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The plot twist the original Digidestined gave up their crests in Digimon 02 to finally save the world kindof bothers me.
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I refuse to believe Masaru from Digimon Data Squad is 14, he looks closer to 17 if anything. I know art style plays a part but he still looks like the oldest protagonist minus Tri.
#digimon confessions#Digital Monster Confessions#Masaru Daimon#marcus damon#digimon savers#digimon data squad
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What Happened With Digital Opinion Box? (Niche Fandom History Story Time)
Oldheads around here may know that I started this blog to help out @digitalopinionbox, at the request of @rikatastic and @theultimateburst. Back in 2014, there were a lot fewer places to find good video sources online for Digimon, and specifically clean rips of Digimon Savers/Data Squad basically didn’t exist. You could find videos of the Japanese version with subtitles and a timestamp in the corner, or you could find the American version with a Disney Channel logo in the corner. So, they had trouble finding images to accompany confessions that involved Digimon Savers/Data Squad that didn’t look like shit.
Because I owned the Digimon Data Squad DVD boxset, and because I make AMVs, and because I actually give a shit about the quality of those AMVs, I regularly had access to uncompressed video files of Digimon Data Squad. And because I followed Digital Opinion Box while all this was happening, I reached out and offered to make a sideblog that collected screenshots of the uncompressed video files and organized them (not particularly elegantly, I’ll admit) with tags so that the mods of Digital Opinion Box could use it as a resource.
For a while, that’s what happened. You can see a lot of the Data Squad confessions from 8 years ago on Digital Opinion Box use the same frames that I had on my posts. (compare the bottom center image on my post and this post)
Brilliant. Everything is in order.
Fast forward to early 2015. Rikatastic quits Tumblr. When she does, she reaches out to me and asks if I’d like to be the new head mod of Digital Opinion Box. I say yes. She tells me about the way she likes the queue organized, tells me about the font they use, etc. We wish each other a good life and go our seperate ways.
There are other people who post on Digital Opinion Box, however. And despite Rikatastic telling me that I would be the head mod and giving me some advice about managing the other contributors, they are all off on their own doing their own thing. There’s no communication at all. Something that one or possibly multiple other mods start doing that was never discussed is including a watermark on the confessions (see here).
So I wanted to talk. I had an opinion on the watermark that doesn’t really matter. The point was that I wanted us to be consistent. Either whoever made the watermark can send it to everybody so every post can have it, or we stop using the watermark.
Radio silence.
I know they’re online! I can see the queue getting filled by multiple other mods with multiple image editing styles! But nobody is responding to my messages!
We get hate mail about the watermark. I message everyone again, saying that clearly we need to talk about this.
Want to know how I know they got my message? They couldn’t unmod me, but they could delete posts that I added to the queue (which did not feature the watermark) and replace them with their own edits. Which they did, obviously because I was saying shit about the watermark controversy.
At this point I would like to again clarify that I did not care deeply whether or not the posts had watermarks, but the absolutely petty reactions to basic attempts are communication were very annoying to me. I was the “head mod” of one of the most popular Digimon blogs on Tumblr, and I had literally never received a single word of communication from the other staff of the blog.
Eventually I got tired of talking to a wall, and I just left. I have no idea how leadership got shuffled around when I did so, but it seems to have worked out just fine, because the blog still posts semi-regularly. With a new watermark, even. They don’t use screenshots from my blog anymore, though. Different frames, very different transfer quality when the frame is the same. I can tell, just trust me.
Funnily enough, I’m still linked in their web ring. Alongside AR Pulver, for some reason. I don’t think he was ever involved with this. If he was, and he’s reading this now, hi! Big fan!
No hard feelings. Just a sudden urge to share this weird little niche bit of Digimon Tumblr fandom history. As an aside, I post a lot more often nowadays on Twitter (@DigimonSurvive).
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#5his is my confession as a taimato shipper#digimon#digimon memes#matts digimon originals#yamato ishida#taichi yagami#taimato#digimon tri
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For the bingo : Kunemon
Kew kew!
Kunemon's one of my favorite digimon, so he was an immediate fave by default, back when it was first announced in 2018 that he'd be a partner digimon. So it kind of gave me a "joke favorite character" mindset when first playing Survive. Because of that he was guaranteed to be my favorite anyway, but the game did a great job with his character, making him so happy and upbeat and adorable! And in truthful route especially, seeing his and Ryo's relationship!
I'm replacing "accidental parental figure" with "accidental familial figure", since Ryo wasn't expecting to gain a found family little inchworm.
The "therapy" & "angst" options because of their deaths in non-truthful routes. And both Ryo and Kunemon coping with his near-death experience in truthful.
"In the wrong genre" because Kunemon is so cute it was so painful for him to be the first death in a survival game, even and especially when you know its going to happen and is guaranteed on a first playthrough
And "chihuahua energy" because he just gives me those vibes. Instead of aggressively barking like a tiny dog, he's aggressively yelling "kew!" while trying to defend Ryo
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Okay so this late by two days but I've been busy with irl stuff so
Happy Odaiba day, everyone!
#en speaks#en's rambles#en's confessions#en does art 🎨🎨🎨#digimon partner#digimon adventure#odaiba#odaiba memorial day#digimon adventure kizuna#digimon adventure 02#digimon last evolution#🌀💮perseverance and friendship matt and en💮🌀#blackgabumon#gabumon
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Digimon Adventures (+2020)
x “I Won’t Say I’m In Love” (J.P.N Version!) {Parody-Inspired A.U.s}
~ A.M.V. Preview {1st Version}
+ Duo/Ship/O.T.P:
Koushiro{u} Izumi x Taichi Yagami {KouTai}
DigiAdvs Series © Toei Animation
Disclaimer: I do not own DigiAdvs. This is FAN-MADE.
NO $$$ is being made off this fan-work
Notes:
This A.M.V. is currently mostly finished
(This is the "first version" until I can smooth it out!)
Hopefully you find some enjoyment with this much!
This 1st half had taken about 1 hour + 45 min already.
The end stretch took another 45~ min or so 'total'!
(But at least 3 hours of concentration tonight to pull it off!!)
My editor was already beginning its typical "crashing"
by the point of exactly when I added in the last few clips;
so if I can fix it up a bit depends on IF it lets me add more...
I know there's quite a few events related to
these two going on lately;
since I'm not an artist and write fic / make gifs only sparingly,
my preferred method of contributing is via . A.M.V-making...
This is an idea I've had for many years now, actually
(since before Kizuna and 2020 even happened!) but since I
decided to wait it out until I had more decent Koushiro footage,
I was finally able to 'complete' my outline for this one too!!
A.U.s (including Parody-inspired ones) can be read in here,
including such timeline-hopping A.U. potentials;
However, this is actually implied as semi CANON-compliant!!
{Across both Adventures and 2020, if with them seperately!!}
There are very minor Tri spoilers
(Kokuhaku!Koushiro + KouTai/Taishiro moments only
+ the 1 Taishiro-relevant scene with all Chosen from middle-end)
+ 2020 moments (also just a few of Koushiro + Taishiro)
[specific eps include 1~3, 16, 36 & 59; all have Koushiro-relevancy]
Total amount of clips (with splices included) is: 46!
Summary:
“I BELIEVED them, I’ve BEEN tricked”
“You’re JOKING, right? I CAN’T say it,”
“I understand, as expected; because of my wounded chest,
My HEART stretches and splits.”
“I CAN’T LET MYSELF Cry,”
“Don’t hide your FEELINGS,”
“For your heart’s sake,GO AND FIND HIM,
QUICK, QUICK, hurry!!”
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{Additional note: this post is
mainly intended AS [SPECIFIC] DUO/SHIP (KouTai/Taishiro).
please remember + respect this when interacting}
please tag with the ship name[s] and DO NOT tag
as only “brotp” or the like only*, thank you!}
(*It is ok if you tag as “friendship” or the like along WITH the ship!!)
{Failure to acknowledge interacting rules WILL result in a block}
[Note: Tags/replies that are Positive/respectful are OK!]
{J.P.N Version with lyrics under the ‘read more’!}
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#digimon adventure#taishiro#taichi x koushiro#taichi x koushirou#koushiro izumi#yagami taichi#izumi koushirou#2020 koushiro#(I think some of these events had prompts to do with 'Confession')#(I do use a couple 'Kokuhaku' from Tri clips here too but they're small and ones I've already used frequently!!)#Youtube
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Just let me help
Kouji was staring at the whiteboard, but he wasn’t listening to the teacher. The notebook he was taking notes in was empty infront of him, except a small knife he had drawn in the corner before the teacher started talking.
Kouichi was staring at Kouji. He was trying to listen to the teacher, but the way Kouji’s eyes seemed fixed on something behind the whiteboard worried him.
Are you okay? he wrote on a small note and put on Kouji’s notebook.
Kouji blinked, looked at the note and looked at the whiteboard again. He grabbed the note and put it in his pocket. Kouichi kept staring at him.
Kouji? he wrote on another note and put on Kouji’s notebook.
Kouji glanced at him, drew a gravestone in the notebook and looked through the whiteboard again. That did not fill Kouichi with confidence. Was Kouji angry at him?
He tried to focus on the teacher again. Wrote some keywords in his notebook, but had no idea what the keywords meant. He’d have to look at Izumi’s notes after class.
Kouji sighed. Kouichi’s focus shifted from the teacher and he stared at Kouji again instead.
He glanced at the clock and looked back to Kouji. Class would end soon, he just had to be patient. He wrote another couple of words in his notebook.
Talk after class? he asked Kouji via another note.
Kouji didn’t even look at it, just grabbed it and put it in his pocket. It was probably for the best, the teacher didn’t allow them to send notes during class. Kouichi glanced at the clock again. 15 minutes left.
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”Did I do something?” Kouichi asked when class finally ended and the teacher had left the room.
Kouji blinked. His movements seemed slower than usually and Kouichi clenched his hands. Something was wrong. Kouji turned to looked at Kouichi and tilted his head slightly.
”...what?”
”Did I do something wrong?” Kouichi repeated. ”Are you mad at me?”
Kouji still didn’t seem quite present. He put his elbows on the desk and put his head in his hands. Kouichi moved his chair closer.
”You’re fine”, Kouji muttered through his hands. ”Brain’s an asshole.”
”Oh.”
Kouichi’s shoulders relaxed. He lifted a hand to squeeze Kouji’s shoulder, but reconsidered.
”What’s it doing?”
”Promise you won’t worry.”
Well, that was worrying. Kouichi stared at Kouji. Kouji turned towards Kouichi.
”You’re worrying”, he said.
”Well…” Kouichi gestured at Kouji. ”Hard not to.”
Kouji looked away again.
”...Depression’s getting worse”, he said.
Kouichi could tell it wasn’t what he had been planning to say first, but he didn’t comment on that. He bit his lip and grabbed his pen, just to have something in his hands.
”Anything I can do?”
Kouji took a shaky breath and shook his head. He put his arms on the desk and rested his head against them.
”Doctor says it’s just because I’m a teenager now. Need to get used to it.”
”Your doc is a quack.”
Kouji almost smiled. Kouichi had to take that as a win this time. He sat back in his desk just as the next teacher arrived.
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It was the next day. Kouji was smiling and laughing and talking with people. Kouichi watched him. Something about Kouji’s movements felt off, but he couldn’t tell what.
”Is he okay?” Izumi asked and sat down at Kouji’s desk next to Kouichi.
Kouichi jumped in his seat and Izumi laughed. He turned to her, tried not to focus too much on the slight shiver in Kouji’s voice.
”Kouji?”
”He seems… sad?”
Kouichi looked at Kouji again. He was still smiling. According to everything Kouichi knew about how people behaved, Kouji was happy. Kouichi bit his lip and glanced at Izumi.
”...yeah. What made you think so though?”
Izumi tilted her head. Kouichi scratched the back of his.
”I mean, I can tell there’s something off, but I can’t tell what? He acts so happy.”
”Yeah, that’s just it”, Izumi said. ”He’s acting.”
She nudged Kouichi.
”And how are you doing?”
”Worrying a little too much, I think. Had trouble sleeping last night.”
Kouji looked at him, but his smile didn’t reach his eyes. Kouichi tried to smile back and Kouji returned to whatever conversation he was participating in.
”There’s just something final about how he’s acting”, Izumi said.
Kouichi’s stomach hurt at that. Izumi also looked worried. She put her backpack on the desk as Kouji left the group.
”I’m sitting here today”, she said with a smile. ”You can take my desk.”
Kouji’s smile faltered. Kouichi stared at him, opened his mouth but didn’t know what to say.
”That’s fine”, Kouji said, but his voice was tense. ”It’s not like Kouichi and I are glued together at the hip.”
”Sometimes you are”, Izumi laughed.
”In our defense, we’re twins”, Kouji said, also with a laugh.
Kouichi needed to say something, but he had no words. Kouji headed towards Izumi’s desk.
”Sleepover”, Kouichi said and Kouji stopped.
”...what?”
Kouichi blushed and looked at his hands.
”Do you wanna sleep at my place tonight? I think it’d make mom happy. We can ask the rest of the gang as well?”
He just needed to keep Kouji near. Keep an eye on him. Izumi was right about there being something final about his acting. Kouji stared at him.
”It’s Thursday.”
”Yeah, I know. But it would be fun.”
”Maybe…” Kouji hesitated. He looked away. ”Maybe on Saturday.”
Kouichi let out a sigh.
”Sleepover sounds fun, actually”, Izumi agreed. ”Even if we’ll probably spend most time studying for the test tomorrow.”
”We could make a game out of it”, Kouichi suggested.
Kouji stared at them. Izumi laughed.
”If you answer a question wrong we put a popcorn inside your shirt.”
”Oh, eww”, Kouichi cringed. ”Anything but that!”
Kouji’s shoulders fell and he put his hands in his pockets.
”Fine, sleepover sounds fun. Are you inviting Takuya as well?”
”Unless you don’t want me to?” Kouichi asked.
”I don’t care”, Kouji shrugged.
He absolutely cared, Kouichi could tell that much. He just couldn’t tell in which direction Kouji cared. Izumi leaned back dramatically.
”Takuya’s just going to eat all the popcorns and then we’d have to do strip-study instead.”
She shuddered and Kouichi snorted.
”No Takuya, got it.”
Izumi laughed and stood up from the chair. She gave Kouji a sideway hug and he got tenser again.
”You can have your desk, I need to talk with Rin anyway. See you two at lunch!”
She disappeared to her desk and Kouji sat down at his own. He put his backpack under the desk and a notebook on it. Kouichi stared at him.
”Are you okay?” he asked.
The teacher arrived. Kouji shrugged and smiled at Kouichi.
”Why wouldn’t I be?” he asked.
Yeah, Kouichi thought and tilted his head. Why wouldn’t Kouji be okay? He grabbed his pencil and opened his notebook. Maybe he’d get some answers later.
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Kouji was late. Kouichi walked around the bench Izumi was sitting on for the tenth time. His stomach ached more and more for every minute.
”You’re making me worried”, Izumi said. ”Can you please sit down?”
”Should we ask Junpei to come?” Kouichi asked when the thought hit him. ”Junpei is usually pretty good at reaching Kouji.”
He realized it was a stupid suggestion the moment it left his mouth. Izumi shook her head to confirm it.
”He’ll get overwhelmed if we pull that on him today I think.”
She was right, of course. Izumi knew the twins way too well by now and Kouichi sank down next to her with a sigh. He just wanted to be able to help. Or at least relieve his own worry.
”Maybe we could set them up for a date tomorrow after school”, Izumi said with a mischievous smile.
”Kouji won’t talk with me for a week if we pull that.”
Kouichi pulled his hands across his face. He really didn’t need to worry so much, he was sure of it. Kouji would tell him if something was wrong. And Satomi and Kousei were also there to keep an eye on him. Kouichi stood up and walked around the bench again.
Kouji was half an hour late when he finally arrived. Kouichi crossed his arms over his chest and stared at him.
”What took you so long?!”
”Sensei needed to have a talk with me”, Kouji groaned and sank down on the bench next to Izumi. ”I was too aggressive during practice. Why are you standing up?”
”Waiting for you”, Kouichi said and gave Kouji a shove. ”Move over so I can sit too.”
Kouji moved closer to Izumi and Kouichi sat down as well. He could breathe a little easier now that Kouji was there.
”Did you hurt someone?” Izumi asked, disbelief strong in her voice.
Kouji shook his head. Kouichi raised an eyebrow.
”Then what was the problem?”
”I was provoking them”, Kouji admitted and stood up. ”Are we gonna move? I don’t want to spend the whole evening at school.”
”Yeah, yeah, sure”, Kouichi answered.
He and Izumi stood up as well and the three of them left school together, stopping by at Izumi’s apartment on the way so she could get all the things she needed for a sleepover.
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Kouji disappeared into the bathroom after dinner, while Kouichi and Izumi sat down in the couch and started writing down questions for the game. Kouichi tried to ignore the gnawing feeling in his stomach. Kouji was fine. Kouji was right there. Kouji was…
After fifteen minutes Kouichi got up from the couch and knocked on the bathroom door.
”Kouji? Are you… How long are you gonna stay in there?”
”You don’t need to worry so much.”
”I’m not worrying.”
He was a terrible liar, but it didn’t matter.
”I’m not going to come in, but can you unlock the door? No one’s gonna bother you, I promise.”
”You’re such a worry-wart”, Kouji said with a laugh.
The laugh was a little too high-pitched to be convincing, but the door unlocked. Kouichi let out a relieved sigh.
”Thank you.”
He left. He could heard the door lock again when he was almost out of hearing distance and he bit his lip. He sat back down in the couch and grabbed his book. Izumi glanced at him, but continued working.
”He’ll be fine tonight”, she said. ”We’re here for him.”
Kouichi nodded and wrote down some new questions. The sound of the door locking still echoed in his ears. He swallowed and tried not to think about it.
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”Kouji?” Kouichi asked and knocked on the bathroom door.
It had been another 30 minutes and Kouji still hadn’t come out. Kouichi’s worry was almost exploding into panic and he could hear it in his own voice. The door unlocked, but didn’t open.
”...Can you get me my backpack?” Kouji asked.
His voice trembled and Kouichi’s worry skyrocketed.
”Why? What’s wrong? What do you need?”
”...my backpack.”
”Can I do something?”
He could hear Kouji put his head against the door. Ops.
”Just get my backpack.”
It did not go unnoticed that he didn’t tell Kouichi to stop worrying. Kouichi’s stomach cramped and he took a shaky breath.
”One backpack coming”, he said and he hoped Kouji couldn’t hear the tremble in his voice.
He went back to the living room and grabbed Kouji’s backpack. Izumi looked at him and tilted her head.
”Is he okay?”
Kouichi shook his head and his stomach hurt again. Izumi bit her lip. Kouichi wanted to say something, but instead he left. He stopped by the bedroom to pick up a pyjamas for Kouji and then delivered the backpack and pyjamas to the bathroom.
”Do you need anything else?” he asked when Kouji grabbed the backpack and pyjamas.
Kouji quickly closed the door again and Kouichi was left talking to the wall.
”...this is shortsleeved”, Kouji noted.
”Yeah. I’d… prefer if you used that.”
Kouji once again didn’t tell him to stop worrying. Kouichi swallowed.
”So, did you need anything else?”
”...can you have tea ready in ten minutes?”
Kouichi lit up. Kouji was at least feeling well enough to join them soon.
”Will do! I’ll make your favorite.”
Izumi’s face relaxed a bit when Kouichi returned. Kouichi assumed he must be looking a bit less worried.
”I’m gonna make tea for us”, he said and gave Izumi a hug. ”Can you make the popcorn? I always burn those.”
”Yeah, absolutely”, Izumi said and stood up from the couch. ”I need a break anyway.”
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Kouji’s hands shook as he emptied the backpack onto the floor. He exchanged the toilet paper he had wrapped around his left arm for a bandage, grabbed the water bottle he always carried in his backpack as well as his phone and sank down on the floor. He leaned against the bathtub and shook the bottle to make sure it was mixed evenly before drinking half of it.
His hands were still shaking when he dialed Junpei’s number.
”What’s wrong?” Junpei asked when he answered.
It was a valid question. Kouji almost never called when everything was fine.
”It’s a bad day”, Kouji said. ”Can you come over? I’m at Kouichi’s place.”
His voice trembled and he felt like he was about to break again. He heard Junpei stand up on the other end of the line.
”Is that okay?” Junpei asked. ”I won’t be a bother?”
”I don’t care”, Kouji said and sniffled.
”Except you do”, Junpei said because of course he knew Kouji that well.
”I… I need you”, Kouji whispered.
”I’m coming, I’m coming. DAD! Can you drive me to Kimura’s place?!”
Kouji pulled his knees to his chest, pressed the phone closer to his ear.
”Schoolwork’s done!” Junpei yelled. ”The train takes too long! Please, dad!”
Junpei shuffled around, packed stuff, and Kouji listened to it in his own mess. His grip around the bottle tightened.
”Did you take…” Junpei started and Kouji didn’t want to hear the whole sentence.
”Before I called”, Kouji answered. ”I’m not sure it’s helping.”
”It takes a bit of time. Am I staying the night?”
”If… if you want to?”
”If you need me to. I’m bringing my magic tricks though!”
Kouji let out an almost laugh, before he sniffled again. His body felt cold.
”I’ll be there in about 20 minutes. Promise me you’ll try to hang on until then”, Junpei said.
”I’ll try.”
Junpei ended the phonecall. Kouji stared at the mess he had made. He needed to put all the things back in the bag, get up, get to the livingroom and at least try to look like he wasn’t half a second from falling apart. He wasn’t sure he could do that.
He yawned and glanced at the bottle. Maybe the medicine was working. He put the phone in his pocket and stood up. The world spun a little and he put his head in his hand. He really couldn’t stay in the bathroom any longer, even though he wanted to, but at least he was starting to feel like he’d be able to handle the world outside again. Or like he’d fall asleep from it. He wasn’t quite sure which it was.
He threw his stuff into the backpack, put it on his back and put his hand on the door handle. He still held the bottle in his other hand. He took a shaky breath and opened the door.
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Kouichi got done with the tea just as Kouji returned from the bathroom. He put it on the table and forced a smile. He tried not to glance at the bandage around Kouji’s arm, tried not to let it worry him too much. Kouji noticed his glance.
”...Junpei’s on his way”, Kouji said instead of telling Kouichi to stop worrying. ”if… that’s okay”, he added and looked at Tomoko, who was sitting in the armchair.
Tomoko looked away from the book she had been reading and smiled at Kouji.
”I was somewhat expecting that. Is he staying the night as well?”
Kouji nodded. His looked like he was close to crying and Kouichi just wanted to go up to him and give him a hug. Instead he held one of the cups for Kouji.
”I made tea?” he said and it did not come out as happy as he had wanted it to.
Kouji took the cup and sank down in the left corner of the couch, curled up against the armrest. Kouichi sat down on the floor and gathered up the notes he had written.
”We’ve gotten some questions down if you feel up for it”, he suggested.
Kouji scrunched up his nose before yawning.
”Please don’t put popcorn in my shirt.”
”We can skip that”, Izumi said with a laugh. ”It was just a suggestion to make it more intense anyway.”
”You look like you’re about to fall asleep”, Kouichi said. ”Are you okay?”
Kouji raised an eyebrow and Kouichi scratched the back of his head.
”I meant apart from the obvious no.”
Kouji sipped on the tea instead of answering. Kouichi let out a sigh and started looking through the questions. He could start by giving Kouji some of the easier ones.
The doorbell rang. Tomoko got up to open it and half a minute later Junpei arrived in the living room.
”I’ll be in the bedroom if you need me”, Tomoko said. ”Enjoy your studysession!”
She left. Junpei sat down next to Kouji and Kouji curled up against him instead of the armrest.
”Has it started working?” Junpei asked and Kouji nodded.
”Tired.”
”I can tell”, Junpei laughed before turning to Kouichi and Izumi. ”Hey, sorry to barge in like this.”
”No no, this is great”, Kouichi said and put the papers in Junpei’s lap. ”You can be the quizmaster.”
Kouji sipped on the tea and Junpei wrapped an arm around him. Kouichi smiled seeing it. Kouji seemed calmer now, and Kouichi felt his shoulders relax.
”We have a test tomorrow”, he continued. ”We were gonna just ask each other a bunch of questions…”
”And if anyone answers wrong they get popcorn down their shirt”, Izumi said with a laugh.
Kouji sniffled. Kouichi’s shoulders tensed up again and he got up on his knees, ready to get over to Kouji and do literally anything. Junpei pulled Kouji closer and whispered something to him, Kouichi didn’t hear what. Kouji shook his head and Junpei smiled.
”Just let us know if you need anything, okay?”
Izumi grabbed a handfull of popcorn and leaned back.
”We’ll do the popcorn thing another time”, she suggested. ”I’m ready for questions now though. Quizmaster Junpei, wow us with your knowledge!”
Junpei laughed and started reading the questions. Kouichi sat down on the floor again, leaned against the couch next to Izumi’s legs and she started playing with his hair while they discussed the questions. Kouji participated occassionally, but his answers got more and more unintelligible as time passed. Junpei took the bottle and cup from him after an hour and put them on the table.
”Izumi-chan, can you get him a blanket or something?”
”Is he asleep? Should we be quieter?”
”n… sleep…” Kouji mumbled.
”I just want him comfy”, Junpei smiled.
Kouji didn’t protest. Kouichi hoped it was because he was safe and comfortable and not because he didn’t care what they did to him. Izumi disappeared into the bedroom and returned almost immediately with a blanket and one of Kouichi’s plushies that he had tried to hide in a dark corner in his closet.
”Do you want to lie down?” she asked and Kouji shook his head. ”I can sit in the armchair instead, it’s fine.”
”m not…” Kouji forced his eyes open. ”Not sick. No need to coddle me.”
”You wouldn’t let us coddle you even if you were sick”, Kouichi said with a laugh.
Junpei moved a little to the right. Kouji slipped down, his head in Junpei’s lap. He closed his eyes and rolled up. Izumi put the kitty-plushie in his arms before putting the blanket over him. She sank down in the armchair, Kouichi leaned against the couch again and they went back to the questions.
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It was unusually early when Kouichi blinked away. He had his head on Izumi’s shoulder, curled up against her side. She was lying on her back, relaxed and asleep. Kouichi yawned.
Kouji was also awake. He was staring at the wall behind Kouichi, arm and leg draped over Junpei and his head on Junpei’s chest. Junpei was sound asleep.
”Hey”, Kouichi whispered and hoped he wouldn’t wake the other two. ”Sorry about yesterday. I didn’t mean to overwhelm you or anything.”
Kouji blinked and focused his gaze on Kouichi. He still looked tired.
”Brain’s been….” Kouji started, but hesitated a little. ”It’s trying to convince me I need to die.”
Kouichi’s stomach hurt at those words and he couldn’t even imagine how much Kouji must have been hurting. Kouji looked away again.
”It gets harder and harder to resist”, he continued, barely audible. ”It’s been three weeks and I was… I was ready to do it. So you wouldn’t need to worry any longer.”
Kouichi opened his mouth to protest, to tell Kouji that he didn’t mind having to worry and he’d much rather have a twin he worried about than be alone again. Kouji glared at him before he was able to say any of that.
”Logically I know”, Kouji said. ”It doesn’t work like that.”
Kouichi’s shoulders fell and he had to look away from Kouji’s intense gaze.
”Depression’s a bitch?”
Kouji let out a sigh.
”Depression’s a bitch”, he admitted.
Junpei moved a little and Kouji had to rearrange how he was draped.
”Why didn’t you let me know it was getting that bad?” Kouichi asked and feared the answer.
”Didn’t want you to worry.”
”But you must have told Junpei.”
Kouji almost smiled.
”Junpei worries… differently than you do. It’s nothing against you.”
Junpei wrapped an arm around Kouji and Kouji closed his eyes. Kouichi watched them.
”So… are you feeling better?”
Kouji sighed. He didn’t open his eyes.
”Not really. It doesn’t work like that.”
Kouichi held on just slightly tighter to Izumi. Kouji looked at him.
”I feel able to handle it again though.”
”I’m glad. I should get Junpei a gift basket sometime.”
Kouichi sighed and his smile faltered.
”I just wish I could help…”
”You’re not obligated to help”, Kouji said.
Kouichi raised an eyebrow. Did Kouji really think that he only wanted to help out of obligation? He decided to save that discussion for a rainy day.
Izumi moved under him and he could tell she was about to wake up. Perhaps Junpei was as well.
”I know, but I wish there was something I could do to make it easier for you.”
”But you do.”
Junpei started moving. Kouji sat up on the bed and pulled his hands over his face.
”Just having you gives me something to stay around for��, he whispered. ”And you…”
He looked uncertain. Kouichi sat up as well, stretched his back. Izumi rolled over to her side.
”...probably saved my life yesterday? Or at least a trip to the hospital.”
Kouichi’s stomach hurt. He didn’t move. He felt frozen to the core, like someone had dumped a bucket of ice water over him. He took a shaky breath, didn’t want to make a big deal out of it because then maybe Kouji would work harder at hiding it next time. He nodded towards Kouji’s arm.
”Speaking of that, how’s the arm?”
Kouji grimaced.
”Another ugly scar to the collection”, he said. ”It doesn’t hurt.”
Someone’s alarm rang. Both Junpei and Izumi reached for their phones, but Tomoko turned it off in the room next door. Kouji stretched.
”About time to get up anyway”, he said and gave Junpei a soft kick.
Junpei grabbed Kouji and pulled him down again.
”Five more minutes”, he said with a yawn.
Kouji laughed. Kouichi felt his shoulders relax.
”Five more minutes”, Kouji confirmed and closed his eyes.
Kouichi leaned against the wall. Izumi sat up next to him and leaned against his shoulder. She grabbed his hand.
”Is today better?” she asked.
”Better”, Kouichi confirmed. ”Still worried.”
”We’ll probably always be”, she said and yawned. ”Ready for the test?”
Kouichi reached for his backpack.
”Last minute study-session?”
Izumi laughed.
”Last minute study-session”, she confirmed.
Kouichi decided to ignore the worry gnawing in him, for now. He would just continue trying to be there for Kouji.
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It was two weeks later. Kouji was staring at the whiteboard, not listening to the teacher. Kouichi was staring at Kouji. They really needed to work out a way for Kouji to tell him how bad it was without feeling like he had to compromise himself for it.
Are you okay? Kouichi wrote on a note and put infront of Kouji.
Takuya snickered behind them and Kouichi gave him the finger. Kouji grabbed the note and put it in his pocket. He threw a quick glance at Kouichi before looking through the whiteboard again. Kouichi tried to listen to the teacher, but Kouji let out a sigh and Kouichi got distracted again.
Sleepover? Kouichi wrote on a new note.
Kouji glanced at it, and snorted. The teacher turned around and Kouji put a hand over his mouth. He pretended to write in the notebook. Kouichi got the note back with the question mark scribbled out. Success. He made a happy little wiggle in the chair.
I’ll ask Junpei to come as well, he sent on another note to Kouji.
Takuya snickered again. Kouji reached over and pulled at Takuya’s hair. The teacher turned around to look at them again.
”They’re sending love notes~ to each other”, Takuya ratted them out.
Kouji grabbed his hair and pulled at it again. Hard. Takuya let out a yelp.
”It’s not love notes, you idiot.”
The teachers sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.
”Kimura, Minamoto, I want to talk to you two when the class is over.”
”Yes, teacher”, they answered as one.
The teacher turned back to the whiteboard and Kouichi tried to focus on the lesson. Kouji’s eyes looked through the whiteboard and his grip around the pencil was just a little too tight. Kouichi wanted to move closer to let Kouji know he was there for him.
”Double-date in the park after school?” he whispered.
The teacher was already going to reprimand them, might as well make it worth it. Kouji snorted, almost smiled, but instead his eyes filled with tears. He pulled a hand across them and took a shaky breath.
”Double-date sounds nice”, he whispered.
Kouichi let out a relieved breath. At least it was going better this time than the last. He just needed to let Junpei and Izumi know about the date as well. Takuya was still listening to them more than the teacher.
”100% sounds like you were sending love letters”, he whispered.
Kouichi shook his head and looked towards Izumi instead. She noticed it and smiled towards him. Kouji groaned and put his face in his hands.
”We’re twins”, he hissed out low enough that the teacher wouldn’t hear. ”We have other partners than each other.”
If Kouji was talking to Takuya he at least wasn’t in complete disaster mode, Kouichi mused. He wrote some keywords in his notebook.
”First you send notes and then you talk about a date”, Takuya said. ”Just saying, it seems suspicious from here.”
Kouji turned around in his seat.
”I am going to beat you up so hard your mom won’t recognize you”, he hissed.
The teacher coughed. Kouji’s cheeks got red and he turned his back to Takuya. The teacher gestured at an empty desk at the front of the class and Kouji grabbed his bag and noteblock and moved to it instead. Kouichi shook his head with a smile. Just another regular day.
Except this time he had more knowledge about how to help his brother.
#my writing#sicktember 2022#digimon frontier#kouji minamoto#kouichi kimura#izumi orimoto#junpei shibayama#hurt kouji#prompt: Chronic illness#tw suicidal ideation#tw selfharm#confession: I started this story a couple of weeks ago#I saw the prompt and really wanted to write something with depression for it#so now when we got to it I decided to just use it to finish up this story#instead of starting on yet another story x3#endings are the bane of my existance and I never know how to do them#there is no ending for depression#there is learning to handle it#but there is no end and I hate it here#send help
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Thoughts on poly with satosugu
a/n: long post LOL enjoy
howd you manage to get two of the most caring yet annoying boyfriends ever??? they feed off each others energy sm it’s insane lol good luck. but not in a bad way of course. it def started out when one man of the two was frustrated with the stagnancy and the mixed signals between the three of you that gojo decided to confess and the both of you dated for a while.
geto didnt rlly wanna intrude and felt bad even tho you three were still eye fucking basically every time u were in a room together. gojo was the first to ask you about it “no because ive thought of it too” and gojo’s face lights up bc teecchnically hes been texting geto always how its been a dream to date you even tho it rubs in the wound a little. but it’s ok!!!! im sorry suguru!!! all three of you are together now !!!!
to start off they are very physical and clingy. always need to have some part of their body on you. gojo prefers the arm slinging over your shoulders, geto prefers a more subtle arm around the waist. ppl r always starin when you three go out 😭 but it’s so cute lowkey! gojo is usually the upbeat one, suggesting dates and places to go and things to do, creating the gc between the three of you (if u didnt alr have one), keeping the relationship fresh with a lot of questions. geto contributes more to the practicality of the rs?? not to say he doesnt talk or is passive in the poly rs but he’s more of a getting groceries, lounging in the back watching the two of you talk excitedly bout digimon, and likes the household chores kind of guy.
it feels like if i say this it’s too cheesy but gojo feels like a sunrise: the dawn of a new day and the adventures that it may bring while geto is like sunsets: the dusk of winding down after the exciting day and youre always craving both. gojo and geto complete each other in countless other ways too and the dynamic you three have is super adorable.
ill highlight a few scenarios bc theres too much potential and power w/ poly stsg!! watching movies: geto us usually okay with anything u two pick out and gojo picks out some psychological horror for funsies but hes screaming into geto’s arms at every jumpscare 😭 the popcorn goes everywhere good lord. you and geto laugh (in the case youre not too afraid of horror) laugh at gojo and pepper him in kisses even when he puts the blame on you for choosing this movie. “too scared that youre placing the blame on our poor (y/n)?” gojo tsks and swats away geto’s hand but is soon distracted by you pulling u into your embrace lol <3 the usual movie positions are like this: either the both of you latch onto geto’s sides, or youre tucked into geto and gojo sits on the floor, your head in either man’s laps and your feet on the other, you squashed in the middle of them both, gojo tucked in your hug while you are tucked in geto’s <333
going grocery shopping: it’s stocking up time and geto cant possibly handle bringing back all the groceries by himself so he brings you along and also (reluctantly) brings gojo. main reason is bc gojo likes to put a lot of things in the cart and begs with his pretty eyes of his that geto always gives in 😭 youre like semi-focused on the task. you put together the grocery list but then youre getting distracted when you see the fruits section and point at it excitedly to geto. gojo is somewhere in the store. sometimes you lead the expedition, pushing the trolley as geto and gojo walk together a few steps behind hand in hand. it changes a whole lot.
sometimes geto will head off to get something and youre left to push the trolley, with gojo by your side kissing your temples walking by your side. they will both sometimes play pranks on you and go off without telling u and run around the store hoping you wont find them LMAO, or even be so so embarrassing dancing in the middle of the aisles or putting their face up to the cameras that broadcast the footage on big tvs ….. also once you guys lost gojo and you had to make an announcement at the counter to call for a six foot man to meet you two at the cashiers….
it’s easy to feel insecure sometimes, or rather not getting enough love / feeling left out bc sometimes they both click so well together you cant understand their inside jokes or they act like boys again, hitting and laughing to each other about shoko fumbling utahime again or something. they apologise profusely, feeling guilty that they even made u feel like that, esp gojo since he has a tendency to initiate a lot of those jokes which you dont understand, or talk about man things lol. youre the sole focus of their eyes always and they show it even more today by pampering you, having a sleepover ish date night, you paint each other’s nails and do some skin care, gossip a little. geto and gojo compliments you a lot, even more so during this bout of insecurity. they fight over who gives better compliments 😭😭😭😭
but either way you bring both of them in to kiss them as a thank you. it’s so difficult to choose between the both of them for cuddling too bc theyre so warm always. you curl into geto first bc on this night you guys picked your fav movie (which also happened to be gojo’s fav) but you were feeling tired asf so the former let you rest up on him while hte latter had his eyes glued. and later when geto needs to clean up he passes you to gojo gently and you adjust yourself against his lanky body <3333 “she’s just so cute, ain’t she?” geto smiles, brushes your hair out ur face, placing a peck on your forehead and another on gojo’s lips. “rest up first, both of you. i’ll come in soon.”
overall best boyfriends ever; let me highlight some more scenarios which i think would happen: coddling over you when you get your period. geto holding your tummy and massaging it while gojo feeds u snacks. fighting over the blanket between the three of you. gojo runs cold at night, geto runs a little cold too so youre usually the mediator between the two of them. “just buy a bigger blanket!!!” and gojos up and ready to head out at 3am. “go to sleep satoru the stores not open rn.” “theft exists.” “no!” sometimes youd go on individual dates when the other cant make it, esp when you three have busy schedules. either two will ALWAYS promise to shower the third in affection once they return home from the date! sometimes when you three need to visit weddings, you’d be squashed in the middle dancing with them, two towers and the shorter one in between that it looks a little comical.
fighting about whose music is the best in the car and fighting over the au, fighting abt who gets to drive. gojo tries to squeeze into the stick shift bc sometimes he misses you two in the back seat :(((( they let you sit down on public transport if the car isnt possible. scary dog privileges, two of them. gojo sneers at anyone who wants ur number and tells them off, geto glares quietly, gojo thinks its bc of him but actually it’s all geto’s doing LMAOAOAO. loving the kisses they both give you: gojo a little more excitable and geto’s sensual and slower, will also fight over who you should straddle when your making out but u give them both equal attention. one will take over the other whos preoccupied with your lips. geto littering kisses down your neck while youre busy with gojo’s lips and vice versa 💟💟💟
sigh id love to be in a poly rs with them and id love to write n*sfw but my hands hurt toodles (i do have a stsg ask that is smutty tho ... will write that soon muahahha)
hello hello!
#anon#asks#jujutsu kaisen x reader#jjk x reader#jjk fluff#jujutsu kaisen fluff#stsg x reader#stsg#satosugu x reader#gojo fluff#gojo smut#gojo satoru x reader#geto x reader#geto x you#geto suguru x reader#jjk smut
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roommate!gojo x reader; modern au
roommate!gojo who established a routine between you two; you both lay on your bad, you're reading a book or scrolling on a phone, and he watches Digimon (and rambles about it)
roommate!gojo who wishes he could kiss you
roommate!gojo who is messy, but tries to clean up after himself in the kitchen or living room for you (otherwise, he couldn't care less)
roommate!gojo who rants to geto about his feelings for you (suguru threatens him with sending a text to you about his feelings)
roommate!gojo who feels he might die when you mention that nanamin has been acting kinda weird lately
roommate!gojo who gets teased by shoko and utahime because he's oh so obvious but still denies that he has a crush (c'mon! he's the gojo satoru! he doesn't have crushes; people have crush on him!)
roommate!gojo who plans his confession and tells that amazing plan to his best friend! he will come back later, take you for a drive in the middle of the night, and confess on some hill from which you can see the whole city! what could go wrong?
actually, everything. because he feels his heart break into milion pieces when you are by the door, next to nanamin. kissing nanamin, to be precise.
uh oh, is it the first heartbreak of gojo satoru?
#well..#always sucker for nanamin having crush on reader#yeah!#gojo x reader#gojo satoru x reader#gojo satoru#gojo satoru headcanons#gojo x y/n#jjk x reader#gojo satoru imagine#jjk x yn#satoru gojo x y/n#satoru gojo x reader#gojo saturo
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The UPDATED (OG) Adventure universe’s Partnership double year math count
Updated Digimon Adventure OG Timeline’s Partnership Math Count List
Not particularly spoilers from the movie, just stuff stated by the official timeline from the pre-release stream for the movie in Japan (Oct 26)
Early 80s - Oikawa Yukio & Hida Hiroki make the first contact with the Digital World, befriend Pipimon (no partnerships)
1995 - Hikari and Taichi find a Koromon egg* (no partnerships)
1996 - 2 (Rui; someone else gets a digimon later in that year*)
1997 - 4 (Menoa)
1998 - 8 (Possibly the previous 5 mentioned from Adv’99 anime/novels)
1999 - 16 (Adv Eight, Meiko*)
2000 - 32 (Ken*)
2001 - 64 (Michael)
2002 - 128 (Daisuke, Miyako, Iori)
2003 - 256
2004 - 512
2005 - 1,024
2006 - 2,048
2007 - 4,096
2008 - 8,192
2009 - 16,384
2010 - 32,768
2011 - 65,536
2012 - 131,072
2013 - 262,144
2014 - 524,288
2015 - 1.048,576
2016 - 2.097,152
2017 - 4.194,304
2018 - 8.388,608
2019 - 16.777,216
2020 - 33.554,432
2021 - 67.108,864
2022 - 134.217,728
2023 - 268.435,456
2024 - 536.870,912
2025 - 1.073.741,824
2026 - 2.147.483,648
2027 - 4.294.967,296
2028 (02 Epilogue) - 8.589.934,592
↓ Original notes + "Why there's still no retcon of the lore" below ↓
First, the OG notes from the outdated post:
→ This count is not about “which was the very first digimon-human contact”, and yes about people with a digivice. Because if we were going to count who was the first human to have contact with a digimon, it’s actually two and they’re Oikawa Yukio and Iori’s dad, Hida Hiroki.
→ I’m ignoring all the inconsistencies with other material (WS & ▽) because they seem to not match well with the original count. So, in this case, Ken’s statement in the anime (Aug 2000) is the one to be accounted for here. I don’t know if Ryo counts as Chosen (possibly yes, judging by 02 flashbacks) but I’m not sure where to place him here.
→ I’m only adding Michael to the count, even if he’s not a main character and yes a side character, because 02 ep 14 had this statement regarding him. And I like Michael too so, let me have him there :V
→ Menoa states in the movie she met Morphomon when she was nine, and according to the Dash X novel version, she’s the same age as Taichi. Which means she became a Chosen in 1997.
→ I couldn’t think of how to include Maki & Daigo’s group in this because ▽ contradicts with the original lore’s math – The fact the Pt4 book released with the movie on Japanese theaters state them being in Elementary School the time they went to their adventure in the DW, and later the confession scene means they’re in University/College makes them possibly been Chosen Children way before 1995, and I’d take it granted that they were chosen by someone else IF weren’t for the Homeostasis being involved in the scene and the digivice being way too modern for that time (it was basically Taichi group’s model. If you look at Rui’s digivice in the leaked footage from DigiFes2022, his model seems to be different and an older version)
→ That said, Meiko is the only character in ▽ that does not fall into contradiction with the math count. Because in 1999 there was not only Taichi’s group, but also other 8 non-featured Chosen according to Kakudou’s notes. So we can consider Meiko one of those other 8 children.
→ When it comes to Wallace, I prefer to think he is game in the original math – Taichi and Hikari met that Koromon in 95, but they had no digivice until 1999. Which means it can be possible that Wallace had encountered Gummy-Choco’s egg before 1995 and only became an official Chosen Child later.
Now, the new notes:
→ To avoid spoiling any detail about the movie itself, I’ll make sure to tell you they might have changed how the math works only. It’s not like, “everyone gets a digimon at the same time” but rather… “A X number of people get partnered with a digimon in different periods of a year” – Which means yes, you can still count Rui and Ukkomon as the origins of the Digimon partnership, but that later in the same year someone else (or, say, Wallace in the main timeline) got a partner months later.
→ That said, I’m opting to update this list and work within the idea that various sources of partnership (Homeostasis, Holy Beasts, etc) can be counted in the math. Remember – Homeostasis (not referred to as this in the OG series but yes in the novels) had selected Taichi & co., but the Holy Beasts chose Dai-Miya-Iori. And some other entity probably chose Ken in August 2000. This could explain why there’s a higher number of partnerships happening at the same time in Adv’99 and 02.
→ As I mentioned before, and indirectly supported by the staff (check the official timeline at the top of the list), ▽ has violated the lore to the point it goes in direct conflict with the new 02 movie and the entire timeline. So I guess it’s better to consider ▽ as its own timeline/Alternate universe than forcing it into the main timeline.
→ That said, and since Meiko does exist in Kizuna/main timeline, I suppose Maki and Daigo also do exist, and maybe they got their “ages” retconned and down to something suitable to the universe’s math count. They can still be part of the previous five kids mentioned in Adv’99 anime/novels, but they are probably around their teen years, or even early 20s instead, not fully adults working for the government I suppose. Or alternatively, just not Chosen yet. Pick your favorite route, Maki/Daigo fans!!
→ Yes, the Koromon from the very first movie IS NOT THE SAME PARTNERED WITH TAICHI. This never was confirmed, and was just fandom's theory. Considering how ▽ also made this mistake and possibly was one of the lore's violation, I prefer to believe this means it's not the same Koromon/Agumon partnered with Taichi in Adv'99.
#digimon adventure#digimon adventure 02#digifood for thought#kizuna spoilers#02tb spoilers#ni's digitheories
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yamato ishida ; growing up & the desire to change
Digimon Adventure Episode 18 Subbed x2 // / What I Could Never Confess Without Some Bravado, Emily Palermo // Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings // Digimon Adventure Episode 44 subbed x2 // Haruki Murakami South of the Border, West of the Sun // Charlotte Eriksson Everything Changed When I Forgave Myself // I Wanna Get Better; Song by Bleachers // Digimon Adventure Episode 54 subbed x2 // open water by caleb azumah nelson
#my very first webweave.....#webweaves#web weave#digimon#yamato ishida#matt ishida#digimon adventure
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How Toriyama/Toyotaro salvaged "End of Z"
Let me start this post with a personal confession that may or may not be unpopular: I have very little interest in Dragon Ball DAIMA. I have slightly more than I used to after Akira Toriyama's death since I am naturally curious to see what the last Dragon Ball related material he ever produced is like, but otherwise it still looks like just a different take on Dragon Ball GT, my least favorite Dragon Ball series, except that more characters than just Goku turn young and it's the Demon Realm that's being explored instead of space. It also doesn't help that the head writer, Yuko Kakihara, makes me nervous - she's done fine work as an episodic script writer on anime such as Fresh Pretty Cure, My Bride is a Mermaid, and Pokémon Journeys, and she was fantastic as the head writer of IRODUKU: The World in Color. But in terms of shows closer to what Dragon Ball DAIMA seems like, she was head writer on that god-awful Stitch anime that Disney stupidly allowed to be made. Worse still, she was the writer of Digimon Adventure Tri. So you can understand why I have reservations.
Point is, I consider Dragon Ball DAIMA to be a sideshow, regardless of what its merits may end up being. For me personally, it's the manga/anime trilogy of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super that really counts the most. And as tragic as the circumstances behind the end of Toriyama's involvement on the latter are, I am highly impressed what he and his mangaka protégée Toyotaro were able to accomplish. With three major steps, they have substantially retconned the notoriously underwhelming ending of the original manga series and DBZ anime, known as "End of Z" among fans, in a way that makes a satisfying closure.
The first step was way back in Dragon Ball Online. Toriyama was involved back then in canonically mapping out the future of the Dragon Ball world, long after Goku, his friends and his family have passed away. And a major part of that was how Gohan, Goten, Trunks and Pan affected that world for the better in their adult lives. Gohan in particular has a masterful end to his long struggle between being a fighter and being a scholar by becoming a scholar on ki fighting techniques, publishing a study that makes it widely possible for humans around the world to master ki control and gain flight and energy blasts. It's a perfect outcome for him.
The second step was through Toriyama's involvement in the new movies and Super series. End of Z now cannot happen the way it was presented in the original manga and anime. There are way too many discrepancies, from character appearances, the lack of certain characters who it would make little sense not to be there, and details like "none of Goku's friends saw him for 5 years before then" which have now been completely contradicted. Obviously the 28th Budokai where Goku meets Uub and takes him under his wing for training is still canon, but that event is now free to transpire in a far more plausible and satisfactory way than the famously rushed, haphazard and OOC way in which it was depicted before.
The third and final step was the last collaboration between Toriyama and Toyotaro in the Super manga. The final three chapters they worked on together were an epilogue to the story of the Super Hero film, actually tying its plot together with the side plot featuring Goku and Vegeta on Beerus' planet. Perhaps responding to prevalent criticisms, the movie had already made a major point of showing how the world can still be successfully defended by the Z Fighters even without Goku and Vegeta being there. And in these three chapters, the point is carried even further by having Goku test what the new generation is capable of, a theme that's even reflected in the final chapter's title, "Passing On To The Future". This completely recontextualizes End of Z. Originally made as a laughable attempt to salvage the "Goku passing the torch" direction with Uub in place of Gohan after Toriyama botched it so badly with him, now it makes Uub only the latest in a large field of fighters that includes Gohan. Now it's Gohan, Goten, Trunks, Pan, even Broly of all people, who are being gathered as Earth's next line of defense once Goku and Vegeta finally expire. Uub will join that group. (Oh, and being Namekian, both Piccolo and Dende will still be around to assist, of course.)
So while the narrative of Dragon Ball may have peaked with the Cell Saga, now the Majin Buu Saga -> Battle of Gods Saga -> Resurrection F Saga -> Universe 6 Saga -> Future Trunks / Goku Black Saga -> Universe Survival Saga -> Broly Saga -> Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga -> Granolah the Survivor Saga -> Super Hero Saga -> End of Z together create a worthier follow-up than just the Majin Buu Saga -> End of Z was back in the day. Certainly not perfect, even when leaving the loose ends out of it (so Freeza's just gonna stay loose out there with a new ultimate form?), but feeling much closer to a fully realized ending.
Thank you, Toriyama. You made it up as you went along right to the very end, but as usual, your remarkable creative talent managed to make it all fit together. You are deeply missed.
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