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After half a season wandering around a park in Shinjuku, the kids finally enter the Digital World! What’s this new Digital World like? Card games on motorcycles?? Why is Ryo the worst???

Asher digs into everyone’s shared desired to level up, Jeff raves about the Digital World, Ashley channels Rika’s rage at overconfident mansplainers, and we all agree that Ryo is our favorite character of all time ever.

Chapters

  • 0:00:00: Intro
  • 0:02:54: General Impressions
  • 0:11:10: Leveling Up Bonds
  • 0:26:14: FoxKids Ad Break 1
  • 0:27:39: Digital World
  • 0:45:38: FoxKids Ad Break 2
  • 0:47:10: Overconfidence
  • 1:03:25: FoxKids Ad Break 3
  • 1:04:53: Unanswered Questions
  • 1:11:46: Calumon Song Break
  • 1:13:27: Stray Bits
  • 1:26:36: Ridiculous Dialogue Draft
  • 1:31:58: Closing Segments
  • 1:35:08: Recommendation Articulation
  • 1:41:04: Outro

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Things Mentioned

Imagery Mentioned

Takato's mom scene Takato's mom scene
Digital World bridge space Digital World bridge space
Digital World Earth close Digital World Earth close
Digital World Earth far Digital World Earth far
Data tumbleweed Data tumbleweed
Data stream Data stream
Night mode transition Night mode transition
Flagpole desert Flagpole desert
Satellite desert Satellite desert
Wind valley desert Wind valley desert
Motorcycle desert Motorcycle desert
Clock cloud area Clock cloud area
Cubism ghost town Cubism ghost town
Transport cube Transport cube
Terriermon flashback desert Terriermon flashback desert
Desert tracking shot Desert tracking shot
Renamon holding brats Renamon holding brats
Devimon's summer home Devimon's summer home
Kazu Kenta singing Kazu Kenta singing
Pixelated photo Pixelated photo
Takato's mom scene Takato's mom scene
Guilmon bread Guilmon bread
Henohenohemoji scarecrow Henohenohemoji scarecrow

Ships Mentioned

Hirota Hirota
Juki Juki
Jenkato Jenkato

Characters Mentioned

Rika Rika
Ryo Ryo
Takato's Mom Takato's Mom
Clockmon Clockmon
Renamon Renamon
Knightmon Knightmon
Leomon Leomon
Guilmon Guilmon
Caturamon Caturamon
Beelzemon Beelzemon
Impmon Impmon
Ai & Mako Ai & Mako
Henry Henry
MetalKoromon MetalKoromon
Majiramon Majiramon
Seasarmon Seasarmon
Cyberdramon Cyberdramon
Babamon Babamon
Jijimon Jijimon

(Show image attributions)

Recommendation Articulation

Special Thanks

Our Calumon artwork is by the awesome Mary Cagle. If you want to check out more of her work—which, come on, you really should—she creates the webcomics Let’s Speak English, Kiwi Blitz, and Sleepless Domain. She’s also cubewatermelon on Tumblr and Twitter, where she posts lots of other cool drawings and fanart pieces.

The podcast is made possible with support from our awesome Patremon. If you want to support the show and get some cool rewards (like stickers, buttons, and early episodes), check out our Patreon campaign.

Our intro, outro, and transition music is the opening music of the Japanese version of Tamers, “The Biggest Dreamer” by Wada Kouji, which you can purchase and download from iTunes Japan or Amazon.co.jp.

How would you rate these episodes?

• Ep. 25: Brave New Digital World
• Ep. 26: Kazu and Kenta’s Excellent Adventure
• Ep. 27: Motorcycle Madness
• Ep. 28: Blame it on Ryo
• Ep. 29: Goliath

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