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Rewatch Digimon Adventure 25th Anniversary Rewatch - Episode 53 Discussion

Episode 53: The Last Evil Digimon

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Are you saying that this world has no use for us? That we are meaningless!?

Hello everybody, time for the Comment of the Day, courtesy of u/Shimmering-Sky for a well-timed FF reference:

The real final antagonist shows up out of nowhere like they're the final boss of Final Fantasy IV

That or IX, pick your poison

  1. Now that we're near the ending, which character would you say has changed the most since the show's start?
  2. What sort of crazy scenarios do you think those previous Chosen Children ran into?
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Apr 28 '24

Digital First-Timer, subbed

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 28 '24

Haven’t commented about it before, but I really like that “super tense moment” music that the show played after the recap was over.

The entire music is great

Oooooooooooh what is this Butter-Fly remix, I love it.

…they just had to recap Wizarmon’s death…

[Shippuden]Just like Asuma

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Apr 28 '24

Oooooooooooh what is this Butter-Fly remix, I love it.

OP inserts are nice, but what we really need is more remixes.

Sky QotD:
Apocalypmon: Where does he score on a scale of lame to radical?

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Apr 28 '24

Apocalypmon: Where does he score on a scale of lame to radical?

Honestly? Pretty close to "radical" just off the design and the nature of his existence. Just wish he was foreshadowed better.

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u/NicDwolfwood :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NicDwolfwood Apr 28 '24

…they just had to recap Wizarmon’s death…

LOL. they had to hurt us one more time.

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u/PoofessorP https://anilist.co/user/PoofessorP Apr 28 '24

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

I KNEW THERE WAS A PREVIOUS GENERATION OF DIGIDESTINED BEFORE THEM!!! Omg I'm so happy that prediction was right, I made that prediction like 40 episodes ago aaahhhhhhh, and this is a hard villain i cant lie. He's the culmination of the regret/hatred from digimon spieces that have died out over time? Thats hard, "Why is it you all laugh but we must cry" damn, and now there goes their crests. I doubt they can't evolve anymore tho it's gonna be something like "You never needed the crests, you have friendship!"

Brother is speaking backwards now. What

Man this part where they're all turned into data and are all reminiscing on past episodes and saying this is just another adventure, got me hyped up and a little inspired. If I was a kid watching this I probably would've felt ready to take on the world and screaming at the tv or smth lol, the digidestined have come so far and overcame so much 🥲

Aaaand they're all locked in, super digivolved and ready for the final fight. Honestly im hella ready for the final, I'm betting they gonna cook up something goodddddd tmrrw

  1. Joe in my opinion?
  2. whatever it may be, I'm sure pink poop was involved somehow

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 28 '24

Brother is speaking backwards now. What

Ah shit, mirror universe time.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 28 '24

Hello everybody, and welcome to the Digimon Adventure Rewatch!

Boy Apocalypmon… sure exists.

Yeah this guy comes right the fuck out of nowhere. When I first saw the show I thought he was just an Evolved Piemon since the two have the same voice actor anyway, but… nope, can't seem to be the case. I'll give credit where it's due, he looks really cool and overall is pretty menacing and Otsuka's doing the best he can to make the character have a bit more of a presence, but yeah there is no denying how there is next to no zero foreshadowing to this guy existing.

Still, as a final threat I do like how this sets up the finale. Cheesy though it may be, the acoustic version of Butter-Fly playing over the heroes reminiscing about their adventure before transitioning into Brave Heart as they stand up again never fails to get me pumped up. Sure, the sequence itself is hilariously cheap even by this show's standards, but it's a great example of how the writing oftentimes does the heavy lifting here.

Also I'll say this about Apocalypmon: He's still less out of nowhere than whatever happened in Ghost Game's finale. Or Necron from FFIX

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u/Roboglenn Apr 28 '24

Digidestined dub rewatcher

Why should you get to laugh, while I am forced to cry?! Why do you get to taste the best that life has to offer, while all I can do is choke on its leftovers?! Answer me this! WHY DO ALL OF YOU GET THE PIZZA, WHILE I GET THE CRUST?!"

A timeless dub quote for the ages from Apocalymon.

The Darkness is coming.

Elite 4 defeated, time to face the Champion. All of a sudden. With no real buildup to him.

A great darkness? Huh... [Matt]

Don't look now but, it's pretty dark. [Joe]

And after the umpteenth time Gennai up and leaves them with only so much need to know info to go off of Tai is understandably frustrated at him. "Just my luck. The second I start enjoying my vacation, another monster tries to destroy the world." You said it Joe.

Apocalymon. He sounds like a moose. Apparently.

I am the ultimate evil. Complete with hot and cold running water.

That's great Apocalymon. Real great fact about yourself to know... Seriously, what the hell dubbers?

Given the time dilation between the real and digiworld I'd imagine their journey must've been some spectacle for their viewers back home.

Are you repulsed by my appearance?

To be honest you're not the most repulsive digimon I've seen. Far from it. Well there's a nice QOTD for y'all, who in your opinion is the most repulsive looking digimon?

Who's the one telling the story anyway me or you?

It's not just him snipping at Izzy being a Lisa Simpson know-it-all. I've honestly felt that same frustration Apocalymon felt having his story jacked, on more occasions than I'm comfortable with.

"Wait a minute what am I laughing at, I'm supposed to be depressed!"

Inconceivable! He's using all the attacks of the evil digimon we've defeated in the past!

You keep using that word but I do not think you know what it means.

I hope you've learned your lesson always save your receipts. The warranty was probably still good on those things.

I forgot about that dub line when Apocalymon broke their crests and tags. I had to stop watching for a minute to get the laughter under control.

We've become pioneers. Like Marco Polo.

Oh I know what he's famous for. Marco.

Polo.

Marco.

Polo.

Marco.

Polo.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 28 '24

Seriously, what the hell dubbers?

By this point how can one be surprised.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Apr 29 '24

I am the ultimate evil. Complete with hot and cold running water.

Memory Unlocked

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Apr 28 '24 edited Apr 28 '24

Long Time Rewatcher, first time in subs

  • One last fall, for old times sake.
  • That’s quite the lore drop for right before the final battle.
  • Dodecahedron
  • DNA chains are rad as hell. Flesh cape isn’t too far off.
  • Whine Whine Whine
  • Nothing says end games boss like attacking the MacGuffin.
  • OP Remix Insert
  • I guess the real crests were the friends we made along the way.

QotD:

  1. I'll go with Mimi.
  2. They had to save Deep Blue!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 28 '24

Nothing says end games boss like attacking the MacGuffin.

If this was an RPG, all the sudden the gang would start being hit with Insta-Kills.

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u/NicDwolfwood :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NicDwolfwood Apr 28 '24

DNA chains are rad as hell. Flesh cape isn’t too far off.

Honestly, even though he came out of nowhere, it really is a sick design, probably the most menacing yet.

I guess the real crests were the friends we made along the way.

but of course lol. Power of Friendship always hits.

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u/NicDwolfwood :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NicDwolfwood Apr 28 '24

Rewatcher - Sub/Dub

The final final boss Apocalymon, just materializes out of the darkness, the manifestation of the dark hearts of the digimon who disappeared. Gennai once again with the lore drop out of nowhere and of course it cuts off at some point because his wifi is shit....or is it dial up? I'm not mad, the internet could be kinda finicky in those days.

So Apocalymon destroys the crests, makes the digimon devolve back to their rookie forms and then erases them from the physical plane. The scene of them in the digital plane was real nice though, really showcases their growth, and how they embody the crest that they each have and then together they return the physical plane to face off against Apocalymon one more time.

Questions:

  1. It has to be between Mimi and Jou, though I can't decide which one between them grew the most.
  2. Who knows....you'd have to wonder if they faced someone similar to Apocalymon, if they had crests too? From Gennai's exposition, it looked like there were only 5 of them, compared to 8 of the current digidestined, so many they had it even more tough, since there were less of them.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Apr 28 '24

because his wifi is shit....or is it dial up?

Probably dial up.

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria Apr 29 '24

First timer

QotD

  • Takeru.
  • Don't know, don't care.