Adventure Saga? Like, say in what order the events of the Animes, Movies, Games, CD Dramas, Live Plays occur in the Adventure universe.

Sure, I can try! I don't think I could go as far as listing a timeline of the individual events because of how much of a mess that tends to become (and, honestly, how much personal interpretation is required), but I can try and give a rough outline listing the works involved.

Note that with the exception of the Adventure novels and the stage readings like the ones at DigiFes, Toei and Bandai have never, ever, ever, ever, ever made a statement that you’re supposed to remove anything from canon. If anyone tells you “this thing can’t be canon because (insert some minor plot or lore contradiction here),” that’s something they arbitrarily came up with, that’s never been the official stance. This is especially because Tag Tamers, which is important for 02′s background, has very glaring contradictions with 02 itself, and of course tri., a six-part movie series that has a major timeline or lore contradiction nearly once every five minutes, still fall under the official stance that they’re supposed to be canon. Even with the Adventure novels, which by nature depict mutually exclusive events with the original series for formatting reasons, you’re intended to take most of its background lore and transplant it back into the original series, and the main reason the stage readings aren't considered strict canon is specifically because they're one-off shows that weren't preserved on accessible media, so it's unfair to expect anyone to have to take it into account (and the reason we know this is the official stance isn’t even from an Adventure thing, but from a certain writer getting upset about this from a Tamers thing). So in other words, I’ll be taking pretty much everything I can think of into account. If you have trouble making it make sense, I’ll leave that to you to figure out on your own.

Anyway, let’s go under the cut!

(1995) First Digimon Adventure movie

(Unspecified time) Event depicted in flashback in Adventure episode 45 (creating the Crests)

(Unspecified time) First track of Adventure 15th anniversary drama CD

(August 1999) Digimon Adventure (TV series), alternatively novel or PSP versions, all with some mutually exclusive aspects

(Between August 1999 and January 2000) Adventure mini dramas parts 1 and 2

(November 1999) Two-and-a-Half Year Break, Taichi’s track

(December 1999) Anode/Cathode Tamer

(January 2000)  Adventure mini drama part 3

(March 2000) Our War Game!

(May 2000) Two-and-a-Half Year Break, Jou’s track

(August 2000? Might be March 2000?) Tag Tamers and D-1 Tamers

(October 2000) Two-and-a-Half Year Break, Sora’s track

(Unspecified time, likely 2000-2001, must be before April 2001) Event depicted in flashback in 02 episode 27 (unsealing the Holy Beasts)

(April 2001) Two-and-a-Half Year Break, Koushirou’s track

(Summer 2001) Second track of Adventure 15th anniversary drama CD

(September 2001) Two-and-a-Half Year Break, Mimi’s track

(March 2002) Two-and-a-Half Year Break, Yamato’s track

(April 2002-summer 2002) First half of Digimon Adventure 02 (TV series)

(Summer 2002) Hurricane Touchdown

(Summer 2002-December 2002) Second half of Digimon Adventure 02 (TV series)

(Winter of an unspecified year, possibly winter 2002-2003) Letter

(February 2003) Armor Evolution to the Unknown

(March 2003) Diablomon Strikes Back

(Spring 2003, Miyako’s track has to be April or later) Spring 2003

(Summer 2003) The Door to Summer

(June 2005-summer 2005) Digimon Adventure tri., parts 1-3

(Summer 2005) Digimon Adventure tri. “Super Evolution Stage” stage play

(Summer 2005-December 2005) Digimon Adventure tri., parts 4-6

(Unspecified time, likely around 2010) Memorial shorts #3-5

(Summer 2010) Where Should We Go?

(July 2010) Memorial short #1 (“To Sora”)

(July 2010) Digimon Adventure Last Evolution Kizuna (movie or novels in Dash X and Shueisha Mirai flavors, the latter has some mutually exclusive elements); memorial short #2 (”Hole in the Heart”)

(2012) Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning

(2028) 02 epilogue

[seventeenlovesthree]

Digimon shipping dynamic game

@atsoraasayoma​

I am always a Takeru x hikari undying fan forever. Curious on your thoughts about them from another perspective. It’s probably been done to death in so many different ways but it’s refreshing any time just the same.

Send me two names among the following 12 and I’ll write a short analysis post about them:

Taichi Yagami | Yamato Ishida | Sora Takenouchi | Koushirou Izumi | Mimi Tachikawa | Jyou Kidou | Takeru Takaishi | Hikari Yagami | Daisuke Motomiya | Miyako Inoue | Iori Hida | Ken Ichijouji

Whether canon provides input on them or not:

Takari are a very interesting case to look at in general, because, from an objective storytelling perspective, there are only few characters who are as consistently framed together in the way these two are (besides all the jogress combinations, namely Taichi/Yamato, Daisuke/Ken and, to a lesser degree, Miyako/Hikari and Takeru/Iori). This might take a little longer, since I actually haven’t paid too much attention to these two before, so bear with me: 

Adventure 01 obviously doesn’t give them a lot of screentime together, as Hikari joins the group fairly late in the series and is also sick for a big chunk of it - however, they’re still played as parallels from the very beginning: Not only are they the youngest members of the Chosen Children and the siblings (and story-related foils) of the main fighters in the final arc, but they’re also the carriers of two of the most significant Crests, that are bound to bring the Light of Hope to everyone through their holy/angelic Digimon partners. These roles are even more strongly defined in the reboot and thus, they’re frequently seen next to each other - but it’s not the only thing they’re being paralleled for. Each of them has their very own set of brother complexes/issues, which are also important factors in how their relationship is developing and framed - from 01, 02, the movies, Tri to Kizuna. To put this rather shortly - Takeru, at first, projects onto Hikari in terms of wanting to protect her at all costs (just like Yamato overprotected him being the youngest and considered to be the “weakest”), whereas Hikari, at first, projects onto Takeru in terms of seeing him as someone she has to rely on (like Taichi).

02 frames them together, because they’re now the seniors of their new Chosen Children group, they share the memories, the experiences, the pain and the happy moments - they’re on good terms here, relaxed and visibly close to a point that makes Daisuke believe they’re actually a couple (who go on vacation trips together). But due to their issues, they do not really confide a lot in each other at this point. This is why Takeru gets angry at Hikari for being so dependant on Taichi (just like he was towards Yamato) and why Hikari deals with stuff on her own without asking for help up front (and will actually end up confiding more in Miyako as her jogress partner than Takeru). Their conflicts don’t really get resolved in 02, but one can see that there IS a foundation of trust between them, a connection, which is exactly why Takeru is able to track her down and reach her when she’s at the Dark Ocean, making them “connect through worlds” (which, in my opinion, is similar to how Taichi and Koushirou connected, even though this time, Takeru INTENTIONALLY wanted to connect with her to save her). 

So it’s no surprise that they’re framed as rather close in Tri - which is logical, since the rest of their “usual” friend group has disappeared, so the youngest ones are left(overs) to stick together. Additionally, since they’re now 14, there is also a teasing element between them, with Hikari frequently nudging Takeru about his “ladies’ man persona” (and appearing a tiiiny bit jealous about it in the process), which Takeru downplays/deflects each and every time. Tri frames Hikari as noticing Takeru as a boy now, making her blush on a few occasions - whereas Takeru is framed to be her anchor, especially during the arc where Hikari thinks that Taichi has died, holding onto her, steadying her, giving physical comfort. So there actually is a bit of ship teasing here among the good old “him being protective of her vs. her being dependant on her brother” trope. 

Last but not least, we have Kizuna, where they’re framed as being among the last remaining fighters to protect the real world from rampaging Digimon - trusting and relying on each other like, apparently, very comfortable partners in crime, who go on breakfast dates with their Digimon.

So the answer is yes - there is a LOT of material to work with, despite the fact that they were never confirmed as canon.

Whether I think why and how they’d work:

Based on everything I have outlined above, I believe that I don’t even have to mention why exactly this ship is probably one of the most popular Digimon ships world wide. Due to all the parallels between them (the Crests, the angels, the brothers), due to the fact that they’re consistently standing next to each other sharing (knowing) glances (because they’ve definitely seen things that bound them together), due to them seeming so comfortable by each other’s side (when things are not at stake), caring so much about each other’s wellbeing, it’s only logical to think of them as a romantic couple. It almost feels like they’re destined to be together - and I do think that it could definitely work, because them overcoming their respective traumas and start healing together could be the most wonderful thing (which, unfortunately, was never focused on in each of their arcs, because, most of the time, they’re really just foils for the sake of other characters’ developments). They’d have to tear down their respective walls for that though and that won’t be easy after all this time: Once Takeru opens up towards her about his doubts and fears, letting go of his fake smiles, masks and walls he built to make her (and everyone else) feel at ease, he could finally rely on her in return - that is, once he is able to see that he has projected onto her and that she’s more than capable to fight for herself. Once Hikari finally comes to terms with that she is indeed her own person for her own sake, not for Homeostasis, not for Taichi, or anybody else, once she can be honest towards Takeru and display her trust and affections in a genuine manner, they really could become the unstoppable “partners in crime” power couple - both on and off the battlefield. They already are mutually supportive and comfortable next to each other - with a lot of gentle teasing in between -, they just need to let loose a little more. 

By the time they’ve reached their Kizuna ages, I could definitely see them spending study sessions together - with him comfortably practicing creative writing while she’s reciting her pedagogy teachings towards him. And since they’re both, apparently, very fond of coffee shops and the likes, one will frequently see them spending time there (also to provide Patamon with beverages of his choice and Tailmon with all the sweets she can get). Basically, I could see them spending a lot of their freetime together - and with their respective friend groups, just tagging along and having fun (for example gate hopping with the 02 gang or lounging around in Koushirou’s office with Taichi and Yamato).

Whether I’d prefer them as platonic or romantic ship:

This may sound a little bit weird regarding everything I have talked about so far, but despite the fact that I have grown to appreciate the romantic appeal of Takari a loooooot more throughout the last months, I always kinda preferred them as “platonic life partners”, if that makes sense? As outlined above, they have everything it needs to have a beautifully supportive, gentle and understanding relationship with each other that hits a lot of spots I usually fall for and I could definitely see them living together eventually - but rather as best friends (and also probably cuddle buddies, once they’ve gotten rid of their walls towards each other) than as classic romantic partners. I can definitely appreciate romantic framings for them, but I also love the idea of Hikari endlessly teasing Takeru about the ridiculous execution of his crushes (on Meiko for example), once he has finally admitted that his “dating phase” was just him trying to compensate. The boy has a lot of “broken family” related trauma, so him spending his life (whether romantically or platonically) with someone coming from a happy family to heal is still one of the best things (and the Yagami family has probably adopted him by now anyway, just like Koushirou). Takeru is the kind of person whose own romantic life needs a lot of time to actually get into motion, while he’s absolutely marvellous at sensing romantic opportunities for his friends (just like Mimi would, in my opinion) and that is why, in my opinion, he would be the best possible wingman for Hikari (to set her up with, for example, Koushirou or Miyako). They can both be absolute trolls when it comes to teasing their brothers (and others too) for example, so that’s absolutely something I could see them bonding over.

So yes, I’d actually enjoy both “timelines”, the one of them being platonic life partners as well as them being a romantic couple.