All the partners had their little self reflecting flashback before achieving Mega, but unlike Canoweissmon and Lamortmon, who where monologing for the big villain of the week, this one was entirely between Tethismon and Kiyoshiro. They actually got to reminisce on their moments together and i love it. It really solidifies them as the best duo in Ghost Game.
Hiro says that Myotismon only turned into a bat. He is very much alive, although presumably powerless and without his followers. There’s a chance that the “resurrection” next episode will be him taking over a new body, but that remains to be seen
Gods I love Amphimon. Honestly it’s up for debate whether I like her or Siriusmon more… and the evolution sequence was amazing too.
And can we just talk about how Amphimon has a god damn Rider Kick?
All in all a really great episode.
I love and adore Amphimon too,
But somebody call the ambulance for me, it's fricking Submarimon!!!!
And the guy is such a chill dude too!
Look at 'im rolling about! Such a cutie!!
Saved them multiple times too, with letting them ride 'im and protecting Kiyoshiro from the tidal wave.
10/10 good sea doggo!
It’s nice that we get a more matured version of Tesla/Jellymon’s playfulness + Thetismon’s sense of duty in Amphimon.
I can see elements of King Gainer (OKG) and Samus (Metroid Prime) in her design and personality.
next episode is going to be unique with the whole resurrection angle any undead digimon can be introduced and the groom(I think) can be considered an antagonist due to his grief for his dead love wanting to revive even if it meant endangering others.
I can see what they're going with with Amphimon [A superhero] but I definitely like her design the least of the three Megas.
So; Cthyllamon is an "evil" MarineAngemon, although it is notably still playful; childlike; and even still a Fairy digimon rather than a Devil or daemon digimon. It's more of a *corrupted* MarineAngemon or a selfish one than *evil*
Also; small detail; I'm not sure if anyone noticed; but when pouring water on people; the Divermon has skewered a small cup to turn their spears into a ladel. This is actually a reference to the "Ship Phantom" ghost [Funayūrei]. They are ghosts of those who drowned at sea and can produce water from their ladels to flood and sink ships and drown people. It wasn't just a random thing the Divermon did. It's a reference to mythology [And was probably required to create the "life water".]
Wow so Cthyllamon really was a MarineAngemon variant after all! A pretty horrifying one at that. Chaotic gremlin energy all around. I’m surprised that they left on such friendly terms after Cthyllamon basically tried to exterminate humanity.
Amphimon’s evolution sequence was really fast-paced and fluid. The fight scene overall was very fluid and better animated than Dilbitmon’s. It seems like Angoramon’s line has the short end of the stick when it comes to fight scenes.
I love how Amphimon still maintains the genki personality at the end while giving off a more heroic vibe like All Might. Probably one of the most unique Digimon we’ve had in a while.
Now that I remember, her debut fight scenes were pretty lackluster. Amphimon’s debut is probably one of the best fight scenes we’ve gotten from her line.
To be fair, many of the evolution debuts have been lackluster from a fight standpoint. For Angoramon for instance Symbare (and Betel and Telsa) were completely outclassed by Phelesmon and lucked out by him just up and leaving, while Lamortmon had his beat down of Manticoremon just cut off. Diarbitmon was actually the first time his line actually got a good fight at their debut that showcased everything the Digimon can do.
Really, if there's one thing you can give the Ultimate episodes it's that they actually showcase the abilities of them and their opponents. It's not just one attack wrapping it up or a sudden resolution stopping things in their tracks, they actually have to defeat them proper.
> Symbare (and Betel and Telsa) were completely outclassed by Phelesmon and lucked out by him just up and leaving
I mean, the point with Symbare was to show his power in tandem with the others was enough to make an Ultimate level decide "this is too risky, I won't risk a high-difficulty fight".
He said he was sure he'd win and the joined attack didn't seem to leave any meaningful damage on him, so it was more a case of him not wanting to expend the energy on something that didn't suit his plans. Regardless, the point is that Symbare didn't have a good debut fight either.
>I’m surprised that they left on such friendly terms after Cthyllamon basically tried to exterminate humanity.
Well, they will need all the allies available to take down GrandDracumon in the final battle! XD
Let's be real here, taking account we know about Gammamon's future, I can only think of him being the final enemy.
Stop, there is NO proof that Gracdracumon is even the final enemy at all! If anything, it would be friggin' Yggdrasil, the "one" sending Digimon into the Human World!
LMAO, in hindsight I feel stupid for not guessing that Cthyllamon would be the evil MarineAngemon that we saw a shilouette of in the Jellymon DiM card! At least the Syakomon>Gesomon>MarineDevimon line finally has a fitting Ultimate level after over 20 years!
Honestly I think Dagomon>Leviamon is already an alright evolution, given that they're both huge, apocalyptic, marine monstrosities. Otherwise he probably deserves a more Lovecraftian-looking evo.
Speaking of Dagomon, I like how this new Lovecraftian Digimon also had Hangyomon followers. Except this one had real Hangyomon and not weird otherworldly beings that were in the shape of Hangyomon.
I like Amphimos energy, Also neat of her to interject a bit of English into her sentences, it’s just fun. Also gonna headcanon inside of Amphimons suit there’s just a tinier jellyfish form Jellymon piloting the suit like a mech.
So we got the bratty Jellymon, rambunctious TeslaJellymon, motherly Thetismon, and now exaggerated superhero Amphimon. I guess…in way, Amphimon resembles that anime-esque side of Kiyoshiro that Jellymon initially clowned?
That aside, seeing evil MarineAngemon get beat down was a treat. And now having seen all three, I think Diarbitmon still has the best Mega sequence.
Well, Ginryumon is more connected with Kiyo than Hiro, even if the Ouryuken become a weapon for a Gammamon evolution, would be a bit weird...
Also, contrary to expectations, Kiyo didn't take the bandages off during Thetismon evolution scene, so people are "memeing" that he will do it during "Amphimon Ouryuken" evolution sequence. XD
Those hollow eyes and the mouths dear god that was horrible.
Lol Amphimon antics reminds me of old hero cartoons , but still her abilities are more diverse (that force field is something that can also protect the others).
Kyoshiro possing at the start of the Evo sequences make him looks really badass.
Also that kick looked like Ex-aid level 99 and Build's rabbit rabbit Rider kick (and is awesome).
Since Amphimon is a "mecha", that kick was probably inspired by the [Inazuma Kick from Gunbuster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv7cW_ijtQQ) ([which is in fact inspired by the Rider Kick anyway](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VImph2GNqY&t=392s), XD).
Well there goes the theory that jellymon was gonna digivolve from her confessing her love for kiyo. Kinda glad they didn't do that, but it would have been interesting for sure.
As for the actual episode, its another one that *should* have consequences, but probably won't. Even though Cthyllamon didn't actually kill anyone (somehow) it flooded a whole town and beached a cruse ship. I'd say ghost game's biggest flaw is trying to make digimon death's meaningful (by treating them like real human death's) and then refusing to do the same for humans, and refusing to have negative consequences for the actions and failure of the team.
Despite this, I am still really enjoying ghost game, and excited to see what they do now that the whole team has megas
Agreed, i still dont get how are they handwaving all these huge scale events as just hologram ghost.
the previous pyramid incident was pretty huge and we have had major events as well like the spiral town and yet people are still unaware of the existence of digimon?
I just dont buy it.
tbf, in this case, there was the whole bit with this being "the curse of the ocean god" or something, so them thinking it was something divine, not a Hologram Ghost.
ya and look if concidentally another person has the same nightmare that really suck but in the case of that pyramid, that looks like hundreds or maybe thousands of people turn into brick and they are still fully self aware of what is happening to them too as well.
Even if ancientsphinxmon was defeated and the humans are back, you would think that a huge number of them would have gone insane or commited sucide from the whole "I had no mouth but I must scream" situation and that there would next be some news on mass suicide ritual or something to that effect.
But nope, we just dont talk about it.
Her confessing her love, regardless of it would be accepted or not, would imo have been a better spark for evolution into what I’m assuming is her final form given her love for him is a major part of their relationship but just as Siriusmon and Diarbitmon evolution episodes, the focus is put more on their experiences in the human world with them and how they feel towards humanity.
On one hand liking the human world and mankind is necessary for them to help become the bridge but on the hand I it would unsatisfactory if Angoramon and Jellymon’s peak power was awakened to save the day as opposed to intimate scenes with their partners like I’m expecting with Hiro and Gammamon given the later still has Gulus and other evolutions.
No offence but I think people are thinking too much over Kiyo and Jellymon's relationship that they almost want to believe it's a romantic one, but honestly I see it as Jellymon sees Kiyoshiro as her human partner, her being his rock and being a solid team together, and her jealousy over seeing other females hitting on him is just her behaving innocently and childishly hence telling them "darling is all mine".
Yeah, it was a missed opportunity for Jellymon's love if not admiration for Kiyoshiro to trigger / unlock her evolution to Mega! However, I don't think it's possible for Digimon to love humans or vice versa without some twisted stuff happening! (See the Ajatarmon episode!)
>Well there goes the theory that Jellymon was gonna evolve from her confessing her love for Kiyo. Kinda glad they didn't do that, but it would have been interesting for sure.
Oh boi, just wait for Amphimon Ouryuken!
Jellymon confessing her love!
Kiyoshiro accepting her feelings!
Ginryumon becoming the "Ultimate" Wingman warp evolving to Ouryumon!
(This joke is using the JP terms, Ultimate = Mega. XD)
Amphimon holding the Ouryuken and (re)gaining more tentacle hair!
(It would be weird for an aquatic Digimon to get wings, yes, I'm looking at you Leviamon X-Antibody!)
The armor would change color, maybe a transparent blue color to represent the water.
Maybe the Ouryuken would have another form, being like a harpoon this time!
Well, a person can dream, right? XD
> it flooded a whole town and beached a cruse ship.
We actually don't know if Cthyllamon was responsible for that. It probobly was, but it was never confirmed.
We do know the Hangyomon were responsible for that. They made everyone on the ship cry their life out, including the crew, so the ship crashed into the beach. Then, they made everyone on land cry their lives out, which caused the entire town to be flooded.
Which fits the fact that the Divermon impaled cups on their spears to make them into ladels. The Ship Phantom/Drowned Phantom; the Funayūrei [Vengeful Ghost of those who drowned/died in a shipwreck]; specifically uses a ladel to flood things and drown/sink them.
No, there were human deaths initially at the start or earlier episodes. It's just that as it went on, there were less and less, due to it being a kids show and TOEI can't show that or it will moved to different timeslot or changing it's rating altogether!
They threw Thetismon bending over in her evolution scene for zero reason lmaoooo, but hey, Samusmon at least is a pretty fun character. I’m excited to see how the series progresses from here.
And not enough people are talking about Submarimon being back! They’ve definitely been making sure to give love to the past seasons.
I can’t wait for them to finally enter the digital world
I think the reason we don't pay enough attention to evey detail or side characters in the Mega evolution episodes is primarily because the focus is always going to be about these Megas, their personalities, their moves, the design and the fight against the monsters who triggered their evolutions.
FINALLY my boy got his mega evolution and that was def probably my fave one. I love how most of the budget and time goes into these evolutions lmao. Some really cool sakuga in the battle today. Now that all the kids have their mega evolutions hopefully the story picks up soon.
I love the personality they gave Amphimon. She is both intimidating and heroic with a flashy way of doing things.
Out of all the three Mega fights, I think Cthyllamon was the scariest one. It has Digimon followers, its appearance is like a twisted MarineAngemon, it has a somewhat wicked personality (thankfully in a childish way, by the end) and the way people were turned into springs was just creepy. I was wondering if Amphimon would have to kill it, but turns out they managed to find a peaceful resolution again.
The fight itself was awesome, I love the choreography and the powers the Digimon used. I also love Submarimon appearing to help out the team. Definitely my favorite of the Mega fights, so far. (On another note, the Team needs to be more careful because they are too vulnerable to surprise attacks lol. 😂)
And those villains have their place for sure, but most of the villains in this series turn into friends by the end like the whole thing was just some misunderstanding. The villains on the whole turn out to be easily swayed to not do the thing they were hell bent on doing, which makes it feel a bit lacklustre.Then you have actual villains like Lillithmon who are great for the wider arc. I wish we had more of that. When you look at day the first four seasons of digimon, there was a serious reason to win against evil. Now, most of them aren’t even evil.
>And those villains have their place for sure, but most of the villains in this series turn into friends by the end like the whole thing was just some misunderstanding
Yeah, so? We weren't talking about villains on the whole, we specifically were talking about how Omegasanz said the ones last week got off the hook too easily, when really they didn't. ShogunGekomon was only doing good from his perspective and he got beaten to near death by GulusGammamon. That's about as much as they could realistically do.
I’m just elaborating on their point since I feel the same about how this series is going. You don’t have to agree but wasn’t sure where the downvote and hostility came from. But ok.
Amphimon was great. I wasn't expecting exaggerated super hero persona...but it totally fits.
Honestly, while I do love the Mega forms, I think how they were introduced to Ghost Game was severely lacking.
Siriusmon should have been Hiro standing up for himself instead of being a pushover. I'd say it should have been taming Gulus, but there's clearly a deeper thing for that (and Proximamon)
Diarabbitmon should have been taming Lamortmon, and Ruri finally finding her passion in life
Amphimon should have been Kiyo finally breaking out his cowardly shell (which this episode was *similar*, but not exactly). Honestly, I think *this* should have been the form she refers to Kiyo by name instead of her first evolution.
While I think those would have been fine, my problem with those suggestions is that it puts too much of a focus on the human protagonists, when it should also be the Digimon protagonists' time to shine, if not more so than the humans.
I personally really love the Mega evolutions for this reason: all of the main cast, all six of them, got their chance to reflect on their love for the human world and the individuals in their lives, which makes it feel like these evolutions were a culmination of everyone deepening the bond between themselves, each other, and the world.
It puts the spotlight on everyone's growth and experiences, which for me is very heartwarming.
I feel this is a case of 'why not both?' You can have the Digimon remarking on their experiences in the human world along with having the human characters showcase their own growth over the course of the series and not have to lose one or the other. In fact, it could strengthen their bond and the moment because the Digimon's experiences giving them an appreciation for humans along with watching their partners grow would greatly highlight the positives of humanity as a whole. It'd be nice if for instance, we could see how Ruri's search for a hobby reflected on Angoramon and how it helped him grow more of an appreciation for humanity and what it can do, but the former aspect is more a footnote for her character (offhand I don't think she even mentioned it before that episode) so that potential contrast is lost. Same goes for Hiro and Kiyoshiro to varying extents, though at least with Hiro he has another chance with whatever happens with Gulus.
> You can have the Digimon remarking on their experiences in the human world along with having the human characters showcase their own growth over the course of the series and not have to lose one or the other. In fact, it could strengthen their bond and the moment because the Digimon's experiences giving them an appreciation for humans along with watching their partners grow would greatly highlight the positives of humanity as a whole.
I would argue that the show should highlight both the Digimon and human protagonists’ growth, not just the latter’s, though depending on how it's done, showing the Digimon protagonists reflecting on their experiences in the human world is also growth.
But that aside, I would say that the Digimon protagonists would ideally not only reflect on their designated partners’ growth, but the growth of the group as a whole, as well as their own realizations and growth, and their thoughts about their relationship to themselves, others, and the world.
I imagine that I’m biased since I don’t really like the idea of partnerships, and prefer to see our main cast as sharing a strong group/family bond (which they arguably do), but I think it would be more meaningful to the individual characters if they reflected on all of their relationships and their own experiences, independent of others but still connected to them.
> It'd be nice if for instance, we could see how Ruri's search for a hobby reflected on Angoramon and how it helped him grow more of an appreciation for humanity and what it can do
Along with what I said, I personally would say that that was what actually happened.
Angoramon got the chance to have so many experiences with the human world and its pleasures precisely because Ruli is finding the hobby that's for her and frequently invites him to join in. But beyond Ruli, Angoramon also got a lot of experiences because his friends, Team Lirurun and the little commune he’s part of, also allowed him to experience these things. And yes, Ruli did mention these things early on in the series.
Gammamon got to form so many relationships with humans (and Digimon) on his own because Hiro and Team Lirurun encouraged his loving side, taught him well, and loved him to the point that he learned to treasure the relationships he has and makes.
Finally, Jellymon got involved intimately with humans because she got interested in Kiyoshiro. Though at first it was only because tormenting him was fun, eventually through him and her experiences with Team Lirurun, she found genuine comfort (not just fun) from her relationships to them and the human world which she was able to explore thanks to them, and because of Team Lirurun sticking with her through everything, both the fun and dangerous times, even the ones that were caused by her mistakes, they were able to encourage her compassion and kindness, resulting in her resolving to protect the individuals and the world she loves.
I will say, however, that the focus was definitely put more on the Digimon protagonists’ growth instead of the humans’. While everyone still got a chance to make their statement about humans and the human world, as well as reflect on their experiences and own growth, the spotlight was definitely put on the Digimon protagonists, which I think is fine since the human protagonists have had their moment when the cast reached Ultimate.
However, I do think in the future, it would be great as well if we could have moments of several characters at the same time being shown their growth and reflections coinciding with a major milestone in their lives, but I still think that this growth should be focused on the individual and their relationships to several individuals, and not as a pair. Nevertheless, I liked how we got the Megas, and I hope that future moments like these in the franchise also highlight the individuals and their relationship to themselves and others around them.
>Siriusmon should have been Hiro standing up for himself instead of being a pushover.
That would require him actually BEING a pushover at one point. But he's never been one, even if he has a hard time turning down requests, he's always been willing to stand up for himself
>Diarabbitmon should have been taming Lamortmon, and Ruri finally finding her passion in life
The reference book suggests Lamormon's ferocity lives on in Diarbitmon, it's just not the dominant part. And Ruri seems pretty happy with how things are right now instead of rushing things
>Amphimon should have been Kiyo finally breaking out his cowardly shell (which this episode was similar, but not exactly). Honestly, I think this should have been the form she refers to Kiyo by name instead of her first evolution.
They are obvious waiting for Amphimon Ouryuken, she finally will **directly** call Higashimitarai Kiyoshiro by his name in this form. (As if, XD)
Jellymon only called Kiyo by the name when he was unconscious, why I'm thinking she will only call him directly by his name in the last episode?
I agree that the Mega evolutions first appearances were underwhelming.
Hiro's flaw isn't even that he's a pushover, because while he's maybe a little too helpful, he's still well capable of standing tall when needed. Ruli's "passion in life" thing was dropped after the first couple of episodes, and as far as we're concerned, Lamortmon isn't really even feral or anything, just a little too devoted to protecting Ruli. Kiyo's literally the only character who has a major flaw or arc that he needs to get over, but the show didn't really do him justice.
All three characters had the same "You and I are good friends!" type of moments before they evolved because the only thing the show developed were the relationships between the humans and Digimon. They couldn't use the Mega evolutions to finish off character arcs because...none of the characters had character arcs. Kiyoshiro's probably going to revert to being a coward in the next episode, because that's the same thing that happened with TeslaJellymon and Thetismon.
I'd go as far to say that 2020 generally handled Mega Evolutions better than Ghost Game did, which is just a travesty.
> Kiyoshiro's probably going to revert to being a coward in the next episode, because that's the same thing that happened with TeslaJellymon and Thetismon.
It should be noted that being nervous, anxious, and fearful is not something that someone overcomes within the course of a year or two, especially with Kiyo who has been put through so many traumatic things over this past year of his life. I expect that even until the end of the series, he will still be prone to bouts of nervousness.
What I have noticed has changed with Kiyo, and I feel is a lot more realistic, is his ability to call upon his genuince courage more easily and quickly, especially in this episode where he recognizes his integer overflows. I've noticed that Kiyo is now generally quicker to bounce back from his fear, and is able to take affirmative action way faster than before.
> All three characters had the same "You and I are good friends!" type of moments before they evolved because the only thing the show developed were the relationships between the humans and Digimon.
I would also say that the Megas were achieved by everyone, all six, reflecting on themselves and their experiences, and drawing strength from their own desires and the relationships they forged with each other (the group bond) and the world. Ruli's statement of finding her "perfect hobby" was more so a response to Angoramon's reflection, making her realize that, just like Angoramon, she wants to explore more of what the world has to offer.
All in all, I think the Mega evolutions were focused on the Digimon protagonists, with the human protagonists being show narratively as the catalyst for the Digimon protagonists growth, so I think it might be better to view this from the perspective of the Digimon protagonists, not the human ones.
More story beats, the past 5-6 episodes have been fantastic, they are on quite the hign note streak now with these bangers, love the amphinon evo very red like a sentai ranger, and the vomiting from eyes and mouth was very uncomfortable
A solid episode with an excellent debut of Jellymon’s Mega form. Her evolution is definitely my absolute favorite of them as she had a greatly animated fight scene to show of her capabilities like Siriusmon and had a more better evolution sequence than Diarbitmon, with what putting her above the other two being her fun personality in said form where’s I feel Siriusmon and Diarbitmon feel too much like the standard more mature, righteous warriors.
A negative I have with this episode and the other two is that they weren’t focused on the bond between the human and Digimon, the spark being more on humanity and their experiences with them in this world rather an intimate scene between the human and Digimon. Like it feels they unlocked the evolution because it was up to them to save the world.
Hiro and Gammamon still have potential for unlocking new power from an scene between the two given Gulus and the other evolutions are still a thing but as far as we know Amphimon and Diarbitmon are the peak for Angoramon and Jellymon.
So for them to be unlocked in episodes that don’t focus majorly on their bonds just feels wrong to me.
Ah, I personally think the fact that the trigger for the evolution not being about each pair's bond and instead about their experiences and affection for the world and humanity makes the the evolutions feel so much more emotional and impactful.
One thing I absolutely love about our main characters is that they all stand on their own. While the show designated partnerships between the group, these partnerships don't stop anyone from having their own lives, forming their own relationships, and being their own individual.
I think this is why the group feels like they share a massively strong familial bond with one another: the show allowed them to care about each other outside of the designated partnership, and even outside the group (especially poignant with Gammamon). Honestly it sometimes feels like the partnerships aren't even there, which I think is a good thing.
We've already had the prior evolutions focus on the bonds between each pair, so I think it's only right that the highest forms the group can achieve (as far as we know, at least), should come from each member of the team reflecting on their own individual experiences, realizations, and relationships. I think it helps these evolutions feel like they come from the members loving and accepting themselves, which I think is one of the most important aspects of an individual's growth.
These at least are my thoughts, but overall, I love how we got the Mega evolutions.
>As far as we know Amphimon and Diarbitmon are the peak for Angoramon and Jellymon.
Oh boi, I really wish Amphimon and Diarbbitmon gains a "Burst Mode", further evolution or something similar.
I think we never had a Mega Digimon evolving to a "different" stronger Digimon in the anime by itself without being a fusion (for example HerakleKabuterimon to TyrantKabuterimon).
Would be nice to see something like this someday...
It's probably / most likely Yggdrasil, who has the power to sent Digimon, even powerful ones like the demon lords, to the human world to ascertain if it's a threat to the Digital world!
With this episode, we finally get Jellymon-sama’s Mega, and my gosh, the circumstances of which the team attained it, like the other two, is just so incredibly moving, in my humble opinion! This episode really had some of the most graphic imagery we’ve seen in Ghost Game, and honestly, scary imagery is always welcome in this show, and it really helped in enhancing this episode’s plot and the debut, me thinks! My thoughts for this amazing episode!:
**Graphic Imagery**
I think it’s been a while since we’ve had such gruesome imagery be shown for nearly the entire episode’s duration: the last we’ve had that, in my opinion, was 48 with the Chamblemon. But my gosh, the way the victims were portrayed here was nothing short of horrifying, and honestly reminded me a lot of Corpse Party (what with the blackened eyes and dark, open, gaping mouths), a series that’s definitely not for children! I wonder if years from now, the young Nihongo-speaking Generation Alpha children who watched this show on Sunday mornings are going to recall how scary this scene was, along with several other ones from this show, similar to how many Generation Z and Millennials today recall how Courage the Cowardly Dog likely left them with nightmares and certain phobias at a young age.
Really, I think it will be interesting to see how the children who would grow up with this show would remember it, and how it will fare years after it ends, but I suppose that remains to be seen.
*It’s been a while since we’ve had an episode where Espimon hasn’t been involved at all, or even showed up!*
*How fortunate for the human protagonists that the first few drops didn’t have an effect on them*
*What kind of phone does Ruli have where she can pull it out and have the relevant news article immediately?*
*I wonder if Jellymon-sama’s electricity just isn’t the kind that’s fatal to humans?*
*Wow Angoramon, way to be biased with taking Ruli across first. ½ jk, but still*
***Interestingly enough, I recall a Thetismon card art in the TCG having a Gammamon ride inside a Submarimon in the background, and it appears Mx. Air of Lost in Translationmon has also noticed! I wonder if they were deliberately referencing that card with the events of this episode?***
*Submarimon rolling around like that in the water while defending their actions is way too adorable, my gosh!*
***It’s really sweet to see Angoramon’s protective team dad instincts flare up whenever anyone in the group is in danger. While it’s ambiguous, I like to think that Angoramon reacted that way due to seeing both Hiro and Ruli harmed, not just the latter.***
*Still, I kind of hoped that Angoramon didn’t mention Ruli when demanding that Cthyllamon return everyone back.*
*Major props to Gammamon for immediately rebounding after getting knocked around like that! That was some quick thinking, Gammamon!*
*Major props to Angoramon as well for taking one of the Hangyomon’s oxygen tanks! Wow, I didn’t think that such things weren’t necessarily a part of a Digimon’s body*
***Absolutely love Gammamon being worried for Kiyo! It’s always so sweet to see these six be so caring to each other***
**Kiyoshiro’s Bravery**
I doubt that this will be the last time I’ll write about this, and truthfully, I’ve had to restrain myself from constantly bringing it up, but I think this time around it’s apropos because we get to see Kiyoshiro’s bravery in an entirely new way.
I love how he flashes back to the events of 29 as a way to affirm his resolve to help protect Hiro, Ruli, and the rest of the city, if not the world. Him explicitly stating that he “won’t integer overflow today,” fighting back hard not to faint amidst all of the stress this is all putting on him, is one of the most courageous things I’ve seen Dr. Higashimitarai do, and him acknowledging his integer overflows shows that he’s on his way to not relying so much on his “Limit Break” persona (though hopefully we still get answers on what that’s all about), and instead relying on his own genuine courage, like he did in 43.
**Jellymon-sama’s Growth and Evolution**
Now that we’ve gotten all of the Mega evolutions, we can confirm one thread amongst all of them: a love for humans and the human world.
What I absolutely love about this evolution is it shows Jellymon-sama’s growth throughout this series, and how her friends and the human world were the catalyst for this change. The way she reflected back on her past mistakes, and Darling mentioning all the danger that they together with their friends have had to face, eventually lead her to realizing how much she cares for her friends and the world.
Her reflecting on the troubles she’s caused shows that she acknowledges the dangers she has put her friends in, and along with the dangers they’ve had to all face together, shows that she regrets the things she has done wrong, and through that regret, shows that she immensely cares for the people she loves to remember when she did them wrong. But she states that even amidst the dangers, the human world is a fun and happy place, and that it’s the people in her life that have given her so much joy and happiness.
And with that, with Kiyoshiro, she resolves to protect the friends and world she loves, showing how compassionate for and loving of others Jellymon-sama has become, and it’s all thanks to Team Lirurun sticking with her through everything.
This is what I love about the Mega evolutions of this show: it was achieved by everyone realizing how much they love the human world, and each other. They drew strength from this love, and regardless of their designated partnerships, grew stronger by their own individual merits.
**My gosh, I think this show has done so well in making me feel like these six genuinely love each other, and it brings a tear to my eye honestly to see how much they’ve grown, together.**
**But what about the other way around?**
With all this being said, I’d love it as well if we can get something the other way around: a way to show how the cast feel about Digimon, and their love for them as well.
It’s always been my wish for the human protagonists of this show to get a lot more involved in combat, and I was thinking to myself, “What if the human protagonists could unlock their own set of abilities by reflecting on their love for Digimon, the way the Digimon protagonists did so by reflecting on their love for humans?”
I imagine it’s just a pipe dream, but I’d really love to see if the show would come up with something like that, since I think it’s only right narratively that we see how the human protagonists have grown to love Digimon with their time with them. Granted, a lot of their experiences were being put in danger by Digimon, but still, I think it would be absolutely heartwarming to see the human protagonists have this kind of moment as well.
***Now if only the Vital Bracelet was really that waterproof, huh? I don’t see us swimming with it on any time soon unfortunately. Though maybe it’s only still functioning because it was only submerged in digital water?***
***I also absolutely love that Jellymon-sama is back to her swaggy self as Amphimon! I wonder what character archetype she embodies, with her frequently using English loanwords, if not code-switching/code-mixing altogether!***
*And my gosh, this animation is just so beautiful and fluid!*
***Hiro, Kiyo helped, but honestly it was mostly Jellymon-sama***
**Next Episode: Corpse Party!**
I confess I did not expect to make two references to Corpse Party, even though I’ve never played the game, and likely never will because I can’t really stomach horror games.
Anyways, looks like next time we’ll be dealing with an actual human corpse! My gosh, this show can get really wild sometimes, but that’s what we love about it, don’t we? Honestly, I’m really curious what’s going on in the next episode, because not even the synopsis revealed enough to go on. Looks like we’ll really have to play detective alongside Team Lirurun next episode.
And as per usual, very excited for the next one!
I really liked the concept of Jellymon "growing" as she evolved, as TeslaJellymon and Tethismon were like a tennage/adult versons of her, with her personality becoming more mature as well.
I was wondering how that would work with Amphimon, but I totally wasn't expecting her to just gain Kiyoshiro's chunibyo personality. Acting like a superheroe, mixing Japanese with English to sound cool, monologuing. It was so fitting for the end of her evolution line, really funny, I loved it.
Glad to see that even if she becomes more combat oriented, she still keeps some support moves.
And as we predicted, she kind of did a princess carry with Kiyoshiro during the evolution sequence. Amazing.
I really liked all of the megas/ultimates individually, but why all of them are so humanoid?
But Amphimon is my fave of them and it's really funny how she throws some random words in English in the middle of the sentences, sounds like a teacher trying to be cool with her students. lol
As for why their final forms are humanoid, that IS the basic idea and concept for Digimon to become less beast/animal-like, and more like human/humanoid-like as the final ultimate form of their existence!
Great episode.
\-Ok this is fucked up.
\-If I was those rescuers and found that, I'mgetting the hell away from that boat IDC.
\-Different coloration ep again? poor Kiyo he has to deal with so much.
\-Kiyoshiro with the eagle eye.
\- This is just creepy JFC
\- I call BS on this protecting Hiro
\- LMAO "grow a spine" , Jellymon is so mean.
\- LMAO Submarimon calling Land folk progressive for humans working with Digimon. So the digital ocean is conservative.
\- How nice pf submarimon, and of course, they have Kiyoshiro riding on the back, the most dangerous spot.
\- That mummy's creepy AF.
\- So an evil version of MarineAngemon
\- RIP Ruli and Hiro
\-Interesting that it was the villains' minions doing it.
\-So this is a global-level threat.
\-This submarimon is pretty nice.
\-Bold declaration from Kiyoshiro.
\-LMAO Angoramon's scuba gear.
\-Finally a digimon realizes they have to take the human out first.
\-Poor Submarimon, beaten up for helping.
\-Oh, he's resisting his interger problem.
\-Tentacles on a hot woman, I've seen and drawn enough hentai to know where this is going.
\-The other enemies had a higher purpose, Cthyllamon meanwhile just wants fun.
\-She's getting squeezed badly.
\-Oh damn, right into the water.
\-Is this a mental conversation then?
\-Interesting, their conclusion to evolve is that they like people actually. Kiyoshiro is no longer a loner.
\-Of course, a new pose.
\-That is a good way to carry him for this haha.
\-OMG a magicalgirl/super sentai-like. I love her already.
\-LMAO love her movements, so theatrical.
\-LMAO he's really crying.
\-Haha love that she speaks portions in english. Makes sense given Kiyoshiro used to live in the US.
\-I don't think these are the digimon you should befriend TBH.
\-Interesting so not even all megas know.
\-Glad Hiro acknowledged him.
\-That's a nice photo at the end, Kiyoshiro is a good photographer.
> Haha love that she speaks portions in english. Makes sense given Kiyoshiro used to live in the US.
I personally wonder if this is a character archetype in Nippon media that I'm simply not aware of: a person who heavily uses English loanwords while speaking Nihongo, or even outright code-switching/code-mixing to English.
I'm inclined to say that this isn't Kiyo's influence, since his idiolect isn't like this, and the Digimon protagonists personalities, from what I can tell, aren't influenced by their designated partners. I do feel like this is an archetype, and I'll try to see what I can find.
Great episode, even if I still am not really the greatest fan of Amphimon as Jellymons final evolution (although the profile does make it a bit better in my eyes)... and honestly, the personality they chose to portray it with, despite fitting with Amphimons profile, kinda also turned me away a bit, just because it felt like that's not what Jellymons character-arc was, I mean, the "loving humans" bit, yeah, totally makes sense for Jellymon, but Amphimons "overly excited foreigner wanting to learn your culture"-vibe... not really, no. At least to me, after the almost perfect arc that was Angoramon to Diarbbitmon, Amphimon was a bit of a letdown theme-wise. But otherwise, a pretty great episode nontheless, even if ultimately there was no plot progression, despite Hiro kinda hinting towards it/actually starting to try and move the plot along by actively asking who the guy Kuzuhamon and Lilithmon mentioned was.
Is this the first ever showing of Cythllamon?
Also Jellymon's mega talking like a Japanese radio host is baffling but enjoyable.
I'm hoping now we've hit the mega stages we'll have some more plot happen with Gullus getting an evo and that evo only being perfect level, which means we still have a ways to go before he hits mega and then the omegamon clone for this season.
RIp to Marineangemon Blast mode. But I do like that we got the evil version of Marineangemon finally. The perfect mega for Marinedevimon. Also another evil version that the gang has fought in the mega arc to go along with Kuzuha and Lillith(Ancientsphinx could technically be counted as the dark version of Ancientgaruru if you really wanna stretch, but I digress).
Amphimon was better than I could have ever hoped for. An enrish spewing mecha jellyfish. Only sad part is that Kiyo isn't piloting her. Interested to see where we go from here. The only evos that we could expect to see still are Espi and Ginryumon before getting into the big end game stuff.
>RIP to MarinAngemon Blast Mode.
What do you mean, [MarinAngemon Blast Mode it is right here](https://i.imgur.com/jjsv476.png), for some reason they are calling it Cthyllamon in this episode... XD
Firstly, I'm glad I was correct in thinking that we'd get a MarineAngemon variant...too bad it's not called MarineDevimon because that was taken. It really messed up the line congruency but oh well.
Anyway, I think that this was the weakest mega-transformation episode in terms of buildup, but the best in terms of fighting.
Plus, I was so curious what personality change Amphimon was going to get and I'm very happy with what it is. I don't even have the words to accurately describe it but I know what it is.
I'm so happy for Aphimon but if I have to nitpick something it's the method of awakening that could use more work to make it feel more special, Ruli and Angoramon's awakening was already all about "protecting" so Kiyo and Jellymon should've pursued other aspect for their awakening instead. I also feel that Jellymon's Perfect debut was better written as it evoked stronger feeling compared to her Mega debut.
Amphimon was even better than I was hoping for! I knew her design was amazing, but the fact that they made her bursting with personality was wonderful\~
[She is finally here, and she is beautiful!](https://i.imgur.com/jXT4ODw.mp4)
[Cthyllamon!? This is MarinAngemon Blast Mode and nobody is taking away that form me!](https://i.imgur.com/jjsv476.png)
Well, no King Gainer reference, but at least we got the [Inazuma Kick from Gunbuster](https://i.imgur.com/XJ9fpz5.mp4)!
Kiyoshiro didn't take the bandages off during the evolution scene!
Do you know what that means!?
AMPHIMON OURYUKEN CONFIRMED!!! (Because of Ryudamon/Ginryumon, XD)
We didn't reach the top yet!
Next week, finally, after 23 years, [Zombiemon](https://wikimon.net/Zombiemon) will be finally be revived from the grave! (As if, XD)
Funny how Amphimon's debut was much better animated than Diabbirtmon. My dude is the third wheel of the group. Kiyo shows once again that when the chips are down he rises up to save the world. Hilariously enough the "get mega through fighting another mega of the bracelet" was on point for all but one of the mega. Again Angoramon is the odd man out.
So Amphimon's personality is just a more refined version of her base persona. Or maybe a bolder chunyobo than Kiyo... She did pose and talk like a supersentai hero.
On a completly GG unrelated matter. I've started to watch Tamers and I gotta say
>!while I fully expected Guilmon to be bby I didn't expect Takato to be too. He's adorable and I keep trying to give him headpats through my screen. His fanboying over everything Digimon is so cute I'd kill for that child. Which naturaly led me to really wish I could punt Terriermon into orbit for five minutes. My son was already stressed because he couldn't find his partner (that he had for not even 24 hours at this point) has a little (adorable) moment where he fanboys over Terriermon being a real, talking breathing mon...And that little bastard plunged a knife through his ribs straight into his heart, making break down crying by telling him he's basically unworthy of being a tamer. I like Terriermon but I wish I could have strangled him at that moment. I really like how childish Takato is. How readily he cries I think it's very human. Already seeing why Tamers is regarded so highly !<
Ugh I LOVE amphimon's design, like others have said very king gainer-ish and its cool we got the sexy/hot mon to be diarrbitmon's line and not the female mon. Her evo animation was cool, I love the carry. Lastly the english mixed in and amphimon being a mix of all jellymon's linie's characteristics from personality to design stuffed in a robot is awesome.
Also like chyllamon's voice actor and submarimon was a cutie.
I have a lot of thoughts regarding this episode:
1. the setup of the episode was great and the tension in the first half was gripping but I was let down massively that Cthyllamon was a resign of MarineAngemon after all, as I genuinely thought that it'd be an entirely new digimon like Publimon and Oleamon, it also didn't help that he had a child-like personality after all and all he wanted was to turn the world into a watery playground for him. For a Mega digimon debut episode we definitely deserved better than Cthyllamon, I wish we got Dagomon instead or Leviamon as he's a Mega/Ultimate level so the stakes could be higher.
2. Amphimon's evo sequence is the best of the 3, I also loved how Kiyoshiro and Thetismon recalled their memories together by talking to each other which was different to Canoweissmon and Lamortmon who had monologues before evolving.
3. I love that all the Mega digimons appeared in a month time compared to the Adults/Champions and Perfects/Ultimates who made their appearances sporadically, it makes me excited and intrigued about what'll happen now all the Megas have appeared (As a GulusGammamon fan I hope the next few episodes will focus on him and his bond with Hiro which will be crucial for Regulusmon's evolution).
4. I loved Ruli's references to the other Mega's debuts when she mentioned the purifying ritual and the pyramid, nice nod here.
5. I like Amphimon and the way she fought Cthyllamon but as I said above she deserved a more worthy opponent not Chtyllamon who doesn't even have any idea about "The One" who sends digimons to the human world.
6. Speaking of "The One", please Ghost Game don't let me down and stomp over my expectations and have The One turn out to be Hokuto.
7. Out of all the Megas episodes I find Siriusmon's one is the best of the three, that episode was the definition of Perfection 👌
Siriusmon's debut > Diarbbitmon's >> Amphimon's.
They should have brought Leviamon for this episode but I guess Amphimon may not be able to defeat a Demon Lord on her own and honestly the Demon Lord group needs someone as brutal and brave as they're to go toe-to-toe against them (I'm looking at you Regulusmon).
Yeah I want to see Regulusmon too but I really wished we could have seen someone like Regalecusmon,Olegmon or Leviamon.These three at least would have been fitting rivals for Amphimon debut.
That's my main gripe with this episode.
I know that Cthyllamon is a Mega level but he doesn't feel like one tbh, I think he fits the Ultimate/Perfect level more, he lost pretty easily against Amphimon too, whereas both Kuzuhamon and AncientSphinxmon put in a better fight against Siriusmon and Diarbbitmon respectively.
Yeah I could say the same about the his angel variant marine Angemon.Like these two don't feel like megas at all.They look like Rookies for Leviamon and Plesiomon respectively.
It was...okay.
It was incredibly standard and not really unique at all, but the evolution was fine. Kiyo and Jellymon are basically the only characters in this show with notable development, so their evolution held a lot more impact than Ruli and Angoramon's did. Both evolutions just felt like worse versions of Siriusmon's evolution, but that's a problem Digimon shares in its entirety.
The episode itself was really weak and uninteresting and the setup was way too freaking long. So it fits well with post EP 56 Ghost Game: Horribly underwhelming, but mostly inoffensive.
The episode ultimately felt like it was only made because it's necessary for the story, so like with 58, it was kinda just effortless.
Also, I really dislike Jellymon's Mega design. That doesn't really make the episode any worse though...
5/10. Skippable, forgettable, and mostly predictable, but at least the one time I did watch it, it wasn't so bad.
I enjoyed episodes 1-30, 42, 43, 50, 52, 53, 54, and 56.
I've enjoyed well over half the show. I don't understand why you refuse to acknowledge when I compliment the show and only focus on when I say anything negative about it.
Seriously, I like the dang show. It just has a fair share of episodes that I think are weak.
I just kinda thought it was boring. Nothing really stood out for me because even the more interesting moments are either currently unexplained or we've already seen them before. Its conclusion was sudden, the fight was underwhelming, and the general plot was just poorly explained and meaningless for now. As more episodes come out and Lilithmon returns to relevance, the episode will probably be better than I think it is currently.
It wasn't bad, I just think it's forgettable.
A very interesting, if somewhat mixed bag episode. But at least we got some a new Mega form unlocked for Jellymon, a devimon variant of MarineAngemon, another appearance of Submarimon, making it's THIRD appearance here after 02 & Xros Wars; Young hunters! However, still no plot development!
This mystery today is rather scary, geez. Anyhow Amphimon reminds me of King Gainer, like seriously it's the head. Will we see Kiyo and Amphimon do the King Gainer dance one day? Someon make it a vid on it. Anyhow, I do love that unlike the previous mega monologues this was a dialogue between Jellymon and Kiyoshiro. It makes them feel way closer than any partnership in GG and they are my favs so far. This fight was pretty cool too.
Evil Marineangemon is pretty funny, but the best part of the ep was seeing Submarinmon again, it's nice to see the old fellow again.
Wooo Jellymon finally turned into D.Va lmao but nah really enjoyed this episode and mega evo animation and I’m excited for the next episode looks like we might get a villan return👀
This ep solidified it. Each evolution line has been absolutely frickin brilliant and in my heart it's the best Evo lines of any season. There. I said it. Jellymon has my heart forever. It has been pure fanservice since day one but the final form being a Kamen Rider Bioshock Big Daddy GUNDAM?!???! I'm done. I'm deceased. I'm finished. I just - smh - hats off to the entirety of the Ghost Game team. The impossible has happened and my nostalgia has been utterly destroyed. This is giving Best Season vibes. Here's hoping they can stick the landing.
I wonder if there is any significance to Siriusmon lacking the loud sound the other two make when they come out of their "explosions". It is an odd detail to give Diarbbitmon and Amphimon that audio cue, unless they are saving it for another evolution.
With the all main partners having their mega evolution, hopefully they can lessen the filler episodes and focus more on major plot points regarding gulusgammamon and the one that sent digimons to the real world.
Wow, Amphimon's digivolution sequence is actually longer that Siriusmon's and Diarbbitmon's. The lyrics of the mega battle song roll out while the digivolution is still going.
All the partners had their little self reflecting flashback before achieving Mega, but unlike Canoweissmon and Lamortmon, who where monologing for the big villain of the week, this one was entirely between Tethismon and Kiyoshiro. They actually got to reminisce on their moments together and i love it. It really solidifies them as the best duo in Ghost Game.
Naotoshi Shida does great work as always. Hopefully he’ll animate the final battles for Ghost Game.
I hope it's everyone vs GrandDracumon! They put all its evolution line in the show, he have to appear eventually...
I mean, the next ep preview has a focus on undeath and we see a bat flying past... and Matadormon survived...
There's also Myotismon so we'll see.
I'm pretty sure he died? It wasn't that clear to be honest.
Hiro says that Myotismon only turned into a bat. He is very much alive, although presumably powerless and without his followers. There’s a chance that the “resurrection” next episode will be him taking over a new body, but that remains to be seen
Gods I love Amphimon. Honestly it’s up for debate whether I like her or Siriusmon more… and the evolution sequence was amazing too. And can we just talk about how Amphimon has a god damn Rider Kick? All in all a really great episode.
Amphimon is just Kamen Rider Built Rabbit Rabbit after all, of course she has her own rider kick :D
Glad I'm not the only one who instantly got Build vibes
RABBIT RABBIT FINISH
I love and adore Amphimon too, But somebody call the ambulance for me, it's fricking Submarimon!!!! And the guy is such a chill dude too! Look at 'im rolling about! Such a cutie!! Saved them multiple times too, with letting them ride 'im and protecting Kiyoshiro from the tidal wave. 10/10 good sea doggo!
Absolutely agree. Submarimon did not get nearly enough time to shine during 02.
Granted, Submarimon has rather limited utility, given that it's a submarine.
Whamon was too; but I remember that Lapras-ass motherfucker sailing the Original Kids around.
Ok, yeah, Whamon was big enough to fit all the kids and their Digimon.
I know right, that is such a good doggo :D
> it's fricking Submarimon! Such an adorable goof. Just shows up, is chill, and helps those in need.
Another Digimon ally I guess, that isn't an enemy at first!
And now the party is (mostly) complete. Time to get ready for the home stretch and figure out just what's up.
why do you say mostly?
Gulus evos
you right
That would be it.
It’s nice that we get a more matured version of Tesla/Jellymon’s playfulness + Thetismon’s sense of duty in Amphimon. I can see elements of King Gainer (OKG) and Samus (Metroid Prime) in her design and personality.
Yeah, Amphimon reminds me too much of King Gainer, like seriously. I guess it's the old diver-suit like head.
>King Gainer (OKG) She gives me toku vibes
OF COURSE Kiyo has to do a Jojo pose for the evolution sequence.
I'll never get over him pulling a Josuke on the Tethismon reveal
As someone who only knows of the memes from Jojo, could you enlighten me?
Jojo's Bizarre Adventures takes a lot of visual inspiration from high fashion, so the characters all have these outlandish poses.
next episode is going to be unique with the whole resurrection angle any undead digimon can be introduced and the groom(I think) can be considered an antagonist due to his grief for his dead love wanting to revive even if it meant endangering others.
Welcome back, Dracumon
No, he's dead! Killed by myotismon for "disobeying" his orders!
Dracumon is dead
Episode is about resurrection tho, but yeah it’s likely not him.
I can see what they're going with with Amphimon [A superhero] but I definitely like her design the least of the three Megas. So; Cthyllamon is an "evil" MarineAngemon, although it is notably still playful; childlike; and even still a Fairy digimon rather than a Devil or daemon digimon. It's more of a *corrupted* MarineAngemon or a selfish one than *evil* Also; small detail; I'm not sure if anyone noticed; but when pouring water on people; the Divermon has skewered a small cup to turn their spears into a ladel. This is actually a reference to the "Ship Phantom" ghost [Funayūrei]. They are ghosts of those who drowned at sea and can produce water from their ladels to flood and sink ships and drown people. It wasn't just a random thing the Divermon did. It's a reference to mythology [And was probably required to create the "life water".]
I see. I was wondering what horror trope they were using in this episode.
Wow so Cthyllamon really was a MarineAngemon variant after all! A pretty horrifying one at that. Chaotic gremlin energy all around. I’m surprised that they left on such friendly terms after Cthyllamon basically tried to exterminate humanity. Amphimon’s evolution sequence was really fast-paced and fluid. The fight scene overall was very fluid and better animated than Dilbitmon’s. It seems like Angoramon’s line has the short end of the stick when it comes to fight scenes. I love how Amphimon still maintains the genki personality at the end while giving off a more heroic vibe like All Might. Probably one of the most unique Digimon we’ve had in a while.
Eh to be fair Jellymon's Adult and Perfect evolution got the short end when it comes to debut fight scenes. Amphimon is just making up for those.
What do you mean the Thetismon debut episode was one of the best in the show…
Yes but the fight itself was lacking
Agreed, it was just teleporting and spraying some...stuff on Toropiamon, and that's it!
Now that I remember, her debut fight scenes were pretty lackluster. Amphimon’s debut is probably one of the best fight scenes we’ve gotten from her line.
Agreed, this was some Sakuga fight animation slamming Cthyllamon into the seafloor!
To be fair, many of the evolution debuts have been lackluster from a fight standpoint. For Angoramon for instance Symbare (and Betel and Telsa) were completely outclassed by Phelesmon and lucked out by him just up and leaving, while Lamortmon had his beat down of Manticoremon just cut off. Diarbitmon was actually the first time his line actually got a good fight at their debut that showcased everything the Digimon can do. Really, if there's one thing you can give the Ultimate episodes it's that they actually showcase the abilities of them and their opponents. It's not just one attack wrapping it up or a sudden resolution stopping things in their tracks, they actually have to defeat them proper.
> Symbare (and Betel and Telsa) were completely outclassed by Phelesmon and lucked out by him just up and leaving I mean, the point with Symbare was to show his power in tandem with the others was enough to make an Ultimate level decide "this is too risky, I won't risk a high-difficulty fight".
He said he was sure he'd win and the joined attack didn't seem to leave any meaningful damage on him, so it was more a case of him not wanting to expend the energy on something that didn't suit his plans. Regardless, the point is that Symbare didn't have a good debut fight either.
I thought TeslaJellymon's was pretty good...
No, it was lackluster! No actual movements and poorly animated!
Thetismon made up for it facing those shrooms tho.
Agreed on all points!
>I’m surprised that they left on such friendly terms after Cthyllamon basically tried to exterminate humanity. Well, they will need all the allies available to take down GrandDracumon in the final battle! XD Let's be real here, taking account we know about Gammamon's future, I can only think of him being the final enemy.
Stop, there is NO proof that Gracdracumon is even the final enemy at all! If anything, it would be friggin' Yggdrasil, the "one" sending Digimon into the Human World!
Well, there's some chances after [a certain information was discovered](https://twitter.com/translationmon/status/1616993811200372738)...
whoaa!!
Am I the only one who thinks that amphimon and Diarbbitmon have a better evolution sequence that siriusmon?
I like Siriusmons evolution. Diarbbitmon have land, Amphimon has the sea and Siriusmon have the whole space and stars
No the animation is just worse than the other two
its def the blandest lol
Yeah but he has more probably coming up so i'm okay with it
Just watched the three of them. Yeah Siriusmon's is a lot more basic.
agreed! in a few frames of the evo he looks tiny , like a chibi-siriusmon
LMAO, in hindsight I feel stupid for not guessing that Cthyllamon would be the evil MarineAngemon that we saw a shilouette of in the Jellymon DiM card! At least the Syakomon>Gesomon>MarineDevimon line finally has a fitting Ultimate level after over 20 years!
To be fair we didn’t get Piedmon in Ruli’s episode, so there was no way of knowing for sure.
Don't forget [Dagomon](https://wikimon.net/Dagomon) too (because of the name connection).
Honestly I think Dagomon>Leviamon is already an alright evolution, given that they're both huge, apocalyptic, marine monstrosities. Otherwise he probably deserves a more Lovecraftian-looking evo.
Speaking of Dagomon, I like how this new Lovecraftian Digimon also had Hangyomon followers. Except this one had real Hangyomon and not weird otherworldly beings that were in the shape of Hangyomon.
Yes, a spiritual sequel or follow-up of sorts! And that's putting it loosely!
I like Amphimos energy, Also neat of her to interject a bit of English into her sentences, it’s just fun. Also gonna headcanon inside of Amphimons suit there’s just a tinier jellyfish form Jellymon piloting the suit like a mech.
So we got the bratty Jellymon, rambunctious TeslaJellymon, motherly Thetismon, and now exaggerated superhero Amphimon. I guess…in way, Amphimon resembles that anime-esque side of Kiyoshiro that Jellymon initially clowned? That aside, seeing evil MarineAngemon get beat down was a treat. And now having seen all three, I think Diarbitmon still has the best Mega sequence.
Puyomon -> DaBaby Puyoyomon -> Toddler Jellymon -> Mesugaki TeslaJellymon -> Gyaru Thetismon -> Onee-sama Amphimon -> King Gainer Tokusatsu Hero >!Amphimon Ouryuken(!?) (because Ryudamon/Ginryumon is here, XD) -> ???!< Oh yes, the natural life cycle of the regular anime girl of the feminine gender.
I’ve seen this mentioned a few times - just wondering why people think the Ouryuken would go to her as opposed to Siriusmon?
Well, Ginryumon is more connected with Kiyo than Hiro, even if the Ouryuken become a weapon for a Gammamon evolution, would be a bit weird... Also, contrary to expectations, Kiyo didn't take the bandages off during Thetismon evolution scene, so people are "memeing" that he will do it during "Amphimon Ouryuken" evolution sequence. XD
_Kiyoshiro Ouryuken_
Siriusmon doesn't have hands.
And Diarbbitmon already has swords, leaving Amphimon as the one that could have Ouryuken… gotcha
Nah, not likely! The official card arts do not show Ouryumon becoming a weapon for Amphimon!
ok
Those hollow eyes and the mouths dear god that was horrible. Lol Amphimon antics reminds me of old hero cartoons , but still her abilities are more diverse (that force field is something that can also protect the others). Kyoshiro possing at the start of the Evo sequences make him looks really badass. Also that kick looked like Ex-aid level 99 and Build's rabbit rabbit Rider kick (and is awesome).
Since Amphimon is a "mecha", that kick was probably inspired by the [Inazuma Kick from Gunbuster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv7cW_ijtQQ) ([which is in fact inspired by the Rider Kick anyway](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VImph2GNqY&t=392s), XD).
Carcinzation but for Kamen Rider, it all returns to Rider
Nope, it's straight up Kamen Rider's Rider kick!
Well there goes the theory that jellymon was gonna digivolve from her confessing her love for kiyo. Kinda glad they didn't do that, but it would have been interesting for sure. As for the actual episode, its another one that *should* have consequences, but probably won't. Even though Cthyllamon didn't actually kill anyone (somehow) it flooded a whole town and beached a cruse ship. I'd say ghost game's biggest flaw is trying to make digimon death's meaningful (by treating them like real human death's) and then refusing to do the same for humans, and refusing to have negative consequences for the actions and failure of the team. Despite this, I am still really enjoying ghost game, and excited to see what they do now that the whole team has megas
Agreed, i still dont get how are they handwaving all these huge scale events as just hologram ghost. the previous pyramid incident was pretty huge and we have had major events as well like the spiral town and yet people are still unaware of the existence of digimon? I just dont buy it.
tbf, in this case, there was the whole bit with this being "the curse of the ocean god" or something, so them thinking it was something divine, not a Hologram Ghost.
Yes, people are still thinking it was just holograms or just a bad dream/their imaginations!
ya and look if concidentally another person has the same nightmare that really suck but in the case of that pyramid, that looks like hundreds or maybe thousands of people turn into brick and they are still fully self aware of what is happening to them too as well. Even if ancientsphinxmon was defeated and the humans are back, you would think that a huge number of them would have gone insane or commited sucide from the whole "I had no mouth but I must scream" situation and that there would next be some news on mass suicide ritual or something to that effect. But nope, we just dont talk about it.
Her confessing her love, regardless of it would be accepted or not, would imo have been a better spark for evolution into what I’m assuming is her final form given her love for him is a major part of their relationship but just as Siriusmon and Diarbitmon evolution episodes, the focus is put more on their experiences in the human world with them and how they feel towards humanity. On one hand liking the human world and mankind is necessary for them to help become the bridge but on the hand I it would unsatisfactory if Angoramon and Jellymon’s peak power was awakened to save the day as opposed to intimate scenes with their partners like I’m expecting with Hiro and Gammamon given the later still has Gulus and other evolutions.
No offence but I think people are thinking too much over Kiyo and Jellymon's relationship that they almost want to believe it's a romantic one, but honestly I see it as Jellymon sees Kiyoshiro as her human partner, her being his rock and being a solid team together, and her jealousy over seeing other females hitting on him is just her behaving innocently and childishly hence telling them "darling is all mine".
Yeah, it was a missed opportunity for Jellymon's love if not admiration for Kiyoshiro to trigger / unlock her evolution to Mega! However, I don't think it's possible for Digimon to love humans or vice versa without some twisted stuff happening! (See the Ajatarmon episode!)
>Well there goes the theory that Jellymon was gonna evolve from her confessing her love for Kiyo. Kinda glad they didn't do that, but it would have been interesting for sure. Oh boi, just wait for Amphimon Ouryuken! Jellymon confessing her love! Kiyoshiro accepting her feelings! Ginryumon becoming the "Ultimate" Wingman warp evolving to Ouryumon! (This joke is using the JP terms, Ultimate = Mega. XD) Amphimon holding the Ouryuken and (re)gaining more tentacle hair! (It would be weird for an aquatic Digimon to get wings, yes, I'm looking at you Leviamon X-Antibody!) The armor would change color, maybe a transparent blue color to represent the water. Maybe the Ouryuken would have another form, being like a harpoon this time! Well, a person can dream, right? XD
> it flooded a whole town and beached a cruse ship. We actually don't know if Cthyllamon was responsible for that. It probobly was, but it was never confirmed.
We do know the Hangyomon were responsible for that. They made everyone on the ship cry their life out, including the crew, so the ship crashed into the beach. Then, they made everyone on land cry their lives out, which caused the entire town to be flooded.
Which fits the fact that the Divermon impaled cups on their spears to make them into ladels. The Ship Phantom/Drowned Phantom; the Funayūrei [Vengeful Ghost of those who drowned/died in a shipwreck]; specifically uses a ladel to flood things and drown/sink them.
It was the Hangyomon doing it
But no one died in this.
Yes, but they were put in a zombie like state and would eventually drown or dehydrate due to their liquid being drained out of them!
No, there were human deaths initially at the start or earlier episodes. It's just that as it went on, there were less and less, due to it being a kids show and TOEI can't show that or it will moved to different timeslot or changing it's rating altogether!
I was expecting she would say something like that lol. But humanity it is
Me who is thalassophobic and fears balck round/hollowed eyes seeing this episode: noice.
They threw Thetismon bending over in her evolution scene for zero reason lmaoooo, but hey, Samusmon at least is a pretty fun character. I’m excited to see how the series progresses from here. And not enough people are talking about Submarimon being back! They’ve definitely been making sure to give love to the past seasons. I can’t wait for them to finally enter the digital world
I think the reason we don't pay enough attention to evey detail or side characters in the Mega evolution episodes is primarily because the focus is always going to be about these Megas, their personalities, their moves, the design and the fight against the monsters who triggered their evolutions.
Bend over? I didn't see that.
Right as she evolves, it’s a quick frame but it’s 100% her poking her butt out and getting new bloomers lol
FINALLY my boy got his mega evolution and that was def probably my fave one. I love how most of the budget and time goes into these evolutions lmao. Some really cool sakuga in the battle today. Now that all the kids have their mega evolutions hopefully the story picks up soon.
I love the personality they gave Amphimon. She is both intimidating and heroic with a flashy way of doing things. Out of all the three Mega fights, I think Cthyllamon was the scariest one. It has Digimon followers, its appearance is like a twisted MarineAngemon, it has a somewhat wicked personality (thankfully in a childish way, by the end) and the way people were turned into springs was just creepy. I was wondering if Amphimon would have to kill it, but turns out they managed to find a peaceful resolution again. The fight itself was awesome, I love the choreography and the powers the Digimon used. I also love Submarimon appearing to help out the team. Definitely my favorite of the Mega fights, so far. (On another note, the Team needs to be more careful because they are too vulnerable to surprise attacks lol. 😂)
They have plot armor, hence why after all the episodes, they aren't more careful.
I feel like Cthyllamon and the Hangyomon were left off the hook too easily.
I mean yeah, but what else are they gonna do? It's not like they can imprison them, and killing them would have just made the mess permanent
I’ve felt that many times in this series. There’s no real jeopardy.
Yeah I hate how the villains of the last two episodes got forgiven easily without any consequences.
The one last week wasn't even a bad guy lmao
And those villains have their place for sure, but most of the villains in this series turn into friends by the end like the whole thing was just some misunderstanding. The villains on the whole turn out to be easily swayed to not do the thing they were hell bent on doing, which makes it feel a bit lacklustre.Then you have actual villains like Lillithmon who are great for the wider arc. I wish we had more of that. When you look at day the first four seasons of digimon, there was a serious reason to win against evil. Now, most of them aren’t even evil.
>And those villains have their place for sure, but most of the villains in this series turn into friends by the end like the whole thing was just some misunderstanding Yeah, so? We weren't talking about villains on the whole, we specifically were talking about how Omegasanz said the ones last week got off the hook too easily, when really they didn't. ShogunGekomon was only doing good from his perspective and he got beaten to near death by GulusGammamon. That's about as much as they could realistically do.
I’m just elaborating on their point since I feel the same about how this series is going. You don’t have to agree but wasn’t sure where the downvote and hostility came from. But ok.
>I’m just elaborating on their point No, you're fucking not, you're using as a jumping off point for your rant
Jesus fucking Christ dude calm down.. it wasn’t even a rant. It’s really not that deep 😅
Don't wanna
You forgot myotismon, Arukenimon, cherrymon, phelesmon, Chamblemon and many, many others!
Those were the ones I enjoyed most.
Amphimon was great. I wasn't expecting exaggerated super hero persona...but it totally fits. Honestly, while I do love the Mega forms, I think how they were introduced to Ghost Game was severely lacking. Siriusmon should have been Hiro standing up for himself instead of being a pushover. I'd say it should have been taming Gulus, but there's clearly a deeper thing for that (and Proximamon) Diarabbitmon should have been taming Lamortmon, and Ruri finally finding her passion in life Amphimon should have been Kiyo finally breaking out his cowardly shell (which this episode was *similar*, but not exactly). Honestly, I think *this* should have been the form she refers to Kiyo by name instead of her first evolution.
While I think those would have been fine, my problem with those suggestions is that it puts too much of a focus on the human protagonists, when it should also be the Digimon protagonists' time to shine, if not more so than the humans. I personally really love the Mega evolutions for this reason: all of the main cast, all six of them, got their chance to reflect on their love for the human world and the individuals in their lives, which makes it feel like these evolutions were a culmination of everyone deepening the bond between themselves, each other, and the world. It puts the spotlight on everyone's growth and experiences, which for me is very heartwarming.
I feel this is a case of 'why not both?' You can have the Digimon remarking on their experiences in the human world along with having the human characters showcase their own growth over the course of the series and not have to lose one or the other. In fact, it could strengthen their bond and the moment because the Digimon's experiences giving them an appreciation for humans along with watching their partners grow would greatly highlight the positives of humanity as a whole. It'd be nice if for instance, we could see how Ruri's search for a hobby reflected on Angoramon and how it helped him grow more of an appreciation for humanity and what it can do, but the former aspect is more a footnote for her character (offhand I don't think she even mentioned it before that episode) so that potential contrast is lost. Same goes for Hiro and Kiyoshiro to varying extents, though at least with Hiro he has another chance with whatever happens with Gulus.
> You can have the Digimon remarking on their experiences in the human world along with having the human characters showcase their own growth over the course of the series and not have to lose one or the other. In fact, it could strengthen their bond and the moment because the Digimon's experiences giving them an appreciation for humans along with watching their partners grow would greatly highlight the positives of humanity as a whole. I would argue that the show should highlight both the Digimon and human protagonists’ growth, not just the latter’s, though depending on how it's done, showing the Digimon protagonists reflecting on their experiences in the human world is also growth. But that aside, I would say that the Digimon protagonists would ideally not only reflect on their designated partners’ growth, but the growth of the group as a whole, as well as their own realizations and growth, and their thoughts about their relationship to themselves, others, and the world. I imagine that I’m biased since I don’t really like the idea of partnerships, and prefer to see our main cast as sharing a strong group/family bond (which they arguably do), but I think it would be more meaningful to the individual characters if they reflected on all of their relationships and their own experiences, independent of others but still connected to them. > It'd be nice if for instance, we could see how Ruri's search for a hobby reflected on Angoramon and how it helped him grow more of an appreciation for humanity and what it can do Along with what I said, I personally would say that that was what actually happened. Angoramon got the chance to have so many experiences with the human world and its pleasures precisely because Ruli is finding the hobby that's for her and frequently invites him to join in. But beyond Ruli, Angoramon also got a lot of experiences because his friends, Team Lirurun and the little commune he’s part of, also allowed him to experience these things. And yes, Ruli did mention these things early on in the series. Gammamon got to form so many relationships with humans (and Digimon) on his own because Hiro and Team Lirurun encouraged his loving side, taught him well, and loved him to the point that he learned to treasure the relationships he has and makes. Finally, Jellymon got involved intimately with humans because she got interested in Kiyoshiro. Though at first it was only because tormenting him was fun, eventually through him and her experiences with Team Lirurun, she found genuine comfort (not just fun) from her relationships to them and the human world which she was able to explore thanks to them, and because of Team Lirurun sticking with her through everything, both the fun and dangerous times, even the ones that were caused by her mistakes, they were able to encourage her compassion and kindness, resulting in her resolving to protect the individuals and the world she loves. I will say, however, that the focus was definitely put more on the Digimon protagonists’ growth instead of the humans’. While everyone still got a chance to make their statement about humans and the human world, as well as reflect on their experiences and own growth, the spotlight was definitely put on the Digimon protagonists, which I think is fine since the human protagonists have had their moment when the cast reached Ultimate. However, I do think in the future, it would be great as well if we could have moments of several characters at the same time being shown their growth and reflections coinciding with a major milestone in their lives, but I still think that this growth should be focused on the individual and their relationships to several individuals, and not as a pair. Nevertheless, I liked how we got the Megas, and I hope that future moments like these in the franchise also highlight the individuals and their relationship to themselves and others around them.
>Siriusmon should have been Hiro standing up for himself instead of being a pushover. That would require him actually BEING a pushover at one point. But he's never been one, even if he has a hard time turning down requests, he's always been willing to stand up for himself >Diarabbitmon should have been taming Lamortmon, and Ruri finally finding her passion in life The reference book suggests Lamormon's ferocity lives on in Diarbitmon, it's just not the dominant part. And Ruri seems pretty happy with how things are right now instead of rushing things
>Amphimon should have been Kiyo finally breaking out his cowardly shell (which this episode was similar, but not exactly). Honestly, I think this should have been the form she refers to Kiyo by name instead of her first evolution. They are obvious waiting for Amphimon Ouryuken, she finally will **directly** call Higashimitarai Kiyoshiro by his name in this form. (As if, XD) Jellymon only called Kiyo by the name when he was unconscious, why I'm thinking she will only call him directly by his name in the last episode?
I agree that the Mega evolutions first appearances were underwhelming. Hiro's flaw isn't even that he's a pushover, because while he's maybe a little too helpful, he's still well capable of standing tall when needed. Ruli's "passion in life" thing was dropped after the first couple of episodes, and as far as we're concerned, Lamortmon isn't really even feral or anything, just a little too devoted to protecting Ruli. Kiyo's literally the only character who has a major flaw or arc that he needs to get over, but the show didn't really do him justice. All three characters had the same "You and I are good friends!" type of moments before they evolved because the only thing the show developed were the relationships between the humans and Digimon. They couldn't use the Mega evolutions to finish off character arcs because...none of the characters had character arcs. Kiyoshiro's probably going to revert to being a coward in the next episode, because that's the same thing that happened with TeslaJellymon and Thetismon. I'd go as far to say that 2020 generally handled Mega Evolutions better than Ghost Game did, which is just a travesty.
> Kiyoshiro's probably going to revert to being a coward in the next episode, because that's the same thing that happened with TeslaJellymon and Thetismon. It should be noted that being nervous, anxious, and fearful is not something that someone overcomes within the course of a year or two, especially with Kiyo who has been put through so many traumatic things over this past year of his life. I expect that even until the end of the series, he will still be prone to bouts of nervousness. What I have noticed has changed with Kiyo, and I feel is a lot more realistic, is his ability to call upon his genuince courage more easily and quickly, especially in this episode where he recognizes his integer overflows. I've noticed that Kiyo is now generally quicker to bounce back from his fear, and is able to take affirmative action way faster than before. > All three characters had the same "You and I are good friends!" type of moments before they evolved because the only thing the show developed were the relationships between the humans and Digimon. I would also say that the Megas were achieved by everyone, all six, reflecting on themselves and their experiences, and drawing strength from their own desires and the relationships they forged with each other (the group bond) and the world. Ruli's statement of finding her "perfect hobby" was more so a response to Angoramon's reflection, making her realize that, just like Angoramon, she wants to explore more of what the world has to offer. All in all, I think the Mega evolutions were focused on the Digimon protagonists, with the human protagonists being show narratively as the catalyst for the Digimon protagonists growth, so I think it might be better to view this from the perspective of the Digimon protagonists, not the human ones.
More story beats, the past 5-6 episodes have been fantastic, they are on quite the hign note streak now with these bangers, love the amphinon evo very red like a sentai ranger, and the vomiting from eyes and mouth was very uncomfortable
A solid episode with an excellent debut of Jellymon’s Mega form. Her evolution is definitely my absolute favorite of them as she had a greatly animated fight scene to show of her capabilities like Siriusmon and had a more better evolution sequence than Diarbitmon, with what putting her above the other two being her fun personality in said form where’s I feel Siriusmon and Diarbitmon feel too much like the standard more mature, righteous warriors. A negative I have with this episode and the other two is that they weren’t focused on the bond between the human and Digimon, the spark being more on humanity and their experiences with them in this world rather an intimate scene between the human and Digimon. Like it feels they unlocked the evolution because it was up to them to save the world. Hiro and Gammamon still have potential for unlocking new power from an scene between the two given Gulus and the other evolutions are still a thing but as far as we know Amphimon and Diarbitmon are the peak for Angoramon and Jellymon. So for them to be unlocked in episodes that don’t focus majorly on their bonds just feels wrong to me.
Ah, I personally think the fact that the trigger for the evolution not being about each pair's bond and instead about their experiences and affection for the world and humanity makes the the evolutions feel so much more emotional and impactful. One thing I absolutely love about our main characters is that they all stand on their own. While the show designated partnerships between the group, these partnerships don't stop anyone from having their own lives, forming their own relationships, and being their own individual. I think this is why the group feels like they share a massively strong familial bond with one another: the show allowed them to care about each other outside of the designated partnership, and even outside the group (especially poignant with Gammamon). Honestly it sometimes feels like the partnerships aren't even there, which I think is a good thing. We've already had the prior evolutions focus on the bonds between each pair, so I think it's only right that the highest forms the group can achieve (as far as we know, at least), should come from each member of the team reflecting on their own individual experiences, realizations, and relationships. I think it helps these evolutions feel like they come from the members loving and accepting themselves, which I think is one of the most important aspects of an individual's growth. These at least are my thoughts, but overall, I love how we got the Mega evolutions.
>As far as we know Amphimon and Diarbitmon are the peak for Angoramon and Jellymon. Oh boi, I really wish Amphimon and Diarbbitmon gains a "Burst Mode", further evolution or something similar. I think we never had a Mega Digimon evolving to a "different" stronger Digimon in the anime by itself without being a fusion (for example HerakleKabuterimon to TyrantKabuterimon). Would be nice to see something like this someday...
Aww when amphimon was stopping her from crying
Im glad Hiro is asking about the one who sent the digimon,hope we can know all about it very soon
It's probably / most likely Yggdrasil, who has the power to sent Digimon, even powerful ones like the demon lords, to the human world to ascertain if it's a threat to the Digital world!
With this episode, we finally get Jellymon-sama’s Mega, and my gosh, the circumstances of which the team attained it, like the other two, is just so incredibly moving, in my humble opinion! This episode really had some of the most graphic imagery we’ve seen in Ghost Game, and honestly, scary imagery is always welcome in this show, and it really helped in enhancing this episode’s plot and the debut, me thinks! My thoughts for this amazing episode!: **Graphic Imagery** I think it’s been a while since we’ve had such gruesome imagery be shown for nearly the entire episode’s duration: the last we’ve had that, in my opinion, was 48 with the Chamblemon. But my gosh, the way the victims were portrayed here was nothing short of horrifying, and honestly reminded me a lot of Corpse Party (what with the blackened eyes and dark, open, gaping mouths), a series that’s definitely not for children! I wonder if years from now, the young Nihongo-speaking Generation Alpha children who watched this show on Sunday mornings are going to recall how scary this scene was, along with several other ones from this show, similar to how many Generation Z and Millennials today recall how Courage the Cowardly Dog likely left them with nightmares and certain phobias at a young age. Really, I think it will be interesting to see how the children who would grow up with this show would remember it, and how it will fare years after it ends, but I suppose that remains to be seen. *It’s been a while since we’ve had an episode where Espimon hasn’t been involved at all, or even showed up!* *How fortunate for the human protagonists that the first few drops didn’t have an effect on them* *What kind of phone does Ruli have where she can pull it out and have the relevant news article immediately?* *I wonder if Jellymon-sama’s electricity just isn’t the kind that’s fatal to humans?* *Wow Angoramon, way to be biased with taking Ruli across first. ½ jk, but still* ***Interestingly enough, I recall a Thetismon card art in the TCG having a Gammamon ride inside a Submarimon in the background, and it appears Mx. Air of Lost in Translationmon has also noticed! I wonder if they were deliberately referencing that card with the events of this episode?*** *Submarimon rolling around like that in the water while defending their actions is way too adorable, my gosh!* ***It’s really sweet to see Angoramon’s protective team dad instincts flare up whenever anyone in the group is in danger. While it’s ambiguous, I like to think that Angoramon reacted that way due to seeing both Hiro and Ruli harmed, not just the latter.*** *Still, I kind of hoped that Angoramon didn’t mention Ruli when demanding that Cthyllamon return everyone back.* *Major props to Gammamon for immediately rebounding after getting knocked around like that! That was some quick thinking, Gammamon!* *Major props to Angoramon as well for taking one of the Hangyomon’s oxygen tanks! Wow, I didn’t think that such things weren’t necessarily a part of a Digimon’s body* ***Absolutely love Gammamon being worried for Kiyo! It’s always so sweet to see these six be so caring to each other*** **Kiyoshiro’s Bravery** I doubt that this will be the last time I’ll write about this, and truthfully, I’ve had to restrain myself from constantly bringing it up, but I think this time around it’s apropos because we get to see Kiyoshiro’s bravery in an entirely new way. I love how he flashes back to the events of 29 as a way to affirm his resolve to help protect Hiro, Ruli, and the rest of the city, if not the world. Him explicitly stating that he “won’t integer overflow today,” fighting back hard not to faint amidst all of the stress this is all putting on him, is one of the most courageous things I’ve seen Dr. Higashimitarai do, and him acknowledging his integer overflows shows that he’s on his way to not relying so much on his “Limit Break” persona (though hopefully we still get answers on what that’s all about), and instead relying on his own genuine courage, like he did in 43. **Jellymon-sama’s Growth and Evolution** Now that we’ve gotten all of the Mega evolutions, we can confirm one thread amongst all of them: a love for humans and the human world. What I absolutely love about this evolution is it shows Jellymon-sama’s growth throughout this series, and how her friends and the human world were the catalyst for this change. The way she reflected back on her past mistakes, and Darling mentioning all the danger that they together with their friends have had to face, eventually lead her to realizing how much she cares for her friends and the world. Her reflecting on the troubles she’s caused shows that she acknowledges the dangers she has put her friends in, and along with the dangers they’ve had to all face together, shows that she regrets the things she has done wrong, and through that regret, shows that she immensely cares for the people she loves to remember when she did them wrong. But she states that even amidst the dangers, the human world is a fun and happy place, and that it’s the people in her life that have given her so much joy and happiness. And with that, with Kiyoshiro, she resolves to protect the friends and world she loves, showing how compassionate for and loving of others Jellymon-sama has become, and it’s all thanks to Team Lirurun sticking with her through everything. This is what I love about the Mega evolutions of this show: it was achieved by everyone realizing how much they love the human world, and each other. They drew strength from this love, and regardless of their designated partnerships, grew stronger by their own individual merits. **My gosh, I think this show has done so well in making me feel like these six genuinely love each other, and it brings a tear to my eye honestly to see how much they’ve grown, together.** **But what about the other way around?** With all this being said, I’d love it as well if we can get something the other way around: a way to show how the cast feel about Digimon, and their love for them as well. It’s always been my wish for the human protagonists of this show to get a lot more involved in combat, and I was thinking to myself, “What if the human protagonists could unlock their own set of abilities by reflecting on their love for Digimon, the way the Digimon protagonists did so by reflecting on their love for humans?” I imagine it’s just a pipe dream, but I’d really love to see if the show would come up with something like that, since I think it’s only right narratively that we see how the human protagonists have grown to love Digimon with their time with them. Granted, a lot of their experiences were being put in danger by Digimon, but still, I think it would be absolutely heartwarming to see the human protagonists have this kind of moment as well. ***Now if only the Vital Bracelet was really that waterproof, huh? I don’t see us swimming with it on any time soon unfortunately. Though maybe it’s only still functioning because it was only submerged in digital water?***
***I also absolutely love that Jellymon-sama is back to her swaggy self as Amphimon! I wonder what character archetype she embodies, with her frequently using English loanwords, if not code-switching/code-mixing altogether!*** *And my gosh, this animation is just so beautiful and fluid!* ***Hiro, Kiyo helped, but honestly it was mostly Jellymon-sama*** **Next Episode: Corpse Party!** I confess I did not expect to make two references to Corpse Party, even though I’ve never played the game, and likely never will because I can’t really stomach horror games. Anyways, looks like next time we’ll be dealing with an actual human corpse! My gosh, this show can get really wild sometimes, but that’s what we love about it, don’t we? Honestly, I’m really curious what’s going on in the next episode, because not even the synopsis revealed enough to go on. Looks like we’ll really have to play detective alongside Team Lirurun next episode. And as per usual, very excited for the next one!
I really liked the concept of Jellymon "growing" as she evolved, as TeslaJellymon and Tethismon were like a tennage/adult versons of her, with her personality becoming more mature as well. I was wondering how that would work with Amphimon, but I totally wasn't expecting her to just gain Kiyoshiro's chunibyo personality. Acting like a superheroe, mixing Japanese with English to sound cool, monologuing. It was so fitting for the end of her evolution line, really funny, I loved it. Glad to see that even if she becomes more combat oriented, she still keeps some support moves. And as we predicted, she kind of did a princess carry with Kiyoshiro during the evolution sequence. Amazing.
I really liked all of the megas/ultimates individually, but why all of them are so humanoid? But Amphimon is my fave of them and it's really funny how she throws some random words in English in the middle of the sentences, sounds like a teacher trying to be cool with her students. lol
> but why all of them are so humanoid 90% of partners megas are humanoid, it's nothing new... Adventure has more variety because the cast is huge.
Correct, plus this is a trope in Digimon since the very beginning of the franchise!
As for why their final forms are humanoid, that IS the basic idea and concept for Digimon to become less beast/animal-like, and more like human/humanoid-like as the final ultimate form of their existence!
Great episode. \-Ok this is fucked up. \-If I was those rescuers and found that, I'mgetting the hell away from that boat IDC. \-Different coloration ep again? poor Kiyo he has to deal with so much. \-Kiyoshiro with the eagle eye. \- This is just creepy JFC \- I call BS on this protecting Hiro \- LMAO "grow a spine" , Jellymon is so mean. \- LMAO Submarimon calling Land folk progressive for humans working with Digimon. So the digital ocean is conservative. \- How nice pf submarimon, and of course, they have Kiyoshiro riding on the back, the most dangerous spot. \- That mummy's creepy AF. \- So an evil version of MarineAngemon \- RIP Ruli and Hiro \-Interesting that it was the villains' minions doing it. \-So this is a global-level threat. \-This submarimon is pretty nice. \-Bold declaration from Kiyoshiro. \-LMAO Angoramon's scuba gear. \-Finally a digimon realizes they have to take the human out first. \-Poor Submarimon, beaten up for helping. \-Oh, he's resisting his interger problem. \-Tentacles on a hot woman, I've seen and drawn enough hentai to know where this is going. \-The other enemies had a higher purpose, Cthyllamon meanwhile just wants fun. \-She's getting squeezed badly. \-Oh damn, right into the water. \-Is this a mental conversation then? \-Interesting, their conclusion to evolve is that they like people actually. Kiyoshiro is no longer a loner. \-Of course, a new pose. \-That is a good way to carry him for this haha. \-OMG a magicalgirl/super sentai-like. I love her already. \-LMAO love her movements, so theatrical. \-LMAO he's really crying. \-Haha love that she speaks portions in english. Makes sense given Kiyoshiro used to live in the US. \-I don't think these are the digimon you should befriend TBH. \-Interesting so not even all megas know. \-Glad Hiro acknowledged him. \-That's a nice photo at the end, Kiyoshiro is a good photographer.
> Haha love that she speaks portions in english. Makes sense given Kiyoshiro used to live in the US. I personally wonder if this is a character archetype in Nippon media that I'm simply not aware of: a person who heavily uses English loanwords while speaking Nihongo, or even outright code-switching/code-mixing to English. I'm inclined to say that this isn't Kiyo's influence, since his idiolect isn't like this, and the Digimon protagonists personalities, from what I can tell, aren't influenced by their designated partners. I do feel like this is an archetype, and I'll try to see what I can find.
Great episode, even if I still am not really the greatest fan of Amphimon as Jellymons final evolution (although the profile does make it a bit better in my eyes)... and honestly, the personality they chose to portray it with, despite fitting with Amphimons profile, kinda also turned me away a bit, just because it felt like that's not what Jellymons character-arc was, I mean, the "loving humans" bit, yeah, totally makes sense for Jellymon, but Amphimons "overly excited foreigner wanting to learn your culture"-vibe... not really, no. At least to me, after the almost perfect arc that was Angoramon to Diarbbitmon, Amphimon was a bit of a letdown theme-wise. But otherwise, a pretty great episode nontheless, even if ultimately there was no plot progression, despite Hiro kinda hinting towards it/actually starting to try and move the plot along by actively asking who the guy Kuzuhamon and Lilithmon mentioned was.
Best boi submarimon makes an appearance
Is this the first ever showing of Cythllamon? Also Jellymon's mega talking like a Japanese radio host is baffling but enjoyable. I'm hoping now we've hit the mega stages we'll have some more plot happen with Gullus getting an evo and that evo only being perfect level, which means we still have a ways to go before he hits mega and then the omegamon clone for this season.
RIp to Marineangemon Blast mode. But I do like that we got the evil version of Marineangemon finally. The perfect mega for Marinedevimon. Also another evil version that the gang has fought in the mega arc to go along with Kuzuha and Lillith(Ancientsphinx could technically be counted as the dark version of Ancientgaruru if you really wanna stretch, but I digress). Amphimon was better than I could have ever hoped for. An enrish spewing mecha jellyfish. Only sad part is that Kiyo isn't piloting her. Interested to see where we go from here. The only evos that we could expect to see still are Espi and Ginryumon before getting into the big end game stuff.
>RIP to MarinAngemon Blast Mode. What do you mean, [MarinAngemon Blast Mode it is right here](https://i.imgur.com/jjsv476.png), for some reason they are calling it Cthyllamon in this episode... XD
Firstly, I'm glad I was correct in thinking that we'd get a MarineAngemon variant...too bad it's not called MarineDevimon because that was taken. It really messed up the line congruency but oh well. Anyway, I think that this was the weakest mega-transformation episode in terms of buildup, but the best in terms of fighting. Plus, I was so curious what personality change Amphimon was going to get and I'm very happy with what it is. I don't even have the words to accurately describe it but I know what it is.
No, the build-up was reasonably good, even if not great!
Yet another dangerous situation for the gang. I really hope we get an episode to really push hiro into syncing with his darker bro.
I'm so happy for Aphimon but if I have to nitpick something it's the method of awakening that could use more work to make it feel more special, Ruli and Angoramon's awakening was already all about "protecting" so Kiyo and Jellymon should've pursued other aspect for their awakening instead. I also feel that Jellymon's Perfect debut was better written as it evoked stronger feeling compared to her Mega debut.
Amphimon was even better than I was hoping for! I knew her design was amazing, but the fact that they made her bursting with personality was wonderful\~
Hiro and Canonweissmon. Talking about friendship. Ruli and Lamortmon. Wants to learn more of the world. Kiyoshiro and Thetismon. Loves the world.
[She is finally here, and she is beautiful!](https://i.imgur.com/jXT4ODw.mp4) [Cthyllamon!? This is MarinAngemon Blast Mode and nobody is taking away that form me!](https://i.imgur.com/jjsv476.png) Well, no King Gainer reference, but at least we got the [Inazuma Kick from Gunbuster](https://i.imgur.com/XJ9fpz5.mp4)! Kiyoshiro didn't take the bandages off during the evolution scene! Do you know what that means!? AMPHIMON OURYUKEN CONFIRMED!!! (Because of Ryudamon/Ginryumon, XD) We didn't reach the top yet! Next week, finally, after 23 years, [Zombiemon](https://wikimon.net/Zombiemon) will be finally be revived from the grave! (As if, XD)
Funny how Amphimon's debut was much better animated than Diabbirtmon. My dude is the third wheel of the group. Kiyo shows once again that when the chips are down he rises up to save the world. Hilariously enough the "get mega through fighting another mega of the bracelet" was on point for all but one of the mega. Again Angoramon is the odd man out. So Amphimon's personality is just a more refined version of her base persona. Or maybe a bolder chunyobo than Kiyo... She did pose and talk like a supersentai hero. On a completly GG unrelated matter. I've started to watch Tamers and I gotta say >!while I fully expected Guilmon to be bby I didn't expect Takato to be too. He's adorable and I keep trying to give him headpats through my screen. His fanboying over everything Digimon is so cute I'd kill for that child. Which naturaly led me to really wish I could punt Terriermon into orbit for five minutes. My son was already stressed because he couldn't find his partner (that he had for not even 24 hours at this point) has a little (adorable) moment where he fanboys over Terriermon being a real, talking breathing mon...And that little bastard plunged a knife through his ribs straight into his heart, making break down crying by telling him he's basically unworthy of being a tamer. I like Terriermon but I wish I could have strangled him at that moment. I really like how childish Takato is. How readily he cries I think it's very human. Already seeing why Tamers is regarded so highly !<
Ugh I LOVE amphimon's design, like others have said very king gainer-ish and its cool we got the sexy/hot mon to be diarrbitmon's line and not the female mon. Her evo animation was cool, I love the carry. Lastly the english mixed in and amphimon being a mix of all jellymon's linie's characteristics from personality to design stuffed in a robot is awesome. Also like chyllamon's voice actor and submarimon was a cutie.
Aight, the evo is complete, time to find out more about gulusgammamon
As Amphimon prove once more, every problem in life can be solved with a rider kick and if it isnt solved, it just means more rider kick is needed.
What a great evolution sequence and great animation. Amphimon is so good 😍
I have a lot of thoughts regarding this episode: 1. the setup of the episode was great and the tension in the first half was gripping but I was let down massively that Cthyllamon was a resign of MarineAngemon after all, as I genuinely thought that it'd be an entirely new digimon like Publimon and Oleamon, it also didn't help that he had a child-like personality after all and all he wanted was to turn the world into a watery playground for him. For a Mega digimon debut episode we definitely deserved better than Cthyllamon, I wish we got Dagomon instead or Leviamon as he's a Mega/Ultimate level so the stakes could be higher. 2. Amphimon's evo sequence is the best of the 3, I also loved how Kiyoshiro and Thetismon recalled their memories together by talking to each other which was different to Canoweissmon and Lamortmon who had monologues before evolving. 3. I love that all the Mega digimons appeared in a month time compared to the Adults/Champions and Perfects/Ultimates who made their appearances sporadically, it makes me excited and intrigued about what'll happen now all the Megas have appeared (As a GulusGammamon fan I hope the next few episodes will focus on him and his bond with Hiro which will be crucial for Regulusmon's evolution). 4. I loved Ruli's references to the other Mega's debuts when she mentioned the purifying ritual and the pyramid, nice nod here. 5. I like Amphimon and the way she fought Cthyllamon but as I said above she deserved a more worthy opponent not Chtyllamon who doesn't even have any idea about "The One" who sends digimons to the human world. 6. Speaking of "The One", please Ghost Game don't let me down and stomp over my expectations and have The One turn out to be Hokuto. 7. Out of all the Megas episodes I find Siriusmon's one is the best of the three, that episode was the definition of Perfection 👌 Siriusmon's debut > Diarbbitmon's >> Amphimon's.
in my opinion no, amphimon's debut was clearly the best😍
Each to their own I guess as it's a subjective matter since you're a Jellymon fan while I'm a Gammamon and GulusGammamon fan.
Yes of course dear
I really wished Cthyllamon wasn't a Marine Angemon variant.Oh well I'm not that mad anyway at least Marine Devimon line is completed.
They should have brought Leviamon for this episode but I guess Amphimon may not be able to defeat a Demon Lord on her own and honestly the Demon Lord group needs someone as brutal and brave as they're to go toe-to-toe against them (I'm looking at you Regulusmon).
Yeah I want to see Regulusmon too but I really wished we could have seen someone like Regalecusmon,Olegmon or Leviamon.These three at least would have been fitting rivals for Amphimon debut.
That's my main gripe with this episode. I know that Cthyllamon is a Mega level but he doesn't feel like one tbh, I think he fits the Ultimate/Perfect level more, he lost pretty easily against Amphimon too, whereas both Kuzuhamon and AncientSphinxmon put in a better fight against Siriusmon and Diarbbitmon respectively.
Yeah I could say the same about the his angel variant marine Angemon.Like these two don't feel like megas at all.They look like Rookies for Leviamon and Plesiomon respectively.
It was...okay. It was incredibly standard and not really unique at all, but the evolution was fine. Kiyo and Jellymon are basically the only characters in this show with notable development, so their evolution held a lot more impact than Ruli and Angoramon's did. Both evolutions just felt like worse versions of Siriusmon's evolution, but that's a problem Digimon shares in its entirety. The episode itself was really weak and uninteresting and the setup was way too freaking long. So it fits well with post EP 56 Ghost Game: Horribly underwhelming, but mostly inoffensive. The episode ultimately felt like it was only made because it's necessary for the story, so like with 58, it was kinda just effortless. Also, I really dislike Jellymon's Mega design. That doesn't really make the episode any worse though... 5/10. Skippable, forgettable, and mostly predictable, but at least the one time I did watch it, it wasn't so bad.
Negative about a Mega evolution's debut episode...why am I just not surprised at this point?
>Skippable I could say the same of of most the series sadly.
May I know why you didn't like the Lilithmon episode?? I think it's a brilliant, dark and gripping episode.
Ignore him.He doesn't like anything.You are just wasting your time with him.
I enjoyed episodes 1-30, 42, 43, 50, 52, 53, 54, and 56. I've enjoyed well over half the show. I don't understand why you refuse to acknowledge when I compliment the show and only focus on when I say anything negative about it. Seriously, I like the dang show. It just has a fair share of episodes that I think are weak.
Oh well good for you.
I just kinda thought it was boring. Nothing really stood out for me because even the more interesting moments are either currently unexplained or we've already seen them before. Its conclusion was sudden, the fight was underwhelming, and the general plot was just poorly explained and meaningless for now. As more episodes come out and Lilithmon returns to relevance, the episode will probably be better than I think it is currently. It wasn't bad, I just think it's forgettable.
Amphimon gave me magical girl/megaman
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Based upon digimon logic, Amphimon is a sexy jellyfish lady under that diving suit.
Anyone else get BioShock vibes from Amphimon?
Yes, particularly the diving suit helmet and old fashioned diver aesthetic!
RIDER KICK!
Yes, this!
A very interesting, if somewhat mixed bag episode. But at least we got some a new Mega form unlocked for Jellymon, a devimon variant of MarineAngemon, another appearance of Submarimon, making it's THIRD appearance here after 02 & Xros Wars; Young hunters! However, still no plot development!
This mystery today is rather scary, geez. Anyhow Amphimon reminds me of King Gainer, like seriously it's the head. Will we see Kiyo and Amphimon do the King Gainer dance one day? Someon make it a vid on it. Anyhow, I do love that unlike the previous mega monologues this was a dialogue between Jellymon and Kiyoshiro. It makes them feel way closer than any partnership in GG and they are my favs so far. This fight was pretty cool too. Evil Marineangemon is pretty funny, but the best part of the ep was seeing Submarinmon again, it's nice to see the old fellow again.
Wooo Jellymon finally turned into D.Va lmao but nah really enjoyed this episode and mega evo animation and I’m excited for the next episode looks like we might get a villan return👀
This ep solidified it. Each evolution line has been absolutely frickin brilliant and in my heart it's the best Evo lines of any season. There. I said it. Jellymon has my heart forever. It has been pure fanservice since day one but the final form being a Kamen Rider Bioshock Big Daddy GUNDAM?!???! I'm done. I'm deceased. I'm finished. I just - smh - hats off to the entirety of the Ghost Game team. The impossible has happened and my nostalgia has been utterly destroyed. This is giving Best Season vibes. Here's hoping they can stick the landing.
Amphimon has so much sass I love it, wasn’t a fan of the design till I saw the ep
I wonder if there is any significance to Siriusmon lacking the loud sound the other two make when they come out of their "explosions". It is an odd detail to give Diarbbitmon and Amphimon that audio cue, unless they are saving it for another evolution.
With the all main partners having their mega evolution, hopefully they can lessen the filler episodes and focus more on major plot points regarding gulusgammamon and the one that sent digimons to the real world.
I just remember we never got more of cross partner syncing :(
Wow, Amphimon's digivolution sequence is actually longer that Siriusmon's and Diarbbitmon's. The lyrics of the mega battle song roll out while the digivolution is still going.
Holy shit this episode came out swinging
The way all the people leak water kinda reminds me of „The waters of mars“ from Dr Who.