#FrontierFest

[artistaduchess]

es una de mis primeras ships! que te puedo decir? los voy a shipper

#kouzumi #kouji minamoto #izumi orimoto #zoe orimoto #digimon #digimon frontier #kozumi #kazemon #frontierfest #kouji x izumi #fairymon #lobomon #wolfmon

[citrus-cactus]

Just realized that the 20th anniversary year for Digimon Frontier is almost over, and it’s been almost a year since @rockthistowninsideout and I ran FrontierFest 🥲

What a celebratory year it was! And so much official new art, plus a new audio drama(!!), and merchandise. I hope Digimon Savers gets as much fun stuff when it’s time for their 20th, but I feel really grateful to have witnessed so much Frontier love from both Toei/Bandai and fans this past year <3

#aaaand I remembered I still have some unrealized art goals related to frontier that I want to work on now… hehe #digimon frontier #the cactus speaks

[digitalgate02]

WAIT A SECOND.

(maybe a 02 x Frontier crossover? HAHAHA not gonna happen right…🙃😭😔) - My post for FrontierFest, back in April

#WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THIS MY BELOVED IMPERIALDRAMON PALADIN MODE!?

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#5

Final stroke spoilers!!

Okay I've actually been curious about this, but do you think Haru ended up finding his dream in fs2? Like of course he wants to swim with Rin and Rin wants to go professional, but does that mean Haru wants to as well? Would he even enjoy the professional world? It's the ending but I still have so many questions

Hiya! Answer is under the cut!

I'm of the opinion that he DID find his dream, at least to some extent. As ES showed, Haru just wants to keep swimming, and wanted to experience a certain sight he saw while in Australia. While Rin obviously is a significant part of that dream (not least because they went to Australia together), they have their own individual paths that they want to follow, and the series as a whole often shows Haru having to come to terms with the fact that the paths he's shared with his friends so far may not be the same in the future (think back to how he freaked out when Makoto said he'd decided on his college plans in ES).

In FS1 & 2, Haru sees the sight he's been looking for, and swimming professionally and becoming stronger are the routes he takes to reach that dream. As @fencer-x and I have discussed in the past, Haru is more than willing to go pro so long as it is on his OWN terms. He's not going to walk that path because some school principal told him it's expected of him (ES) or because some coach said that there is only one way to become stronger (DTF and FS1). He goes pro to experience that sensation from ES, and becomes stronger so that he can pursue that sight and continue swimming as long as possible (and with Rin as much as possible too).

I think Haru will enjoy his pro career as long as he's aware that HE'S the one on this path, and therefore HE gets to decide how to navigate it. After all, his last line in FS2 is: "The moment I become ordinary... I'm fine with it happening a little later "

I hope this answers your questions, even a little!

28 notes - Posted May 18, 2022

#4

Does this mean we’ve adopted Daemon Targaryen as our poor little meow meow

32 notes - Posted August 27, 2022

#3

Free! FS2 Trailer Thoughts and Speculations

Well, it’s here. Our suffering was not prolonged, and we now have an idea of what to expect on the 22nd. So let’s take a closer look at the trailer, and see what we can make of it, shall we?

If you want a recap before we go ahead, here are Parts 1 and 2 of my previous thoughts.

Also, shout out to @caffernnn and the rest of the FS server for the engrossing discussions and speculations of the last few months! As always, please feel free to contribute to my ramblings!

Ok, here we go! Reminder: MAJOR SPOILERS FOR FS1 AHEAD.

As we noted last time, when the teaser dropped, Haru is MISERABLE. But the trailer shows that he may be facing burnout as well - it’s so bad that he COLLAPSES right after getting out of the pool. Ryuuji’s words and Haru’s resulting actions have left him emotionally drained, so much so that he can’t even stand. This definitely calls for an intervention from his friends and loved ones, and it seems like we are going to get that: both Makoto and Rin appear to be having some kind of confrontation with Ryuuji.

While Makoto doesn’t say much, and isn’t even shown beyond his hair in that shot, he’s obviously not going to be happy that Haru is in this state, and there is already some setup from S3 for Makoto coming into conflict with Ryuuji over Haru’s abilities, potential, and coaching. As Makoto wants to be a trainer, he might find himself stepping in (it’s possible Nao may be involved too).

[Also, shout out to that gorgeous shot of Makoto in the wind; he has never looked prettier]

Rin, on the other hand, is directly coming for Ryuuji, and yelling about what’s happened to Haru and what swimming means to Haru. He may even be the one to propose a relay team comprising himself, Haru, possibly Ikuya, and a fourth person (who remains unknown as yet, but my Makoto-loving heart knows who it 800% SHOULD be), and might temporarily set aside his plan of focusing solely on breaststroke in an attempt to reach out to Haru in the way Haru knows best. From this trailer, it’s clear that Makoto and Rin, Haru’s two most important people, are going to lead the intervention.

However, other characters are clearly going to help Haru as well. Ikuya, Natsuya, and Sousuke already seem to be at the forefront, based on their dialogues of Haru having been there for them/Haru being a hero/worrying about Haru/wanting to help Haru/etc. Natsuya or Sousuke are strong candidates for the unknown 4th person in the relay, as FS1 has already set Sousuke up to have some skill in backstroke, depending on how his shoulder is healing, and Natsuya may be able to qualify for a tournament or two? I look forward to seeing the roles each group/team from Haru’s life plays, since the poster, teaser, and trailer have made it a priority to highlight the teams Haru has swum with - especially the OG relay team comprising him, Makoto, Nagisa, and Rin.

Now let’s look at Kaede and Albert! They’re clearly playing important roles as well. Based on his quote at the start, Kaede may well give Haru the first rings of the wake-up call he sorely needs, and as I’ve speculated before, he may also provide more context about Ryuuji and his mindset (particularly since Ryuuji abandoning his friend for the race does NOT appear to have made him stronger). But Albert is also going to have some kind of wake-up call, what with the trailer showing him crying. We will most likely get Albert’s backstory through a flashback or something of the sort, and he may also gain some sort of redemption arc - but the context of his creepy coach still remains unclear.

The one thing we can be certain of from seeing the trailer is this:

Haru is going to be okay.

Yes, he will start the movie miserable and hurt and burnt out, but he is eventually going to get his wake-up call, have friends who will stick up for him and give him the help he needs, and find the words to express what he’s feeling and what the water and swimming mean to him.

When Haru says his usual tagline, “I only swim free,” there’s no quiet disinterest the way there was in the first couple of seasons of the anime. This time, his voice is strong and determined, and it may be that he means to say: “I only swim my version of free.” I wonder, based on his location, outfit, tone, and expression, whether he’s confronting Ryuuji and telling him where he stands on the “abandon everything to become stronger” philosophy? Haru deserves to have that final showdown with him and make it clear that he does NOT appreciate being lived through and manipulated like that.

More importantly, Haru is SMILING when he swims free. Not once in the entire series have we seen this. Not once. That’s the surest sign that he’s okay, and that he will find what he’s looking for.

So there is definitely going to be a happy ending (unless KyoAni says “SIKE” worse than they did in FS1), and Haru will likely achieve at least some part of his dream, either in the main movie itself, or in some sort of montage/final scene that may be a callback to the ending of ES, where Haru and Rin are at a tournament and are about to swim freestyle. Many in the fandom have also speculated that the time capsule will come back at the end as well, and I’m on board with this theory too.

I’m looking forward to seeing the movie, and hopefully understanding more of it than I did last time. I believe this will be a fitting end to such a memorable series, and I know that, one way or another, we’re in for the wildest ride of our lives.

33 notes - Posted April 1, 2022

#2

Hiya, everyone!! I was able to get a ticket to watch the online streaming of DigiFes 2022! The evening event had the whole Frontier Cast reading a new audio drama together, which takes place about 2 years after the series ends. Here are the details of what happens in the drama (whatever I understood, anyway! Please excuse any translation errors; my Japanese is still a work in progress):

Tagging @citrus-cactus, and anyone else who’d like to read this! I’ll write about the talk event in a separate post later on!

After becoming a middle schooler, Takuya gets an email telling him to come to that elevator area in Shibuya at 17:45…but when he goes, that mysterious elevator isn’t there

Izumi and Tomoki appear, and Takuya assumes they sent the mail to prank him, but it turns out they also got the same email

Junpei and Kouji also show up, with the latter seemingly enjoying teasing Takuya once or twice

Izumi’s kouhai gave her a stomach band (haramaki) as an elementary school graduation present (Junpei sounds jealous)

Tomoki is now the same age as “Takuya-oniichan” when they had the original adventure

Junpei and Kouji didn’t send the email either, so Takuya assumes it’s Kouichi, and states he may have come into contact with some dark and corrupt file or organisation and they may have to fight said organisation (Izumi thinks he may just be planning a surprise party or something)

But nobody believes him, not even Tomoki LMAO

Kouji spills some TEA: apparently Kouichi went out for tea…WITH A GIRL

Btw, the twins canonically attend the same middle school

So the girl wanted to confess to Kouichi, BUT SHE CONFESSED TO KOUJI BY ACCIDENT

He told Kouichi about it, but he apparently made a promise on his behalf to meet with her later

Kouichi suddenly appears and is like “Kouji, what the HELL did you do????”

Apparently Kouichi wanted to turn the girl down, but couldn’t, and somehow ended up meeting the girl’s PARENTS (comparing it to an arranged marriage meeting or something like that), because Kouji seemed to have made some pretty grand promises to the girl about “our future” (I didn’t fully catch what they said in this bit, sorry!)

The twins collectively share one (1) braincell, and apparently the twin with permanent custody is NOT Kouji

But they seem to have gotten used to being brothers - they get into a MASSIVE argument about the miscommunication involving the confession

“KOUICHIIIIII!!!” “KOUJIIIIIII!!”

Tomoki: “Twins…they’re really something, aren’t they?” (He used the word 大変 which refers to then situation being unfortunate)

Back to the mysterious email, the gang wonders who sent it, as the culprit could only be someone who knows about their adventure. Tomoki speculates about it being Katsuharu or one of the others from his group, but they don’t have the gang’s emails

Junpei comes to the conclusion that one of the gang is therefore lying: hence, the reveal of “Detective Junpei Shibayama”

Izumi: “when the heck did you become a detective”

“Detective Junpei Shibayama’s Case Files: Season 3, will now begin!”

Kouji: “Season 3?” Kouichi: “When was this series even confirmed?”

Junpei labels everyone as a suspect, and accuses the twins of being the culprits behind the email, because they could have alibis for each other, and there is a history of the twins impersonating each other, and therefore they used the girl’s confession to their advantage (and presumably sent the email from her phone? Idk, I couldn’t keep up with the technical details of Junpei’s “evidence”)

Junpei accuses the twins of currently impersonating each other, and they’re the culprits

Kouji: “Nope, you’re wrong” Kouichi: “Our faces are the same, but our voices are very different - shouldn’t you know that much?”

Everyone else starts getting into Detective Mode from then on, starting with Takuya, who suspects Izumi due to something about the haramaki from earlier (didn’t catch the explanation)

But absolutely nobody even takes his accusation seriously

The twins: 😑😑

See the full post

117 notes - Posted August 3, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Free! The Final Stroke Part 2!!

So I managed to snag first day first show tickets at my local theater, and I WATCHED THE MOVIE.

IT WAS THE BOMB.

My Japanese isn’t the greatest, but here’s what I saw!

WARNING: MAJOR MAJOR SPOILERS FOR PART 2 UNDER THE CUT

Starts with Ikuya and Kaede talking, with Sousuke and Hiyori joining shortly afterwards

Recap of the fight

In the background during the short recap: ETERNAL SUMMER OPENING REPRISE WITH TATTSUN BEING A BLOODY VOCAL GENIUS WITH NOTHING BUT THE PIANO TO ACCOMPANY HIM

Rin questioning his decisions in the aftermath of the fight with Haru

Haru pushing himself so hard that even RYUUJI has to tell him to cool it lmao, and the old man says something like "there will always be other tournaments"

Eventually, Haru reconciles with Rin and Makoto after cutting them off for a few months; Rin and Haru have an informal race with Makoto giving them the start, and the security staff at the pool MAY have implied that the two just broke the world record

Haru remembers how good the water feels, and after he and Rin pull Makoto into the pool, he thanks them

For the Ryuuji Azuma antis: no, we do not get a shot of Rin killing him, but the two do have a confrontation after Ryuuji forces Haru to rest

Rei and Nitori are attending Shimogami Uni!!!!

Nagisa is now Kaede’s kouhai, along with some of the other Samezuka kids!!! Also, Nagisa and “Kin-chan” get along??????????

Momo becomes Samezuka captain; Ayumu is now the Iwatobi captain (and apparently an Ojou-san as well??? She has a freaking HELICOPTER that takes everyone to Fukuoka????)

We see flashbacks of Haru's grandma!! And BABY INFANT HARU!!

Lots and lots and lots of flashbacks to childhood memories, especially for Haru. He sees his past self running away from the offer of the relay by little Rin!!

But he eventually returns to that memory and tells his childhood self that he’s not going to lose himself just by swimming in a relay. “You are you!” he says “I’m me!”

Baby Haru cryingggggggggg

Kaede, to Haru: “Why do you put so much into swimming? I only swim for myself”

Haru’s answer: “The water is my special place”

Even RYUUJI gets a redemption arc, where he tells Kaede “I won’t run away anymore” and takes a step back from coaching Haru after Haru reconciles with Makoto & Rin

Ryuuji cries at the end, during the Fukuoka tournament

Ryuuji's childhood friend Kiyofumi apparently used to call him "Ryuu-chan" lol and Ryuuji used to go "stop using -chan" exactly like Haru

After Ryuuji and Mikhail step back, Makoto and Nao, especially Makoto, come into their own! I think the others even start to refer to Makoto as their “trainer”!!!

Haru overworking himself so badly that he slumps from exhaustion after the 100m free heat in the Fukuoka tournament, so he can’t swim in the finals because HE’S IN THE CLINIC

Qualifying relay team at Fukuoka: Hiyori, Ikuya, Natsuya, Kaede

FINALS RELAY TEAM CONFIRMED: SOUSUKE, IKUYA, RIN, HARU

Makoto also kinda being Ryuuji’s assistant at the Fukuoka tournament???

See the full post

227 notes - Posted April 22, 2022

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[digimonfrontierfest2022]

FrontierFest: A Digimon Frontier 20th Anniversary Celebration

Hosted by @citrus-cactus​ and @rockthistowninsideout​

Hey there Frontier fans! In honour of the 20th anniversary of Digimon Frontier’s first episode airing in Japan, we wanted to do something special for a series many of us love by giving everyone a chance to celebrate, reminisce, and connect with one another via a series of daily prompts. Please use the tag #FrontierFest so we can find/reblog your posts, and keep in mind this is intended to be a Frontier-positive event. The event will begin on April 7 in whatever time zone you live in, and of course you can fill the prompts in any way you wish and skip any you don’t want to do. Thanks, and have fun celebrating 20 years of Frontier!

DAYS + PROMPT LIST:

APRIL 7: Your first memory of Frontier.

APRIL 8: What do you like best about the series? Alternately, how does it continue to inspire you?

APRIL 9: What are your hopes for the “official” Digimon Frontier 20th anniversary?

APRIL 10: Favorite Main Character (Human)

APRIL 11: Favorite Main Character (Digimon/Digimon form)

APRIL 12: Favorite Villain

APRIL 13: Favorite Minor Character (Human) [sibling, parent, other kid in the Digital World, etc.]

APRIL 14: Favorite Minor Character (Digimon) [a digimon only appearing in ~1 episode, a Trailmon, etc.]

APRIL 15: Favorite Digital World location

APRIL 16: Favorite Spirit Evolution (Human, Beast, Hybrid, etc.) [can be one that didn’t appear in the show, i.e. Strabimon]

APRIL 17: Favorite Ancient Evolution

APRIL 18: Which one of the 10 Legendary Spirit elements would you want to be partnered with, and why?

APRIL 19: Favorite episode/moment

APRIL 20: Favorite supplemental media [audio drama, movie, character song, trading card art, etc.]

APRIL 21: Favorite detail from the Blu-Ray Drama CD (“A Train Named Hope”)

APRIL 22: Favorite relationship in the series

APRIL 23: Any (romantic) ships?

APRIL 24: What aspect of the series would you like to have been more developed?

APRIL 25: Any headcanons or AUs you’d like to share?

APRIL 26: Frontier fanartist/author recommendations? [you can recommend yourself!]

APRIL 27: Free Day [talk about something we didn’t cover!]

#frontierfest #digimon frontier #takuya kanbara #junpei shibayama #izumi orimoto #zoe orimoto #jp shibayama #tomoki himi #tommy himi #kouji minamoto #koji minamoto #koichi kimura #agunimon #lobomon #kazemon #kumamon #beetlemon #loweemon #bokomon #neemon #patamon

[demonoflight]

FrontierFest - Day 9

(Full prompt list here)

Favorite Digital World location

You know, this is actually a very hard question?! Frontier’s Digital World is so colorful, vibrant full of amazing places positively brimming with life. I mean, there’s the Fortuneteller Village,

And Akiba Market,

And Toy Town,

And the Three Archangels’ castles,

And the Village of Beginnings,

AND SO MANY MORE!!! Look at all these places, it’s all so pretty! I HAVEN’T EVEN TALKED ABOUT THE THREE MOONS YET!! THERE’S THREE MOONS, YO!!!

It’s just. Such a beautiful world. And I bet we didn’t even explore half of it. Frontier’s Digital World just rocks. Gosh.

#digimon #digimon frontier #frontierfest #digital world #long post

[earlgreymon]

@digimonfrontierfest2022 april 11 favorite main character (digimon/digimon form)

look, i'm a simple-minded person. as soon i see a girl-type digimon, i'm gonna get hyped.

i barely have the childhood memory of frontier, but the first time i caught fairymon (or flyermon, as i misheard back then), i got starstruck the way i first saw angewomon. she was so pretty that i thought, "wow i want to be like her."

#digimon #frontierfest #digimon frontier #by me #gif #fairymon

[evide]

Frontier Fest Day 1: Your First Memory Of Frontier

#frontierfest #digimon frontier #kouji minamoto

[kouichikimura]

I can start celebrating now. It’s the 7th in Japan.

HAPPY 20TH TO DIGIMON FRONTIER.

It means a lot to me, Kouichi even more.

#Digimon #Digimon frontier #kouichi kimura #koichi kimura #frontierfest

[speedsketch]

Frontier Fest Day 5

APRIL 11: Favorite Main Character (Digimon/Digimon form)

Hmm… 

I wonder…

who…

…could it be?

Surprise. It’s Flamon. I love this little dude so much, and alluded to as much in my first post.

If not for the little guy, I wouldn’t be here today, adding to the cacophony of Frontier Fans who suddenly came out of the wood-work. Seriously, Where have y’all been hiding?

Anyhow, Flamon despite being a one-off character stuck with me over the years. I like how he’s not any one “thing” but an amalgamation of creatures. His eyes are large and expressive in extreme contrast to the other Flame Digimon- they’re all masked which limits their ability to emote. 

Quick tangent, eyes in animation are one of the easiest ways to get an emotion across. You can tell a lot from the way the eyes look without any other feature in play. A great example of this in action is Let Me Explain Studios (https://youtu.be/eo62AEDwTKY) on Youtube. She articulates the concept so much better than I can.

Back to Frontier. I adore Flamon visually and narratively. Visually, he’s the easiest goddamn Digimon design in the whole show to draw (Spirit wise). Seriously, WHAT the HELL was someone thinking when they ok'd these complex, hyper detailed characters for ANIMATION!? Animation is one, not cheap to start with. Two, TIME CONSUMING as all get out. And Three, on a tight deadline (usually). But I digress. 

Narratively, Flamon serves as one of Takuya’s best character moments. While the show doesn’t make an effort to show us his past or his struggles, it does give us a great insight on Takuya’s inner turmoil in the here and now. 

He’s at his absolute lowest point and is ready to throw in the towel. DarkTrailmon sending him back to the human world in what I assume to be a dream really hammers home how lost Takuya is. His drive is gone, spirit broken and he’s ready to run away, and try to erase his mistakes, all while being hunted by an apparition  of Duskmon.

Only when Takuya learns that no matter what mistakes he’s made, he’s grown as a person and made friends he can never leave behind. You get to see a huge range from the character all through the lens of this little rookie Digimon.

Second is probs tied between Vritramon -I can finally draw him and I enjoy doing so, and Aldamon, whose face is a goddamn nightmare, same goes for Agnimon. And don’t get me started on Lobomon’s forehead eyeballs.

#SpeedsketchRambles #ssart #Digimon Frontier #frontierfest2022 #frontierfest #FF2022 day 5 #Flamon #Flamemon #Takuya Kanbara

[whysojiminimnida]

I've been wondering about something, why does it take more than 3 hours between soundcheck and the actual concert ? I've never stan anyone before bts, so I don't know if that's the norm. Do people just sit in their seats and wait ?

Because the artists, in this case BTS, aren't gonna get to eat-rest-pee-get costumes on and fitted and all the other costumes checked and refitted (and yes sometimes they are SEWN INTO THEM in places) and have their hair and makeup done and pee again and maybe grab a snack and hydrate and stretch their muscles in less time than that. And they usually have to be ready and in place by actual show time because BTS likes to start on time. Running late doesn't happen to them often and this week when it did they were mad. Because the artists were ready but the video feed didn't work.

I've seen it done faster but not for a big stage with multiple sets and costume changes and seven guys with mics plus backups and backing tracks. Plus they also have to do actual sound and lighting checks and video checks for the big screens and and and. I know it seems like a long time but that's honestly how much time it takes. Some big shows sound check in the morning for a night show, BTS has it down to a science. But yeah, people can leave the venue and come back, or go get food and hit the bathroom, redo their makeup, squee over the guys and talk to friends and hang out on their phones or whatever. I don't think most people leave, but some might take that time to go grab something from a vendor. I've never been to a BTS concert so I dunno! I just know how long it takes because I've done it before, so. Anyway that's why :) Hope that helps!

#thanks nice anon #bts #ptd vegas #sound check #frontierfest #why it takes so long in between

[shihalyfie]

Frontier Fest day 6

Favorite Villain

I'm the kind of person who has a certain level of immunity to villains who are big and imposing and visually threatening, and also to villains that have a "take over the world" motive without much more detailed elaboration. This isn’t me trying to claim I’m above that kind of thing or whatever, it’s just a personal thing about my preferences, and it was even the case back when I was a kid. Even back then, I was more into psychological horror than anything else.

So anyway, then there was this guy.

Nowadays, I can list off other villains of this archetype from other media for hours, but back when I was a kid, I think this might have been my first exposure to the kind of villain that managed to strike fear in me in a completely different way than the usual “ferocious looming dark threatening presence threatening to consume everything” that I was used to. Of course, his higher forms ended up being more like that kind of thing, but the fact I was able to get chills even from an angelic-looking small child was a fairly new concept for me, and it was pretty terrifying in a way I couldn’t say about the other Digimon villains I’d seen up until that point. You can’t even be sure how powerful he really is, because you know he’s deliberately holding back what he could be doing. There’s something different about something that manages to be imposing and yet coming off as not needing to do much effort to deflect everything thrown at it.

Perhaps the even more impressive thing was that he pulled this off despite us really not knowing much about him in the grand scheme of things; we arguably got more flashbacks about the Human and Beast war than we really got to see what he was like before he was sealed. Yet he manages to make a strong impression even in his relatively short amount of screentime. It's also too painfully clear from the very beginning that he can't be reasoned with; compared to the kids who already came into the Digital World knowing about their personal failings and need to improve, here's someone who thinks he's perfect. He's legitimately deluded into thinking he's above all else, in his mind he's not "evil", and even a few minutes can tell you he's so far gone he can't be reasoned with -- he's obviously a villain, but the fact he's one despite being completely convinced he isn't is part of the horror in itself. Again, perhaps not really an uncommon archetype in the grand scheme of all media, but definitely a strong impression on a young kid like me. Even for me as an adult right now, I think he’s the Digimon “final boss” character who manages to strike the most legitimate fear in me of all Digimon anime.

By the way, it was only recently I realized the significance of the name “Rose Morning Star” and the foreshadowing behind it. The more you think about it, the more you realize Frontier is a surprisingly tightly organized narrative.

#digimon frontier #frontierfest

[citrus-cactus]

FrontierFest, Day 10

Favorite Spirit Evolution (Human, Beast, Hybrid, etc.)

Who's a good boy?

WHO'S A GOOD BOY?

It's you!!

You're a good boy <3

#digimon frontier #frontierfest #petaldramon #the cactus speaks

[digitalgate02]

New Digi-game!!

Feel free to repost it on other social media. I already credited the pics used in it, just in case.

No need for credit. Just enjoy ✨

#Digimon Frontier #dashboard games #FrontierFest #just taggin' the event anyway. it's my gift for y'all in the tag 💖 #actually this game was based on today's prompt from the event...

[rockthistowninsideout]

Digimon Frontier Fest 2022

Day 3 - What are your hopes for the “official” Digimon Frontier 20th anniversary? 

It would be hella rad to have something like the To Sora clip they released alongside Kizuna. Let’s see if I can come up with suitable careers that Toei could present to us.

(Edit: I wrote that before any announcements from Toei’s side.)

Takuya - I think... that Takuya would make an excellent kindergardener. The children would absolutely love that he’s full of mischief and always up to fun. Because he has a strong sense of justice, the kids come to him when they need a problem between each other solved. But he also has an open ear for their personal issues and is not afraid to take a stand against the parents when that’s better for the children.

Kouji - While Kouji has made a lot of progress in regards of letting people into his comfort zone, he has still not developed into a party animal. That’s why he works in a more solitary career as a freelance photographer. He can choose which assignments he takes up, and if there are too many people, he politely declines. What he prefers are landscape shots with only a few people, and less wedding photos or concert photography.

Izumi - With her unique combination of Italian and Japanese, she’s basically destined to run a restaurant that serves both cuisines in exciting and novel ways. Though at some point she outsources the cooking to a team of trusted employees, not just because the restaurant becomes such a huge hit that it’s too much too handle for one person but also because she wants to take on the challenge of managing a business. I like to think that she keeps just that one restaurant even though there are a lot of offers to branch out.

Tomoki - While he is probably the one who grows the bravest, despite not being the goggle boy, his biggest trait is his helpfulness. After trying out a few social jobs, he lands in a retirement home - and the elderly dote on him like he is their collective adopted son. He works there as a caregiver but later on he climbs up the ladder to a management position where he tries to improve the situations for the elder people and the caregivers alike.

Junpei - My heart wants him to be a full-time magician who runs his own magic shop. He’s a more down-to-earth magician than the big illusionists like David Copperfield, more your local neighbourhood than Las Vegas. He guests in children‘s birthday parties, retirement homes and company parties. Which is all the success he needs - he doesn’t want to sell out a theatre that holds thousands every night. Bright eyes is all the payment he wants.

Koichi - He is so thankful for the rescue from his near-death that he wants to become a doctor. While he is bright enough to learn all the terms and studies hard, the pressure of medical studies takes its toll. Paired with the lingering dark stemming from Lucemon’s influence, it’s too much for him and he has to abandon his studies. But a mentor at his program suggests that he becomes a nurse instead. Less years of study with the same amount of impact and there’s always the option of further education.

(they’re nodding in agreement with my headcanons 😂)

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[demonoflight]

FrontierFest - Day 17

(Full prompt list here)

Any (romantic) ships?

Ah, I am but a simple plebe, I like Junpei/Izumi a lot.

I mean, yeah, obviously Junpei has moments where he’s incredibly cringe about it. It’s a children’s anime from 2002 and he’s a sixth grader, I don’t know what y’all expected. But since Junpei is, you know, a good kid with actual depth of character, he does look past his immediate shallow attraction, and is very quick to start speaking to Izumi as a peer and comes to appreciate her for who she is, for her candor and kindness. And Izumi appreciates him very much as well, for his genuine amiability and intelligence. Junpei is the first person in the group she really opens up to, and they end up having some of the best heart-to-hearts in the series. They have really good chemistry!

And like. Izumi is fully aware of Junpei’s crush and she doesn’t even mind? Hell, you know what, by the time mid-series when Junpei declares himself to be the #1 member of the Izumi-chan Fan Club, Izumi smiles and laughs. I think at that point she even finds it kind of cute?! Because he’s not some gross Nice Guy, he’s just her actually nice kinda cringy friend who loves and supports her 100% and appreciates their friendship.

I liked that the Blu-ray CD drama had them as one of the three pairs so we can see how their friendship developed over the years, and how much closer and comfier they are with each other. Junpei’s crush is still obvious, but he’s keeping a much better handle on it finally. I’d be concerned if he wasn’t more mature about it, he’s 19 for crying out loud. Still trying his best, bless his face, he has more concrete ideas on how to hang out with Izumi more and everything. I get the impression Izumi is still perfectly aware of his feelings, but now she’s just waiting for him to be properly direct about it instead of dancing around the bush like a goober. She does tell him that if he has something to say, he should say it clearly... (Plus the whole team hanging out in Rome together was too good an idea to pass up so that trolling was absolutely necessary) I can’t say whether or not she’d like to move from the platonic to the romantic or not, but she definitely enjoys having Junpei in her life. Except when he sings opera loudly on the train. Girl, I don’t know what to tell you, you’re the one who asked if he could...

And with all that said? Honestly, I’m a chubby kid rooting for the chubby kid. Get your best life, Junpei.

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