* CompleteMonster: [[KickTheDog Shinichiro Josaki]] is a vicious bully obsessed with being the strongest Digimon tamer in the world. As the spoiled heir to Josaki Industries, Shinichiro uses his resources to create the powerful Deathmon, and forces children to use their pet-like Digimon to duel him under threat of physical violence. After invariably defeating the children's Digimon, Shinichiro gleefully destroys their Digimon just to torment them before moving on to his next victim. Shinichiro always studies up on his coming opponents so as to learn past traumas or fears and use those to further torture them for his own entertainment, notably trying to burn Kentarou's Digimon alive after learning that Ken once had a pet dog who died in a fire. Shinichiro was the first ''Digimon'' villain ever created, and stands out as one of its most petty and cruel.
* EsotericHappyEnding: Sure, [[spoiler: his Deathmon gets destroyed]], but Shinichiro is not shown getting otherwise punished for essentially inflicting psychological torture on other kids just for kicks. [[spoiler: [[FridgeHorror And what's keeping him from creating another Deathmon?]]]]
* HilariousInHindsight: Later analysis of the original V-Pets would reveal that [=MetalGreymon=] was actually the weakest of the original three Ultimate Level Digimon. This manga, meanwhile, was ahead of its time, instead depicting [=MetalGreymon=] as a powerhouse as it would indeed become via LaterInstallmentWeirdness.
* TheWoobie: Makoto, who has V-Pets because his parents don't allow pets and he keeps a diary for them all as though they were real. Then Shinichiro crushes one of his V-Pets...
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