#digimon last evolution

[hayannoran]

Neverland

[bagerfluff]

My screenshots from Digimon Adventure Beyond

[reliablejoukido]

Literally forgot they gave Yamato hot person glasses for half of a second, meanwhile Joe’s glasses are… always this

[syazrock]

the comic please read left to right. Collection artwork of my Koumimi or koumi idk. Rewatching Digimon i forgot i ship Koushiro and Mimi. Hehe.. 😩

[dutchforstrangers]

How, in Kizuna, both Yamato and Taichi know what Sora is up to and even though Taichi and Sora grew apart, they still have a special connection that's here to stay forever and shouldn't be left unsaid

Before you read on, two warnings:

Kizuna spoilers!

LONG POST!

Also, a little note and disclaimer: I can see people percepting this post as a Taiora-shipper heavily vouching for romantic!Taiora and bashing Sorato. Interpret it however you like, but just know that's not how I approached this meta. It's Sorato-friendly and Sorato-appreciative. Sure, it gives reasons for romantic!Taiora to have potential in canon, but it's mostly directed on how I see the -platonic- connection between Taichi and Sora and how it's portrayed in the Kizuna movie.

That being said, I do not own Digimon and therefore this is my view on it. I also didn't read the Kizuna novel, so everything not compliant with the novel is due to that. Anyway, happy readings!

Who remembers the Digimon movie Diaboromon strikes back probably knows how Sora is not present during the fight because she's on the tennis club trip. Or actually on her way back. We learn about this, because Koushiro asks where Sora is and Yamato -being her boyfriend obviously- is the only one who knows the answer. Cute boyfriend, truly!

In the Kizuna movie we see a little call back to this particular scene when Yamato and Taichi are eating together and talk about what all the others are up to (and how they seem to be the only ones who have no clue about their future yet. I feel that, unlike Koushiro I didn't run a freaking tech company at 21??!!! Seriously, who does that?!). Taichi sums up all the 01 Chosen Children + Daisuke, except for two: Takeru and Sora. Of course Yamato knows what Takeru is up to, so Taichi leaves that for Yamato to tell.

As for Sora... I think that's a bit harder and I've been thinking about this since the first time I saw it. Especially after I saw this post floating around on my dash every once in a while (and yes the Taiora-shipper in me wants my Taiora-heart to be soothed BUT this is not the main reason, believe me) and I just think Yamato isn't the only one who knows. Now let me try to explain myself.

The first reaction Taichi gives after Yamato drops the insights on Sora's life is a kind of bored (maybe even a little frustrated?), almost sighing and slightly stretched "Eeehhh" which can be translated to "Yeah...". In the English dub Taichi's 'yeah' sounds even more frustrated and almost... disappointed? Also look at the face above! Taichi doesn't look pleased in my opinion, at all. See it for yourself.

Anyway, when we take all of the above in consideration, we could interpret Taichi's reaction in two different ways:

"Yeah. Ok. Cool. Not interested."

"Yeah. I know. It stings. Thanks for reminding me, dude."

And to be honest, I can't imagine Taichi not being interested in Sora (from a platonic perspective), so I'd go with the second option. Taichi knows that Sora's into Ikebana (and if we believe the one Christmas Tri interview, Taichi also knows about Sora's designer aspirations), but he doesn't include her in his enumeration, because why the heck would he talk about his friend's girlfriend??! Besides, talking about Sora seems a bit more painful to him than talking about the others. A reason for this for example could be that it's pretty painful to see and feel yourself slowly fading away from your oldest friend due to the difference in life paths. Yamato on the other hand starts talking about her, because it's his freaking girlfriend so OF COURSE he wants to talk about her.

This also brings me to the part that Yamato knows that Taichi knows what Sora is up to. After Taichi gives his sighing reaction, Yamato reacts by stating something very painful YAMA MY BOI WHY DO YOU BREAK TAICHI'S HEART LIKE THAT??!!! the obvious no one likes to admit.

"Things can't stay the same forever..."

Look at Taichi's sad and pained face!! The fact that Yamato says this seems to hit something in Taichi, especially after briefly talking about Sora; Taichi's oldest friend... It could even point in the direction of Yamato knowing Taichi and Sora grew apart, as if he wants to make clear to Taichi that it's okay to let go of old friendships as it's part of life (and not because Yamato is afraid to lose Sora to Taichi or whatsoever).

You know, that really pains me. Ugh, this movie will be my death one day... Carry on!

Throughout the rest of the movie, however, we see how Taichi and Sora still maintain some kind of 'connection'. For example how they were silently in pain, waiting for the inevitable, while the rain poured down (I know that's scenography, but it could even be a weird-ass nod to the Our War Game Taiora drama in the English dub...), their scenes following up each other. Also note how both Piyomon (+ Sora) and Agumon stare through the -left panel of the- window... Sad. ~See this edit~

How Yamato is stopped by Takeru, Jyou and Mimi (a.k.a. team Hope) and Taichi only by Hikari and Koushiro. Clearly there's someone missing in team Light and that someone must be Sora on Taichi's side.

And of course the whistle (I still don't get Yamato's dub-line "I used to hate that damn whistle," like, where did that even come from??!! It's stupid) blown by Taichi to which Sora reacts by literally calling out his name with the extra of a hand on the glass, reaching out to him, but unable to help because she's seperated (feels distanced...) from him. ~See this edit~

I even found this little thing you might miss with the blink of an eye. Or maybe I am just an idiot and I only spotted it now and everyone else is like: "Yeah, we already knew, old news." Gonna meta on it anyway

So anyway, in the 'staring to the pouring rain' scene, where Sora tells Piyomon she decided to not take part in the fight anymore (because SAD reasons obviously), we see Sora tracing two raindrops with her finger gliding down the window, becoming one raindrop.

Then, fast forward in the movie to the scene in Koushiro's office before Taichi and Yamato travel to the Digitial World to save the others and find Menoa. Yamato wonders how if they find Menoa and will have to fight her, the Digimon need to digivolve for that fight, which will probably speed up the vanishing of Gabumon and Agumon. Taichi is aware of that, going into some kind of brave sacrifice mode for the sake of the others, and Yamato asks if he's okay with that. And right before Taichi tells Yamato "No, I'm not. But someone's gotta do it!" we see this one raindrop... gliding down the window... seperating into two raindrops..!!! (To all the gif makers; please be my guest...!)

It HAS to mean something, because it's so obvious and it actually ties those two scenes together! It's an 'Aha!'-moment, a moment where the events turn and will probably mean something like 'Our paths cross and became one all those years ago and now is the time for our paths to seperate once again. In order to do so, we have to let go and start growing up'.

But we could also interpret it in a way it says something about the decisions they make and how they differ from each other. One (Sora) chooses for herself not to fight to stall the process of saying goodbye, the other (Taichi) chooses to fight for the sake of others and with that speed up the said process.

This shows us how Sora and Taichi differ from each other, maybe even have grown apart because of that for that matter. But it could also be a hint to their bond and how they still, unknowingly, learn from the other's actions, thoughts and insights in some way. That it's useless to try to avoid the inevitable when it's clearly approaching full force. Because it's fate. At the point the two raindrops come together, both of them don't want to see that fate yet, but when the raindrop splits again, they've come to the conclusion to just take things the way they are (it's the 'Aha!'-moment for all the Chosen really, but it's so typically staged as a Sora vs. Taichi thing, as a symbol for everyone. Take it from someone who works in the theater field and is schooled in theater practices and making choreography. This is exactly how I would like to show my audience their bond in a subtle way without words and how that contradiction symbolizes the decision everyone in the group has to make eventually).

And for all we know, (this is so painful to say...) that one moment that raindrop splits again as Taichi makes his decision... Sora finds her peace with her decision as well... and this could be the exact moment where she loses her partner and becomes the first of the group with that loss........ Of course that's just speculations. But wouldn't it be the best 'strings of fate' trope-story between these two clearly connected childhood best friends?

So yeah, fate will always bring Taichi and Sora together (in canon: platonic. In fanon: could be any kind of relationship you like). And please, don't be ignorant of that! Whether you ship Sorato, Taiora, Taiyama, Taiorato, other Taichi, Sora and/or Yamato ships or none of them at all. These two soccer buddies hold a special bond with each other one could almost call t e l e p a t h i c~... Here's a little Digimon novel reference to that:

Taichi and Sora may have grown apart for now and Yamato is aware of that. But I believe Aang can save the world these two old friends have a connection that will last a lifetime and they will grow closer again over time as they grow up into beautiful adults!

Actually, the Kizuna events will bring the whole group closer together again and that's a headcanon that lives rent free in my mind <3

That's all folks!

[adventurexheart]

Just checking who still ships Taiora in the year 2024? Just want to see how many of us are still out there 🙋‍♀️

[randomx123]

Some random things I've been thinking about from different fandoms:

How does Frieza know what a "monkey" is? Especially when AFAIR Oozaru is referred to as an ape

Nico is Italian (as was his family), but ironically, his father is Hades and not Pluto

On a related note, why does Athena have a Cabin again? Isn't She supposed to be a Virgin Goddess?

Since the Air Nomads are based on Buddhist Monks, and Gautam Buddha was from (present day) India, there's nothing stopping us from headcanoning atleast one of the Air Temples to be India-based

I feel like the Magic Circles in Fairy Tail's first season are still there, but only visible to in-universe and only to those who can use Magic (surely even Holder Magic users have some level of training?)

How does Digimon: Last Evolution Kizuna tie up with Adventure 02's epilogue again? (Also, I remember having a dream that sorta made it work...)

[deramonfaqs]

P I Y O M O N

[unicelluar0rgan]

Mimi and Daisuke!

Was listening to butterfly last night and saw the movie poster of Last Evolution Kizuna and Daisuke and Mimi were making the same pose. So I thought, “Oh, they’d be besties”

[moonlightbeamu]

Kizuna was great actually

[nukitan]

Okay so as much as I dislike conflating Pokémon and Digimon, (they’re two shows that just so happen to be in the same genre and I think the comparisons should stop there. The bad faith ones anyway), how great the new Pokémon anime is has made me think about something.

Basically, I feel like Horizons has a lot of elements that I would love to see in a modern season of Digimon and I think the Digimon anime could take a page from their playbook. Which is funny since up until now I’ve always said the reverse.

Full rant bellow the cut to spare your time lines if you don’t want to read my rambles.

I split them into section going into Digimon first and then Pokémon if you want to skip around and don’t care about the other franchise. BUT, I will say that the point of this essay is that Pokémon Horizons is good, the first three seasons of Digimon are good and if you like one you should watch the other.

Anyway.

First I’m going to go into my history with Digimon and what I liked about the classic seasons and what I don’t like so much about the newer ones.

Basically, I love Digimon. Been hyper fixating on it off and on for twenty+ years. I’ve seen every season, subbed and dubbed multiple times, I’ve played a good chunk of the games, I play the TCG, ect.

Something that drew me to the Digimon anime over AniPoke, was the characters and the plot. In the early seasons Digimon tackled lots of difficult issues like divorce, adoption, death, loss, depression, among other things. But still kept a light hearted, feel good air. The characters felt deep and multi-faceted (At least in the sub), and I dare say are better written than some characters from some adult oriented anime out there. And they had cute monsters that evolved into bigger monsters and fought baddie monsters, what wasn’t there to love? The first three or so seasons did a fantastic job juggling characters, plot, cool creature fights, and cute and funny moments between the members of the cast. It never really felt like a commercial compared to contemporaries. It felt like the writers were creating something with soul, it was a story first and ad second. It felt like it had love.

Adventure, 02, and Tamers are my favorites. Bellow are some characters and their arcs I really enjoyed from those seasons, skip if don’t want spoilers.

I love Taichi’s arc of being reckless, and being one track minded to the point where he put all his friends in harms way and Yamato tries to act like this calm and cool lancer type but he’s actually the group heart and sensitive the way they bounce off each other and have conflicts throughout the series is just fantastic.

Ken in 02 and his whole arc of getting over the death of his brother and accepting the consequences of his actions as the Digimon Kaiser. And the way he slowly warms up to the group is so cute. I legit cried when I watched some of his episodes post kaiser as an adult.

Tamers as a whole is an extensional horror trip. Juri’s whole thing with her depression after the death of Leomon, how it related back to her trauma after losing her mom when she was younger, and the way the D-Reaper took advantage of that- I honestly don’t know how this was slipped into a kids show from the early 2000s.

A lot of these shows that started in the 90s and early 2000s were pledged with the “Glorified 20-25 minute toy ad” problem, and Digimon didn’t really seem to have that issue to me. It felt like the creators were putting the story and characters first, and an ad second or third.

The early seasons of Digimon felt like a celebration of childhood and was something that could be enjoyable to kids of all ages and adults alike. I don’t at all get that feeling that I’m watching a baby show when I watch early Digimon. It presents things in simple terms that kids could understand without talking down to its audience. It’s great.

And then the later seasons happened and Digimon forgot what made it great and lost its soul…

Xros wars was where the ball really seemed to drop in my opinion. Sure it still had the epic Kaiju fights but… that’s about it. Gone were the intense character moments and interesting plots. All we had was the special little marry sue of a boy Taiki who could do nothing wrong besides not “TURNING HIS BACK ON SOMEONE uwu”. And there was no overcoming adversity like in the earlier seasons, Taiki would just epically throw his Xros loader into the air and scream away his problems with a “DIGi-XROS!” (Sorry Taiki fans I can’t conceal my venom for this man)

And the monsters were just disappointing too. Like they were clunky and just looked like… toys.

It felt like Digimon had lost what made it tick and started to more closely resemble what I didn’t like about AniPoke, a toy commercial with a sanitized feel.

This continued for the next couple of seasons, only really picking up again in Appmon, but while Appmon is good and had it’s moments (I love the story with Yujin. He and Haru are totally roommates, cousins even), it still doesn’t compare to the heart the first three to five seasons had, imo.

Tri felt like a soulless nostalgia cash grab. Last Kizuna was good, it gave me hope for the anime again just to crush it all away with The Beginning.

I won’t get started on Adventure 2020 or we’ll be here all day. Needless to say it spat in the face of the show it was paying homage to.

Ghost Game got my hopes up, but then the last episode just took a dump on the rest of the show. It was fun, Kiyoshiro and Jellymon specifically were the stars of the show and GulusGammamon was interesting… until he wasn’t. It was fun, had a lot of potential with its horror feel, and was the closest to classic Digimon the modern seasons had been in awhile… at first anyway. It really shat the bed. And my problem with it don’t really relate to it being episodic in nature or anything, that can be done well. The characters just didn’t feel consistent (Especially Ruli) and it didn’t deliver on any of the plot intrigue it tried to stir up.

BUT! Ghost Game at least had… a little bit of heart. It felt like the creators knew their Digimon lore and did a fantastic job incorporating it into the monster of the week. I could really feel the love there.

Also on a side note, I am not just the Digimon equivalent to Gen-Oner, hating on things that are new and fetishizing the old. In fact, before I rewatched all of the seasons around 2020, I didn’t really care for the Adventure or Tamers. But my opinions did a total flip watching everything as an adult.

So, for a quick collection of thoughts before we move on to Pokémon:

What I like in a Digimon season:

1. Good characters with arcs that tackle bigger issues in a way kids can still understand and relate to without feel like they’re being talked down to.

2. Cute moments between members of the cast and their creatures.

3. Fights that feel like they mean something and aren’t just there for cool flashy effects.

4. A feeling of love and care for the franchise that goes beyond just trying to sell me toys and games.

Things I don’t like:

-OP mcs that solve every problem with the gimmick of the given seasons

-Flat, inconsistent characters that don’t feel like they have any agency or reason for doing what they’re doing besides that fact that they do indeed have Digimon.

-Pointless fights that are just there for no other reason than just to show a cool fight

-“BUY ALL OUR GAMES AND TOYS AT YOUR LOCAL HOBBY SHOP”

Okay now Pokémon.

Just like with Digimon here’s a little background with my history with the Pokémon anime

I’ve watched the original Pokémon anime up to Diamond and Pearl as a kid and I watched some of SM and most of Journey’s as an adult, but I’ve never really been big on anipoke.

Like at best it just felt like a cute show I could turn my brain off for and just vibe.

At worst it felt like a hyper sanitized toy/game commercial (Not blaming it, that was the anime’s main purpose after all).

Out of curiosity, I watched the new series. As much as I liked Ash, I really felt like he overstayed his welcome and they should have gotten rid of him and moved on ages ago since it felt like by DP there was nothing interesting to do with the character. The Pokémon world is huge and intresting, there was so much they could have done but Ash kind of felt like he bogged it down and stunted the anime’s growth past a point.

So yeah,I got excited when they finally pulled the plug and focused on a new set of characters so I gave Horizons a watch.

And I love it! It’s got heart, characters with development, a little bit of plot, and it’s cute? Like I was dumbfounded by the fact that a Pokemon anime, that I previously wrote off as just being a glorified ad, could be so good???

And then after thinking about what I liked so much about it, that’s when the topic of this essay hit me: Horizons feels like it has everything I long for in a modern Digimon anime, almost as if they took a page out of classic Digimon’s book. Like I always heard throughout the years that “Digimon had the better anime Pokemon has the better games” But Horizons really turned that on its head.

Let’s revisit my criteria for what I liked about the classic Digimon seasons from the section above to show what I mean. (Light Spoilers for Horizons ahead, though I wont go into specifics)

1. Good characters with arcs that tackle bigger issues in a way kids can still understand and relate to without feel like they’re being talked down to.

Yep. Horizons has that. Like the early seasons of Digimon, Horizons doesn’t just use it’s human characters as a vehicle to show you all the monsters you could catch if you bought the next game from your local shop for the low low price of 60 USD, nope. There feels like theres care there.

While they aren’t fully developed yet, Liko and Dot especially show huge character growth in the first 50 episodes. They focus on their flaws and how the characters overcome them.

Liko is very indecisive at first. She’s socially awkward, she feels like shes just going with the flow, afraid to take that first step to find out what she really wants out of life. Then, she finally does, she makes the decision to follow Friede and the Rising Volttacklers to find her new horizons. It’s great. And she still has lots of growing she can do later both as a trainer and as a character. She’s fantastic for a lead.

I also like how they use Sprigatito’s evolution as stand in for Liko’s growth so far in the series. Early Digimon did that too with the Crests in Adventure and the Bio Merging in Tamers and I always really like monster partners evolving to reflect their human so much, it’s such a good narrative device!

Dot slowly being brought out of her shell by Liko and the others is just- chefs kiss. She goes from being a reclusive shut in to slowly taking interest in the things Liko and co are doing and develops meaningful relationships with them. Her care for her friends and want to be there for them makes her take the first step and is now traveling around Paldea with them! And they went about this in a very well paced way where she still isn’t just magically over all her awkwardness and shut in tendencies yet. She too still has so much room for interesting development later down the road.

The adult characters are interesting too, even though they haven’t really done much yet. They really perfected that found family group of misfits trope that I’m usually pretty sick of. I love them.

And Amethio and the other villains also feel like they’re more than just your cackling evil for evil sake type characters and I’m super excited to see what they do with them!

And as far as the tackling bigger issues point: Though its just conjecture and I might be over thinking things (Though others in the fandom have pointed this out too) there’s definitely the groundwork for it here.

Liko’s family is very hands off and distant. Liko goes away to boarding school at the start of the series, her parents work, and her grandma is a vagabond traveling the world and doesn’t often stay in one place for long.

Liko lacks solid connections and foundation in her life due to her family being so closed off emotionally, which would explains her going with the flow and being unsure of what she really wants to do. She’s lost with no guidance. And it’s not like her family doesn’t love each other, no. They just don’t want to express their feelings for fear of it bogging each other down. They want Liko to be free to do what her heart tells her, but they’re so worried about talking things out that they don’t realize how that freedom has hurt Liko and made her into an anxious mess. (They even kind of hint at this in the second opening)

But yeah, like others have said, I’m not sure if this is on purpose or if they were trying to write Liko’s family to be full of strong women and just kind of accidentally fell into making them all feel too independent and distant from one another. And it would be really cool for the show to go into Liko’s home life more… but I’m not sure it would be on brand for Pokemon to talk about something so heavy. But fingers crossed!

2. Cute moments between members of the cast and their creatures.

Yep! Horizons has got plenty of it. Right now all of the main cast has two Pokemon each and they’re really taking the time to show off each Pokemon and give them a lot of wholesome moments together and with their trainers.

The human character interactions are great too! I really like the blossoming friendship between Liko and Dot (They could be roommates guys!) and the growing rivalry between Friede and Amethio! It’s great!

3. Fights that feel like they mean something and aren’t just there for cool flashy effects.

The fights in Horizons are so cool and well choreographed, but they aren’t just there to look pretty, not at all!

A lot of the fights that take place in the first two arcs are learning experiences for Liko, Roy, and Dot. They learn new strategies, their Pokemon learn new moves, and in the arc that’s airing at the time of writing, they’re learning how to terrestialize too. The fights don’t seem to happen without purpose and always seem like they either teach the characters a lesson about proper ways to be a trainer and even sometimes help them grow as characters too.

And theres even a healthy amount of losses and wins under the character’s belts and they drive home the lesson of “You learn more from a defeat”. I like how heavily they relied on the more experienced Friede at the beginning and they got frustrated from their losses and used it as fuel to want to learn to stand on their own two feet.

The fights are great and don’t just feel like a kid mashing two toys together like some series with battle elements can.

4. A feeling of love and care for the franchise that goes beyond just trying to sell me toys and games.

This is a little harder to explain and is more like a feel than anything. But I can definitely feel an air of care in Horizons that I don’t really see from shows that feel like twenty-three minute ads. The characters and story don’t just feel like they’re trying to sell me something.

While they’re definitely leaning heavy on the Paldea setting right now, it doesn’t feel like a straight adaption of the games. They don’t really do the “creature of the day” or “character of the day” type episodes like I remember seeing in past iterations of Anipoke. Horizons doesn’t have those moments that I feel like the character is looking right at me and saying “Buy Buy Buy”

And, at least so far, there seems to be a love for Pokemon with the way the reference Pokédex entries like with Hatenna being sensitive to strong emotions or what not.

Like I said, this is really more of a personal criteria and some people can be more sensitive to this kind of thing than others. The closest thing I can compare it to is like when you’re eating a meal a loved one made for you versus something you got at a diner or fast food restaurant. You don’t know how to put your finger on it but you can just taste the love… it’s like that with Horizons to me.

So yeah!

If you’ve read this far, thanks for listening to me rant! I’ll try to wrap it up here.

Basically I just really like Horizons. It gives me that same feel as when I was rewatching the classic Digimon seasons a view years ago… And like the way Horizons fixed all of the problems I had with Anipoke as a kid and as an adult is awesome, it really feels like Pokemon Company is making an effort to listen to criticism and better the series… I just really hope the Digimon anime can do the same.

Oh and all of this is just my opinion, if I said something that you don’t agree with about Digimon or Pokémon, I meant no offense and I’m happy to hear your opinions too!

I just want to close this by saying…

Fans of early Digimon, go watch Pokemon Horizons! You wont regret it!

Fans of Horizons go watch (the sub) of the first three or so seasons of Digimon! If you like Horizons and didn’t really click with Ash era Anipoke I think you’ll really have a good time, it’s so good!

I think both series could use more love, so go out there and give them both a watch!

Okay I’ll shut up now, thanks for reading!

[dazzlingskydreams]

Digimon is teasing something for the 5th of January next year! It looks like it's going to be adventure/epilogue related!

[bagerfluff]

[the-black-rose-wiitch]

Thing’s that makes me believed that Yameiko should be endgame. PT2

It's been so long since I posted anything here, hasn't it?

Well, a few days ago a 4-minute animation called “Digimon Beyond” was released and I was very excited and nostalgic watching this video. I'm a 30-year-old Brazilian and I remember watching Digimon years ago when I was a kid and seeing the original Digidestined adults is like we've grown up together and that's really cool.

NOTE: I've had a crush on Yamato since I was a kid and seeing him grow up, playing in a band, riding a car, a motorcycle and becoming this stylish adult, only helped to keep my crush on him. Maybe one day I'll share my Digimon story with you, if you like the idea.

But that's not why I'm writing this text. In this video, Meiko made a very brief appearance, and even though it was a brief appearance, it made me very happy because I missed this character.

Then I was rewatching some episodes of Tri and missing Yameiko and that reminded me that I owed you part two of the text I wrote analyzing their relationship.

Well, there was nothing new, but there were some things I forgot to mention in the last text, some scenes in Tri and there was also a very interesting scene in the movie Kizuna that I needed to write this text.  

So without much ado ... Let's go!

Let's start with scenes I forgot to mention in the other post, it was in the fourth movie, in the picnic scene where Taich, Joe and Yamato are talking about Meicoomon. In the previous post I mentioned the part where Yamato gets very angry after Taich doesn't seem confident that he can save Meicoomon, but before that, there's a very interesting part to mention.

When the three of them are talking about Meicoomon (after she escapes from the group through the distortion) Yamato comments in a very sad way to Taich and Joe that she was crying.

The feeling I got from this scene was as if he was not only moved that she was looking for her human partner and wanted the two of them to be reunited, but as if he wanted her to be there too. It's also interesting to see how Yamato is committed to helping the two meet again.

A curiosity at the end of the third movie before the group goes to the Digiworld, when they discover that the Meicoomon is the cause of the distortions, Yamato looks at Nishijima and asks if he knew and the teacher confirms that he knew.

This scene is somewhat curious because at that moment he shows that he doesn't judge or get upset with Meiko for hiding it from the group, but he understands that it would be difficult for her to tell everyone, just as Takeru didn't judge her either, having gone through something similar with Patamon.

In addition, Yamato going to make amends with Nishijima who in the same film, alongside Himekawa, had said that she would tell him everything about the case, shows that for him the one who should have told the group was not Meiko, but Nishijima or Himekawa.

Now moving on to the fifth movie, when everyone is in the cave trying to cheer up Meiko. I mentioned in the previous post about Yamato always including her as part of the group, as if she had participated with them in the adventures of the summer of 1999. But there's a part of this conversation that made me reflect on Yamato's behavior.

When he is breaking twigs and throwing them into the fire, he tells Meiko that being someone's partner doesn't always mean things will go as expected and that listening to each other is not what being a partner means. What I find curious about this scene is the way Yamato says this to her.

He speaks in a way as if that subject were very deep and meaningful to him, proof of which is that Takeru and Koshiro looks at him confused at first, but then Takeru seems to grasp the reason behind those words.

I don't know if that was the meaning, but I'll say what I interpreted from that scene. In some way, I think he was talking about his parents' relationship. 

The way he breaks the twigs that were once one and then throws them into the fire could represent his parents' relationship, who were married and ended up divorcing, separating him from his brother.

For Yamato, being the older brother, the separation of their parents must have been more painful for him than for Takeru, who seems to handle the situation better.

You could also say that it's about Taich and Yamato's relationship, but if it was about the two of them, everyone would have understood that, not just Takeru.

And if that's really what the scene intended to convey, it's curious how he opened up to Meiko like that, which shows that in some way she is important to him.

Now moving on to another topic, did you notice how careful Yamato is with Meiko? I'm not referring to the times he saved her life, or the times he cared about her feelings, but to the careful way he always holds her and keeps her close to him. I'm talking about physical contact.

For example, in the fifth movie, in the final fight when he holds her after Meiko runs away from the group. When that incident with Jesmon's attack happens and the ground starts to break apart, he holds her very close to him.

When Omegamon is protecting Meiko and Yamato and the accident with Taichi and Nishijima happens, raising a cloud of dust, Yamato also pulls her to protect her.

I think it's funny how she approaches him when the dust is getting closer, as if she feels safe around him.

After the dust settles and Omegamon returns to being Koromon and Tsunomon, Yamato helps Meiko up and holds her in his arms for a good while.

After Yamato's speech and the two join the group, he helps Meiko cross the crack caused by Jesmon's attack.

Physical contact is something very intimate, especially in Japan. And not everyone had that physical contact with Meiko, and I know the situation was life or death, but watching the scenes also shows that Yamato is careful with her. In the last movie, when Meiko enters the water very angry because Meicoomon hasn't returned to its original form since they were bringing Ordinemon back, after Tailmon was freed. Yamato is right behind her, preventing her from moving forward.

This caught my attention because Hikari went to the water to fetch Tailmon moments before and he did nothing, he let her go, but when it was Meiko, he followed her. I know that when Hikari went to get Tailmon, apparently Ordinemon seemed defeated, yet it still didn't seem safe around, proof of this being that when it was Meiko's turn, something was about to happen to Ordinemon. I really love this scene because Yamato is always nearby to protect her, and I think it's funny that when he holds her, trying to stop her from continuing to walk, she pulls her arm away and looks at him angrily as if asking him not to stop her.

Now let's move on to the Kizuna Movie. When the movie came out, I thought there wouldn't be anything about Meiko, since Tri wasn't very well received by some fans. But I was mistaken, there was a scene and it was quite interesting about Yameiko. In the final battle, Taich and Yamato are seeing their friends who were captured by Eosmon. Taich says the names Hikari, Mimi, and Koshiro, and Yamato  recognizes Takeru, Joe, and Meiko saying their names.

  This scene might go unnoticed, but when you pay closer attention, you'll notice some very interesting details.

If you notice, all these people have some connection with the ones who said their names. Takeru, obviously, is Yamato's younger brother, Joe and Yamato are friends, and we have that episode where Joe is a key piece for the Crest of Friendship to be activated and Gabumon to evolve into WereGarurumon for the first time. 

So following this line of reasoning... why did Yamato say Meiko's name? Well, I think this post already answers that question, doesn't it? And I find it curious how, after all these years, he still shows concern for her, just like he did in Tri. This just shows the genuine feelings that Yamato has for her. A random curiosity! Did you notice that in the movie Kizuna, when Taichi and Yamato are at the bar and a girl faints at the table near them, the voices of the characters were the Japanese voice actresses of Meiko and Meicoomon?

I couldn't find anything about this topic besides a few posts here on Tumblr a long time ago , but apparently, they wanted Meiko and Meicoomon to appear somehow in this movie, but somehow the plans changed and we only got that small scene of her in the final battle and her voice actresses voicing random characters at the beginning of the movie. I really wanted to see more of these two characters (Meiko and Meicoomon), I like them a lot and I think they deserved much more than they got.  And I've already seen that there are many fans who also don't like them, and I wanted them to have a moment to change that and show their worth.

I also wanted to show that if they want to invest in this couple (Yamato and Meiko) they can do it because they have the structure, chemistry and potential to develop.

And even if they don't, I want to put on record that the possibility existed.

Well, that's it, folks! I hope you liked it. I was seeing the feedback of my post about Yameiko and first i really wanted to thank everyone who reblogged, commented and interacted with me and for all the affection they had with me and for my analysis. 

If you'd like me to do any more Digimon Adventure reviews, I'd be happy to do them for you all.

See you next time and for those of you who like Yameiko, please keep posting about them. They can't be forgotten.

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Post-kizuna

The writing is so messy sorry about that lol

This is AU stuff to scratch my brain, and I needed some angst

Anyway, throwing this into the tumblr void :)

[davishater]

Wiki says April 11th and it's the day before my birthday sooooo, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HUSBAND!!!!!!! He is the hottest and coolest character of all time!!!

Might have to divorce Matt soon though, cause my boyfriend is like, "wait, wait, wait I'm the one who's supposed to marry you though and I'm not sharing." 😳🥺💀