Digimon Adventure: 2020 – Episode 67: The End Of The Adventure (Review)Thoughts on the sixty-s

Digimon Adventure: 2020 – Episode 67: The End Of The Adventure (Review)Thoughts on the sixty-seventh episode of the Digimon Adventure reboot series.It’s the final episode! WE ACTUALLY MADE IT TO THE END!!! \o/I really liked how this episode opened up. It felt movie-like - but maybe because of the digital tunnel from the OG movies. XD; It set the tone very well for a final episode and it felt like it was going to be good.Abbadomon Core is visually such a better villain than his Pacman self. XD He kinda looks like a plant-based Joker, lol. But he still looks pretty cool.Oh, the other kids are still here and doing stuff “outside”! Nice of Toei to still include them (somewhat) in the final battle and not have them be totally useless. I was expecting just Taito to run the entire show. :PI really enjoyed the Omegamon v. Abbadomon Core battle. It had a lot of variety and was just entertaining to watch, even for someone like me, who doesn’t really care about Digimon and/or battles. My only complaint is that … I wanted more. XD; A lot more, lol. It felt too short to me - but it was still damn cool. Definitely the highlight of this episode.After Omegamon lands what should’ve been the finishing blow, we get a nice montage of all the Chosen Children and their Digimon “activating” their Crests on-screen, that leads to …Holy shit, Omegamon Alter-S looks like a goddamn badarse! XD As I said before, I don’t really care about the Digimon, but he’s amazing. I wish he had more screentime, lol. The build-up and music was so epic, too. Loved it.Defeated Abbadomon looking like a sad Pacman made me LOL. XD;Negamon: “I vanish … vanish … vanish …” Omegamon: “No, if you are a Digimon too … surely … what you will reach next will be another evil existence. Or perhaps a good existence. No. You should not be bound by either one. Because we hold endless potential.” I really liked this. Nice message to the kids watching this series. :)And the Digital World and Real World are saved! YAY! And all the kids get one final wholesome exchange with one another - for the series, I mean, not in-universe. :D This was a nice closing moment for them.Chosen Children and Digimon Partners: “The adventure … continues to a new world!” What world? Can we go back to the OG continuity now? :D I really thought the episode would end here - but no. XD; I actually wouldn’t have minded if it had - and if they had stretched out the final battle more to fill in the time instead. XD;But anyway, instead we continue on to a little epilogue - but not one some might have wanted. XD; We see Digimon like Wisemon, Lopmon and Leomon telling the story of the Chosen Children to other Digimon. It’s nice, I guess. It puts a spin on the humans talking about other legends - and makes them the legend instead.Wisemon: “Mankind and Digimon. What kind of effects the merging of the two worlds produce from here is something even I cannot predict.” I guess this is a reference to the OG? Because that’s what happened in the OG continuity with everyone around the world getting Digimon partners. This is what the reboot gets instead of showing it happening - because it ain’t getting a sequel (at least … not immediately). XD;We also get shown a lot of the Digimon the kids met along the way … and damn, we did meet a lot of Digimon. Some of them even had good episodes. This was pretty neat, actually. Reminded me that the series wasn’t all bad. ;)And … all the Digimon stayed with their partners in the Real World! It’s different to the OG ending, of course, but ultimately the same “final” ending (Zero Two) where all of them are with their Digimon partners (humans and Digimon co-existing). Again, probably the best ending for the reboot, since they’re not doing a sequel. :PThe final brief glimpses of the Chosen Children with their Digimon was super cute. Takeru seeing Yamato was uwu and I wish their brotherly bond was shown more. T_T I also wish their parents were shown more and were actually there with them, lol. Also, lmao at Gabumon in his “disguise”. Why, though, when Piyomon is just flying so freely after Sora? XD;Koumi confirmed!? Jokes. :P But Mimi is bankrolling Koushirou’s Digital Gate project, lmao. On his laptop we see: “The Choosen One - Adventure to a new world- Digital Gate TRIAL” And dang, Koushirou made a simple spelling mistake like that? My disappointment is immeasurable. XPFinally, the last scene is Taichi and Agumon in the Digital World. I assume he got through with Koushirou’s Digital Gate trial …? So the adventure continues - but the series has ended. Nice enough ending, I guess.Overall, I … liked it, lol. The battle was entertaining, albeit a bit too short for me, and Omegamon Alter-S is fucking awesome - plus we got a nice little wholesome ending. So … I can’t hate it. XD;But the series as a whole? Well … that’s a different story. I think the series was a lot better in the first 25 episodes or so - maybe less - and there were some very good episodes sprinkled throughout from 25-67. But, mostly, it was just a disappointing drag.(Episode 8 is probably still my favourite episode … and that was episode 8 out of 67, lmao.)Did this series need to exist? No. But it brought a lot of people back to the Adventure fandom, and I made a lot of new friends. So, in a way, I guess I do appreciate that it exists?I really wish the series had been better, though. In particular, I just wish the characters at least had been better written and not so one-dimensional. Because these characters from the OG are the reason I even watched this kids’ show for 67 weeks …If I were to rank the reboot characters, based on characterisation alone, it would be something like this:Mimi > Yamato > Jou > Takeru > Koushirou > Sora > Hikari > Taichi.Actually, Taichi would probably be before Sora. But I really didn’t like the constant “main protag Taichism” - and it really made me dislike his character, so I can’t put him anywhere but last in a character ranking, sorry. XD;Well, it’s been 67 long weeks of watching and reviewing - but I guess it’s been fun? ;)I’m looking forward to the upcoming 02 movie. :) -- source link

More pics about