Shhh, It's sleeping

Dorumon is the biggest of the partnered Digimon in their Child stages, so naturally he was pretty despondent over the fact that he can't go anywhere with his Tamer and the others and was forced to sit in the organization's HQ most of the time, since they had to hide from the humans... Floramon and Gomamon were small enough to fit in big bags, at least, and Tailmon could travel everywhere easily, being a tiny cat.

Very interesting episode with some really curious reveals and developments. Kyo's whole backstory with Asuka was pretty generic and expected once they gave us the context for it, but it was cute. I guess Kyo feels more like Asuka's older brother despite being younger.... yeah yeah they're not actual brothers, I knew my silly crack theory was going nowhere (although it IS still really weird that they have the exact same height and blood type and same age with similar same-number birthdays, WHAT'S UP WITH THAT), but I really enjoy thinking of their dynamic like that, with Kyo later also becoming a sort of older brother figure to Tomoro. It all makes sense in my head.

But y'all probably know what my favorite part of this one was. When I saw the ChiroMako eyecatch pop up I was like "huh, weird choice for this episode" and then I saw baby Kyo running away with Cougarmon and went OOOHHHHHH!!!! They're the same!!! I wonder if they picked it on purpose because of the parallels... That was so cute... I feel tempted to draw them again... Also it's kinda funny how often digimon seem to spawn through people lashing out at their own Sapotama. Those things ARE annoying, I get it.

I was a bit disappointed that Cougarmon was born and went straight to adult level (show me Liollmon you cowards!!!), but I guess it has to do with how strong Kyo's emotions were even as a child. Plus he's not the only example of this happening, we had Haruko and Shademon before. It's really interesting though... you can basically tell the emotional strength of the Saponushi from what their digimon partner's base level is (worth noting that Murasamemon is the current base level, he just deliberately devolves to Cougarmon to rest and save energy). Although I feel like sometimes the base forms are just picked based on convenience and aesthetics sfhkh.

Also I guess this final arc will revolve around Asuka, huh. He is a pretty intriguing character in the sense of what role he plays and has played at various points in the story, but it kinda saddens me that there's not much going on with him as like, an actual character. The flashback of his child self in this episode is probably the most characterization we've gotten out of him, and even then it mostly boils down to "sweet and kind sunshine child who did nothing wrong ever" (I guess he did tell a lie to help someone tho, IF THAT COUNTS), and... idk, I wish there was more to him. And now he's been awakened and immediately put under mind control, and will probably stay that way for a good while. I hope whatever went on four years prior that made him spawn Heliosboamon helps give some sauce to his character because he sure could use some. I mean this in the nicest of ways. With how little time we have left I wish the focus was on the rest of the Five Stars instead. Especially Honoka!!! She's so funny I wanna see more of her!!!!

But speaking of the Five Stars, that scene with Rose and Lilamon was so sweet... I'm so glad they both survived and were reunited. I want more of them too!!! And Meto and Kanon!!! I wish they got to appear more!!!! I love Beatbreak and I love when shows have a big cast of characters to explore but my biggest issue with this one is it has too many characters and most of them don't get enough screentime. Not like there's any time left now to fix that though... ah well. I suppose it's all free real estate for headcanons and theories once the show is over.

Anyway I'm complaining a bit too much but there was some really good stuff in this episode that I really enjoyed. The way Kyo just immediately accepted Cougarmon after he simply told him he was born from his emotions and then the two ran away together leaving everything behind with no hesitation... with the Sakura petals falling, marking the end of that era in Kyo's life and the start of a new one... they did indeed go for the symbolism I was expecting, which was really nice. Also Heliosboamon looks really cool. Very big and pretty. I love that we've been getting more snake digimon lately, there can never be enough snakes.

I'd say the biggest announcement is the new Digimon anime for 2027. There are no details about the story, characters or staff yet, only that the project is in development.

I don't think it will be about Adventure (though I'd love it if it were), the franchise is growing a lot and I think that with the success of Time Stranger, among other new products, they will keep innovating (still, I hold out hope that at least a movie closing the 02 epilogue will come out for 2027).

They announced "The Best Adventures We Chose" starting October 4th on Fuji TV where they'll air the most voted episodes of Adventure, 02, Tamers and Frontier. It features a new opening by the classic team with composition by Michihiko Ohta, lyrics by Hiroshi Yamada and vocals by Ayumi Miyazaki and Takayoshi Tanimoto.

Regarding Beatbreak, they confirmed it ends on September 27th with episode 49 (I haven't watched the series yet but I definitely will). They're releasing a Digimon Color version of the Beatbreak V-pet, the OST on 3 CDs for September 30th, an online lottery and several events. On the figure side, what stood out for Adventure were the Look Up figures of Taichi, Hikari, Yamato and Takeru by MegaHouse.

They also mentioned that Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Hacker's Memory is coming to Steam in Japan on August 5th, and showed early art previews for the Royal Knights parallel cards from the upcoming Digimon TCG Booster Set EX-13.

In other news, I also found out about the collaboration between AFK Journey and Digimon Adventure on August 18th. The trailer shows Taichi and Yamato reuniting with Agumon and Gabumon in Esperia, and they kept their original seiyuus, with Taichi voiced by his actor from the 2020 reboot.

I don't know the game but the trailer caught my eye so I did a bit of research on it. AFK Journey is a fantasy idle gacha RPG released in 2024 for mobile and pc. Last night I tried it for a few minutes and it's not my type of game but I can appreciate a fantasy RPG and I want to see what Taichi, Yamato, Agumon and Gabumon are going to do in this world.

I've seen some criticism of the collab from the AFK Journey community because they feel Digimon relies on computers and internet, which don't exist in Esperia's fantasy world, plus Digimon's cybernetic designs (like WarGreymon, MetalGarurumon or Omegamon) clash with the game's magical aesthetic.

In my opinion, without knowing much about the game of course, Digimon Adventure is one of those tech-based franchises that has the best excuse to fit in almost anywhere. This works both because of the existence of multiple dimensions and interdimensional travel, and because the Digital World has taken all kinds of forms, from ancient ruins and feudal kingdoms to high-tech cities making it easy to fit into an isekai or a fantasy setting. In the anime, the chosen children ended up dropped onto File Island with no signal or batteries, having to survive on whatever they could find while exploring nature, without complaining about the lack of internet or looking for an outlet to plug anything in, except Koushiro with his laptop at times, or Mimi missing her luxuries. The vibe was always pure adventure, so if the game's writers do their job right, Taichi and Yamato should react to Esperia with that same adaptability, being amazed by a new world and focused on protecting their friends, instead of making dumb jokes asking for a phone charger.

Not like digimon designs need to make any sense, they're creatures formed from data so they can look like anything, but it's cool when there's thought put into those little details.

Gagamon:

Level l: Rookie/Child

Snakemon

Level: Rookie/Child

Corvumon

Level: Champion/Adult

Vipemon

Level: Champion/Adult

Panoptemon

Level: Ultimate/Perfect

Ambromon

I find it kind of interesting in speed simthat when he calmed down and saw that we dont meants any harm to surge. He not only joined us since surge is there but real interesting thing is that he even offered to help clean the damage.

i find that very interesting cause I didnt expect that from kit, think about it, he only does what he does cause he thinks thats benefical to surge even in speed sim its implied that he caused the city to power off.

yet he is offering an help, that isnt benefitting surge ij anyway. It could also be his desire to be useful plays into this, but idk this just kinda stucked with me when playing speed sim. Even mlre before this I thought of this but this kinda strenghtened my idea that there is a salvagable person in kit deep down despite everything