#digimon adventure's overall plot is always taichi learning from his mistakes

[seventeenlovesthree]

Your resident Taikoura president took over two decades to realize that these two scenes are actually parallels to one another.

Probably because they're not playing out in the exact same way and don't have the same weight in the grand scheme of things; one moment is framing a B plot, the other is sprinkled into the A plot, but more in the back. But in the end, they have, indeed, several things in common:

Taichi Yagami may need a while to get over his own stubbornness, but once it hits him, once he's realized that he was in the wrong, he will take the step to apologize.

Note that in both scenes, he is not being 100% straightforward - in Sora's case, he is sending a mail, in Koushirou's, he can't look him in the eyes. There is a sense of shame, of guilt; it took him a while in both cases (days in the former, minutes in the latter) to realize his wrongs after all, that he may have been insensitive to some degree, so it takes a bit of courage to get out the correct words...

On the other hand, one may want to argue that the "reasons" for their fights seem rather "insignificant" at first glance - but that is the exact point, let's not forget we're talking about 11- and 12-year-olds here. Without going too much into analysis mode here, both scenes are intertwined in their respective arcs: Sora may have gotten mad at Taichi because she is not at peace with herself and struggles with her identity at that point ("Should I dress more feminine or not, should I change my appearance, am I not appreciated and liked for how I always was?"). Koushirou historically struggles with reading the room when he is in hyperfocus mode and him reading e-mails in a tone that may have hit a nerve in Taichi was inevitable - Taichi was on edge already anyway and getting unintentionally "criticized" may have been the tip of the iceberg for him to snap.

Despite both instances being stretched out over several scenes, the most important part is: both Sora and Koushirou are forgiving Taichi eventually. There is no malice, no bad blood, no "break" in their bond, no matter what happens.

And in a very deep, meta, "reading way too much into everything" kind of way, Taichi's bond with Sora and Koushirou is also being mirrored with his bond with Agumon/WarGreymon. Because Taichi was reckless, WarGreymon could not have kept on fighting and got hurt. Hence why Taichi "indirectly" apologizes for that too - because in the end, they will only succeed when they overcome their struggles together.

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[seventeenlovesthree]

Can I ask you another question? This happens to be just an overall view I see from the Digimon community, but why are the personalities of the Digidestined seem almost offensive or wrong to so many people when it comes to Digimon Tri?

I know it may seem inconsistent with the Digidestined from Adventure all the way to Kizuna with Tri thrown in there, but Tri focused more on the negative aspects of a Digidestined’s personality.

Back in there teenage years it to me makes more sense they are showing inconsistencies in character as they are all trying to find out who they are. They are inbetween being children and adults and they are allowed to make mistakes or show that side of themselves at a more extreme level.

Sure it’s kept in check with the other series but raging hormone filled teenagers have to make those mistakes (or learn from others so they don’t repeat them) in order to build character and grow is refreshing and helps. E have more empathy for them.

Aside from their personalities this is what made Digimon so enticing. So that being said, in light of this do you still think that Digimon Tri did each Digidestined a disservice by portraying them as really people that they are nowhere near as?

Tri does get a lot of flack and rightfully so, but this part shouldn’t be one of those reasons.

Sorry for the long winded question. It was only fair I delivered it in context for your answer though.

My ask box is always open and I'm always interested in discussions like this, it doesn't matter if it's a bit more lengthy, because that helps me to understand where you come from yourself a bit better.

Admittedly, I do have my own personal "vendetta" with the way Tri is constructed in several ways - I have my issues with the pacing, the number of plot points, parts of the fanservice, the way the 02 cast was handled... However, I tried to bring up some positivity the other day by listing the majority of my favourite moments (and as I browse through my screenshot folder, there may actually be more I didn't immediately remember).

There are things that grind my gears - but I agree that not everything deserves flack.

My main problem with the characterization and arcs of the characters was mostly that it did feel like "recycled" conflict. Which, as you said yourself, is not NECESSARILY a bad thing, as we're all human, we all have our moments of regression and self-doubt. It IS relatable. There's a reason why this Jyoumi moment is one of my favourites after all:

On the other hand, I simply couldn't shake the feeling that Tri would have worked better if it had taken place between 01 and 02 - or if 02 hadn't existed in this universe in the first place. Because a lot of the conflict and development would have made a lot more sense if it had happened between 01 and 02, simply due to the fact that the majority of the characters already seemed WAY more mature in 02 despite their ages. I understand that writing characters consistently after 02 must have been incredibly difficult because of that - but witnessing Jyou as serene and confident and Yamato as open and dorky as they were in 02, just to see Yamato turn a lot more cold again and Jyou losing a lot of his self-efficacy all over again was just a bit disappointing. And in terms of Koushirou, I just didn't like how MUCH emphasis they put on his "hormones", it took them almost three movies for him to feel like an important character again and he deserves so much more than that. Yes, he had his good moments before that, of course! But he lost a lot of his dignity on his way there (at least in my opinion). It's just not nice to ignore the development they already went through.

I tried to summarize that once in a post before, I hope this will make a little bit more sense!

Upon rewatching a lot of scenes again, I may argue that Taichi (and in parts Sora) was the one I could make most sense of in his/their Tri portrayals after analyzing it for a while - even if their conflicts repeated themselves. I have written several analysis posts on Taichi regressing due to him getting older and struggling to find his path, prioritizing and making difficult decisions to maintain balance and unity, mourning the loss of his "younger self" being more daring (see for example here and here). Sora deals with similar issues after all, as she also struggles with her sense of self, obligation and femininity, unsure whether she can and should make decisions for herself, as a Chosen Child and/or the daughter of an iemoto and that is why she HAS to make uncomfortable (and sometimes even wrong) decisions (see here, here, here and here).

I love Digimon for how deeply I can analyze these characters and, as mentioned, the regressing is human and realistic after all - but at some point, I would just like to see them succeed and overcome their conflicts to at least some degree. Digimon never shied away from NOT writing happy ends for their characters - but with all the suffering they put Taichi through (just for example), it would be almost cruel not to see him get his personal closure at some point.

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