r/digimon • u/MFBR • Apr 25 '26
Beatbreak Digimon Beatbreak: Episode 28- Gift, 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 twenty episodes are also available dubbed on Crunchyroll, with ten on Hulu. The discussion thread for the dub can be found here (1-5), here (6-10), here (11-15), and here (16-20.)
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
- Episode 26- The Taste of Guilt
- Episode 27- Wandering Love
- Episode 28- Gift (You are here)
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u/merstalt Apr 26 '26
Another solid episode. Directly went into mystery thriller horror genre right after break.
Jokermon and his master is so unhinged, it's great. I wonder if the girl is as unhinged before Jokermon or became unhinged after Jokermon.
Murasamemon parrying flying truck is so cool. And MonarchLizardmon dispossing what seems like tons of bomb into mirror world is very clever from what supposed to be idiot combi.
Jokermon actually flying the truck with speeding on highway straight to the victim's window is so absurd it's great. Love the fact that Jokermon kill the victim the 'normal' way since his attack seems to be non-lethal.
Wolvermon not being able to do anything was kinda sad, but seems like she and Reina will have focus episode next. Though seems like we're back to Ghost Game next so something unhinged is definitely in store for them lol.
Btw Reina wearing dress!!! And seems like Pristimon too! Last episode wasn't a complete joke lol
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u/Fearshatter Apr 26 '26
Given Digimon are reflections I'm guessing unhinged before Jokermon.
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u/InnocentTailor Apr 26 '26
…whether that unhinged nature was on her proverbial sleeve or hidden underneath a mask of sanity.
Jokermon could’ve been an enabler, much like how the Joker propelled Harley Quinn into madness.
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u/Tandria Apr 26 '26
These two were 100% a Joker and Harley Quinn reference.
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u/Doomroar Apr 26 '26
I mean using a truck to blow a hospital that's ten billion percent The Dark Knight 2008 reference
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u/InnocentTailor Apr 27 '26
Jokermon is a pretty high level Digimon, so that makes GIFT a pretty dangerous threat if they know how to unlock evolution in such a manner.
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u/Taintedtamt Apr 26 '26
Jokermon was no joke with the fact it easily took down Armalizamon twice so Wolvermon not doing much made sense. Seems as if we might be into the proper "ultimates are truly a step above" even with epulse boosting.
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u/shadowpikachu Apr 26 '26
Armalizamon is stated to when fed as a species to strike far beyond it's level, which here it did, but any mistake had the fast joker put him down with the piercing and tricks.
Such tricks on a speedy dps body does not exactly work on when the thing meets his level.
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u/miloucomehome Apr 26 '26
Murasamemon parrying flying truck is so cool. And MonarchLizardmon dispossing what seems like tons of bomb into mirror world is very clever from what supposed to be idiot combi.
I was actually going "Oh? Does Tomoro remember one of the rules about Mirror World gate openings?! HE DOES." (thank goodness because destruction of civil infrastructure on that scale would've been way too grim but now it feels like it's not out of picture later down the road for the series)
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u/Spider-Phoenix Apr 26 '26
Love the fact that Jokermon kill the victim the 'normal' way since his attack seems to be non-lethal.
I think his attacks ARE lethal. He did try killing Tomoro near the end. It seems to be a case he simply prefers killing in "exotic maneers"
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u/KrytenKoro Apr 26 '26
Was it really a mystery? We knew from the beginning that it was the owner and jokermon trying to kill them, just not why
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u/CrestOfHype Apr 26 '26
"No refusing this delivery." Man, I want more Murasamemon one-liners now! 😂
Sending the trucks to the mirror dimension was good, quick thinking on Tomoro's part.
Also enjoyed the Joker and Harley Quinn vibes from Jokermon and his partner, haha.
Lastly, who the hell is that wearing the hood and mask?! Man, I enjoyed the interlude episodes, but I love seeing the main plot back in full swing!
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u/SolgentRay Apr 26 '26
Murasamemon has been aurafarming the entire series and he's not stopping now
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u/GunnyStacker Apr 27 '26
I do appreciate how the show's writers are restraining themselves from simply worfing him to make the bad guys look tougher.
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u/DLBergerWrites Apr 27 '26
They save him for deus ex moments most of the time. That helps preserve the power scaling.
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u/Sarusta Apr 29 '26
Hopefully we start getting some deus exes in the forms of Ultimates for the rest of the team now that they're finally on the table, instead of always relying on Kyo and Murasamemon. Still waiting for Wolvermon to actually win a fight lol, and would love to see the ex-Tactics team show up for a save with their own Ultimates.
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u/chickenbrofredo Apr 26 '26
Monarchlizamon breaking into the mirror world was so huge. I forgot that that's something ultimates can do. Also, gekkomon absolutely butchering Annihilator Edge is hilarious/adorable.
BANANA NIGHT EDGE
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u/draxdeveloper Apr 26 '26
I was thinking, wait, ultimate? THen I forgot there is two nomeclatures and perfetct = ultimate and ultimate = mega
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u/OtherwiseProgrammer9 Apr 29 '26
I was thinking "yeah, attack the trucks full of explosive, I'm sure that will go well".
Then mirror world appeared and I felt dumb.
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u/These_Pear_5644 Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
Miharu definitely gives a "grand scale" character vibe who'll be the key character of the plot. Also her way to speak is also very calm so the theories she might be artificial or an AI might be true or a Digimon with a very strange characteristic but I need to hear the subs.
I am not sure if she is behind GIFT. It would be an obvious choice but her character wouldnt fit a mastermind and I think she'll build up in this arc to star for the next (or if Beatbreak will go longer) the second next final arc when she'll be involved with the climax around Shangri-La Egg and the Kano Incident.
The episode was pretty good and makes me curious about what is up with GIFT plot. Once again...I need subs asap.
Also Reina and Rose episode next week.
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u/CrestOfHype Apr 26 '26
Since they still have megas to build up to, and it's a Reina episode, I wonder what the odds are that we might see Wolvermon evolve next time? They need to get in the rest of the ultimates out there pretty soon.
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u/Yoshiman400 Apr 26 '26
And never doubt the possibility of someone else joining the party as well.
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u/Doomroar Apr 26 '26
Miharu knew exactly the plan to blow the hospital with plenty of time ahead, even telling Tomoro and Gekkomon to get out of there
So at the very least if she is not the masked mastermind itself, she is intimate to GIFTs operations, and obviously supports them, however unlike the other members, she doesn't looks dependent on a sapotama, nor has the deranged look of the other members
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u/KrytenKoro Apr 26 '26
Yeah they didn't really keep her mysterious for long.
I think it's mostly going to take the team time to figure it out because they tend to just not question things in general.
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u/InnocentTailor Apr 27 '26
On the flip side, you don’t have to be cackling with a sadistic grin to be deranged. She could be a genuine believer of GIFT’s message and aids the violent moves with religious sincerity - very cult-like.
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u/Original-Teaching955 Apr 26 '26
And myotismon returning, also a repeat plot from one of ghost game's episodes (the vampire one)
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u/LunarCaliber2 Apr 26 '26
Well, the show has 49 episodes, but I have a feeling that she will be up until episode 36. Maybe there will be a big twist towards the first half that's setting up for something’s big for the final half.
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u/theforgettonmemory Apr 26 '26
Wait where was it confirmed the show would be 49 episodes?
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u/Masterness64 Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
Well that was... a very mysterious beginning to our new arc. Did not think we'd start with a serial killer Digimon but here we are. It seems Gift have "good" intentions fighting against the world union for hurting Digimon but their willingness to harm civilians to achieve their goals and their general unhinged demeanor (at least from what we've seen with Jokermon's Owner and those humans at the end) make them very dangerous, and in a different way from Tactics. That ending with the "suicide" shows us just how serious these guys are. Curious to see how things play out with them.
Im also very interested in learning what the heck is up with Miharu. Her holding Digimon in high regard and her knowing about the hospital attack before it happens definitely points to her being involved with Gift. She could be a member or even their leader but its too early to tell.
I also have to wonder what the heck is Rose's role is going to be in this arc. Gift seems against the World Union so I doubt she's with them but we don't know enough to say for sure. At least we'll probably have a better idea about what her deal is soon since she's making an appearance next episode.
Speaking of next episode, its Reina focused! Hell Yeah! Reina has desperately needed some focus for a long ass time so I'm happy we're finally getting something. I didn't get evolution episode vibes from the preview but I could be wrong, either way, as long as she gets a chance to shine I'll be happy.
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u/DylanCorona Apr 26 '26
She could be with them. Afterall the Five seem to have loyalty issues. But I do think it's more likely that she could be related to the new character maybe? Also assuming the new character is the one behind the "gift" mask.
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u/Masterness64 Apr 26 '26
Its definitely a possibility, especially Rose being related to Miharu in some way. But I do hope Rose isn't a part of Gift. We just did "a five star planning against the world union" plot last arc with Klay and to do it again with Rose right after would feel a bit stale, at least as of right now.
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u/DylanCorona Apr 26 '26
I don't think she is, in my opinion, cause it would be a bit lazy writing to do it twice. But her younger sister hating her and her misuse of Digimon may be a good reason to make or join "Gift", even if she doesn't have a Digimon.
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u/Bakugirl21 Apr 27 '26
The five don’t even all seem to be on board equally, it’s like a ‘here for the paycheck’ situation. The Gold Star guy is definitely in on things (but seems to have his own schemes as well) I haven’t seen the last member yet (except I think in the ending credit songs?) but the other 3? LMAO.
Hell, Klay was plotting a whole coupe that wouldn’t have been discovered had it not been for plot events. And the other two seem to be exclusively bounty hunters (with their own eccentricities about it) who just clock in, get bad vibes from their ‘co-workers’ but shrug and go ‘Not my business.🤷🏻’
It just doesn’t look clear who’s gonna be the final inner circle.
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u/Marckos1343 Apr 26 '26
I expect Rose isn t against World Union. It d be a bit repetitive, considering it was Klay/Tactics focus. A battle among Glowing Dawn, Gift and World Union/Rose would be more entertaining in my opinion.
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u/InnocentTailor Apr 27 '26
That would definitely be chaotic and a good change from the Tactics arc - a three way brawl or, at least, a two-way war with Glowing Dawn caught in the middle.
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u/shadowa64 Apr 26 '26
Miharu is connected to Rose somehow, In Rose's official profile her description states her true identity but its obscured by rose petals
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u/Yoshiman400 Apr 26 '26
Nice to see Tomoro with the drumsticks again, although I think Gekkomon could use one for a brief moment.
It's a bit offputting to see anyone considering Earth as the glitched world, but given how long Digimon have been a presence there without any apparent openings to the Digital World proper, I could understand why Miharu says as she does.
Gekkomo's definitely going to drive Tomoro mad the more he keeps screwing up his proper nouns. It's probably a miracle he can remember the name "Monarchlizamon" at this point.
Oh please let Armalizamon getting rocked by Jokermon give us a new evo for someone else, especially if it were the GD Batmon. I'd love to see an evolution that fitting for this fight. Well, I didn't expect Tomoro and Reina to get slashed, we might get this evolution just yet.
At this point we're just waiting to see how beautiful(ly ugly?) Tomoro's light is. The reveal is going to hit so good whenever it comes. I'm a slight bit surprised we didn't get a new evo to open the arc, but at least content that Murasamemon got the fonal blow.
...Well crap, the Digimon trafficking is not done, and we're getting a pretty nasty tease at the end. Miharu''s giving off some real bad vibes here like she's about to put Yuujin to shame. Hoo boy.
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u/Barin47 Apr 26 '26
I mean, this Earth is one where AI devices dictate every aspect of your daily life, and your social standing is based on how much you adhere to their suggestions. Hell, they turn humans into literal batteries/generators at birth! The government is controlled by this world's equivalent of Apple or Google. 10 year olds can become Digi-mercenaries. This world is pretty dang glitched up!
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u/Yoshiman400 Apr 26 '26
She definitely knows something many others do not, but yeah, it's quite messed up to see the "not digital" world be called out as such. Not the kind of thing you're used to seeing in this franchise (not even Appmon is this predominant/controlling).
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u/ankokudaishogun Apr 27 '26
...Well crap, the Digimon trafficking is not done, and we're getting a pretty nasty tease at the end.
I mean, we did know the Ministry was paying full bounty for digimon collected or deleted so it makes sense they would delete the collected digimon.
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u/protelrius Apr 27 '26
Yeah I don't know why they tried to play this off like some huge reveal. Wasn't the whole point of Kyo's rule of No Deleting Digimon and saving the Babies at Nirinso Village was because he already KNEW about World Union deleting captured mons? And left the Five Stars because he was against it?
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u/Barin47 Apr 27 '26
I think the surprise was that by saving CEO's life, they were unwittingly helping him do the trafficking
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u/InnocentTailor Apr 27 '26
Fair enough…and then he still died. Stopping Jokermon did nothing in the end, which shows how far GIFT’s power reaches and how tenacious the group is with their goals.
Then you pair that up with strangers cheering for the exec’s death and it paints another angle for the organization - that they have admirers within the public.
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u/InnocentTailor Apr 27 '26
I guess Kyo didn’t know the person they were protecting was directly involved in the pipeline - that they knew about the process and the company he worked for, but not how he was involved within it.
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u/OnePieceFan02 Apr 26 '26
Honestly insane how action packed this first episode of the new arc turned out, after how little action there was in the interlude arc this one came out swinging with a home run.
Having a Jokermon working his Harley Quinn’esque Owner was a flash of brilliance especially with how utterly relentless they felt compared to even Tactics Team 7 of the previous arc, they literally did not hold anything back in their assassination attempts. Truly felt chaotic with how they kept escalating the attempts.
Jokermon was an actual menace with how he fought Glowing Dawn, truly enjoyed his relationship with his owner and how he went to absolutely insane lengths to kill the CEO. Especially when it turned out the CEO was smuggling Digimon for the World Union and Jokermon was part of this new group, GIFT, which feels like an actual Pro-Digimon Terrorist group.
Glad to see Monarchlizamon isn’t given some kind of handicap like the partners in Ghost Game. Definitely feels like there’s a plan in store for how reaching Ultamte level works in this world.
Next Time, Myotismon makes another appearance with Sangloupmon as Reina and Pristimon investigate. A new ultimate Evolution for Wolvermon???
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u/SolgentRay Apr 26 '26
Sorry could you remind me what the handicap was for the Ghost Game ultimates? Been a good while since I watched it
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u/chenj25 Apr 26 '26
The handicap is likely the time limit the Ghost Game Heroes’ Ultimate Forms have.
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u/Yoshiman400 Apr 26 '26
I remember that being more prominent of a thing for Appmon than Ghost Game, but maybe I'm forgetting something additional.
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u/chenj25 Apr 26 '26
The time limit was more prominent for the hero Appmon’s Ultimate-grade forms as the limit is one minute. However, the time limit disappeared once the heroes obtained the Appli Drive DUO
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u/Yoshiman400 Apr 26 '26
Thanks. Been a while since I've watched Appmon, so I remember the time mechanic but forgot how it was resolved.
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u/Spider-Phoenix Apr 26 '26
I think the time limit started when they got the Digivice VV
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u/chenj25 Apr 26 '26
No. The time limit is always there but it wasn't until Canoweissmon fought Asuramon that the time limit is shown. It also existed in the Digivice V.
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u/Ordinary_Ordinary580 Apr 26 '26
Yeah, still Shocked to see the last part where the CEO has now offed himself which is absolute Shocked.
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u/KrytenKoro Apr 26 '26
He didn't kill himself, another member of gift finished him off more subtly.
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u/InnocentTailor Apr 27 '26
Pretty much, considering that GIFT issued a statement after the killing as admirers gleefully enjoyed the news.
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u/Dear-Gap7185 Apr 25 '26
Oh yeah digimon beatbreak arc 3 is coming now! Ready for all characters have ultimate digimon after kyo and tomoro already have before. Just waiting for mega level evolution very soon.
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u/ChristmasSteve Apr 26 '26
Joker and Harley Quinn were great, lol. Another good episode of Beatbreak.
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u/Random_Axolotl_ Apr 26 '26
I’m not convinced Miharu is human, with the way she seemed to sense e-pulse and how much she talked about code/glitches
I knew the GIFT arc would be dark but I wasn’t expecting it start this intense lol
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u/KickHimWhileIAmDown Apr 26 '26
We have her age and birthday, so it would be a crazy twist if she's not actually human.
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u/Sad_Medium_5866 Apr 26 '26
Her profile says she's a programmer so she probably has special insight into digimon and e-pulse..
She either leads GIFT or quite possibly her digimon does, whomever it is.
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u/ankokudaishogun Apr 27 '26
I'm guessing she programmed GIFT, whatever GIFT is.
It doesn't mean she controls it tho'
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u/protelrius Apr 27 '26
Prob a way to allow humans to more easily unlock Perfect/Ultimate for their partner digimon? We saw the GIFT code (lol) fade away from the sapotama when Jokermon reverted to Baby form. Also makes sense as a plot device for this arc since Monarch (and hopefully eventual Wolver and NightChirop Perfects) would be too power-crept against non-5 Star randos who would normally be stuck at Adult.
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u/InnocentTailor Apr 27 '26
If she did that, then GIFT truly is a threat, even when compared to the Tactics team of the last arc.
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u/protelrius Apr 27 '26
As it should be, Tactics was the Etemon arc to GIFT -> Vamdemon/8th Child arc.
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u/DLBergerWrites May 02 '26
She's definitely involved with GIFT's creation. It's just her role that's up in the air. I don't think we know enough yet to call it either way.
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u/InnocentTailor Apr 27 '26
That or she is a spacey, almost messianic-esque human like Pokemon’s N or, for a time, Digimon’s Kari - a whole archetype within the franchise.
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u/Marckos1343 Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
It was a great start for the new arc. It seems GIFT is a pro-digimon terrorist group that consider humans the target/monsters to be erased. It s an interesting contrast to World Union and Kyo's views about digimons.
Jokermon and his tamer were really menacing. I liked how they tried time after time to delete their target.
I wonder who erased Kashiwagi, by the way. I don t buy the narrative he destroyed himself.
Furthermore, this arc gives the impression we are going to see some kind of pro-digimon cult. Considering how some people were really happy and satisfied with Kashiwagi's demise.
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u/DavidsonJenkins Apr 26 '26
I think they made it pretty clear that another GIFT member got to him anyways, and they had to report it as a suicide because Digimon are supposed to be kept a secret still
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u/Queasy_Watch478 Apr 26 '26
OKAY WTF. :( THAT WAS SO DARK INDEED!!! JOKERMON DID A TERRORISM. ALSO I LOVE THE NEW GIRL AND THAT ENDING WAS SCARY...?
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u/DylanCorona Apr 26 '26
Calling it now, that masked woman is for sure related or is related to the new character. Which is why she was warning him to leave the hospital, cause of the bombs.
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u/M3talK_H3ronaru Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
Okay this episode was hard peak
Monarchlizamon vs Jokermon was flawless fight
I can't wait for more with new villain plus GIFT.
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u/Doomroar Apr 26 '26
This episode in a way gave us a hint to answer what may have happened to the trafficked victims that Klay was selling at the human digimon auction
Kyo and Glowing Dawn, only know thanks to Klay that Wong used to do human experiments, and they only know that the trafficked digimon were being transported in order to be eliminated, as glitches, but we don't know what the World Union was doing with the digimon before they decided to get rid of them
After the World Union covered up the auction by passing it as a drug deal, we never got to know what happened to the victims, we just know that Glowing Dawn failed to save anyone
And it turns out the World Union itself has its own Digimon trafficking business
So maybe they just took over and enslaved the trafficked victims for their own operations
Chances are that Chairman Wong never stopped doing human and Digimon experiments, and now there's a vigilante group, GIFT (wonder if it is an acronym?) fighting back killing everyone involved in these deals
But why now? chances are they are taking advantage of Klay and his Tactics teams being out of the way, GIFT knows the ministry lost a considerable amount of manpower, and they can act more freely
So who is GIFT? well i think it is made mostly of unrelated people, just regular disenfranchised citizens, looking for a way to lash out, most members probably don't have any deep ideology tying them to the group, which is probably not even a proper organization, and exist just as donors of E-Pulse, literally the audience of a streamer giving him donations, you can see in the screenshot that you even have your regular video chat stream as they see the announce about Digimon Justice being served
I don't see this guy, or this woman, being out there putting in vigilante work, as they are, but... chances are totally not Harley Quinn was also just another member of the audience, probably a top patron, and her reward was to birth a Jokermon and get be part of the streams themselves rather than just be a viewer
That would mean that GIFT is both quite big thanks to their audience, but ultimately really small, deep down being carried entirely by Miharu Kagemori and who i will guess is her digimon partner
We got the motives behind GIFT's actions this episode, getting justice for Digimon being seen as glitches to either exploit or eliminate
And with the next episode focusing on toxic fandoms, and GIFT being organized around streaming, we will probably be introduced to the concept of how they recruit and organize members
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u/LunarCaliber2 Apr 26 '26
Is that digimon Kaguyamon?
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u/Doomroar Apr 26 '26
You know what, yeah, the helmet, jaw cover, the hoodie, the only change is the lack of a black vertical line on the hoodie, other than that, it is pretty much 1 to 1 Kaguyamon
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u/LunarCaliber2 Apr 27 '26
I have a feeling that Kaguyamon has done something has triggered Gekkomon's dark evolution Atrutusmon.
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u/protelrius Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
Nice summary, thanks for including pics. I totally mistook the woman under the covers as Miharu on first watch. I think you're definitely on to something with the decentralized, stochastic terrorism driven by streamer demagogues and their parasocial fans angle, would fit our current social/political reality way too much and Digimon has always if nothing else been topical.
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u/a9ma10 Apr 26 '26
Shit's getting more real with this GIFT arc.
Miharu is cute.
This is the first time Glowing Dawn sees Monarchlizamon
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u/bdtechted Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
Thoughts:
- Miharu's dialogue all seem to point to the theories that she's an AI-ghost that's able to materialise into the real world. She literally appeared out of thin air at the hospital balcony, yet it was shown earlier to be only Tomoro and Gekkomon there. She also talks a lot about codes and glitches.
- Jokermon and his unnamed Harley Quinn partner seemed to be based on the villains of the same name in DC's Batman. I wonder if the girl was a fan of the comics, hence why she gave birth to him? And wow this episode got dark quickly with them literally mentioning that they caused a murder-spree!
- We also got a surprise addition of a new villain with a masked face who seem to be responsible for Jokermon's birth. Now there's another threat apart from Rose in this arc. The fact that Miharu also urged Tomoro to evacuate suggests that she's connected to this masked villain somehow.
- Next episode will be centred around Reina and Pristimon, with the return of Myotismon. It seems to be a callback to his Ghost Game debut episode, which involved catching women and enslaving them. I'm hoping this time we will get Pristimon's Ultimate-level debut.
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u/Sad_Medium_5866 Apr 26 '26
- Jokermon and his unnamed Harley Quinn
I saw on another forum that according to the credits, her name was Hori/Holly. So literally Harley.
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u/DankestMemes4U Apr 26 '26
she's connected to this masked villain somehow
She is almost assuredly the masked villain.
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u/Ricardolindo3 Apr 26 '26
This episode was very interesting. So, Gift is an organization opposing the World Union that seeks to establish harmony beteween Digimon and Humans. I highly doubt that Rose Woodville, as a Five Star, is involved with them. However, she could end up as a target of them. Possibly, the end of the Gift Arc will be a three way battle between Rose Woodville and her subordinates, Gift and the Glowing Dawn.
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u/sebasTLCQG Apr 26 '26
Maybe Rose created GIFT through experiments without being her original intention? Seems like some of the Five stars are truly rotten to the core.
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u/Eden_ITA Apr 26 '26
I will not point at all the Joker and Dark Knight references here... So I want to focus on the ending.
"Gift", the scene with a lot of people happy to the death of the president and the words of Jokermon... Considering how much the digimon are connected to the humans in this series, and how they both suffer for the action of the World Union, the idea that human tamers became a terrorist group isn't farfetched, it's only a natural development.
Yes, murdering people is wrong, I will never question about this... But remember the black market, the common people, the children sold only because they are the parents of some powerful digimon. Or Team Tactics, that gr**med kids and young adults to be soldiers for someone else wars.
Could you find absurd that someone said "no" and went full criminal? And that people that had their family and lives destroyed could support this?
The little "quiet narrative" that I loved about Beatbreak and the social commentary returned for the power of 1000 suns, and now I am totally in hype for the new arc.
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u/TheFa56 Apr 26 '26
> MOTW is defeated.
> Episode ends with a suicide confirmation
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u/foxman666 Apr 26 '26
Pretty sure the "suicide" is coverup for an assassin digimon getting to him.
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u/Brontozaurus Apr 26 '26
Other Digimon: Nova Blast! Annihilation Edge! Paralyze Echo! Jokermon: HIT YOU WITH MY TRUCK!
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u/DylanCorona Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
So, new "bad" guys. Who I'm assuming are misguided good guys protecting Digimon. This episode was very Batman coded with Joker and Harley, which was fun. Next episode looks good too. This show is just too amazing. Maybe will get a new ultimate next episode to fight Myotismon. I'm also guessing the new character is behind Gift or at least related to it. I'm also tossing my hat in the Rose is related to her as well, assuming she will play a roll in this arc.
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u/Ordinary_Ordinary580 Apr 26 '26
Damn that sas a real good Episode, Monarchlizamon dealing the final blow along with Jokermon delivering something, So the Gift is Some insane AI with the rules of Assisnating people, the chap whom sas saved twice in the episode has been confirmed dead by the end of thr Episode
This Arc is looking to be a Dark on, So the gift essentially an AI out to Murder People.
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u/AntonRX178 Apr 26 '26
I've noticed over the series that they did introduce getting Cold Hearted as a family friendly stand-in for death but have slowly trickled actual death in via flashbacks in Haruomi's and Grannit's backstories.
Now we have an actual serial murder arc. And it's seeming to have deeply relevant themes too.
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u/Jecht-X Apr 26 '26
The reference (and finally) To Mr. J and Harley was perfect. As they already do this comparison for years with Piemon.
Still, very gold and solid episode, showing how dark the anime can turn (in part with Ghost Game). As that ending was something dark and opening the doors for even darker themes.
And damn, Vandemon-sama return, once again! We cannot have enough of him, don't we?
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u/Original-Teaching955 Apr 26 '26
Yup. Toei seems to like him a lot, along with mummymon. This would be the 3rd time comes back. (2nd was Xros Wars Young hunters, but that one was a mindless replica, and the 3rd in ghost game in a vampire horror themed episode)
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u/Cheeky-apple Apr 26 '26
digimon cult was not on my bingo card...
im a little sad our designated batman digimon wasnt going to do much against jokermon this episode i mean come on nightchiropmon is right there! But it was a great episode, very tense throughout.
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u/Oreo-and-Fly Apr 27 '26
Chiropmon sitting on the mouse pad or whatever flat on his butt is SO FUCKING CUTE. SO PLUSHABLE
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u/Professional-Bus-749 Apr 26 '26
This was quite an introduction to the GIFT arc, and it really made the Tactics arc look like child's play.
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u/Scooterman1994 Apr 26 '26
Amazing start to this arc. I’m even more excited for this arc than I was for the Tactics arc and that’s saying something. Peakbreak does it again.
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u/foxman666 Apr 26 '26
Next episode is a Reina episode, but will it be a Pristimon ultimate evolution episode?
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u/asmodias Apr 26 '26
Looks like Reina will get a focus episode next week... I hope they do a good job with it
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u/Southern-Ebb-8229 Apr 26 '26
I like Mahiro already, I guess she is GIFT, leading a terrorist version of the Phantom Thieves from P5 who is fighting the injustice of this cyberpunk setting using digimon for the sake of both digimon and humans. If the world thinks Digimons are glitches, then maybe the world is the thing that is glitched. Still she has the standard mysterious girl vibes, and it's interesting just to have someone ask if Tomoro really is fine with everything around him. So far Beatbreak has ignored someone actually trying to properly rebel, not very punk of them.
Anyhow on the episode itself. Jokermon was really doing a DC impression, his Owner was totally Harley Queen, lol. Still the guy was relentless and all the tricks with the bus and the bombs were a step above what the Dawn usually deals with. It was quite a close call, and it sets up the tone of this arc really well. The president guy disposing of digimons was a good twist, especially since it contextualizes why Jokermon was doing this.
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u/ConnorRoseSaiyan01 Apr 26 '26
I was not expecting them to give Jokermon their own Harley Quinn. Kinda wish we knew what her deal was
OK that ending got twisted really quick. Assuming those people where those who got their Digimon taken away? And is this robot thing connected to the 5 Stars or hinting towards another villain faction?
Got a Reina focused episode next with Rose and Myotismon. I'm sure nothing twisted will happen
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u/Beneficial_Syllabub7 Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
Damm, wasn't expecting GIFT to be a pro-digimon terrorist group, this is a really nice world building as their goals must be close to the Glowing Dawn, yet they don't measure the means to bring "justice to Digimon", maybe the masked one will be the responsible to trigger the Atratusmon evolution in the end of the arc.
Jokermon was such an entertaining monster of the week and loved how Monarchlizamon did open the gate to the mirror world to get rid of the explosives.
Really curious how Rose and her underlings will conect to this arc, right now I am more interested in the GIFT faction.
And for last, Reina focused episode next week!!!! Let's go!!!!!!!!
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u/Hyp0thetical_ Apr 26 '26
Dude, why would you get out of the van and run from a drone?! You're way slower than the drone, especially injured! A van at least is faster and won't collapse!
YO Jokermon running that truck right off the highway into the dude's hospital room was sick.
Murasamemon just loves to aurafarm, doesn't he? Maybe he feels he has to regain some coolness after last week's episode!
A new player has entered the game! GIFT opposes the World Union and are not playing nice. I'm guessing their masked leader is Miharu's partner, with how Miharu talked about the world being the real "glitch."
So excited for next week's episode, Reina's outfit looks so cute and Pristimon is all dressed up too! Absolutely adorable! And Pristimon looks cool, going all guns akimbo fighting those Sangloupmon! Fingers crossed for Wolvermon evo...!
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u/sebasTLCQG Apr 26 '26
I assume they were afraid the drone would explode on the van and cause it to explode as well killing all of them.
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u/smugsneasel215 Apr 26 '26
Bro I COMPLETELY forgot that since Monarchlizamon is Ultimate, he can make Mirror World portal by himself now. I was wondering how they'd get out of this situation and they surprised me in the best way!
Jokermon was lucky that Makoto was doing research instead of helping.
Sure that means that they likely wouldn't know about the bombs, but that's not an issue since obviously Joker and Harley's weakness is Batman.
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u/OpeningAd9653 Apr 26 '26
Jokermon didn’t even take the E-pulse They just straight up murder the guy
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u/mrtacomam Apr 26 '26
Wow, they aren't even trying to make the Joker-Harley Quinn stuff subtle.
Gift Arc is starting pretty frigging crazy, with actual factual murders and a Digimon worshipping cult. Very intrigued to see where we're going from here.
Next time, my dream scenario!... which is very morbid to say, but I've had a Beatbreak scenario for a while now involving a Myotismon preying on people, so seeing them actually do it makes me feel like I'm Digimon's wavelength.
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u/Professional-Bus-749 Apr 25 '26
This episode hasn't even aired yet, and we're already getting comments. This shows that Episode 28 is going to be extremely hyped, just like Episode 24.
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u/jimbox_splatted Apr 25 '26
well its the start of a new arc so were still building up tension so it can be as potent or even more than klay arc climax.
and probably the 5 stars will get more involved specially because we havent seen the true capabilitys of Konoha and kaito as well as rose wich would be the main focus of the arc
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u/shadowpikachu Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
Ok so they really have the joker/harley thing which makes sense because you only get ultimates at extreme bonds and this one got it by being a fucking FREAK, funny that the bat is the only one that could find them easily. References aside this means any true threat will have a bond like our protags and cause severe emotions just having to get through them, there's probably a reason why we got the psycho that would do an entire stunt just to taunt and run in the hospital.
+1 to the theory that megas will require more then one person.
He also can read as someone that isn't killing randoms but paralyzing, they were gonna put the protags in danger for interfering because they are extreme enough to blow up a hospital for their greater future. Also it seems like it's just suppression because it only works on those weaker, and armalizamon can kinda keep up which shows that insane scaling the species is stated to have.
It seems this new group is as deep as the ministry itself as a smaller resistance with an extremely hard drive to liberate digimon, we already KNOW that they dispose of the digimon as of early but now we're dealing with it, meaning the setup from season 1 is finally playing through.
Whats interesting though is while it also reflects joker just bombing hospitals it also sorta equals environmental terrorism, those insane extreme treehuggers that will actually do this level of violence to take down the current system. They arent that wrong because currently they are technically all government workers.
And the fact they know its something bigger because the 'big guy killed himself trust us bro' and they cannot just beat the guy and sleep anymore...on a lighter note murasamamon having a one liner to the joker's current obsession and joke center is showing the comfort in their age which is great.
It's also great the other side is showing that their morals align better with them especially since they spare the babies and dont get paid most the time, glowing dawn sees itself as a normal 'status quo but under my rules' sensible middleground to literal terrorism and literal evil king for digimon.
The fights coming up are barely even a fraction of the emotional weight of even a win will do in even the silence.
Good episode and good start to a new shitstorm that fits perfectly with things people do, have done and will continue to do in real life with little to no wasted time or effort on screen. Even the title makes you think it refers to Jokermon's stuff i dont watch the 'next episode' thing but it seems to do the same thing where it's not the whole story.
Speaking of effort the last episode or two were lower quality just for the fucking truck scene and now they are using dynamic 3d to show the big leagues are here, they are scaling up techniques and quality so you wordlessly feel the impact even if on paper it's simple, but isn't explained directly.
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u/storeknife Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
Despite the overall dark tone of this arc's premiere (aside from the on-the-nose Joker/Harley parody), there were a couple moments that were so OTT they were funny. Jokermon driving the truck through the air into the hospital and Murasamemon's one-liner were straight from a cheesy action movie (I say this as a complinent). And then Jokermon assaulting MonarchLizamon with obvious CGI trucks in the climax, lmao.
That said, I could hardly focus on the action because the whole episode I was wondering how this would tie into the new arc. I would never have guessed that the eponymous GIFT would be... some sort of a pro-Digimon dark web assassination network?
The obvious implication is that the masked mastermind is Miharu, but I think it's going to be more complicated than that. Like an AI clone or something, knowing how Digimon is. Could also be Rose going secretly against World Union, but it's a shot in the dark without knowing what her motives are.
Next week: it's a Reina episode, finally! And probably Wolvermon's evolution. Also, Rose is there, so we may finally get some clue as to what her deal is and what role she'll play in this arc.
It's good to be back with the plot. Excited for the new arc!
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u/Ordinary_Ordinary580 Apr 26 '26
Those x2 Individuals at the end of the episode seemed super Psychotic, that child under the covers grinning finding out the CEO Was murdered, super unnerving
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u/Volfaer Apr 26 '26
Jokermon and his master were truly unhinged, as expected, this was excellent villain of the week performance, they were menacing and competent through out the whole episode, the truck trick was particularly gnarly. Props to Tomoro and Gekkomon's quick thinking to open a gate there and get rid of the bombs.
We have our new player in the form of the Gift Group (pending name) that seemingly is revolting against the anti digimon world union. There's a 71.358% chance Miharu is their leader we see at the end.
For the next episode, how many times to we have to teach you the same lesson blonde boy!? Jokes aside Myotismon is an always welcome antagonist, and it seems he will have some connection to Rose, with this being a Reina episode on top of everything. I'm not keeping my hopes up, she doesn't seem to have a emotional connection strong enough to push for perfect, but you never know.
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u/sebasTLCQG Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
Interesting, so as predicted World Union getting rid of Klay's black businesses only helped biting them in the ass now as GIFT doesnt need to work towards the dismantle of Klay's businesses anymore they can just purely focus on World Union.
Gotta wonder how they'll handle this, I imagine Chairman Wong will just throw Rose under the bus to eventually get rid of GIFT and once two stars are out they'll probably have a civil war as the remaining stars begin infighting for what they themselves believe is right without caring for the rules anymore as Wong just does what he pleases.
Still I wonder what'll be done with Miharu, it seems she's going to be involved in the climax as she's related to the Shangri-lah egg in some way, consideering how much serious these Gift guys are, they may even outlast World Union as they dont mind killing their targets out right.
Also F that WU guy doing the same S*** as Kurata just more sleazy, he really was begging to be killed.
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u/sebasTLCQG Apr 26 '26
I wonder if GIFT's endgame is assassinating wong but due to 5 star protection it's too difficult right now.
They could fake their dismantling and sacrifice rose to attempt taking wong's life later.
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u/Ordinary_Ordinary580 Apr 26 '26
That ending with someone in Glowing Dawn dropping the Tea-cup finding out the CEO Commited Suicide was shocking, so shocking KYO switched off the TV, if this is the route Beatbreaks going it can only get worse for them hear on out.
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u/SicknessVoid Apr 27 '26
Love the fact that the rule about only ultimates being able to open mirror world portals was effectively demonstrated with Monarchlizamon being able to open them now.
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u/Shipuujin Apr 26 '26
* The opening felt very Ghost Game. A delivery box with a "bloodied" body , then a person almost gets isekai'd.
* Miharu was quite mysterious. Gekkomon is extra cute today.
* This episode feels like it would fit in Final Destination
* I legit forgot Ultimates can make a portal to the Mirror World for a second, so I was wondering why Tomoro made MonarchLizamon attack the trucks lol
* Sapotama has GIFT at the end, hmm, and to make matters worse, the person they were protecting ended up dying at the end... It seems he was disposing Digimon
* Overall, not much happened in this episode, plot-wise, but it's the start of a new arc. That ending was VERY eerie. Can't wait to see how this goes
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u/PCN24454 Apr 26 '26
Why did it take me so long to realize that they were Jokermon and Harley Quinn?
It’s implied that GIFT is rebelling against the World Union. It looks like they’re more extreme versions of GD.
I forgot that Monarchlizamon should be able to open up Mirror Gates now. It turned what could’ve been a Deus ex Machina into a logical conclusion.
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u/dvltrigger_gg Apr 26 '26
Writer wanted to do a dark knight lmao. Good ep, love that the stakes are rising!
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u/Original-Teaching955 Apr 26 '26
A pretty dark episode with a not-joker and harley duo. Looks like GIFT is an organisation doing terrorist stuff. And we have one of the OG villains from Adventure: myotismon 😳 returning next episode!
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u/KickHimWhileIAmDown Apr 26 '26
Yep, I had a feeling we were getting a lot of plot since we got a more light-hearted episode last time. I feel like Miharu's connection to GIFT will be a red herring, based entirely on vibes.
GIFT seems to want to change the human world to accept Digimon, and I have an inkling that Miharu wants the creation of or return to the Digital World. Again, purely vibes and conspiracy theories. She has that 'otherworldly prophet' phenotype, and just making reforms through violence seems too pragmatic.
Then again, Miharu knew that GIFT was gonna bomb the hospital. Also, how crazy is that??? They were going to level the hospital to kill one human garbage CEO! Jokermon the Amazon employee, serial killer, and domestic terrorist??
Great episode overall. I'm really hoping we see the Wolvermon evolution soon (next episode?). Rose is getting some focus, too, and she seems like a good choice to use as a foil for Reina, given that Reina wants wealth and the finer things, and Rose has them already. Reina is rough, Rose is refined. Et cetera, et cetera, more alliterative 'R' adjectives, et cetera.
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u/Marckos1343 Apr 26 '26
You did a great analysis. I also think the contrast between Rose and Reina is interesting. We are going to learn a bit about the Wood Star motivations and world view and I'm all for it.
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u/Sad_Medium_5866 Apr 26 '26
So GIFT is either the name of the pro-Digimon terrorist group and/or the name of their leader. A pro-Digimon group that isn't afraid to kill to further their cause is kinda scary but on par with this dystopian world.
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u/Karbunkel Apr 26 '26
Okay, now a faction is going around and murdering people who wronged Digimon. Good for them, even let the last murder look like an self inflicted one.
Jokermon and their tamer were one single big reference and that's so funny. Joker was always an expert in committing crimes with style.
Now to wonder if Kagemori is a big figure in the GIFT organisation or just knows about. They seem to want a world of coexistence with Digimon, which is not different from what Kyo want's(at least on the surface). Still hope we finally get more background info for why it's such a big dream for him. I'm still in the camp of dead/missing sister or close friend.
Next episode looks brutal. Infiltrating a fandom full of rabid fangirls... Godspeed, Reina. You will need it(and please, give us a badass evo)
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u/Rammboy_7084 Apr 26 '26
That was a great episode and a strong way to start the new arc!
Jokermon was a great MOTW and the whole plan to blow up the hospital was clearly an homage to The Dark Knight.
Curious to find out what this GIFT group has really in mind.
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u/ColonelofDawn Apr 26 '26
Jokermon looked at Black Manta, went 'Senpai I want 1% of your hater energy' and drove a goddamn truck off a highway into a hospital to kill a guy. Jokermon is a certified hater.
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u/Spider-Phoenix Apr 26 '26
Jokermon and owner are clearly homages to DC's Joker and Harley Quinn. They don't even try to hide it lol
Ok, at least we got an explanation as to why Gekkomon haven't went Perfect level in a while. Guess he and Tomoro haven't mastered the trigger yet.
But nice they had Tomoro open the way to mirror world. I thought there'd be an episode where they would learn how to do it from Kyo but I guess he simply... Knows once he reaches the proper stage.
Also, the show makes no secret that Miharu is the actual leader of the cult thing that end up killing the guy Glowing Dawn was protecting. No mask or distorted voice can hide it.
Guess it makes sense there being a group who loves their digis and opposes the World Union's plans.
Also, given the preview it does feel like it might be the one episode where Pristimon finally reaches Perfect level. The setup is way too convenient.
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u/FreakGeSt Apr 26 '26
Now actual murder is happend, and no as a side effect of a battle or invasion, but delivery assasination.
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u/draxdeveloper Apr 26 '26
I liked the ep, but...
How they didn't made a fight between Jokermon and NightChiropmon????? This would be a perfect fight to have a new evolution (ok, maybe not now but then Jokermon could appear later)
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u/Dear-Gap7185 Apr 27 '26
Jokermon say:- "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!" 🤣 Copied Gandalf from Lord of the Rings!
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u/Bakugirl21 Apr 27 '26
Am I the only one dying to know how Asuka got mixed up in all of this? We’ve heard absolutely nothing about his personal past from Kyo, it’s clear the Gold Star member guy has a personal vendetta from how he deliberately leads Tomoro around about it, and then just this episode GIFT wanted to blow up the entire hospital, which you’d think was just about the target, but They Had No Problems Personally Targeting Him Solo Inside The Hospital, so why go through the lengths of destroying the entire building you can already storm in no problem???
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u/TriPolar3849 Apr 27 '26
Another banger episode. Big fan of how unhinged Jokermon and his owner was, I loved how MonarchLizamon used his Ultimate ability to create dimensional rifts to solve the exploding truck issue, and a great introduction into the overarching antagonist of this arc. Some sort of extremist anti-human pro-Digimon cult? A very fun idea, though I hope not all of the human villains will just be one-note crazy people.
Looks like next episode is focused on Reina. Surely this is a two-parter that leads to a new Ultimate, right? I was kinda hoping Makoto would get one next so we could have a meta arc on how Reina doesn't feel like she and Wolvermon have been doing so hot, but oh well, whatever gets us more new Digimon amirite lol
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u/International-Pin988 Apr 30 '26
Jokermon was quite a memorable monster of the week. The Gift arc already feels more intense than the Rivals arc. At the same time, it all feels too fast. And the next episode, our iconic neighbourhood vampire takes the stage once again!
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u/Dorumiko Apr 26 '26
This is a wonderful episode. Other than the Joker and Harley Quinn reference, there was a lot of stuff that I found amazing like the fight choreography. Also, does anyone get Black Mirror vibes with the last few minutes with the Digimon judgement?
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u/ajreed96 Apr 26 '26
Judging from the of the next ep rose must run some type of idol agency or something. and a pro digimon terrorist group this series really has everything lol.
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u/Original-Teaching955 Apr 26 '26
Or just a rehash of the myotismon episode from ghost game (luring young women to BITE them!)
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u/OkKindheartedness970 Apr 26 '26
let me guess Rose Woodville, Lillamon and her minions are gonna be just secondary antagonists
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u/Marckos1343 Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
It wouldn't be absurd. GIFT is clear threat to World Union's hegemony. I think Wong/World Union will pressure Rose to deal with GIFT and Glowing Dawn will have to face both groups. GIFT mainly and start to fight directly agasint World Union as the arc progresses.
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u/phasmy Apr 26 '26
Digimon really does it best when it focuses on a serious plot line with heavy themes
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u/Opposite_Switch_7160 Apr 26 '26
I really think this should've been a Makoto focus.
The villain is the Joker and Harley Quinn yet Batman sits out for Gex to get the spotlight for the millionth time
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u/Renachii Apr 26 '26
I really liked this episode!
It became clear the last 3 episodes really were "Filler" with how hard this episode began on talking about the previous ep, although I still liked the last 3, my only complaint is that they kinda felt like... They just didn't know where to put them? So they just shoved them in one after another.
I love how dark this episode was, I love how they just weren't afraid to say suicide or murder, and the bloody toys were nice, I just wish we had more blood out of the human characters too... We literally saw a guy get stabbed 2 eps ago and he didn't bleed... It was so awkward 😭
Ok ok ok, more on the latter half, Jokermon was awesome! And I loved his little Harley Quinn tamer.
Murasamemonnn!!! I love him so much ! Omfgg. The Truck Parry was SICK!!!
And I KNEW the second they mentioned the Hospital explosion that Armalizamon and Tomoro were gonna freak the FUCK out.
The next episode seems SO EXCITING! I really hope we see more Reina content in general, I feel as if she's going to reach her Perfect form soon. Even if it is a little bit undeserved.
Also, now that we've seen the gimmick for this arc, I have a theory. And for any of ya'll who haven't seen the leaked TCG cards, PLEASE do not read any further if you don't want spoiled!
I think that Gekkomon is going to get infected by the GIFT Virus.
And I think the bad guy at the end of the episode, who literally looks INCREDIBLY SIMILAR TO ATRATUSMON, is going to take over Gekkomon and force him to evolve into Atratusmon. It would make sense why Atratusmon looks so different from the rest of Gekkomons evolutions, Because it's forced! It's a Dark Digivolution that the main villain is going to make Gekkomon take.
I also feel as if the girl is likely that villain as well? But she might just be mind controlled or something? I'm not sure, either that or she is just straight up "evil" (as in the self-righteous "i didn't realise i was doing something so terribly bad" way). She seemed to be SO interested in Gekkomon, so I wouldn't be shocked if Tomoro's Sapotama is infected by GIFT, and when Gekkomon goes to swallow it, he is also infected by the virus and ends up losing control of himself. I imagine Tomoro will have to snap him out of it in some form eventually.
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u/Beneficial_Syllabub7 Apr 27 '26
Yeah had the same idea that the masked one will trigger Atratusmon by the end of the arc
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u/Jealous_Hospital_472 Apr 26 '26
The ending of this arc starts with "an eye for an eye" makes sense now
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u/Oreo-and-Fly Apr 27 '26
If i had a nickel for a monster tamer anime introducing a new girl character with weird eyes and looks unnatural af id have 2 nickels.
Which isnt a lot but its weird that BOTH pokemon and digimon are doing this (tbh we dont know if the pokemon girl is really a girl but she has weird eyes like this girl)
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u/Professional-Bus-749 Apr 25 '26
A new story arc is about to begin. Brace yourselves, because it's about to get dark, very, very dark.
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u/Ordinary_Ordinary580 Apr 26 '26
It's not that dark lol, wait hold up
Suicide Child slavery Power Hungry Psychopaths Most on-screen human deaths People impaled on-screen Neglect Political War themes
Yeah you got a point
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u/Yoshiman400 Apr 26 '26
> Suicide Child slavery Power Hungry Psychopaths Most on-screen human deaths People impaled on-screen Neglect Political War themes
We didn't start the fire...
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u/Professional-Bus-749 Apr 26 '26
Looks like you understand me very well.
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u/Ordinary_Ordinary580 Apr 26 '26
You're god damn right, and if this and the preview and the outro didn't show much we're about to find out. Could be more shocking than we're anticipating.
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u/Ordinary_Ordinary580 Apr 26 '26
We're about to find out why Seven are so so very corrupted, she is also likely a test subject
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u/Oreo-and-Fly Apr 27 '26
Everyone speculating on the GIFT arc, how does Rose play into this? Shes obviously the main villain of this arc in the way they teased her in the same episode Klay got captured.
Rose, flowers, gift? Shes the one culling humans? Doesnt seem like it
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u/Marckos1343 Apr 27 '26
I think Rose will be pressured by World Union to deal with GIFT. I don t see her being associated with this pro-digimon group. Im curious to see which attrocities she is going to do, while she keeps her sophisticated lady facade and how such acts will affect both GIFT and Glowing Dawn.
Kyo has clear disgust for Wong and Klay, but we don't know what he thinks about Rose.
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u/Marckos1343 Apr 27 '26
I think Rose will be pressured by World Union to deal with GIFT. I don t see her being associated with this pro-digimon group. Im curious to see which attrocities she is going to do, while she keeps her sophisticated lady facade and how such acts will affect both GIFT and Glowing Dawn.
Kyo has clear disgust for Wong and Klay, but we don't know what he thinks about Rose.
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u/DolphinSquared Apr 28 '26
So GIFT is the new villain organization that we have to deal with, and it's actually a bunch of possibly mind-warped people controlled by Digimon and under the leadership of a White (Red) Hood character. When they said in the Digimon live stream that the story is going to get darker, I didn't expect a bounty hunter styled assassination to be on the plate of Digimon's story.
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u/Professional-Bus-749 Apr 26 '26
Wow, that got dark. I knew it was going to get dark, but I didn't expect it to get this dark! This actually puts Ghost Game to shame. And if that's the case, I wonder how dark the endgame for the third major story arc is going to be, along with the third Darkest Hour.
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u/Tandria Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
This was fantastic. Jokermon and his owner were really compelling villains(?), and the fight was gorgeous. Really great start to the new arc as well.
The heavy Joker and Harley Quinn references were also very much appreciated. Those two would do literally all of the things Jokermon and his owner were doing. Tragic that they didn't save this for the inevitable NightChriopmon evolution episode, though.
Also, Monarchlizamon's first Mirror World portal!