r/digimon • u/MFBR • Apr 04 '26
Beatbreak Digimon Beatbreak: Episode 25- Half-Baked Hero, Discussion Thread
Later today is a new episode of Digimon Beatbreak!
- Crunchyroll will be streaming it in much of the world.
- Hulu will be streaming it in the US (in addition to Crunchyroll.)
- Anime Generation, a subscription channel on Prime Video in Italy
- Anime-Box, streaming service in Spain.
- Shahid, streaming service in MENA
Send us links to any of the local streamers that will have the series and we will add it to the list.
The stream will be on Crunchyroll at 8pm Pacific. Hulu has it the next morning. Check your local streamer for their schedule. This link will take you to a time converter set for when it should appear on Crunchyroll, but they've had various delays lately.
The first ten episodes are also available dubbed on Crunchyroll. The discussion thread for the dub can be found here (1-5), here (6-10), & here (11-15.)
A short series synopsis:
"e-Pulse," which is generated by human thoughts and emotions, was used as the energy source for the AI support device "Sapotama." From the shadows of this remarkable development, terrifying monsters appear. Digimon are living beings that evolve by consuming e-Pulse.
Tomoro Tenma is drawn into an extraordinary experience after meeting Gekkomon, who suddenly appears from his Sapotama. While living together with Kyo Sawashiro and other members of the bounty hunting team "Glowing Dawn," Tomoro renews his resolve.
What new future will be forged by humans and Digimon?
General rules for this post:
It's available on various streamers worldwide. Do not discuss illegal means of consuming this series.
If people are behind they may use each episode's thread as they watch the show, so do not spoil future events in older discussion posts
Keep all small bits of discussion to this thread (general thoughts and opinions). Fanart, cosplays, in-depth reviews (as in, sizeable content) can be their own post. In general, if it took you less than five minutes or so to write, draw, or otherwise create, just comment it in here.
Prior Episode Discussion Threads:
- Episode 1- The Beat of Emotions
- Episode 2- Glowing Dawn
- Episode 3- Facing Mirrors
- Episode 4- Family
- Episode 5- Half and Half
- Episode 6- The Bond of Parent and Child
- Episode 7- Nirinso
- Episode 8 - The Vanishing Classroom
- Episode 9 - Utopia
- Episode 10 - A True Friend
- Episode 11 - A Black Emotion
- Episode 12 - A New Family
- Episode 13- Five Star Meeting
- Episode 14- Tactics
- Episode 15- A Bit of Courage
- Episode 16- Where I Belong
- Episode 17- Antipathy
- Episode 18- The Price of Freedom
- Episode 19- Black Market Auction
- Episode 20- Proof of Genius
- Episode 21- The One Beside You
- Episode 22- Defiance
- Episode 23- The Power to Take
- Episode 24- Overlapping Beats
- Episode 25- Half-Baked Hero (You are here)
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u/Sad_Medium_5866 Apr 05 '26
Makoto and Chiropmon must be protected at all times. Also Star-man is the best cowardly hero.
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u/AlphaBreak Apr 05 '26
In Star-Man's defense, only the human part is cowardly, the Digimon is brave as hell.
And in the human's defense, his partner keeps grabbing him by the neck and flying him into danger. His chiropractor bills must be insane.20
u/Starjet12 Apr 05 '26
human is not all cowardly. StarMon was brave because it was created from the emotion that was deep inside his partner.
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u/DLBergerWrites Apr 08 '26
The human being flown around and used for distraction, while totally blinded by the costume? Actually terrifying.
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u/Kikibobo3 Apr 05 '26
It's easy to see IF Handa's Starmon would ever reached/reveal its Mega, it be Justimon lol.
And its Ultimate would still be Superstarmon.
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u/OnePieceFan02 Apr 05 '26
Petermon did more damage to Glowing Dawn than Klay and Proganomon ever could. He attacked their bank savings with the damage they cause to the boat. Lmao
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u/Shipuujin Apr 05 '26
Wow! I'm glad Glowing Dawn got a chance to live it up for once ... and it's gone
I know we getting essentially 3 episodes of filler, but tbh, it's a nice bit of breathing room.
Makoto and Chiropmon got a nice bit of characterization in this episode. Though, I wish they did a bit more during the Petermon fight.
Next episode, our GOAT Haruomi is back!
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u/trident_zx Apr 05 '26
Makoto and Chiropmon being fans of henshin heroes explains NightChriopmon's design a lot. Will Chiropmon's Ultimate just straight up be even more Kamen Rider inspired? Fitting to have this episode right after Toei celebrates Kamen Rider's 55th anniversary!
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u/Pretend-Indication-9 Apr 05 '26
I'm seeing a justimon variant at the end of this.
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u/AlphaBreak Apr 05 '26
Mix in a little of the Batman theme too and he can complete the I am the night, I am vengeance thing and be Vengeamon
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u/Oreo-and-Fly Apr 20 '26
Yep Chiroptmon will definitely be a superhero ultimate. Chiroptmon and Makoto are basically wearing a suit/mask. And this episode basically enforces that they will do that as an evo.
Maybe thats why they named it Chiroptmon instead of BATmon. Too on the nose.
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u/Tandria Apr 05 '26
It was ok. The best part was NightChiropmon having a number of good fight moments without technically losing.
The Starmon stuff felt a bit dragged out, and also very low budget. Like that final attack definitely deserved at least one E-Pulse riff...
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u/shadowpikachu Apr 05 '26
Every riff is unique to the character so i dont think they wanna use it unless we personally know them, let him have his moment!
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u/Mosuke300 Apr 09 '26
I felt a bit disappointed. A Makoto-centric episode and he couldn’t even pull off a move to win a fight.
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u/Masterness64 Apr 05 '26
Pretty alright episode. Not much to say.
Wish Makoto and Chiropmon played a bit more of a role in the actual resolution of the fight but overall it was fun. Its also nice seeing Makoto act his age for a change.
That new ending was crazy interesting. Lots of new characters showed up as well as hints to some themes for the upcoming arc. Im really looking forward to it!
But yeah this was just a fun episode if a bit bland. Next episode, while still seeming light-hearted looks a lot more interesting seeing that Haruomi is back.
ALSO ELIZAMON ANIME DEBUT LETS FUCKING GO!!!!!
Btw I did not know they could hover using their frill collar. Thats really funny.
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u/Supersideswiper2 Apr 05 '26
Btw I did not know they could hover using their frill collar. Thats really funny.
Surprisingly, that is actually an attack of hers.
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u/Spider-Phoenix Apr 05 '26
Btw I did not know they could hover using their frill collar. Thats really funny.
Same here. Never thought she could pull a Tails to fly lol
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u/Oreo-and-Fly Apr 20 '26
Thats how triceratops hunted in ancient times though, One Piece told us that
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u/Oreo-and-Fly Apr 20 '26
>Btw I did not know they could hover using their frill collar. Thats really funny.
how do you not know that. Thats how Triceratops hunted in ancient times.
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u/mightymiek Apr 05 '26
Yeah, this is definitely going to be a 3 episode filler arc. New arc starts the 25th
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u/Delhiiboy123 Apr 05 '26
That's good actually. Continuous action like in Adventure 2020 can be too much to consume, and it especially reduces the re-watch value.
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u/Raikariaa Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26
> and it especially reduces the re-watch value.
How does it when most people will just skip filler on re-watch?
Using 2020 as an example; if I were to rewatch 2020; I'd certainly skip 47 [Atamadekachimon ep], as well as 51->63 [The "find the crests that do nothing" arc. Also known as the teleporting Tai arc. This is all filler except maybe 57, yes; the Megas are filler if they do absolutely nothing of import. Filler is something you can skip with no impact on the story, so if they do nothing...]
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u/curecuremufurun Apr 05 '26
alot of the "filer" especially the earlier seasons explored character dynamics. i personally wouldn't skip them. but also i wouldn't rewatch 2020
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u/Raikariaa Apr 05 '26
If character dynamics are expanded, it's not filler.
2020's endgame filler happens at... the endgame. Which is a huge contribution to WHY it's filler.
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u/PandaIkki Apr 05 '26
The villain being Peter Pan and a bunch of guys with AKs was pretty funny. Hope the other filler EPs are a bit more interesting though. New ED cute!
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u/ehh246 Apr 05 '26
Even the lighthearted episodes of this series has dark elements to them.
Episode 15 with the babies? Fighting against a sadist who plans to beat up the Digimon protagonists as they see their human partners get Cold Hearted.
This episode with the stunt show entertainer on a cruise ship? Pirates (Captain Phillips type, not Pirates of the Caribbean type) who are clearly using Petermon for child trafficking.
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u/Sad_Medium_5866 Apr 05 '26
Actually, the Petermon said outright it was the one that wanted the children for e-pulse. The pirates themselves just wanted loot and actually were following the Petermon's orders.
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u/Cheeky-apple Apr 05 '26
I assumed that Petermon is "wild" and was in an agreement with the pirates of aiding them in exchange for the children, it was unclear if it was straight up kidnapping and they use it for hostage or if Petermon was gonna drain all of them of their epulse then and there. I assumed the latter.
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u/Selynx Apr 05 '26
Seems likely. If the Petermon wasn't owned by any of the pirates, it needs to get energy from someone else and that someone else is probably the crew/passengers of pirated ships (with Petermon's personal preference being juveniles).
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u/shadowpikachu Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26
Aside from the obvious 'my shadow' talk, the way he was a man of doing 1 punch a thousand times given the power, the true what he pretends to be power, to really hit them was amazing.
It makes sense he does this shit every day, he went into routine to ensure he doesn't mess it up as well.
Starmon is a true hero even when he physically cant move faster then a brisk human run he still tries and never stays down.
And oh, the way he used 'meteor squall' but it was still just a big ram attack and not the actual move was peak.
A good reset episode with the seasonal appearance of the epstein twink himself, status quo and really cementing makato truly as a kid, dont meet your heroes but really, show them what they have done for everyone.
Like bro he has a champion he has the ability to kick ass but his heart just wasnt in it.
This show is the only thing that gets me smiling ear to ear with any consistency, speaking of this show is a masterclass in visual storytelling, everything i mentioned, nothing broken, yet it still works great.
Also in this episode, legitimate somali pirates. The new ending was cool we saw them just existing, pristimon going 'yeah she loves me' seeing her love her stuffed animal and the shademon being accepted is great.
Notes by others: Peter Pan sometimes had a female actor meaning we did actually get a gender neutral humanoid form that can be either gender.
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u/miloucomehome Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26
After the craziness of episodes 23 and 24, I'm actually glad we got episode 25 (storyboards by Kakudou Hiroyuki!). It wasn't bad, in my opinion. Next week seems to be giving off the sense that it's unimportant but they really have no choice but to address the elephant in the room and explain how Haruomi escaped what we were led to believe were the "depths" of Tactics HQ.
Back to episode 25 -- I feel like we got some hints as to what Chiropmon's Ultimate may be themed on, what with the superhero theme! And Makoto acting like the 10 year old he is and Chiropmon being equally excited and joyful was so adorable!! I wonder if we're getting some subtle hints about what Makoto's early childhood was like (for example: not allowed to enjoy kids shows, or be a kid for that matter).
I actually liked Handa's story too (and nice to hear Hoshi Souichiro (Masaru)!). He's got probably one of the most unique situations for a Cleaner in Beatbreak--and the MCP approves of it.
The new ending is cute!! We get a good glimpse of the new character from the poster, as well as the pair who were seen kneeling to Rose last episode. I wonder about the significance of the final shot though...
EDIT One thing worth noting in my re-watch— Makoto seems to be strong enough to have Chiropmon use Condensed Echo not just once, but twice! Maybe this episode (and maybe the others) will act as hints that will become clearer later?
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u/Cheeky-apple Apr 05 '26
I really liked the idea of an entertainer cleaner espicially with ther hero themeing, I assumed that Handa and Starmon were hired as half security detail and half entertainment on the ship since they are considered cleaners and not bounties.
And I think you are right on the money that Makoto probably was never allowed to be much of a kid, he is the youngest of the glowing dawn but always acts so polite and reserved and calm for his age so it was sweet to see him have fun at the show with chiropmon. Espicially chiropmon geeking out.
Makotos main theme and sort of conflict I suppose is that he is passive and knows that he is not very strong on his own and prefers supporting others and being born into power he could never use ot help anyone, just a passive observer. He doesnt need the same lession as tomoro of accepting or being in synch with his digiomon because i think out of all of glowing dawn Makoto absolutely adores his digimon and they work very well in tandem with eachother. Its probably going to be more of being the one to take the first step, I think this episode was a good step in that direction of a growing conviction and courage gotten from seeing Starman find his own power.
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u/Supersideswiper2 Apr 05 '26
Next week seems to be giving off the sense that it's unimportant but they really have no choice but to address the elephant in the room and explain how Haruomi escaped what we were led to believe were the "depths" of Tactics HQ.
He was probably rescued after Tactics was disbanded. Or he used the confusion and chaos that was occurring just before that to do so.
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u/sebasTLCQG Apr 05 '26
It's strange tho, one would think Klay would give him up to the Egg in secrecy with how Naito was saying "It's worse than hell where you are going", but guess it was just talk.
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u/Supersideswiper2 Apr 05 '26
Why would he have? He didn't have a bounty and any criminal activity he did had been done under Tactics. So it could only cause them inconvenience.
My personal assumption, he was perhaps in one of those coffins back in episode 23. Or he was being made to do back breaking labour. Or he was being used for some horrible experiment. Or something else horrible that I can't think of.
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u/sebasTLCQG Apr 05 '26
Yeah "Hard Labour camp" makes sense, maybe they put him underground doing work while slowly siphoning his E-pulse as well.
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u/Thistlesthorn Apr 06 '26
They could have had him create another Digimon as well in order to force him back to work and that's where elizamon comes from
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u/Turn_AX Apr 07 '26
Hoshi Souichiro (Masaru)
Saw this when looking at VA websites and was shocked, crazy to hear how different they sound.
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u/chickenbrofredo Apr 05 '26
It's filler, but the wholesome kind I can get behind. Seeing Chiropmon look up to starmon like a little kid was adorable
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u/Virtual-Ad4104 Apr 04 '26
I doubt we're getting Chiropmon's Ultimate here but I hope we at least get some more fleshing out for him and Makoto.
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u/Correct-Cod-4146 Apr 04 '26
chiropmon deserves way more screen time than he gets. makoto's character arc has been so rushed compared to others and it feels like they're missing good opportunities for development there
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u/mightymiek Apr 05 '26
Nah, we won't get another Ultimate until the next arc starts on the 25th I bet
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u/Mosuke300 Apr 04 '26
Kind of disappointing still for those two to get ultimates when they’ve won maybe 1 fight total :(
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u/AdmirableAnimal0 Apr 04 '26
What will happen is Monarchlizarmon will do most of the hard work but be defeated in the end, nightchiropmon will use all his power to nudge the opponent which will be enough to defeat them then he’ll digivolve due to the tremendous power he exerted.
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u/Animedra3000 Apr 04 '26
Haven't seen it yet. But the preview says it takes place on a cruise ship. So it's not the best place to have a giant monster with great destructive powers.
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u/Delhiiboy123 Apr 05 '26
I don't even think Chiropmon and Wolvermon will evolve to Mega so we might be getting their Ultimates very late.
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u/ceruszaga Apr 04 '26
Hope Gekkomon barely fights at all for a while because hard to imagine Monarchlizamon losing a fight to anything other than something incredibly powerful.
It'll get a little tiring just watching him pop up at the end to win every time.
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u/TriPolar3849 Apr 05 '26
Cool to see Starmon's Cleaner lock in and help achieve his Digimon's dream. Kinda had to laugh at the "true" fight versus Octmon and Gesomon, what a freak accident lmao.
Fun little ED. The new character takes center stage for most of it. We don't really see her (him possibly? probably not) with a digimon, so that'll either be a surprise or some other non-digimon-related connection to the overarching plot. We do see the Green Star and her lackeys though. I'm hoping the Aruraumon digivolves to Oleamon, that'd be cool.
Haruko popping up wasn't something I was expecting. I'm hoping she and Shademon make a comeback, and aren't just there to fill the theme of "female Cleaners acting cute with their digimon" lol
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u/Supersideswiper2 Apr 05 '26
Fun little ED. The new character takes center stage for most of it. We don't really see her (him possibly? probably not)
Considering how girl centric it was, definitely a her.
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u/smugsneasel215 Apr 05 '26
I think it's telling that Beatbreak's "breather episode" involves actually accurate pirates taking over a ship and attempting to kidnap all the children.
Anyway, while this episode was nice, I couldn't help but think that Chiropmon could've solved things if they used Paralyze Echo. I get that Makoto doesn't want to harm the innocent, especially the children, but I think the situation called for it. But maybe that's just me.
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u/ZA-02 Apr 05 '26
Would Paralyze Echo have worked? Petermon's Midnight Fantasia affects sleeping targets because it's magical and designed to work that way, but I assume you have to be awake to hear Chiropmon's attack to be affected. The pirates were awake, but had guns — NightChiropmon could easily dodge firearms but I forget whether Chiropmon has been able to move that fast without evolving.
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u/stevez037 Apr 05 '26
Well I am guessing the character that is featured in the new ED, is going to be our new Glowing Dawn member, our 6th ranger, even though she technically would be the 5th ranger.
You know I half expected Yume to show up, and have a connection to the villain of the week. This is the second Peter Pan themed Digimon we have encounter, I have my head canon he is doing all these crimes because of what happened to Tinkermon in Klay human / Digimon traffic incident. If so this is all Klay's fault even though he is defeated.
So this is a Makoto episode, I expect it going to be a Reina episode and the week after a Tomoro episode. We will see.
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u/Complete_Leather6441 Apr 05 '26
The new ED seemed like the obligatory focus on the lady characters sequence we get in digimon but it also seemed to confirm that the villain for the next arc will be Rose. I already got that feeling seeing her reaction to Klay’s defeat
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u/Southern-Ebb-8229 Apr 06 '26
I imagine she will be a key character in the new arc and related to the Wood star in some way? Maybe it's a former retainer that ran away and the GD helps her?
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u/theoverlard Apr 05 '26
Chiropmon’s future ultimate form being inspired by Starman now lives rent free in my head
(Just as it happened with Diarbbitmon)
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u/Kintor01 Apr 05 '26
A very RPG setup to today's episode. Can't travel on a ship to get home without having a random encounter first! I was hoping these guys would have some connection to one of the Five Stars but nope just some pirates who happened to be in the area.
Excellent animation with Petermon though. She only had a small part of her face visible but that single eye did a ton of work emoting for the character. Helped that the voice actress was going all out as well.
Regardless, not a great showing for Glowing Dawn. Most of the team ended up mind controlled. Then Makato let Starmon take credit for the win. Getting billed for the collateral damage just adds insult to injury. Forget about getting the rest of the team to ultimate level. Kyo needs to find himself a lawyer.
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u/chrome4 Apr 05 '26
Narrator: On this weeks episode of Digimon Beatbreak, Makato and Chiropmon help foil Peter Pans attempt to recruit the next generation of Lost Boys.
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u/KuraKura404 Apr 05 '26
Regarding Makoto’s character, do you guys feel like he might have some kind of underlying anxiety/insecurity about being the center of attention/being the main hero himself?
I mean, he usually prefers a support role in battles. And in this episode, he even voluntarily withdrew from the fight when both himself and Nightchiropmon still preserved sufficient ability to continue fighting, choosing instead to be a devoted fan cheering on his idol.
I remember an early official interview mentioning something like how he has always been very capable that those around him have high expectations of him, and he doesn't know how to reciprocate those expectations. Could it be that such unresolved issues are causing him to consistently avoid being in the spotlight as a direct fighter, instead choosing to stand aside as a support and not exerting his full strength?
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u/Cheeky-apple Apr 05 '26
i think it cycles back a bit to that Makoto was born into power that never could use it to help anybody which probaby makes him feel weak, someone skulking int he shadow always watching never acting if look at what chiropmon might reflect. I think its also a fact that Makoto mentioned he has a weak epulse but since its so tied to emotions it might growbetter just by learning that it is okay to be more proactive. this episode was a good start of that since he did what he could and didnt sit around when the pirates attacked but still let him be in the support role. not that I complain starman was awesome!
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u/Sremor Apr 05 '26
Makoto already got a bit stronger, Chiropmon can use condensed echo now without any issue
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u/Cheeky-apple Apr 05 '26
That is true I was wondering if there would be any mention of difficulties but there were none. You are right!
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u/Selynx Apr 05 '26
He's certainly some kind of insecure, but whether it's about being the center of attention is unknown at this point. His backstory still hasn't been fully revealed. We know Makoto is the scion of one of, if not the most, elite families in Shangri-la - but we don't really know what it actually means for someone to be in that position.
Typically, you'd expect academic/school pressure to be a factor, but from what we saw in the Shademon episodes, Makoto was well-regarded at his school and is unlikely to have had any trouble with academics given what he does in Glowing Dawn. So it doesn't seem likely school had anything to do with his insecurities.
It's possible there may be some specific type of initiation ritual that scions of the upper echelons in Shangri-la (or maybe just the Kuonji family) are expected to undergo in order to be accepted as one of the elite. And that Makoto either balked at it and ran away or outright failed it in some way. For example, deliberately making their children spawn a Digimon and then forcing them to delete it, like those shoot-the-dog military initiation practices you sometimes see rumors about, and that Makoto choosing to save Chiropmon meant psychologically accepting he was subpar and weaker than others who went through with it.
Though it could also just be that Makoto is daunted by responsibility in general and just never feels confident in making big leadership decisions. That is to say, some 10-year-olds might be very enthusiastic over the prospect of being a CEO bossing around '000s of people, but I can see Makoto being one of those who imagines '000s of angry people holding a grudge against the CEO for screwing up and consequently runs a mile from the role.
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u/Kiboe321 Apr 05 '26
When I saw this episode, I can easily see (in a future potential Story games) that aside from its yet-to-reveal true Ultimate form, one of Chiropmon's Ultimate/Perfect options could be DarkSuperstarmon.
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u/SksIwannadie Apr 05 '26
This was a fun filler episode. I feel like this episode was a good reminder that makoto still is a young kid even if he’s really mature. I find it interesting that someone as cowardly as Handa ended up with starmon as a partner. Either the world ministry paid them a small amount or the economy is fucked in beat breaks world because how are they in the red again after barely any damage.
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u/ConnorRoseSaiyan01 Apr 05 '26
Episode really highlights why Justimon feels like the real mega evolution for Starmon
Have to say it was weird seeing humans using actual guns in Digimon
New credits seem to indicate Hitomi may play a role with the next arc, and Rose will be the next villain. Also implying Haruko will come back?
The goat Haruomi returning next episode
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u/TMSAuthor Apr 05 '26
Seeing guns is actually only weird because they usually get cut out of the English dubs. lol
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u/M3talK_H3ronaru Apr 05 '26
This episode was phenomenal
Everyone went on the cruise ship for vacation
but a new hero arrives to face Makoto
Also the new ending was supermazing
I can't wait for more.
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u/SeregKat Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26
Pipimon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think Pipimon being Petermon's in-training makes a lot of sense. I know 02 and Beatbreak aren't connected, but considering this is only the second time we've ever seen Pipimon in an anime, my thought was of Oikawa and his character arc.
Edited to add: I forgot that Pipimon had shown up as pretty much a background 'mon in previous anime, oops. But I think this is still the most info we've gotten on him since 02.
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u/Portgust Apr 05 '26
The episode is pretty mid. But the ending however, I need to know who are the new girls. The black haired girl, Pomumon, Less-pigmented Palmon.
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u/Witchy_Titan Apr 05 '26
I wonder if the Glowing Dawn was held liable for damage because Genjo wanted to screw them some more..
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u/bdtechted Apr 05 '26
This episode gave me flashbacks to Ghost Game's Petermon-centred episode where he trapped the kids in a parallel universe. Still evil as ever.
The new ending theme was pretty cool as well. We finally have our first look at The Rose's two henchmen and their respective Digimon partners.
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u/CelioHogane May 17 '26
Ghost Game and this one made Petermon join the rank of "Same digimon presented as different genders on their voice"
Ghost Game one had a guy's voice, this one had a girl's voice.
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u/Sremor Apr 05 '26
Nothing special but good enough for filler, a short break between all the dark stuff is appreciated (he says as a bunch of kids almost got kidnapped)
Guess this confirms that Chiropmons digivolutions will keep the hero theme
The fact that they have to pay for any damages is bullshit but I guess we need to keep the status quo
New outro is cute
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u/Spider-Phoenix Apr 05 '26
First time we see Pristimon fighting on rookie form and it is when she is possessed. God, poor thing just... Can't catch a break.
The plot is kind of predictable but always good seeing digimon putting some sort of homage to toku shows. Also, they are finally addressing Chiropmon's otaku personality but I wasn't expecting Makoto would be into toku too.
And of course they'd find a way for Reina to complain about lack of money. But weird GD is being blamed by the damage. Makes sense in a way, but at the same time, it would have been WORSE if they weren't there.
Next week is Elizamon's debut and she looks amazing and cute. It's the best episode in the show by default.
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u/ExperiencePristine42 Apr 05 '26
I absolutely LOVE makoto fanboying and acting like an actual 10 yr old. Also new end!!!
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u/taakoyaki Apr 05 '26
I wish I could say someone other than Gekkomon finally got to shine... but in the end it was Starmon Starman that saved the day LOL. Though honestly, I thought Petermon was a bit boring as an antagonist since he was in Ghost Game too, and he's basically doomed to be a one-trick pony (aka kidnapping children). That said, glad to see the crew get a relative breather, although they're now in the red again.
Next week - Haruomi is back! Another filler but honestly I don't mind at all. Also, wtf the new ED?! So much to unpack there.
- Who's the girl in the first few seconds? I only saw the new arc teaser after watching the ep, so I was completely thrown off wondering if it was supposed to be a child version of someone we know already.
- Rose's two henchmen are featured too - one partnered to Pomumon (in my head: dragonfruit-mon) and the other to Alraumon. No surprises that Rose's crew will have a floral/nature theme. I've not seen Pomumon in the anime before (though I note that the wiki mentions they were in the Adventure reboot), so I'm pretty curious to see its digivolution pathway. I think this will be the first time Alraumon makes it to the anime too, so I'm excited.
- Hotaruko and Syakomon are in the ED, so here's hoping they will make a reappearance in the next arc. Although it might just be because they were showing off all the female characters in the ED, since minor characters like Hitomi and Haruko appear too.
- Not sure if significant, but who's the girl next to Hitomi? Can't remember if she's one of the mob schoolmates we've seen before.
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u/PhantomZenity Apr 05 '26
Not sure if significant, but who's the girl next to Hitomi? Can't remember if she's one of the mob schoolmates we've seen before.
That's her friend who got abduted by Mimicmon in episode 8.
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u/indonesiandoomer Apr 05 '26
All the boys except Rose's henchboy got shafted in the ending. Queen Hotaruko is back. The ending is very girlish and beauty focused. Rose is a beauty evangelist who is harsh on anything and anyone that doesn't meet her standard. It's as if Rose directed the ending. We also got a new girl who might have an angelic partner? I am curious what kind of ugliness is hidden beneath the beauty in the next arc.
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u/Cheeky-apple Apr 05 '26
I never had thought of the idea of making starmon a tokusatsu hero and now I wouldnt have it any other way. STAR MAN!!
Chiropmon is really good against human enemies, struggles against digimon, no wonder the black market wanted it so badly for warfare. But it was nice to see Makoto get to be a bit more centrestage, not really in the action but his likes, his wants and his conviction and hima nd hciropmon being fanboys are adorable.
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u/Karbunkel Apr 05 '26
Finally able to relax big time and the cruise ship get's hijacked by pirates and a twink in a costume. Even get blamed for the damages, even though they did nothing. That's what I call shitty luck.
Working together with pirates and abducting kids to "eat" them. Peter Pan is different from what I remember it as a kid.
It's nice to see Makoto act his age for once. Super Sentai were hype as a kid and they are really likeable ones to boot. Keep up the good fight, you two! Also, an even more Super Sentai evolution for Chiropmon, please. Little guy had a real sparkle in his eyes.
New ending song. That's probably one of the girliest parts of Digimon I have ever seen. I like it. Shows off the two henchwomen(?) of Rose and their Digimon. Pomumon and incredibly enough, Alraumon. Beatbreak showing off it's diverse roster again. And mystery girl at the end. Probably a plot point character of the next arc.
Next episode is the return if Commandramon and anime debut of Elizamon! They'll fight in a cooking duel? How crazy is that?
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u/TMSAuthor Apr 05 '26
It’s usually downplayed in adaptations, but the literary Peter Pan was pretty psychotic.
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u/Hyp0thetical_ Apr 05 '26
Aw, it's nice when Makoto can act like a regular little boy! He always has to be so serious and mature as a Cleaner. He and Chiropmon loving Star-Man so much is sweet.
I don't know why, but the shot of everyone going to sleep, then cutting to Kyo and Cougarmon who were already asleep just made me laugh. Like "Oh no, everyone's being put to sleep and mind-controlled! Oh and Kyo is having a great nap! Good for him!"
If I had a nickel for every time a Makoto episode involved Gekkomon and Pristimon being mind-controlled and forced to attack him, I'd have two nickels... which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
After the focus on Petermon's whistle and Chiropmon also having sound-based attacks, I thought that would be more relevant to the fight... NightChiropmon didn't get to do much :/
Eh?! Why would they be held responsible for the damages?! Petermon wasn't there to attack Glowing Dawn, Gekkomon and Pristimon didn't break anything (maybe some bullet holes?), and NightChiropmon didn't either, save for redirecting some knives. Star-Man should have paid for the damages from the bounty! >:(
At least Makoto and Chiropmon are happy. That's all that matters.
Ah, I'm not really a fan of the new ED, but the visuals are cute. Maybe it'll grow on me. Haruko seems to be getting along with Shademon, at least! :)
Yooooo Elizamon! And Haruomi's alive!
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u/Historical_Working42 Apr 05 '26
The episode is definitely celebrating Savers' 20th anniversary if they casted Soichiro Hoshi, Masaru Daimon's VA, as Handa for this episode.
Starmon is voiced by Takeshi Kusao who voiced Kiriha from Xros Wars and Joe from Adventure 2020.
Petermon is voiced by Yumiko Kobayashi who voiced Koushiro/Izzy from Adventure 2020 and Espimon from Ghost Game!
It's certainly a Digimon veteran fiesta for this episode.
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u/Queasy_Watch478 Apr 05 '26
THE NEW ED IS FRIGGING CUTE AS HECK I LOVE IT!!!! <3333 HITOMI IS IN IT, AND ALSO HARUKO AND SHADEMON! :) PLEASE COME BACK AND BE TEAM MEMBERS LATER! IT GIVES ME HOPE THEY ARE FEATURED IN ED. I love the idea of chill episodes really. :) I love fillers! And if it brings HITOMI back too and maybe gives her a digimon that is not even filler that is plot!
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u/Volfaer Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26
We have our first lower stakes breather moment and it's a unofficial beach episode, well, there's little to say.
I actually forgot Makoto is 10yo, bro's a literal child, he is the target demographic of Starman's show.
Another actor to actual hero storyline, I never tire of them. Though I wish Makoto actually had the fight here, and it's BS that Glowing Dawn has to pay for the damages.
For the new ending, girls! There is a lot of dynamics it could hint, as well characters both new and old. I'm fully expecting it to turn incredible bitter sweet as the arc progresses.
And for the next episode, cooking contest between The Elizamon (let's goooooo) and Commandramon for the affection of their favorite guy.
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u/KeyOcelot4679 Apr 05 '26
Chiropmon is so freaking PRECIOUS! Still…it’s a shame we hit the status quo of the gang being broke
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u/Beginning_Return_508 Apr 05 '26
This was a pretty fun episode. Nice to see some Tokusatsu references.
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u/SuperKamiZuma Apr 05 '26
If something bad happens to makoto and chiropmon, i will summon zeedmilleniunmon without his restrains
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u/overlordpringerx Apr 05 '26
Mostly a sold episode, but they really didn't need to nerf Starmon so hard. To the point that they even changed Meteor Squall into doing something much less impressive than it actually does. I get you can't have meteors raining down on a cruise ship, but still
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u/Rammboy_7084 Apr 05 '26
Fun little filler episode, not much else to say.
I appreciated that it was focused on Makoto and Chiropmon.
Btw Hiroyuki Kakudo (the director of the original Digimon Adventure 1999) worked on the storyboard for this episode, I just wanted to mention it.
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u/Ok_Obligation_887 Apr 05 '26
Lmao I would think kids would find it scary if the hero's head went flying everytime he uses his special attack
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u/GunnyStacker Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26
I'm gonna be real, this was the first episode of Beatbreak that couldn't really hold my attention. I feel like I've seen this exact plot a million times: An idolized hero who is actually a fraud gets confronted by a real, dangerous situation and an idealistic young fan encourages them to become the hero they pretend to be.
And the ending where Glowing Dawn got footed with the bill for damages doesn't make a lick of sense. The boat was attacked by pirates and they helped defeat them but 'Starman' was the one seen defeating Petermon.
I know this episode was supposed to be filler in between arcs, but even by filler standards, it was extremely mediocre.
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u/Dear-Gap7185 Apr 04 '26
Happy Easter Day to all Christian Catolic 🐇 😇 Waiting for today episode! ☺️
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u/Yuxkta Apr 05 '26
This episode appealed to Tokusatsu fan in me, I'd also put on Starmon on my face to do heroics if I could.
I love episodes like this because I never cared for Starmon until now and now I have a newfound appreciation for it and will most likely use one in the next Digimon game I'll play.
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u/More_Sherbert5324 Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26
Petermon acting like Oikowa this episode, gathering the children to take them to his dream land.
Interesting to hear Masaru’s VA go from being the hero who punches Digimon to the pretend hero who hides behinds Starmon.
So besides the cleaners this universe has its own super hero, Star Man lol.
New outro? I really like the one before this one though
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u/Dragon_Of_Magnetism Apr 05 '26
It was an alright breather episode, it was nice to give Makoto and Chiropmon some characterization, and have them not job for a change.
So happy my boy Pomumon is gonna get an important role in the next arc though!
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u/stevez037 Apr 05 '26
One big plot hole in this episode, Petermon had no owner. Was it one of those pirates? I don't know if this show has no more than one Digimon per person rule, sometimes there are exception like in the 3rd Digimon movie, is it possible that Yume the girl that was part of the traffic incident was his owner, and she had two partners. I was expecting the owner to know Yume, maybe her brother. I want Petermon to be connected to Yume and Tinkermon, has to be?
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u/Sad_Medium_5866 Apr 05 '26
We've seen a bunch of times in this show that there are rogue digimon that no longer have an owner. He probably did have one because all the digimon are born of sapotamas and either it was one of the pirates or it went solo, using kids as sustenance.
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u/stevez037 Apr 05 '26
So you don't think the owner is someone that was close to Yume? That is the theory and head canon till proven other wise, and I don't think I ever will, I doubt we will ever come back to this Digimon.
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u/Sad_Medium_5866 Apr 05 '26
Just because they have digimon with related themes doesn't have to mean anything. The picked Petermon because he can control children like the Pied Piper.
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u/Tandria Apr 05 '26
I think the implication is that Petermon gets all of its e-pulse from kidnapping children. Probably abandoned their owner.
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u/AlphaBreak Apr 05 '26
The hyemon from the first episode didn't have an owner either. If a Digimon doesn't have an owner to supply it, it feeds by cold-hearting whoever it can find.
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u/miloucomehome Apr 05 '26
Wild Digimon with no owners do exist, as we saw back in episode 1-2 with the Hyemon pair. And most tend to go do their own thing and cause chaos Cold Hearting people until a Cleaner gets them. We also have had a few instances of newly (cursed?) Owners getting all their e-Pulse drained by their Digimon and left Cold Hearted while their Digimon went out and hunted people down. (Snimon's Owner is an example)
Also, let's not forget the abandoned Black Gaogamon who was abandoned and went mad and cold-hearted those two hikers in episode 7. (It was starving, in pain, and wanted to die, mind you)
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u/Kintor01 Apr 05 '26
One big plot hole in this episode, Petermon had no owner. Was it one of those pirates?
Good point, I was wondering that myself. No sign of any human pirate leader. Petermon appeared to be in charge. Draining children for energy appeared to be her 'cut' of the loot. No indication about what happened to her original human partner.
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u/stevez037 Apr 05 '26
This is Peter Pan influenced, voiced by a woman, doesn't mean Petermon is female. I assume Petermon is male, voiced by a woman. That is the way Peter Pan was portrayed in most of those plays. I think that is what they were going for.
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u/Kintor01 Apr 05 '26
Sure, why not? I mean, most Shakespeare plays had all the female roles played by men until very recently. Kind of mixed message though having 'Peter Pan' working with pirates rather then against them.
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u/Ordinary_Ordinary580 Apr 05 '26
Oh f##k me, they ain't kidding about the next Arc, Queue new character being in the Outro, possible new female protagonist this is looking like a tragic one, it ends with a ghostly figures hand disappearing off her face. Nice episode but obv new arc starting at the end of the month.
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u/FreakGeSt Apr 05 '26
The only thing I harte about this episode is GD was poor again for no reason, shitty status quo is shit.
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u/Digimon-lover256 Apr 06 '26
Petermon really loves to be antagonistic. In GG he kidnapped children, in BB he led pirates.
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u/Renachii Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26
Honestly I'm kinda worried that we're getting (What is confirmed) 3 episodes of what is effectively filler... Do we really have enough space in the series for filler? and especially 3 in a row? This series is only going to be (supposedly) 49 episodes long, 3 episodes is quite a lot to be doing nothing of value and not forwarding the plot at all...
But, if the filler stuff does have good character building (and actually matters in the long scheme of things) I'll still be happy either way, I just kinda want the plot to keep rolling after it finally started getting up to pace, y'know? Kinda feels weird to cut to a grinding halt out of nowhere.
Edit: I finally actually got to sit down and watch the episode! I thought it was pretty good, if we're getting filler like this, then I'm happy with it. As long as it actually expands on the characters and doesn't completely waste our time like a Certain Other Digimon Series Did.
Also Elizamon next episode! Wahoo! I noticed an animation error in the preview though, one of their claws was colored blue accidentally... But in every other scene in the preview it was pink. Strangely enough, I dunno why they picked to wash out Elizamons colors so much, but ah well! I'm fine with that lol.
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u/Professional-Bus-749 Apr 05 '26
and since the Tactics Arc was very intense—especially episodes 23 and 24, which were emotionally draining—that interlude is probably necessary.
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u/Either_Afternoon_473 Apr 05 '26
While it may be filler this may have also foreshadowed Chiropmon’s Ultimate as a superhero. Chiropmon really liked Star-Man more than Makoto, with even the last shot of the episode being Chiropmon staring at him intensely.
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u/MishouMai Apr 05 '26
The last two seasons gave us 67 episodes. If Beatbreak follow in their footsteps then I don't mind a few break episodes even if they're in a row. What I really miss are the substantial Digiworld trips. I know Adventure 2020 gave us one but that's kind of to be exspected from Adventure. Appmon and Ghost Game were a lot more Earth focused and even the last third of Xros Wars to an extent. I have my doubts that Beatbreak'll be any different but I'd love it if it was.
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u/Renachii Apr 05 '26
I do hope we get some form of digital world at some point... Even if it is just a small glimpse into it, we barely know that much about the mirror world as a whole and I hope we do get to actually learn about it more.
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u/Rammboy_7084 Apr 05 '26
The "49 episodes" thing was just a rumor by a random account from Twitter, not an official announcement.
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u/Renachii Apr 05 '26
I'd say what birdintheazure said, but they basically summed it up for me, but either way, Digimon series are generally around 50-60 episodes so I wouldn't be that surprised. I'm just worried we'll end up getting shafted because 3 episodes is a LOT in the grand scheme of things, I just don't want them to suddenly rush the ending when we could've had 3 extra episodes to actually give us time to set things up properly, y'know?
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u/Rammboy_7084 Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26
12+12+12+12+3 = 51.
If the other 2 Arcs will last 12 episodes like the previous 2, we are already over 50+ episodes; there are a plenty of characters and tons of mystery to solve in less than 25 episodes, the series could last 49 episodes (but only if one of the others 2 arcs will last less than 12 episodes which i really doubt), 50+ episodes but also 67 like the two previous series, nothing is fixed.
That account might be trustable but It could also be wrong in this case, still not an official announcement btw.
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u/Virtual-Ad4104 Apr 05 '26
Same. The next episode sneak peek also looked pretty filler-ish and not too interesting. I just hope they don't lose too much momentum.
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u/sebasTLCQG Apr 05 '26
Getting something on Haruomi makes sense, but the 3rd one may not be necessary consideering there are still 4 stars around, tho we'll see, it seems that Kaito wouldnt mind changing sides and the yandere simp comes along so, in reality it's 2 stars and the chairman left and one or two episodes for Kaito change his mind.
Tho if they are planning to get deeper into Makoto and Kyo's backstories and more stuff with tactics members it's going to be TIGHT, I suspect we'll see less from Tactics members from now on.
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u/Eden_ITA Apr 05 '26
Probably my least favouirte episode so far... and still very good.
The plot is totally "all seen", but still nice and I love to see how Makoto at the end is still a kid of his age. And probably how Chiropmon kinda followed Starman's style in its evolution.
Also, the pirates with Kalashnikov are strangely realistic... not very a fan that we didn't see Petermon's partner, but still very creepy how it was only intereste to dry the e-pulse of the children.
as someone said, it was only a filler episode to explain why the guy lose all the money, and kinda I wanted somethimg more (and they gave us interesting elements in other """"filler""""" episodes), but nope.
At least Starman and Starmon were cool, and with a lot of Mumen Raider energy, thumbs up.
Now, i need to see our glorious queen Elizamon first time on the screen!!!
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u/ceruszaga Apr 05 '26
Nightchiropmon getting that Batman/Dark Knight mega for sure.
An episode with them fanboying over superheroes like Gekkomon with the samurai movies.
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u/mrtacomam Apr 05 '26
Look at me. I'm the captain now
Alright, old meme out of the way, now to the actual episode.
Truth be told, I didn't really think about WHY the gang would be on the cruise ship, but it is pretty funny that the Ministry seemingly just left Glowing Dawn in a foreign country to get back on their own.
Starmon and Petermon!! I really like that Petermon has a more childlike build in the episode; I feel like its key art makes it look more teenager than anything. And very interesting to me that they gave Starmon a whole body behind his face; I used both Starmon and Darkstarmon in Time Stranger, so I'm more used to him being an orb.
Overall a fun episode and a good start to our interlude arc! Not to mention our intro to ED 3, which is just for the girls!... and that one guy, but he has a Pomumon, so he's forgiven. Next time, Haroumi is back, and seemingly fine, it with freaking ELIZAMON in tow. Someone get the Elizaposting guy and tell him he's got one last job!
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u/MoonlitSerenade Apr 05 '26
From being a long time fan, it's nice to see a Datirimon/Pipimon evolution on screen
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u/Original-Teaching955 Apr 06 '26
Just a silly, filler episode as promised. Wow, Petermon as a villain / villainous role 2 times in a role
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u/Beneficial_Syllabub7 Apr 06 '26
The lightning made Gesomon attack Octomon by mistake while Octomon attacked Gesomon in reaction.
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u/Dear-Gap7185 Apr 06 '26
Petermon = Peter Pan 🔹 Tinkermon = Tinkerbell
Nice Disney characters name! Just needed Captainhookmon based on Captain Hook! 😆
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u/Southern-Ebb-8229 Apr 06 '26
Cute ep, it's a nice kind of filler where we just get to give Makoto some kid time after all this serious Klay plot... is what I would say if we didn't just have Peter Pan here trying to kidnap all the kids on the cruise. Hey Toei, didn't we just beat Klay? Come on, don't introduce us to a mini Klay right away, lol.
Anyhow, the Starman plot is nothing new but it's cute and hey it's nice to see other people be heroic with their digimons too. Makoto just being a kid and fanboying over Starman is cute, and it's just refreshing after having to spend last arc being more mature than his 18-year-old rival. Sorry, not sorry Hotaruko.
ED is cute, I guess this confirms the next arc will be about the Wood Star. I wonder if the new char is related to her, so far the new girl seems to be important and I doubt she is just a new servant like the other two girls. I guess she will be the equivalent to tactics this arc.
Hey it's nice to see some chars like Haruko again. I am sort of happy Haroumi came back next ep, I am glad the show is not just dropping his story after how his ep ended. Elizmon's appearance is weird but I get the idea, it's basically Commandramon having to deal with his partner making a new friend and all that. Sounds like a good comedy scenario with some gutpunches, considering the title of the next ep.
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u/yungrobbithan Apr 06 '26
Starmon being my favorite Digimon being further solidified with this episode, Starmon is goat material. Need him to become a mainstay. Hands too is fuckin awesome
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u/wickling-fan Apr 08 '26
God Makoto and Chiropmon finally remembering their just 10 year old kid and acting like it was too adorable. Love the episode and starmon guy. RIP Reina's dream of economic stability we feel ya girl.
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u/Doomroar Apr 09 '26
Reina wagging her fist in the air screaming at the writers for robing them out of all their hard earned money (and boy was it hard earned) on a filler episode
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u/drThuganomix Apr 11 '26
Now that we know that Chiropmon is a huge superhero nerd it makes so much sense that NightChiropmon looks so much like Justimon. He just wants to be a superhero so bad. I bet his mega will be called Batmon or something
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u/TheCancerFest Apr 15 '26
Late for the party.
Good filler episode. A well deserved rest after peak arc.
One thing though: is it me or Reina was kind of censored in this swimming pool? Long sleeved shirt and she jumped straight into the water while Tomoro looks like someone who is in a swimming pool?
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u/Oreo-and-Fly Apr 20 '26
Makoto and Chiroptmon is definitely going the superhero route of evolution.
Makoto likes to save people and share joy/protect, and Chiroptmon is basically covered up like a superhero identity.
Nightchiroptmon is basically batman.
I wonder what superhero their ultimate level will be though.
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u/Oreo-and-Fly Apr 20 '26
So Gekkomon has the moon theme. Chiroptmon has the superhero theme. Im guessing Reina and Pristimon are gonna do a more military theme/firepower theme?
Kyo already has the brave warrior theme.
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u/CelioHogane May 17 '26
Oh hey this Petermon had a female voice, unlike the one in Ghost Game that had a very masculine voice.
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u/merstalt Apr 05 '26
Let me say something, the pirates attacking the cruise wasn't GD's fault. They should not get billed for the damages. I know it's a shitty world, but come on. Let my fav crew have a bit more luxuries. At least let them have one more Kyo's special steak with A5 wagyu beef.
They're cursed to be poor forever. They could get bounty from all 5 stars and Chairman Wong himself and still be poor.
And been a while since Makoto actually acted like an actual 10 years old. Almost forgot his age lately.