#koukari

The character songs are really endearing - and handled very differently too. Taichi's song is the only one the audience hears IN the TV series; Sora's and Mimi's (and kiiiinda Hikari's) songs can be heard as background music in a lot of scenes they are in (and Sora's song was even played DURING "To Sora"); Yamato's song is a pop version of his harmonica tune; Jyou, Koushirou and Takeru got entirely original songs that are never heard in the TV series. The translations can be found on TheDigiLab too.

The dramas are rather comedic and feature a TON of fourth-wall breaking, inside jokes and pop-culture references, so if you're not Japanese, you may not be able to grasp everything upon hearing/reading these for the first time. The characters are also rather snarky towards each other and make some interesting meta-jokes that may or may not have been picked up by the creators while stumbling over comments/fan letters/the general perception of the series and characters.

What I found interesting was that I was CONVINCED these dramas came out AFTER Adventure had already aired, but all of these were published DURING Adventure's original run time. For example - the first drama CD came out (November 5th 1999) RIGHT after Hikari was officially revealed to be the 8th Child (October 31st 1999).

... Which leads to speculation as to why Tailmon wasn't on the cover of the drama, even though Hikari was. It's absolutely possible that when that art was commissioned, Tailmon wasn't even chosen as official partner for Hikari yet - and I'll definitely want to look for sources about that.

The second drama is even more interesting - especially when you consider it while taking the first drama into account. At the end of the first drama, the following dialogue occurs:

Again, at this point in time, Hikari was BARELY revealed yet, thus she hadn't interacted much or at all with ANY of the other Chosen Children ASIDE from her brother.

Koushirou and Mimi being teased here is absolutely no surprise, as they had been pretty popular as a ship from the start (and most likely fueled by their interactions in episode 10 - which had aired on May 9th 1999, so people definitely had months to get used to and hyped about them). However... Hikari had absolutely not been part of the equation yet. So they may ACTIVELY have speculated on the possibility of not only teasing their audience about one of their most popular ships (= Koumi, "who have gotten a lot of fan requests") and a POTENTIAL rival ship (= Koukari) that didn't have ANY LEG TO STAND ON at this point whatsoever.

Again, all the dramas have to be taken with a grain of salt and the infamous "love letter drama" is incredibly meta - still, it's impossible for me to believe that they didn't take note of how shipping was perceived among fans and that's why they chose to make a love triangle a central topic of an audio drama. Because... Of course this stuff would generate attention. Again, finding sources on this is tough and the subtext of the drama leaves a lot of room for speculation IN GENERAL, but... I cannot help but think that members of the production team may just have hoped for Koukari to actually have a basis in the ongoing series (and they kiiiiinda do, but only if you squint) and that's why they came up with this idea. It was only teased VERY lightly btw, but it was at least implied (on Mimi's behalf).

The drama itself was published on December 3rd 1999 and thus in the middle of the VenomVamdemon arc...

... So the only semi-real interaction between Koushirou and Hikari at this point was him telling AtlurKabuterimon to save her (which is also an ongoing theme between him and her - and Mimi too).

Long story short, EVERYTHING is to be taken with a grain of salt and it's also possible it was all just a lot of ado about nothing.

Original Commentary: Happy Valentines to those who celebrate!! (I Don't, but I still giggle over how this ep aired on technically V a l e n t i n e s Day. I'm pretty sure Toei knows what they were Doing there...)

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koushiro as the ladybug holder:

the obvious ladybug-tentomon connection aside, i think his analytical abilities would be super helpful when figuring out how to use a lucky charm

his arc would be growing out of being awkward and socially withdrawn through the confidence he builds up as ladybug (mister bug?)

hikari as the cat holder:

no thoughts, just meow (jk)

her arc would be breaking away from being a people-pleaser and the “perfect” image that people project onto her, and learning to set boundaries and express herself through the freedom she gets as chat noir (lady noir?)

(she would definitely have a chat blanc episode!)

ideas other potential holders (open to suggestions!):

mimi - peacock

jou - turtle

takeru - snake

ken - bee

miyako - fox

wallace - rabbit

menoa - butterfly