I feel like Reina was handed the evolution as an apology for taking too long, in a way. Tomoro and Makoto got theirs from bonding with their partners and learning and accepting themselves as they are. Reina doesn’t get severe consequences from her hesitation other than Kyo surviving from the bomb attack and then getting reassured by the rest of Glowing Dawn which then leads to the long awaited evolution. Her biggest issue was her fear of not being useful to her family, but the episode honestly doesn’t focus on that too much. Yes, she does get upset over it, but I feel like Pristimon should’ve been the one to reprimand her and not Tomoro in a way. Like, out of the evolution episodes, this one focuses the least on the Digimon and only on the Owner, making it unfairly imbalanced as Tomoro’s evolution episodes always feature him getting closer to Gekkomon and Makoto has him risking tooth and nail for Chiropmon. The Digimon is supposed to be a reflection of their Owner. The sequence of events in this episode only makes Pristimon feel like an extension of Reina in a way. I wanted to know Pristimon’s feelings too!

Other than that, I honestly really like Bearcatmon’s design! If you didn’t know, the bearcat is the nickname of the binturong, a weasel-like creature belonging to the Viverridae group, which is what the weasel, civet-like creatures belong to—the more formal term would be feliform. Anyways, these creatures are native to South and Southeast Asian area, making Bearcatmon take the form of a South/Southeast Asian in a way. I honestly love the tomboyish look and that she wears a bearcat helmet with the tail being like a makeshift ponytail. She takes the form of a skater in a way, and I think that’s unique. While Bearcatmon is the smallest of the ultimates, she’s still strong enough to carry Reina around both in the bridal carry and then on her back—they’re both around the same height.

The Digimon causing problems in this episode is Bombermon which is an unused Ultimate evolution of Gammamon like now Fumamon was. I feel like the group tends to struggle with the Gammamon evolutions more than the other GIFT-related mons in a way. Anyways, I honestly do like how creative his bombs are used in this episode from the spiders to the expanding time bomb. What’s amusing about Bombermon is that his voice actress is Yu Kobayashi who voiced Ruli Tsukiyono in Ghost Game. This means that the Wolvermon/Bearcatmon vs Bombermon battles are essentially Hiro vs Ruli (Hiro has the same VA as the Pristimon line). Bombermon’s partner Sana Tsujimine is voiced by Shiori Izawa who voiced Pochita in Chainsaw Man, Kanata Ubuyashiki in Demon Slayer and Nao Makimura in Sasaki and Miyano.

Anyways, the funniest thing about this episode was the fact that GD was giving Reina the pep talk while there was a time bomb slowly going off. Other than that, the fact that Miharu got to bomb Chairman Wong was honestly a shocker. I don’t think he’s out that early though—he’s too important to go out just like that. Let me know your thoughts on this episode!

I lied, it's actually my OC

Here are the sprites

It's inspired by the Shiny versions of Bomberman.