Digimon Data Squad | A Retrospective Of The Series

0:00 Digimon Data Squad released domestically in 2006 it Blends many of the concepts laid out by its predecessors while still retaining its own unique identity that sets this season apart from the rest it's not far-fetched to say that many fans were turned off by this season some may argue that frontia prepared the coffin for the franchise but many will attribute Data Squad as the final straw that led the franchise to its grave I'll come right out and say this I'm one of the few who thoroughly enjoyed the season Digimon Data Squad aims to tell a dark and gritty Story underpinned by humankind's unrelenting will to survive while it's not without its faults such as pacing issues and a somewhat rushed ending like his predecessors this season gets a lot right to it introduces us to one of if not the worst villain in any

0:46 Digimon series to date the cast much like Digimon Tamers initially consists of three main characters and their Digimon Partners whose personalities pair nicely together the main cast is also aged up here mostly consisting of teenagers which is a breath of fresh air the themes plot twist and for the most part the way the season balances each of its characters individual arcs is done well the story follows members of the Data Squad also known as dats which is a covert organization formed by the government to apprehend wild Digimon dats was established to maintain peace between the human and digital world with the organization's principal goal being to return Digimon that enter the human world back to where they came from in this video I'll be proving providing you a high level overview of the story and

1:32 Share My overall thoughts toward the end if you enjoy this sort of content please consider supporting the channel by liking the video and subscribing as always time stamps have been included in the description box below now before we get into the story let's first go over some of the characters this is Marcus he's a 14-year-old knucklehead who aspires to be the ultimate fighter while Marcus is not the leader of the Data Squad his impulsive actions often times Force the other members to go after him he makes up for his impulsiveness with his unconventional approaches to solving problems which have gotten the group out of jams on countless number of occasions Marcus is most certainly the Beating Heart of this season often acting as a key motivator for the others when the going really gets tough he lives with his mother Sarah and little sister christe from a young age Marcus has had

2:19 to assume the role of the man of the house this is because a decade prior his father Spencer Damon went missing although the family has never given up hope that Spencer will one day return it's evident that Marcus deeply misses his father and constantly feels a pressure to keep the family safe in his absence overtly he appears to be someone who loves competition particularly when it comes to combat but his desire to be the best is all grounded in his commitment to protect his family at all costs without his father around to guide him Marcus finds himself unable to control his emotions a critical part of his journey is learning to lead with his heart not his fists marcus' Digimon partner is aamon and together they form a comedic Duo who bring levity to to an otherwise dark season of Digimon aaman and Marcus are the perfect pairing they both equally love to fight and the

3:06 number one thing in the world they love the most is food without his father around to Mark the path for him Marcus must learn how to fulfill the role of the family's protector while also contending with the trauma of no longer having his father around to guide and protect him when he feels sad angry or scared this is Thomas Thomas is the leader of the Data Squad he's a genius who excels in a number of domains not only is he by far the smartest that but he's also an excellent strategist and his abilities in combat are second to none Thomas is the opposite of Marcus in every conceivable way while Marcus lacks basic decorum Thomas who comes from a privileged background has that in Spades while Marcus lacks the ability to control his emotions Thomas is able to keep his wits about him even in the most heated of situations Thomas's Digimon

3:52 partner is Gan who's a perfect match for him Thomas is always able to trust gon's ability to execute his instructions to the tea G is not only loyal but also smart he's able to keep up with Thomas's thought processes and ideas and Thomas clearly respects gon and values his opinion when I said Thomas was privileged I was strictly referring to his family status and wealth bwing this in fact Thomas's life has been anything but privileged in terms of the things that matter the most after losing his mother at a younger age Thomas was left feeling isolated with his mother's And Timely death he was robbed of the unconditional love every child deserves growing up Thomas was born into a very power ful aristocratic family from Austria his parental grandmother the matriarch of the family looked down upon his mother as she considered her a commoner this Prejudice not only

4:38 remained after Thomas's mother had passed but was then transferred onto Thomas himself things are not helped by the fact that after his mother passed his father became distant and cold this is why by the time we meet at 14-year-old Thomas he too comes across very cold and distant his demeanor is the complete opposite of Marcus which often leads the pair to argue with one another Thomas's journey is one of s Discovery and acceptance over the course of the season with help from his friends and even his FES Thomas must learn to overcome his childhood trauma and start living his life on his own terms this is Yoshi Yoshi is a veteran D's member and the oldest out of the three the 18-year-old acts as an older sibling figure to the two boys and is often a mediator when the pair have a falling out Yoshi brings a level of maturity to the group that keeps the younger members

5:24 grounded but she also shares many similarities with the boys like Marcus she loves to have a good time and like Thomas she takes her job very seriously however Yoshi is unique in her own right and she too has her own challenges which she must overcome despite her mature demeanor Yoshi Underneath It All lacks confidence in herself and her abilities this all stems from her childhood where she and her older sisters were taught to play piano from a young age her siblings would perform flawlessly at auditoriums filled with people being the youngest she felt immense pressure to be as good as the sisters she was unable to gather the courage to open up up to her mom about how she felt worried she would disappoint her so instead Yoshi kept these negative feelings to herself this feeling of not being good enough would often wear its ugly head in high

6:10 pressure environments Yoshi's partner is Laman who is the perfect match for her as lamon is super sweet caring and empathetic yet she does not tolerate Yoshi curling up into her shell throughout her journey Yoshi must learn to overcome these feelings of inadequacy and regain her confidence there is a for member who joins as a late edition and this character will play a central role when they are first introduced around the midpoint of the Season we learn more about him during the story segment it's worth mentioning a few of the side characters this is Richard Samson he's the commander of dats in charge of the day-to-day operations of the organization a decade prior Samson was once a police detective responsible for investigating multiple missing person cases as unexplained disappearances kept occurring across the city he along with

6:57 his colleagues eventually discovered that the dis appearances were the result of the opening of numerous Gates leading to the digital world Samson is a firm but fair and caring leader he's someone who never buckles under pressure and his presence alone demands respect from his subordinates his Digimon partner is kudamon this is meami and Mickey the pair are the computer operators at dats they aid the team directly from the hq's control room they alert to dat a squad of any incoming threads and help them identify Digimon the girls also have Digimon part of their own so they are also able to directly fight alongside the others Meg's Digimon partner is the white punches one while Mickey's Digimon partner is the black punch esmon this old fellow here is hom yushima he's a

7:42 mysterious character who pops up early on and gives Marcus advice when he needs it the most he's also the one who gives Marcus his Digi advice we'll learn more about who yushima is as the season progresses now without further Ado let's get straight into the story aaman is seen running for his life as dad tracks him kudamon stresses to Samson that they must capture him Samson orders Yoshi to go after aan as she makes her way to the Target a pile of beaten down men lay in front of her path she sees aan and Marcus staring down one another Marcus is clearly unfaced seeing a digimon for the first time he doesn't care to find out what Aon is but what he does care about is that Aon is on his Turf heid his goal is to become the strongest fighter and threatens to knock auman out just like those men Yoshi tries to warn

8:29 Marcus that fighting a digimon is dangerous Marcus brazenly states that he's the one it should be scared of he begins to fight aaman and kudaman is in disbelief by what they are witnessing the two continue to trade punches and after expending all their energy they both agree to call it a draw having gained his respect auman now starts referring to Marcus as boss he explains to Marcus had no one ever been able to trade punches with him and so that makes Marcus his boss adding that moving forward he'll Faithfully follow his orders Yoshi calls out lomon and places aaman under arrest demanding that he return with her to headquarters when aaman pleases on Marcus not to let her take him Marcus places him on his back and makes a run for it Marcus asks auman what he is and where he came from aan

9:16 SES isure himself and continues to plead with Marcus to not let them take him Marcus doesn't really get what he's on about but still agrees to help just as aan promises not to ask for anything ever again he starts begging for food it's only until agan attempts to eat him that Marcus decides to purchase some food for him Yosi walks up to Marcus at the store she asks where he's hiding aaman whom she refers to as Raptor one when he refuses to tell her she starts listing off everything she knows about him from his full name to the high school he went to how he lives with his mother Sarah and little sister christe who looks up to him and how his father went missing 10 years ago she formally introduces herself as a special agent with the Digimon Data Squad she CES their goal is to protect the public against the creatures known as Digimon she convinces Marcus to go with her to

10:02 HQ when she says they have special food designed for Digimon to eat and cites that Digimon cannot eat regular human food he goes back to aan and tells him to stay po whilst he goes with Yoshi at HQ Marx is greeted by Commander Samson who introduces himself and kudamon Samson explains that they're in the midst of a crisis as the barrier between the human and digital world is beginning to collapse leading to more and more Digimon appearing kudon adds that due to aan having made contact with humans he must be handed over Marcus refuses to turn aan in he admits that he doesn't know about this whole saving the world business they're going on about but what he does know is that aan depends on him and no one seems to think about what Aon needs Marcus believes that maybe a reason he doesn't want to go back to the digital world adding that maybe things

10:48 were really tough for him there suddenly the alarm goes off they receive report that a digimon has attacked a burger stand yoshian kudamon immediately suspect that it was auman after finding out aaman is no longer where he left him Marcus rushes out to find him he finds aaman who managed to get a bin stuck to his head Koran appears confirming it was the one that attacked the stand Marcus is not happy ogan was framed for something he didn't do so he rushes ahead to teach koron a lesson ogan follows him into battle Samson and kudamon are shocked that Raptor one is choosing to fight alongside Marcus aan is rendered unconscious by the champion Digimon enraged Marcus lands a punch to coron's face his fist suddenly begins to Glow hom isima appears and throws Marcus a Digivice he tells Marcus

11:35 to use it in combination with his DNA charge which is's currently wielding in his fist he states that by doing so it will wake ogan up Marcus charges the Digivice with his DNA charge enabling aaman to dig evolve to his champion level DNA charge Data Squad awan's DNA charge has hit its limit it's reached its ultimate charge but how could it be aquan digol [Music]

12:25 2oon koron is no match for G Greymon who goes on to defeat it with a single attack causing it to revert back into a Digi egg Samson is blown away by how quickly Marcus was able to not only tame aaman but also enable him to dig evolve the commander tells kudamon he wants someone like that on his team Marcus clears the air with Yoshi clarifying how the pile of down men she saw earlier was his doing not aans Yoshi drags them back to HQ but Marcus argues auman's innocence Samson tells him that any Digimon who breaks the law will be reverted back to a Digi and returned into the digital world he demonstrates this by returning korman's digiegg to the digital world using a transporter called the digital dive Marcus escapes with aan but winds up dropping his Digivice on his way out Samson seeing

13:11 that Marcus has a Digivice all but confirms to him that aan has been tamed Marcus decides to take aaman back to his home arriving home late Sarah berates him for staying out all night he manages to sneak aaman into his room Marcus explains to aaman that he must stay hidden at all times but Sarah who he the noise coming from his room opens his door he manages to quickly H aaman over the balcony Sarah sensing he's hiding something reminds marus of the promise they all made to one another after his father went missing the promise that they'll not keep anything from one another Christy walks onto the balcony she shares with Marcus when she spots aamon she rushes into Marcus's room screaming Sarah goals to check things out but aaman manages to hide by climbing onto the rooftop Sarah suspects it must have been a short for

13:58 unidentified side mysterious animal so she goes to get her camera before leaving she hears a footsteps on the roof marus starts to panic and says he'll check things out he Peaks over the rooftop as aan is seen chasing the resident cat aaman winds up losing balance which causes him to roll off the rooftop taking Marcus down with him the secret is out as Sarah and christe see them both laying there unconscious once marus comes to he makes his way downstairs and finds aaman feasting away at the dinner table even politely asking Sarah for seconds he's hit with a double whammy when he sees that Yoshi is at the table too she briefs Marcus that the commander has sanctioned aan to remain in the human world so she'll no longer need to wipe his memory or send aaman back to where he came from she adds that she's been put in charge of keeping an

14:44 eye on the pair she understands Marcus isn't happy with it as neither is she for that matter but she sites orders are orders after all Yoshi stays a night and sleeps on Marcus's bed whilst he and aamon sleep on the floor late into the night numerous computers start turning on from the energy produced a digital gate opens and from it emerges an abnormally large cimon the Sun is up and soul to is Marcus is's ready to make his way to school aan asks if he can go too even though Marcus says yes Yoshi forbids it but after aan pleads with her she yels she returns Marcus's Digivice to him and shows him a Nifty feature which will allow him to take aaman anywhere by storing him inside the Digivice she follows Marcus on his route to school knowing that he's getting super annoyed with being followed she

15:29 tells him that if he joins dads she won't have to follow him anymore as Marcus walks past he sees some commotion going on at Christie's elementary school he checks in on Christy who explains that the school rabbits have gone missing Yi pulls him aside and tells him that a digimon is behind it to help his sister out Marcus sets a trap and places aamon Inside the Cage as bait when the kid in charge of looking after the rabbits appears instead of the Digimon Yoshi senses something is off under the influence of ciman the boy turns out to be the one who got rid of the rabbit kunan makes light work of lamon which forces Yoshi to have her dig evolve to a champion level lamon time to dig evolve Squad DNA

16:16 charge jol [Music] two one [Music] sunflowmon defeats kunon with ease but the celebrations are cut short as he goes on to digol to his champion level flyon flymon drains both Yoshi and sunflowmon strength Marcus struggles to make Aon dig evolve as he's unable to activate his DNA charge at will after striking flyon Marcus is able to activate his DNA charge enabling aamon to dig evolve Gio Greymon goes on to defeat flymon reverting it back to a d yima who's witnessed the the entire battle unfold CES his surprise that the mechanism by which Marcus activates his

17:02 DNA charge is by Landing a punch on a digimon he explains to Marcus that if he truly wishes to become the ultimate fighter he must face powerful opponents awaiting him within the digital world Yoshi reports back to Samson kudaman asks why Marcus is not with her speaking of the devil Marcus shows up and requests to join DS Marcus and aan are both pleased to join DS because now they'll be able to fight powerful foes and aan nor needs to worry about being sent back to the digital world the following morning during breakfast the pair begin to argue over who gets the last piece of fried egg in the meantime D's agent Thomas norstein has returned from his recent trip to Austria Marcus is informed to head to area C7 where Demi maramon has appeared Demi maramon is seen lighting fires around the city

17:49 Marcus is unable to activate his DNA charge because his punches go straight through Demi maran's body Marcus and aaman chase after it while Thomas is isn't far behind Thomas stops for a moment to wipe the memory of three bystanders who saw Demi maramon unable to find Demi maramon Marcus gives up and returns to HQ Thomas also arrives and confirms that he has completed his mission in wiping the memory of the witnesses aaman greets galon who simply blanks him Marcus demands Thomas and his partner to pay attention to them just as gon did Thomas simply blanks them both and instead he greets Samson Thomas sites based on Samson's report there seems to be an unusually high number of Digimon that have been appearing recently Samson ask Thomas if he's worried that dats may be overwhelmed by how many Digimon are showing up Thomas

18:35 says he has no concerns providing that is to have the right team to deal with them Samson tells Marcus that Thomas will be his Superior Marcus isn't happy with the idea of having to take orders from Thomas Yoshi tells him that Thomas is a veteran member of dat Mickey and Megami also add that he's a genius too kudamon chimes in and States Gan is the best fighter they have hearing all this Marcus and aamon are both seething with jealousy Thomas recommends to Samson that he terminate Marcus and aamon Yoshi defends the two believing that Thomas is being overly harsh Marcus as diplomatic as ever calls Thomas out to spar him Yoshi tells him that's a bad idea as Thomas is a well seasoned fighter Thomas finds out Marx's reason behind joining that disgusted by the selfishness behind

19:21 Marx's motivation he knocks him down even though the spa is called off Marcus refuses to stop and even manages to land a punch to Thomas's face Yoshi makes it clear to Marcus that Thomas let him off easy she knows this as she's witnessed him routinely beat Olympic champions in that very Ring the Alarm sounds off as numerous Demi maraman have appeared kudon SES how Demi maraman can multiply at will Marcus blames himself for failing to secure Dem maraman earlier he says he wants to fix things but Thomas orders that he remain at HQ while he gos to fix the mess the commander sends Yoshi to give Thomas some backup Thomas has Gan dig evolv to his champ level plan a 2 DNA

20:07 charge gon dig Bol [Music] 2 now on gamon makes light work of Demi maramon gamon highlights how they wrap things up a whole minute faster than their previous alltime best Thomas and Yosi receive an alert that there's another Demi maraman on the loose when kudaman highlights to Marcus the difference between him and Thomas Marcus leaves in frustration as he's running Marcus comes to the realization that his pigheadedness created this mess he acknowledges that he has much work to do before he can call himself The Ultimate

20:53 Fighter yima appears before Marcus once again this time he's seing great grilling some fish yima voices how the wind is making it difficult to grill he says that by learning to use the wind instead of fighting it he'll be able to make the fire Bend brighter than ever before yima concludes by telling Marcus to use that power not extinguish it Marcus orders aamon to aim his Spitfire blast attack at Demi maramon Aon tells Marcus that fire attacks don't work against it but decides nonetheless to trust to Marcus's judgment his attacks are absorbed by demon maramon which enables it to dig evolve into maramon with his opponent having now formed a solid body this enables Marcus to make physical contact with it Marcus is able to successfully land a punch which impresses Thomas who watches on as GI Greymon overpowers maramon Marcus humble

21:41 as always throws his success in Thomas's face Thomas dismisses marcus' success down to his raw power not his strategic promise Samson has had enough of their bickering so orders that they now work side by side as partners moving forward the Data Squad next tasp with securing long numon Marcus and Thomas are unable to get into sing most of which is Marcus is doing as he refuses to work as a team they're getting each other's way which allows Numan to escape them luckily for the pair Yoshi and Laman are able to secure the Target The Lads begin to bicker to no end and all Yoshi can do is helplessly watch Marcus thanks Thomas for a ride home Thomas makes it clear that he only did so at the behest of the commander because Samson felt if they spent more time together they'll eventually get along christe and Sarah

22:27 thank for dropping Marcus off Sarah even invites Thomas in for dinner after seeing Marcus's reaction Thomas decides it will be best to leave a couple of burglar break into a bank and accidentally trap themselves within the building a friendly dralon appears and breaks them out Mickey and megamy alert the others about the break-in and explain that a digimon is involved they realized a device within the building is responsible for draliman appearing Samson worries that the burglars May influence the Digimon to do their bidding Marcus arrives late L and gets an ear for from Thomas Thomas highlights how marcus' priorities are not in line with the mission as all he's looking to do is get into fight Marcus being the he is ends up erasing all the records They had on the bank burglary but luckily Thomas kept a backup the

23:13 alarm at HQ goes off they managed to narrow down draman's location on the way the boys continue to argue inside the car the burglar take advantage of the naive Digimon as they get him to break into another bank the Data Squad arrives and pursues droon Marcus and Aon block the burglar's vehicle droon believing his friends are in danger starts to balloon in size Aon and Marcus find themselves having fallen into the river Thomas orders Gan to drive draliman towards the harbor Yoshi captures the burglars and has Laman put them to sleep Thomas plans to lurge rodiman toward the harbor to prevent him from digging and Escape Route the plan is foiled when Marcus and aan Calla droon to turn in the other direction Thomas has gon dig evolve to chase after him Marcus makes

23:59 his way inside drogon's tunnel and punches him which enables Aon to dis evolve when geog gymon overpowers droon he attempts to escape through a digital gate gon attempts to stop him but his attack is canceled out by GI Greymon who also had the same plan their lack of teamwork allows for dralon to escape the two of them go back to HQ and site that they refus to work together Samson and kudamon convinced the pair to put what's happened behind them as droon may appear at any moment they add that in order to defeat dralon they'll need to work together Thomas wants to take the fight to draliman so he asks Samson fo's permission to enter the digital world via the digital dive Samson rejects his request as there's no guarantee he'll be able to return to the human world Thomas Lars Yoshi out of the control room and

24:45 disobeys direct orders from the commander as he goes on to use the digital dive Yoshi starts to worry when she loses track of his digitalised signal refusing to let Thomas be the one getting in on all the action Marcus now wants to go to the digital world I he forces Yoshi's hand when he starts kicking the machine she advises him that he and Thomas must return to the point of entry by all 500 else she'll not be able to bring them back after reaching the digital world Marcus is surprised by how similar it is to the human world minus of course all the wild roaming Digimon Marcus sets his sights on finding Djimon believing that Thomas will be able to figure out how to get back on his own having returned to the digital world araman gets a bout of deja vu djiman momentary appears so the pair decide to follow him into the tunnel

25:31 just as Samson and kudamon walk into the control room Yoshi loses marcus' signal as Marcus and aaman struggle to keep up with draliman they wind up falling into his trap turns out Thomas and galon are there too Marcus and araman are in hysterics that the brilliant mind of Thomas also fell victim to draman's trap seeing that Thomas is clearly injured Marcus helps him to walk Marcus ask Thomas why he didn't have gon digol so they could could Escape Thomas points to the instability of the cave preventing him from doing so because it would have led to them being buried alive Thomas instead has been marking their path by placing coins throughout their triail this lets them know which direction they've yet to cover Samson PS a pressure on Mick and Megami to locate the two when draman one starts to near

26:17 them Marcus and Thomas argue on how to approach the situation Thomas tells Marcus that having their Partners dig evolve is not an option because that will lead to the cave collapsing but he also acknowledges that without digivolution they stand no chance so he tells Marcus that they need to run Marcus refuses to instead he has them all jump on top of droon and uses him to help dig them out of the cave impressed Thomas wonders if this was marcus' plan all along Marcus is able to Ste drogon into a cave covered in rock solid ice now with it unable to escape Marcus has aaman dig evolved with Thomas following his lead before Marcus orders G Greymon to go after draliman Thomas tells him to wait when draliman starts tweaking droon slide evolves into the armor Digimon digmon digmon overpowers G Greymon and

27:03 gagon Thomas remembers how during their first encounter with draliman their Partners attacks canceled each other out this makes him wonder what would happen if the two combined their attacks into one Marcus is down to give it a try by combining their attacks giog Greymon and gagaman are able to defeat digmon Thomas asks Marcus if it was his plan all along to get droon to dig them out to the cave Marcus answers honestly and tells him that it was just dumb luck Thomas is impressed nonetheless at markus's natural intuition to make the right calls using illogical approaches Thomas raises his fist as an olive branch and the two let bygones be bygones after finally agreeing to work together as a team moving forward the pair returned to the human world they both get eful from Samson but he does give them props for completing the

27:49 mission adding that he's pleased they got back in one piece Marcus and aamon on next scene taking on tortoon GI Greymon gains the upper hand and swiftly defeats Toton Yoshi berates Marcus and aamon for rushing ahead it becomes apparent that the pair's recent success of winds has gone to their heads little do they know some Humble Pie soon awaits them now back home Marcus and aan Chow Down on dinner but they soon begin to bicker over the last egg roll when aaman eats the last piece Marcus decides to fire him this leads to a short exchange where the pair have a measuring contest as to who needs who the most an upset aamon tells Marcus that in that case he won't bail him out anymore more Marcus points out to aan that he can't dig evolve without him the final STW is when Marcus says that without him their team is nothing and so they decide to call

28:36 off their partnership they both return to HQ and aan refuses to come out of his dig viice Thomas voices his surprise at how childish Marcus is being after aaman tells Marcus that he doubts his ex partner can handle a digimon without his help Marcus walks out and Elon appears in the city while megamy and Mickey try to entice aan out with food Yoshi voices is her concern at the bickering pair but Samson tells her not to worry as he's confident they'll eventually come to the realization that they need each other he also adds if they don't there'll be no space for them in DS Gan and Laman try to talk aaman around when Gan voices that he doesn't understand what aaman would argue with his partner Lamont explains how he actually quite normal she illustrates this by using her relationship with Yoshi as an example she explains how Yoshi is extremely

29:22 tardy annoying and sometimes bossy when she divulges how Yoshi disposes of her Nail clipping her partner stops her from saying anymore Marcus bumps into five goons the leader has a bee for Marcus who in the past beat him in a fight the goons Edge for a fight with him so Marcus decides to let out some of his frustration and knocks them out cold yima appears once again and voices how Marcus is clearly looking for something Marcus isn't in the mood to talks or walks off Alon reveals himself and begins to cause Havoc around the city Yoshi and Marcus make their way to his location aaman still refuses to work with Marcus so he forced to to stay behind just as a little girl is about to be run over by small Lori Marcus saves her in the nick of time when elmon emerges from the vehicle Marcus decides to give Chase Elman runs over an old

30:08 broadcast tower Marcus Yoshi and Thomas managed to catch up with Elman who has absorbed a large amounts of electricity from the grid this enables Elon to dig evolve into black guron at HQ kudamon highlights how GE grear would have been the perfect fit for this battle partnerless Marcus is forced to stay on the sidelines as gaman lamon take on black rumon marus starts to recall his argument with auman to prove auman wrong he decides to join the battle but he simply ignored black guran goes on to subdue gagaman and lomon agaman concernedly watches as Marcus recklessly jumps on top of black aruman yushima shows up a HQ and retrieves Marcus's Digivice Marcus is forced to jump off when they reach the end of An Unfinished railroad after he

30:53 successfully activates his DNA charge he instinctively calls out to aamon this leads him to finally realize that without aamon he would never have won his prior battles and finally acknowledges that he needs him black ran launches an attack toward a defenseless Marcus aan arrives just in the nick of time to save him aan also acknowledges that they are stronger when they work as a team Marcus then has aan dig evolve with Marcus spurring a on Gio Greymon is able to overpower and defeat black guron the pair go on to reconcile and apologize to one another Marcus asks aaman how he got to him but yima has already left by then the following morning at HQ marks and aan are being extra nice to Thomas unsurprisingly it turns out Marcus needs a favor he explains to Thomas how he's got a makeup

31:38 exam the following day Thomas assumes that he needs help studying but Marcus tells him it's not that he explains how that day also happens to fall on christe's birthday decides that he needs Thomson's help to babysitter until his exam is done Yoshi offers to help but Marcus says it has to be Thomas as he's the only one that can step into his role as a big brother Thomas is hesitant to agree and says he'll think about it but Marcus refuses to take no as an answer Marcus asked Thomas to come over to his place because he thinks it will be a good idea for Thomas to get acquainted with his family first christe's excited to hear that Thomas will be accompanying her for her birthday but Thomas Sayes he hasn't agreed to it yet Sarah asks if spending the day with Christian birthday will be a problem for him a blushing Thomas immediately states that he won't be an issue and Promises to make it the

32:25 best birthday christe has ever had hearing this christe is overjoyed and hugs him and he introduces her to gon Sarah insists he join them for dinner this time seeing how close Marcus's family is makes Thomas think about his own Thomas finds himself deep in thought as he gazes at the family photo marcus' family makes him think about his lonely childhood so he politely takes his leave but gives Marcus his word that he'll honor the promise he made after returning to his Mansion Thomas stays up all night setting up an itinerary for christe's birthday he calls it Christy's magnificent birthday plan the following morning Thomas arrives at the Damon residence donning a white tuxedo and gives christe and Sarah a flower B each before leaving for his exam Marcus thanks Thomas Thomas starts to explain

33:10 what's on the agenda Christy interrupts him citing that she already has an idea where she'd like to go first in the limo Thomas starts stressing about how he'll make up for the last time they forced to go on foot when the Limar runs out of Road they reach the first location an arcade sah and Christie go in while Thomas stays behind for a moment to cancel the reservation he had booked christe easily beats him at arcade games and he LS how she'd already beaten him 17 times already Gan highlights how different she and Marcus are as Marcus would have endlessly teased him for being so bad at arcade games Thomas corrects Gman as he highlights how the siblings are exactly alike in that they both ruin his well-laid plans next Christy takes Thomas to a local restaurant which serves aono Miyaki a

33:56 popular pan fried Japanese dish which consists of but and cabbage his mood is lifted the moment he takes a bite when he presents his car to pay the bill the store owner is quite offended as they only accept cash as he's never eaten at a local restaurant located in the suburbs he wasn't aware that many restaurants in those locations are cash only and he happens to be out of cash having spent it all at the arcade Sarah happily pays for the meal embarrassed Thomas walks with shame as he apologizes incessantly to Sarah for having her pay for the meal she tells him it's fine as it's the least she can do after he planned such a magnificent day christe says she wants to watch fireworks next and Thomas happens to know just a place to take her he takes her to an amusement park which is known for their nighttime fireworks they've got a few hours to

34:42 kill so they decide to spend the time trying out the rides on the ferris wheel Thomas begins to recall a memory of his late mother Christy snaps him out of it when she highlights that he appears to be sad Thomas Smiles at her and says that he's having the best time a large Digimon citramon appears Thomas calls HQ and requests Park shutdown Samson forbids him from proceeding without backup yet Thomas disobeys citing personal reasons citramon throws liquid filled balls worrying Thomas for Christian Sarah safety remembering Christy's wish for fireworks Thomas has gamon launch citramon into the air as gamon destroys citramon the balls start to detonate in the sky which produces fireworks hudan asks Samson what he's going to do about Thomas disobeying orders

35:27 Samson says what he's going to do is simply enjoy the firework show christe thanks Thomas for the best birthday ever and gives him a peck on the cheek Sarah invites Thomas over for a family dinner Marcus returns home in time for dinner and as always he and aamod fight over the last egg roll Thomas now an honorary family member eats the last piece amid their bickering a few days passed and Mark is a scene about to Chow Down on some Gourmet Ramen he spots a familiar looking woman running from what appears to be Paparazzi unaware of the fact that woman is Yoshi in Disguise he simply ignores it and Chows down Marcus ends up spitting out the food when the news links Yoshi to a famous singer named neon Yoshi and Laman arrive at HQ the other Digimon simply stare at her mouth

36:13 wide open in shock from what they've heard via the news megamy and Mickey on the other hand are furious at her for dating the famous singer who they're clearly a fan of Marcus nonchalantly walks by and brushes it off stating that it's no big deal who she dates he also reveals to everyone that her photo has been posted online by the papy Samson tells them all to leave a be the commander explains how he placed Yoshi on a cover mission to extract Intel on neon who they suspect has been harboring a digimon named caramon Samson has his hands full as Megami and Mickey continue to complain he lets Yoshi clear the air as to why it had to be her that took on the mission she explains that she knew neon in school which gave her an in to get close to the famous singer the y she Thomas and marus step outside to discuss the

36:59 mission that she's on neon Drives By informing Yoshi he'll pick up later for a dinner date Thomas girl's concerned about Yoshi's closeness to the suspect while she denies neon's involvement with the digim one to further his career she and neon have a private lunch at his apartment and they reminisce over their school days afterward neon claims to have work to do in his room and instructs Yoshi not to disturb him christe who's watching neon on the TV talking to the the Press voices how much of a fan she is aaman with his big mouth lets slip that Yoshi's dating neon christe asks Marcus to get her an autograph when Marcus CES that christe must be one of neon's many annoying fans she runs off upset Marcus Bates aaman for putting him in that position by blabbing neon has

37:46 caramon go to work as Yoshi is listening in from behind the door trying to figure out what he's doing neon commands caraman to promote his single by controlling Electronics Citywide Mickey begins to worry as she's unable to make contact with Yoshi Marcus rushes over to neon's apartment to save her when Yoshi hears Marcus at the door she goes to open it as she walks away neon briefly opens his door and watches her with a suspicious look Yoshi is shocked when Marcus yells out that he's come to save her she opens the door and tells Marcus off for causing a rockus she gives neon a peck on the cheek and leaves she then berates Marcus for almost blowing her cover Samson places Thomas in charge of the operation whereby the objective is to catch neon in the ACT Thomas has one

38:33 request for the commander and that is to keep Yoshi on the sidelines Samson agrees with Thomas that she's too close to be able to make rational calls with midnight closing in everyone is in the designated positions ready to go Yoshi throws a spanner in the works as she couldn't help herself but to confront neon directly Thomas being the genius he is already predicted Yoshi will do this he planted a live recording to viice on her person he makes it clear to the others that they need to leave her be and let things play out for the time being right when Yoshi is about to confront neon he beats her to the punch and reveals that he knows she's on to him inviting her into his room he introduces her to caramon when she demands that he stop caramon restrains lamon Marcus rushes into sa demanding that neon hand caramon over neon refuses

39:20 claiming Carmon as his partner Marcus attempts to reason with neon but a Paparazzi barges in and takes pictures which only enrages neon this surge of negative emultion causes keramon to dig evolve to his champion level kurisarimon Thomas sends gagaman in but he has no luck defeating kurisarimon giog Greymon manages to Fair much better and goes on to defeat it Yoshi wipes the memory of the paparazzi and neon returns to normal he understands Yoshi must wipe his memory too but he feels sad that he'll no longer remember their recent time together Yoshi reassures him that she'll remember for the both of them the boy boys give us space to process what's just happened the saying never meet your Heroes Rings true for Thomas in a flashback veteran professional boxer Harris lands a knockout uppercut on his

40:07 opponent Gomez securing a chance to fight for the world title at HQ Marcus and aan believe they found the next Target the boxer Harris the odd pattern of Harris's recent victories catches Marcus and ogan's attention they note how in his last match against Gomez he won via knockout after coming from behind and in the match before that his oon oent quit the match before that one his opponent fell ill suddenly they suspected Digimon might be involved in Harris's sudden rise in the ranks Thomas scolds the pair for making such an egregious allegation which he believes there's no basis for for once Marcus is the objective one here as he highlights how Harris at age 35 is now well past his prime but like Yoshi who was unable to remain objective with neon Thomas now finds himself ironically in the same

40:52 predicament Samson puts Thomas in charge of investigating har is he shows Thomas a thorn which he found near the boxer a thorn which he believes belongs to a digimon Marcus and typical Marcus fashion does that I Told You So Yoshi ends up having to break the two boys up when they begin to argue haris is seene jogging Thomas catches up with Harris and tells him that he's a big fan Thomas asks for a couple minutes of his time which Harris agrees to providing that Thomas is able to keep up with him Harris impressed by Thomas's ability to keep up agrees to talk Thomas asks him about one of his fights from four years ago against the boxer named Kensington Thomas sides had a match was brutal as Harris took several illegal shots ranging from low blows to headbutts

41:38 Harris refused to stop the bout and Thomas adds how although Harris won he suffered career-ending injuries he asks Harris how he was able to come back from that sensing that Harris is getting agitated by his probing Thomas respectfully changes the subject before Thomas leaves he asks Harris if if without anything weird in his last match Harris says he didn't so Thomas takes his leave after defeating all the boxers at Harris's gym Marcus waits for him Harris declines to spar with Marcus but his trainer takes a liking to Marcus and allows him to continue trading there Yoshi assuming the guys of a journalist interviews Harris's wife Harris's wife does mention how his personality tends to change in the lead up to a fight citing that he becomes more distant from the family the Data Squad all come

42:26 together together at HQ and discuss the prime suspects the suspects are the wife the trainer and of course Harris himself Yoshi immediately rules out the wife who she believes is too good nature to help her husband cheat Marcus suspects it's the trainer Samson asks Thomas who he thinks it is but he says he's not sure Thomas asks Samson's permission to meet with Harris again as there's some things he had like to clear up Thomas believing his closed to figuring out what's going on asks Harris to spar him with just one round of sparring Thomas has got the confirmation he needs or decides to take his leave Gan asks Thomas why he didn't continue to fight as it's not like him to quit he tells Gan how he idolized Harris when he was a child Gan realizes that Thomas now knows

43:13 who the culprit is meanwhile Marcus remains in the gym after hours to spy on Harris's trainer but is caught they are interrupted by Harris who receives an emergency call from his wife a told man begins stalking the W champ who Harris is schedule to fight when Togan attacks Gan intervenes to protect the champ Thomas explains how his spar with Harris made it evidently clear that his Idol during his recent fights was giving it his all which made it all bit clear to Thomas that Harris was unaware of the fact that he was getting assistance from a digimon Thomas adds that someone who fights with such Pride would never cheat this led Thomas to wonder as to who else would want the veteran to win this is when Thomas came to the realiz realization that someone is none other than Harris's daughter she

44:00 reveals herself from behind toon demanding that they leave her and her father alone under the little girl's influence toon attacks Thomas and gon then swiftly Retreats seeing the wall champ laying there in shock Thomas takes the opportunity to disguise himself in the Champ's clothes he manages to lure togon and the little girl into Harris's gym there Gman challenges toon to a boxing match marus and Yoshi arrive too Marcus stops Yoshi from intervening knowing that this battle is a personal one for Thomas even though at a disadvantage versus a champion level Digimon gon manages to knock togon out of the ring gon is then forced to dig evolve when toon balloons in size after defeating togon Thomas tells Harris the truth

44:45 Thomas is surprised when Harris cdes that he'll forfeit the match as he now realizes what his daughter was worried about most of all was the thought of him getting hurt Harris puts his life as a boxer behind him and decides to focus now on his family at christe's behest Marcus takes her to see Thomas Marcus asks her why she sold down when it was her idea to see Thomas in the first place she tells him that she does want to see Thomas but didn't expect Marcus to come inside with her cuz now she's worried he'll embarrass her upon entering Thomas's Mansion she starts to feel overwhelmed and somewhat out of place from the sheer size and lavishness of his home Marcus's hillbilly behavior and lack of etica only makes her feel more insecure as a token of his appreciation

45:30 for the great time he had with Christy and Sarah Thomas has a gourmet lunch set up for them gon stops christe from drinking out of her finger ball and tells her that it's not meant for drinking when Marcus drinks out of his finger ball and voices how delicious it is and even offers some up to christe It's the final straw that causes her to snap she wishes that Marcus feels the same level of embarrassment that he caused her her Outburst triggers the signal of the nearby Radio to fluctuate christe runs out the room and aaman senses a digimon hovering around Marcus Marcus and aan chase after Christie and Marcus trips on a banana peel aan informs Marcus that he saw a digimon earlier hovering next to him aaman spots

46:16 the Digimon again hovering over Marcus's head when he tries to attack it he ends up hitting Marcus in the face Thomas and Gman catch up with the pair but un fortunately no one but aaman can see the Digimon Thomas explains to Marcus that Christy was already feeling nervous and insecure and he made it even worse with his behavior and lack of consideration toward how she was feeling at the time he adds that he believes she may have cursed him and points to how she wished for him to fall over a sign just like the one they're about to walk past Marcus doesn't believe it especially after he walked straight past the sign with that incident turns out he spoke too soon as the invisible Digimon moves a sign in front of to Marcus causing him to trip over it aaman pleads with Marcus to believe him that a digimon is behind

47:01 it Thomas and gon managed to put two and two together when Marcus trips over some Chopsticks when they return to HQ the Digimon that slashed itself onto Marcus triggers the alarm to go off everyone decides it be best to put Marcus into quarantine after AAR convinces everyone that christe calls the Digimon to latch onto Marcus they decide to Draw It Out by using Marcus as bait two more curses remain one curse con to fruition when the trolley crashes into Marcus as he leaves HQ aaman highlights how the final curse is a murderous one because Christy wished for Marcus to be hit by an oil tanker the alarm at HQ goes off they receive alert that an oil tanker has lost control and is headed toward the shore at full speed Marcus decides to draw the tanker away from the city by

47:47 having it chased after him Yoshi is left completely baffled when marus starts talking in a manner as though he's actually going to fight the tanker Marcus rushes out while aamon desperately looks for christe aamon locates christe and tries to convince her to retract the curse but she's still too angry at Marcus to pay attention to what he's saying over in the distance she spots Marcus running toward the harbor realizing that agaman wasn't joking she begins to worry and feel guilty for putting Marcus In Harm's Way megamy and Mickey use a radar to help identify the Digimon the Digimon orchestrating these series of unfortunate events that have befallen markers is none other than Solon Yoshi points out the obvious that if they were able to see solmon it would be easy enough to catch It kudamon embarrasses

48:33 her when he says she's starting to sound more and more like Marcus these days Thomas has a better plan so makes his way to the harbor christe regrets losing it with Marcus earlier and chases after him but she trips she desperately calls out to Marcus begging him to stop as the tanker fast approaches Thomas arrives and tells Christie that Marcus will never step away from a fight especially when it comes to to the safety of innocent people he then reassures her that he won't let any harm come to Marcus they catch up to Marcus and Thomas tells Christie that a digimon had heard her cursing Markus out which is what led to all these events unfolding Yoshi arrives in the jet ski and tells them that something is stuck in the ship's Runner Thomas concludes it must be Solon Marcus and aan hop aboard the jet ski before the pair head toward the

49:20 tanker Thomas gives Marcus a can which his sites will help them see solmon on toward the ship Marcus sprays the can which contains a colored aerosol with solmon now covered in it Marcus is able to see him after landing a punch on solmon aamon dig evolves to Gio Greymon and goes on to defeat solmon christe rushes over and hugs Marcus who apologizes to her for his behavior at Thomas's Mansion Thomas begins to wonder why solmon carried out all of Christie's wishes he starts piecing together that all the Digimon that have appeared thus far seem to have fallen under the influence of humans nearby that are in some sort of distress Thomas starts to speculate if it's in fact strong negative human emotions that's driving the behavior of these wild Digimon he also wishes to

50:05 find out the reason as to why Digimon are making their way into the human world Thomas has high conviction in his theory so he requests the commander for some time off in order to travel to the US so he can start Gathering proof back at HQ auman upsets Megami and Mickey after he ate all their delectable mju which they also intended to share with the rest of the team instead of apologizing aaman shifts the blame onto Marcus citing as his boss Marcus should bear the responsibility of his subordinates misdeeds Marcus diffuses things when he tells the girls that he's got the plug who can hook him up with the best mju in town made at the famous Shori Bakery he sites his good friends with the ownest son Marcus and aan arrive at the bakery and spot a couple of men who appear to be debt collectors

50:52 bothering old man Shor Marcus scares them off and his friend shor's son Connor arrives Connor informs Marcus that they no longer make mju he explains that even though they built a great reputation for the famous mju the customers never returned after his father closed a shop for 2 weeks in order to look after his poorly mother his father also borrowed money from some Thugs and due to the business failing to bring in any customers he finds himself unable to pay back the debt which now poses a risk of the bakery being repossessed agan makes it clear to Marcus that they can't return to hqm handed because the girls are going to have their heads as Shori desperately looks for some scraps to sell his desperation and panic attracts a Varon and his minions three Demi devimon valmon says it will take care of his

51:38 money worries providing Shori obeys his orders megy and Mickey pick up Digimon signatures nearby the bakery both girls are in a foul mood and it doesn't take long for them to start arguing with one another sensing the tension between the pair Yoshi decides to make her way to the bakery Connor pleased with his erratic father to stop when he starts entering out the shop till due to Shori being under valmont's influence Connor is unable to stop him from leaving with the money when Yoshi pulls up to the bakery Marcus decides to follow the old man and hitches a ride they track down Shori who's betting at a horse racing event the Demi deanon shoot darts at shor's horse which gives it a power boost this enables the horse to take the lead and win the race Yoshi says she wants to go

52:23 back to HQ to figure out what's going on Marcus decides to stay behind because he can't return to HQ empty-handed and also promises Connor that he'll watch over his father Thomas is seen hard at work conducting his research in the US while the guys at HQ are seen trying to figure out what's going on with old man chori chori builds a shrine for valmon and speaks to it with valmon and the de deon's help Shori continues to place winning bets Conor informs Marcus that his father was able to clear his entire debt the man himself pulls up beside them in a flashy new car and even offers Connor some spending money having been raised right Connor tells his father that he would probably be a better idea to save that money in case his mom Falls ill again with chori's debt now cleared Marcus says it would make sense for him

53:10 to go back to making his famous mju chitori who's become completely enamored by his Newfound weal instead opts to enjoy splurging his cash and refuses to ever work another day in his life Connor shows Marcus the mold his father used to create the mju he tells Marcus How It's Made and by the way he describes the process it's evident that shor's love for making mju was passed on to his son it's also evident by the way Connor talks about his father's skills that he looks up to him and enjoy the time they spent together making mju marus starts to think about his own dad whom he barely remembers given that he went missing when he was only little Conor expresses his dismay that his day making mju with his father may have come to an end Marcus reassures him that it's not over yet when Connor informs Marcus that his father father enters the garage right

53:56 before placing his bet Marcus decides to investigate after entering the garage Marcus spots The Shrine vmon shrieks in pain when Marcus flicks his nose after seeing the statue sweat Marcus tries to approach it again but Shori arrives and pushes him away Shori tells him that the statue is his master Marcus voices his disappointment Shori citing that he was someone that he looked up to Shori explodes in Anger which Powers up vman causing it to balloon inside worried Marcus will succumb to valmont's spell Samson sends Yoshi over as reinforcement valman grabs hold of Marcus and starts to crush him luckily Yoshi and lamon arrive to save him Von is unable to place Marcus under his control because Marcus doesn't fear room

54:41 after activating his DNA charge he has G Greymon take care of vmon and the demid Devon which he does with relative ease with Von's curse now lifted Connor heads over to his father and the two of them agree to reopen the bakery at HQ Mickey and Megami enjoyed the delicious mju while Marcus shares with Samson that he believes the wild Digimon appearing seemed to gain strength from negative human emotions he explains that when volmon first appeared his digital signature was non-existent however after gaining a power boost from shor's fear and Desperation vmont signature was off the chart Thomas arrives back from the US and CES how Marcus is on the right tracks but that's not all he believes his research has brought something to light that will forever change the way they view the digital world he recommends that Samson declare a security alert of the highest level this

55:29 episode serves as a key turning point marking a noticeable shift in the tone of the show moving forward by the way if you're enjoying the video so far please do you consider supporting the channel by liking the video and subscribing Thomas CES the key emotions that drive human beings to commit evil which are anger desire gluttony laziness Envy greed and pride his findings made it clear that while Digimon acting out in the human world world are feeding off the negative emotions of people around them Marcus asks Thomas if he's figured out the reason as to why wild Digimon are appearing in the first place Thomas believes the reason is due to the delicate barrier between the human and digital world gradually weakening over time but as to how and why this is happening he's yet to figure

56:14 out they Reed an alert that another Digimon has appeared however the digital signature is being picked up at Marx's house the trio are shocked to see Sarah holding on to a dig which she says she found it's the first dig egg to appear in the human world since auman so Samson orders them to bring it back to HQ before it hatches before they leave they discuss how in order for a Digi egg to hatch a human partner is needed but each of them including Mickey meami and Samson all have partners of their own the egg rolls over the table and from it hatches a pmon christe immediately takes a liking to the cute Digimon while christe's busy bottle feeding pmon Yoshi and the others try to figure out what to do next Thomas doesn't believe moving

57:00 pmon now would be a good idea as it will put at risk of being influenced by other human emotions in the external environment Thomas schs Mark is a device he created which should help block out human emotions by creating a fce field Pon attentively watches auman as he enjoys a bag of chips auman offers Pon but he unintentionally scares the in trining Digimon which gets him a telling off from Christie seeing he cuddled the infant Digimon and voicing how cute it is aamon is left seething with jealousy with little to all shame he makes a failed attempt at being cute but he simply ignored it's pretty late into the night so Yoshi decides to take a leave Falon arrives in the human world and it's clear he's looking for something Thomas who's still at the dam residence is hard at work trying to get his

57:45 machine fully up and running christe rushes out of a room to tell everyone that something's wrong with Pon aan wakes up from all the commotion and asks what what's going on without a trial aaman is declared guilty as they all believe that he must have scared Pon Thomas and gon drag aaman out of the room whil he continues to plead his innocence making a very good point on how on Earth could he have scared pman when he was fast asleep Faron arrives and breaks into christe's room he demands that they hand over the egg Falon shocked to see that the egg has in fact hatched when Falon threatens Christie buman steps up to protect her Falon is forced to flee when Thomas and G enter pan suddenly starts to dig evolve having reached his rookie form Boman reassures Christie that he'll now

58:32 be able to protect her in the digital world gotaman rushes over to his master marimon to tell him that Falon has gone to the human world mariman is furious cuz he made it clear to Falon not to mix with the humans marukan demands to speak with Kenan who's an important character will meet soon Gotan advises he doesn't know where Kenan is so mariman decides to go to the human world in order to retrieve Falon some men in lab calls enter the Damon residence they managed to place bomon inside a cage and just when they about to sedate Christie Marcus enters and knocks one of them out cold one of them pleads with Marcus to hear him out he sides how all they wanted was a sample of Christy's DNA to study it as I've never seen a digimon dig evolve in such a short space of time

59:17 Marcus doesn't care as they upset his sister so he tells them to get lost Yoshi arrives and informs him that they came on direct orders from the commander at HQ Marcus bakes Samson when he sites that he's thinking about having christe join dats the commander shuts Marcus down stating that he's just a child is

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