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Like, lore-compliant or not, this feels like an attempt to ACKNOWLEDGE everything but place it into a timeline, also has some implications of multiverse existing within the Adventure universe, since Rui and Maki is said to come to that timeline or something else.

It's something like i'd have preferred over people yelling at you for disliking this or that and wanting to write your own timeline, with something similar to these events in order to salvage the good parts and change the contradictions, while still not denying their full existence.

Because, and i have to repeat this: It's IMPOSSIBLE to use EVERY SINGLE MATERIAL as they were released to us, the audience. Because they can and will be in conflict with each other, especially about different approaches of characters and lore.

You have to ADAPT the contradictions instead.

Many people had tried to use them as they were presented to us, me included. Trust me, i tried. But Adventure alone has multiple staffs, multiple ideas, multiple approaches about a single material. You will not be able to use all of those as they were presented to you.

And this is the proof.

Even Kizuna and 02TB has some vague nods to tri. without making it too obvious they had to change and adapt the text. The novel Dash X v. mentions Meiko vaguely as "someone Taichi and Yamato met in high school" without giving a whole detailed description.

And this is not because Kizuna/02TB staff have a beef with tri. or something! And if they had, they won't put it straight in your face, y'know? iirc, KinoshitaP said he wanted to give some connection to tri. and we can see how hard it would be to work as it was presented to us.

The deluxe Blu-Ray for Kizuna had some sort of summarized versions of the 12 characters' development from Adv'99 to tri., but the tri. parts were vaguely mentioned, implying they had to adapt the 6 OVA movies in order to make it more consistent.

Also the WS games are in total contradiction with both Adv'99, 02 and Tamers as a whole, but you can't simply say it aloud, so obviously the "they're all the same character" is something forced to be stated, especially when the material DON'T support it.

So even ShimomuraP's statement that Rui is not the first but something "special" was a forced attempt to not claim they had to change what tri. presented to us, especially when EVERYTHING ELSE about 02TB treats Rui as the first even in its movie & premise.

You can notice it now, right? How even staffs through the years would get forced to adapt other staffs' work in order to keep things consistent… right?

EVEN 02 HAD THIS. the OWG part is VAGUELY mentioned. You don't get any nods to Sora's "irrational girl" subplot at all.

And Taichi having a crush on Sora is so super duper VAGUE, while 02 itself shows a super-duper subtle off-screen development of Sora and Yamato starting to like each other in romantic ways.

And also, WS games are also vaguely mentioned too.

So what makes it different from 13+ then? Nothing. The fact it does acknowledge all those other materials made by other staffs while still following direct from 02 instead proves that yeah, you have to adapt a BUNCH OF THINGS to make them work.

Even if it is about playing with space-time tropes.

The whole "they retained vaguely memories of…" trope is not that unusual imo?

I mean, YDP original had this play on an idea that there was once another reality that was altered by Ken when things went too bad and on the verge of everything being destroyed. and i am just a mere fan.

13+ doesn't seem to be done to "retcon" things, but more likely to acknowledge their existence as multiverse's branches (since Rui and Maki are implied to come to 13+ timeline in-story), and honestly? this is a chad move in my books.

I think this is the best way to honor them all imo.

So i don't think this is "retconning" this or that, it's just proving that you can't use those other stuff without adapting it and salvaging parts that are not in conflict.

The fact Kakudou was too kind to do this is a cool & generous move and i'm glad for it.

He could've opted to ignore EVERYTHING, even those characters, but he decided to keep them, make them have a cameo or a mention, keep their memories and other stuff via space-time methods.

and if you loathe him or dunk on him i'm going to BLOCK you with no mercy.

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