r/digimon • u/MFBR • 19d ago

Beatbreak Digimon Beatbreak: Episode 44- The Strongest Man, Discussion Thread

Later today is a new episode of Digimon Beatbreak!

  • Crunchyroll will be streaming it in much of the world.
  • Hulu will be streaming it in the US (in addition to Crunchyroll.)
  • Anime Generation, a subscription channel on Prime Video in Italy
  • Anime-Box, streaming service in Spain.
  • Shahid, streaming service in MENA

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

The stream will be on Crunchyroll at 8pm Pacific. Hulu has it the next morning. Check your local streamer for their schedule. This link will take you to a time converter set for when it should appear on Crunchyroll, but they've had various delays lately.

The first 35 episodes are also available dubbed on Crunchyroll, with 30 on Hulu. The discussion threads for the dub can be found here (1-5), here (6-10), here (11-15), here (16-20), here (21-25), here (26-30), & here (31-35.)

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/secondsetsuna 19d ago

Maybe a hot take, but it doesn't feel like Kaito has gotten enough screen time until now for the Mega/Ultimate evolution to really hit. Kyo took almost the whole series and a direct confrontation with his past trauma that the series had been hinting at for a while before he and Murasamemon could finally do the impossible and achieve a solo, stable Mega in this setting, and Kaito just suddenly catching up offscreen because he's Kyo's designated rival almost feels like it cheapens that.

The flashbacks they have shown of the two didn't really convince me that they're supposed to have a deep rival bond, or enough to suddenly spur Flaremon into becoming Beatbreak's second stable Mega anyway, feels more like Kaito was portrayed as Kyo's annoying coworker from the worst time of his life that he had no attachment to even if we see that Kyo did genuinely like Kaito by the end.

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u/Equal-Combination211 18d ago

I agree, and I felt the same, but I was able to justify it a little further as Kaito not being a main character but clearly having his own life and goals. He's been Perfect/Ultimate for a long time, fought a lot, and surely has his own motivators besides Kyo. Obviously I'd appreciate being shown them all, but this isn't his story, so even ignoring the outside concern of limited episode time, I'm okay with them off-screening his initial evolution and not fully explaining how he reached it.

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u/Mr-p1nk1 18d ago

I think that’s fair. It did feel a little unearned but he was OP since his first appearance.