While the arc ended great, I still think the GIFT arc is the weakest by far. Given that it’s only nine episodes, only half of it focus on GIFT while the other half doesn’t. The only substantial stand out episodes are the Makoto lore drop, Maki’s entire backstory (which I think is one of the best episodes overall) and the Tactics return. I get that it’s a short arc, but maybe they should’ve integrated GIFT more like how Tactics did…
If I were to paraphrase this arc now that it ended, it’s basically Miharu throwing a tantrum over Chifuyu’s death and decided to play chunnibyou edgelord to get her revenge. I get that she’s a teenager, but it just makes the pay off a bit silly overall. She caused a lot of deaths and harm towards the people and only now she realized it after Tomoro put some sense into her about how her actions isn’t what her sister wanted. I do think they did a good job incorporating how Miharu is a shadow archetype of Tomoro in a way that he could’ve been like her if he didn’t have Glowing Dawn, but it did feel like the revelation came a bit too late.
The whole final fight with Mephismon was also lackluster in that it did look like they were going to evolve into its Mega form, but it didn’t. Man, what a cop out. It would’ve been so cool if they had to go against Gulfmon and since the power levels in this universe mostly relies on e-pulse power, it would’ve been cool to see the kids get a legitimate win against a Mega, even if it’s not stable like Pyramidimon.
I think the best parts of the fight are the smaller details like Lilamon poisoning Mephismon and how Tomoro’s e-pulse caused a reaction in both Mephismon and Chairman Wong. His e-pulse has been stated to be unusual, so, hopefully, it’ll be explained later on since Wong is acquainted with Dr. Tenma. While Rose and her goons aren’t as important in this arc, I do commend Rose’s intelligence on how she was able to find GIFT’s base; not having a Reina vs Rose rematch was also wasted opportunity.
I think the one thing I’m most curious about is what happened to Kishiwada. He wasn’t there when Miharu decided to turn herself into the ministry. Heck, he doesn’t even show up at the end. Just who is he? What was his connection to Miharu? He’s truly a man of mystery, for sure. Maybe it’ll be explained in the next mini-arc which will revolve around Kyo’s past. The former Water star also has been revealed, so maybe he’ll have some connections with him as both the Kishi in Kishiwada and the Shio in the newly revealed Souji Kuroshio’s names mean tide. Maybe Kishiwada is a Digimon? Who knows? I’m honestly more excited about the mini-arc than I am about how this arc ended up overall. Let me know your thoughts on this episode and the arc as a whole.
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