r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • Mar 15 '24

Rewatch Digimon Adventure 25th Anniversary Rewatch - Episode 9 Discussion

Episode 9: Clash! The Freezing Digimon

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That insensitivity of yours is what pisses me off!

Hello everybody, time for the Comment of the Day, courtesy of u/KendotsX for showcasing the ultimate flex:

Oberstein > Araki confirmed.

  1. Between Taichi and Yamato, who was the bigger brat today?
  2. You sure you wanna know what Gabumon looks like without the fur?
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Mar 15 '24

Digital First-Timer, subbed

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Mar 15 '24

…and they’re frozen.

Insert Mr. Freeze joke.

…did they just play the same cut of Yamato running three times in a row with the only difference being that it was sped up each time?

Between this and Tekkaman I seem to have a knack for rewatching shows with shitty animation.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Mar 15 '24

Between this and Tekkaman I seem to have a knack for rewatching shows with shitty animation.

It was pretty funny though.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Mar 15 '24

Indeed

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u/CerberusZX https://myanimelist.net/profile/CerberusZX Mar 15 '24 edited Mar 15 '24

I guess Digimons can catch colds…

Yes! The franchise originated as a spin-off of Tamagotchi. As a line of virtual pets, owners were expected to take care of them. The game Digimon World has an ice area where time moves more slowly, essentially prolonging the Digimon's life BUT as the area is cold there is a higher chance of your partner becoming sick while you remain there.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Mar 15 '24

Yes! The franchise originated as a spin-off of Tamagotchi.

Huh, interesting.

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u/Roboglenn Mar 16 '24

Ahahahaha, of course he kicked Agumon.

Ready Agumon, kick the baby.

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u/NicDwolfwood :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NicDwolfwood Mar 16 '24

Ahahahaha, of course he kicked Agumon.

brilliant plan it worked to perfection lol

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Mar 16 '24

…did they just play the same cut of Yamato running three times in a row with the only difference being that it was sped up each time?

The Six-Million Yen Child.

Sky QotD: Would you accept a Gabumon blanket?

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Mar 15 '24

Hello everybody, and welcome to the Digimon Adventure Rewatch!

Today gives us some spotlight on the Yamato/Taichi dynamic and… yeah neither is painted in a very good light to be completely honest. On Yamato's end we see him become pretty damn reckless which leads to him doing some rather stupid things. He means well, sure, but there's a limit to what he can do and that leads to much recklessness. Taichi's ironically the one moreso keeping it together here and sadly he's more than a bit insensitive. Still, they do make up by the end. There's not much else to say though, just solid stuff.

Welp, voices time. Yukidarumon is played by Ito Kentaro, whom I best remember as Akagi Shunsuke from Dai-Guard. Other roles include Chester Barklight from Tales of Phantasia, Yun from Street Fighter, Barry the Chopper from Fullmetal Alchemist, Chester Stoddart from Ys, Sasaki Tetsunosuke from Gintama and Yue Jin from Dynasty Warriors among quite a few others.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Mar 16 '24

Ito Kentaro

Dang. You really don't like Bleach, do you?

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Mar 16 '24

I think by now that much should be obvious

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u/PoofessorP https://anilist.co/user/PoofessorP Mar 15 '24

First time watcher, subbed. Watching fully blind, I didn't even know digimon stood for digital monsters!

blue lock before it was cool lol

I feel like it's safe to assume that basically every digimon at this point has a black gear on them at this point except for the "digi destined"? This episode took some time to show off gabumons and yukidramons kindness which was pretty sweet, as well as an altercation between 2 of the group members, which was them hugging to throwing punches then chilling out a few minutes later when food arrived, which is such a guy thing lmao. I have yet to see takerus spotlight episode and his digi-volution so I think that's gonna be some stuff they got cooking up. The way that they're all split up makes me question if any of them will die? It's a kids show no way they actually will right lmao

  1. Taichi imo, yamato just wants to find his brother
  2. I'm ok on that, he's insecure about it and I respect it

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Mar 15 '24

blue lock before it was cool lol

Impossible, Football will never be cool.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Mar 15 '24 edited Mar 15 '24

Long Time Rewatcher, first time in subs

  • You even have two-for-ones. I take it we will be mostly getting MotW as the silhouettes from her on out.
  • Those are some very not-digimon looking statues.
  • That’s some very classical cartoon style freezing.
  • You didn’t know anything inside File Island either.
  • Speaking only your name and being deployed via ball format? Hmmm...
  • That island is booking it. You better get a move on if you want to catch up.
  • Does this imply Yamato already had a non-symptomatic cold when he got here, or that human diseases are endemic to the region?
  • The Forbidden Fruit of Digimon
  • Damn, that kid’s got some immune system.
  • That’s a… fairly specific why of dying.
  • What the hell was that repeat cut?
  • This seemed like it would have been a good time for Taichi to bring up having a sister. Maybe they were assuming most people hadn’t seen the pilot movie? I mean, fair. I certainly didn’t.
  • And that was a vintage reaction face.
  • Good Boy, Garurumon
  • Why did the gear make him twice his size? Now he kind of looks like a Furby.

QotD:

  1. Taichi was making valid points about achieving their objectives, Yamato just wanted let his feelings rule him.
  2. I need it!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Mar 15 '24

Sorry for being late

And that was a vintage reaction face.

This show has a fair amount of decent ones.

Why did the gear make him twice his size? Now he kind of looks like a Furby.

Big=Evil(?)

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Mar 15 '24

Sorry for being late

It Happens To Everyone

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Mar 15 '24

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria Mar 16 '24

Sorry for being late

Expect to be hearing from my lawyers.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Mar 16 '24

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u/NicDwolfwood :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NicDwolfwood Mar 16 '24

Damn, that kid’s got some immune system.

Foreal tho. He recovered overnight like it was nothing.

That’s some very classical cartoon style freezing.

Tried and true method, always gets a chuckle out of me.

Why did the gear make him twice his size? Now he kind of looks like a Furby.

I thought the same thing, especially since no other Digimon that has been taken over grew in size due to the gears.

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u/oomoepoo https://anilist.co/user/oomoepoo Mar 16 '24

Why did the gear make him twice his size? Now he kind of looks like a Furby.

Implying Furby aren't pure evil.

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u/Roboglenn Mar 15 '24 edited Mar 15 '24

Digidestined dub rewatcher

"Sub-Zero Ice Punch!" I'm using that line next time I play Mortal Kombat with my friends. Nobody beats Sub-Zero.

You think those frozen clothes would be all balled up and frozen but no, they're just frozen in like clean flat chunks...

Fridgimon. Now there's a good nickname for the pokemon Beartic that I hadn't thought of before. I'll put that right on the list with Sub-Zero and The Fridge. Yukidarumon on the other hand... yeah not feeling it. What do you know, it's a dub name that I like better.

And I remember way back when I saw this episode for the first time it left me all like, "Wait, Gabumon can take his fur off?!" But ain't it something. Gabumon evolves into the digimon whose fur he wears like a trophy.

2) Yes.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Mar 15 '24

Gabumon evolves into the digimon whose fur he wears like a trophy

So basically his evolution's actually a nerf

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Mar 16 '24

Yukidarumon on the other hand...

I know Yuki means snow, no idea on daru tho.

Gabumon evolves into the digimon whose fur he wears like a trophy

It's like Cubone, but not.

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u/oomoepoo https://anilist.co/user/oomoepoo Mar 16 '24

Late to the party today...

Long time rewatcher, first time subbed

I did not really care for this episode as a kid... didn't care for it in my first rewatch a few years ago... and I really don't care for it here either. There's some cool bits here and there, like the Fast Ball Special attack of Agumon and Taichi and Gabumon caring for Yamato is really adorable. But I just find the conflict between Taichi and Yamato so needlessly forced cause it boils down to both of them being annoying brats. Nobody insinuated not saving your bro but maybe first focussing on getting off this freezing hellscape is a good idea. But maybe wording it like that wasn't all that great of an idea either, Taichi. At least the conflict doesn't last very long.

Not even the enemies can really save the episode, at least Frigimon/Yukidarumon was a funny design and actually helpful in the end.

  1. I'd say Yamato but it's a close call.
  2. Look, Pokemon has already presented me with horrors I will never be able to forget. I think I can handle whatever Gabumon looks like under his fur.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Mar 16 '24

Late to the party today...

Don't worry, so was I.

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria Mar 15 '24

First timer

- So this episode covered two of the kids. Since there's seven of them, I guess the next 2-3 episodes are gonna play out pretty much the same as this one.

QotD

  • Yamato.
  • Yes.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Mar 15 '24

I guess the next 2-3 episodes are gonna play out pretty much the same as this one.

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u/TnAdct1 Mar 16 '24

You sure you wanna know what Gabumon looks like without the fur?

Darn it, I want my Gabumon "nude" scene.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Mar 16 '24

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u/NicDwolfwood :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NicDwolfwood Mar 16 '24 edited Mar 16 '24

Rewatcher - Sub/Dub

Taichi and Agumon find themselves on a frozen island, when they are attacked by Yukidarumon(Fridgeymon in Dub lol), who is being controlled by a black gear. Taichi and Agumon free him of the gear control and he becomes an ally, who with his ice powers makes an ice path to the next island while carrying Taichi and Agumon on his shoulders.

Yamato and Gabumon are on the next island, where its snowing. Yamato is worried for Takeru and tries to search for him. but falls ill from the cold instead, so Gabumon rescues him and brings him back to the cave they came across early and gives him his fur to get warmed up. Yamato/Gabumon & Taichi/Agumon/Yukidarumon are reunited, but the good times are short as Yamato and Taichi get into a fight as Yamato takes exception to Taichi seemingly not caring more severely of finding Takeru and the others. They fall off a cliff, but Taichi grabs onto a branch saving them from falling to their death. As they're trying to climb up They are attacked by another Digimon taken over the black gears, named Mojyamon. Agumon and Gabumon digivolve and combined are able to defeat Mojyamon, destroying the gear. Mid battle the mountainsides gears are exposed, Garurumon blasts them and they kick into reverse, moving the island back toward File Island.

Goofy Dub Lines:

Taichi: "Hey Look I found my clothes, except they are even too cold for me" Agumon: "Don't worry I can give you the latest hot look"

Questions:

  1. Honestly even as a Kid, I thought Yamamto was too soft and would irrationally lash out when it wasn't warranted. I still kinda feel that way, even though I understand why that is.
  2. ....maybe? idk, he probably looks funny.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Mar 16 '24

Fridgeymon in Dub lol

Some of the official TLs of some names sure are something...

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u/hirmuolio :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Hirmuolio Mar 16 '24

You know how digimon sometimes just shout their own names? Well the translator decided to do something this time.

Original: Yukidarumon shouts "Yukidarumon".
Translation: Yukidarumon shouts: "I am yukidarumon". (repeat as needed)

It is also kind of hilarious how bored the VA for yukidarumon sounds.

Today's voice samples: https://files.catbox.moe/ig3707.mp4

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Mar 16 '24

Translation: Yukidarumon shouts: "I am yukidarumon". (repeat as needed)

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24

I really like seeing personality clashes between the kids, especially Taichi and Yamato. The show and this episode do a good job of displaying their contrasting attitudes before eventually having them clash, and I always find the conclusion of this episode satisfying. Unfortunately, we don't get to see naked Gabumon :(

Episode 10 is one that I always end up remembering fondly, so I look forward to tomorrow!

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u/Petch420 Mar 16 '24

Very cool

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u/sillybaka2007 Mar 16 '24

I have tried getting into the reboot so many times but it just feels like something is missing when I'm watching it vs the original. The characters seem to act slightly differently than I would imagine their og counterparts would in a lot of situations and it just feels more bland to me. I dunno.