With Digi-will and Digivice in hand, we look at the newest installment in the Digimon Adventure tri.
ThisDigimon Adventure tri.review contains spoilers.
Digimon Adventure tri.
Movie Four
I always welcome the chance to return toDigimons Digital World.
), the Digi World is where it all really started.
Where everyone first met their partner Digimon.
The four sovereign Digimon are there (am I crazy or did they all have human partners?)
and Himekawa and Nishijima have a Digimon of their own who sacrifices itself to save them.
Its strongly implied that Himekawa caused the reboot of the Digi World solely to get Tapirmon back.
Did the evil Gennai mislead her?
It certainly looks that way.
Well come back to how this ties into the main plot in a bit.
For some it goes pretty smoothly, like TK and Tokomon.
For Sora, Yokomon (and soon Biyomon) refuses to get near her.
After the heartbreaking sequences inConfession, everyone deserves a little bit of fun time with theirDigimon.
They even get a chance to joke about Joes girlfriend again!
Poor guy, I hope we get to see her by the end of this.
Yeah, in case you missed my last review, I use English dub terms.
After an intense attack, the team is separated.
Its in these sequences of the team wandering around we return to Tais angst fromReunion.
In that film, Tai was restless.
He couldnt move forward in his life.
He wanted the gang back together.
Hes gotten what he wished for, but it came with a cost.
Not being able to make Agumon digivolve rocks him to his core.
Things wont be as easy as they were when they were kids.
He accepts that not everything can go back to the way it was.
He cant ignore whats happened.
Kari, being the wisest kid of the bunch, thinks they should accept the Digimon as they are.
They cant keep trying to make them remember who the kids are or what their relationship was.
They have to start again.
This idea may take Tai some time to accept, but hes on the right path.
He cant live in the past; he has to look toward the future.
(Season four dub theme reference, eyyyyyyyyy!)
Sora has a similar problem.
She wants to get along with Biyomon like she did before but Biyomon isnt having it.
The story really ramps up when evil Gennai appears.
This isnt the same Gennai we knew and loved, this guy is screwed up.
HE LICKS SORAS FACE AND TRIES TO STEAL HER DIGIVICE.
Also, quick note.
Gennai says without her digivice Sora is a kid.
Oh yeah, the Digimon Emperor wasnt Ken, but merely an avatar.
Thats good to know but HEY.
Somebody mention the season two kids, seriously.
Weve only got two more movies!
Meanwhile, Himekawa comes across Tapirmon and they dont remember her.
Unlike Kari who tries to be friendly or Sora who keeps her distance, Himekawa is not having it.
She grabs Tapirmon and, in the creepiest way possible, says, Tell me you remember me.
This is the most intriguing part of the episode for me.
Is this the ultimate lesson ofDigimon Adventure tri.?
That you have to move on?
You cant keep going back to the past and getting back what you lost?
I wish they had tied in that lesson with Sora more in this movie, but Ill take it.
Oh yeah, part four of this movie has a no joke six-minute non-stop digivolution sequence.
They playedBrave Hearttwice to get through them all.
We even got to see some new mega level Digimon!
The fight sequence with all of them is brief, but great.
The movie once again ends on a cliffhanger with Meicoomon ready to raise some havoc.
Lossisnt exactly the triumph thatReunionwas or even the gut punch ofConfession.
Thankfully it was much better thanDeterminationand started finally giving some much-needed answers.
Although when I think about it, isnt that theDigimonway?
Is there another larger force at play here?
Biyomon really wants Soras meatballs.
This movie contained the most useful system of Gomamons marching fishes attack ever.
For real, those rookie attacks should have done nothing to the megas.
Rating:
3 out of 5
