The Digi World is about to meet its digi fate in the newest installment of Digimon Adventure tri.!
ThisDigimon Adventure tri.review contains spoilers.
Digimon Adventure tri.
Movie Three
Oh thank god this didnt suck.
MaybeDigimonjust wasnt for me anymore.
Confession, delightedly, is a welcome return to form.
Sure parts of it make no sense and continue to raise questions, but itsDigimon.
Everything I love aboutDigimon(minus the dubs frequent jokes) is there.
Once again, Ill be focusing on the overall plot and less on the individual characters.
Ill also be using the dub names because Im that guy.
Basically, its not just Meicoomoon whos infected but all the Digimon.
The infection spreads and soon everyone is infected.
Izzy desperately tries to find a cure with no luck, while Himekawa acts shady as hell.
It wouldnt beDigimonwithout a ten minute info dump, would it?
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I dont know, that info dump made less than a David Lynch movie.
By doing this, it should remove the virus.
None of the Digimon will remember their human partners.
Its heartwarming and more than makes up for the exposition overload that had to get them to this point.
It also serves as a nice mirror to the end of season one.
It was tear jerking then, buttri.takes it to the next level.
They up the emotional stakes.
Digimoncannot top itself at this point with huge smack down battles.
Its all based on characters.
I will never be over that crap they pulled inDetermination.
Even a last ditch effort by Izzy to back up their data fails.
Its up the one, the only, the greatest Digimon of them all to save the day.
Thats right, my boy Tentomon is the hero of this movie.
Forget Patamon and his, admittingly touching, desire to die.
My main man Tentomon goes all out and mega digivolves to Hercules Kabuterimon.
He gives Izzy some bomb ass advice, knowing nothing is just a chance to learn new things.
He even does it with some minor flashbacks to young Izzy!
This is what I showed up toDigimonfor!
HerculesKabuterimon manages to get them all into the reboot but they missed their chance to get backed up.
The Digimon are gone.
Yeah, no love for Meiko.
Once there, they find Alphamon and a new Digimon, Jesmon.
The reboot was supposed to reset the world, so why did they evolve so quickly?
This is quickly forgotten when the team hears a whistle.
The team rushes to find… Tokomon.
Whos ability continues to be… being Tokomon.
Hes jacked Nyaromons whistle and the kids are overwhelmed.
The Digimon dont remember them, but at least theyre alive.
Then we get the best cliffhanger of all.
Or one of the many Gennais anyway.
That was a lot.
But it was great!
We got TK wanting to protect Patamon from harm!
Jeez, that kid still isnt over Angemon getting blown apart by Devimon, is he?
PROBABLY NOT, but of course TK will shoulder that guilt because hes TK.
Did anyone else think wed get a Dark Ocean reference when Kari was possessed?
Theres a mention of Agumon turning into Skull Greymon!
But of course, in true Digimon fashion, the bonds of friendship will keep this team together.
Were always connected, as Sora mentions at one point.
Speaking of, we very briefly touch on the Matt/Tai conflict again.
Is this confirming Tai is still uncomfortable with all the destruction the Digimon cause?
Unlike last time, this movie was actually about the two characters all over the marketing materials.
TK Ive already touched on, but Izzy.
Oh man, Izzy.
This guy does not give himself a break in this movie, working himself to exhaustion.
Feeling useless he rails, Im ignorant!
I cant do anything!
Of course Tentomon is there to throw it back at him,
Is not knowing something that shameful?
This is a fascinating look at Izzy.
Hes always been the smartest one in the group.
The one who always had the answer.
But when he cant be that, what is he?
He tries to push everyone away; yelling at Mimi and refusing the Digimon leave his office.
Joe tries to cheer him up but it doesnt do much.
Izzy is defined by his intelligence but it is limiting.
Tentomon reminds him of this just before he gets rebooted with the other Digimon.
Its powerful stuff and a greatDigimonstyle lesson.
I still cant quite get my head around Himekawas side of the plot here.
So shes somehow involved with the Digimon Emperor/Gennai and also covering up that the season two kids are missing.
Why dont Tai and the others go check on them?
They do check on Ken, but thats only because of the sighting of the Digimon Emperor.
Check the local noodle cart!
I mean, I can understand no one calling that stick in the mud Cody, but no Yolei?
Thats my problem with Himekawa.
She represents the main flaw withDigimon Adventure tri.so far, too many mysteries without enough answers.
Ten minutes of info dump about the infection was not enough.
At least the Gennai reveal, while being another mystery, is at least a really good one.
But come on, start answering some questions!
Oh yeah, and all that stuff with Meiko and the virus.
Is she the virus?
Is Meicoomon the virus?
Her father works for the government monitoring Digimon?
You know, I think with some rewriting you could take Meiko out of this movie series.
Make one of the main Digimon the carrier of the virus!
We actually care about them!
Imagine if Gatomon had a leftover virus from Myotismon?
That would be dope!
This seems tame and is more of a nitpick.
Yeah, Daskin Robbins.
Put that in yourDigimonpop up shop, Japan!
The fights in the movie were executed perfectly.
They really took their time building up to the climax.
Once the emotional stakes were in place, every second of that fight felt like it mattered.
Its no Omnimon fight inDigimon: The Movie, but damn it was still great.
And hey, were back in the Digi World!
WhenReunioncame out, I remember people complaining they didnt go back there.
At the time I didnt really care, but now I can kind of see why.
It put such a big smile on my face seeing them there again.
These are where the real adventures happened!
Lets hope it says that way.
Rating:
4 out of 5
