#anti meiko

[gritsandbrits]

If you really hate Cringe Culture, then why do you hate Digimon Adventure Tri?

Cringe culture =/= you can't ever criticize media for legitimate reasons. The reasons I hate Tri is long but the main ones are the art style looks hella generic with the original kids no longer having their unique looks/fashion, it craps on the 02 kids simply to appeal to that season's hatedom, and the plot is wasted on a shoehorned Creator's Pet in Meiko Mochizuki.

#anti tri #anti digimon tri #anti meiko #anti meiko mochizuki #salt posting #gb asks

[koushirouizumi]

Today on Was My Meiko Gif Stolen by an anti Tri / 02 stan deleted yet?: The stolen Meiko gif was FINALLY removed by the O.P.! (I still never received a direct apology but then again I never expected one.)

#koushirouizumi personal #koushirouizumi vents #koushirouizumi rant #koushirouizumi no rb #koushirouizumi no rb posts #anti tri #anti meiko #(not really But) #(s IGH) #(Well OP FINALLY removed the edit) #(Thanks But No Thanks for all the hassle) #(ON 0801) #(I COULD HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MY *IORI AMV* FOR IDEK MAYBE 0815) #(Instead it'll probably not be done until the end of the month or even by Oct. but oh well) #(It took OP 15 DAYS to remove it) #(OK Well Its 0815)

[goinginsanetostaysane]

when hijiri said ‘i’m a real lost cause, i know.’ when taylor said, ‘its me, hi. i’m the problem, its me’. when marianne said ‘i don’t know what’s wrong with me. i don’t know why i can’t be like normal people’. when charlie said, ‘so this is my life. and i’m both happy and sad. and i’m still trying to figure out how this could be.’ 

and i never felt more understood.

#annie shitposts #all the lovers in the night #meiko kawakami #taylor swift #anti hero #normal people #sally rooney #the perks of being a wallpaper #stephen chbosky #booklr

[cescalr]

For the ship asks! If we're talking Avatar, what about Mei and Zuko?

I'll be honest, I'm not fond of it. I don't really like mei in the first place - apathy never sits well with me, and she never actually changed her mind? Mei at the start is mei at the end. She didn't think what the fire nation was doing was wrong, and she only sided against Azula to stay with Zuko, which would be sweet if she... actually liked him? And I don't think she does? She was happy with Zuko during his time back at the fire nation when he was acting the part of Ozai's favoured son, and its just... eeh. They give me bad vibes, I don't know. I wouldn't be surprised if she threw a knife at him properly one of these days.

Plus, Mei doesn't have much of a character outside Zuko. I'd rather shew her development than her stagnation, and keeping her with Zuko keeps her the same. In the end, mostly, me*ko just bores me, which is the nail in the coffin for any ship. At least if I hated it I'd feel something, yk? I prefer meilee or even meizula and... really any other zuko ship (aside from aang >-< yike) over meiko, but... I wouldn't, like, absolutely hate it if a good fic had meiko in it, you know? I just don't like them in canon. Much like I've said before, I'm willing to give things their fair shot. It's just that Mei herself is a hard sell for me as a focal character. It's not even that she's a 'bad' person - I read Azula and Jet-centric fics, and even memorably one Ozai centred fic (time travel, it was interesting start but still a wip though so going to see where it leads) - it's more that I just don't know what to do with her. She's kind of a meh girlfriend and kind of a whatever person, to me.

In comparison, Zuko is literally The redemption arc guy. He's the character people want to replicate the success of. Zuko is such a person that he's iconic and Mei is kinda... there. For the record, I didn't even know she existed until I watched the show. Zukka and Zutara and Zuko's character arc were well known to me, but Mei was not. I ended up only liking zukka platonically, not minding and sometimes supporting zutara, shipping jetko for the angst and the parallelism, even giving some really au zuko stuff like that one toph arranged marriage series or his leadership/friendship/family dynamics with his crew a go, jin/zuko, song/zuko - loads of things! On the other hand, Mei didn't have much going for her in my estimation to begin with, and her portrayal by competing ship fans probably didn't help. There was one where she tried to kill him after the war ended, lmao. That was silly. But still. Bias is easy to build, even without meaning to.

So, would I say I like meiko? No. Would I say I hate it? Depends on the portrayal. Much like ronmione, I don't think it would take a lot of tweaking to make her abusive, specifically also without being OOC, which worries me. So I just don't poke that sleeping dragon and hang out in the other ship spaces.

In the end, I think they just didn't understand each other on a fundamental level. (Also important; Zuko never seemed to know what to do with her, the things shed like or appreciate, and never seemed to take her own expressions - mild as they were - of affection as well as one would expect were he actually in love with her, which is itself important to note, though of course also just my own interpretation of what we were given; a lot of their scenes were cut off at some of the most important parts, which doesnt quite sit right with me.) And I need something to dig my teeth into that just wasn't present for their relationship, except in ways I couldn't interpret positively. A shame, but oh well. We can't all like everything :).

#anti-meiko #anti-mei #i think this actualky does count as those... sorry #in theory its a ship id like but in practise.... eeeeeeh not for me #mei worries me the same way willow & hermione do... but i like her less. so. oof. #its the problem of watching the show much later on in life. i cant bring myself to hate hermione we 'met' when i was. four. and willow? six #i am. 21. i first became properly aquainted with mei a year ago. its just its not the same. #harder to get invested i think. #i missed the atla train when i was a kid. getting into it now as an adult is going to mean my perspective is different. im the wrong #demographic. im going to care more about things they didnt want me to and care less about things they did #and im Not going to take stuff at face value. im just not #im also coming from the perspective of a hp btvs ac etc fan. which will again warp things #like it being revealed that it was Chaos v Order the whole time actually! and i went. as an ac fan. Oh No. #(peace and order v chaos and free will is a really big topic to cover in a tv show. let alone one for kids. they did an... okay job.) #anyway #atla #ask game #♡♡

[your-fav-is-anti-onceler]

Meiko is anti onceler!

#anti onceler #meiko #meiko vocaloid #vocaloid #pjsk

[pinkcomputer]

Vocaloid songs that turn 10 in 2024

ELECT - niki ft. Lily (02.01.2014)

Schwarzer Regen - regulus ft. Hatsune Miku (05.01.2014)

Kokoronashi - ChouchouP ft. GUMI (05.01.2014)

Close to you - niki ft. Lily (26.01.2014)

Love! Snow! Really Magic - Mitchie M ft. Hatsune Miku (31.01.2014)

Mono Poisoner - DECO*27 ft. Hatsune Miku (31.01.2014)

Sincerity: Drastic Treatment for Pretended Innocence - Suzumu ft. Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len (01.02.2014)

At God's Mercy - rerulili ft. Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, GUMI (07.02.2014)

Therefore You and Me - 4o ft. Hatsune Miku (13.02.2014)

Stickybug - DECO*27 ft. Hatsune Miku (14.02.2014)

DECORATOR - kz ft. Hatsune Miku (20.02.2014)

Sea Lily Deep Sea Tale - n-buna ft. Hatsune Miku (24.02.2014)

Glass Wall - GuitarHeroPianoZero ft. Hatsune Miku (01.03.2014)

+♂ - Giga ft. Kagamine Len (20.03.2014)

Streaming Heart ft. Hatsune Miku (21.03.2014)

Blessing - halyosy ft. various (11.04.2014)

PartyxParty - HitoshizukuP, Yamasankakkei ft. various (15.04.2014)

Detained Teacher - HoneyWorks ft. flower (17.04.2014)

Heart Chrome - Hachioji-P ft. anon & kanon (25.04.2014)

Anti Beat - DECO*27 ft. Hatsune Miku (28.04.2014)

Miss Wanna-Die - Switch ft. IA (26.05.2014)

SLoWMoTIoN - PinocchioP ft. Hatsune Miku (27.05.2014)

Love Doll - DECO*27 ft. GUMI (30.05.2014)

Patchwork Staccato - Toa ft. Hatsune Miku (12.06.2014)

Undead Enemy - Giga ft. Kagamine Rin (20.06.2014)

NEXT NEST - TENKOMORI ft. Hatsune Miku (27.06.2014)

Nice to Meet You, Mr. Earthling - PinocchioP ft. Hatsune Miku (02.07.2014)

on the rocks - OSTER project ft. MEIKO, KAITO (08.07.2014)

Imperfect Animals - Utsu-P ft. Kagamine Rin, GUMI (25.07.2014)

Ballerina Girl - Mikito-P ft. GUMI (28.07.2014)

The Butterfly, Flower and Spider - HitoshizukuP, Yamasankakkei ft. Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, VY2 (04.08.2014)

No title - Giga, Reol ft. Hatsune Miku (17.08.2014)

Night Sky Patrol of Tomorrow - Orangestar ft. IA (19.08.2014)

Sharing The World - BIGHEAD ft. Hatsune Miku (24.08.2014)

Burenai ai de - Mitchie M ft. Hatsune Miku (28.08.2014)

EveR ∞ LastinG ∞ NighT - HitoshizukuP, Yamasankakkei ft. various (03.09.2014)

Hibikase - Giga ft. Hatsune Miku (23.09.2014)

Heart a la Mode - DECO*27 ft. Hatsune Miku (03.10.2014)

Happy Halloween - Junky ft. Kagamine Rin (10.10.2014)

The Straight-Faced Science Girl - Ningen Dokku ft. Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len (10.10.2014)

Don't Put My Name in the Endroll - MikitoP ft. Hatsune Miku (12.10.2014)

Goodbye - CircusP ft. Hatsune Miku (14.10.2014)

Dawn and Fireflies - n-buna ft. Hatsune Miku (11.11.2014)

Most Certainly... Undoubtedly... A Goddess!! - UtataP ft. Hatsune Miku (26.11.2014)

Connecting - halyosy ft. various (05.12.2014)

Portrait of the Pirate F - HitoshizukuP, Yamasankakkei ft. various (30.12.2014)

#vocaloid #vocanostalgia #hatsune miku #kagamine rin #kagamine len #gumi #ia #kaito #meiko #megurine luka #♥mygifs #100 #500 #1k

[ilovescaredysquirrel2]

So I watched that Under the Boardwalk movie and it's surprisingly amazing? + my thoughts on other upcoming movies

Okay, when my friend texted me the trailer I was shocked to find out it was by Nickelodeon and Paramount (When I think of Nickelodeon I think of perverted jokes in trashy sitcoms and cartoons) but when Nickelodeon actually has something good, I'm surprised! I feel like I have sort of a love-hate relationship with Nickelodeon stuff as I do with Disney, but there's more stuff by Nickelodeon that I love more than there is Disney, and I mostly have more nostalgia for Nickelodeon (I'm not like other people 0w0). There was literally one foot joke in the movie! Just one! Not filled with dirty jokes either, and it had a good message!

The message and the songs were actually amazing and the characters were adorable and sweet! They actually had amazing character development, which I wasn't expecting from this movie. Armen and Ramona had a cute relationship with Armen being the scared one at first but then turns to being the braver one, and Ramona being the wildcard and adventurous one but ending up needing rescued in the end. They could have done the whole "damsel in distress needs rescued by guy" type of thing that I get sick of seeing in old Disney movies, but they didn't! Ramona's sister, Shelly was adorable as well, and she was deaf and couldn't hear but she didn't let that stop her from trying to save her sister! I also love how the big tough guy Bobby had a soft side and didn't pick on Armen like we would expect him to. Like, the big tough strong crabs were actually Armen's friends and supported him even though he wasn't like them. Also, can we talk about the villain? Like, it was cool to see the posh spoiled rich boy be the villain but also just a guy you gotta hate (he tried hitting on Ramona, Shelly, and their mom which was weird). Like, they combined the snobby spoiled rich mama's boy traits with also making him a womanizer and full of himself. Almost like Victor Quartermaine but without the lip fillers, and more of a flirty womanizer. (spoilers; even the villain, Meiko, got redemption in the end). I also liked how they showed the humans in the story as well. They didn't try and make the humans seem all evil but still had the dumb human antagonist who gave them different shells and tried to sell them, but that's only a minor part in the movie and not the main conflict which is a plus! Like, I don't like when animal movies try to make all the humans seem evil (I kind of like how the movie Barnyard, which is also Paramount and Nickelodeon, did kind of the same thing where the animals weren't afraid of being eaten by humans, they were just trying to hide from them).

I also noticed other details I thought was cool, besides the fact that they made fun of... you know who **cough cough dirty dan**, with the one foot joke. Or at least I hope they were making fun of him (at a scene where Armen and Ramona were in a photobooth together they were going through filters and Armen ended up as a foot and Ramona was laughing at him). I also love that this movie was a musical and included songs that fit in with the "cheesy teen beach musical" type of vibes, but they also made it take place in New Jersey and the conflict was focused around the sea crabs coming up and bothering the land crabs. It was also a good anti-racism type of symbolism because they were both crabs, and it's not the same as what Zootopia or Sheep & Wolves did and use other animals (although Sheep & Wolves is still a great movie). Like, I can't ship a fox and a rabbit but I can ship a sea crab and a land crab because they're BOTH CRABS! I noticed a lot of other little details in it and I'm really proud of Paramount on this one! I don't understand but I'm curious to know if they have an animation studio in Italy, since I saw the Italian flag in the background of some scenes. If they do have an animation studio there, then that's awesome! If not, it's still fine, I'm just curious! I'm an American and I support other countries when it comes to them making animated family movies. Just to see a smaller foreign studio make a movie that's better than what Disney puts out...

Also, I'm still pumped up about Butterfly Tale and I'm furious that it won't be released in the U.S any time soon. If you're in Canada, please go see Butterfly Tale and give that smaller studio some support because Butterfly Tale looks like an amazing movie and my friend loved it! And idc about this knock off Chicken Run sequel dawn of the nugget or some crap, I still consider Chicken Run a DreamWorks movie and I don't want Netflix and Sam Fell to ruin what was once amazing. This Chicken Run 2 looks so dumb and they ruined the movie, this is totally a knock off, no telling me otherwise. DreamWorks isn't working on it and Aardman only works on it because they're being forced to by Netflix. At least I can still support DreamWorks by going to see Trolls 3, but the villain designs look hideous (at least we get that Broppy romance), and i doubt that it'll beat Under the Boardwalk or Butterfly Tale.

nyway, tell me your thoughts on what I said in either of these paragraphs and feel free to state your opinions, even if you don't agree!

#under the boardwalk #under the boardwalk movie #under the boardwalk 2023 #under the boardwalk spoilers #movie spoilers #my thoughts on trolls 3 #my thoughts on under the boardwalk 2023 #nickelodeon #nickelodeon movies #butterfly tale movie

[zephyrine-tale]

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[littletoya]

Yayyy I wrote another fic :D

“Let Me Be There For You”

Rating: Teen and Up / No Archive Warnings Apply / M/M

Fandom: Project Sekai

Relationships: Aoyagi Touya/Shinonome Akito, Aoyagi Touya & Shinonome Akito, Kagamine Len & Shinonome Akito, Megurine Luka & Shinonome Akito

Characters: Shinonome Akito, Aoyagi Touya, Kagamine Len, Megurine Luka, Meiko, Kagamine Rin

Additional Tags: Age Regression/De-Aging, Non-sexual Ageplay, Shinonome Akito Has Anxiety, Little Toya, Character’s Name Spelt as Toya, Misunderstandings, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Caregiver Meiko, rated t for a bit of cursing, excessive use of the word partner

Language: English / Word count: 4,147

Summary: Something’s been going on with Toya, and Akito is going crazy trying to figure out what it is.

Kink/anti agere dni

Locked to site users only (sorry)

#agere #prsk agere #sfw agere #age regression #fandom agere #little toya #project sekai #toya aoyagi #maría.fic #akitoya #shinonome Akito

[angabby-zzz]

The vocal synths are so silly in my head like . Idk (i realized it was longer than i thought itd b so read under cut lol)

Luka: most goddess-like vibes youll ever see and is somehow both silly sleepy zoned out millenial girl and mega unsettling out of nowhere like shes a ghost lady haunting whatever building shes in. Will find her A) sleeping in random places or B) reading at cafe. C) would be just you getting jumpscared by her sudden appearances like girl we need to put a bell on u

Meiko: party girl with very cool rock band member vibes. Pathetic wet cat but sooo hashtag mother. Loves the world so much and will constantly be drunk crying about it

Kaito: also pathetic wet cat but in a han jisung of stray kids way (silly yet mega cool and charming way of being most of the time.) Basically just silly kpop idol core. Hes a loser to the vocal synths though the idol stuff is kinda what he sees himself as

Miku: mean ish teenager girl whos very into being popular and liked but isnt totally an ass to her friends n stuff all the time. Will not hesitate to shoot insults at anyone. Usually hanging out at mall or trying to best rin and len at something with teto and neru. Being a girl and like 16 obviously shes like constant worrying about herself and the world (think end of hatsune miku or something)

Rin/Len: troublemaker teens just doing their own thing tbh. Inseparable duo that side eye / insult each other at any given opportunity (obvious sibling energy)

Teto: nicest cringefail girl with a dream. One of mikus “minions” if we want to be silly and reference triple baka. Scene and probably draws oc / self insert x canon (shes living the best life tbh)

Neru: anti social hashtag emo 2 cool 4 school girl (not rlly cool hardly anyone notices her) who cant get her eyes off her phone. Also one of mikus “minions” but not as nice or into it as teto is. Smart girl she probably holds grudges for so long and always finds something to complain / add a sarcastic comment about

Gumi: cool queer older cousin type. Teto looks up to her cuz shes into the same kinda stuff as her and is cool (as i said b4.) not rlly anything 2 say i think miku doesnt get along w her often (or at least when tetos around cuz she loses attention from her)

I dont think about any of the other vocal synths or fanloids (nor know that many) but i think zatsune miku would be like that post “hopefully i dont meet my evil twin today” and the only times she shows up is as a funny gag where miku quickly banishes her to the shadow realm and resumes with her day. Mikuo is mikus secret twin brother she never talks about cuz hes also popular ish pretty and charismatic boy but in a daniel dark inside way instead of regina george way. I want to do smth with calne ca but idk what

#text pose #ppl who r way more into vocaloid than i am plsss be nice about these 🙁 #vocaloid #hatsune miku #megurine luka #meiko vocaloid #kaito vocaloid

[vocaloidderivativeotd]

hello!

my name is knight. welcome to vocaloidderivativeotd! this blog posts one daily piaproloid (+ gakupo) derivative!

questions:

- can i request for something to be added to the queue?

absolutely! just send an ask! i'll add it as long as i can find sufficient information on it which shouldn't be too hard at all. please provide the source and name of the derivative, and the loid they're a derivative of.

- who can interact?

anyone but anti-shippers, pro-harassers, etc. this blog is safe for everyone BUT them.

- why name yourself vocaloid derivative OTD if it's actually just piaproloids and an internet co synth?

just so i'm easier to find. "vocaloid" is the term most people know when referring to miku and the gang. if you don't know, the piaproloids are miku, rin, len, luka, kaito, and meiko. gakupo is here because... i like him and want him to be.

- what's a derivative?

a derivative is an appearance of a loid that differs from their original. examples of derivatives are project diva modules, project sekai cards, racing and snow mikus, song appearances, etc.

- can i use what you post?

absolutely, i don't own it after all, i'm just an archive gimmick account. please credit the artists though. not everything posted here is official and is instead fan made like most vocal synth content is.

- what won't you post?

i probably won't turn down /any/ requests to add to the blog, so go nuts. sources can be problematic or ñsft as long as a sfw image exists that i can post.

#vocaloid #piapro

[vierandancer]

❝ don’t eat that. ❞ — from Lyna because she's just always there during shenanigans

"Why? Is it poison?" Meiko looked at the fruit she had plucked off of the Lakeland tree. It looked like a proper apple! Was it not? Was it corrupted by the Light, too? Was it an anti-apple?

#diademreigned #ask.

[koushirouizumi]

Re-posters in my (02) fan base are like: I hate everything you love!!! I will make endless hate posts bashing the sequel series you and others love or even just moderately enjoy, all while endlessly mocking fans* of the same series for existing!!! (*Includes YOU!!!) Anyway, (~as an 02 fan~) I have free rein to steal & use your works for (+my 0801!!) hateposts {on x series I chose to hate on during 0801 "because it's my post!!"} (all while actively using YOUR work on it!!) because this is the IMAGE STEALING SITE!!!! I'm DEFINITELY not the one in the wrong here!!!

#02 standom issues #anti tri #anti meiko #anti taichi #anti koushirou #(Not really lmao) #(but this is sure what's going on both last night and today) #(You all just CAN'T RESIST making more anti posts) #(But yeah that shit counts as '{+02} POSITIVITY'?????) #(Meanwhile anti tri stans actively steal the work of Tri fans for hateposts and then BRAG ABOUT IT ON THEIR BLOGS) #('This is the image stealing site' is their literal actual words on the reposters blog FYI in that they confirmed) #('Yeah pretty much' with the person who brought that description up) #(You people will ADMIT to the fan works theft {+among anti tri stans} AND THEN CONTINUE TO ACT LIKE THIS????) #this post is not for people who actively hate on 02 fans for existing outside of this kind of shit #02 fandom #02 fandom issues #d02 fandom #d02 fandom issues #digimon 02 fandom

[nogenderbee]

Project Sekai: More More Jump Masterlist

ღ fluff | ☆ platonic | ☪ angst | ♤ one-shot | ✄ headcanons | ♘ talks | ✉ ordered | ♬ favorite

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They with reader who loves art ღ ✄ ✉

Someone asks if you're single during MMJ stream ღ ✄ ♬

Night Ride with Minori ღ ♤ Minori birthday 2023

Her with socially-anxious!reader ღ ✄ ✉

They with reader who hardly shows emotions ღ ✄ ✉

Them with rapper!reader ღ ✄ ✉

Them with Ai-like!reader ღ ✄ ✉

Baking for Minori ღ ♤ Minori birthday 2024

They with reader who loves art ღ ✄ ✉

Someone asks if you're single during MMJ stream ღ ✄ ♬

Night Ride with Haruka ღ ♤ Haruka birthday 2023

Them with reader who fakes their high esteem ღ/☆ ✄ ✉

Them with Ai-like!reader ღ ✄ ✉

They with reader who loves art ღ ✄ ✉

Night Ride with Airi ღ ♤ ♬ Airi birthday 2023

Someone asks if you're single during MMJ stream ღ ✄ ♬

Them with reader who fakes their high esteem ღ/☆ ✄ ✉

Them with rapper!reader ღ ✄ ✉ ♬

Baking for Airi ღ ♤ Airi birthday 2024

Them with Ai-like!reader ღ ✄ ✉

They with short reader ღ ✄

They with MEIKO fan!younger sibling ☆ ✄ ✉

Shizuku with admirer!reader ღ ♤ ✉ ♬

They with reader who loves art ღ ✄ ✉

Having a crush on their sibling ☆ ♤

Someone asks if you're single during MMJ stream ღ ✄ ♬

They with anti social!reader ღ ✄ ✉

They with reader who hardly shows emotions ღ ✄ ✉

They with reader with fake high esteem ღ ✄ ✉

Night Ride with Shizuku ღ ♤ Shizuku birthday 2023

Them with fem!simp!reader ღ ✄ ✉

Forbidden love Trope ღ ♤ ♬

Them with Ai-like!reader ღ ✄ ✉

Mafuyu's little sibling!reader meeting them ☆ ✄ ✉

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Final part of that AU setting.

( PLEASE DO NOT ADD ANTI-▽ COMMENTS/TAGS ON IT. Like i said before, i do not like fix-it attitude, i prefer AUs instead. AUs are valid and free to our own interpretation. If i see any hate on this or on ▽ you will be immediately blocked ^_^💢 )

[Part one here]

Here’s the final six pages.

Project Mei

Meiko faces her dad, asking more about Meicoomon and her purpose. The old man feels nervous to talk about it, yet he decides Meiko should know. He explains Meicoomon's reason to exist was to create their own squadron of Chosen Children in order to fight menaces from the Digital World. But the Digital World’s Gods hated it and told them to cancel the project.

When Meiko talked about Meicoomon being made to kill digimon, her father elaborated it more, about her not being a total killing machine and she would only kill the enemy if they refused to give up, by injecting a powerful virus in their data. Meiko gets mad, because now this means Taichi, Yamato and their friends’ digimon were infected. The old man strokes his chin, hearing that more digimon might be in trouble. He then refers to Meicoomon also having an antivirus in her program, in case of one of their allies getting infected by accident. This makes Meiko less concerned, but she remembers of some strange parasite digimon consuming her.

Mr. Mochizuki finds it odd, a parasite digimon? And then he receives a call from the Data Bureau agent Nishijima Daigo, to talk about Meicoomon with him and Meiko. The man asks why, but the other couldn’t give details sadly.

Meanwhile, Daisuke tells Koushiro and the others about Himekawa’s offer, and that she could help them. Not that Daisuke believed her, because she was extremely shady and stalking him, but he started to wonder if she wasn’t involved with what happened to Imperialdramon and Meicoomon.Ken thinks that’s possible, but they have not enough evidences to accuse Himekawa. Mimi wonders how Meiko is feeling and offers to talk to her.

Sora thinks it’s too dangerous for them to fight, so she says to only work as their support, Jou apologizes and says he cannot help much since there’s a school exam coming, but he also joins the support cast – in case of them being needed, they will rush to aid their friends. Yamato is afraid of Gabumon’s health, and Taichi decides to keep seeking for Meicoomon in the meanwhile. Daisuke and Ken are also concerned about their partners, but they can’t stay doing nothing, so their help would be investigating stuff for Koushiro. Miyako, Iori, Takeru and Hikari agree to assist Taichi in the search for Meicoomon.

Meiko and her dad are escorted to the Data Bureau HQ, where they meet Nishijima. With him, there’s a pretty man in light robes, Gennai. They came to discuss Meicoomon’s status and destiny. The girl knew this could mean they had to put Meicoomon down, but…

… It was about one of the scientists in the old program contacting them to allow her complete Meicoomon’s program in order to stop the imminent crisis. Meiko raised an eyebrow at this – She was aware Meicoomon’s program was incomplete, but not totally? Like, Meicoomon had been functioning like a legit digimon being, having a heart and such… What could this woman mean?

The said woman was Himekawa, and Meiko was surprised by that revelation. Why would she…

The reveal

The young kids and their seniors were running against the time. Koushiro had copied the papers Meiko had brought him before so he could read them calmly later, and now he was sitting in his office checking them, again. Tentomon wonders if there’s something interesting in those, only to catch with his eyes some detail they skipped.

The developer of the virus program. He then analyzed the data from V-mon and Wormmon’s eggs and noticed it contained an ID number from the papers, which means the mysterious parasite digimon was also human-made. He checked the developer name and… Maybe Daisuke’s suspicion was right.

Mimi talks with Meiko, and the girl seems a little upset. Mimi tries to ask what happened, but Meiko asks to talk with Koushiro as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Taichi and the 02 group report seeing Meicrackmon on the loose, Koushiro tells them to not approach her and prevent her from hurting people and digimon. 

Ken and Daisuke are not great at hacking things, so their plan was asking Himekawa how they could save their digimon from getting their data corrupted. Himekawa knew he would come, especially asking for help.

She talks a bit about her developer function in an old project, that she was this close to fixing corrupted digimon data… But the government ceased their activities. Ken asks how they can save their digimon, and she says she couldn’t do anything without the data under the Data Bureau’s server. The boys look at each other, and she asks them to retrieve that data for her.

They would say something, but Koushiro calls Daisuke immediately. The duo leave after saying they would discuss that with their friends. Koushiro gathered all the info given by each party. It was when Meiko connected the dots and messaged Taichi immediately about a detail. Koushiro also understood what that meant, but Daisuke was a little confused. Until he noticed it too.

Taichi and his juniors were in battle right now, and Meicrackmon was Causing a lot of damage. She then mutated again into Raguelmon. She was even more powerful thanks to the parasite digimon. Silphymon, Shakkoumon and WarGreymon weren’t happy with that, neither were their partners.

Meiko, Daisuke and Ken went to the battle scene immediately. It was when the 02 group, Taichi and Meiko saw Himekawa hiding in a spot. Meiko accuses her of manipulating everyone, and the woman smirks.

Of course they caught her. But it’s okay, she got permission to reactivate the project Mei development in order to stop Meicoomon. Why was she using those kids like that?

It was for Bakumon.

Gennai meets Koushiro

During that climax battle, Gennai came in, with Nishijima, to explain details to Koushiro. The decision to not destroy Meicoomon was unanimous and everyone agreed to keep watching her development. But there was another detail they were trying to avoid – Himekawa’s obsession with bringing her partner back. Nishijima says that he was her friend and teammate, witnessing the fall of them. Himekawa’s digimon dark evolved into Mugendramon and attacked the enemies, but lost control and went on rampage. His partner and the others had to evolve further to stop Mugendramon, who returned to digiegg state. The egg got corrupted and was told it couldn’t hatch, but Himekawa refused to believe it and became obsessed with the idea of creating a program able to fix the problem.

They had to stop her, and since she was using her knowledge as a former Chosen Child for the government, they had more reasons to intervene. Daigo joined the Data Bureau as some “spy” for Gennai and Homeostasis, to keep an eye on her. But now they just discovered she was doing some illegal experiments and created a digimon called Shademon, which can control and corrupt other digimon, and especially cause Meicoomon’s incomplete program to go on a rampage. All of that in order to convince the Data Bureau to reactivate the project development.

Koushiro wasn’t aware of those details, but this was what he and Meiko realized. So now he feels a little disturbed by the consequences of that plan, and then he just wishes they could do something to stop Himekawa and save Meicoomon. He shows the other two the copy of the project’s papers and points to the section about Meicoomon’s restore abilities. Tentomon comments that if they all work together, they can find a way to activate said function.

In the Battlefield, the kids, Taichi and Meiko try so desperately to prevent a disaster. Ken calls Koushiro, to update him about their situation; Daisuke was about to snap, but he’s trying to act cool right now. Koushiro then tells Ken to pass the phone to Hikari, and then he asks the girl to use Angewomon’s healing powers on Meicoomon.

Sure, to do that you will need backup right? WarGreymon and Shakkoumon could do it. Miyako says they could call the others if things get bad, which everyone agreed. Silphymon jogress was undone, and Tailmon evolved to Angewomon. The rest should keep Raguelmon occupied and without touching her, while Angewomon could use her healing powers to exorcize the parasite enemy inside her body.

Back to Koushiro’s office, Nishijima and Gennai keep explaining what happened before, and then Gennai revealed that Bakumon’s egg had hatched but the digimon turned into a Dark Master, the one the kids fought before. Tentomon then asks if the Dark Masters had been reborn, and Gennai says their data got locked in the Dark Area. Nishijima exclaims and asks why they didn't tell him before, only to Gennai explain Bakumon had turned into a vile creature so they couldn’t break the news to him or even Himekawa. Nishijima agreed that could’ve been worse than now.

“So this is what she meant by being a ‘former’ Chosen Child” Koushiro muses. Gennai confirms it, they revoked Himekawa’s access to the Digital World and turned her digivice inactive, she was really out of their reach so this was the best option they could find. Nishijima laments that.

Rampaging Meicoomon

Since Angewomon had holy powers able to extinguish evil and heal the good, their idea was simple: Keep Raguelmon occupied, get Angewomon to use Saint Air at her and then take the chance to destroy Shademon. 

Easier said than done. 

To protect Angewomon from getting hit by Raguelmon’s claws, they would have to stop her first. But how do you stop a digimon from moving without touching them? These were times Daisuke wished Paildramon could help them, but…

Suddenly, a very beautiful digimon woman appeared – it was Rosemon and she used her whip to grab Raguelmon. They looked behind and saw Mimi coming. The group focused on attacking Raguelmon, but not at full force so they could avoid destroying her.  When Angewomon approached behind her, the holy angel released a heavenly aura to purify the enemy, but it wasn’t enough to beat Shademon. The group was losing their hopes…

Himekawa knows she can’t let them take Raguelmon away from her hands, or else she would never finish her program to save Bakumon, so she inserted a few more codes to induce a new mutation. The laptop overheats due to the max data loaded in it, making Shademon lose control over Raguelmon, turning her extremely feral.

Raguelmon mutates to another higher form, Ordinemon, and starts corroding the barriers of human and digital worlds. The group of digimon fighting her had to retreat for now. Meiko is mad, she snaps at Himekawa for that, and the woman is terrified – everything got worse. She lost the data, she lost her chances to bring Bakumon back!!

Gennai realizes this could mean the end of both worlds if they don’t take her down, Nishijima requests Gennai to gather his and his friends’ partners, in order to fight alongside those kids. By that request, Gennai tells Daigo to bring his friends as soon as possible, and leaves in order to gather the Holy Beasts. Koushiro is intrigued, but he decides to keep helping them all as soon as possible. Koushiro’s desire to help everyone with his knowledge unlocks the HerakleKabuterimon form (outside the building, of course), which he rides in, taking Nishijima with him.

Jou, Yamato and Sora come in, concerned with what was happening. Jou couldn’t take a test at this hour! So he grabbed Gomamon and pedaled his bike til the heart of the battle. Yamato and Sora came together, afraid of what could happen to Taichi, the younger kids and Meiko. Their wishes to protect their beloved ones and their loyalty to their friends unlocked Hououmon and Vikemon for Piyomon and Gomamon. MetalGarurumon carried Yamato and Sora to the battlefield.

The group, almost complete, started to fight Ordinemon as an attempt to stop her. Daisuke clenches his fists, because all he could do was watch. Ken felt even more useless, but he knows even without their seniors being able to evolve their partners, Taichi and the others were able to find ways to help. He had witnessed it, as the Kaiser. Himekawa is still petrified by her mistakes, so she does not notice Ken taking the busted laptop from the ground. He knew soon or later this would come handy, and, if they’re lucky, they can remove the HD disc and connect it to Koushiro’s computer at the office.

They had no other option but to escort people away from that area. Himekawa had no other option but to go with them, and call the Data Bureau to secure the area.

Himekawa discovers the truth about Bakumon

They went back to Koushiro’s office and their digimon just jumped inside the pocket dimension inside the server (Miyako has full access to it, remember?) so it didn’t feel too crowded outside. When Miyako tried to contact Koushiro, the boy replied that he and Nishijima went to gather the Holy Beasts’ partners in order to save the world.

Daisuke went to check the V-mon and Wormmon eggs, just to distract his head for a while. They were fine, but still not hatching. He wouldn’t force it though, he preferred to expect his and Ken’s partners to come at their own pace. Ken was worried about Daisuke’s mental health so he just went to ask if he was okay, and the other boy replied “Yeah, I’m better now. No worries.” which made both smile, one in relief.

Jou and Meiko were staring at Himekawa, who was still lost in her thoughts, broken inside actually. Patamon asks from the screen what they should do with her, and Takeru decides they should at least ask her some info. Taichi is not sure if Himekawa would help them out though. Ken tries connecting the HD disc to Koushiro’s computer with Miyako’s help, and by a great miracle it was still running. They decide to examine its contents, while Jou, Taichi, Yamato and Takeru watch the woman. Iori inspects the HDD with Ken and Miyako. Daisuke is still quietly watching the eggs, and Hikari, Mimi and Sora try to help Meiko cool off.

Meiko had her own reasons to dislike Himekawa after this. And the group was trying to fix Himekawa’s mess, and Daisuke now was aware who was the culprit for what happened to Imperialdramon. But he tries to not get involved with the interrogation, he needs to cool off as well! He needs to cool off…! He and Meiko actually. Sora takes both outside and try to hear them out.

Daisuke growls about what happened, but he doesn’t want to fight a younger adult. Meiko vents about knowing Himekawa for years and never expected her to do something like that before, but now she noticed the red flags. But deep down both Daisuke and Meiko noticed something strange in Himekawa, something they couldn’t be totally mad at her and yes feel pity for. Sora wonders what it would be, and Meiko says “She’s lonely” Daisuke remembers of the dude, Nishijima, who had said to be her ex-boyfriend. All three start thinking of why she would do something like that, if she had a boyfriend before…

Himekawa is still in shock. But she’s coming back down to Earth, little by little. When the kids ask her about what she was aiming for she mentions that her goal was trying to save a digimon from data corruption. Mimi frowns, so that lady had noble reasons… Himekawa continues by saying the Project Mei was her chance to cure data corruption, how close she was from it until the government ceased their operations. Hikari almost snapped, and Taichi saw it in her eyes. Someone connected with the power of life itself like her would feel this narrative was too soulless and toying with the concept of life.

Sora took Daisuke and Meiko to go buy something for them all to eat and drink. The investigation outside gets more and more creepy, as Himekawa starts feeling delusional in front of them, saying maybe now they will let her finish her job! Maybe now she will see Bakumon once again! Hikari snapped politely, “That’s not how you will get your partner back!” and everyone is shocked. She continues: “Meicoomon is suffering right now because of your actions, she’s not a toy! She’s not a tool! V-mon and Wormmon are in the Digiegg stage because of you! ” – That definitely made them all silently look at Hikari, until Takeru says he agrees with her.

Koushiro calls them, saying he and Nishijima just reunited the Holy Beasts’ partners and they’re moving ahead to the battle field. Taichi and Yamato decide they should meet with them and fight Meicoomon. Seven of them agreed, but Miyako said they would stay there trying to find any useful information to help them. Thus, Taichi and the others leave. Piyomon says she wants to go but Sora’s not back yet– And Sora, Daisuke and Meiko come in, with food. Daisuke asks where’s everyone and Iori says they went to face Meicoomon. Piyomon tells Sora she wants to go, and then Daisuke comments she should go and take Meiko with them. Sora’s not sure about this, she doesn’t want to fight a friend’s digimon… Only to Daisuke put a hand on her shoulder and say this would’ve been what Meicoomon wanted. Meiko is a little antsy, but she gets it – Mei-chan would prefer to be destroyed than keep hurting innocent people, especially her friends and family. With those kind words and encouragement, Meiko, Sora and Piyomon go after Taichi and the others. Miyako and Iori smile, because they know exactly where Daisuke got this lesson from.

The group joined forces with the previous generation – Higashikata (Qinglongmon), Kitabayashi (Xuanwumon), Minamino (Zhuqiaomon) and Nishijima (Baihumon) – for this battle. They examined all of their possibilities, but Ordinemon had strong defense by creating dark digimon from her wings. Omegamon was good with numbers, so they decided to let it take care of it. Koushiro analyzed the other Final form digimon’s specialties – and then he discovered Hououmon has an ability which could purify Meicoomon. “Maybe if we combine the divine power of the Holy Beasts with Hououmon’s special ability…” 

Holydramon, Seraphimon, Rosemon and Vikemon were in the same group fighting evil digimon while opening the path for Hououmon and the Holy Beasts. It felt a terrible risky idea, but they wanted to give it a shot.

The Miyako, Ken and Iori were so busy searching for anything they could use to stop Ordinemon that they didn’t notice Himekawa leaving the room, but Daisuke did and went after her. The Lady had lost her composure and was trying her best to ‘Save Bakumon’ that the poor boy couldn’t keep watching that disastrous talk. But nothing he could say would make her stop right… She’s beyond salvation. It was when Gennai appeared from a security camera and stood in front of her. Daisuke approached cautiously to hear their conversation. This is how he and Himekwawa learned about Bakumon’s fate – Bakumon had hatched but became a vile creature, and then evolved straight into Megidramon, becoming a Dark Master. Daisuke wonders if said Dark Master was the one Taichi and the others had fought before, and this was exactly what Gennai said next. Mugendramon’s data was sent to the Dark Area, sealed alongside the other three Dark Masters.

Himekawa Maki does not believe it, and condemns Gennai and the others for destroying Bakumon. Daisuke couldn’t stand that and approached a little more. She screams, and falls on her knees, crying loudly and holding Gennai’s robes. Gennai himself did not like to bring bad news, and Daisuke knew it. So, the boy tries to talk with Himekawa… But she was too deep into madness to hear a child out. Gennai apologizes for this, but she does not listen. Suddenly, Data Bureau agents appear and take Himekawa under custody. Daisuke gets confused about how did those people know, only to find out he got something like a small spy wire attached to his goggles. “Since when…!?” It was probably the time he went to save Imperialdramon, maybe??

(No. It was implanted on his goggles when he first met Nishijima. )

Saving Meicoomon

They had to take that chance and purify Ordinemon, so they didn’t want to waste it. The moment they had it, Hououmon and the Holy Beasts gathered their powers and Hououmon used her Starlight Explosion on Ordinemon’s body. Since it was amplified by the godly and holy power of the Holy Beasts, Ordinemon started to be purified.

Ordinemon then converted into Rasielmon. The gloomy atmosphere changed drastically, filled with hope and happiness. Meicoomon didn’t die, and she was purified from Shademon… Which got destroyed by Omegamon’s cannon attack the moment it left Rasielmon’s body.

Rasielmon apologized for her acts, but the kids and the previous Chosen said it wasn’t her and Meiko’s fault. Meiko was so thankful her digimon had turned back to normal. Before reverting into Meicoomon again, Rasielmon said she had to do one more thing, and rushed to Koushiro’s office at the speed of light. Meiko wonders what it is, but the other eight were pretty sure what it was.

Daisuke returned to the office, where Miyako, Ken and Iori were ready to leave and meet their seniors. They say they found out a way to help in the battle and Daisuke grins. Suddenly, Rasielmon appears in a smaller size to not destroy the room and talks to the four. An unfazed Ken then comments “Maybe they solved it without us…” and Daisuke sighs, he wanted to help them all so badly…

Rasielmon then moves to the room with V-mon and Wormmon’s eggs and uses her powers to heal them, making them hatch. Iori finds this curious, only to remember the files said Meicoomon has also an antidote to her own virus program. The eggs hatched into Chicomon and Leafmon, making Daisuke so thankful he immediately hugged Rasielmon as his way to thank her.

Ken also thanks her, but in his own way by bowing and being polite. Rasielmon giggles, and then disappears. She returns to also heal the other eight’s digimon as her apologies, then reverted into Meicoomon and fell on Meiko’s arms.

A few weeks later, Taichi and the group heard some good news regarding Meicoomon: Hououmon and the Holy Beasts’ powers supposedly had helped to finish her program, becoming more stable and suitable for interacting with other people and digimon. Data samples of her special ability – by infecting and controlling digimon with a virus – were used to create vaccines in any case of her accidentally infecting civilized/pacific digimon. Nishijima asked Meiko’s parents to allow her and Meicoomon to be part of the Data Bureau as some honorary agent. Daisuke commented he was a little jealous about that, and that it would’ve been cool to work as some special agent. Koushiro jokes about him already serving in some special unit only to make him go like “??! Really!? Am I a secret agent!?” only to Taichi cut the joke by saying he needs to get a little more mature to handle special agent business. They all laugh, and then they all return to their daily routines.

#project mei AU

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Four Books That Helped Me Understand Japan

When I moved to Japan three and a half years ago, I hardly knew the language, much less anything about Japanese society. Anything I was familiar with came from anime, manga, and my one vacation here in 2017. Basically, I only knew the good, fun parts of Japan.

After moving here and the novelty of "I'm living in Japan" wore off, I craved a connection with my new country on a deeper level. I wanted to understand how Japanese people felt about Japan.

But my Japanese wasn't (and still isn't) good enough to talk about things like gender, economics, war, or generation gaps, and my Japanese friends struggle to articulate their thoughts and feelings on these topics in English.

So, I turned to translated Japanese books to understand Japan better, and to find some sort of relation between Japan and my experiences living in the US.

Here are four books that helped me begin to find some common ground with Japan.

Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

Set about ten years after World War II, the book is narrated by an aging ukiyo-e painter, who reflects on his life and art while struggling to accept the present backlash from the younger generation for his role as a pro-war propaganda artist.

What resonated with me about Artist of the Floating World was the clash between the elderly narrator and his children's generation.

The generational clash is not unlike the Boomer/Gen Z clash we're dealing with in the US. In Japan, there's a drastic shift in how Millennials and Gen Z approach the social norms set by Boomers, creating societal tension not unlike what we're dealing with.

While Artist of the Floating World isn't a direct commentary on the present, the themes are reminiscent of current generation gaps and clashes and helped me form parallels between contemporary strife in the US and Japan.

Breasts and Eggs by Meiko Kawakami

A contemporary story that follows the narrator, her sister, and her niece as they navigate sex, pregnancy, single parenthood, and Japanese beauty standards.

I think this was the first female Japanese author I had read at the time. I had a base understanding of Japan's gender dynamics that I became more familiar with after moving here.

However, Breasts and Eggs gave me an intimate into the hearts and minds of Japanese women, and how they struggle between fulfilling the expectations of their gender and living the life they want.

This book really gave me a strong sense of solidarity with Japanese women. With the slew of anti-abortion legislation passing in the US this past year and the constant threat of losing our body autonomy, I resonated with the feeling of suffocation under the patriarchial thumb.

Trinity, Trinity, Trinity by Erika Kobayashi

Originally published in October 2019, the story is set in the near future during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Since the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear disaster, the elderly have been plagued with memories that aren't their own, and are inexplicably drawn to places of radioactivity.

The story not only encapsulates the national anxiety toward the ever-increasing threats of nuclear warfare in Asia but also illustrates generational nuclear trauma, something I never had to think about before actually living in Asia.

I live close to Hiroshima. My favorite thing to do on a nice day is take the train into the city, grab some Starbucks, wander toward Peace Memorial Park, and read across the river from the Atomic Bomb Dome.

I'm faced with the relics of nuclear destruction regularly, something I never had to face in the US. I never had to think about nuclear attacks or try to understand the generational impact of such events.

Of course, no amount of reading could make me understand just how deep the terror goes, but Trinity Trinity Trinity gave me some understanding of how nuclear warfare is ever-present in the back of Japanese minds.

Tokyo Ueno Station by Miri Yu

The story is told by the spirit of a homeless man who lived in Ueno Park's homeless village. He recounts the hardships of his life, which coincidentally align with events in the lives of the Imperial Family.

Of all the Japanese novels I read, Tokyo Ueno Station gave me the most insight into Japan's current socioeconomic climate, especially regarding the homeless.

The juxtaposition of the narrator's life and the Imperial Family's is a great illustration of the increasing wealth gaps in Japan, and how the homeless are considered invisible or a burden.

The Ueno Park homeless village reminded me of the homeless in Peace Memorial Park, with their cardboard shelters beneath the bridges, or sleeping on the stone benches by the river, while tourists with shining Gucci belts and Yves Saint Laurant bags pass by them without so much as a sideways glance.

It made me wonder, "Are they asked to find somewhere else to go whenever someone important comes to Peace Park? Are they only acknowledged when they're seen as a stain that needs to be removed before they're seen by someone with more money and status?"

Honestly, if I hadn't moved here, I don't know if I would've explored Japanese literature outside of the random Haruki Murakami books my friends lent to me. Moving here made me crave a sense of belonging, which is something books always gave me.

Whatever brought me here, though, I'm glad I started reading Japanese literature. It makes me feel a little less alone, being a foreigner in Japan.

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