#digimon speculation

Right now a lot of speculation is going on about the Five Stars that probably will be the main antagonists of Beatbreak until at the very least the mid-finale (around episode 25 I would assume). And also about their relationship to Kyo, because Kyo really screams "I was a former Five Star, and then had a traumatic experience that made me form the Glowing Dawn."

And there is one thing about the Five Stars I do not see discussed so far: the Five Stars being based in the Buddhism/Feng Shui elements also would correlate with the Holy Beasts.

Now, you might argue: "Wait, but aren't those just four?" But actually... There is a fifth Holy Beast. The Golden Dragon of the Center. In Digimon this is Huanglongmon.

And given that those animals originate with Chinese tradition that then got pushed onto Japan through mechanisms whose history is too complex to elaborate on. Let us quickly go over the mythology of the Guardian Beasts.

These are:

The Azure Dragon of the East (Qinglong/Seiryuu)

The Vermillion Bird of the South (Zhuqiao/Suzaku)

The White Tiger of the West (Baihu/Byakko)

The Black Turtore of the North (Xuanwu/Genbu)

The Golden Dragon of the Center (Huanglong/Ouryuu)

And yes, those Beasts are also connected to some deities, and also to the Chinese Elements. And no, it is not the elements you would expect.

This is all connected to this entire idea of Wu Xian, which frankly I am not that well educated on, I will admit.

But the elements are:

Azure Dragon = Wood

Vermillion Bird = Fire

White Tiger = Metal

Black Turtle = Water

Golden Dragon = Earth

And given we have the Digimon associated with this, I am going to assume that the Holy Beasts will eventually make their appearance here. (Beatbreak does not outrun those Tamers' parallels, does it?)

But also, based on this, I do think that Kyo is associated with Byakko, or rather Baihumon.

And yes, admittedly this ties back to the fact that Murasamemon's design so clearly ties back to Byakko no Rangetsu from Onmyou Taisenki. (For reference: Byakko no Rangetsu below.)

Funnily enough having then Gokuwmon take over the position makes also a lot of sense, given that Baihu is the guardian of the West, and Sunwokung is obviously best know for his Journey to the West.

One of the other Digimon we see in lineout with the Five Stars is definitely Proganomon, which is also turtle shaped.

Though it almost makes me think that they will play fast and loose with the elements of some, as they have before. After all, Qinglongmon gets associated with air (which is not a Chinese element) a lot, while Seiryuu even in Japanese mythology often gets associated with the ocean, which is at least partially connected to the fact that pre-Buddhism Japanese culture had indeed also a blue dragon character, that was a guardian of the ocean. So... Uhm, yeah, we will see.

But yeah. My speculation mainly is: The Five Stars all are somehow connected to the Holy Beasts, and Kyo was originally connected to Baihumon.

Which also does bring me back to the first thought I head when we got the announcement to Beatbreak: Tenma is a very, very Buddhist last name.