I've been going over my thoughts on all the aquatic Digimon. Previous posts here: all fish, all mermaids, and aquatics part 1. Since I've gone over the aquatics with a default evolution line, today I'll just go over all rookie/child, champion/adult, and armor level mons that I haven't already discussed.
I will say that my previous post's analogy on how Digimon evolution works was not at all helpful, so I'll try again. Digimon evolution is branched, where each stage has multiple possible next stages that do not necessarily need to have a thematic connection to prior stages. Stages are not mutually exclusive and separate Digimon can evolve into the same thing. Digimon can also evolve backwards and not to the same thing they started as. For example, an Agumon (little dinosaur) can evolve into Centaurumon (centaur), then evolved back down to a Patamon (winged hamster). The animes usually simplify things from the games and virtual pets by giving their Digimon characters much more linear and thematically consistent evolution lines. I may do an intro to Digimon post some day.
Starting with rookie/child levels we have an old mon that hasn't been used much: Gizamon. It's been around for a long time, but rarely gets any attention and as far as I can tell, has never gotten a spotlight, even as a monster of the week. That's too bad, it's a neat little critter. It's a marine mammal, but has the body shape and jumping ability of a frog.
Next up is Crabmon (Ganimon in Japanese). People compare Pokemon and Digimon a lot, but one comparison I haven't seen is that they both made a monster that's literally just a crab. Crabmon and Kingler are both fiddler crabs too, with one much bigger claw. I like it and there are a few crustaceans of higher level that I think could be a good pre-evo for. Crabmon also has a x-antibody variant.
Crabmon
Crabmon X
The last of this level is Sangomon, a very new Digimon. I love it so much, it's a little staghorn coral monster with polyps for arms. It's so cute and such a creative way of making coral as a monster. I wish it has a full through-like of coral reef evolutions. If I had to pick any of the rookie/child Digimon form this series as a partner, it honestly might be this one.
Moving onto the champion/adult level is Ebidramon. Ebi means shrimp and dramon indicates that the Digimon is draconic, so it's a shrimp dragon. It clearly isn't fond of shrimp being used as a synonym for tiny as it will attack those who make fun of it.
Next is Gesomon, which clearly takes ofter humboldt squids as its very violent and scary. It attacks those who enter its territory, but won't bother those outside of it. It's also very intelligent and cunning, which is very appropriate for a squid. I really like Gesomon, I think it's a great choice for an evil aquatic line. Gesomon has an x-antibody variant which is incredibly ugly and not in a good way. Its ugly in an "I don't want to look at this any more" way.
Gesomon
Gesomon X
The last aquation at this level is the excellent Octomon. I don't like any of the octopus Pkemon very much and Digimon deliverd for me. It's a kleptomanian who wears a pot for a head much like how a coconut octopus lives inside coconuts and other hard objects. The crown came from a sunked treasure chest and that gun squirts ink. Weirdly enough, the little gold barnacles on it are identified as another Digimon called Fujitsumon and Octomon's reference book entry is the only place Fujitsumon has ever been mentioned.
Next up is the armor level, which lies outside the normal evolution levels. It was introduces fro the anime Digimon Adventure 02 and outside of media related to that show, armor Digimon are often treated as being synonymous to the champion/adult level.
First is Archelomon, a sea turtle with knives for flippers. Digimon has had much more ridiculous designs, but for some reason this one seems over the top for me.
Next is Depthmon, who absolutely should have been in the mermaid post but I forgot about it. I really like this guy, a merman wearing a diving suit. The suit lets it dive way deeper into the ocean than most Digimon because it can endure incredibly high pressure. Armor Digimon are the result of a Digimon evolving with an object called a Digimental that represents some virtue like courage. The anime only used a few combinations and a lot of the official armor Digimon are the result of filling out the other matches. For example, in the show, Veemon/V-Mon used the Digimentals of courage and friendship to become Flamedramon and Raidramon respectively. Depthmon is one of the unseen combinations, Veemon plus the Digimental of sincerity (reliability in the dub). The unseen combinations don't get nearly as much attention as the ones that did appear in the anime, which is a shame because some of them, like Depthmon, are pretty cool.
Next is Orcamon and I absolutely love this goofy beast. An Orca life guard is such an exceptionally silly concept executed quite well. It actively rescues other Digimon that are lost at sea. Orcamon seems like a good friend. What's even better is that it was designed by a fan as part of a contest. That fan has some great ideas.
Next is Submarimon, which I probably could have justified in the fish post. Its a fish-shaped submarine of course, but that harpoon nose also makes me think of sawfish. This is one of the armor Digimon that appeared in the anime where it was a bit underutilized due to being strictly aquatic. Fortunately the writers seem to have agreed because it got to appear in some of the other anime seasons as an ally.
Finally we have Tylomon, which is a tyloaurus, a type of prehistoric marine reptile. I like marine reptiles like mosasaurs, so Tylomon is pretty cool to me. It also has an x-antibody variant which is a classic overdesigned form. It's kind of weird that some of the more obscure armor Digimon got x-antibody forms befrore the ones that showed up in the anime, but I'm all for more obscure mons getting more attention.
Tylomon
Tylomon X
That's it for today. Next post will finish up the aquatic Digimon with the ultimate/perfect and mega/ultimate levels
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If Team 7 were DigiDestineds (Part 8):
Sometimes Shannarō digivolves from her Nyokimon form into
Pukamon/Bukamon then
Tobiumon then either
Pukumon or
Orcamon then
Mermaimon.
Sakura & Shannarō matrix digivolving when the latter is in Shakomon/Syakomon or Tobiumon form results in
Neptunemon (she punches anyone who misgenders her).
Sometimes Shannarō digivolves from her Pyocomon/Yokomon form into
Sangomon then Pukumon or
Rukamon/Dolphmon then
Whamon.
Sakura & Shannarō matrix digivolving when the latter is in her Sangomon form results in
Regalecusmon (again, any misgendering gets a violent response if the human doing so keeps ignoring her warnings; Digimon don't misgender anyone, coz they all know appearance doesn't decide someone's gender).
(To be continued in Part 9...)
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who is your favorite Digimon?
#1 is Raremon and here is my review of Raremon which infodumps my reasons
(I have now reviewed about 99% of all Digimon, it's still ongoing)
Other top favorites:
Raremon's recent new evolution Rareraremon
Parasimon
Oleamon
Mimicmon
Sangomon
Troopmon
Roachmon
Gekomon
Numemon X!
UPDATE forgot to add Algomon's new second baby form
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tweet by @/digicaplayer
OHO
Digimon Tweets ( @/JP_Excelsior ) also pointed out the inclusion of Sunarizamon, Sangomon, and Ghostmon, which are the respective new rookies of the Pendulum Z v-pets, Nature Spirits, Deep Savers, and Nightmare Soldiers respectively.
Then there is also Omekamon and BEMmon, and three new Digimon from what I can tell.
Really exciting for these to get some spotlight!
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some more Digimon Liberator stuff
cool promo art
guess the villains of this story is going to be some other digital lifeform rather than an evil digimon
or maybe those are just robot foot soldiers
also who ever the bad guys are they appear to REALLY like using Imperialdramon (Black)
you can even see the silouette of one in the first reveal trailer
Some of the new characters names
Owen Dreadnought (Red) and Zenith (Blue)
Owen Dreadnought (god I love that name ) and his brand new digimon
seeing how he's in the frontline going to guess he's the hotheaded type of red anime guy
Glasses is with Sangomon
Drill tails is with Ghostmon
And finally girl *squinting eyes* holding a gun (?) is with Sunarizamon
Don't see Cool Boy (Shinji?) and Omekamon or Zenith and BEMmon anywhere in the promo art
they probably just show up later in the story and hopefully this doesn't mean anything ominous
anyways getting pretty close to the webcomic starting
can't wait! (well actually I can but you know what I mean)
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It's finally time to unravel another set of Armor evos!
Can evolve from:
-> Mokurimon
-> Cephalomon
-> Alraumon
-> Floramon
-> Kamemon
-> Sangomon
-> Syakomon
Can evolve to:
-> ???
-> Lilamon
-> Mermaimon
-> Pixiemon
-> Sirenmon
art/design/Digimon VD by @StrikeYoko
Digimon franchise by © Bandai/Toei
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