It’s time for our first stop in our Frontier journey with the intro human spirits arc! Kids get spirits, Digimon get saved, kids are mean to each other, trains get ridden, and more!
In this episode, Jeff looks into Frontier’s troubling parallels to the white savior narrative, Asher examines the kids’ communication failures, and we talk a lot about our impressions of the new cast. Plus the introduction of our new game show segment: Coastal Clash!
Today’s the last day to get our season 3 Calumon and Impmon shirts! Check them out on Teespring: [Calumon] [Impmon]
Fortnightly Question
「If you could spirit evolve into a Digimon, who would you want to digivolve into?」
Chapters
- 0:00:00: Intro
- 0:04:53: General Impressions
- 0:26:24: Coastal Clash
- 0:36:10: DigiDestined & DigiDestiny
- 1:00:50: Can You Talk the Talk?
- 1:16:39: Human Savior Narrative
- 1:30:30: iTunes Review
- 1:32:42: Unanswered Questions
- 1:40:07: Ridiculous Dialogue Draft
- 1:46:15: Terminal Judgment
- 1:56:46: Recommendation Articulation
- 1:59:29: Outro
Things Mentioned
- Steve Blum [en.wikipedia.org]
- System Restore review of episode 6 [digimon.firstagent.net]
- Yuri!! on ICE [en.wikipedia.org] (Crunchyroll)
- Keijo!!!!!!!! [en.wikipedia.org] (Crunchyroll)
- White Savior Narrative Wikipedia article [en.wikipedia.org]
- One Piece [en.wikipedia.org]
- The Hunger Games [en.wikipedia.org]
- “Here’s What a White Savior Is (And Why It’s the Opposite of Helpful)” [everydayfeminism.com]
- Ms. Male Character - Tropes vs Women in Video Games [youtube.com]
- Xiaolin Showdown [en.wikipedia.org]
Imagery Mentioned
Geography Mentioned
Characters Mentioned
(Show image attributions)
Recommendation Articulation
- Jeff: Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald’s
- Asher: Shimanami Tasogare
- Andrew: Interviews with Monster Girls
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.
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Music used in this episode:
- Intro and outro: “A World For Us All” by Dave Feldstein and Chris Horvath
- Transitions: “With the Will” by Wada Kouji, available on iTunes JPN and Amazon JPN.
How would you rate these episodes?
| • | Ep. 1: | All Aboard | |
| • | Ep. 2: | Lobomon: Warrior of Light | |
| • | Ep. 3: | Kumamon Baby, Light My Fire | |
| • | Ep. 4: | Kazemon Kicks It | |
| • | Ep. 5: | Ladies and Gentlemen: The Beetlemon | |
| • | Ep. 6: | A Molehill Out of a Mountain | |
| • | Ep. 7: | Island of Misfit Boys | |
| • | Ep. 8: | Odd One Out | |
| • | Ep. 9: | Welcome to My Nightmare |
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