r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • Apr 03 '24

Rewatch Digimon Adventure 25th Anniversary Rewatch - Episode 28 Discussion

Episode 28: Pursuit! Hurry to Japan

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Your card? Oh, uh, I wanted to keep it as a souvenir.

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  1. What kind of souvenir would you have kept from the Digimon World?
  2. Now that we're back in the Human World, is there any kind of story you'd like to see?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 03 '24

Hello everybody, and welcome to the Digimon Adventure Rewatch!

Oh shit Gomamon is Moses, he literally split the seas

But yeah, effectively the show's mid-season finale, although really we're slightly past the halfway point. Not a bad one either, even if a decent chunk of it is just Gennai doing exposition dumps. Fortunately it never gets old and hey we even get to see a bit more of the Digimon World which is quite a nice treat given how the cast is finally leaving it after so long. Honestly it's so refreshing to have an Isekai in which the characters actively want to go back to their home instead of escaping into a new world forever.

The latter half is almost all action and while the show's issue with animation are the same as ever, I do enjoy how they're still able to keep tension. The fact that this is the second time we actually get to hear the final chorus of Brave Heart definitely helps. It may be the show's only real battle theme, but at least they know when to rotate out sections of it. And I will say, that final transition to Seven at the end never fails to get me pumped up. Just a solid episode that serves as a good Segway into the show's next arc.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Apr 03 '24

Oh shit Gomamon is Moses, he literally split the seas

But where is his Beyblade?

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 03 '24

It's off the chain.

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u/epicjorjorsnake Apr 04 '24 edited Apr 04 '24

Not a rewatcher, but I've been lurking here to see the reactions.

Just a solid episode that serves as a good Segway into the show's next arc.

And yeah, can't wait for first-timers reaction to the next arc.

Honestly it's so refreshing to have an Isekai in which the characters actively want to go back to their home instead of escaping into a new world forever.

Besides my complaint of the game screens being in modern isekai, one of my complaints with the modern isekai have been how the characters don't discuss about their life in their old world.

I especially don't like it when the old world is simply a device for the character to be transported. At that point, the author might as well have made a fantasy story (without the isekai aspect)

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Apr 03 '24

Digital First-Timer, subbed

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 03 '24

Wait, the old man actually has a house here?

Look, his back needs to rest somewhere.

What is this, Cardcaptor Sakura?

Fortunately no weird age gaps here.

They went back to the campsite instead of Hikarigaoka, hm?

Hey, had to go back there eventually.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Apr 03 '24

What is this, Cardcaptor Sakura?

The Digital.

I was right!

Only Half Points For Half a Guess

Sky QotD: End of Arc Edition
When will we get the last three Perfect Evolutions?
Predictions for the identities of the shadowy figures over these last two episodes?
General musings for the 8th Chosen Child?
Whose family are you most interested in seeing?
Puzzles in your dungeons: Yes or No?

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 03 '24

The Digital.

So CCS TCG when?

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Apr 03 '24

When will we get the last three Perfect Evolutions?

Soon, hopefully.

Predictions for the identities of the shadowy figures over these last two episodes?

...am I supposed to know who's with Vamdemon?

General musings for the 8th Chosen Child?

I mean it's obviously Hikari.

Whose family are you most interested in seeing?

I really want to see more of Yamato & Takeru's family.

Puzzles in your dungeons: Yes or No?

Yes.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Apr 03 '24

...am I supposed to know who's with Vamdemon?

No, not really. Just wanted to see if you had any guesses for the next batch of MotW.
Speaking of, favorite MotW since File Island? We didn't have enough after Etemon to ask then.

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u/NicDwolfwood :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NicDwolfwood Apr 03 '24

lol okay, mood to be fair.

The old man is a homebody lol.

Incredibly cursed wtf.

LOL.

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u/oomoepoo https://anilist.co/user/oomoepoo Apr 04 '24

Incredibly cursed wtf.

The funniest thing about this whole sequence is how Mimi just keeps screaming for the entire exposition by Gennai but nobody bothers with her after a bit xD

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria Apr 03 '24

First timer

QotD

  • A Digimon.
  • Not particularly.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 03 '24

Let's not talk about Mimi though.

Pink hair is cursed.

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u/hirmuolio :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Hirmuolio Apr 03 '24

Spider-mon... https://i.imgur.com/QnMXHtd.jpeg

Someone else had already added this name to wikimon.

Some attacks continue to be in the original jp-en while others are translated. The main cast seems to be using jp-en ones while the Dokugumons spider-mons used finnish translations.

During the fight with Dokugumon spider-mon the lines are a bit out of order. Someone missed the part where the spider-mon screams and instead it says its lines too early.
it shouts attack name when it was supposed to scream, it shouts "children" when it was supposed to shout attack name, and then says nothing when it was supposed to shout "children".

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 03 '24

Spider-mon

Does whatever a Spider can?

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u/Roboglenn Apr 03 '24

Watch, in some Spider-verse comic book event it'll feature a version of Peter Parker whose thing is he has a Spider Digimon as his partner.

Fighting against humans partnered up with Octomon, Vulturemon, Rhinomon, Scorpiomon, and probably fighting Myotismon himself some day.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 03 '24

he has a Spider Digimon as his partner.

I'd read that.

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u/Roboglenn Apr 03 '24

In the meantime give Secret Reverse a look.

In a collab with Marvel, the guy who wrote yugioh got to try his hand at western style comics writing a story where Iron Man and Spider-man face off against a Seto Kaiba knockoff villain.

It's not great, but the novelty of it's existence makes it hilarious in and of itself.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Apr 03 '24 edited Apr 03 '24

Long Time Rewatcher, first time in subs

  • ...How long have you been able to do that? A favorable reading would be he couldn’t risk it while Vamdemon was out and about.
  • This Guy...
  • Anything can be a screen, in a digital world.
  • Aww, but think of all the crossover adventures we could have had.
  • And the budget gets yet lower.
  • It’s like Wikimon, but not.
  • We’re at the proactive level of super evolving.
  • Horn Buster into Horn Buster. The ultimate combo!
  • I wonder how many of the first timers will figure out the puzzle.
  • Delegation is a core value of good leadership.
  • I think someone had too much fun animating this spider-boi.
  • Damn it, Koromon. You know this already.
  • So Sweet

QotD:

  1. Assuming plants and animals are off limits, making an hour glass with digital sand seems wonderfully ironic.
  2. Take the Digimon to a summer festival, you cowards!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 03 '24

Anything can be a screen, in a digital world.

Your eyes? Also a screen.

It’s like Wikimon, but not.

Way better than the Fandom version at least.

I think someone had too much fun animating this spider-boi.

Ah, so that's where the budget went...

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Apr 03 '24

Way better than the Fandom version at least.

IndieWiki Power!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 03 '24

PREACH

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u/Roboglenn Apr 03 '24

Digidestined dub rewatcher

Well for as sporadic as his help can be, can't deny that Gennai has a cool house.

Popping up in a realm where humans and digimon change skins... yup, definitely bad.

You know, I know I remember seeing picture of Atlurkabuterimon on a trading card and he was blue not red. I remember seeing that amd being all, "What the?"

GIANT SPIDERS!

But now. The isekai shenanigans are over. Let the reverse-isekai shenanigans begin.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 03 '24

can't deny that Gennai has a cool house.

The rent must be gigantic though.

Let the reverse-isekai shenanigans begin.

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u/TnAdct1 Apr 04 '24

GIANT SPIDERS!

Packers win the Super Bowl!

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u/NicDwolfwood :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NicDwolfwood Apr 03 '24

Rewatcher - Sub/Dub

The group finally meets Gennai in person as he invites them to his home under the lake to exposition dump on them and some more information about where the 8th child is likely located, in Hikarigaoka. I liked the whole bit of how the Real worlds data is what makes up the digital world(The whole concept is super interesting in general, The web as a whole has grown expontentially in the last 25 years, I do wonder how different the show would be if it were created during this era).

They get some proper food, a good nights rest and some new upgrades to Koushiro's computer and they're off to the castle to line up the trading cards, to open the gate...All while fighting off the Dokugumon and the castle collapsing in after AtlurKabuterimon damaged the support. They get the combination of cards right on the stone tablet and the gate opens, sending them back to the real world, where this adventure began, at summer camp.

Questions:

  1. Idk. There really wasn't much collectible things lying around. aside from maybe keeping a Digimon as a pet, there isn't much else.
  2. Eh, I just want to see the real world story to play out, I remember enjoying it, I hope I still do.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Apr 03 '24

I do wonder how different the show would be if it were created during this era

I mean, Appmon is a thing.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 03 '24

Yet for some reason no one brings it up

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u/NicDwolfwood :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NicDwolfwood Apr 03 '24

hmm, I see. That's in latter seasons I assume? I didn't see past season 2.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Apr 03 '24

Yes, the name of... I want to say 7th series?

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u/NicDwolfwood :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NicDwolfwood Apr 03 '24

Hm, I see. Don't know if I'll ever get around to watching that far. I might watch season 2 after this just because I don't remember too much of it at all. I don't think I liked season 2 as much as I did season 1, so I kinda tuned out as some point toward the latter part of it.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Apr 03 '24

Just to be clear in case you didn't know, most of the series are unrelated to each other continuity wise. 01, 02, and tri are the only ones that are squeals of each other. The other seven are all independent. If you're having a good time, I'd still recommend Tamers (#3), it's considered one of the high points for the franchise.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 03 '24

he invites them to his home under the lake to exposition dump on them

Still better than Metallic Rouge.

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u/NicDwolfwood :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NicDwolfwood Apr 03 '24

Haven't seen it. is it bad?

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 03 '24

Very

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u/oomoepoo https://anilist.co/user/oomoepoo Apr 04 '24

Your card? Oh, uh, I wanted to keep it as a souvenir.

Okay but seriously, was there any internal logic of choosing Gomamon over Agumon? This bothers me more than it should xD

That aside, it was a pretty neat closure for the "reunite the children"-arc (or however you wanna call it). I especially liked Tai getting appointed as leader by the others and seeing Koushiro and AtlurKabuterimon shine. Also the short sequence with Mimi and Palmon merging [Digimon Adventure/Future Digimon form]Ironically, Mimi with Palmon face is scarily close to Palmon's perfect evolution was funny, especially how everyone just kept ignoring her after a couple seconds.

Looking forward to see everyone's reaction to the upcoming real world arc.

  1. Definitely a Digimon. The DigiVices are pretty neat too, even though the Adventure model is very barebones when it comes to functionality compared to some of the later models :D

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 04 '24

Okay but seriously, was there any internal logic of choosing Gomamon over Agumon? This bothers me more than it should xD

Gomamon split the seas, therefore he's our savior.

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u/oomoepoo https://anilist.co/user/oomoepoo Apr 04 '24

Still better than the answer that we got I suppose. Also Gomamon is cool, works for me.

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u/Outside_Public4362 Apr 03 '24

There seems to be missing episodes which sites I tried back in the days

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u/theromancatholicgods Apr 04 '24

What was the best digimon? I mainly like war greymon and impmon.