A former classmate of Kiyoshiro's grad school, Emma Hanes arrived to Japan and was instantly ambushed and possessed by an Eyesmon in a washroom. She then nags Kiyoshiro out for a date, but something is obviously wrong with her...
Tropes:
- Body Horror: This episode might as well as be called "Body Horror: THE Episode". People who are influenced and/or possessed by Eyesmon have unnatural red eyes, have eyes growing all over their body, and if it goes long enough their skin will peel off to become eye stalks resembling those of the Digimon that possessed them. Afterwards, the victim will die, and his first on-screen victim was likely minutes away from being killed when the party is discussing how to deal with him.
- Degraded Boss: Eyesmon debuted in Digimon Adventure: as one of the major boss Digimon. In here, he's the Digimon of the week.
- Eyes Do Not Belong There: Victims of Eyesmon have red eyes that grow all over their body. The Digimon itself is also a vaguely draconic shadow with numerous eyes scattered over its own body.
- The Gadfly: Emma Hanes is well known by Kiyoshiro to be very nosy and gossip happy even back in his university days, having been exposed his "secret diary" and posted it all over social media. Therefore, he calls her "Emma Devil Hanes" and doesn't seem to be too happy answering her request for dates. It's also the reason why Emma's abnormal behavior (a.k.a. acting a bit more touchy and ecstatic than usual) when possessed by Eyesmon flew completely past Hiro and Kiyoshiro's radar, because she wouldn't act any more or less different in their viewpoint.
- Not Himself: People possessed by Eyesmon act very erratically because they're influenced to gather data as his diet. They are very touchy and nosy to an absolutely bizarre degree; we are shown a cop barging into an apartment looking for cameras, followed by an influencer ecstatically stalking celebrities on three tablets. The audience can also notice some obvious behavioral changes on Emma when Eyesmon is influencing her, but it goes right under Kiyoshiro and Hiro's radar that something is probably wrong with her because she was like that anyways. Even when the heroes know that she is possessed by a Digimon, this isn't a part of their concern compared to the grating Body Horror inflicted upon her.
- People Puppets: Unlike in Digimon Adventure:, Eyesmon's Janengan is cast through Emma's body. It's implied that he can do this because his victims are considered his extensions and not simply minions.
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: Kiyoshiro is weary of Emma knowing about Gammamon and Jellymon, something which noticeably put Hiro and Ruli on high alert. Turns out she doesn't really mind the Digimon around, but she was possessed by Eyesmon and might die at any time.
