Digimon Reboot How To Go Back

Unlocking new evolutions are easier than peeling a banana Digimon evolves.

Namely Digimon Adventure, or simply Digimon, which was originated from the Tamagotchi toy (a type of 8-bit program aimed for kids, mostly at young boys that you can nurture your own virtual pet and fight against other kids when they grow).

This will most likely remind you of a certain similar franchise that ends with -Mon in its name.

When Digimon debuted, it certainly had accusations that it tried to imitate Pokemon (basically a ripoff) and it deserved it, but unexpectedly, Digimon proved to be a far different experience than Pokemon, especially Digimon Adventure, the very first Digimon anime.

So this 54-episode anime series got the attention and recognition it deserves to the point it spans a multitude of sequels, spinoffs, and games even up to this day, and became a worthy rival of Pokemon in its own right.

And now, 21 years later, Toei Animation tries to call back the nostalgia and childhood experience we had in watching Digimon Adventure by making it a modern reboot, namely Digimon Adventure: (stylized: read as Psi) or simply Digimon Adventure 2020 or Digimon Reboot.

This article will be about how the reboot pales in comparison to our childhood masterpiece by comparing various elements from storytelling perspectives.

Lack of adventure feel, or realistic writing The Kids in the Original Digimon Adventure 1999 The plot of Digimon Adventure was always about some kids unknowingly ending up in a different world where Digital Monsters inhabit.

Digimon Reboot How To Go Back

The world they know nothing about is a mystery itself, they dont know what their purpose for coming to this world, they dont know where to go or how to go back to their own world.

The only things they can rely on are their monster partners who can fight and protect them from wild Digimon and strange pocket-size devices that can make their partners evolve into building-size dinosaurs.

The kids struggle for their own survival, find food and shelters to sleep themselves, console each other for their homesickness and loneliness while contemplating and solving the foreign worlds mysteries.

The mysteries are solved one-by-one later leading to better world-building.) This aspect leads the viewer to feel for them that theyre just honest-to-goodness children inside out, making them relatable and realistic.

Now in the reboot, the show throws information at you about what Digimon are and in just 2 seconds you dive into the show and are revealed about the kids purpose of why theyre invited into the Digital World in just the first episode.

This is a mild case of info-dumping and prevents you from wanting to know what will come later.

After an audacious fight that took place in the network which was an obvious attempt to call back 2000s Digimon movie Our War Game, the kids are teleported knowingly into the Digimon World to go into an adventure they know its coming.

There they fight continuous battles against enemy Digimon without eating, sleeping, or taking a rest.

They already know their purpose is to save the world from ambitious evil Digimon.

This kind of high stake building and making 10 years old kids into world saviors with a hero complex from the start make the storytelling jump over the roof and leave no room for development later.

The kids are cardboard cutouts with no personality In the original adventure, the kids show various emotions while struggling against the foreign worlds nature.

Theyre scared when they see a giant bug monster, they cry when theyre lonely, or theyre happy when their partner Digimon save their life or achieve a new evolution.

Each kid also has their own personality like one being a natural leader, one being aloof, one being kind and caring, one being a tech-geek, one being a crybaby, one being a studious honor student, etc.

These colorful personalities made a very impactful role in storytelling, in the form of achieving new evolutions for their Digimon partners, which again tied into each kids character development.

Now in the reboot, the kids are basically scarecrows that barely show emotions on their faces.

It might work if theyre adults or even high school students for being cool and emotionless but an elementary schooler being indifferent in a world full of giant monsters and accepting it at face value like everyday thing make you doubt the writers sanity.