#gekkoumon

[aquaticnaho]

Digimon as Sapotamas...It was amusing to see I will admit.

Gekkoumon reverting to base sapotama ai to pilot the shuttle but sounding like themselves was also funny.

[alltheoutsinfreeeee]

I love Digimon

Shakomon not to be confused with Shakkoumon

Gekomon not to be confused with Gekkomon

Gokumon (localised as Reapermon) not to be confused with Gokuwmon

[agendersora]

nonbinary flags color picked from these goobers [gekkoumon's are all on the left, tomoro's the right!]

[aquaticnaho]

Trying to get some beatbreak episode screenshots for referencing and I accidently landed on this beautiful frame in episode 1.

Look at this goofy creecher go. Gaze upon it.

[aquaticnaho]

Digimon Beatbreak episode 8

So I can't say much constructively but I can say this right off the bat.

Tomoro's character arc starting from episode 1-2 has finally come to fruition as I was hoping to see, his bond with Gekkoumon might still have room to grow, but compared to episode 2 and how he reacted to Gekkoumon as his partner wanting his e-pulse, I feel its safe to say that he and Gekkoumon are now OFFICIALLY a unit, and the feeling is mutual!

If he still had any lingering doubts about what he wanted especially with being a cleaner and working with something born from his sapotama, an object that he instinctively mistrusts due to his glitched e-pulse, He certainly no longer has them now by the end of this episode, especially considering his encounter with those who work for the ministry, the ones who are asking them to delete "glitches"

And how he sees people only living to reach the shangrila egg at all costs.

"How Boring" Tomoro once again repeating a defining character line from episode 1 and now saying it again here in episode 9. Though considering what we know I wouldn't call it boring anymore, because the world in digimon beatbreak is also cruel and callous to those who don't fit into society, because holy shit I wanted to punch that kid in the face at the end and even though Tomoro had a blank look of disappointment, I would have not minded him punching that kid in the face.

Am I being a bit too harsh? Probably, but this student was the reason so many kids nearly became cold-hearted and it was only thanks to Tomoro basically OVERLOADING Mimicmon with his e-pulse in the end (which, holy shit tomoro that was RECKLESS) that allowed them to gain an upperhand. Yes he didn't mean for this to happen in the first place, but his digimon was the one to pay the price and he was all to happy and desperate to be seen as a victim in all this.

Anyway a return to where we began! With Hitomi returning suddenly and while I do feel the leadup to the encounter I feel should have had a bit more suspense, I do like the fact she wasn't too put off by a digimon's existence despite her experience. But once again, Tomoro was dragged into a situation that he had no say over and man when is he gonna remember to have his earphone in when away from the team. Sadly regarding Hitomi, I think we won't be seeing much from her for a while as let's be quite honest, she is just a normal girl in this society.

Do I think she'll get a digimon down the road? it's very likely, but as of right now she's gonna be on the sidelines so we can now focus on stuff around Glowing dawn more as it seems that Tomoro has no more remaining hesitations to not help them and to even help Kyo achieve this goal. He has seen what this world is like now, with the knowledge of what he has learned, discovered and witnessed.

Anyway, next episode preview is looking cool, but also!! It's looking like a Makoto centric episode! We'll probably finally learn about him now and his situation regarding why he's with Glowing Dawn cause let's be real here.

He's 100% someone who has known about Digimon from the start and knows that this Utopia is messed up and how digimon are treated as such. He knows this world is cruel already and could no longer abide by the rules set for him.

Also congrats Gekkoumon! You've now overtaken Guilmon from Digimon tamers as the longest time taken for the mascot digimon to get a champion evo! As of right now I actually think it's gonna be an Angemon situation for Gekkoumon's champion form but we shall see!

[aquaticnaho]

Ho boy, people are really hoping for a dark digivolution next episode huh...Its basically the only thing people are talking about online.

Not that I'm against it, but I'm kinda hoping for a single episode buffer and not another 2 part episode to occur. Also we're jumping on right off the back of Makoto's character introduction episode so I'm hoping for more of a spaced out arc build up especially seeing as we're meeting a Five Stars member for the first time in story.

[aquaticnaho]

Oh yeah forgot to mention. As hopeful as I was about a week ago, I did go back to my original assumption that we probably wouldn't seeing Gekkoumon digivolve. Which to me at the earliest? I did feel like it would be Episode 6.

This was honestly due to the fact that it to me like we needed at least one more buffer episode of some kind to really make that fated moment a major one. As Tomoro and Gekkoumon are still in that sort of early stage of partner dynamic. It's become clear to me that digivolving requires a pretty decent bond and while Tomoro and Gekkoumons aren't terrible compared to other cleaner bonds, they aren't exactly matching eachother's drive. Their beat, as one might say.

We haven't learn a lot about digivolving in a tamer/partner bond situation but I assume it's going to have do with something about cleaner duo's have to be in sync for. That in order to digivolve, both partners need to match eachothers drive and reasoning and most importantly, their EMOTIONS. One side cannot be stronger than the other and thats how you might get e-pulse evolutions where the digimon deviates from their path. or even something like what happened with Gekkoumon in episode 3

However, I do have strong hopes for the next episode. Because.

Do remember what Gekkoumon referred to Tomoro as in episode 2, even if it was comedic.

This might be finally the time where Tomoro and Gekkoumon's beat finally matches up for Gekkoumon to digivolve into his champion form. They're sharing the same feelings about this town and Gekkoumon has found a brother-like partner in Pandamon.

Genuinely I would be SURPRISED if we didn't get Gekkoumon's evo next episode.