ToyAgumon seems to have a theme throughout the meta of childhood and abandonment- children being abandoned by their friends, or children abandoning their toys. And Asuka was abandoned by his family as far as we know, even if they didn't want to, and he virtually an adult by then. Petermon is a rejection of maturity. Pajiramon is a secret keeper, and is associated with the childish notion of sheep making people sleep. Puppetmon is a liar but I thought- digimon are inverse mirrors. What if the personality of the ToyAgumon-Puppetmon was honest to a fault, and that's why Asuka couldn't keep them around.

Then I remembered that I didn't know exactly why the Tenma parents were arrested, or when Asuka's digimon manifested. It's kind of a leap to assume that former triggered the latter. What if it was the other way around? What if the reason the parents were arrested was because they did something to protect their son's digimon? Maybe the reason Asuka doesn't talk about it is because he himself feels guilty. This would be a delicious bit of irony. I was also looking at the moon symbol on Gekkomon's head and I thought, if Asuka does have a digimon, it would make sense for them to have a sun theme. Obviously we won't be seeing him paired with Coronamon as Flaremon has already made an appearance, even though those two digimon would look good standing next to each together. Not quite a dino and a dog but a lizard and a cat, one green and one red, one with a moon on their forehead and one with a small sun for a tail.

But Coronamon and their evos are not the only digimon with links to the sun. Asuka is very digimon protogonist/goggle boy/fire/dino partner coded, and I thought I'd try giving him a line that matched that aesthetic.

Guilmon's name comes from guilt, which is a neat touch. He could feel guilt that the digimon was ever born, or guilt about hiding things from Tomoro. FlaWizardmon evolves with the digimental of courage, which resembles a sun. It also shows it face where its counterpart doesn't, which also plays into the idea of Asuka's digimon being more brave and honest than he can be. ShineGreymon is like the embodiment of the sun, and I stole one of Gammamon's evolutions bc he's probably the most brother coded protagonist digimon ever.

Dogs are sibling coded. Not just because of digimon- in packs, wolf siblings look out for one another and their parents. And, we haven't seen a cleaner with a dog partner yet. The Hyemon were feral, and BlackGaogamon's partner was not seen. There is room for one dog tamer in this show. It's not like tamers or survive where most of the protagonists will have dogs.

But I doubt it would be a dog with a lot of blue in the design. Just looking at the Glowing Dawn, their colors are villain coded. Neon green, orange and purple/black. Secondary colors. If you just saw their champion forms out of context, Wolvermon, NighChiropmon and Armarizamon all give off a villainous vibe. That's got to be on purpose. Beatbreak is about the outcasts of society- those villainized by circumstance. Meanwhile you have the red lion Flaremon, a digimon who is very hero coded design wise, traveling alongside Kaito.

So I wanted to make more yellow/firely digidog line. Pokomon is easily lured by fried tofu, which fits into Asuka's cooking. Wankomon and Siesamon look too similar and I think they're meant to evolve into each other, but I still like them. Wankomon kind of sort of likes to rest in the sun, and Siesamon charges up with and attacks with solar power. They can also create defensive walls. Visually, Zerimon reconnects with the horns on Wankomon and Siesamon's heads and is associated with another beloved digidog. Soloogarmon is partially named after the sun, and Erlangmon is known for its honesty, while also being able to cast illusions.

Asuka dislikes cold and snow- they want us to know this. What if his digimon represents the things he dislikes in a more blatant way? Maybe he puts on a warm, caring exterior, but inside he worries that he's too frigid and unloving. As far as personality, his ice digimon could have a cold demeanor toward him and feel like they don't need him, explaining why they aren't a pair.

Child: Goburimon

Adult: Akatorimon, Nanimon

Perfect: Sinduramon, Delumon, Murasemamon, Volcamon

So I was procrastinating and decided to take an hour to map out all of the "canon" evolutions of Impmon and... it ended up looking more chaotic than I expected.

It seems like Bandai wanted to make up for Beelzemon not having a thru line in tamers, but then couldn't decide what they wanted it to be so over the years they slapped it with like a hundred different lines.

It's funny how its possible for Impmon's mega to be one of two demon lords, a royal knight, two different alternate forms of something from the Guilmon line, one of the ten legendary warriors, and various spooky guys.

Even though its lines are mostly viruses, Impmon's digivolutions are still accidentally so diverse, and I think that's neat.

I feel like it's a good candidate for the age-old tradition of showing non-digimon fans/Pokemon fans how crazy digimon lines can get.