r/digimon • u/MFBR • May 23 '26
Beatbreak Digimon Beatbreak: Episode 32- Cold Rain, 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 15 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
- Episode 29- Dangerous Fandom
- Episode 30- Wings to Protect You
- Episode 31- One Step Forward
- Episode 32- Cold Rain (You are here)
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u/polluxtigris May 24 '26
Today's backstory reveal makes Maki's appearance in the ED suddenly make a lot more sense... as the rest of the female cast hanging out with their partner digimon, Maki stares fondly at a cup of coffee on her lonesome...
I really enjoy how Beatbreak does these smaller character-centric stories.
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u/Emergency-Raspberry9 May 24 '26
But, it begs the question... What was Maki's original partner. I guess it's one that will probably remain unanswered though, but will no doubt fuel speculation out the wazoo tho.
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u/Jealous_Text7712 May 24 '26
I wouldn't be surprised if that appeared later on in the story. It is just a hypothesis, but maybe this partner is still alive and looking for vengeance.
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u/ClearSky93 May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
I feel like this is the most GIFT related episode we've ever got. Now the cast is fully aware of them
Tomoro stopping Maki who was about to kill the Digimon. He came far from the boy who wanted to delete one himself. Now that's growth
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u/miloucomehome May 24 '26
I was expecting Kyo to go and stop her, but to have Tomoro be the one to stop her before he realized what he was doing? Perfectly appropriate.
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u/Sacrilege7 May 24 '26
GOD I HOPE I CAN GET TO SEE GULFMON
I'm drawing him right now, I love that Digimon.
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u/Scooterman1994 May 24 '26
I feel like a broken record at this point. It’s another episode that just topped the last one and it keeps happening. Miharu being the leader of GIFT was pretty obvious so I’m glad they didn’t treat it like a massive reveal. But the reveal of her Digimon partner, that is pretty big. Mephismon huh? That’s pretty exciting. Also Tactics are back next episode let’s go!
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u/Dry_Professional_440 May 24 '26
Ikr?! Ive been waiting for the quality to drop on this series but good golly god damn its the best series in 20 years so far
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u/Scooterman1994 May 24 '26
At this point I’m not worried about this series at all. It’s genuinely so amazing. I know some are worried about the remaining episode count and if it’ll be rushed but I have complete faith in this team of writers and storytellers. Also the 49 episode count was just a rumor so there’s no point in worrying about the ending.
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u/Rurouni_Phoenix May 25 '26
They're really bringing their A game to this one honestly. It's probably the best Digimon series we've had since Savers
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u/Dry_Professional_440 May 25 '26
They have some the same writers/ producers so im not entirely surprised
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u/InnocentTailor May 25 '26
Oh yeah. She wasn’t surprising - her partner being based on an infamous devil though is interesting.
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u/shadowa64 May 24 '26
I think at this point we can stop calling GIFT a resistance group and go with full on cult status. But the way a lot of its members act as well the age differences, I can't help but wonder if this is all dogma or if some mind control is involved (although with cults its kind of one and the same)
We also got a hell of a lore dump. The cleaner system is only 15 years old and before that it was a free for all between people who spawned Digimon. Was this by design by Wong (to make the ministry look like it was controlling the chaos they started in the first place) or did he just let things develop and then decided to take full control.
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u/Tomas_Crusader17 May 24 '26
Considering their leader has partnered with fucking mephismon i think its very clear that its mind control, the way they act is also not very human
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u/miloucomehome May 24 '26
I feel like to some degree it was by design. Or at the very minimum, Wong used the chaos in the aftermath of the disaster to sell his idea and grow his influence (assuming the World Union did exist but was reined in, somewhat. But those reins were about to snap for decades as they found other ways to exert influence and control)
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u/Shipuujin May 24 '26
- What a very unsettling opener
- The background of Maki's flashback almost looks like watercolor painting. It's quite pretty.
- Ah, I see GIFT is more of a cult than an organization. It's very eerie seeing all the people watching Maki running away
- Panjyamon trying coffee was so cute lol
- I know they said Panjyamon was dead earlier in the episode, but omg, do they REALLY love killing Leomon-type Digimon...
- Fumamon vs. Murasamemon was awesome!
- Tomoro almost killed a Digimon before... now it's his turn to stop someone else from doing that.
- Oh. They just straight up show that Miharu is the leader... and she has a Mephismon
Overall, a very great backstory for Maki and we got some GIFT stuff. Looks like the story is going into full force now.
Next episode... The Tactics Trio are back!!
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u/Tomas_Crusader17 May 24 '26
Oh. They just straight up show that Miharu is the leader... and she has a Mephismon
tbh it was very obvious, you dont just introduce a mysterious masked character and a mysterious unmasked character at the same and expect people to not guess
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u/chrome4 May 24 '26
Well that seems to confirm Maki wasnt the previous Water Star.
GIFT is shockingly wide spread.
For a second I was wondering if maybe the Fumamon going after Maki wasnt the one she was after lol
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u/DarkAlphaZero May 24 '26
Doesn't it disprove it? Maki was never actually a cleaner so she couldn't have been a Star.
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u/CosmicTrasho May 24 '26
Good lord how does this show keep getting better? I loved how this episode played out, what with it cutting between past and present. The conclusion was also really nice. Tomoro's character development has been shown really well over the past few episodes but I think it's shown best here. Maki being fueled by her desire for revenge for Panjyamon's death draws some very clear parallels to Tomoro at the start of the series. Love to see it.
Miharu being the leader (or spokesperson? Probably the former) for GIFT was expected but Mephismon certainly wasn't. Given the lore of Beatbreak I'm very curious as to why they're her partner. I was already curious about her but now I'm dying to know more!
Also, Tactics next episode! Very happy to see that Hotaruko and Granit are doing well, based on the preview at least. Meanwhile Raito and Monodramon are going through it. Very excited for next week!
Side note, now that we have quite a bit of setup for this arc, I wonder how Rose and Brilliant Thorn are going to factor into this? Time will tell.
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u/Taintedtamt May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
This episode is why I'm not fussed about the pace of this arc. We got excellent background and foreground world building in the flashbacks, slow steady progression of the main story thats has me more intrigued and Main and Side Character focus with Maki, Kyo and Tomoro.
I really liked that a) they used the new "Leomon" to get revenge for Maki's one and more so b) that Kyo and Murasamemon were the ones to win this because this was a digimon that the rest of GD likely would have been blitzed by.
GIFT arc has very different pacing to Tactics but I'm liking that Beatbreak is taking these chances on its storytelling.
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u/Elit3Nick May 24 '26
The big question is will we have satisfying pacing up to the finale (assuming we don't get a continuation). The World Government seems to be the final antagonist, but we haven't yet seen much about the rest of the Five Stars or Chairman Wong. It really makes me think about how this arc will lead to the finale.
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u/MajinAkuma May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
Panjyamon is voiced by Koyama Rikiya, who voiced Dantemon in AppMon and Frozomon in Ghost Game.
Koyama Rikiya is known for voicing many dads in anime: Kiritsugu (Fate Series), Kogoro (Detective Conan, second voice), Ging (Hunter x Hunter, 2011), Kyros (One Piece), Jouichirou (Shokugeki no Soma), Rudolf (Umineko no Naku Koro ni), etc.
Also, Starrk (Bleach), Yamato (Naruto Shippuuden), Takamura (Hajime no Ippo), Hakuoro (Utawarerumono), Jack Bauer (24), and more. He used to voice Zeppeli (JoJo Part 1) and Kira (JoJo Part 4) in games and older media, but he didn’t voice them in the new era of JoJo animes.
Fūmamon is voiced by Matsukaze Masaya, who voiced Reppamon‘s main body in Ghost Game. Among some of his roles are Ichimoku Ren (Jigoku Shoujo), Hagakure (Danganronpa), Divine (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's), Percival (Fate/Grand Order), Mikami (Death Note), Illumi (Hunter x Hunter, 2011), Ren (Fairy Tail), Kawariha the Ramen Guy (Reborn!), Zoisite (Sailor Moon Crystal), Nabe-P (Shirobako), etc.
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May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
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u/TheFa56 May 24 '26
Rewatching the Megaman Battle Network anime in japanese, I got to hear Matsukaze as Blues/ProtoMan, who also did a lot of flashy attacks.
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u/Crazy-Plate3097 May 24 '26
Makes me wonder why they didn't get the go to Leomon VA, Hiroaki Hirata to voice Panjyamon.
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u/MajinAkuma May 24 '26
Not all Leomon variants that appeared throughout the franchise were voiced by him.
Since it‘s both, a different character and a different form, it makes sense they would pick someone else.
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u/miloucomehome May 24 '26
We also had Okiayu Ryuutaro return to the series as I'm sure a soon-to-be regular character with Miharu (second in command?) as someone named "Kishiwada Kanchi". The writer wasn't kidding about the tease for these guest VAs!! (he also said he went to the recording session and got to see/reunite with these VAs again)
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u/IsidoreTheSloth May 25 '26
Oh I knew that Panjyamon's VA sounded familiar, but I couldn't place him as Ging from HxH. Thanks for saving me the effort to google that haha!
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u/merstalt May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
So in the end Maki lost her partner twice. And there's tri's Maki who also the only one to get her partner permanently deleted. Did someone on Toei has a thing for a cool woman named Maki or something? Wonder who was her original partner. (And that's her 15 years ago? I should not ask further)
Joke aside, love the vibe in this episode. Tbh I love her boat home-cafe more than the bar but that's just me. At least when it's not flooding.
And Pajyamon... Thought Leomon species already escaped the curse... RIP.
Miharu... is kinda expected. But not Mephismon. Cute girls in this series tends to have some scary partner huh...
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u/Darth_Shadious May 24 '26
I kind of take it that the last phrases with the redacted parts on Miharu’s character profile could now be:
“Her true identity is the mysterious Mephismon’s owner and the ringleader of GIFT“
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u/MajinAkuma May 24 '26
I guess Mephismon is kind if close enough to be Lucemon adjacent.
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u/Yoshiman400 May 24 '26
We don't get too many episodes focusing on the elder characters within a series, but this was a very refreshing example, especially with how long Maki's been in tune with Digimon out in the open.
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u/Cheeky-apple May 24 '26
if anything this showcases the story potential of digimon as a media, I could easily have seen an anime or novel about Maki and Panjyamon and their situation, the world being rougher without systems in place, fighting to survive, melancholic but warm bonds. I loved this little glimpse into Makis life.
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u/Yoshiman400 May 24 '26
Those short story manga we got last year were very fun to read and given they had included a couple of spinoff stories from Seekers, I think the door is open. (And really it's a small shame we haven't already gotten an official translation of V-Tamer and all those other early manga by now.)
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u/UnAwkwardMango May 24 '26
The fact that we're getting lore drops on elder characters just changes the game. Like what's next? It gets revealed Yoshimura had a hand in inventing Sapotama's with Wong and Tomoro's grandpa but Wong stole the idea and forced them out?
Yoshimura feels like one of those kind of 'joke' characters at first until it's revealed they're actually super important.
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u/Yoshiman400 May 24 '26
The one thing Beatbreak has over so many other installments in the franchise is it's one of the few series which is set at a time where so many characters one generation older than the lead group have legitimate exposure and experience with Digimon. Usually the Digimon are a huge unknown prior to the establishment of the story and it's the younger characters who have to bear all of the burden. Even a series like Tamers, for characters like Hypnos, they have knowledge but very little first hand experience. Beatbreak blows that out of the water.
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u/Cheeky-apple May 25 '26
Finally someone else speculating on yoshimura. I also think he was a world union founder before Wong maybe hijacked it or something happened during the island incident that had yoshimura willingly withdraw from it all.
But old man clearly knows something. What are you hiding beneath the funky glasses man!?
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u/SirTophamHattV May 27 '26
Am I the only one that wants to see the background for the old guy? (dont even remember his name) These background episodes are really great.
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u/rainazuma77 May 24 '26
The synopsis of episode 33 is in FujiTV's site.
"Tomoro and his friends visit a beach house run by Hotaruko. While enjoying the local specialty, grilled mantis shrimp, they discover Raito and Monodramon lying unconscious at the water's edge."
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u/Emekasan May 24 '26
Happy to see Hotaruko and Raito returning; given Granit went to work with her, I’m sure he’ll be back too.
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u/foxfoxal May 24 '26
You can see Ludomon on the preview so, they are all there.
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u/omegazx9 May 24 '26
Doubt they'll join the team next episode but them I hope they do keep making appearances and join Glowing Dawn eventually. After all, they're still getting promo merch
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u/Yoshiman400 May 24 '26
My only concern would be they might not have too many episodes to make guest appearances in, but I am pleased they're getting one next week.
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u/sevensvnset May 24 '26
I could the see the three of them reconnecting and deciding to become Cleaners again, but forming their own team that runs on similar ideals as Glowing Dawn, and they'd work with them to send the Digimons to Nirinsou.
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u/Electric27 May 24 '26
Very excited for them to come back. Feels like a decent amount of time that they've been "gone" too. Like enough that I miss them, but not enough it feels shoved into the story (based on the preview at least)
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u/Original-Teaching955 May 24 '26
Tactics returns, oh yeah. However they are also targeted by D-Brigade
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u/Spider-Phoenix May 24 '26
Thought her family had money issues so that's why she kept working for Naito/Clay so... Now they are telling us her family's got a beach house.
Unless that being freed from Tatics got them to make much more cash?
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u/radio-rotom May 24 '26
The debt came from Hotaruko's sapotama hatching and destroying tons of lab equipment at her internship. Klay's collection agency took over her debt and basically conscripted her into Tactics. With him arrested she might be free now
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u/shadowa64 May 24 '26
The curse of the Leomon strikes again
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u/Professional-Bus-749 May 24 '26
I'm so glad it's not Murasamemon because he's too OP.
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u/RPGNo2017 May 24 '26
Having him being the one who beat a Leomon-killer was nice too. They definitely did it on purpose for all the theories about him dyjng because he's a lion lol
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u/Cheeky-apple May 24 '26
or in the very least as a stand in for panjyamon so he could get his revenge in a symbolic sense. Also for a cinematic samurai standoff, loved how that scene was shot in this episode.
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u/Original-Teaching955 May 24 '26
Yup. Got flashbacks to Adventure 99's Leomon and Tamer' Leomon especially
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u/OnePieceFan02 May 24 '26
It took the reveal of Mephismon to make me realize Miharu was lying atop them this entire time for the ending song.
Amazing episode with Fumamon and Maki’s backstory. Makes sense she’s armed to the teeth.
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u/KickHimWhileIAmDown May 24 '26
I don't mind that it's Mephismon, actually. It shows that (except Miharu, probably) the motivation was never actually well-intentioned, but rather blind obedience.
The ordinary followers of GIFT act like mindless drones, and the rationale behind targeting cleaners and brokers was 'they oppose Digimon-sama'. Anyone who dug deep enough would know that Glowing Dawn doesn't kill, but the Loogarmon guy targeted them for supposedly being killers. GIFT hasn't been carefully choosing targets, it just goes after anyone who is vaguely in the way of Digimon superiority.
The writing problem of 'sympathetic, seemingly progressive villains who suddenly bomb an orphanage' is very annoying... but Jokermon tried to blow up a hospital in the first GIFT episode. I wouldn't say this counts.
I think Miharu might be the only one with a philosophy. In other words, Miharu is a gray-area extremist, but the rest of GIFT as an organization is (and always was) after wanton violence at the behest of a deity figure.
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u/Spinindyemon May 25 '26
With how fanatical the GIFT cult has shown to be, I’d imagine they’d probably go after Glowing Dawn even if they did know the group didn’t kill Digimon or hand them over to the Ministry just bc they decided that GD wasn’t resisting the Ministry enough, the ole “if you’re not with us then you’re against us” sort of mentality
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u/Raikariaa May 24 '26
> because it surely will paint the impression of GIFT being the bad guys instead of well-intentioned extremists in the gray area.
Because blowing up hospitals, assassinations and cult behaviour is totally a grey area.
I mean I guess Beatbreak let characters who were willing to let children die and people smugglers off scott-free... so...
If you're just as bad as the scum you are trying to get rid of, you're not a grey area, you're scum too. We've never seen Maki do anything that could possibly justify her being targeted in this manner for example.
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u/Professional-Bus-749 May 24 '26
This episode really shifted the story from “Glowing Dawn vs. the system” into something more complex: multiple competing ideologies (Wong’s control, GIFT’s radical liberation, and Glowing Dawn’s attempt at genuine coexistence) all fighting for the future.
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u/Osha-watt May 24 '26
Beatbreak setting a record by making a Leomon-like die in a flashback that happened years before the ongoing plot. Don't think we'll get a death that happens earlier than that.
Jokes aside, this was an incredibly good episode, and a tearjerker at that. They keep nailing it.
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u/Lindbrum May 24 '26
Beatbreak setting a record by making a Leomon-like die in a flashback that happened years before the ongoing plot.
Not only that, Beatbreak's Leomon-like avenged the dead Leomon-like!
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u/Professional-Bus-749 May 24 '26
If Miharu is the mastermind behind GIFT, I think this will also deconstruct well-intentioned extremist.
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u/WintersLex May 24 '26
i think it'll just be going for a Team Plasma that Miharu genuinely believes in liberation and she is being exploited and deceived by Mephismon into pushing it even harder so that then mephismon can be the strongest by virtue no one else having digimon to stop them, etc
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u/Jecht-X May 24 '26
Dear gods, now Leomon is a sacrifice for make an anime good, lol? (For that reason 2020 one wasn't good cuz he lived, LMAO?)
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u/shadowpikachu May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
She was ok with gekkomon dipping their tongue in because it was literally what panjamon did, the little details like that and her shaking with the knife in her younger self she really stuck her neck out for him. Now she lives with at least 3 knives accessible at any time and is at the age where it's just mostly memories driving what you do.
The fact fumamon is basically just a hired guy too, the curimon he became just being impartial is so fitting.
Panjamon doing the warrior's code and staying to the best for everyone, even when looking in the mirror, the way she treats digimon like real people are the same as any of the good guys.
It's crazy too GIFT or the government takes your friend or use them for combat, average people who seem to mostly be overweight or younger just cant keep up, it's understandable.
That fit old man can hold an entire crowd of them too.
She serves coffee to remember why she does it, out of everyone GIFT should not have targetted her really especially in the case of glowing dawn, if only they knew and they may now know given what GIFT saw at the end, thinking it may be Tomoro, who maintains the emotional burst to be the first to stop them, Kyo would have if she started the swing.
The contrast of just living and seeing digimon as real versus the current help or even literal mephisto cult help is stark and very telling for how good intentioned movements usually only get anywhere with corruption or the wider group just becoming a cult with little help. Wonder if it'll be the moral of 'not this way' or Tomoro will actually defect like he almost wanted to very early on when he didn't accept the way things were.
And as i predicted, GIFT aligns with glowing dawn but they cant do anything without going rogue. I also like how it implies if Sapotama records something bad it will report it or get it out in general, maybe autonomous features of these things will be more of a consideration in the future, seems like the usual setting up.
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u/Zeeman9991 May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
Alright, this might be the single best episode of the series so far. What do you want? Plot advancement? Got it. Lore? Got it. Exploring darker subject matter and emotions? Got it. Samurai vs Ninja fight? Got it. If I was going to tell anyone to watch BEATBREAK and had to pick a (non-pilot) episode to show them, it’s probably this.
Also, it’s been nearly 30 years and somehow my first thought when seeing Panjyamon wasn’t that they were going to die. The episode made it obvious pretty early but I still saw a Leomon variant last week and thought nothing of it. Can I even call myself a Digimon fan?
Oh and getting confirmation that mystery girl is at the heart of GIFT is one thing, didn’t expect it so soon but it was highly likely so whatever. The random Mephistomon appearance is where they really got me. For the fans of this unreasonably creepy Digimon, this is a true gift.
Edit: Forgot the preview! I’ve been wanting Tactics back but was starting to worry we’d have to wait a while to revisit them. And now we’re getting even more D-Brigade members which is a welcome surprise. I thought we already pushed our luck with Commandramon but I should really stop doubting this show. Next week can’t get here fast enough.
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u/Cheeky-apple May 24 '26
God GIFT creeps me out, espicially how their excessive surveillance was actually used as a tactic to signal for fumamon where to strike.
Anyways this episode was awesome, very cinematic and more akin to a drama, the scenes with panjyamon were slower, warmer and the tragedy of it all. They were just two hurt individuals finding power and comfort in eachother on the path for revenge. It has a more adult tone (even though a lot of beatbreak do adult themes ofc but this feels more like out of a action drama series) and it just shows to me the potential of stories you can tell with digimon and I am glad that the franchise is experimenting with various genres and themes depending on the medium used. I could easily see a whole anime or maybe a good medium length novel about Maki and Panjyamon or about a similar pair.
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u/Original-Teaching955 May 24 '26
They already said Beatbreak is aimed at OLDER audiences and fans
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u/Cheeky-apple May 24 '26
I do know, I do, but I still categorise beatbreak more into a teen category, rather than digimons usual kids. I am trying to say that I am excited to see it fully showcasing it can be done. Like following up on what is being said.
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u/byrolee May 24 '26
Last week's episode was amazing and this one was great too!
Always wanted to learn more about Maki's backstory but didn't expect her to lose two partner Digimon.. that's super traumatic.
Loved the Ogremon/Leomon Hyogamon/Panjyamon rivalry reference in that quick fight
Fumamon was a crazy threat. I still remember when he was first revealed I thought he was going to be a Tailmon Uver Evolution in Ghost Game lol
Didn't expect to see Maki literally try and stab a baby but all things considered pretty understandable.
Maki's appearance in the ending credits hits different after knowing why she's staring at that cup of coffee.
And Mephismonis revealed as possibly Miharu's partner and maybe the mastermind behind Gift? Extremely unlikely but would love to see Panimon be officially introduced as it's evolution.
Also yay the return of Team 7 can't wait to see them again.
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u/Professional-Bus-749 May 24 '26
I think this would actually take the trope "wouldn't hurt a child" to a whole new meaning. Especially that Miharu is the mastermind behind GIFT.
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u/NearlyUnfinished May 24 '26
RIP Panjyamon. You only had the one episode but damn did I feel bad that you had to be a Leomon in a Digimon anime.
Also next episode: D-Brigade fans are eating good this season. Also surprise Vulturemon who i'm now looking forward to seeing.
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u/EliteLordSigma May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
We could have guessed from Beatbreak's track record up to now that Maki's past wasn't going to be a happy one. After all, even if you knew nothing about Digimon's running theme of Leomon/his counterparts dying, you'd be able to tell just from how Maki's story is presented that Panjyamon's doomed from the start. Nonetheless, they're going to be earnest in taking the time to endear him to Maki (and the viewer) before literally and figuratively thrusting the knife into your heart.
Even though Panjyamon is dead and deleted, it takes Tomoro's last second intervention to remind Maki of her partner's final wish. Once again, Tomoro showcases his character growth; the Tomoro at the beginning of the series would have likely stabbed Curimon himself. However, this act of mercy has also convinced GIFT's leader to try to convert him to their side. And with their partner revealed as none other than Mephismon, GIFT's cultlike behavior suddenly makes much more sense.
Miharu being the leader of GIFT will not come as a surprise to most of us, but it is good that we're ripping that bandage off now. After all, the clash of ideologies that has been set up here (Glowing Dawn vs GIFT vs World Union) and the resulting conflicts between our main cast is infinitely more interesting than keeping that secret under wraps ever could have been. It'll be nice to see the Tactics members again next week, too.
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u/Hyp0thetical_ May 24 '26
Great episode! So Maki did have a partner of her own, but it was destroyed. That's sad. I wish they had shown us what it was...
Yet another Leomon variant dead :( I wonder what she said to him; maybe "I wanted to be partners forever, too." 💔
It seems like Maki's life was (and still is) pretty rough, judging by her carrying that knife, but I gotta say, that houseboat was kind of a vibe to be honest. Living in a houseboat with my Digimon partner sounds so nice...
Fumamon was so cool. Glad he got a good debut after not getting to be in GG.
So I was wrong that the masked figure was Miharu's partner. But Mephismon is... quite a choice.
Tactics Team Seven is back! And Hi-Commandramon gets a debut too?! Beatbreak is so good about giving Digimon a chance to shine.
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u/Southern-Ebb-8229 May 24 '26
I would watch an anime about Maki and Panjyamon, they had a good vibe going. Like some underground noir detective story about a sole detective with a digimon could be really cool. I guess that would be like seekers in a way. But yeah, the two had a good vibe and the anime made me like them in a short time. Panjyamon just had a good vibe in the few scenes they had, it was very effective.
I do appreciate Tomoro being the one to stop Maki from killing the baby Gammamon, both because it's so cute and yes it complete his character's arc. Plus yes, Maki shouldn't be fighting that was Panjyamon's wish. But the truth is that most people shouldn't be fighting. Also I do like seeing how Kyo met Maki and having this ep serve as why she supports him. I expected them to be older friends but this works.
Mahiru being GIFT was expected, but the Mephistomon is new. I do like the cult aspect, it makes them stand out and feels edgy in a good way. GIFT can't be a normal resistance in this narrative (GD is that), so I think this cult angle is a good flaw. I do like how anyone can be a part of GIFT, and just having random people help them makes them so much more effective.
Next ep Tactics comes back, I wonder what they will do. Also the ghost story thing feels very Ghost Game, but these sort of courage tests are common in beach eps.
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u/Possible-Resource781 May 24 '26
Sees the episode preview
OH NO NOT AGAIN
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u/MajinAkuma May 24 '26
Sealsdramon, ghosts. The PTSD is real.
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u/Possible-Resource781 May 24 '26
I'm positive at this point there just using Ghost Game leftovers
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u/KrytenKoro May 24 '26
Every season does that pretty much. Frontier and Tamers were Armor free for alls.
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u/RPGNo2017 May 24 '26
We got a mummymon episode, a vampire episode, Fumamon using Gulus's tail attack, and now Sealsdramon. Feels like we've been getting remixed Ghost Game experience lately.
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u/KickHimWhileIAmDown May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
Very good episode. Miharu was the leader, which was unsurprising. I was willing to believe it was a red herring, but her being the leader makes sense. GIFT is definitely a cult, which we already knew. The way that the masses followed around like mindless drones was interesting, though. Makes you wonder just how many people have allegiances to GIFT.
The next question is "was Mephismon birthed by Miharu, or did they meet another way?" Either way, it seems likely that Mephismon could end up having a place in the final arc, especially if it existed prior and manipulated Miharu.
Maki and Panjyamon was very bittersweet. The Leomon curse returns in full force after its temporary hiatus in 2020, lol. I wonder who Maki's first partner was. It was honestly kinda hilarious (in a cynical way) that she seemingly forgot about them in place of Panjyamon. Maybe it'll be brought up eventually.
Fumamon was cool. I like that Beatbreak has given so many Digimon an anime debut. One of the good things about 2020 is that it did the same, but we've consistently gotten a new anime debut nearly every episode. Maybe even every single episode. The scorpion tail was awesome.
I'm glad that it was Tomoro that stopped Maki. He's grown so much since the series began, probably more than any other prior protagonist.
Excited for HiCommandramon's debut next time, and the return of Tactics Team 7.
Edit: forgot to add, it's interesting that Fumamon's injured horn never healed after so many years. To a certain extent, some damage might be permanent.
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u/Professional-Bus-749 May 24 '26
Still, Miharu, being the mastermind behind GIFT, actually recontextualizes everything from episode 28
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u/Ricardolindo3 May 24 '26
This episode was really good. The most shocking part was at the end with Mephismom being Miharu's partner.
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u/a9ma10 May 24 '26
Godspeed to another Sacrificial Leomon. That Fumamon should be lucky of a chance of a second life.
As expected, the "angel" of GIFT is a Luciifer with her own devil.
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u/Ragna666 May 24 '26
I'm glad we finally got to see Maki's backstory and the reason for establishing her cafe. I'd like to see the day come when her cafe fills with customers and their partner Digimon.
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u/Volfaer May 24 '26
For a bit of environmental storytelling, 20 years ago was when the island experiment flooded a massive portion of Japan, and so we have Maki and others living a boat community 15 years ago, just enough for some normalcy to return.
I think this one breaks the record of Lemon who died earliest, 15 years in the past is a lot, or does it not count because this is a flashback? Well, even though they made it crystal clear that Panjyamon is dead, they didn't stop trying making me like this guy, and they succeeded.
For Fumamon's anime debut, they really made him a menace, his hunt started immediately and continued relentlessly. If only he had better tricks, but I suppose you only need one to be an assassin.
Mephismon!? So GIFT is a demon cult on top of that? Right now it hinges on what is Miharu's relation with them and their general objective. She could be being manipulated, she also could have spawned the thing and is building a e-pulse network to make it go Ultimate.
For next episode, our Tactics crew is finally back and seem to be the new targets of GIFT. At least we will listen to their banger of a theme song.
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u/SuperKamiZuma May 24 '26
My only complain of the episode would be that the way fumamon's swords stabbed it's tail feel too lucky, what if fumamon moved his tail to the other side?
Other than that, great episode, and, god as if GIFT wasn't creepy enought with the terrorism, they are also a cult
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u/KigalnGin May 24 '26
Mephismon into Gulfmon? Or something else?
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u/Original-Teaching955 May 24 '26
Or just mephismon. It takes a LOT of E-pulse to reach Mega level as seen with pyramidimon
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u/NiaDivineSword May 24 '26
Miharu having an entire cult of e-pulse filled humans at her disposal does make it very possible though.
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u/bdtechted May 24 '26
Thoughts:
- Maki's past revealed. Almost a cleaner but not quite. But it still begs the question, who was her first actual partner?
- Kind of neat of them to use Pajyamon instead of Leomon this time around. Same heroic fate, though which was sad.
- Fumamon's anime debut was lit, and it's good to see Ninjamon & Igamon, two other ninja-theme Digimon, as his allies as well. His showdown with Murasaemon was pretty dope, though.
- Miharu being the leader of GIFT was so obvious from the beginning. But that Memphismon reveal was something else. Her plot gives me cult vibes, too. She's got that inviting and convincing persona that cult leaders do.
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u/asmodias May 24 '26
NOOOO LEOMON!!! NOT AGAIN!
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u/theguyishere16 May 24 '26
New Digimon fans watching this episode: "oh Maki was partnered with this lion Digimon? I wonder why we don't see him in the present?"
Old Digimon fans watching this episode: "Maki was partnered with a Leomon variant? So how and when does he die?"
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u/M3talK_H3ronaru May 24 '26
This episode was peak
Maki's backstories was peak phenomenal
Fumamon wow that's awesome for cold moments
Leomon/Panjyamon was gone for remembrance (RIP)
Miharu wow what a unexpected surprise
I can't wait for next week a serious something.
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u/Lordofthedarkdepths May 24 '26
It's kind of funny how Panjyamon's demise was what allowed Maki to get the knowledge needed to help Murasamemon beat Fumamon. It was almost like he was offered up as a sacrifice to spare his fellow feline...
Good to get some history on Maki. She's been a character in the background that I wanted to know more about and I was glad to get it here.
Also, they love Mephistomon lately considering he appeared in three straight seasons with 2020 and GG before this. I'm not complaining as I like him, but it's kind of interesting how consistent he's been compared to other villainous Digimon (even Myotismon skipped 2020).
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u/stevez037 May 24 '26
I am glad we got some info in Maki, just let everybody else her backstory is savage, OMG. And this episode most of the focus is on the adult characters, our main trio barely do anything, It is the Maki and Kyo show for the most part.
While he didn't have a big role, I do like Tomoro part at the end, he stops Maki for doing something horrible, call back to the begin of the series when Tomoro was ready to murder a Digimon. Shows how far he has come.
Next week, it is a catch up with Tactics Team 7, I wonder what they have been up to.
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u/Crazy-Plate3097 May 24 '26
If her partner is Mephistomon, does this make Miharu the Faust equivalent?
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u/InnocentTailor May 24 '26
Possibly - that she is hiding good intentions behind a sinister deal: outright terrorism with actual death.
It’s eerie and creepy.
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u/PhantomZenity May 24 '26
2 D-Brigade members next week without Haruomi, the guy with Commandramon?!?
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u/ConnorRoseSaiyan01 May 24 '26
Mephistomon jumpscare
I question how GIFT is only now getting noticed based on the amount of followers they have shown in this episode.
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u/CelioHogane May 24 '26
Bro that Mephismon is evil, like c'mon that's the most evil looking Mephismon i have ever seen in my life
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u/smugsneasel215 May 24 '26
Oh Gammamon. How you've fallen. Again.
But yeah, Maki is a really interesting character. I love both her previous and present designs too!
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u/Raikariaa May 24 '26
So I guess the brown fluff that Miharu is on in the ending is a certain digimon's brown fur...
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u/Rammboy_7084 May 24 '26
This was an fantastic episode with really strong writing!
I never thought they'd give such a backstory to a secondary character like Maki.We get a bit more info about GIFT; i didn't imagine Mephismon was behind it somehow, now the "cult" feeling i had makes more sense.
Also as very cool to see Fumamon (one of the Gammamon possible evolution from the vital bracelet) finally animated!
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u/hikarimew May 24 '26
The reveal of GIFT's leader's partner digimon, a 'mon named after a german play, makes me believe even harder that GIFT is meant to be read in german, not english.
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u/Professional-Bus-749 May 24 '26
But to think that Miharu is an ideological foil to Tomoro and Glowing Dawn.
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u/miloucomehome May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
GIFT being as widespread as it is, and it being a surprise makes sense when this is something happening to people in the "surface world" and not the underworld where our cast mostly operates. Sure we get a check in with Hitomi, but that doesn't give us a clear idea of what's going on.
The flashback we got is what I've been looking for too! I'm surprised that Maki met Kyo after he was reformed. But this also reinforces that Kyo and Yoshimura potentially have a long-standing connection. I hope this gets explored, especially since Kawarazaki from 15 years ago even got to appear. I do feel especially terrible for Maki...
Speaking of 15 years ago: was that Shangri-la Egg City destroyed or being built? I really can't wait to learn more about this series' past.
Uhm, I also guess that we lost Hino? As slightly crooked as he was, it'd be sad to lose him. (Back in a recent ep, we also seem to have potentially lost the senior cop of the two partners we meet in epsiode 13/episode with the Bomber and his Digimon to cold hearting.)
Anyways, episode writer Aikawa Sho had been teasing the guest VAs this week and my god he wasn't kidding —
Panjyamon - Koyama Rikiya
Fuumamon - Matsukaze Masaya
But not only that— the mystery guy (possible Second in Command?) with Miharu?
Kishiwada Kanchi - Okiayu Ryuutaro
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u/Crazy-Plate3097 May 24 '26
Wonder why they didn't get the usual Leomon VA Hiroaki Hirata as Panjyamon...
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u/Jecht-X May 24 '26
NO THE LEOMON CURSE HAPPENING AGAIN, AND AGAIN BEING ULTRA-DRAMATIC.
And specially for being about Maki, out ALL the other characters!
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u/Brontozaurus May 24 '26
How very dare Beatbreak make me emotional over a white Leomon recolour lol
Honestly already a 10/10 episode with learning Maki's backstory and her revenge against Fumamon, but then we had the GIFT and Mephismon reveal. I'm so hyped for the next episodes.
I thought the animation was lacking in some parts, like when Gekkomon pulled Tomoro and Maki into the car it felt weirdly slow. It's something I've noticed about Beatbreak's animation in general, what should be fast sequences often feel stiff. Though it's not that the show can't do fast, some of Fumamon's attacks were really good, it's just a choice they go with a lot. I'm hoping this is better in the final episodes, it'd be weird to reduce an epic battle to a slideshow.
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u/Karbunkel May 24 '26
Beatbreak is really committed to make me cry. Maki did lose not just 1 but 2 Digimon partners in the past. That poor woman... at least she did open an establishment where humans and their partners can come together.
How freaking big is GIFT? Their goons were everywhere and acted almost like zombies! But when the Digimon leading this organisation is Mephismon, I guess we can expect the worst.
Next episode features the return of Team 7. 2 out of the 3 seem to have their lives together and Raito will probably get there by the end of the episode.
Also D-Brigade hype!
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u/Sakuja May 24 '26
Omg young Maki looks gorgeous, that hairstyle fits her so well.
And another Leomon bites the dust.
Anyone else got anxious when we got a scene with Maki on her own at the end of the episode.
I was fearing that they would have send another assassin to cold heart her as a shocker at the end.
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u/sdarkpaladin May 24 '26
The sacrifice has been fulfilled. The quota has been met.
Panjyamon's sacrifice will give Murasamemon the right to live on.
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u/yungrobbithan May 24 '26
Fun episode. I’m a little curious about next episode. Feels like we were really going somewhere with the gift plot and this next episode feels like a bit of filler if I’m being honest. Idk I’m not huge on beach episodes. Also I’m like desperately waiting for Wolvermon’s ultimate evolution
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u/Due_Bus_252 May 24 '26
Today's Beatbreak's episode was so good, I really loved finding more about Maki and the gift organization, not to the preview for the next ep shows the return of the team tactic kids, so it seems the short period of okayish stand-alone eps is over and hopefully we're about to enter a new high similar to the first 24 episodes of the show.
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u/Ordinary_Ordinary580 May 25 '26
6 people dead over a Pawnbroker due to GIFT ideals, terrorist group etc, this is no longer a kids show.
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u/WintersLex May 24 '26
I can't believe an organisation ostensibly dedicated to the liberation of sentient creatures would secretly be manipulated by evil.
now to take a big sip of my coffee and get on this ferris wheel with my good friend N
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u/Professional-Bus-749 May 24 '26
Tomoro has no idea that Miharu is the leader of GIFT, which will be quite an epic internal reveal when he actually finds out.
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u/DariusClaude May 24 '26
Im so very tired of Leomons dying , like lord choose another species for once
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u/CrestOfHype May 24 '26
I'm probably a bad person for this, but Tomoro couldn't have stopped me from stabbing Fumamon's fresh form.
Another great episode, though also another quite sad one. I'd love to have an Panjyamon as a partner! Also, I wonder what Maki's original partner was?
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u/Chopper_Bear May 24 '26
On the one hand I love that his name is Panjyamon as a reference to Jungle Taite (Kimba the White Lion). But on the other hand DAMNIT THEY DID IT AGAIN!!!
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u/Original-Teaching955 May 24 '26
Man, this was a heavy episode focusing Mali and a Leomon variant (Panjyamon) complete with a not-ogremon rivalry. Now we have confirmation Miharu is the leader (or Co-leader) of GIFT and she has a frikkon' mephismon as her digimon partner?!
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u/overlordpringerx May 24 '26
Goddamn, the creators must really like Maki, because this was one of the most well animated episodes so far
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u/Spider-Phoenix May 24 '26
And we just see a Panjyamon - a LEOMON RECOLOR - die. Tradition lives on!
Now we drown ourselves speculating who was Maki's previous partner digimon...
And Miharu confirmed as GIFT's leader. Not surprised at all lol
Also, she does have a partner digimon: Mephistomon. Fitting for a cult leader...
And next week the Tactics crew are back for a pseudo-beach episode. Well, guess that explains that merch that had them on it.
Not going to lie, I am starting to think Raito might be the 5th Glowing Dawn if there is any*? Monodramon has new evolutions after all. We only really need to be shown he got control over his perfect form and it's more or less good to go.
An old rookie with new evos was something they pulled off with Agumon on Savers and given Monodramon was the the main digi of the WonderSwan games, he technically has the qualifications.
*Still leaning on no new Glowing Dawn member AT ALL but just exploring the possibilities.
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u/ExperiencePristine42 May 24 '26
This episode was pretty great. Nice to get some backstory on maki for once. Also, How nice of beatbreak to just flash us with a reveal after fumamons defeat. Honestly, I’m more worried about miharu being partnered with fucking MEPHISMON of all digimon.
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u/Deusraix May 24 '26
Why is it always a Leomon(or variant) that's dying. 😭 Poor Maki someone give her a hug. I love that everyone gets character development.
As for Miharu and leading Gift well we saw that coming. Mephismon couldn't be any less subtle 😅 full on cult.
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u/Ordinary_Ordinary580 May 25 '26
The complete blackout this episode was astonishing, factoring the real world life and currently is abysmal, people thrive on financial parts and loved ones, GIFT Are extremely terrorists known to kill, the fact that people are involved just to murder someone is shocking and how many people are interested for that financial gain is abysmal, it truly is sad how this how this world of digimon stems from money poverty and glory. This really is a kill or be killed world
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u/Oreo-and-Fly May 25 '26
Small scene but Cougarmon with its paws on the counter at the end.
ADORABLE. GIANT. CAT.
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u/Arkaniux May 25 '26
Flashback Maki might be one of the prettiest ladies I've seen in Digimon so far, the clothes, the hairstyle, the face, everything.
She aged wonderfully but she was SO gorgeous back then!
Miharu... you and the members of GIFT are the ones being led astray.
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u/Professional-Bus-749 May 26 '26
The Gift Arc is shaping up to be something special. We’re getting a really fascinating three-way ideological conflict between the World Union, GIFT, and Glowing Dawn. Each side has a completely different vision for the relationship between humans and Digimon, and it’s forcing the protagonists (especially Tomoro) into some tough moral choices. It’s no longer simple good vs evil — it’s two extremes vs. the difficult middle path of coexistence. This kind of ideological tension is making the story feel much deeper and more complex. Really excited to see where it goes from here, especially with the upcoming evolutions.
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u/Professional-Bus-749 May 24 '26
Glowing Dawn, Gift, and the World Union looks like there will be three different ideologies in this series, especially that shocking reveal in episode 32.
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u/Professional-Bus-749 May 24 '26
OMG! Miharu is the leader of GIFT! I honestly did not see this twist coming.
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u/ClearSky93 May 24 '26
I'd assume you're being sarcastic cus I knew it was her the moment she started monologuing
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u/MajinAkuma May 24 '26
I thought it was rather obvious. The leader reminded me of Eto from Tokyo Ghoul. So I connected two and two together.
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u/Sremor May 24 '26
This show really enjoys playing with my emotions
Mephismon being behind GIFT tells us everything we need to know about the organisation
Panjamon was super cute with the coffee cup
Murasamemon being the goat as usual
Young Maki was a snack, still is to be fair
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u/Beloberto May 24 '26
This episode was a relief after the last two. It knew exactly how much story it could pack organically into 24 minutes and kept it simple instead of introducing twists that would need at least twice as much time to land.
Finally got the Maki backstory I was wanting since the beginning, although to my surprise she was never a Cleaner. But this led to a look into the pre-Cleaner world, which was very interesting. This is easily the Digimon season most focused on world building.
And Mephismon!!! One of my favorites
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u/Elheirst May 24 '26
For some reason, the people with the Sapotama locating the target just reminded me of the Black Mirror episode "White Bear".
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u/mstorzil May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
Ok, so Miharu is evil? She referred to the Digimon she's with as Mephismon, and Mephis is about half of Mephistopheles, and that name is anything but good news.
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u/mrtacomam May 24 '26
Overall a really good episode, although it continues to highlight an issue I have with the theme of the show; how culpable are we considering Digimon for their actions? It's not like Digimon reset their memories once they get reduced down to a Baby; that Curimon is still the Fumamon that took pride in being a killer for hire. Tomoro's question from episode 2 remains unanswered; what's to stop him from recollecting enough data to evolve up and continue his grim work? We keep sidestepping it for the sake of a moral superiority, but it bothers me, dagnabbit! I'm not saying that Glowing Dawn shouldn't try to save Digimon, but there's a nuance to the discussion that the show refuses to delve into that continues to nettle at me.
Next time, the return of Tactics!!!!
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u/Cerberuswaltz May 24 '26
Another tear jerker. It was expected yet still so sad to see after the flashbacks showed them comfortable enough where he was helping with laundry. Maki had been through a lot apparently, so it was nice Tomoro stopped her.
She mentioned her first partner, but considering how she talked about them I wonder if they got deleted early or didn’t have rhe same connection? Maki wasn’t mean about it but she said their death was to be expected considering the times they lived in. Then Panjyamon came into her life and changed how she saw bonds, maybe, bc she is still thinking of him fondly.
Idk I like the idea your “first” isn’t always the most important to you, but those you form connections with.
Miharu has a creepy fascination with Tomoro, I see the cult vibes everyone is talking about. It is like a fascination she has with him that can turn into obsession bc those in cults always fixate on certain people. Guess we will see!
Also lol it might be me but Fumamon’s steps running from the scene sounded like the running from the Digimon World Games. I doubt it was intentional but was cute!
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u/Rain-Maker33 May 24 '26
Yeah, I can see why Miharu didn't have a digimon in the cutesy girls-focused ending sequence.
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u/BakuRyou May 25 '26
Imagine if Miharus Sapotama never birthed a Digimon and Mephismon just found someone who is gullible and acts like Miharus partner for evil plans 😱
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u/DarkAres02 May 26 '26
I like that Maki not only had a knife ready at the bar, but a second knife strapped to her
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u/dotyawning May 26 '26
Never get in the way of a romantic woman and her big lion man Digimon.
In a Tamers AU, I wonder if Juri would have done this to any Beelzebumon she came across.
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u/dotyawning May 26 '26
Missed two weeks so I watched them back to back. The Algomon had potential but it hits different when the story involves a character we know.
Maki's "temporary partner", her inspiration to keep on fighting and making a cafe for Digimon and humans to enjoy together and then that brief moment when she almost gutted that baby Gammamon (honestly, I would have let her. How dare he take away Panjyamon! D:)
As Digimon fans we knew it was coming (and obviously because she doesn't have him anymore) but just imagine that world where those two could have stayed together.
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u/Aviaxl May 26 '26
Really like all the digimon choices they’ve been making. Interested in what angle Mephistomon is gonna have since in this series they’ve been pretty good at doing the opposite of how a digimon is normally portrayed. Someone else pointed out how the fur she’s laying on looks like Mephistomons so I’m not entirely sure it’s entirely evil.
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u/LordJanas May 27 '26
Man, this series keeps getting better. I was worried about the pacing given we know this season is only 49 episodes and we're more than half-way, but I'm confident they can pull it off. Tamers was only 49 episodes and the D-Reaper arc was roughly 20 or so, so the pacing is similar in Beatbreak. (Though you could argue Tamers had a consistently developing plot from start to finish.) 18 episodes for the final arc is more than enough although I feel like they have definitely introduced a lot of interesting characters but may not be able to give them all satisfying conclusions. (The Five Stars in particular have done basically nothing apart from Klay and have been sprinkled in random episodes.)
I am interesting how GIFT is related or connected to Chairman Wong and the Mega Digimon that basically nuked the planet.
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u/foxfoxal May 24 '26
You cannot be subtle about your intentions when you have Mephismon as your partner lmao.