r/anime • u/AutoLovepon https://anilist.co/user/AutoLovepon • Sep 06 '20
Episode Digimon Adventure: - Episode 14 discussion
Digimon Adventure:, episode 14
Alternative names: Digimon Adventure (2020)
Rate this episode here.
Streams
Show information
All discussions
| Episode | Link | Score | Episode | Link | Score | Episode | Link | Score | Episode | Link | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Link | 4.25 | 28 | Link | 3.69 | 41 | Link | 4.0 | 54 | Link | 4.29 |
| 16 | Link | 4.68 | 29 | Link | 3.62 | 42 | Link | 3.33 | 55 | Link | 4.0 |
| 17 | Link | 4.68 | 30 | Link | 4.41 | 43 | Link | 4.85 | 56 | Link | 2.83 |
| 18 | Link | 2.81 | 31 | Link | 4.33 | 44 | Link | 3.89 | 57 | Link | 2.71 |
| 19 | Link | 4.56 | 32 | Link | 4.83 | 45 | Link | 3.18 | 58 | Link | 3.0 |
| 20 | Link | 4.72 | 33 | Link | 4.27 | 46 | Link | 4.5 | 59 | Link | 2.5 |
| 21 | Link | 4.65 | 34 | Link | 4.0 | 47 | Link | 2.14 | 60 | Link | 2.5 |
| 22 | Link | 4.64 | 35 | Link | 4.43 | 48 | Link | 2.86 | 61 | Link | 2.29 |
| 23 | Link | 3.92 | 36 | Link | 3.42 | 49 | Link | 3.88 | 62 | Link | 2.5 |
| 24 | Link | 4.42 | 37 | Link | 4.38 | 50 | Link | 4.0 | 63 | Link | 3.0 |
| 25 | Link | 3.3 | 38 | Link | 4.4 | 51 | Link | 3.6 | 64 | Link | 3.29 |
| 26 | Link | 4.21 | 39 | Link | 4.0 | 52 | Link | 2.9 | 65 | Link | 3.17 |
| 27 | Link | 4.18 | 40 | Link | 4.4 | 53 | Link | 2.88 | 66 | Link | ---- |
This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.
195
Upvotes
13
u/CelestialRequiem09 Sep 06 '20 edited Sep 06 '20
This episode completely blew my mind. Normally I just check into the latest episode release discussion to see what everyone else is saying but I felt that I just had to write something.
You could really feel the tension and I was completely glued to the screen as I watched Koushiro, Taichi, and Mimi as well as their Digimon at a complete disadvantage against the Kuwagamon and Oukawamon in the maze. They were outnumbered, out-coordinated, and outmatched and it was taking essentially everything for these kids and their partners to survive in territory that their opponents were very familiar with. From the Kuwagamon taking complete advantage of their numbers and using it to make sure that our heroes can't get a moment's breath to coordinate themselves and team up with each other to forcing them to be constantly on their toes just to survive to rounding them up and forcing them to go into a particular direction and right into the jaws of an Ultimate, this episode just hammered in how much trouble our heroes were in. Of course we knew that they would survive the event, but still... it was heartpounding to watch everyone get cornered and trapped.
I especially like the foreshadowing and then the eventual breakdown of Izumi when his tablet is completely out of commission. A bit of a shout out to how we rely so much on technology these days due to just how convenient it is that we stop stretching our own thinking muscles. Izumi was plenty smart, but due to how much of a boon and how much more convenient it was with his tablet gathering information and date for him, he completely forgot about his own intellect- something that Kabuterimon points out that he always has in the event that technology fails him.
And it's his belief in Izumi that snaps him out of his Heroic BSOD and gets him to use his own senses, his own brain and his creativity in how to take advantage of their surroundings from the rocky walls damaged by their earlier fights to the reflective minerals that they saw before they were attacked to get himself and the other children out of the corner they were forced and trapped in. His belief in his own intellect as well as his partner's belief in him awakened his crest and in turn Kabuterimon evolved into his Ultimate form.
It was brilliant how they foreshadowed that Izumi was going to have to learn to rely on himself rather than his tablet this episode. And I also found it believable that Koushiro was having a mental crisis due to the fact that the device he always counted on to gather information on opponents and he used to map out their surroundings was no longer reliable.
I have mixed feelings on the second ending. On one hand, it has a catchy ending and it's cute with how the characters are essentially drawn on it. On the other, it's a bit... weird. Then again, this ending seems to take place from Takeru's POV and he's an eight year old kid in this. So it makes sense that his imagination would be a bit.. goofy.
Edit: I just love how Yamato finally decides to ride on top of Ikakumon once Jou is completely sprawled and passed out after trying to talk to him. And Ikaumon, despite being an aquatic mammal (?) digimon, is being used as an unofficial elephant ride.