#And I kinda feel like Greymon is still like Different Enough since the baby gets stripes and the horn and changes from yellow to orange

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[Ni/digitalgate02 here] See, this is what i've been thinking for ages and i don't like to limit myself into what is stated on wikimon and other fansites' databases to make lines... They're not a mandatory rule, and with things like the new TCG DigiCa they just embraced the wild combos you can make and evolution rules are by card color and not by specific lines (tho they do have some... suggestions now on the cards, i think?)

i also like the wild combos like Tailmon's OG Adv/02 line?? Which is slime → cat blob → puppy → cat → angel woman → PINK FLUFFY DRAGON

I wish we had more things like these... At least consistent theme, but not like Agu → Grey → MetalGrey → WarGrey sort of line... (and look, i love this line, it just... I love the design + shapes to change a little... ya got me?)

i love most of the main kid/protag mons and their forms, tho...

Like to be fair to Toei/Bandai, there is partially a reason to why the main partners especially tend to have such linear, specific evolution trees; not only because it makes the Digimon easier to sell, but also because the characters need to be easily recognizable to small children. Like the main character(s) having really bizarre evolutions could make it hard for a child to keep up with who's who (especially if they missed an episode), while having very consistent and strong thematic and color coding (etc) will make it always super easy for kids to keep up with. So I understand WHY the main partners tend to be the way they are, it just is the way it is. (It's also why I really loved the evolutions in Survive because aside from Agumon's Vaccine-line, that shit was WILD and I was LIVING for it, Dracumon alone had me losing my fucking shit, Floramon too)

Also I do feel like the emphasis on evolution lines is something the fandom tends to enforce more than Bandai/Toei. And, much to my shock and horror, a lot of people do kind of dislike wild evolutions, some people prefer the Pokémon-esque strict evolution lines. (See: every person who has ever made fun of Tailmon's evolution line for "not making sense") So often I see people share their Tamer OCs and their partner Digimon with full evolution lines and more often than not it's just a known partner Digimon with their default evolution line. Everybody has their own comfort food, and strict evolution lines are just that for some people. Which is fine, I'm just a little 🔪 if anybody tries to enforce strict evolution lines in places they don't belong (aka any space for creativity)

But indeed, I wish we could see more Wild Evolutions in canon more often, or at least have the main partner's evolutions change things up a little more than they tend to (honestly probably the best protag evolution is Gumdramon -> Arresterdramon, like despite the mostly identical color palette and many key visual elements, they really do look nothing alike and yet the evolution feels like a natural progression and is still easily recognizable, really love that.)

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Psi episode 7, JYOOOOOOOOO

I wonder, how many “days” has passed on the Digital World so far? Like has everything that has happened so far taken place during the same day (are there even nights in this DW?) or have multiple days already passed? I mean I guess not (for Taichi and Sora) since in the last episode they did just figure out the time difference between the worlds and all...    IDK I’m just wondering since part of Adventure’s charm was like the whole survival aspect where the kids had to find food and a safe place to sleep each night to survive and Psi seems to be cutting out the hard stuff to seem more fantastical and fun (and less serious/scary for kids) but honestly I think it just makes Psi feel flatter and ironically enough, more boring... But who knows, maybe we’re still on Day 1 in the DW and we’ll see them acknowledge stuff like finding a safe place to sleep later (my memory is failing me lol but I think Sora had a huge supply of food on her in her episode so I’m not too bothered with the whole finding food thing)

ANYWAYS WHERE IS JYOU

GOMAMON, FUCK YEAH!!

Gomamon is like... somehow extra cute in this episode... So far... IDK I’m in love a little, what a smart baby, knowing who the Chosen are and all

MOM YAGAMI! HIKARI!!!

The power went out but the TV stayed on lmao (I know Mom complained it was just the microwave oven but the lights went out too)

Jyou, hard at studying as always... What a responsible child

Kiriha’s VA is such a good new voice for Jyou, he’s so perfect, like out of the entire recast he’s probably the best one

Musako Elementary School? RIP Odaiba Elementary School

DOES JYOU KNOW LIKE MARTIAL ARTS OR SOMETHING THIS IS AMAZING

Poor Jyou is so stressed out... ;__; (Also his episode was a bit weird and sudden but okay)

GOMAMON NOOOOOOO, BABY ;_____; TAICHI GIVE HIM A HUG, AGUMON TOO, EVERYONE GIVE GOMAMON A GROUP HUG

(Okay but this has bothered me since like forever with pretty much every entry in the series where the Digimon only have relationships and interactions with their own partners but they never develop relationships or even really interact with other Chosen/partners, and like, with Adventure/Psi I can kinda forgive it since they already have like a massive cast so figuring out the relationships all 16 characters have with each other is an absolute nightmare to figure out, but still like. I’ve never liked this part of the franchise, I wish the Digimon weren’t just a weird extension of their partners who cared about nothing else but their Chosen)

BTW I like the tiny white specks that’re scattered around the backgrounds, it kinda evokes that watercolor-esque aesthetic of Adventure and it’s backgrounds and the white specks it had but without being as hyper stylized. IDK it’s just nice

Speaking of backgrounds, did the painter forget to hide their color palette before sending the finished painting? What’re those lines on the left lmao

GOMAMON NOOOOO

My fear that Toei may have splurged their entire budget on the Greymon evolution sequence and now don’t have the money to make evolution sequences for the remaining characters is definitely starting to creep in

LET’S GO IKKAKUMON!!

Ooooh, could Ikkakumon carry the crew over the oceaN YES didn’t even finish the sentence lmao

Next episode preview let’s gooo boys

While the ads play, don’t have much to say about this episode tbh, it was more or less like all the previous episodes. It was nice and fun and cute but nothing much beyond that, but the good news is that this story arc is slowly coming to a close, as all we really need is to have Koushirou group up with the rest and Yamato to join the party as well

Definitely curious where the story is going now that this arc is coming to a close, are we gonna get to see Devimon finally? ALSO WHERE IS ORGEMON, MY BABY

Oh the preview says they group up in the next episode, COOL I thought this was gonna take another 2-3 episodes knowing what Yamato is like lmao