Japanese Title: Departure — To a New Continent!
The mysterious old man from the end of "Angemon Awakes" introduces himself as Gennai, an entity who claims to be simultaneously human and not human. Saying that Devimon had interfered with his appearance earlier, Gennai tells the kids that he is contacting them from the "Server Continent", which is far away from File Island. Saying that he does not know how to send the kids back to their world, he asks them to go to Server Continent and defeat the enemy there.
Jou protests that it'll be impossible to defeat an enemy that's stronger than Devimon, but Gennai explains that they can find a way to evolve their Digimon to an even higher level, the Perfectnote level. In order to do that, the kids and the Digimon need to search for the Crests and the Tags, which are scattered through Server Continent. Before Gennai can provide any more exposition, he's unhelpfully cut off.
The kids get off the mountain and plan their next move, while Takeru takes care of Patamon's egg in the hopes it will hatch soon. Koushirou receives a map from Gennai that shows them the location of Server Continent, and Jou questions whether Gennai is trustworthy and whether they should really try to go, a sentiment the kids echo — but Takeru cuts in, saying that they should try it, even if it sounds dangerous, believing that that's what Patamon would have wanted him to do. The Digimon follow Takeru's example, encouraging the kids to go forth and search for the Tags and Crests.
Since the continent is across the large sea, the Digimon help fashion a makeshift raft, helped out by Leomon and all of the Digimon whom the children had rescued from the black gears in the prior episodes. After they finish the raft with their combined efforts, Takeru's egg hatches into Poyomon.
The children are sent off and, while on their way, find the water to be quite rough. They soon find this to be caused by a Whamon, a giant whale-like Digimon, whom Tentomon points out normally stays at the bottom of the ocean and shouldn't be out like this. Soon after, Whamon attempts to eat the raft. The kids end up sailing through Whamon's esophagus and into his stomach, where the acidic gastric fluids eat away at their raft.
Sora spots a black gear embedded inside Whamon’s stomach, and Taichi pulls it out with the power of his Digivice. With that, Whamon blows them out through his blowhole, which frees the kids but also destroys their raft. As thanks for taking care of the black gear, Whamon offers to carry the kids to Server Continent, which is five days away. Upon hearing the kids mention the Tags and Crests, Whamon says that he’s heard that the Tags are under the sea, and allows the kids to take shelter within him as he dives downwards to where they are said to be.
Upon reaching the area under the sea, they run into a hostile Drimogemon, who is also controlled by a black gear. The kids’ Digimon evolve and remove Drimogemon’s black gear while Poyomon finds a small box that contains the seven Tags, which the kids put on around their necks.
Now a little more hopeful, the kids continue on Whamon towards Server Continent.
Tropes
- Back from the Dead: The Digiegg that was left behind after Angemon's body was destroyed in the previous episode hatches and he's reborn as a Poyomon.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Both Whamon and Drimogemon are under the influence of Black Gears despite Devimon's defeat in the previous episode.
- The Bus Came Back: Several Digimon the Chosen Children and their Digimon befriended or helped during their journey in File Island come back to help them building a raft to travel across the ocean, namely Leomon, Kentarumon, Meramon, Monzaemon, Yukidarumon, Elecmon and the Pyocomons from the Pyocomon village.
- Eyeless Face: Whamon has no eyes, but he seems to have no trouble knowing where he's going despite that fact.
- Gentle Giant: Whamon turns out to be this after the Black Gear in his back got removed.
- Living Ship: Whamon serves as this for the Chosen Children and their Digimon as gesture of gratitude, and gets them to Server Continent safe and sound.
- No Ontological Inertia: Subverted; the kids assume the black gears disappeared with Devimon, but they are proven wrong twice in one episode.
- Plot Coupon: The Chosen Children find the Tags in a cave in the bottom of the ocean.
- Pokémon Speak: Poyomon talks this way, only saying his own name or the first half of it.
- Swallowed Whole: The Chosen Children and their Digimon go through this when they face Whamon. They are saved by a combined effort of Palmon and Taichi resulting in the destruction of the Black Gear in Whamon's back, which makes him come back to his senses.
- This Is a Drill: Drimogemon's main form of attack.
