Episode 6 – DIGIMON BEATBREAK

This episode shows us the second half of the Yakuza side quest that the show decided to continue last week, and given how oddly placed this storyline is, I’m really curious to see how exactly it’s going to tie in Rhythm Breakmain plot. The answer to that question seems to be: not at all, since basically all the loose ends from the past few episodes are tied up here. Thankfully, this was still a mostly solid episode, but it does make me wonder where the rest of the show is going to go.

After nearly being shot, Gekmon and Pandamon are saved by the timely arrival of Reina and Makoto, who have been busy following clues from a cargo robbery a few episodes ago and have tracked down Korakai’s boss. The entire team is working on the case and they’re ready to hunt him down for the bounty, but the boss of the panda team decides to take matters into his own hands and sacrifice his life in exchange for sparing the lives of the rest of the town (although I know) Rhythm Break The target audience is older than usual DigimonI’m still a little shocked that they were willing to imply that he attempted seppuku). Unfortunately, this failed because all the Koala Kai boss was really interested in was threatening the villagers to leave, and he decided to send a message by letting the Panda Group boss get the beating of his life. I do appreciate Tomoro’s willingness to accuse the panda team boss of putting himself in danger for no reason and dismiss such a brave attempt as selfish since it was this act that sent his brother into a coma, but it does make it a little uncomfortable when the next scene is Geckomon encouraging Pandamon to seek revenge. It’s nice to see Geckomon getting serious about making a change, but it makes for some weird mixed messages, which only gets weirder when Tomoro and the others decide to join them in hunting down the Korakai boss and his partner Astamon.

The battle itself is also a bit visually rough compared to previous ones, but it’s at least nice to see most of the Luminous Dawn squad working together to take down Astamon. We also got some nice drama out of the ordeal when Astamon tried to use the Geckomon as a hostage mid-battle and the Pandaren tried to sacrifice themselves to save him, which would have been a pretty dark ending if the show actually went through with it, but I’m happy with the fact that it didn’t happen. Instead, Pandamon is saved by Geckomon devouring some of his electronic pulses, and Pandamon is reassured by the fact that the boss of the Panda Team still treats him as a son despite disobeying orders and trying to avenge him. Between the actions of Panda and his boss, I guess if there’s a moral here, it’s to share your burdens with others rather than trying to shoulder your own responsibilities through self-sacrifice. This could probably be expressed more clearly, but it’s still enough to make this episode work.

I’m glad this arc had a good ending, but the fact that it ended without any new lingering threads does make me question the decision to do a story like this so early in the show’s run. As I said in a previous review, I’m not really opposed to the idea of ​​filler, and I think these side stories help flesh out a longer show. Still, considering we still haven’t had much time to get to know some of the other Shining Dawn members like Makoto or Kyo, the show could have used a few more episodes to focus on them before doing a two-part detour like this. That being said, I can’t say I didn’t enjoy this side story, so if the show needs some time to be a little self-indulgent, there are definitely worse ways to do it. I wonder what happens next, since it doesn’t seem like we’ll be getting back to the Tomoro brothers for a while. I imagine this won’t be the last detour the show takes before getting back to anything major, but if it’s going to continue down this path, I hope it continues to find ways to make them interesting.

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digimon beat Currently live broadcast
Crunchy roll.