#tialudomon

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Tactics kids finally getting to bite back, with Hotaruko outright disobeying Seraphy's orders to kill Raito, and TiaLudomon knocking Gigasmon back and telling Granit they're not dying there (after Seraphy gave an order that nearly resulted in the kid Cold Hearting himself).

God, I hope we see Kyo beat the brakes off Seraphy next episode. I really hate that guy.

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I really love Ludomon being Granit's Digimon in Beatbreak

In the Digimon Franchise there is a big emphasis on the relationship between Digimon and the human(s) companion and that's is pushed to an edge in Beatbreak, in which Digimon are created and feed off human emotions.

Granit (or Luka before his time in Team Tactics) is 13 year old boy, war refugee whose village got bombed and lost Stella, his only friend in it (Yes, this is still Digimon). It's right on this attack that Ludomon emerges, saving him in the nick of time.

At first glance you wouldn't tell, but underneat all that old school military armor Ludomon is a plushie like Digimon. It has a not so subtle meaning of childhood denied by war and violence. Ludomon will then spend his time close to Granit, literally being his shield but unable to console him cheer him up as a plushie would to a child, and the boy will costantly search for "a good place to die" (This is still Digimon, trust me).

When Ludomon stands up for Granit's life meaningfully, getting beaten by another Digimon until his armon is completely broken and going against Granit's vision of "a worthy death", that Granit decide to keep on living, giving him the energy necessary to Digivolve in TiaLudomon.

The principle of defending Granit is still there, but TiaLudomon looks like a proper toy, an action figure a kid like Luka would have played with if his life wasn't ruined by war and loss at such a young age.

It's a first, tiny step towards living life instead of costantly romaticizing death, something Stella would have wanted for him.

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Born to Protect

wow just wow, This episode was Spectacular (ludomon evolving into Tialudomon was very unexpected) So here’s a redraw

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I don't have anything to say other than I really liked today's episode.

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Digimon Beatbreak Episode 21 Review - The Ultimate Shield

Peakbreak at its finest. A lot happens in this two-parter and got resolved nicely, but a huge twist shows up at the end. On top of that, there won’t be an episode next week, so I’m here going to be thinking about what happens next for two weeks…

This episode has two sides: Reina and Kyo vs Granit and Naito and Tomoro and Makoto looking for Raito. I’ll talk about the former first. I always feel like the writers won’t showcase Kyo going all out unless it’s some big opponent because he easily beat Naito before, but he has to hold back in this one because Naito was being a coward and using Ludomon as a shield, which is also draining Granit’s e-pulse. Rather than Klay, seeing Naito’s downfall would feel more satisfying…

I do feel like this portion more focuses on resolving Granit’s character arc which is Reina helping him realize why Ludomon exists—to protect him and not to leave him alone. It’s crazy how he was fine with wanting to be Cold Hearted because he was ordered to do so. There might be some people out there who probably don’t like the fact that Reina’s spotlight has to be shared with Granit, but I feel like it makes sense for her character? She already has experience, so her character is to bring her own wisdom to those who need it like Tomoro and Granit. I’m more shocked about how she’s able to hold back Ludomon while in shield mode. Girl, what are you on? That’s some Marcus Damon type of shenanigan.

Digimon being a reflection of their Owner does ring truth as Gigasmon is just as violent as his Owner. He destroyed Ludomon’s shield, but this causes Ludomon to evolve into TiaLudomon, which was so cool! It felt satisfying to see TiaLudomon knocking out Gigasmon. It’s always entertaining to see Naito get humiliated by everyone.

The reason Tomoro is so driven to save Raito is because he believes in second chances—he’s taking in Kyo’s philosophy seriously and I love it. The kid even apologized to his friends! That’s growth right there! I do wonder if his heart has reached Raito because Raito does seem remorseful for his actions as he’s caused a lot of people to be Cold Hearted. Given how that portion of the Mirror World got destroyed, the Cold Hearted bodies are probably lost forever…

I did mention that Hotaruko probably felt bad for what happened to Raito in the previous episode and one person commented that it was unlikely since Raito is a jerk. This episode does disprove it as she does care about Raito as she disobeyed Naito’s orders to eliminate him and set him free. She’s also the one who told him about Naito’s true intentions and probably also rescued Ketomon. It would be nice if Tactics Team 7 would be able to form a genuine friendship outside of their work. They all need a friend, in all honesty. If they’re not going to join Glowing Dawn at the end, then they should form their own little group not affiliated with Tactics that could help out GD from time to time—though, joining Glowing Dawn does feel more plausible.

It’s crazy how Genjo concocted all of this. He’s playing 7D chess at this point. Luring Tomoro with Asuka’s Sapotama will lure Kyo and Kyo can get help him get rid of Klay by exposing his misdeeds and getting a bounty on his head as a result. I had a feeling the Five Stars aren’t exactly allies and I was right. Other than Honoka and Kaito, the others don’t seem to get along as well aside from maybe Rose and Klay. I do wonder what his overall goal is if he’s being this meticulous.

Proganomon, Klay’s partner, is voiced by Kosei Hirota who voiced Merukimon in Digimon Savers. Beatbreak really likes bringing a lot of past Digimon affiliates and it shows. It does make me wonder who MarineChimeramon and Lilamon are voiced by since they’re unvoiced. The former will show up and be in action next episode.

By the way, Yuko Sanpei, the voice actress of Ludomon and TiaLudomon, celebrated her birthday yesterday. The official Digimon account also celebrated Raito’s birthday yesterday as he’s a leap year baby (auto correct strangely had leap be spelled out as leprechaun). The next episode will be aired on March 15, which is Granit’s birthday. I just hope good things will happen to him next episode because he needs it. Other than that, I do wonder how Klay’s downfall will be like. Will Naito join in to protect him? Let me know your thoughts on this episode.

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My evolution lines for the Digimon of TACTICS team 7 (and Naito)

Ludomon/Ldmon’s line is self explanatory, it’s the one it’s had for years. Likewise, Monodramon’s is the one that’s established so far with a “???” to emphasize that I’d like him to get an all new Ultimate/Mega.

Shakomon’s uses Jellymon and Sangomon’s shared Baby forms because I think they just work for mollusks. The rest of the line keeps the emphasis on Ancient creatures, and also because I’d really like to see a story where Anomalocarimon gets to be a cool and bad ass Digimon instead of a joke for a change. That, and…well, I really want a Perfect that’s anything other than Sharkmon, due to the common fandom misconception that Tylomon is a shark (it’s not, it’s a Mosasaur). Plesiomon completes the line as a final prehistoric creature, and also makes every evolution above Child-level a completely different kind of animal lmao.

Punimon and Gigasmon were already decided for me, and so Tsunomon was a no brainer for the second Baby form. Goblimon has at least one rock-based attack so he works for the Child/Rookie form, and from there Grottemon makes a good transition to Gigasmon. I chose Blastmon as an Ultimate/Mega because it remains a Mineral type like Gigasmon, and keeps the brutish theme of the rest of the evolution line.

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Episode 21 of continues the fantastic roll that Beatbreak has been on.

It's always so much fun having a bat Digimon as a protagonist. I love bats.

Big ups to Reina this episode. She takes on so many roles. Diverting attention away from Ludomon, keeping Kyo from being interfered with, stopping Ludomon, inspiring Granit. She's a great leader in the making and really cares. Seeing Granit almost walking off the cliff was heartbreaking, Reina may not understand everything about him, but I think she gets that, yeah he needs someone to truly step up and be there for him, as she was.

Tialudomon is awesome.

I really like how this all concludes with Tactics. Granit is with Glowing Dawn, Hotaruko is presumably still with Naito, and Raito has gone off with Ketomon. Tactics is all split up, and now Klay has a bounty too. They're a very dynamic group, not defined by one role. It's really good. Kanada leaking the info is also wild, and him mocking that they still use a flash drive is great.

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