[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by GreenPsychoRanger

Either way it's the Kaiser. We'll have to wait and see. But I think Ken is the logical choice because it was/is a part of his psyche and the ultimate result of his digivice turning black.

Would it really be logical since he's already gotten past all that?
It's probably Ryo

[WhiteRanger]

you want to what i want is that is if he show up and they act like they never saw him before or they act like they never met kaiser. i mean it be even more stupid them not reconising him. i mainly talking about Hikairi and Takeru more then the other.

[Kiwami]

I just realized: Wouldn’t Tri be a neat opportunity to tie up the whole Dark Spore thing with Daemon which kinda went nowhere in 02? Probably not happening since this seem to be more about Adventure than 02, but there is the Digimon Emperor again so…?

[algo448]

And the next 4 parts of Tri are out.

More of the same, the Digimon are still as amusing as ever, do remember to use spoiler tags.

Won't even pretend I remembered Seven as a song, so not that nostalgic in that end, and well, these felt even more like episodes than a movie.

Episode 5 was perfectly pointless, or at the very least mostly pointless, it'd have made no difference if they made the onsen part a single 5 minute sequence, there's some foreshadowing here and there and no more.

6 was pretty good! I love how they used Mimi as the element to tie everything together, from Joe's own doubts to getting to know Meiko better as well as the risk the Digimon present to the city, which goes back to the rift between Tai and Matt. Probably my favorite of the four, the ending was touching, and I quite liked how they animated the fight between Togemon and Ogremon.

7 was a continuation of the character arcs, and a lot of humor. Leomon-senpai was glorious, and I hope you find Meiko cute because the staff sure does. It reminds me of what I said about the last set of episodes, the Digimon are really amusing, maybe it's because they keep separating the Mon and Human parts, but the Digimon carry that old school humor most of the time and it is lovely.

8 is the obligatory fight episode. The Kaiser is in fact Ken, or at least everybody assumes so, Imperialdramon shows up, Palmon, Leomon and Gomamon have to fight him with no help because reasons. Mimi and Joe solve their problem in somewhat sudden but logical ways, there's no way Joe would put Gomamon at risk, so it makes sense. Always liked how of the original duos those two had the most differences.

Their new evolutions sort of just happen and Izzy assumes they are related to a cryptic message he got, it seems to be character growth related once again. Zudamon and Lillymon don't get the short end like MetalGreymon in the past episodes and get new evolution sequences, I really, really like them. The digital egg evolutions of the past one are pretty meh for me, but these ones are great, Lillymon's is gorgeous.

We get a brief but cool fight with requisite Brave Heart for hype, Imperialdramon goes down... rather easily, wether it was a fake or a side effect of it's state is never really told.

Coming to think of it, everybody is either shellshocked or developed nerves of steel in this episode, because they don't bat an eye to anything, Ken being the Kaiser again, having to fight Imperialdramon, or even defeating him. Kari and Meiko are the ones that react the most to the cliffhanger too.

Basically, it answered none of the 02 questions, which was the most exciting prospect of the trailers.
The character scenes and comedy ones were still good, and it was enjoyable, but not the most exctiing set per se.

But seriously, that Lillymon evolution sequence.

[barnstenchfartface]

I mean, I don't know...

This felt kinda padded and drawn out, kind of. Some pretty dang ordinary anime scenarios filling up the time in the first and third "episodes"...hot springs and school festival though, really?...I mean, it's stuff I wouldn't mind seeing briefly, but they spend quite a bit of time on it. It's not that it isn't fun, but they really spend way more time on character drama and talking about fighting than they do actually doing Digimon things.

And, as a result, it feels like very little of real relevance happened. Most of it was in the last part, which also felt a little rushed. Few to no answers (besides cryptic yet obvious Meicoomon is causing it drop), as algo said no one seems to really think anything of Ken and Imperialdramon being there and so we get no 02 answers (also, early on Mimi is worried about hurting Ogremon but they didn't seem to have any qualms about straight up killing Imperialdramon...). And man, do they hate fights at tri or something? Zudomon and Lilimon got no time to shine, which is a shame. Transformations were very nice, but the actual fights were too brief and honestly just a tad confusing to watch. And the evolutions really came out of goddamn nowhere.

So...yeah. Kinda wish they'd cut back on the hot springs and school festival parts a bit and expanded the climax and last part to have a cooler fight and some more darn answers or something. I did like how they did Jo's parts though. It was good.

Also "hey Leomon gets to live...oh...guess not?" Not really sure what they really wanted to do with Leomon in this movie.

And that sneaky Himekawa smile. So she's bad or something...? I have no idea what's up with that. The entire time hey were hammering in "she's actually nice!" and then at the end "or is she????" man, eh.

Guess if nothing else (defs not answers) this movie at least gave me more questions...

Also, was the fucking jiggle with Rosemon really necessary? Seriously, this kinda shit is exactly why I don't like Rosemon. Goddamn unnecessary.

[WhiteRanger]

So before I watch it does the gang acknowledge they knew Kaiser before and knew it was Ken and they don't act like they never seen him before.

[barnstenchfartface]

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Originally Posted by WhiteRanger

So before I watch it does the gang acknowledge they knew Kaiser before and knew it was Ken and they don't act like they never seen him before.

Yes, they know it's Ken.

[Klonoahedgehog]

Hurray! We murdered our two Digimon friends!

[Matrixbeast]

How much of an asshole would I be if I said I don't care about Meicoomon?

Well, what is there for me to say? A lot, actually, but I didn't feel like composing my thoughts.
I like the development for Joe and Mimi, easily the two characters with the least amount of love in Adventure (Mimi was loud, but she was also rather static, if I recall. She didn't really grow in the original series). So I'm glad we're looking more into them. Strangely, I thought Joe's story was going to be the more compelling one, but Tri manages to do the impossible and make me like Mimi more. I enjoy someone finally confronting her over her boisterous ways, striking her down for not considering all parties involved. I particularly enjoyed how she reacted. She didn't break down or just start apologizing to everyone, but she moved in a more realistic manner. She got angry, but she calmed down, and realized that she was in the wrong. Her recovery was quite nice, too, when she met up with Joe, who was going through his own problems (Obviously), where she got confirmation that she can be obnoxious. It was rather nice, and Mimi is easily proving to be my favorite character in Tri.

Joe, Joe, Joe. Honestly, Joe's story felt a little weak. I understood why he was doing the things he does, don't get me wrong. Doubts over why he was chosen, stress over school and trying to become a proper adult, and even knowing how his friends would react when he finally does show up (I've made that same play by play in my head, too. I'm right there with ya, Jo). But it just felt like it was moving in circles until Gomamon left. I like the resolution of Joe fighting for his friend, rather than obligation as if it's his job or life to fight.

Vikemon was hype. Rosemon would've been if not for Savers, since Savers kind of showcased everything Rosemon could do and more. Oh well, I will take ANY chance to see fuckface, I mean Imperialdramon lose ("But Maytricks, he was clearly taking a dive." Shut up. Give me this because these movies are about an hour longer than they need to be. Funnily enough, I actually thought the Perfect/Ultimate evolution was more interesting than the Mega/Ultimate evolution. Fighting was solid and the action was cool, if a little too laser-y for my tastes (Though Ogremon vs. Togemon was pretty fun).

Goddammit, Leomon died again. It's gone from a funny coincidence to an intentional reference at this point...

I like the humor the Digimon bring. They're quite fun to watch, and they break up the out of place drama quite nicely. The humor here was also rather fun. Koushiro's face after seeing Mimi in a cheerleader's outfit was beautiful, and the Digimon bugging Leomon to take them to the school fair was adorable (And so was Leomon's reactions to Meicoomon). The bathhouse scene was fun because it wasn't used for pointless reasons to have the girls nude, so I'm glad.

Knife of Day is gone. World of the Knife is all that matters now.

Am I missing anything?
Oh yeah, Ken is back as the Digimon Kaiperor or whatever. We'll see where that goes.
Also, Huckmon. Do something or get the fuck out. I'm serious. If I have another scene where it cuts to him just standing there ominously, then just cutting back to the cast for no reason, I'm going to scream.

That all? I dunno, but god, this movie was a sit. I will say it was better than the first because it followed up on things and stuff actually happened, so it was more entertaining. However, while the jokes were more on point and the drama actually made me more invested, I still have a feeling of emptiness while watching Tri. I'm not enjoying things as much as I should be...

[WhiteRanger]

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Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface

Yes, they know it's Ken.

Ok that good just makes me more want to see takeru and hikari talk to him to find out where the others are