Digimon Beatbreak | Thoughts regarding the recent arc vs episode 38
So, that first episode for the Kyo Arc.
It really is quite interesting how as soon as the characters were released from the GIFT arc, we ended up getting some familiar fun scenes and certain characters are getting some interesting moments instead of what we got in GIFT
Brilliant Thorn being surprisingly capable and dangerous after what happened with Rose
Kishiwada being a major threat and kick-starting the next arc by being involved in Souji's release.
We also get the return of some characters that have been missing since TACTICS as some roles and also get to focus on the major plot line + antagonists again
Kawarazaki being seen and talking to Gurando again + shown in the episode during Souji's escape.
Characters from past episodes being mentioned in the celebration dinner
And most importantly Genjo has made a reappearance as a major playing character when he was sighted at no point during GIFT and Wong dropping the major hint that Asuka's e-pulse is needed for the Shangri-la project.
In a weird way, the way I feel about this arc at the moment is that all things considered, with how this episode was done:
Kyo's Arc should have in theory been set up to occur sooner or at least begin right after Tactics was finished.
This is how the story feels regarding me and that's due to two things.
One fact is that it is during the Tactics arc where we first hear any mention of a previous star of Water before Honoka. (Kyo mentioned that he had never met her but recognized her as the new star of water)
And the second fact is Dr Tenma being shown again in a flashback, after also being seen in the Kano island incident.
Both of these story points have been hinted at in the start as a potential piece of foreshadowing but its not until after Gift arc had concluded that we got any continuation or beginning of it.
To put it simply, it kinda feels like we should have gotten to these points earlier.
But along the same vein, there is a major flaw to this.
I'm pretty sure Kyo's Arc is gonna essentially railroad us down the main story plot with very little chance of background character exploration being able to be given.
Basically, with this arc, a lot of the major story plots still yet unanswered are gonna be addressed or at least shown.
Plot points like Asuka, Asuka's e-pulse, the Tenmas, Genjo, Wong.
and most vitally, Everything about Kyo.
Essentially all the main story plot points that we're still waiting on answers for are gonna be happening now or pretty dang soon. And we might not have time to focus on other stories.
I ain't defending GIFT arc for what it was trying to do as it clearly could have hit some plot points better, especially with how it wanted to focus on Miharu as a character when Kishiwada probably should have had more focus and shown to have some major deal going on over Miharu.
But in a way, I can see why it has taken so long for us to get here.
In video game terms, We've essentially gone through all the nit-picky side quests that are here and can give us context for this arc and extra things because after this arc, those side-quests are gonna be locked down or you will be unable to access them
Because frankly, this was my hunch that it was going to occur from the start of the series and I don't think we're gonna be able to focus on those stories as much anymore.
Kyo's arc is likely gonna hit a lot of major plot points and after that we're not gonna have a lot of time for character exploration outside of it, which is why Gift Arc felt so jumpy and adrupt in certain areas in the first place.
It was an arc that had some really good standalone episodes and emotional messaging, but wholy as an arc it did not hit those emotional beats like it has done before.
