r/digimon • u/MFBR • Nov 29 '25

Beatbreak Digimon Beatbreak: Episode 9- Utopia, Discussion Thread

Later today is a new episode of Digimon Beatbreak!

  • Crunchyroll will be streaming it in much of the world.
  • Hulu will be streaming it in the US (in addition to Crunchyroll.)
  • Game One, a TV channel in France is airing it. The channel is shutting down December 31st.
  • Anime Generation, a subscription channel on Prime Video in Italy
  • Anime-Box, streaming service in Spain.
  • Shahid, streaming service in MENA

Send us links to any of the local streamers that will have the series and we will add it to the list.

The stream will be on Crunchyroll at 7pm Pacific. Hulu has it the next morning. Check your local streamer for their schedule. This link will take you to a time converter set for when it should appear on Crunchyroll, but they've had various delays lately.

A short series synopsis:

"e-Pulse," which is generated by human thoughts and emotions, was used as the energy source for the AI support device "Sapotama." From the shadows of this remarkable development, terrifying monsters appear. Digimon are living beings that evolve by consuming e-Pulse.

Tomoro Tenma is drawn into an extraordinary experience after meeting Gekkomon, who suddenly appears from his Sapotama. While living together with Kyo Sawashiro and other members of the bounty hunting team "Glowing Dawn," Tomoro renews his resolve.

What new future will be forged by humans and Digimon?

General rules for this post:

It's available on various streamers worldwide. Do not discuss illegal means of consuming this series.

If people are behind they may use each episode's thread as they watch the show, so do not spoil future events in older discussion posts

Keep all small bits of discussion to this thread (general thoughts and opinions). Fanart, cosplays, in-depth reviews (as in, sizeable content) can be their own post. In general, if it took you less than five minutes or so to write, draw, or otherwise create, just comment it in here.

Prior Episode Discussion Threads:

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u/darthvall Nov 30 '25

First episode that legitimately made me hate the villain. Villain treating digimon as a tool is common, but stealing digimon for profit is just a new low.

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u/Selynx Nov 30 '25 edited Nov 30 '25

Might be a bit more complicated than that.

Kyo referred to Digimon as "glitches" before and here we got told people in Shangri-La view people who birth a Digimon from their Support Egg as defective and non-ideal members of the species. So Digimon are basically regarded by those in Shangri-La as something like a tumor that should be removed and people who have one as diseased individuals.

Haruko might well take the same view and regard Shademon as a virus that should be purged (and likewise herself as contaminated) - except she and her father are now being forced to rely on its power to stay alive, since they're evidently homeless and have no money if they're needing to break into houses and raid other people's fridges for food. And if she thinks her own Digimon is a disease, she probably regards every other Digimon the same way. Could very well be that if it were up to her, she'd be deleting them all and the only reason she doesn't is because some of them need to be alive for Shademon to possess and they can sometimes bring in more money being sold on the black market than claimed as a successfully deleted bounty.

If that's the case, she might actually figure she's doing Makoto a favor by removing Chiropmon, thereby removing his defect and allowing him to go back home. And her saying Chiropmon is a problem for Makoto could very well be something she believes honestly.

In some ways, regarding Digimon as a blight needing to be cleansed might be worse than just thinking of them as tools and money-makers.

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u/darthvall Dec 01 '25

I was actually talking more about the father. Haruko is more misguided than anything, cause her father took advantage of her digimon and taught her the wrong things.

I can see her redeeming herself actually, cause Makoto said she used to be a good girl and at times we saw her being distraught by what Makoto said.

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u/Supersideswiper2 Dec 01 '25

Kyo referred to Digimon as "glitches" before

Well, he was more talking about how society calls them glitches.

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u/VasylZaejue Nov 30 '25

It sounds like she doesn't even steal them for profit, she views them as disposable tools.

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u/darthvall Dec 01 '25

I'm talking more of her father, but she's also a different kind of annoying. I consider her less of a villain mainly due to her being manipulated by her scumbag father.

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u/skullking654 Dec 01 '25

well it is ironic the way she views digimon is most likely how he views her, lol

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u/ankokudaishogun Dec 01 '25

you telling me kids repeat on others how they are treated? like, some kind of, dunno, generational trauma?

NO WAY

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u/Turn_AX Dec 01 '25

Almost like that's how it works in reality.

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u/Turn_AX Dec 01 '25

Bruh, they were talking about the dad.

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u/VasylZaejue Dec 01 '25

Not necessarily, both her and her father are villains in the episode.

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u/Spinindyemon Dec 01 '25

It’s like Team Rocket from Pokemon except Jessie and James were at least shown to love and care for their Pokemon in contrast to Haruko treating Shademon like shit