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!Humans
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* AnyoneCanDie: With the exception of the [[spoiler:[[GoldenEnding Truthful Route]]]] anyone of the main cast other than [[spoiler:[[TheProtagonist Takuma]] and [[TheLancer Minoru]]]] can die no matter what route you're on.
* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Most of the cast and their partners are expies to the cast of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', but applies their roles to random children who are supposedly yet another set of victims to a series of fatal incidents instead of being chosen to save the world, and twists these roles to a more cynical light.
** Takuma is Tai, the goggle headed leader with a great connection to his partner Agumon. Rather than a hothead chosen by higher beings to save the world however, Takuma is merely an ordinary kid who was whisked into a bizarre incident that led to the deaths of countless children, with him and several others being the next on the kill list. He also has no control over who dies and who comes out alive, with all of his attempts to prevent his friends from certain death and/or destructive insanity failing bar [[spoiler:with Ryo in the Truthful Route]]. Also like Tai [[spoiler:he and Agumon get briefly sent back to the human world, but unlike Tai he can give in to temptation and stay, giving up on his friends and dooming both worlds as a result]].
** Minoru has elements of Izzy and Davis from 02, being the closest friend to Takuma with an eye and instinct for survival to suit this far less "digital" take on the setting than the extremely tech-savvy Izzy had similarly thrived in. Like Davis he often plays the fool and more open to butting heads with others, but unlike Davis [[spoiler: this is due to his insecurities]] and his brotherly relationship to his partner is more easily strained.
** Aoi is Sora, a very loving girl with a motherly disposition though it takes her time to embrace that role for her friends and similarly adoring partner. Unlike Sora her fierce feelings for others put a lot more pressure on her psyche when their safety is concerned, [[spoiler:as she has to face losing two friends on a first playthrough and potentially driving her to far darker places in the Wrathful route]].
** Ryo has elements of TK and a lot in common with Ken from 02. Ryo's the local crybaby this time around and Kunemon's baby form was a Tokomon based on the mural of the 8 chosen children, much like Patamon's, and is also the last of the 8 partners to achieve his champion level [[spoiler:but in this case it's because his ''human'' dies before they can reach that together, rather than dying shortly after achieving it]]. Like Ken he has a caterpillar-like partner who just wants to connect with him that he's reluctant to reciprocate due to his own issues, hostile to others at first, [[spoiler:suffered the loss of a beloved family member when he was younger that dark forces have started preying upon, and can be a lot more considerate than he lets on]]. But where Ken's traumas led to him becoming the Digimon Emperor until [[spoiler:Wormmon's self-sacrifice helps snap him out of it]], Ryo's self-imposed isolation [[spoiler:gets him killed for most of the time, but in scenarios where Kunemon does manage to reach him in time it becomes reconstructed and he truly becomes a member of his group.]]
** Saki is Mimi, right down to having a plant-based partner that is at odds with her more cutesy preferences to Floramon's chagrin. However Saki's relationship to "sincerity" is a lot more warped as [[spoiler:her physical health leaves her worried about how much time she has and is a lot more worried about being liked by those around her]]. She's blunt and speaks her mind but prefers it if Takuma says what she wants to hear rather than being similarly honest and is a lot more secretive as a person.
** Shuuji is Joe, as a worrywart with a focus on feeling that as the eldest he "should" be the leader, regardless of how well he fits the role, due to his sense of responsibility. However, despite his seeming cowardice, Joe is indeed an ideal and reliable leader figure capable of giving useful advice for his group's safety, and his personal growth focuses on him accepting the role in stride. Shuuji is the exact reverse; he insists that he is the leader and he's qualified to give legit advice, but he is in no position to do such things despite his claims, and he gives no concrete advice other than yelling at the group to basically coop up at school for their own safety. His personal growth has him ''relinquishing'' the role as a moral compass, and embracing the role instead [[spoiler:leads him to a horrible death.]]
** Kaito is Matt, with him being even more aloof to the other kids initially and overprotective of his younger sibling, as well as being best buddies with TheProtagonist. While Matt learned to have faith in TK's ability to protect himself, Kaito's a lot more reluctant to give Miu that space to grow because of a horrific incident in the past, which strains their relationship a lot more. Furthermore, while both are tough on the outside and emotional figures on the inside, Matt's emotions are sometimes used constructively to help his friends, while Kaito's tendency to blow up on others to prove a point means that he's difficult to take seriously to other's peril. In the [[spoiler:Harmonious Route, these two traits set him into a very dark path; unlike Matt who comes back to his senses after being manipulated by Cherrymon, Kaito never goes back from his grief and wrath, and the moment he cools down, it's too late.]]
** Miu is TK with elements of Mimi, as she's TheBabyOfTheBunch who's increasingly frustrated by how stifling her older brother can get but unlike TK it's harder for her to get him to have faith in her abilities. Inversely, her the source of her sentiment with her big brother's overprotectiveness is way darker, because it's not over their parents divorcing, but [[spoiler:a grown man stalking and going sexually attracted to her as Kaito beats him to a bloody pulp]]. When the group finds Miu she's established herself as the "Queen" of a weak settlement of monsters [[MythologyGag like Mimi had done]] in both ''Adventure'' and the reboot, she develops a similar empathy for them and takes seeing them be attacked ''very'' hard later in the story, but in any route bar Truthful, her actions accidentially lead to [[spoiler:someone dying in that part, be it Jijimon, Saki or herself]].
** Miyuki is Kari, a strange girl who wasn't part of the main group but clearly important to the mysteries at hand [[spoiler:thanks to her ancestors. Much like Kari she's the subject of possession by one of the ruling forces of the world, but unlike Homeostasis, a deity who ranges from being helpful to ambivalent, the Master is a grudging spirit of Miyuki's ancestor who wants to use her as a tool to get back at the human world he feels wronged him]]. Since she spends most of the endgame under possession of [[spoiler:the Master, she can also be considered one to Jeri from ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', who spends most of its final arc trapped in the D-Reaper as an added justification for it to unleash destruction. However, unlike Jeri whom the D-Reaper only goes so far to impersonate her and will be saved from its clutches, the Master possesses her full ''[[Movie/TheExorcist Exorcist]]''-style and in the Wrathful and Harmonious Routes there's no saving her.]]
** Haru, [[spoiler:or rather Renamon's situation is a lot like (suprisingly!) Beelzemon from ''Tamers'', having made a deal with a sovereign beast (Zhuqiaomon indirectly for Beelzemon and the Master/Fanglongmon for Renamon) to kill the main cast for something, either power or returning a loved one from their grasp, with their actions causing a dent to the sanity of some major characters and getting them to become TheAtoner. However, while Beelzemon manages to atone for himself over killing Juri's Leomon and Juri fell into severe depression that allowed to D-Reaper to rationalize wiping out everything, If Renamon tortures Aoi or Kaito with illusions of their dead loved ones delivering {{Breaking Speech}}es and drives them into becoming rampaging monsters who had to be put down, her redemption is deemed moot because something kills Miyuki before she could really go through the end. To put further irony, Renamon can evolve into Leomon's line in this game and Kaito's Dracumon can evolve into Beelzemon.]]
** At first glance, the professor is way more sane and normal than the younger victims, being a seasoned and wise old man and thus averting this. The corrupted part comes from [[spoiler:his Garurumon, whose situation is a lot like Kari's Gatomon, having reached champion level on their own after feeling abandoned by their destiny and having given up on that bond until his human can take the steps to repair it. However, Garurumon is nowhere near as forgiving as Gatomon, only at best remaining an aloof ally until the Moral and Truthful endgame]].
* {{Deconstruction}}: The group as a ''whole'' is a realistic portrayal of what happens when random children are chosen arbitarily to enter the Digimon World with no supplies whatsoever. They were never Digidestined and were supposedly just another score to the Master's body count, and maintaining one's own sanity in a monster-filled alternate world becomes an issue especially after people die.
* FantasticRacism: [[spoiler:In the Harmonious and Wrathful routes, the Human and Kemonogami World are now interconnected, with monsters now able to enter the Human World at their leisure. The survivors resolve to help humanity co-exist with monsters, though their efforts differ in the routes: Harmonious is more uplifting in that they help spearhead the efforts for everyone to find and bond with their Partner Monsters with the help of the government (although not without paying a hefty price of six dead), whereas Wrathful has society becoming fearful of anyone who bonded with them to the point of locking them up in camps, leading them to join a resistance movement against such oppressive governments.]]
* FirstNameBasis: The kids call all each other by their given names.
* HumanSacrifice: The group is threatened to become this several times throughout the game, and many human children before them were sacrificed to the fog before the events of the game. [[spoiler:The only two who die regardless of the route outside of the Truthful route are Ryo and Shuuji, while Saki and Miu were dragged into the fog in the Wrathful and Harmonious routes respectively.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: The group goes through this on different occasions, the first and most prominent being after [[spoiler:witnessing Shuuji's death at the hands of Wendigomon. Takuma even says they may have inadvertently played a part in Shuuji's death since they never tried to help Shuuji or alleviate his burdens]].
* KidHero: Most of the kids are in middle school.
* SanitySlippage: Often one of your warnings that someone is going to die is when that person or someone who cared about them starts to go off the rails even by a bit. It's only going to go worse from there.
* StatusBuff: Most of their Talk supports induce this, with the only exceptions being Aoi (HP recovery), [[spoiler:Shuuji (SP recovery), and the Professor (status recovery).]]
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: All of the human cast are normal children who just randomly stumbled into the other world and hot trapped in it, with hostile monsters targeting them. These incidents were not even one-off, they frequently happen and because of this, locals often warned children not to go near the shrine.
* TheUnchosenOne: On top of being [[CorruptedCharacterCopy Corrupted Character Copies]] of the ''Digimon Adventure'' main cast, unlike them the kids were never specifically chosen to save the world. They are just one of a long list of victims who were supposedly just one more to the Master's body count, but unlike their predecessors put an end to the decade-long cycle of sacrifices. Jijimon even notes that there are some other children like them who came back to the human world in one piece because of partner Kemonogami. In the Harmonious Route, [[spoiler:Aoi and the other survivors called themselves "the Chosen Kids", although they chose ''themselves'' so they still count for this trope.]]
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: [[spoiler:In the Wrathful route's ending, society and many governments grow fearful of monsters and their partners due to the danger they possess, not helped by Takuma noting how many seemed to use their partners for ill-purposes. This leads to anyone with a monster being hunted down and put in isolation camps, which Takuma and the others oppose by joining a resistance movement to protect monsters and their human partners.]]
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[[folder:Takuma Momozuka]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KouheiAmasaki
The game's protagonist, the team's leader and the narrator of the story. He's a second-year middle school student and Agumon's partner.
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* BloodKnight: A downplayed example compared to most, but a Wrathful Takuma generally goes for options that involve getting things done by way of going after the immediate threat. At the end of Part 4, Takuma can suggest they go straight for the Kenzoku to get answers and take the initiative for once instead of being caught with their pants down.
* ChekhovsGun: In Part 8, [[spoiler:a group of people take pictures and videos of Takuma and Agumon fighting Piedmon. Those same photos in the Moral and Truthful routes turn the Kemonogami faith into an urban legend and create the emotions and feelings the Kemonogami World needs to flourish via the internet. They can also be used against Takuma if he elects not to return with Agumon to the Kemonogami World and is labeled a social pariah]].
* AChildShallLeadThem: In the Harmonious Ending. [[spoiler:Alongside Minoru, Aoi, and Saki, he helps lead a movement for humanity to co-exist with the Kemonogami and find partners for young children.]]
* ChivalrousPervert:
** While he is almost completely respectful of the girls' need for privacy and relents on having everyone sleeping together for safety in favor of said privacy, he openly admits in one conversation with Haru to being jealous of the young boy being allowed to sleep with them, and especially that he's also present when they're changing. In his own words getting to do so is every young boy's dream and he's super interested in it himself.
** At least twice he almost ends up walking in on Aoi and/or Saki changing. In one case he avoids it by them having locked the door, only finding out later that they were in there and he startled them. In another he does walk in on Saki changing in the gym and promptly hides, [[ThePeepingTom only to decide to peek after all]].
* TheConsigliere: A consistently Harmonious Takuma takes this position to Shuuji, as Harmony options tend to agree with Shuuji's stances or repackage them in a less abrasive manner to the others.
* DirtyCoward: A possible outcome if he decides to [[spoiler:never go back to the other world]] at the branching path of Part 8, where [[spoiler:he ditches Agumon, Miyuki and all of his other friends to go back home, ensuring his safety under the expense of everyone else.]] He gets repaid by not only [[spoiler:having people treat him like a pariah over his battle with Piedmon, but both worlds are doomed and his friends are left to die all for the sake of the personal well-being he neither gets nor deserves.]]
* ExtranormalInstitute: [[spoiler:The ending of the Harmonious route features him starting one after the doorway between the worlds is solidified permanently. Alongside his fellow survivors in that path Aoi, Minoru and Saki, Takuma helps to assuage the fears of humanity by showing the positive side of the strange new creatures filling the world, and mentoring children who discover a destined partner of their own.]]
* FailureHero: All of his attempts to prevent other teammates from dying in the routes where they're mandated to die will automatically fail regardless of his efforts. The only exception is [[spoiler:Ryo, who can be saved from death on a NewGamePlus to prevent any further casualities.]]
* GeodesicCast: Most of the kids adhere to it, largely spending their time with their own partners. But Takuma as the player controlled character subverts it and can choose to chat with the other's partners fairly regularly. In particular, Falcomon has a strong rapport with Takuma and they're shown to respect and seek out each other's input, Dracmon tends to enlist Takuma for help with talking sense into Kaito, and Kunemon/Lopmon turn to Takuma for the support they can't get from their own partners.
* GogglesDoNothing: As per the Digimon gogglehead protagonist tradition.
* TheHeart: While Shuuji may claim he's the group's leader (and failing miserably at keeping everyone together), Takuma is seen by most of the cast as the one holding the group together. [[spoiler:Aoi steps up to fill the void he leaves behind when he returns to the human world for a short time, and despite having grown into her own in his absence, Takuma is still seen as a source of inspiration.]]
* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:Takuma tells Aoi that he's to blame for Saki's death just as everyone else is, but it falls on deaf ears since as far as Aoi's concerned, ''she'' is the one who got Saki killed.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: After the events of Part 3, Takuma blames himself for [[spoiler:not connecting or doing something about Ryo earlier when he noticed something was off, reasoning that if he had, Ryo would still be alive]].
* LargeHam: If he chooses to play along with Minoru when he pranks the group pretending he ate a poisonous mushroom, Takuma goes for the Oscar nomination with the ensuing dramatic DiedInYourArmsTonight scene.
* TheLeader: Shuuji claims that he is the leader of the group, though because of how insane and irrational Shuuji is, the other kids never take him seriously and look to Takuma for opinions and input, making it clear that Takuma is the one in charge. Kaito even lampshades this, saying everyone has been looking to Takuma for leadership. [[spoiler:In the Truthful route, even Shuuji and Ryo state Takuma was more or less the one in charge of the group.]]
* MommasBoy: He dearly loves his mother, something that's only brought up when he gets a text from her in part 8. If he chooses to [[spoiler:never go back to the other world]], Takuma comforts himself by saying he'll hold his mother's hand until the end.
* {{Narrator}}: He's the narrator of the story and provides expository info about the game's items and in-game objectives.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: While he's willing to fight to [[spoiler:save the world]] in the Wrathful route, Takuma admits it's not his major concern. Rather, he [[spoiler:returns to the Kemonogami World]] because he wants to stay by Agumon's side to the bitter end.
* TheProtagonist: He's the resident Gogglehead of ''Survive'', where the game revolves and reacts to his decisions throughout the story.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Can opt to do this by [[spoiler:refusing to go back after returning to the human world alone]]. Doing so nets him [[spoiler:some LaserGuidedKarma due to becoming a social pariah]].
* TranquilFury: Takuma is a calm and composed person by default, so a Takuma played as Wrathful comes off this way.
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[[folder:Aoi Shibuya]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KaedeHondo
A third-year middle school student and Labramon's partner. She takes cares of the other survivors of the alternate world and acts as their TeamMom.
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* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Aoi full-heartedly believes she [[spoiler:let go of Saki's hand while the latter was being dragged into the fog by a Kenzoku, despite Kaito telling her ''Saki'' was the one who let go of her hand in an attempt to prevent her and the others from being dragged into the fog with her. Aoi refuses to believe this, thinking that Saki wanted to live and wouldn't have sacrificed her life just to save hers]].
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler:In the Wrathful route after Saki's death, telling her to move on from her death isn't a good idea. This becomes worse as Plutomon, as it angered her that others tell her how Saki would've felt.]]
* ConsolationBackfire: [[spoiler:She tries to cheer up Kaito in the Harmonious Route after the latter loses Miu to the fog, fearing his negative emotions might affect Dracmon as Shuuji's had with Lopmon. Kaito refuses to listen, and at one point blows up at her for suggesting he move on from his sister's death]].
* CoolBigSis: Or a TeamMom depending on who you ask. Even before she wound up in the Kemonogami World with the others, Aoi was viewed as this by Takuma and the others. Unfortunately, this also led to some students taking advantage of her kindness; a flashback in Part 10 of the Wrathful route shows a teacher flabbergasted that a bunch of students fostered their chores onto Aoi ''again'' and Aoi herself not minding the work, but frustrated by the lack of communication and cooperation between them.
* CutenessProximity: Aoi is easily swayed by cute things, for better or worse. She specifically forbids fighting back against Biyomon, Palmon, and Patamon in the amusement park because they're so cute it's basically like bullying little children. Helped by how unlike the hostile Rookies like Gotsumon and Gazimon, they are pretty much harmless, guillible saps.
* DamselInDistress: She will be always be trapped in Dokugumon's webbing in Chapter 1 and needs to be saved. You can still use Labramon, but Aoi's talk command can't be used until the next chapter.
* EvilMeScaresMe: Upon being informed that Cerberusmon is the result of her desire for power, she admits to being terrified by it. Not because of its appearance, but that it is the "sharp, monstrous shape" of the power she craves and doubts she could keep it in check. [[spoiler:Given to [[FaceMonsterTurn what happens to her]] in the Wrathful route, there is a good reason why she's afraid.]]
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: [[spoiler:During the Wrathful route, she has Labramon heal a wounded Piedmon]] to try and convince him to join their side, only for the latter to repay her barely-lucid kindness by [[spoiler:fatally injuring her and Labramon. Aoi is already broken after losing Saki and being subjected to Renamon's harsh illusions and can no longer make sound choices, but that's the final push that made her ''snap'' and forced Labramon to undergo a Dark Evolution and biomerge with her into the insane Plutomon.]]
* FeminineWomenCanCook: She's the person who prepares meals for the cast in their hideout.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: In the Wrathful route, [[spoiler:despite Kaito and the others trying to convince her that Saki let go of her hand to prevent them from being dragged into the fog, Aoi fully believes ''she'' was the one who let go of Saki's hand]].
* ItsAllMyFault: In the Wrathful route, Aoi honestly believes that [[spoiler:she let go of Saki's hand and got her killed. Kaito tries convincing her otherwise, but it falls on deaf ears]].
* TheOphelia: A possibile outcome for her. After [[spoiler:Saki dies and Renamon toys with her grief in the Wrathful Route]], she will stray off to the Spider Lily Forest [[spoiler:and babble to herself and Labramon some absolutely insane things that indicate that she was barely registering reality. She doesn't come back from this.]]
* SanitySlippage: Goes through this throughout the Wrathful Route [[spoiler:after Saki dies in front of her. Despite others telling her otherwise, Aoi thinks she was the one who let go of Saki's hand as she was being dragged into the fog and blames herself. Renamon's illusions in Part 10 only make things worse as they kickstart her StartOfDarkness. What little sanity she has goes straight to the proverbial gutter after she absentmindedly asks Labramon to heal Piedmon and requests his cooperation, who proceeds to fatally injure them]].
* SoNearYetSoFar: The group went into a sporadic search for her around the Kemonogami world in the Wrathful Route when she seemingly vanished after [[spoiler:Renamon makes amends with the party.]] Turns out she was wandering around the Spider Lily Forest all along.
* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:Saki's death]] becomes the trigger for Aoi's mental health taking a dive into the gutter. [[spoiler:Renamon's brutal illusions and Piedmon beating her up after she absentmindedly convinced Labramon to heal him cement her FaceHeelTurn as the FinalBoss of the Wrathful route.]]
* TeamMom: She's the den mother of the group, focusing on cooking and treating injuries, as well as making sure everyone is okay. This is even acknowledged InUniverse; at one point she wonders just what she is to the group and Takuma considers referring to her as the group's mom, a class president, or coordinator. Should you choose the mom option, with Takuma then bringing up exactly those tendencies of hers, her affinity is increased and admits to being happy that she's considered the group's mom.
* TimeToStepUpCommander: Aoi's the one to step up to the plate and assumes leadership after [[spoiler:Takuma vanishes at the factory. While her stint was only an hour or two from Takuma's perspective, the differing flow of time between worlds means Aoi was in charge for ten days, and she's drastically changed in confidence by his return]]. This ends up being deconstructed in the Wrathful route where [[spoiler:Aoi's inability to save Saki and inability to cope with the loss leads to her becoming unstable.]]
* WhiteMagicianGirl: Labramon begins as one but becomes more offense-oriented as she evolves. Aoi's talk command on the other hand remains a powerful one-time heal throughout the game.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: Cerberusmon tells her as much regarding that particular form, in response to her concerns about it following [[spoiler:the tragedy of Shuuji and Wendigomon]].
-->'''Cerberusmon''': "Don't be afraid. As long as your heart is true, even great power will not go astray. You can handle this, Aoi. I believe in you."\\
'''Aoi''': "Cerberusmon! You're right... Power won't hurt people indiscriminately, if used properly. I'll do what I can to live up to your faith. So please, stay by my side!"
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[[folder:Minoru Hinata]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AtsushiAbe
Takuma's best friend. He's not that smart and serves as the party's comedic relief. A second-year middle school student and Falcomon's partner.
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* BashBrothers: Takuma can optionally choose to describe his relationship with Falcomon as either like this, or as Master and Apprentice, but Minoru prefers this interpretation.
* BigEater: When supplies have gone missing, Labramon offhandedly states that it wouldn’t be surprising if Minoru was the one who ate them.
* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: After witnessing [[spoiler:Shuuji's death at the hands of his own partner]] all the kid's faith in their partners is shaken, but Minoru and Falcomon take it the hardest and their relationship is the focus of the subsequent chapter.
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Shuuji's death]] completely shakes his trust in Falcomon and the rest of the monster partners, spurring several nasty and tense conversations until [[spoiler:Falcomon leaves the party]].
* CowardlyLion: He views himself as a DirtyCoward early on, during part 1 the first time Falcomon and Labramon show up to help him and Aoi against a Gotsumon attack he is overwhelmed by the sudden appearance of so many strange creatures and bolts, leaving Aoi behind. But while he often beats himself up for this, he's still willing to fight alongside the rest of the group when necessary. The fact that Falcomon is so serious and fearless also proves that he's got more guts than he himself realizes, as Kemonogami are reflections of their human partners.
* DistressedDude: Depending on your decisions in Part 1, he and/or Aoi [[spoiler:will be trapped in Dokugumon's webbing]] and need to be saved.
* DitzyGenius: Fitting, as an Expy of polar-opposites Davis and Izzy. Just much as Minoru offers accurate theories about the group’s other-worldly situation and knows more about nature than any of the others, his attempts at diplomacy with prospective enemies usually do more to antagonize them than diffuse the situation.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Minoru tells Aoi to trust the mysterious woman (Arukenimon) before the group rides the cable car, using the premise that even Ryo has opened up to her to prove his point. Too bad Ryo is deliriously insane, not warming up to that woman...
* JerkassRealization: Has one after learning [[spoiler:about the Professor's theorized connection between the humans and their partners]], causing him to seek out and apologize to [[spoiler:Falcomon]].
* {{Keet}}: Endearingly energetic and carefree throughout, though he matures somewhat as the story progresses.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Speaking to Minoru and Falcomon during the next free action after their reconciliation shows they've picked up right where they left off their constant bickering, but Takuma notes the genuine anger and hurt is gone and describes it using this trope word for word.
* PlotArmor: [[spoiler:Minoru is the only character besides Takuma who can't die, no matter what choices you make.]]
* PluckyComicRelief: Even when things look hopeless, he usually tries to lighten the mood with a joke, such as theorizing that maybe the students are all just on a very elaborate prank show.
* RebuiltPedestal: [[spoiler:Following their fallout, after Falcomon leaves him for a second time, the Professor returns to shed light on the nature of the partner Digimon. He reveals that they're essentially mirrors of their human partners and reflect their desires and mental states. This makes Minoru, along with the rest of the children, understand that ''they'' are at fault for any Dark Evolutions or "evil" behavior of their Kemonogami partners (rather than the other way around). As such, Minoru realizes how wrong he was and how horrible he treated Falcomon - this leads to him chasing after Falcomon and profusely apologizing several times over. This all ultimately results in their eventual reunion at the chapter's climax, as well as Falcomon unlocking his Ultimate evolution in the next chapter.]]
* {{Sentai}}: The English dub renders it as superhero comic books, but Minoru is a huge fan of these heroes and models his own attempts to be courageous after them. Part of why he takes to Falcomon well also has to do with this, as Falcomon's grandiose manner of speaking is similar to a sentai hero delivering his InTheNameOfTheMoon speech to evildoers.
* SadClown: He admits to being the funny guy because he sees himself as not very smart or skilled, so the best he can do is make people laugh, something he is inwardly sad about.
* TheSmartGuy: Despite the Shadow Doppleganger showing that he thinks of himself as being useless to the group, Minoru provides a wealth of nature & survival information that proves very useful, he’s the one who correctly theorises the aqueduct is the route to the enemy base and it’s his inquisitive nature that reveals how camera distortion can be used in the other world. Most “Eureka” moments in the game can be attributed to him.
* VitriolicBestBuds: He gets along just fine with his human best buddy Takuma, but his relationship with Falcomon is more turbulent as his loosey-goosey nature clashes with Falcomon's stern personality. Over time, this morphs from Falcomon being his nagging schoolteacher to more of a back-and-forth in which Minoru is the one to help him see when he needs to loosen up.
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[[folder:Shuuji Kayama]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YuyaHirose
A first-year high school student and Lopmon's partner. His rigidness, combined with his tendency to lose sanity quickly can steer him to some rather ''nasty'' directions.
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* TheAtoner: In [[spoiler:the Truthful Route. After Ryo calls him out for how he's treating Lopmon, Shuuji decides to stop treating his partner horribly and wants to become a proper partner to Lopmon, much to the latter's joy. These feelings get stronger after learning from the Professor how Kemonogami are actually reflections of themselves, and their darker emotions can turn them into monsters.]]
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Shuuji eventually gets to a point where he ''really'' wants Lopmon to evolve [[spoiler:and destroy everyone who thinks them to be weak. Not only does Lopmon evolve into the terrifying feral beast that is Wendigomon, but he then proceeds to kill Shuuji who has called himself and Lopmon weak several times by this point]].
* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Shuuji sincerely believes that he is in a position to lead the group and fails to comprehend why nobody ever defers to him. This came to bite him in the back as Arukenimon later singles him out to be sacrificed and broke him to the point that he [[spoiler:essentially commits suicide]].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: During Chapter 5, he succumbs to the effects of the hallucinigenic fog summoned by Arukenimon. This causes him go mad, [[spoiler:becoming physically abusive toward Lopmon and promising to kill everyone who makes him feel inferior.]] Usually, [[spoiler:you can't save him.]]
* TheChainOfHarm: [[spoiler:His treatment of Lopmon is exactly the same emotional pain and abandonment he went through with his father, coupled with feelings of inadequacy towards his more successful older brother. Part of Shuuji's character growth revolves around him breaking away from that mentality and striving towards being a man like the Professor.]]
* ColorCodedCharacters: Shuuji is always seen wearing a green jacket, and many early dialogue choices that involve listening to Shuuji's advice correspond with [[KarmaMeter Harmony]], which is represented by the color green.
* DirtyCoward:
** During the confrontation with Fangmon in Part 2, when given an opening to escape, he abandons Saki and their partner monsters to run to the party. This leads to the Professor rushing in to save Saki, leading to him getting knocked over the waterfall by Fangmon.
** One of the earliest signs that he's starting to crack is at the start of Part 5 where he keeps insisting he's the leader, but gives no constructive solutions in terms of dealing with the enemy other than basically yelling at the group to shelter themselves in the abandoned school for their safety. Kaito is quick to call him out for being a gutless, whiny coward who would rather lay down and die than to risk his life to at least achieve something.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Kemonogami are stated to be reflections of their human partner's true selves. With that in mind, his abusive treatment of Lopmon, in addition to being the perpetuation of the draconian standards he suffered from his father and the end of his sanity, may also be a reflection of his own self-loathing and feelings of inadequacy.
* DontYouDarePityMe: His relationship with his older brother is complicated, as Shuuji himself will deny that he finds his brother annoying or hates him if Takuma asks as such. Rather, his older brother attempts to alleviate Shuuji's burdens by saying that he doesn't need to try so hard and that Shuuji should relax while his big brother carries the family legacy forward. This ends up having the opposite effect, as Shuuji takes it to mean his brother is taking pity on him and doesn't have faith that Shuuji is capable of meeting the family's expectations.
* DrillSergeantNasty: He becomes this to Lopmon in Part 5, working the poor creature to the bone in order to force him to grow stronger and evolve. Takuma is given several options to make him chill, but it ultimately doesn't change anything at all.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: In Part 5, he keeps insisting himself that he's the group leader and freaks out when people don't give him the respect he thinks he deserves, but it's clear everyone else entrusts the leader role to Takuma or Aoi because they are just superior in that role, they all realized that he was too insane to make decisions for them, and his preferred suggestion in dealing with the enemy might as well as be telling everyone to coop within the abandoned school until they die.
* EasilyForgiven: Despite everything he did to demean Lopmon, [[spoiler:in the Truthful Route the latter is quick to forgive him and is even elated he can become a proper Kemonogami partner for Shuuji.]] Shuuji not abusing Lopmon out of malicious intent but as a symptom of the SanitySlippage [[spoiler:he gets out from]] might have something to do with it.
* EatenAlive: [[spoiler:In all routes barring Truthful, Shuuji ends up devoured by Lopmon's Dark Evolution, Wendigomon.]]
* FantasticRacism: Part of his hatred of Lopmon is due to a dislike of the Monsters in general, blaming them as a whole for the deaths and danger the group face.
* FatalFlaw: A lethal cocktail of stubbornness and his feelings of inaquedacy. He keeps insisting that he is the level-headed leader of the group and his father's strict attitude pushed him into trying to become leader material, but he's really only fit for maintaining order in a school camping trip. Once the chips are down and all bets are off, he becomes a confrontational mess who spends more time picking fights with people who dare criticize him than to think of any concrete solutions, and this is discounting his outright hostile attitude against Lopmon. It led to his undoing when Arukenimon noticed how emotionally vulnerable he is and proceeds to break him until [[spoiler:he willingly dies.]]
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Much like Ryo, Shuuji's refusal to work together with Lopmon translates to an inability to access the Talk command available to the others.
* IHatePastMe: He sees his younger self, desperate for validation and love from an authority figure that doesn't care, in the timid Lopmon, which infuriates him.
* {{Irony}}: As a sign [[spoiler:of recovering his sanity, in Part 6 of the Truthful route, Shuuji is the only party member whose relationship with his partner monsters hasn't been shaken, believing Lopmon would never intentionally hurt him since the little guy stuck with Shuuji despite everything the latter put him through.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: A tragic example. Because of his [[WellDoneSonGuy father issues]] making him feel inadequate and not good dealing with the pressures of responsibility, Shuuji increasingly becomes self-obsessed, failing to consider anyone else's perspective but his own and growing more unhinged the more others don't fall in line with what he wants them to do, despite his solution might as well as be suicide. His relationship with Lopmon deteriorates for this same reason, as he's unable to see Lopmon as a partner and instead sees him as [[IHatePastMe the embodiment of his own weakness]] and a punching bag that must be [[DrillSergeantNasty cruelly and forcibly made stronger]]. This resulted in his death when [[spoiler:Arukenimon gleefully singles him out to be killed.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Shuuji can be rather overbearing and prone to arguing with the others, but he does generally try to remain polite and it comes from a place of concern and desire to keep them safe. The sole exception is Lopmon, who he sees his weaker, pitiful self in and demand and verbally abuses him at the slightest provocation, although it's arguably because his sanity was already unconsciously deteriorating at that point.
* JerkassHasAPoint: He vehemently opposes the group's plan in Part 5 to walk right into the enemy's headquarters and try to negotiate, calling it as no different from suicide, but he was never in the right state of mind to lead and his preferred solution basically sums up as cooping themselves in the abandoned school to avoid further danger. [[spoiler:He ends up being absolutely right on this front as not only does the group fail in their intended goal (only because Arukenimon managed to single out Shuuji and he fell for it red-handed) and end up forced through the wringer with a series of visions preying on their worst insecurities, those visions are the final straw that breaks Shuuji's sanity and lead to his death.]]
* JerkassToOne: Subverted. The worst of his unhinged acts take the form of abuses against Lopmon, but he won't hesitate picking fights with Minoru, Saki and Kaito, just because the former two made fun of him and the latter tried to make him chill out (although he was yelling at him to get his points across.) Aoi and Takuma are the only ones who tolerate his antics to an extent, and even Takuma's inner monologue and some of his provided dialogue options suggests he believes that Shuuji is too far gone to be left alone.
* LaserGuidedKarma: While Shuuji already had a strained relationship with Lopmon, Part 5 has him being exceptionally cruel in his attempts to "toughen him up". [[spoiler:This behavior causes Lopmon to undergo a Dark Evolution into Wendigomon who then proceeds to eat Shuuji.]]
* LeaderWannabe: No matter how much Shuuji insists himself, he might be okay for keeping order in a school trip, but he's definitely no leader material in a life-or-death situation; Takuma even notes that he was never leadership material in the first place. He has trouble keeping it together after the first day dealing with the monsters and loses his mind very easily. When this is mixed with his confrontational nature and others having their own ideas about survival, he's very often ignored and can easily drive himself insane and/or emotionally vulnerable in situations where he can't afford to lose his mind, usually leading to [[spoiler:his death]]. The Professor also calls him on this, noting that he spends more time griping than leading through example. [[spoiler:In the Truthful Route he is far more relaxed when he realizes what actually went wrong and relinquishes his leader obsession, and is much happier as the Professor's assistant.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In the [[spoiler:Truthful Route]], he has this upon realizing just how badly he's been treating Lopmon. [[spoiler:His regret on how he's treated Lopmon, and his resolve to do better by his partner is what triggers Lopmon's true evolution into Turuiemon on said route.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: Blames himself for [[spoiler:the deaths of the Professor and Ryo]], since he's the oldest of the kids and they're his responsibility. This takes a toll on his sanity, which he later takes out on other party members and Lopmon when given the chance. [[spoiler:In the Truthful route, Ryo gives him a beating over his callous treatment of Lopmon and makes him realize the error of his ways.]]
* OddFriendship: With Ryo in the [[spoiler:Truthful route]]. Despite his brash, delinquent behavior being the polar opposite of responsible honor student; Shuuji is grateful for the reality check Ryo gave him, and the two feel a certain amount of kinship due to their struggles to fit in with the group as well. During the latter parts of the game the two can often be seen hanging out and are each other's go-to teammate whenever the group need to split into pairs.
* SadisticChoice: During Part 5, he's confronted by visions of [[spoiler:Arukenimon claiming that she will let the rest of the group walk free and even tell them how they can go home so long as she's given at least one to sacrifice. Despite his terror at the proposal, Shuuji never considers anyone as a candidate other than himself.]]
* SanitySlippage: He's already too insane to make sound decisions at the start of Part 5, but [[spoiler:Arukenimon accelerates by tormenting him with visions of his father and goading him into suicidal ideation.]] Noticably, prior to Part 5 he's only dismissive to Lopmon, but their relationship never goes to outright abusive levels.
* TheSmartGuy: Develops this in the [[spoiler:Truthful Route]] where he acts as the Professor's assistant in helping him uncover the mystery, something that makes him much more relaxed and happier.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Shuuji's survival has no major bearing on the plot overall, but it ''is'' one of the reasons the Truthful route kicks off; in Moral, Wrathful, and Harmonious, the Professor is unable to decipher the meaning behind the Kemonogami Murals behind the shrine. With Shuuji's help, however, the Professor is able to decipher them, and in turn discovers the existence of the Four Sovereign Beast Digimon and allows the survivors to discover what's really going on and truly end the cycle of child sacrifices once and for all.]]
* SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: He comes from an elite family with high expectations of the Kayama boys, but Shuuji has never been able to meet his father's rigorous standards. Which is only made worse by constant comparison to his much more successful older brother.
* TookALevelInKindness: On the [[spoiler:Truthful route, where he survives]], he starts being kinder to everybody, but especially to Lopmon.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: For all his faults and failings, [[spoiler:he is willing to offer himself up as a sacrifice to his visions of Arukenimon in order to save the rest of the group.]]
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[[folder:Saki Kimishima]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MinamiTakahashi
A first-year middle school student and Floramon's partner. Despite having a cheerful and kind personality, she's suffering from some sort of terminal illness.
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:Did Ceresmon Medium totally cure Saki or did it only cure her symptoms? The cutscene suggests it completely healed her but the diary entry for Saki suggests that it didn't. Given that Ceresmon is optional, missable content, the ambiguity was likely intentional.]]
* ChoosyBeggar: While Floramon is evolving into her Ultimate form, Saki begs for something "cute this time. Or at least not creepy." What she gets is Blossomon, essentially a creepy-looking plant hydra. She's visibly and vocally disappointed by it, even though Blossomon saved her, and can't even fully lie about her disappointment in an attempt to spare her feelings by claiming that the form is barely outside her expectations.
* TheCynic: Downplayed. She's quite cheery and optimistic on the surface, even when being trapped in the Kemonogami World and hunted relentlessly by evil monsters. [[spoiler:She's only cynical about her ''own'' life, given how she's been dealing with an unknown disease for quite some time and believes she might not make it out of surgery were she to go under the knife despite the doctors recommending she go through with it.]]
* DelicateAndSickly: She claims that her reason for joining the camping group was to make a "lifetime's worth of memories" because as far as she knew she'd never have another chance (she was actually lying and she was postponing surgery for some time). [[spoiler:While the extent of her sickness is unknown, it warranted the possibility of her undergoing surgery. To her confusion and elation, her health starts to somewhat improve in the other world, which somehow also has all the necessary medical supplies and records she needs. This makes her wonder whether she even wants to go back to the real world. It finally comes to a head in the Mega Evolution event for Floramon as her body begins to give out on her, prompting the transformation into Ceresmon Medium in order to be able to not only fend off the enemy in the area but to heal Saki's illness.]]
* DontYouDarePityMe: She hates [[spoiler:discussing her illness]] in any way, being treated differently because of it, or even letting others know about it in the first place. Takuma choosing to press her on the issue is invariably the wrong decision if you're trying to raise affinity with her.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Her first reaction to seeing Ceresmon Medium is a dumbstruck comment on her beauty. Talking to her in battle similarly has her out of it, simply calling her pretty rather than the usual motivational speeches.
--> '''Saki''': "Ceresmon Medium, you're... you're so pretty..."
* GenkiGirl: She's usually quite outspoken in her opinions and rather chipper if she's not complaining about things.
* MoralityPet: She becomes this to Aoi as the game progresses, especially in the Wrathful Route [[spoiler:where Aoi's sanity starts taking hits left and right. Her death plus Piedmon [[TheFarmerAndTheViper taking advantage of Aoi's kindness]] causes the latter to finally snap]].
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite being a cheerful and kind girl, she's one of the people who sided with Kaito to pick on Shuuji for his cowardice in Chapter 5.
* PhoneaholicTeenager: While everyone has phones, Saki spends the opening constantly on her phones and taking pictures.
* SelfieFiend: She takes pictures of herself and her environment. Though this fades once they reach the other world.
* SkewedPriorities: She will not share a room with boys around her own age, firmly believing that AllMenArePerverts. It does not matter to her one bit that there is safety in numbers against hostile monsters that are hunting them.
* SoapOperaDisease: It's implied she's actually quite sick, but her prolonged stay in the Kemonogami World has done wonders for her body. [[spoiler:It's not stated how bad the sickness is or what it is, but it's severe enough that the doctors recommended Saki to undergo surgery as quick as humanly possible.]]
* SpiceUpTheSubtitles: In her [[spoiler:pre-mortem]] flashback in Part 9 of the Wrathful Route, she tells her doctor "Does the bear poop in the woods?" in the English subtitles, but she only said a simple "当たり前じゃん" ("Of course!") in the audio.
* StepfordSmiler: Takuma quickly notices that a lot of her energetic positivity is covering for some much deeper personal issues, but he finds it difficult to press her on the matter. It becomes even more obvious when she begins comparing herself to Miu and how they're both carrying some unspecified burden.
* YoungerThanSheLooks: She can easily pass off as a late teen based on how she looks and the way she acts, but she's actually 12.
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[[folder:Ryo Tominaga]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YoheiAzakami
A third-year middle school student and Kunemon's partner. He might act like a tough delinquent, but he degenerates into a wreck quick after being exposed to the other world.
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* TheBigGuy: Develops into this in the [[spoiler:Truthful Route]] where he is the quickest to use productive physical strength, as opposed to Kaito, where his violence tends to be less than helpful, even [[spoiler:punching Shuuji to force him to realize how badly he is treating Lopmon]].
* CatSmile: He adopts a goofy )B3 smile when he's being smug, which especially stands out in a game that largely avoids using exaggerated cartoony expressions.
* CowardlyLion: Inverted, but eventually played straight. He acts all tough and gruff, but as soon as he and the other kids are stranded in the other world, he's the first to devolve into a panic. [[spoiler:His cowardice lessens in Truthful, where his bond with Takuma and Kunemon pushes him to be more bold and willing to fight other monsters rather than cower.]]
* DamnedByFaintPraise: Aoi chides Minoru for disrespecting him, but when Minoru counters by asking what's to respect about him the best Aoi is able to offer is that Ryo's technically older than him.
* DespairEventHorizon: The discovery that the group is on an island and subsequent confirmation that they have become trapped in a parallel world with no hope of rescue is the last straw that causes him to fully lose his grip on reality. [[spoiler:He's convinced they're actually in the afterlife and he can reunite with his dead mother. Whether Ryo snaps out of it or is led to his death depends on whether you're on a NewGamePlus route and your Affinity with Ryo is high enough.]]
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He's surly, rude, unhelpful, and outright antagonistic to both his own partner monster and the rest of the survivors, but he dearly loves Mama.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: With the exception of Saki, who is only an acquaintance and someone he gets along with at best, few if any of the kids actually like him for his rough and surly demeanor. Even Minoru takes a jab or two at him. [[spoiler:This ends up being deconstructed since his inability to talk to anyone about his troubles, much less with Kunemon, leaves him without any kind of emotional support and leads to him to his death. It's only in NewGamePlus and becoming friends with Takuma that he's spared from his death in all other routes barring Truthful.]]
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: The Talk command other human-partnered monsters have in battle isn't available for Kunemon, reflecting Ryo's refusal to engage with him.
* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:His death scene is thankfully marred by the blood splatters covering the screen. However morbid, you will be thankful you can't see whatever those hands are doing as they rip Ryo to shreds. The screams, however...]]
* HiddenDepths: He's a fairly decent cook since he [[spoiler:had to do it on his own with his mother's illness]].
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:In all of the normal routes, Ryo is confrontational, resulting in him being estranged from the group and contributing to his death when he loses his mind. In the Truthful route when he recovers from his SanitySlipping moment in time, he ends up being a voice of reason in the group and ends up being a critical part in preventing Shuuji from triggering Lopmon's Dark Evolution during the former's SanitySlipping moment.]]
* IWantMyMommy: Says this verbatim early into the survival situation. [[spoiler: It ends up being foreshadowing for his mental breakdown, as his desire for his deceased mother completely consumes him.]]
* MamasBoy: His reason for attending the camp activity in the first place was because he wanted to fulfill his mother's wish, after he read an entry in her diary about having made a lifelong friend and wonderful memories at summer camp, and how dearly she wished for her boy to have that experience himself.
* MissingMom: His mother is long dead, and when he talks about wanting to go see Mama again it is because he's fully bought into his delusion that the group are already dead and in the afterlife.
* PaperTiger: He talks a good game and has his sneer perfected, but in the other world his delinquent bravado crumbles quickly. [[spoiler:He grows out of this in the Truthful route.]]
* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:Takuma optionally either blames himself for failing to connect with Ryo or wishes Ryo had reached out to the group upon his death, and is wracked with regret over the clear signs that Ryo was losing it which nobody acted upon.]]
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Is set up as one of the game's player characters but is also ''guaranteed'' to be the first death in a non-NG+ playthrough. His demise also marks the game's shift into a much darker tone (''which is saying something'' given how dark it already was to begin with), and starts a downwards spiral that results in Shuuji's own death.]]
* SanitySlippage: He is completely mentally broken by the events of the third chapter and spends much of it totally lost in delusion and muttering to himself. [[spoiler:He does snap out of it if his affinity is high enough in a NG+ for Kunemon to save him in time.]]
* SoapOperaDisease: His mother passed away from illness, and according to Ryo's account she was in and out of the hospital frequently even before then.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: He eventually begins to converse and respond to Kunemon's chittering as if he actually understands it. Takuma initially chalks it up to being another of Ryo's delusions, but [[spoiler:if he survives past Part 3, he continues to show that he has at least some idea of what Kunemon is trying to communicate]].
* TookALevelInKindness: On the [[spoiler:Truthful Route where he survives]] he starts to become more cooperative and friendly with everyone else, even bonding with Kunemon.
* {{Tsundere}}: Develops into this on [[spoiler:the Truthful route]]. He can act like a thug all he wants, but it's clear to everyone he enjoys being around his new friends and Kunemon.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: The stories Ryo tells about his mom on the occasions where he does open up to Takuma paint a picture of a mischievous but clingy child who was always trying to spend more time with his sickly mother in her hospital room.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:He really lets Shuuji have it in the Truthful Route for treating Lopmon like shit, even going so far as to give him a good thwack. Surprisingly, it gives Shuuji a much-needed wake-up call.]]
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[[folder:Kaito Shinonome]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KengoTakanashi
Miu's older brother and Dracmon's partner. A brash but smart young man who's overprotective towards his sister, he recently moved to a rural town near the Kemonogami shrine alongside her.
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* BerserkButton: In the Harmonious Route, never mention [[spoiler:Miu's death to him in any sort of way. Don't even bother telling him to calm down, he'll show you no mercy and will threaten a violent incident.]]
* BestFriendsInLaw: In one hilarious scene in the Truthful route, Kaito heavily "implies" that he'd be fine with Takuma marrying Miu in the future rather than having his sister marry some stranger, much to Takuma's concern. What makes this even more funny is that later on Takuma has the choice of telling Kaito that he'd take care of Miu if anything happened to him, only for Kaito to revert to his MySisterIsOffLimits attitude and angrily accuse Takuma of having a crush on Miu.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Oh so very much so, it's pretty much his number one priority to make sure Miu will be okay. [[spoiler:Seeing Ryo die only increases his priority to find and reunite with her, as the possibility of her actually dying is now incredibly apparent.]] This ends up being deconstructed immensely since this not only annoys Miu, but also causes her to claim that he is just using her as an excuse to let out his inner BloodKnight.
* BloodKnight: He's typically the first to voice violence or resort to it, especially when something that can potentially harm Miu is involved. Miu herself thinks he's this, claiming he's just using her as an excuse to pick fights.
* CassandraTruth: In Part 3, he ''immediately'' deduces that [[spoiler:Arukenimon's human disguise is fake and is actually a Digimon, deducing this behind her flimsy excuses and how he happened upon her with Miu's purse]]. Unfortunately, his temper and aggressive interrogation cause the others to believe [[spoiler:the woman over him]], which in turn leads to [[spoiler:their capture aboard the cable car. Had he and potentially Takuma not noticed it while they were trekking up the mountain, chances are the kids would very likely have died]].
* CharacterDevelopment: It's subtle on the Moral and Wrathful routes, [[spoiler:and especially shines through in Truthful]], but it's there. Much of Kaito's character arc revolves around dealing with his overly protective nature towards Miu. [[spoiler:While he doesn't stop being overprotective, he does come to admit that Miu has become strong enough to look after herself, and that he wants to protect the things and people Miu cares about rather than just her specifically.]]
* CondescendingCompassion: While Kaito is genuinely well-meaning, he tends to go overboard in his protectiveness of Miu, flat-out saying she's weak to her face and says she needs his protection.
* DelinquentHair: His hair is noticeably bleached, with the black spots left behind showing his natural color to be like his sister's. It goes with his rough nature.
* DontYouDarePityMe: [[spoiler:Kaito accuses Aoi of this when she was trying to help him pull through after Miu's death in the Harmonious route.]]
* FallenHero: [[spoiler:In the Harmonic Route, he ends up snapping after Miu's death, becoming so fixated on revenge he merges Dracmon with Piedmon and tries to destroy everything with Boltboutamon out of grief. While he's talked down, the damage has been done.]]
* FatalFlaw:
** His KnightTemplarBigBrother tendencies. While he's got every reason to fret over Miu given the situation, his overbearing nature annoys her to no end. [[spoiler:That very same tendency is also the only thing keeping him grounded, as Miu's death causes him to become an emotional ticking time bomb that decides a world without Miu doesn't deserve to exist.]]
** To a more general degree, his wrath. He's very perceptive and can easily sense danger coming from a mile away, but his inability to use violence and anger constructively means that people don't take him seriously. This leads to Ryo's sanity deteriorating (which usually leads to [[spoiler:his death]]) and Shuuji [[spoiler:going insane and dying because his abuse against Lopmon reaches a peak.]]
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:In the Harmonious route, as he's absorbed by Boltboutamon, he goes out thanking the group for everything and reaffirming that he was glad to have been friends with everyone.]]
* GoryDiscretionShot: Averted with Kaito specifically. While most of the scenes of violence or death in the game use this or BlackBlood splatter, [[spoiler:the flashback scene of Kaito beating Miu's stalker shows the blood covering his face and Kaito's knuckles in vivid red]].
* HeroicBSOD:
** Played for laughs. In Part 4, Miu gets annoyed by his overprotectiveness and tells him to his face she hates him, sending him into a hilarious catatonic state of dismay.
** In the beginning of Part 10, [[spoiler:Kaito is in the midst of one after having lost Miu to the fog. It quickly turns to anger when the group suggests he try to move on from Miu's death and think about what she would have wanted for them]].
* IncestSubtext: While ambiguous as to how intense his feelings are for Miu, dialogue with both Miu and Dracumon discuss this as a possibility and want to break Kaito's obsession with her before it can evolve to this point. Miu openly compares his intentions with her [[spoiler:stalker's]] and says she worries Kaito will become so obsessed with her that he'll forgo dating and a normal romantic life and Dracumon will chide him whenever his gushing about how great Miu is gets a little too creepy.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Played as a detriment in his characterization. When he blows up on people, it's often because he wants them to chill out and come back to their senses. Unfortunately, this means nobody bar Takuma takes him seriously to their own peril and he often makes already tense situations worse instead.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: He feels this way in the Harmonious and Wrathful routes, albeit with different contexts. [[spoiler:In Harmonious, he blames himself for letting Miu out of his sight and hesitating right when a Kenzoku grabbed her and dragged her off into the fog. In Wrathful, he tells Aoi he's just as responsible for Saki's death as she is, since he and Takuma weren't able to kill the Kenzoku before it snatched Saki and tried to drag her into the fog.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: He makes valid arguments about how Shuuji is ''the'' problem by yelling against his teammates. Blindly shouting at people to get your point across is ''not'' how you get people to take you seriously, and the internal discord between the party ceases after Shuuji [[spoiler:dies]] or [[spoiler:Ryo snaps him out of his attitude]]. The problem is that his approach, shouting at Shuuji is no different from him and makes him part of the problem.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He acts brash and abrasive at times, not helped by his overprotectiveness of Miu, but he's a genuinely good person who comes to view the other kids as friends, especially Takuma. The golden heart starts shining through more often in the Wrathful route.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Kaito tends to go overboard in his self-appointed job of protecting Miu. [[spoiler:In the city, he beat the shit out of her stalker, and proceeded to beat the crap out of anyone who badmouthed her after they moved to the countryside.]] This only ends up causing friction between him and Miu, [[spoiler:and her death in the Harmonious route sends him into a downward spiral that leaves him open for Piedmon to manipulate. Renamon's illusions did not help matters in that respect, either]].
* LaughingMad: In the Harmonious Route, after [[spoiler:Renamon unintentionally drove him so insane to the point that he wants to destroy the world for the sake of revenge, he has a tendency to cackle wildly when he's threatening violence on others.]]
* MisplacedRetribution: In the Harmonious Route, he wants to kill Miyuki for [[spoiler:working with the Master, even if the "Miyuki" that caused his sister's death was just the Master walking around with her body.]]
* MoralityChain: Nothing matters more to him than Miu, to the point that [[spoiler:her death in the Harmonious route causes him to break down and try to avenge her by destroying the alternate world entirely]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Goes through two of these moments.
** In Part 9, [[spoiler:Kaito has an argument with Miu where the former's BigBrotherInstinct has reached unhealthy levels due to the stress of the situation. When Miu claims Kaito is just using her as an excuse to fight, he slaps her in anger]]. While she takes it in stride and uses it as part of her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, Kaito is horrified by what he just did.
** In the Harmonious route, [[spoiler:the kids eventually get through to Kaito by pointing out that he'll not just be killing everyone Miu cared for, but even destroy places she cherished such as the amusement park. The realization causes his pent-up anger to dissipate, though this also causes Piedmon to take control of Boltboutamon since Kaito's hate was the only thing keeping Dracmon's personality in the driver seat]].
* MySisterIsOffLimits: [[spoiler:The fact that a fully grown man was stalking Miu was bad enough. Him spreading lies to everyone and saying they were dating only made Kaito all the more enraged.]]
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler:He beat the absolute shit out of Miu's stalker to the point he was a bloody mess on the ground.]]
* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:After he snaps following Miu's death in the Harmonious Route, he decides to destroy both worlds in revenge. While talked down, he doesn't live long enough to act on the HeelRealization.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:After Miu's death in the Harmonious route, he's hellbent on getting revenge on those that took his sister from him, going as far as yelling at the rest of the group for not killing Renamon and the Master's Kenzoku monsters fast enough. Combined with Renamon [[BerserkButton button-mashing his guilt of being unable to save Miu]] with her illusions and the group welcoming Renamon into their fold, he leaves the group out of disgust and swears to destroy everyone he holds responsible for Miu's death, whether it's his old friends or any Kemonogami he comes across. This feeling gets worse when, at Piedmon's suggestion, he uses his hate to force Dracmon to merge with Piedmon and undergo a Dark DNA Evolution, resulting in the creation of Boltboutamon.]]
* SanitySlippage: Undergoes one after [[spoiler:Miu dies in the Harmonious Route. He at first only blames himself for Miu's death and blows up on anyone who tries to console him. After Renamon's illusions, it degenerates into full-blown muderous rage and him sacrificing Dracumon to Piedmon, creating Boltboutamon and threatening to murder the party and destroy the entire world. When he finally chills out, it's too late.]]
* SmarterThanTheyLook: He might look and act like a harsh young punk, but he has a surprisingly good sense of danger. Whenever he's yelling and picking fights with someone, chances are it's not misaimed anger and something is really wrong with the situation at hand. The moment he [[spoiler:starts [[OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness subverting this by lashing out indiscriminately over Miu's death]], it's a sign that things will only get worse.]]
* SoNearYetSoFar: The group went into a sporadic search for him around the Kemonogami world in the Harmonious Route when he seemingly vanished after [[spoiler:Renamon makes amends with the party.]] He's not that far away, but given [[spoiler:how twisted he has become after Renamon broke him, finding him might not be a good thing at that point]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:In the Wrathful and Harmonious routes, Kaito ends up rushing off on his own to find a way out of the fog-filled amusement park, forcing the group to split up to cover ground. This action causes Miu or Saki to get killed by the Kenzoku, beginning his own or Aoi's downward spiral in their respective routes.]]
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[[folder:Miu Shinonome]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MisakiWatada
Kaito's younger sister and Syakomon's partner. She is an eccentric girl with a fascination with occult and horror. After an incident in their hometown, she and Kaito moved to a rural town near the Kemonogami shrine.
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* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Her dark oversized hoodie and round green purse makes her resemble Syakomon long before the two even meet.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: In the Moral route, [[spoiler:she tells her Shadow that, despite her feelings of self-loathing and annoyance towards Kaito's overprotectiveness, she calls him the greatest big brother in the world]]. Naturally, she's annoyed she had to go and say all that and starts the fight with Kaito.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: She's the youngest of the group at eleven years old bar Miyuki (who's one year younger than her), which plays a part of her initial and childish refusal to acknowledge the dangerous threats of the other world.
* BoyishShortHair: Out of all the girls, she has the shortest hair.
* BreakTheCutie: Parts 4 and 5 are a much-needed wake-up call for Miu regarding the dangers of the Kemonogami World. [[spoiler:She not only realizes how dangerous Kemonogami are when she sees her subjects beaten and bruised to hell and back but also gets a front-row seat to Wendigomon devouring Shuuji in graphic detail.]] While she's otherwise still cheerful, she admits she's doing so to keep everyone's spirits up.
* {{Chuunibyou}}: Aside from her time as a "sorceress queen" back at the amusement park, after joining the group she can be found convincing Syakomon that some random acorn is a seed to the World Tree and that some random damp pebble is actually sealing a powerful demon and leaking evil energies that don't effect her due to having extreme spiritual powers. Syakomon and Agumon buy into it, but Takuma can see it for what it is.
* CityMouse: The others assume she's a longtime local to the area but its later revealed she and Kaito only moved to the area recently, and she actually hates being stuck out in the boonies.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: At some point, she [[spoiler:lost her purse while fleeing Arukenimon. It's implied that Kaito reclaims it upon meeting Arukenimon in her human form, but when the party finds Miu in Part 4, she's visibly seen wearing her purse with no indication made of it being returned to her]].
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: PlayedForLaughs but the monsters at the park believe her to be a sorceress queen that can turn them to stone. Jijimon mostly treated her with amusement, calling Miu 'Her Rowdiness' and admits that he would have done something about her had she actually caused problems.
* ItsAllMyFault: In two separate instances, the first being blaming herself for causing all her little friends to get hurt when Arukenimon's forces attack the castle where she's playing sorceress queen and she sees the injured monsters laid about everywhere in her castle as it crumbles. Later on, she realizes that she was the one who led everyone to the shrine that caused them to slip into this parallel world in the first place. Both times Takuma has to reassure her that nobody could've predicted outcomes like this.
* KidsHateVegetables: One option the player has to convince her to join the group is the promise of delicious food back at their base. Miu claims to be perfectly happy eating nothing but sweets every meal but is tempted by Minoru's promises of juicy meat and warm soup, until Aoi blows it by saying she'll load Miu's meals with all kinds of nourishing veggies.
* MoralityPet: She's this to Kaito, keeping his worst impulses in check. [[spoiler:Her death sends him spiraling in grief and leaves him open for Piedmon's manipulations.]]
* MovingAngst: The reason behind the sibling's move to the country was [[spoiler:because Miu was being stalked by a creep where they originally lived, and Kaito violently assaulted him one day]]. Miu is understandably bitter about having her whole life uprooted, and feels like she was exiled as punishment for crimes someone else committed.
* NightmareFetishist: She's a fan of ghost stories, occultism and all things macabre, and even lured Ryo and Saki and by extension the rest of the group to the Kemonogami Shrine with fantastic tales of spirits taking away children and human sacrifice. [[GoneHorriblyRight Once her tall tales come to pass]] however she becomes much less enthusiastic about the more grim aspects.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Although she is ostensibly a wicked sorceress queen who can turn people to stone, the subjects of her kingdom love her and are never said to have suffered at her hands, and Jijimon deemed her harmless enough to simply let her enjoy her LARP since it meant he could have a little break from being the village leader.
* ShamSupernatural: She tricks a bunch of young monsters in the Amusement Park into beliving that she's a wicked sorceress queen who can turn people or monsters into stone, despite she only ordered Syakomon to withdraw into her shell. Because the Amusement Park monsters aren't the smartest things in the Kemonogami World, they all fell for it, but Jijimon knows that she's just faking it and lets her continue [=LARPing=] to her heart's content.
* SleepingDummy: Her intro scene shows her using this to slip out of the house without Kaito noticing, showing how restricted she feels by his overprotectiveness.
* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler:She was being harassed by one back at her old home in the city, and the glimpse we're shown of him in a flashback shows he was a full grown man.]]
* StepfordSmiler: After talking with Takuma about her Chuunibyou antics, she admits it's to help cope with [[NoodleIncident dicey situations like the last place she and Kaito lived]] and that even though she knows it isn't helping anything it does at least feel safer than being her normal self.
* SugarBowl: Initially mistakes the other world for one of these, as her early impression based on the monsters she met was that world was full of adorable, gullible little saps who would adore her and be wildly impressed by her faked feats of sorcery.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Her talk command increases a partner monster's physical defense. Too bad 90% of the time, enemies don't use physical attacks.
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[[folder:Professor]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KazuhiroYamaji
A researcher of "Kemonogami" (Beast Gods), AKA the Digimon, that came to investigate a local temple, only to be trapped in their realm. Despite having been written a book about Kemonogami, his papers are often treated as heresy. He also represents one of the game's biggest mysteries.
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* AbsentMindedProfessor: Between his old age and the fog screwing with his head, the Professor can barely remember any important information pertaining to the other world or the Kemonogami. He gets better as the story progresses, [[spoiler:and Renamon's brutal illusions has him fully snap out of it]].
* AdultsAreUseless: Averted. When it comes to protecting the children, he's always willing to sacrifice himself and the kids are all grateful for his presence and appreciate his kindness. When he seemingly dies, the kids are all devastated by the loss. [[spoiler:He also later averts the CompetenceZone, thanks to reuniting with his old partner Gabumon]].
* BigLittleBrother: [[spoiler:Miyuki is his elder sister, but she hasn't aged in 50 years due to the time dilation in the other world, whereas he towers over her as an adult man. On the Truthful Route learning this confuses the monster partners who don't appear to have a concept of aging.]]
* CoolOldGuy: The Professor is a kind and caring man, willing to protect the kids. [[spoiler:Shuuji on the Truthful route decides that being a scholarly gentleman like the Professor is the kind of adult he wants to be, rather than like his own father.]]
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: He's simply called "the Professor" by everyone, with only Miyuki, as well as [[spoiler:Renamon and Gabumon/Garurumon]], calling him by his actual name. Justified since his real name is a WalkingSpoiler.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: If you pay close enough attention, you'll notice that the professor's eyes are similar to Haru's. This is because [[spoiler:he ''is'' Haru (the boy is actually Renamon), just 50 years older and made unrecognizable because of how old he is.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Gets hit with this ''twice'' in Part 2, first to stay behind to distract the Gotsumon chasing him, Saki, and Shuuji, and again at the end of the chapter [[spoiler:when he runs in to save Saki from Fangmon, only for the latter to knock him off the dam. Fortunately he shows up alive and well at the end of Part 5, showing that neither of these stuck]].
* IChooseToStay: In the Wrathful route, [[spoiler:the Professor chooses to spend the rest of his days in the Kemonogami World as a form of mourning, having been unable to save Miyuki in time]].
* LethalChef: At the end of the Wrathful Route before [[spoiler:going after an insane Aoi]], the Professor cooks in [[spoiler:her place. Unfortunately, he messed up the recipe and the food is so horrific that it sent Takuma into a brief freakout.]]
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:A possible outcome, but it depends on the route the player picks. The Professor dies on the Harmonious route, but he survives if you play Wrathful, Moral, or Truthful.]]
* {{Narrator}}: He narrates for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCoK3kk_iVE pre-release advertisement]] of the game.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Although he survives his initial HeroicSacrifice, he gets knocked off a dam by a Fangmon just as Takuma and Shuuji's groups reunite, and the kids are unable to find his body after (and assume it was washed downstream by the water). Although assumed dead for a few chapters, it turns out he survived.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: By all means being knocked off from the dam is assuredly lethal to someone like him. Yet, he inexplicably survives and shows up at the waterway plaza completely intact. He explains that [[spoiler:he actually landed into a body of water, but found himself in another island.]]
* NoNameGiven: He's never called anything other than Professor. [[spoiler:His name is later revealed to be Akiharu Minase.]]
* OneSteveLimit: [[spoiler:When Renamon continues to use the Professor's younger appearance, the cast sometimes refers to her as "Haru" while continuing to call Akiharu "Professor". Miyuki also rarely calls the Professor by his nickname and instead uses his actual name while calling Renamon "Haru". Even the game refers to Renamon-as-Haru "Haru" while calling the Professor "Akiharu" in flashbacks.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Likely because of his old age, the professor is the only member of the party to treat deaths and loss in a proportionate manner. Most notably, after [[spoiler:Miyuki dies]] in the Wrathful Route, he [[spoiler:only chooses to remain in the Kemonogami world forever to mourn her death]], unlike for example, [[spoiler:Kaito who goes murderously insane after losing Miu in the Harmonious Route.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler:In the Truthful Route he fills this role for Shuuji, as he finds him to be a better example than his overly strict father. Overlaps with PromotionToParent with his sister in routes they survive, since she's still a child and their parents' status is unknown but presumably dead due to the Professor's age.]]
* TheProfessor: As his title indicates, his research of Kemonogami provides the kids with some useful insight about the strange world they've been trapped in and the creatures that exist there.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The Haru that appears in the prologue? That's him, fifty years ago. The Haru the others interact with is Miyuki's Partner Kemonogami Renamon disguising as him.]]
* RewatchBonus: If you rewatch the section where he's knocked off by Fangmon, you'll notice that he just vanishes, but no black blood comes out unlike when a real death occurs a chapter later (where the blood is splattered on the screen). Turns out he's still somewhere.
* ScatterBrainedSenior: A combination of this and AbsentMindedProfessor that [[spoiler:prevents him from immediately figuring out what's up due to his cloudy memories]].
* TheTeamNormal: Unlike the main protagonists, who are able-bodied kids that gain Kemonogami partners, he's just an old man. He hasn't even been in the other world much longer than the study group themselves, from his perspective. [[spoiler:Retroactively subverted in the Moral and Truthful Routes as it turns out he's been to the other world before and does keep his partner: Garurumon, AKA the Gabumon from the prologue.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: There's a reason why he's only referred to as "the professor" for most of the game. His real name automatically outs him as a part of the game's greatest reveal.
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[[folder:Haru]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MasamiSuzuki
Miyuki's brother, who has been sheltering her in a long-abandoned schoolhouse since some time before the middle school students arrived in the Kemonogami realm. He's difficult to talk with and is fiercely protective of Miyuki.
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The game's first scene is from his and Miyuki's perspective, as they and their partners (Gabumon and Renamon) attempt to survive an unknown foe.
* TheCaretaker: Towards his sister, who barely talks bar repeating things he said [[spoiler:due to missing half of her soul]].
* CreepyChild: Haru makes constant odd comments about the others, with Ryo being scared of him due to [[spoiler:the comments about his mother in Part 3 should he live.]] It's one of your early hints that [[spoiler:things are not what it seems to be.]]
* DontYouDarePityMe: He doesn't seem to be keen to the idea of being treated like some defenseless kid and sometimes assures Takuma that he will handle things with Miyuki if she's in trouble. [[spoiler:It's for a good reason because he, or rather Renamon isn't.]]
* GhastlyGhost: The first time Takuma sees him, Haru has eerie black voids where his eyes and mouth should be, causing Takuma to freak out. [[spoiler:Given who she really is, it's possible Renamon altered the Haru illusion in such a way as to try and scare off the group.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Despite Miyuki having very little interaction with the Professor, Haru doesn't appreciate the idea of them talking or interacting with each other at all. He even gets upset when the Professor mentions he wants to protect Miyuki, causing him to tell the Professor he is not needed and that he should get lost and go back to the Human World.
* InterfaceSpoiler: Tellingly, he is the only character on the in-game profiles menu who doesn't have stats listed for his in-battle assist rates. He also has OnlyOneName, unlike his sister.
* OnlyOneName: Unlike Miyuki, Haru doesn't have a family name on his profile. This clues in on his true nature.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:He's ''not'' the same Haru from the prologue. He's an illusion based on the original Haru, and his true form is actually Miyuki's partner, Renamon.]]
* TagalongKid: Once the abandoned schoolhouse is no longer webbed up by Dokugumon, he and his sister properly introduce themselves to the living students and befriend them. However, unlike the Prologue, their monster partners are no longer around to help. [[spoiler:Then it turns out he's actually Miyuki's Kemonogami partner Renamon in disguise.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: Compared to how he was in the prologue, Haru is much colder and almost entirely apathetic to the plight of any children that is not Miyuki. His overall demeanor is much creepier as well. [[spoiler:This is because he's not the real Haru, but rather Renamon disguising herself as him.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Yells at the group after [[spoiler:Miyuki is taken by Arukenimon and goes off to save her himself]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Miyuki Minase ('''MAJOR SPOILERS''')]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KonomiKohara
Haru's sister, she is a young child already trapped in the Kemonogami realm for some time. She is an emotionless girl who seldomly talks, usually only repeating parts of Haru's dialogue.
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* EleventhHourRanger: Not her partner, but her talk command is usually unavailable because she spends a large portion of the endgame possessed by the Master with only Renamon joining. You won't be able to use it until the final Part in the Moral Route or the ''FinalBoss encounter'' of Truthful. In the Routes where she dies, this can go entirely unusable. It boosts a partner's special attack, which is ''way'' more useful than Kaito's buff, but considering the window where her talk command is unlocked, you're not likely to end up using it.
* TheAgeless: Due to being "shunted out of time" in the other world, Miyuki has not aged at all. Keep in mind that while the Professor spent fifty years in the Human World, Miyuki's spent ''over six thousand years'' in the Digitial World due to the time dilation.
* AndIMustScream: Usually averted when the Master possesses her. Whenever the Master uses Miyuki's body to go on a rampage against the Kemonogami World, Miyuki's consciouness is usually buried deep enough to not be aware of the damage she caused and acts like a fully separate entity from the Master. The exception is when the Miyuki Kenzoku is fought in the Moral Route, where the Master kills Renamon in the Miyuki-Kenzoku body and she's ForcedToWatch her partner die right in front of her and couldn't do anything but to let out a blood-curdling scream in horror.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The game's first scene is from her and Haru's perspective, as they and their partners (Renamon and Gabumon) attempt to survive from an unknown foe.
* BarrierMaiden: She is revealed to be one of these as her family has control over the barrier between the human world and the other world, and she had her soul stolen by the BigBad who sought to exploit her power.
* DemonicPossession: More like ancestral possession, since both entities who possessed her are spirits of her ancestors.
** After Takuma, Agumon, and her return she ends up back in the other world before them and is turned into the Master's puppet. Thankfully, this isn't lethal unless in the Wrathful Route.
** A benevolent variant occurs near the end of the Truthful Route where instead of the Master, she gets possessed by the Master's sister, taking her form to convince Haruchika and Fanglongmon to abandon their hate and takes some of it for herself.
* EmotionlessGirl: She acts very flatly and usually only repeats Haru, due to missing her soul.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Not herself, but when the Master possesses her, her voice drops several octaves and her speech patterns become identical to the Master's. It's especially visible in the Japanese version where her dialogue is written in Katakana, Kanji and AntiquatedLinguistics like the Master's when possessed.
* FashionDissonance: Miyuki's dress is fairly bland in heavy contrast to the colorful clothes everyone else is wearing, which can tip an eagle-eyed player into thinking something is horribly wrong. On the way back to the real-world school in Chapter 8, she even complains that people's clothes are completely different from what they wear back in the days.
* FightingFromTheInside: While possessed, her brother and Renamon can reach her and let her briefly take control and in the Truthful Route there are even windows where her conciousness surfaces on her own to confront Haruchika in the same body, but it takes until the final battle for her to fully free herself.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: After she manages to regain part of her soul from the Master in Part 8, she uses her song to bring her and Takuma back to the Human World, only to find that while it's only been two hours for Takuma and the other kids, ''fifty years'' have passed for Miyuki. As one might expect, she's thrown off by this and has no idea what a computer is, though she does appreciate how nice televisions have become.
* HeroicResolve:
** 50 years ago, she sings the song of the Minase Maiden to bail Haru (or more accurately, the young professor) out from the Kemonogami World in place of her soul being taken by the Master and her being stuck in the Kemonogami World with Renamon for around six thousand years worth of dilated time, showing that she's brave enough to sacrifice her self for the sake of other people. In the other hand, this act led to both of the Minase's Kemonogami to believe that the professor betrayed their trust to flee on his own and turns them into the deranged monsters they are now, though it gets better.
** In Part 8, she regains the missing part of her soul after returning to the Human World and theorizes that were she return to the Kemonogami World, she would be possessed again (a prediction that comes true as shown in Part 9). Despite the risks, Miyuki does not hesitate to return to the Kemonogami World, not wanting the Master or the Kenzoku to run amok when the barrier between her world and the Kemonogami's is solidified nor the other children to remain trapped in that world. Also, at the climax of the Truthful route, Renamon points out that this resolve is the main difference between Miyuki and Haruchika: when The Master robbed half of Miyuki's soul, Miyuki never stopped fighting from the inside and never gave up, while Haruchika gave in to hatred and revenge after being marked as a sacrifice.
* HeroicSacrifice: She attempts this 50 years ago in order to save Haru. She succeeded, at the cost of her soul and Renamon and Gabumon becoming borderline villains under the belief that Haru abandoned them.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: This is how she wound up in the Kemonogami world with her brother in the first place. She disobeyed her parent's rule that she was never to go anywhere near the shrine because she wanted to act like a child for once.
* KillTheCutie: She dies in the Wrathful and Harmonious routes, being absorbed by the Master and Boltboutamon respectively. She survives in Moral and Truthful.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Apparently Arukenimon's trick in Part 5 doesn't work on Miyuki at all. Despite having nobody to guide her and she's supposedly an EmptyShell, she's either still smart or sentient enough to tell the real Renamon from the fake, or the Haru-as-Renamon was with her all along. Compare to other girls who can't even tell their real partners from the fakes without Takuma's help.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://youtu.be/hLmfXo7U54A Kizuna]]", the credits theme for this game. There's also a version sung by Miyuki herself.
* NiceGirl: Miyuki's emotionless personality is the result of missing half of her soul; when we see her with her soul fully intact in Part 8 as she and Takuma temporarily return to the human world, she turns out to have a sweet personality. Indeed, her "kind heart" is explicitly why Renamon is so devoted to her, and also why Takuma is insistent on trying to get through to Miyuki when she's possessed by The Master instead of fighting him when he's still controlling her body.
* NotHerself: When being possessed by the Master, she acts as if she was the Master without any traces of herself, and the Master treats her body as if it were someone else's. Only the sovereign-holding children (who know Haruchika personally) or Renamon recognize that as the Master/Haruchika, while the rest of the cast, especially Kaito still treats her like she was still Miyuki, until the penultimate fight of the Truthful Route where they start referring to possessed Miyuki as Haruchika instead.
* PowersViaPossession: In Chapter 9, Miyuki, when possessed by the Master, summons lightning bolts to strike down Renamon when she tries to stop her.
* RecognitionFailure: Subverted. Even though her brother has become an old man since she last saw him and has been with "Haru" for possibly thousands of years in the Kemonogami World, she knows the Professor is Akiharu because he still has the same eyes he had when he was a child.
* RefugeInAudacity: In Part 8 amongst a crowd that Takuma can talk to in the real world is an old woman who comments that a girl of the famous Minase family vanished 50 years before and that Miyuki "looked like her". Nobody else really laid eyes on her despite Miyuki was ''that'' Minase girl. She even admits she doesn't know what a computer is in front of the same crowd and nobody really paid attention to it.
* TagalongKid: Like Haru, she joins the main cast once the main issue with the abandoned schoolhouse is dealt with. However, unlike the Prologue, their Kemonogami partners are no longer around to help. This only applies to Haru, or rather the Professor. Renamon has been by her side the whole time, posing as her brother.
* TimeAbyss: In Part 9 it's said that about 2 hours of time in the human world equals 10 days in the Kemonogami World. From Miyuki's perspective, she was in the Kemonogami World for ''6,000'' years. Despite she could freely go in and out of the other world if she can sing the Song of the Minase Maiden, her soul was stolen and she's rendered near-mute, so she can no longer escape on her own.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: A possibility depending on Route. She's easily one of the nicest and strong-willed members of the cast, as shown in the prologue, and she dies near the end of the Wrathful and Harmonious routes.
* VocalDissonance: When being possessed by the Master, in several points the possessed body speaks in ''his'' voice, a raspy, old man's voice.
* WalkingSpoiler: She is integral to the mysteries pertaining the Master, Haru and the mechanics of the other world, naturally making her of this trope.
* YamatoNadeshiko: You get the early hints of what she's like when she's not an EmotionlessGirl in the prologue and in Parts 7 and 8 when you see her with her soul back in full. She has a "touch of iron" to match her serene and kind-hearted nature. It also helps that she was raised to serve as the Minase family's next BarrierMaiden to keep the Kemonogami World from influencing the Human World.
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!! Ancient Japan '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)'''

[[folder:The Sovereign Children]]
!! Byakko Boy, Genbu Boy, Seiryu Boy, Suzaku Boy

During the UsefulNotes/KamakuraShogunate era, five children were sacrificed by Yukiha Minase, the acting priestess for the Kemonogami Rituals, to bond with the Sovereign monsters so they could bring peace to a war-torn Japan, turning four of them into the partners of Baihumon, Ebonwumon, Azulongmon and Zhuqiaomon respectively. The other child, Haruchika partnered with Fanglongmon was consumed with hate against his sister (the aforementioned priestess) and became the Master's consciousness, causing four of the other children to fight against him with the power of the four sovereigns. However, they stopped at the last moment because Haruchika is still their friend, and so they decide to chain themselves alongside their sovereign monsters under hidden shrines to weaken the Master's power.

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* AntiquatedLinguistics: Granted, considering they are really people hailing from centuries ago. It even goes Lampshaded by Miu when the group is tracking down the Suzaku Ghost, where she refers to them as "people who talk like they are really old".
* BigGood: Just like their Digimon Partners, they're the ones who ensure the Master is sealed within the other world.
* TheChosenOne: All of these young men are chosen by their clans to bring peace to a war-torn Kamakura Shogunate era through bonding with the resident {{Physical God}}s of the Kemonogami World.
* CreepyChild: The Suzaku Boy's ghost haunts the school on the night of Truthful Route's Part 12. Turns out he was trying to communicate with the group about Zuqhiaomon but can't.
* HumanSacrifice: All of them were thrown into the Kemonogami World centuries ago through a ritual conducted by Yukiha Minase.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: As Zhuqiaomon points out, choosing to seal Haruchika away away rather than killing him only let Haruchika continue to cause harm. This resulted in countless deaths over the years and the in-game conflict pertaining the most recent batch of victims.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: All four of them are now obviously dead, granted for being people from centuries ago. However, unlike the current human cast where their partners vanish if they die, the sovereign monsters remain even if the physical bodies of their human partners don't.
* PrecursorHero: They were all marked as sacrifices by Yukiha Minase in a bid to bring peace to Japan through the power of the sovereign beasts, and they also fought and sealed their former friend and prevented him from taking revenge for a long time.
* NoNameGiven: They are only referred to in dialogue as "[Sovereign] Ghost/Boy" and their real names are unknown.
* RecognitionFailure: Subverted -- near the end of the Truthful Route, they confront possessed Miyuki. Unlike most characters however, they recognize that as Haruchika himself rather than Miyuki (or the Master in case of Renamon). From that point on, the (living) human beings nearby all treat possessed Miyuki as Haruchika and not Miyuki herself.
* WrongContextMagic: The Sovereign Children are dead for centuries, but their Kemonogami partners remain alive rather than being killed alongside them. This also applies to Fanglongmon, who remains even when Haruchika was spirited away for real.

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[[folder:The Kemonogami priestess]]
!!Yukiha Minase
[[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yukiha_minase.jpg]]

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyokoShiraishi

A priestess who supervised Kemonogami HumanSacrifice rituals and an ancestor of the professor and Miyuki. She was the supervisor of a ritual that involved throwing five children into the other world to bond with sovereign monsters, but one of the children sacrificed, Haruchika, was her brother and he consumed himself with hatred under the belief that she rejected and abandoned him, and would later on become what we call "the Master". In reality, she didn't really abandon Haruchika, but came too late to check him up.

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* ChekhovsGunman: In one of the first few scenes of the game, Takuma investigates a mural depicting a priestess of sorts holding a ritual with a large dragon monster and a kneeling crowd. The priestess is ''not'' random, although you don't even know who she is until '''the TrueFinalBoss's HP is dropped to one-third'''.
* DimensionalTraveler: Her song has the ability to connect both the human and Kemonogami worlds, which was passed all the way to Miyuki. As a result, she can freely travel between both worlds if she wants to. Unfortunately she couldn't use it to meet Haruchika because of her work duties, causing him to degenerate into the world-wiping monstrosity he is now.
* FamilialBodySnatcher: Near the end of the TrueFinalBoss encounter, Yukiha possesses her late descendant Miyuki to communicate with Haruchika. Unlike Haruchika who leaves her body intact with a black aura when he possesses Miyuki, Yukiha takes on her own form.
* FamilyEyeResemblance: She, the professor and Miyuki share the same black eyes and white pupils. It's hard to see, but Haruchika also has similar eyes, hinting a connection.
* HighPriestess: She was one of the Kemonogami faith and is responsible for supervising the rituals where young men are thrown to the other world to appease the Kemonogami.
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Never shows up until Part 13 of the Truthful Route, which is the true final chapter of the game.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Her not being able to check up Haruchika despite being able of freely travelling to the other world is what leads to Haruchika and Fanglongmon turning into the Master and degenerating into a local, and potentially, worldwide threat.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's impossible to discuss her without revealing the game's greatest plot twist(s).

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! Monster allies
!!Partner Monsters
[[folder:As a whole]]
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In ''Survive'', they were not born from the internet, but rather always existed alongside humanity. People actually worship and conjure them back in fedual Japan through mystical rituals and {{Human Sacrifice}}s. Humans just weren't able to perceive them properly until technology advanced to where it is now in the modern day. This also plays into why they are called Kemonogami and not Digimon as they are not strictly digital beings. [[spoiler:At least not until the Moral and Truthful endings that they are called Digimon.]]
* CantLiveWithoutYou: If their human partner dies, they do too (and as shown in the Moral Route [[spoiler:they're only reborn as eggs in rare circumstances]]). [[spoiler:Kunemon always suffers this fate outside of the Truthful Route, and one of either Syakomon (in the Harmony Route) or Floramon (in the Wrathful Route) can suffer this fate too, as their partners are taken and killed by the Kenzoku. As shown with the Sovereigns in the Truthful route, however, a sufficiently powerful Kemonogami can allow both itself and their human partner's ghost to live on for hundreds of years.]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: A deliberate choice by the game's producer to give a spotlight to underrepresented Digimon species. Barring [[SeriesMascot Agumon]], [[Anime/DigimonDataSquad Falcomon]] ([[EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference albeit with a different design]]), [[Anime/DigimonTamers Renamon]], [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Gabumon]], and maybe [[Anime/DigimonTamers Lopmon]], all of them (and by extension, several of their evolutions) are Digimon who haven't particularly had a large presence in ''Digimon'' media, from the anime to the video games.
* EvilDetectingDog: They're able to sense the presence of malicious monsters, though even they aren't able to make-out where they are or how dangerous they are. In the case of Arukenimon or [[spoiler:Haru]], they can't detect them at all. [[spoiler:Not even when they're posing as humans.]]
* IChooseToStay: In the Moral route, Agumon and the other monsters [[spoiler:choose to remain in the Kemonogami World instead of leaving with Takuma and the others, believing the Human World isn't ready for their kind yet]].
* LiteralSplitPersonality: According to the [[spoiler:Four Sovereigns and their partners]], Partner Kemonogami are actually [[spoiler:an extra part of a human's soul manifested as a Digimon]].
* MeaningfulName: In ''Survive'', Digimon are called "Kemonogami", meaning Beast Gods. Considering they were actual spirits conjured in the distant past and their incredible powers (most notably in their Ultimate or Mega forms), the name is quite appropriate.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Par the course for most Digimon installments. They all love their human partners dearly and inexplicably feel compelled to support and follow them. Even if they are insulted or treated harshly. Although, their unconditional devotion can have limits...
* NotUsingTheZWord: In ''Survive'', Agumon and the others are not called Digimon, simply referred to as monsters, creatures, or "Kemonogami" as people in the region took to calling them. It is well-justified considering in here they are more like [[spoiler:supernatural beings worshiped as Gods by ancient people and their existence predates Feudal Japan. They only gain their proper name in the Moral and Truthful routes, either named as such by the Professor or the general public.]]
* RedemptionDemotion: Subverted. [[spoiler:After completing the Harmonious and Wrathful routes, Dracmon and Labramon can evolve into Boltboutamon and Plutomon respectively on NewGamePlus as alternate Mega evolutions. They also have the potential to be much stronger than their boss counterparts since their stats increase in conjunction with their Level Ups.]]
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Within their turns for battle, the partner Kemonogami are all able to attempt to converse with wild monsters during Free Battles. Doing so can either get the monster in question to join the party, get incensed and power themselves up, or run away from the battle altogether. And after any of that, one can still move, attack, use an item, Digivolve, etc.
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[[folder:Agumon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ChikaSakamoto
Takuma's partner. His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Baby / In-Training''': Koromon
* '''Child / Rookie''': Agumon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Greymon / Tuskmon / Tyrannomon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': [=MetalGreymon=] / Megadramon / Triceramon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': [=WarGreymon=] / Machinedramon / Dinorexmon / Fanglongmon
* '''Super-Ultimate''': Omegamon
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* AbsurdlySharpClaws: More pronounced than any other Agumon in Digimon media at present. In-game, his claws are notably longer than prior depictions and he often resorts to using them in his Rookie form for combat or situations that require slicing. At one point, he asks to see Takuma's phone, only for his partner to deny his request on account of Agumon potentially stabbing through the device. This trait is also the basis of his passive, aptly named Sharp Claws, which raises his base [=PHYS ATK=].
* AdaptationalHeroism: Not Agumon himself, but his virus evolutions (Tuskmon, Megadramon and Machinedramon) have often been depicted as villainous Digimon in past series (with Machinedramon famously being one of the [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Dark Masters]]), whereas here, not only are they depicted as heroic Digimon, but they also still retain Agumon's personality.
* AdaptedOut: Played with; although [=SkullGreymon=] can be recruited in a Free Battle, Agumon cannot evolve into [=SkullGreymon=] despite its popular portrayal as a Dark Evolution for Agumon and its associated evolutions.
* AirplaneArms: [=WarGreymon=] moves around by folding his hand backwards and running.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Omegamon might be Agumon's strongest evolution bar [[spoiler:Fanglongmon]] and he ''proves'' it by possessing incredible speed and movement range, Supreme Cannon, an ''insanely'' powerful long special attack enough to obliterate anything in a few hits, and impeccable bulk. Unfortunately, he [[spoiler:awakens this form only near the end of the Moral Route]] and you can only use it if you also have Gabumon deployed at the same time. In particular it's [[spoiler:looking ''specifically'' for the professor/Akiharu's Gabumon, which isn't even available in the Wrathful and Harmonious Routes and in both Truthful and subsequent Moral runs, won't join until the very end. You likely can't use it at all for most of your playthroughs.]] Supreme Cannon is also held back by its extreme SP cost of 100.
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' call him, his friends, or other Kemonogami "monsters." They are not monsters and he will correct you every time.
* BreakingOldTrends: ''Survive'' is the first instance of an Agumon being able to digivolve into Tuskmon, as well as the first partner Agumon that's able to digivolve into Tyrannomon.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The Wrathful Evolution line, tying into AdaptationalHeroism. Tuskmon, Megadramon and Machinedramon are some of the meanest and most violent monsters around, but since its Agumon evolving into said forms, they're only a threat to the monsters hounding Takuma and his friends.
* DishingOutDirt: His Triceramon form primarily inflicts earth-type damage. Tuskmon and Dinorexmon's basic attacks also inflict earth damage.
* TheDitz: Agumon is not the brightest of Digimon, but is always well-meaning and friendly. This quite often ends up with some variation of a statement about envying how happy-go-lucky he is, [[InsultBackfire him laughing bashfully about it]], and being told they're not complimenting him.
* ForcedSleep: Both Triceramon and Dinorexmon's attacks have a chance to inflict Sleep, the former via his signature move and the latter via his passive.
* FusionDance: He can become Omegamon by fusing with [[spoiler:the professor's]] Gabumon.
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Omegamon is a FusionDance between [=WarGreymon=] and [=MetalGarurumon=], but this game is unique that it takes this to the literal conclusion. You can't even use it here unless you have the ''partner versions'' of these monsters deployed at the same time.
* GlassCannon: PlayedWith. His Wrathful forms except Machinedramon are classified as Attack units, but there's nothing glassy about them. They're fairly bulky as far as Champions or Ultimates go.
* GoldColoredSuperiority: [[spoiler:As Fanglongmon after completing the Truthful route.]] Owing to its status as a [[spoiler:Digimon Sovereign, Fanglongmon]] is bar none Agumon's most powerful evolution. Its also a BraggingRightsReward, since it would only be useful in the Mugen Recollection battles.
* InsistentTerminology: While several of the partner Kemonogami will ask the children not to refer to them as "monsters," Agumon does it the most consistently. He, along with the others, never offer a correct alternative though aside from the species names themselves, as ''Survive'' does not use the term "Digimon."
* JackOfAllStats: Classified as an All-Rounder. This applies to his entire Moral line up to his Mega level.
* {{Knockback}}: Tuskmon's Slamming Tusk and Triceramon's Tri-Horn Attack have a chance to push the affected target by one tile.
* LongRangeFighter: His Machinedramon form is classified as Special.
* MasterOfAll: Both [[spoiler:Omegamon and Fanglongmon]] forms are classified as All-Powerful, the latter more so than the former, as he resists all elements, uses NonElemental attacks (and his signature move debuffs all stats of the affected by two ranks), {{No Sell}}s all status conditions and debuffs, and doesn't require [[spoiler:the professor's Gabumon]] to use.
* MightyGlacier: Machinedramon and Dinorexmon have absolutely pitiful movement ranges (And Machinedramon is fairly slow for a Mega), but they make it up for having hard-hitting Area-of-Effect attacks that cover multiple foes in huge areas. [=WarGreymon=], in the other hand outright ditches their drawbacks and is instead a flat-out LightningBruiser.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Agumon does this to ''himself'' when confronting [[spoiler:a fake Floramon that attacks Saki]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Fake Floramon''']]: "Augh! Your friends are here, too?!"\\
'''Agumon''': "And me too!"
* NoSell: As [=WarGreymon=], he is completely immune to the Sleep status. His [[spoiler:Fanglongmon]] form, meanwhile, prevents all {{Status Effect}}s and debuffs inflicted on him.
* PhraseCatcher: As noted above, Agumon is quite regularly subjected to the phrase "That wasn't a compliment".
* PlayingWithFire: Both his basic attack and Pepper Breath skill inflict fire damage. Most of his evolutions have fire-based attacks too, and some have passives that boost fire damage or resistance.
* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: Unlike the other Partner Kemonogami who have one or two alternate evolutions, Agumon has ''seven'' outside his Greymon evolution line, unlocking each form based on Takuma's karma. He's also the only Partner Kemonogami guaranteed to reach Mega level before any of the others do. As an extra bonus, he is also the ''only'' Partner Kemonogami who can [[spoiler:evolve into the Super-Ultimate level by DNA Evolving into Omegamon with Gabumon, and unlocks the similarly "All-Powerful" type Mega level Fanglongmon after finishing the Truthful route]].
* RegeneratingHealth: Triceramon's Robust Armor passive allows him to recover some HP at the start of his turn.
* SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: Of the gameplay variant. Agumon's Evolution line depends on Takuma's Karma. A Harmonious Takuma gives Agumon access to Tyrannomon, Triceramon, and Dinorexmon, whereas Wrath has Agumon evolve into Tuskmon, Megadramon, and Machinedramon. Moral Takuma allows Agumon to evolve into the classic line of Greymon, [=MetalGreymon=], and [=WarGreymon=]. It's also possible for Agumon to switch Evolution lines mid-story if Takuma's Karma changes as well.
* ShutUpHannibal: Agumon tells off enemies this way if they try to verbally break Takuma's spirit. [[spoiler:In the Moral Route, he also gives this to the Master, rebuking him by saying that the other world ''should'' be destroyed if the cost of preserving it is the deaths of countless children.]]
* SplitPersonalitySwitchTrigger: His standard form as Agumon is always the same lovable dimwit regardless of Takuma's personality, but the various evolutions he can become change his personality and are influenced by Takuma's karma. Each of these forms has unique voice lines and dialogue when Takuma uses the Talk command. A Harmonious, cooperation-minded Takuma for example produces Tyrannomon, a jolly BoisterousBruiser, while Tuskmon born from a Wrathful Takuma is much more aggressive and more of a BloodKnight.
* StoneWall: His Harmonious forms except Dinorexmon are classified as Defense units. Both of them even have the passives to match, with Tyrannomon's only boosting [=PHYS DEF=] and Triceramon's boosting both physical and special.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Takuma. While most monsters are usually this no matter the abuse slung their way, Agumon is by far the most devout to his partner and wants to ensure Takuma's safety no matter what.
* WouldRatherSuffer: [[spoiler:On the Moral route, the human children and their Kemonogami partners learn that the Master has been kidnapping and sacrificing human children out of a misguided belief that doing so is necessary to preserve the Kemonogami's world. Agumon says he'd rather have his world not exist if murdering children is the price of maintaining it.]]
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[[folder:Falcomon]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/survivefalcomon.png]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Hiromu Miyazaki
Minoru's partner. His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Falcomon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Diatrymon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Crowmon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Varodurumon / Zhuqiaomon
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* AntiquatedLinguistics: He has very old fashioned, knightly speech patterns. In fact, he talks very much like Hawkmon does from ''Digimon Adventure 02.''
* AttackAnimal: Feeling that he's being treated as one is an aspect of his eventual falling out with Minoru, as Falcomon is embittered that Minoru no longer considers him worthy of his trust and companionship but is still fine with relying on his strength for protection.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Falcomon's appearance here is likely to throw fans of ''[[Anime/DigimonDataSquad Data Squad]]'' for a loop since ''Survive'' uses his original appearance rather than his redesign in the former series, which, excluding this game, has otherwise entirely replaced the original design as the main design for the species. This also applies to his Ultimate form, Crowmon, who also uses its original design rather than the redesign from ''Data Squad''.
* FragileSpeedster: For the first several chapters (if not the entire game), he'll most likely be the fastest one on the field when in battle; his speed only increases with evolution. He's also able to cover a great distance with that speed, given his amount of movement spaces and verticality. That said, he can't takes hits nearly as well as say, Agumon or Labramon.
* ItsNotYouItsMe: During his BreakUpMakeUpScenario with Minoru in Part 6, he declares his intent to leave his partner in spite of Minoru's profuse apologies. But when Minoru becomes downtrodden believing that Falcomon was unwilling to forgive him, he denies the claim. [[spoiler:It later comes to light that the real reason Falcomon wanted to get away from Minoru was because witnessing what happened to Shuuji and Lopmon shook his faith in himself as much as any of the children, and the thought of turning into a beast and harming the person most precious to him was too much to bear.]] This is more or less the same in [[spoiler:the Truthful Route, though there Falcomon is also somewhat pissed that Minoru thought the fake version of him was more convincing]].
* TheLancer: Whenever the monsters converse among themselves, Falcomon tends to take this position to Agumon's TheLeader, offering the pragmatic and sensible viewpoint to Agumon's cheerful optimism; Shuuji even sees him and Agumon as the strongest combatants in the party.
* OddCouple: Falcomon is extremely serious and straight laced, which is almost the polar opposite to his goofball partner.
* ToothyBird: And they're big canines at that. They're also evident in most of his evolutions.
* WingsDoNothing: Unlike the more famous ninja-theme redesign, this version of Falcomon is flightless. According to his data entry however, he is capable of gliding.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: While he'll hassle Minoru day and night for his goofing around, he stops Minoru's self-deprecation and claims that he doesn't have what it takes to be anyone's hero in its tracks every time; and reaffirms that he can see the real courage Minoru possesses to keep trying even when he stumbles.
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[[folder:Labramon]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/survivelabramon.png]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YukiyoFujii
Aoi's partner. Her evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Labramon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Dobermon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Cerberusmon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Plutomon / Anubismon / Baihumon
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Applies to her Ultimate level, Cerberusmon, who is often an evil minion in most media, such as ''Frontier'' and ''Adventure:''.
* BishonenLine: Her Rookie, Champion, and Ultimate are all progressively more demonic looking {{Hellhound}}s. However, her final form, Anubismon, is much more humanoid. [[spoiler:As is Plutomon]]. Inverted, however, [[spoiler:on the Truthful Route, as Baihumon is both a giant white tiger and also her most powerful form.]]
* CombatMedic: While monsters can equip healing techniques to use, special mention goes to Labramon as she can naturally heal others with Cure Liqueur in battle (notably, before the first Cure skill can be obtained.)
* DarkIsNotEvil: Dobermon and Cerberusmon, despite clear {{Hellhound}} inspirations in their design and dark attribute attacks, are purely good Vaccine type monsters brought forth by Aoi's desire for the power to protect everyone or destroy their enemies before they can even attempt to bring harm to others respectively. [[spoiler:This extends to Plutomon once it becomes available for Labramon to evolve into on NewGamePlus.]]
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Part 1 has her suffering from an injury she received while defending Aoi prior to reaching the school. This prompts the kids to find first aid with which to heal her with, despite Labramon being able to heal herself and others in combat with her signature technique Cure Liqueur.
* GenderFlip: [[spoiler:Every previous version of Baihumon and Plutomon has been male, but Labramon as those two are female.]]
* GoodCounterpart: Her Mega Evolution form Anubismon is this to [[spoiler:Plutomon, her Dark Evolution]]. Both forms represent Aoi's desire to protect her friends at all cost, but unlike [[spoiler:Plutomon]], Anubismon is derived from Aoi's positive feelings.
* HeroicDog: A canine Digimon, who is also partnered to one of the protagonists.
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:On the Turthful Route, she becomes the second Baihumon after being empowered by the previous one.]]
* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: Cerberusmon's Hell's Watchdog ability not only negates the game's positional bonuses for attacking from the sides or back against her, but allows her to occasionally guard even after attacking or using items which are normally mutually exclusive actions.
* NobodyTouchesTheHair: She isn't a fan of having her tail touched or petted; she even gives ''Aoi'' of all people a reluctant time before eventually agreeing to her request to do.
* PantheraAwesome: [[spoiler:On the Truthful Route, she gains the ability to become Baihumon, the White Tiger Sovereign.]]
* PowerGivesYouWings: When she reaches her Mega form Anubismon, she gains a pair of huge wings and the ability to fly.
* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Her usual voice is high-pitched and cutesy, but changes to this as Cerberusmon, Anubimon, [[spoiler:and Baihumon]].
* SorryToInterrupt: [[spoiler:In a late game cutscene, Labramon walks over on Takuma and Aoi having a bit of a tender moment and gives a bit of a playful tease upon seeing the two blushing, but does apologize about it.]]
* TechnicolorFire: Cerberusmon's Mad Dog Fire attack produces a cone of bright green fire.
* YesMan: Her lips are firmly glued to Aoi's butt, and anytime Aoi offers an opinion you can expect Labramon to chime in about how smart and correct she is. [[spoiler:As the Kemonogami are reflections of their human partners, Labramon's cheerleader nature may be indicative of Aoi's own desire to have more self-confidence, as this trait wanes after Aoi has to step into a leadership role and builds that confidence.]]
* YinYangBomb: Her Mega Anubismon has the power of both light and darkness with an ability that boosts the power of them both.
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[[folder:Lopmon (Unmarked Spoilers)]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/NaomiOzora
Shuuji's partner. His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Lopmon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Wendigomon / Turuiemon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Antylamon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Cherubimon
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* AdaptationalBadass: Wendigomon isn't a slouch, but in the movie, it's barely outmatched by both Flamedramon and Gargomon, before retreating. Here, upon dark evolving, Wendigomon single handedly defeats [=MegaSeadramon=] in one hit, despite being a Level lower than the latter, something the rest of the group has trouble dealing, as their partners were still Champions at that point.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In ''Adventure 02'', Wendigomon was an enemy and a very dangerous one for the Digidestined. On the Truthful route, Lopmon can evolve into Wendigomon with zero repercussions and is fully on Shuuji's side.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Cherubibmon's Heaven's Judgement summons a bolt of holy lightning from the sky on enemies with a good chance of inflicting confusion.
* BreakingOldTrends: Cherubimon's major past appearances have had him be a major villain and be restricted to his Vice form, and no heroic version has ever actually gotten past Ultimate. Lopmon as Cherubimon is both strictly heroic and uses the Virtue form instead.
* TheDogBitesBack: Things between Lopmon and Shuuji finally reach a head at the climax of Part 5. Between Shuuji's issues and abuse towards him, Lopmon undergoes a Dark Evolution and turns into Wendigomon, wiping the floor with [=MegaSeadramon=] before proceeding to horrifically eat Shuuji alive.
* FightingFromTheInside: Lopmon and Shuuji are still quite aware of themselves underneath Wendigomon, all of their dialog while being attributed in textboxes to Wendigomon displays Lopmon's portrait and Agumon and Takuma attribute it to Lopmon and Shuuji respectively. [[AndIMustScream Unfortunately, aside from begging for help and death they are unable to assert any control]].
-->'''Wendigomon''': IT HURRRTS...I'M SCAAARED...I DON'T WANNA DO THIIIS...\\
'''Wendigomon''': WHAT'S...WRONG WITH ME? WHAT SHOULD I HAVE DONE...?\\
'''Wendigomon''': I DON'T HAVE...ANY RIGHT TO LIVE. I SHOULD JUST DISAPPEAR...
* FragileFlower: Poor Lopmon is always on the verge of tears; as a species, Lopmon are prone to crying. Then the interactions he has with Shuuji, particularly his nasty verbal and eventual physical abuse, certainly do not help. In the Truthful route, he grows out of this with Shuuji's own change of heart, becoming more willing to speak up.
* FusionDance: After eating Shuuji, Wendigomon's speech is apparently coming not from it but both Lopmon and Shuuji as one within it.
* GoneHorriblyRight: At the apex of his mental and emotional breakdown, and after lamenting for several chapters how weak Lopmon is compared to Agumon or Falcomon, Shuuji resorts to physically beating and verbally berating him to force him to evolve. Technically, it does work. Lopmon undergoes a Dark Evolution into Wendigomon. This allows him to easily one-shot [=MegaSeadramon=], who had been giving the party a hard time. But immediately afterwards, he targets Shuuji and proceeds to viciously eat him alive.
* LightIsGood: His final form, Cherubimon, is a holy beast Digimon, and he is fully on the side of Shuuji and the othe kids when it is unlocked. He notably uses his white colored Virtue form rather than the dark purple Vice form previous Cherubimon have used.
* LiteralMetaphor: The partner Kemonogami serve as reflections of their human partner's hearts, and Shuuji's abusive behavior toward Lopmon is a metaphorical depiction of his own self loathing which culminates in self harm.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: As Cherubimon Virtue, he's one of the Three Celestial Digimon/Three Archangels. In this case, he's a giant holy rabbit that embodies wisdom.
* RedemptionDemotion: Wendigomon suffers this in the Truthful route. While his stats might grow to be higher than his form as a boss by levelling up or using stat items, he's only a Champion level Digimon, so he'll be replaced by his higher natural forms by that point. Averted for Lopmon as a whole, as the he gets ''far'' more powerful in the Truthful route than he ever did in the Routes were he Dark Digivolves and becomes an antagonist.
* TheLoad: Shuuji sees Lopmon, and by extension himself, this way and becomes increasingly frustrated by the duo's inability to contribute in battle like the others.
* NoSell: Cherubimon is immune to the Sealed status condition completely.
* ShrinkingViolet: He has a timid and insecure nature, as even when he's interacting with Takuma alone he's still very nervous and shy. In the Truthful route, he grows out of it and becomes more confident due to Shuuji's own change of heart.
* TookALevelInBadass: In the Truthful route, Shuuji has a change of heart and properly bonds with Lopmon, resulting in him not only naturally reaching his Champion form, but able to reach his Ultimate and Megas.
* TookALevelInCheerfulness: In the Truthful route, Lopmon's personality becomes less timid and more outspoken and confident, reflecting Shuuji's own change of heart concerning their partnership.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's impossible to talk about Lopmon without either mentioning the nightmarish torture he has to endure in Part 5 or his involvement in the Truthful Route.
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[[folder:Floramon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ShinoShimoji
Saki's partner. Her evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Floramon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Vegiemon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Blossomon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Ceresmon Medium / Ebonwumon
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* AdaptationalBadass: Ceresmon Medium is supposedly a non-combatant form of the free Ceresmon. Here, she's fully capable of fighting on her own and is a wholly different beast compared to her free form.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Her Champion level evolution, Vegiemon, is usually used as a fodder baddie of the week in other Digimon media. Further still in the original v-pets Vegiemon was actually a failure evolution that the player got for taking poor care of their Digimon, alongside the likes of Numemon and Sukamon. The same also goes for her Ultimate level Blossomon, who is often a MonsterOfTheWeek in most media.
* BishonenLine: Starting as a fairly cute humanoid flower, she becomes distinctly [[GonkyFemme unattractive]] and [[BotanicalAbomination monstrous]] in her Champion and Ultimate forms. Her Ceresmon Medium Mega form is a beautiful almost completely human looking woman falling in line with the sort of transformation Saki had hoped for earlier to the point Floramon's partner starts ogling her when given the chance. Inverted on the[[spoiler:Truthful Route, when she gains Ebonwumon, a giant two headed turtle with a tree on its back, as an alternate Mega, which is also her strongest form.]]
* BotanicalAbomination: Blossomon is basically a flower hydra, with all of its smaller "heads" being little more than a flowers with a mouth lined with razor sharp teeth. The main head is only slightly better as it has an actual, [[FaceOfAThug rather unfriendly looking]], face.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Downplayed, but in the early parts of the game, Saki clearly prefers Lopmon which makes Floramon very jealous and clingy of her until their group makes it too the school.
* CombatMedic: After reaching her Mega form, she replaces Labramon as the group healer with a more offensive slant. Ceresmon Medium's passive ability renders her immune to all status abnormalities while also encouraging equipping her with healing skills like Aura, as it makes them restore not only HP but SP as well to keep the team from needing to drop back to their Rookie state. Her unique attack, Karpos Hule, poisons enemies while draining HP to sustain herself.
* DungFu: Vegiemon's Poop Toss attack.
* GenderFlip: [[spoiler:Ebonwumon is traditionally male, but Floramon can become Ebonwumon on the Truthful Route, making her the first time Ebonwumon has been a Mega.]]
* GonkyFemme: Her Champion level is ''Vegiemon,'' an otherwise unflattering looking plant monster with a gnarly mouth and a veiny bottom; this is in stark contrast to other plant-based evolutions often seen with the likes of Palmon or Lalamon. To top it all off, her signature attack explicitly involves throwing ''poop'' at her opponents.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: She makes its quite clear that her priority is ''Saki'' after she formally joins the group, which notably goes against the collective mentality the children and their partners had up until that point. Anything or anyone else can wait. She does get better and more considerate of her peers as the story goes on, though.
* OlympusMons: As Ceresmon Medium, who for extra points is a member of the Olympos XII, the Illiad server's Royal Knight equivalent who are based on the Greek and Roman gods. [[spoiler:She also becomes Ebonwumon on the Truthful Route, one of the four Sovereigns based off TheFourGods.]]
* PowerUpLetdown: InUniverse. Blossomon is this of the cosmetic variety for Saki. The power is definitely welcome, but she was really hoping for something cute, or at the very least not creepy, after getting Vegiemon. While slightly better than Vegiemon, no poop is involved after all, Blossomon is [[BlatantLies still just barely outside her expectations]].
* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: Floramon is the only Kemonogami in the game who can evolve into Ceresmon Medium, i.e. Ceresmon's "core". Others like Palmon can only evolve into the Digimon's "body".
* RuleOfSymbolism: Vegiemon being her Adult stage reflects Saki's fear of not living till adulthood - as Vegiemon is a sickly form of [[PaletteSwap Red Vegimon]] (said to be the true form of the species) that didn't reach full maturity.
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[[folder:Kunemon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RyoheiArai
Ryo's partner. His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Kunemon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Flymon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': [=JewelBeemon=]
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': [=BanchoStingmon=]
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Both Kunemon and his Champion evolution Flymon, who are often evil minions in most Digimon media.
* BishonenLine: He starts as a giant caterpillar before evolving into a giant wasp. His Ultimate and Mega evolutions meanwhile are humanoid insects [=JewelBeemon=] and [=BanchoStingmon=] respectively.
* BlushSticker: When praised or having something good said about it; sometimes Kunemon will visably blush.
* DivingSave: [[spoiler:In a NewGamePlus run, if Takuma has raised Ryo's affinity enough Kunemon will make it to the valley in time to tackle Ryo before he's taken by the fog, snapping him out of his funk, saving his life and earning some gratitude on Ryo's part for the first time.]]
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: He's the only partner monster that can't speak, but he can make animal sounds that Agumon can sometimes translate for the humans. [[spoiler:This continues as Flymon, but it's averted come [=JewelBeemon=] onwards who can talk. Ryo gets frustrated when the evolution wears off by the time Takuma arrives and he can't prove it. During part 5, Ryo could tell his real Kunemon apart from the impostors since he could only understand him while the rest are unintelligible.]]
* LiteralMetaphor: [[spoiler:Because Kemonogami partners reflect their human partner's heart, Kunemon's inability to be understood and his determination to reach his human partner that constantly rejects him reflects Ryo's own struggles with communicating meaningfully with others. Fittingly, both [=JewelBeemon=] and [=BanchoStingmon=] are able to talk, but he's only able to evolve in the Truthful route where Ryo is able to bond with both Kunemon and the others.]]
* MagikarpPower: Kunemon is difficult to use in the first playthrough largely because his low movement range means he will be struggling to even reach the action before the rest of the party cleans house, on top of lack of access to the Talk command or Evolution. [[spoiler:Come NewGamePlus he will need some grinding to catch up to the other partners, but his new flight movement and Ryo's powerful Talk buffs can turn him into a wrecking ball.]]
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Despite Ryo's neglect, Kunemon never gives up on trying to reach out to him. After [[spoiler:Ryo's death and Kunemon's subsequent vanishing]] talking to Falcomon during the next free time will gain you what was meant to a gift from Kunemon to Ryo.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Because of his inability to speak normally with only Agumon and Ryo capable of understanding him, Kunemon lacks the amount of characterization and traits the other partners show off [[spoiler:and ultimately vanishes at the end of Part 3 after Ryo dies. This is averted in the Truthful route, where Kunemon's character is explored since Ryo is still around and is more open to both his partner and the others]].
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[[folder:Dracmon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Cota Nemoto
Kaito's partner. His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Dracmon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Sangloupmon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Myotismon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Beelzemon / Boltboutamon
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Applies to the entire line as a whole.
** A Dracmon in ''[[Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersWhoLeaptThroughTime Xros Wars Hunter Boys]]'' was used by a rival character instead of one of the heroes while in ''[[Anime/DigimonGhostGame Ghost Game]]'' another was a MonsterOfTheWeek who pulled an ISurrenderSuckers before being [[spoiler:brought BackForTheDead.]]
** Sangloupmon, his Adult level evolution, acted as CoDragons with Matadormon to Myotismon in ''[[Anime/DigimonGhostGame Ghost Game]]''. Here, Dracmon can Digivolve to Sangloupmon from the start when he and Kaito join the party.
** His Ultimate level evolution, Myotismon, features in previous Digimon works as a major ArcVillain in ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure Adventure]]'', the FinalBoss of ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 02]]'' and a MonsterOfTheWeek in ''[[Anime/DigimonGhostGame Ghost Game]]'' planning to raise a an army of vampires and rule the human world. Here, he's presented as the triumphant result of Kaito's inner growth.
** His Mega Evolution, Beelzemon, came about in ''[[Anime/DigimonTamers Tamers]]'' when [[spoiler:[[HarmlessVillain Impmon]], made a BargainWithHeaven and became DrunkOnTheDarkSide, culminating in the death of Leomon before beaten by Gallantmon and becoming TheAtoner later on]] (said role was interestingly [[spoiler:shifted to ''Renamon'' in this game, whose free versions can also evolve into the Leomon line).]] Here, Beelzemon is on the heroes side from the get go, being a result of Kaito wanting to have the power to protect everything that his sister cherishes.
* AdaptedOut: His traditional Ultimate and Mega-level forms Matadormon and [=GrandDracumon=] are not featured in ''Survive'', with the latter being replaced by [[spoiler:Boltboutamon]] as an alternate Mega evolution.
* BadassBoast: After evolving into Beelzemon, he tells his opponents to understand that there's no chance of them winning. As [[spoiler:Boltboutamon]], he tells them to get ready for their defeat.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He's an imp-themed monster who uses techniques such as "Eye of Nightmares" and whose type is known for pulling pranks, but this one is genuinely on Kaito's side and eager to help. This also applies to his Ultimate and Mega evolutions, both of whom were antagonists in their home series ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure Adventure]]'' and ''[[Anime/DigimonTamers Tamers]]'' respectively.
* DeathOfPersonality: [[spoiler:Kaito is told his fusion with Piedmon will still have Dracmon in the driver's seat, but once the others manage to talk some sense into him the Piedmon persona forcibly takes the wheel to continue where Kaito was about to leave off, revealing that Kaito's powerful hatred was the only thing allowing Dracmon to have any influence on the body.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep: Downplayed. [[spoiler:When Boltboutamon is unlocked as a proper evolution for Dracmon after completing the Harmonious route, Dracmon as Boltboutamon's voice drops a few octaves, sounding more menacing in contrast to Beelzemon who retains Dracmon's cheery tone. Justified as Boltboutamon, in contrast to Beelzemon, was born from Kaito's wrath after losing Miu to the fog.]]
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: His eyes are located on his hands. As other members of his species have demonstrated in other Digimon series, they're also detachable and he can regrow them.
* FusionDance: [[spoiler:In the Harmonious route, a grief-driven Kaito desires the power to destroy the alternate world and orders Dracmon to fuse with Piedmon, resulting in Boltboutamon.]]
* GoodCounterpart: His Mega evolution Beelzemon is this to [[spoiler:his alternate Mega form Boltboutamon. Whereas Boltboutamon is the result of Kaito's rage at the Kemonogami and Human World for robbing Miu of her life and happiness respectively,]] Beelzemon is the result of Kaito wanting the power to protect everything his sister cherishes.
* TheLancer: Serves as one within his partnership with Kaito. Dracmon is cunning, collected and knows how to read people, perfectly covering all of the HotBlooded Kaito's weaknesses.
* MythologyGag: His alternate Mega Evolution Boltboutamon's description in the Library section states it was created as a result of [[spoiler:Myotismon absorbing Piedmon into itself and the former evolving as a result]], referencing its debut in ''VideoGame/DigimonWorldNextOrder''.
* NoodleIncident: He joins the party already able to evolve to his Champion stage (a feat that usually requires some kind of explicit connection between the children and their partners), with no indication of how he and Kaito achieved said power.
* PreSacrificeFinalGoodbye: [[spoiler:He's shrewd enough to not buy Piedmon's claims that he will be the one in control of their fusion, and takes a moment to say goodbye to Kaito in his own way beforehand.]]
-->'''Dracmon''': "Hey, Kaito... we were like brothers, yeah?"\\
'''Kaito''': "...Yeah."
* UndyingLoyalty: Like Agumon, he's incredibly loyal to Kaito despite what their banter says otherwise. [[spoiler:It's deconstructed in that Dracmon is so loyal he only half-heartedly tries to stop Kaito during his downward spiral in the Harmonious route and barely puts up any resistance to Kaito ordering him to fuse with Piedmon despite warning Kaito not to trust the evil monster.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Kaito smack talk each other more than any other pair, which Takuma inwardly worries early on is another instance of the partnerships within the group turning sour. But its quickly established that this is just how the two express themselves and both see it as friendly banter.
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[[folder:Syakomon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Asami Takano
Miu's partner. Her evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Syakomon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Shellmon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Mermaimon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': [=MarinAngemon=] / Azulongmon
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* BadassAdorable: As Syakomon, she's Ugly Cute as far as Miu is concerned. As [=MarineAngemon=], she's a Mega-level monster that can kick serious ass and is utterly adorable.
* BishonenLine: DoubleSubverted. She goes from the unseemly and monstrous Shellmon to the humanoid and pretty Mermaimon, complete with [[JigglePhysics Jiggle Physics upon evolution.]] Then Merimaimon evolves...into the cute, blob-like sea angel fairy [=MarineAngemon=] [[spoiler:or the giant eastern dragon Azulongmon]].
* BrutalHonesty: Contrasting Miu, who tends to have a hard time coming forward with her true feelings and wraps herself up in protective layers of creepy occult girl acts, Syakomon is straightforward and blunt to a fault.
* FriendlyPirate: Her Ultimate form, Mermaimon, is a pirate-themed mermaid siren. She even attacks with an anchor.
* GenderFlip: [[spoiler:Azulongmon has always been male, but Syakomon gains Azulongmon as an alternate Mega on the Truthful Route, making her the first one to be female.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: According to her and Miu, [[spoiler:she was the reason Miu was able to escape Arukenimon's clutches after Kaito briefly left her alone to scout out the cause of the nearby giant footsteps. Considering how she couldn't Digivolve to Shellmon at that time either, and how dreaded Arukenimon is as an opponent, Takuma can't help but be impressed at the revelation]].
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: As [=MarineAngemon=], Syakomon can only speak in chirps. Miu can't understand her while she's in that form, but Dracmon can and translates for her.
* LiteralMetaphor: Upon becoming Mermaimon for the first time, she points out herself that her new form represents the strength of heart Miu has gained to come out of her shell.
* PerplexingPearlProduction: Her '''Black Pearl''' attack is this.
* PowerUpLetdown: Mermaimon's stats dramatically favor SP ATK, yet, unlike her previous forms, she has only physical attacks by default. This requires the use of her equipment slots for magical attacks instead of further stat boosts or improved resistances. To add insult to injury, her PHYS ATK stat is barely any higher than Shellmon's and her HP and PHYS DEF stats are actually ''lower'' while still costing more SP to maintain the form. The largest natural advantage she has over Shellmon is in her flying movement type, allowing her to cross gaps that would otherwise need to be moved around. As a trade-off though, this makes Mermaimon an excellent user of elemental skill items -- which often are {{Status Infliction Attack}}s.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Both her official American (Syakomon) and Japanese (Shakomon) names are acceptable romanizations of シャコモン.
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[[folder:The Ninth Partner ('''UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MasamiSuzuki
Renamon, Miyuki's partner. After the events of the prologue, she is strangely nowhere to be found alongside Gabumon. In reality, she's been posing as "Haru" to provide Miyuki some form of emotional stability after the latter's soul was taken from her. She's very cold and aggressive even in her Haru guise, and will reach great heights for Miyuki's sake.

Her evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Renamon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Kyubimon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Taomon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Sakuyamon
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* AdaptationalJerkass: The Renamon from ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' might be an aloof and battle-hardy individual like her, but she's firmly on the side of good. This one is more on the morally gray end of the spectrum and acts more like Beelzemon from the same anime and has no qualms attempting to kill the kids to save Miyuki.
* AmbiguousGender: The game can vary on what pronouns characters use for Renamon given how often she chooses to present as the masculine Haru even after the reveal, and Renamon are most commonly presented as female anyway, particularly when they evolve into [[LadyOfWar Sakuyamon]].
* BackFromTheDead: She dies from her injuries in the Moral route, but thanks to Miyuki's strong emotions, she's reincarnated as an egg. In Part 12, Miyuki's emotions once again come through for her and returns.
* BadassAndChildDuo: Renamon is the Badass and Miyuki is the Child here, having protected the latter from hostile monsters at least six thousand years. It tells when she joins the party, Renamon has all of her forms available on default.
* BecomingTheMask: Downplayed. She's been using Haru's form so long that she feels more comfortable appearing as him than herself at times, but more notably in Japanese you hear that she's taken to calling Miyuki "Onee-san" or "big sister" like Haru would even when she drops the illusion, rather than just using her partner's given name.
* BerserkButton:
** Do not try to hurt Miyuki or nab her away. Just don't unless you want to sign your death warrant. Trying to reason with her over her attempts to save Miyuki isn't a good idea, either. She'll get incredibly pissed off.
** It doesn't piss her off as much as when someone gets in her way on saving Miyuki, but in her Haru guise she still doesn't like it when someone treats her like a defenseless kid.
* ClingyJealousGirl: A lot of Renamon's interaction with the party boils down to this, especially when it comes to the Professor. She hates the Professor, actually an older Akiharu Minase, for "abandoning" Miyuki and thinks she's more qualified to be with her because she spent god knows how many years with her partner in the other world acting as a sort of socio-emotional support.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The Taomon boss fought at the end of each route's Part 10 is significantly stronger than the ones roaming in Free or Shadow Battles, or yours if you have one. She hits around as hard as Piedmon on default and has heightened resistances so she will take way more hits than usual to beat.
* DealWithTheDevil: An example where it's both this and a BargainWithHeaven, considering [[DragonsAreDivine what the Master was]]. She strikes a bargain with The Master at Part 10's beginning out of desperation, where she would provide the remaining children as sacrifices in exchange for Miyuki's freedom. She later learns that the Master never had any intention of fulfilling his end of the deal after the group talks her down.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: She's available after you defeat her in the penultimate hostile encounter in each Part 10. She doesn't join you against Ebonwumon in the Truthful Route, though.
* EasilyForgiven: Zigzagged. Aside from a minor outburst from Kaito regarding clarification on one of Renamon's actions, no one ultimately holds any animosity towards her for all her prior behavior - namely trying to kill the group several times over by taking them in as sacrifices for The Master. Even the emotional and mental trauma she inflicted on an already unstable Aoi is let go, though she does repeatedly apologize for it. In the Harmony Route, however, Kaito refuses to consider forgiving her since Renamon unintentionally button-mashed his BerserkButton harsher than she intended to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere and he leaves the party out of disgust]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even if Renamon intended to weaken the children with horrible illusions for the sake of getting Miyuki back by showing their worst fears, even she herself thought it was too overboard when she made some already unstable and grief-ridden people into pitiless monsters in the Wrathful and Harmonious Routes.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Her line has a heavy ReligiousBruiser and Onmyōdō motive and her final form is Sakuyamon, a priestess monster who excorcises evil. Her free form, Sakuyamon: Miko Mode is also a literal {{Miko}} who specializes in exorcising evil spirits. In the Truthful Route, it's revealed Miyuki descended from an ''actual'' priestess of the Kemonogami faith, whose soul is the one who finally excorcises the Master out from his deep hatred.
* FoulFox: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She's cold and hostile to anyone bar Miyuki, but it's in Part 10 that she pulls off a FaceHeelTurn and becomes the ArcVillain for that chapter. Her methods of trying to lure the kids to their deaths aren't pleasant either, especially in the Truthful Route where she cuts out all the psychological torture and goes straight into trying to kill the professor. She however, does pull off a genuine HeelFaceTurn after that, and is genuinely horrified when Aoi or Kaito degenerate into insane monsters because of her actions.
* GoneHorriblyRight: In the Harmonious version of Chapter 10, Renamon in her Haru guise baits Kaito into the Library under the premise of making him stronger so he could exact revenge against the Master. It's a lie and she wants to weaken his spirit so he can be used as a sacrifice to get Miyuki's body back, but because of her, Kaito sacrifices Dracumon to Piedmon to create Boltboutamon, a monstrosity capable of exacting the revenge he wanted, something that Kaito himself lampshaded. It's all fun and games until Piedmon takes over, kills Kaito, the Minases and by extension Renamon herself. Make him stronger, all right...
* GreenEyedMonster: She's floored and dismayed by the fact that Miyuki reacted to the Professor's words and not hers while being possessed by the Master, increasing her already intense animosity towards him.
* HeroicSacrifice: On the Moral route, Renamon jumps in front of the Professor to take a blow from the Master-possessed Miyuki. This results in Renamon's death, but Miyuki's strong emotions at Renamon's death are what finally free her from The Master's possession for good. Then, Renamon's "light" combines with Miyuki's tears to form an egg, allowing Renamon to return right after the next cutscene.
* HughMann: Downplayed. She dons her Haru disguise for most of the time, but it's clear that no matter what she doesn't try to hide her real personality, a cold and aloof fighter who only opens up to Miyuki. Takuma and Minoru first encounter with "Haru" has "him" turning into some gastly figure to freak them out, and at certain intervals she even outright shows up in her true form before showing up somewhere else in her Haru guise. Yet, everyone ''still'' believes that she was some innocent kid before the hostile encounter of Chapter 10.
* {{Irony}}: In ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', Beelzemon (the Mega form of Kaito's partner) did a BargainWithHeaven and went into a PowerHigh that results in Leomon killed and his Tamer Jeri traumatized until the series finale. In the Harmonious Route, Renamon ends Kaito's sanity and turns him into an insane monster that has to be put down. Her free variant can also evolve into monsters of the Leomon line.
* LightEmUp: Her attacks as Renamon and Sakuyamon are light attacks. Given your only other reliable Light partner, Lopmon-as-Cherubimon is not even available out of the Truthful Route (and will be destroyed in all other outcomes), she's likely your most reliable light damage source if you're not keen on recruiting Free Monsters or equipping your party members with skills.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: She disguises herself as an illusion of Haru to act as this for Miyuki in order to provide her socio-emotional support.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Renamon's desire to protect Miyuki at all costs puts her at odds with the Professor and the other children at times. In Part 10, she briefly defects to the Master's side for Miyuki's sake.
* MasterOfIllusion: And ''how.'' For nearly fifty human years, she maintained an illusion of a young Haru for the socio-emotional benefits of her mentally fractured partner Miyuki. She's also capable of weaponizing the ability, given the harsh illusions she subjected the party to during the events of Part 10.
* MoralityPet: She's cold or hostile to pretty much anyone else, but Miyuki is the only person Renamon is consistently nice to, up until the endgame where she opens up to the rest of the party as well.
* MyNameIsQuestionMarks: In the Prologue, before the Kemonogami are properly introduced, her dialogue portrait and battle sprite are shadowed out and her name is replaced with "???". Her name is also "???" when Takuma and Agumon first meet her out of her disguise in Chapter 5.
* OddCouple: Miyuki is a very kind and sweet girl with a touch of iron under her, yet her partner Renamon is a morally grey and hardened monster who has no qualms flat-out backstabbing others for Miyuki's well-being.
* PetTheDog:
** As Haru, she was largely indifferent to the children in the beginning chapters, especially to Ryo. However, she does deign to save him from falling to his death at the climax of Part 3; while he still sustains injuries, her actions prevent the incident from being fatal.
** Renamon makes it a point to apologize profusely for everything she put Aoi through in Part 10 during the Wrathful Route since Aoi was steadily growing unstable at that point.
* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: Downplayed. Renamon is the SixthRanger that sticks for one or two chapters before being killed off before the final battle in the Wrathful and Harmonious routes, but her Mega Evolution Sakuyamon is much stronger and more combat-oriented than the Sakuyamon her Free counterpart evolves into. Justified in that according to [=Free!Sakuyamon=]'s description, she's in Maid Mode, which as a Miko/Shrine Maiden is support-oriented and focuses more on exorcising evil than actively engaging in combat.
* RecognitionFailure: Subverted. Renamon is the only being around who treats possessed Miyuki as the Master instead of Miyuki herself. This is unlike other characters who treats her as Miyuki and pleads her to return to her senses, even if the Master sometimes flat-out tells them that he has taken control of her body while possessing her.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After Miyuki is kidnapped by Arukenimon in Part 7, "Haru" yells at the kids and Professor for their failure to protect her before running off ahead of them. When they catch up, Renamon has killed enough Dokugumon standing between her and Arukenimon that everyone's phone cameras detect glitches nearly everywhere.
* SixthRanger: Following the events of Part 10, she officially joins the group in an explicit capacity and on friendly terms; as such, players can use her in battle and Digivolve her at will. In Wrathful and Harmonious, she's a GuestStarPartyMember where she's unceremoniously killed off after Miyuki is absorbed by the Master and Boltboutamon respectively, though unlike Lopmon and Kunemon in early chapters, considering how late she joins, you're going to have her available for the rest of the game up until exactly before the final encounter.
* StealthHiBye: Takuma and Agumon first meets her out of disguise in Chapter 5, but she ran away quick and they meet Miyuki and Haru in the next room. It's implied that she was fighting some monsters who took her form to trick Miyuki before they meet up with Takuma, who just beat up several monsters disguised as their partners on the way.
* TokenEvilTeammate: She's not exactly evil, but even when compared to Gabumon she's still very cold and condescending to anyone not named Miyuki, and has no issues cooperating with the Master and attempt to kill the kids to get Miyuki out from his control. She only warms up for real after each route's Chapter 10 where you'll always fight her.
* TookALevelInJerkass: She's ''way'' nastier in the Truthful version of Part 10 as opposed to the usual version of that Part. Instead of luring some of the children into the Library area and tormenting them with illusions, she instead baits them into the shrine and goes instantly into business. She also acts way more deranged than usual and gives the professor a beating, threatening to make him the sacrifice rather than the children. Justified considering the Master already took a massive setback with the party already thwarting him at the amusement park and is making his last stand.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Renamon's actions in Part 10 come back to bite her in the ass on the Wrathful and Harmonious routes. She just wanted to pick off the most vulnerable people for the Master as ransom for Miyuki, but what she didn't expect is she drove them so insane they become ''world-wiping monsters''. In Harmonious, Kaito leaves the party out of disgust since her illusions preyed on his feelings of guilt towards Miu's death, which leaves him open for Piedmon to take advantage of afterward. In Wrathful, she helps accelerate Aoi's downward spiral to the point the poor girl ''snaps'' after Piedmon fatally wounds her and Labramon.
* VocalDissonance: In several points after Haru is exposed as Renamon, she speaks in her ''own'' voice rather than Haru's voice while in her disguised form.
* WalkingSpoiler: Knowing that the Haru we believed we knew was a monster taking his form as a child, and that Miyuki's Kemonogami was alongside her from the get-go is definitely of this trope.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Tenth Partner ('''MAJOR SPOILERS''')]]
[[quoteright:245:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gabumon2_survive.png]]

-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MayumiYamaguchi
Gabumon, Akiharu Minase's partner. After the events of the prologue, he's nowhere to be found alongside Miyuki's partner Renamon. In truth, under the belief that Haru abandoned him, he joined Piedmon's gang to hunt down and kill other Partner monsters for a certain amount of time. Not playable out of the Moral and Truthful Routes.

His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Gabumon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Garurumon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': [=WereGarurumon=]
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': [=MetalGarurumon=]
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* AnIcePerson: As [=MetalGarurumon=], he uses Ice, or more accurately, water attacks and is the only partner with reliable water output. (While Miu's Syakomon is otensibly a water-oriented monster, her Ultimate and Mega forms don't even have reliable water attacks unless you give her a water skill.)
* EleventhHourRanger: He's not joining until around the second half of Part 11 in Moral or the boss encounter in the same Part of Truthful, making the 11th hour part of the trope almost literal. He never joins in Wrathful and Harmonious either, meaning that the window you're actually going to use him (or indirectly, Omegamon) is very slim.
* FusionDance: In Part 11 of the Moral route, he and Agumon undergo a DNA Evolution thanks to Takuma and the Professor's resolve to save Miyuki at all costs, forming Omegamon in the process. Afterwards, if you have him deployed alongside Takuma's Agumon in a battle, you can evolve Agumon into Omegamon under the price of him being temporarily consumed.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In his artwork with Haru, he's shown as Garurumon, whereas in the game after he joins the party, he's always in his Rookie form.
* GuestStarPartyMember: With Renamon in the prologue. He shows up again in Part 7 as [=WereGarurumon=] and in Part 11 of Truthful as Garurumon.
* HeelFaceTurn: In the Moral route, he returns to the Professor's side after Akiharu makes it clear he will ''not'' abandon Gabumon again, nor did he ever mean to do so in the first place, mending their broken bond. He also joins the party in the Truthful route, though his bond with Akiharu is still somewhat strained at first.
* {{Irony}}: In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', Puppetmon's arc was where Taichi and Yamato fought and the resulting aftermath caused the group to fracture. Here, a Puppetmon plays a role in Garurumon and the Professor aka Akiharu repairing their broken bond and Garurumon's first evolution into [=MetalGarurumon=].
* {{Tsundere}}: In contrast to how he rekindles his bond with Akiharu in the Moral route and is more open with his partner, this is how Gabumon interacts with the Professor in the Truthful Route. This partially has to do with the circumstances of their reunion; in Moral, the Professor refuses to abandon Garurumon to be killed by Puppetmon and the latter realizes Akiharu did not abandon him. The Truthful route has the Professor acting more aggressively in trying to get Garurumon to listen, though the latter does come around eventually.
[[/folder]]

!!The Sovereigns (UNMARKED SPOILERS)
Powerful beings that are only encountered in the Truthful Route.

[[folder:In General]]
* AntiDebuff: All of them are immune to being debuffed or being hit with a status condition, regardless if they are on your side or not, making them extremely useful in status-laden, drawn out fights.
* BarrierMaiden: They've been keeping the Master locked away inside the Shrine, forcing the latter to rely on minions to do his dirty work. The seals have weakened over time, hence why the Master is able to possess Miyuki in the first place.
* BigGood: They're the closest there is to one in ''Survive'' as they're the ones ensuring the Master is sealed away in the Kemonogami World.
* TheBusCameBack: As far as major appearances go, they haven't been seen since ''Anime/DigimonTamers''.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: In the Truthful Route, Agumon, Falcomon, Labramon, Floramon, and Syakomon are each granted the power to evolve into one of the Sovereigns' forms after defeating the original in combat. Agumon only gains access to Fanglongmon in NewGamePlus, however.
* TheFourGods: As usual, they're among the top dogs of the monster totem pole, with Fanglongmon being the one in charge.
* KilledOffScreen: It's implied that out of the Truthful Route, the Master's minions killed at least Baihumon (and likely Ebonwumon and Azulongmon too) so the seals put on him break and he can exact revenge to the human world. Based on how the Master gets beaten before he can compromise the abandoned school however, it's likely that Zhuqiaomon always survives to the end.
* NoSell: All of them are completely immune to status debuffs and stat drops. Combined with their [[PurposefullyOverpowered incredibly jacked-up stats and ridiculously powerful moves]], they're the strongest units you can obtain in the game.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: All of the Sovereign Monsters your partner monsters can evolve into are incredibly powerful and can go even stronger than their boss versions with help from Training Items. They have absurdly high stats, incredibly potent attacks that almost always guarantee a status condition or a potent stat drop, and are completely immune to status conditions, making it so there's no easy way out from them.
* PrecursorHeroes: They and their human partners did a lot to shape the setting in ages past.
* SealedGoodInACan: They are keeping The Master trapped and can't leave their own chambers as a result.
* SoNearYetSoFar: Their hiding places are very close to areas the heroes come to know well, but they only notice their presence in the secret route.
* WalkingSpoiler: To give you an idea of how important they are, any and all information you learn about them and what they tell you about the Master only occur in the Truthful route.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Baihumon]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KosukeTanabe

The Sovereign defending the west, where the Amusement Park resides in. Saving him prevents the Amusement Park from being erased.
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* BigGuyFatalitySyndrome: Said to be the youngest and the strongest of the Sovereigns, but going from how the Master always targets the Amusement Park where he's hiding first and that's one of the few places that are explicitly destroyed in any non-Truthful route, he'll always end up dead before other sovereigns are killed off.
* BloodKnight: His reaction to losing to the group? Declare that he's having fun and offer to fight them again.
* KilledOffscreen: It's implied that the Master kills him in all non-Truthful Routes, since the former always destroys the Amusement Park he's defending during their Part 9.
* DishingOutDirt: His signiature attack, Kongou, is an earth-based attack with a wide range area of effect like [=MetalGarurumon=] and comes with the potential to lower enemy speed. Considering speed matters a ''lot'' in this game because it outright affects your ability to hit foes, the debuffs he creates is welcome.
* PantheraAwesome: He's a large and powerful tiger-like Kemonogami.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ebonwumon]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/VolcanoOta

The Sovereign defending the Second Island of the South. In the Truthful Route, the Master cocerces Renamon to attack him in exchange of Miyuki.
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* ConfusionFu: His signiature attack, Mugen can confuse and damage all foes around him.
* {{Nerf}}: The stage boss version of Ebonwumon has a special version of Mugen that is single target. Yours or the Mugen Recollection version in the other hand, has the full area of effect. The story reason is that he wasn't quite in full strength, but the reason in terms of gameplay might be because a mandatory story boss having an un-redirectable attack that can also cause all of your monsters to annihilate each other would be too difficult.
* WorfHadTheFlu: It's stated that he's been worn down by the numerous Kenzoku the Master sent in.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zhuqiaomon]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkutoKanemasa

The Sovereign of the South who defends the abandoned school. He resides under the Gym and brainwashes the party's partner Kemonogami.
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* HumansAreBastards: Of all the Four Sovereign Monsters, he hates humans the most. Watching Fanglongmon be turned into a horrid monster because of Haruchika was bad enough, but his partner and the others' refusal to kill Haruchika made him furious, making him think that the humans only saw Kemonogami as tools.
* MindControl: Zhuqiaomon can mind control monsters to turn against their human partners. Thankfully, this does not last long.
* MythologyGag: The last time a Zhuqiaomon appeared in ''Digimon'' media was in ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', where he held the same HumansAreBastards attitude (though for different reasons).
* ThePhoenix: He's a phoenix-like Kemonogami.
* PlayingWithFire: His Unique Skill is an area of effect fire attack capable of some nasty debuffs.
* SoleSurvivor: Granted that the Abandoned School is one of the few places where the Master never successfully destroys, Zhuqiaomon is guaranteed to evade the Master's wrath and live another day.
* VillainHasAPoint: The reason for Zhuqiaomon's animosity towards the group is that the the Sovereign Children refused to kill Haruchika, instead sealing him away with the Sovereigns as his wardens. This decision resulted in Haruchika and his Kenzoku killing untold amounts of monsters and children over the years, meaning if they ''had'' just finished him off, a lot of damage would've been averted. Zhuqiaomon's words also imply he ''wasn't'' willing in being made part of the Master's seal, which gives him more reason to be angry.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Azulongmon]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YasunoriMasutani

The Sovereign of the East who defends the Waterway. He trials the professor to fight him alone with his Gabumon.
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* ChainedByFashion: He has several chains wrapped around his body per his species.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: He's a serpentine eastern dragon that appears to be composed mainly of lightning.
* ShockAndAwe: His signiature attack, Sourai, allows him to deal a sizable amount of wind damage and has a huge chance of paralyzing opponents.
* ThresholdGuardians: Tests the professor by challenging him into a battle and forbids any other human and their Digimon partners from challening him. Gameplay-wise, it means you can only use Gabumon and three Free Monsters against him. To make things worse, if you don't have a Moral Route clear record (or you didn't grind his levels or train his stats there) before this, Gabumon will be stuck at around half his level and can be defeated easily, and his defeat results in a game over.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fanglongmon]]
[[quoteright:349:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/huanglongmon_battle_survive.png]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HidekatsuShibata
The leader of the Four God Beasts and one of the most powerful monsters in existence. His partner is Haruchika Minase, Haru and Miyuki's ancestor from hundreds of years ago. He has been since fused with him as the Master.
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* BraggingRightsReward: He's available as an evolution for Agumon after completing the Truthful Route. In other words, you can only use him after beating the game at least twice.
* FaceHeelTurn: Courtesy of his partner, who's hate towards his sister forced him to undergo a Dark Evolution and become the Master, and later into Fanglongmon Ruin Mode. He returns to normal following his defeat.
* GoldColoredSuperiority: He's a gold dragon-like monster and by far the strongest of the five, owing to his status as the Digimon {{Expy}} of Huanglong.
* TheLeader: He's the leader of the Sovereigns. As the Master, he's also technically the leader of the group of monsters that were taking children to be sacrificed to him.
* OlympusMons: He's the TopGod among the Four Sovereign Beasts, based on TheFourGods. While he's officially only considered a Mega, as this version can be obtained without fusing the other gods, the game treats him akin to the Super-Ultimate level Omegamon and places him a stage beyond all of Agumon's other Mega evolutions. Even when possessing Miyuki and unable to use his full power he well earns this distinction.
* NonElemental: Fanglongmon's default attacks deal non-elemental damage. This, when combined with his abnormally high stats and the absolutely debilitating debuffs he places with his Taikyoku attack, allows him to steamroll entire fields no problem and leave anything not killed instantly lamed.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: As a post-game BraggingRightsReward, his partner version is the single strongest thing in the game you can use, bar none. He has all-around insane stats, high movement range, impeccable bulk and an attack that instantly cripples anything that it doesn't outright decimate. And to top it all off, he can't even be debuffed or hit with a status condition and you can deploy him at any time during the game. His only weakness is his special attack costing 100SP to use, but it's nothing a Nature's Bounty Crystal can't fix.
* TrueFinalBoss: Fanglongmon Ruin Mode is the Truthful route's, and thus the entire game's, final opponent.
* TruerToTheText: Fanglongmon was more of an AdvertisedExtra amongst the Holy Beasts despite ostensibly their leader, his only other "major" role being in ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' where he was just a steed for the StarterVillain of its second season. In here, he's appropriately as powerful as his description suggests and is given a major role as the sovereign of the Kemonogami world.
* TheUnfought: Zigzagged. In the main story, Fanglongmon is never fought except in the Truthful route, and even then the party fights his Dark Evolution forms as the Master and Fanglongmon Ruin Mode. He's only fought in his baseline form in [[BrutalBonusLevel Mugen Recollection]] alongside the other Sovereigns.
* UnusableEnemyEquipment: Fanglongmon Ruin Mode doesn't actually learn Mukyoku. The attack is actually from a skill item exclusively equipped to him.
[[/folder]]

!!Amusement Park Monsters
[[folder:Jijimon]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/648px_jijimon_survive.jpg]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/BinShimada

A monster resembling an old man who was the caretaker of the monsters living in the Amusement Park. Once Miu ended up there, he temporarily resigns his position for Miu's LARP so he could take a break from his duties and he was comfortable to have her around his quarters.

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* AffectionateNickname: Refers to Miu as her Rowdiness when she is acting as queen, as he knows she isn't actually a sorceress queen but finds her fun to be around.
* CoolOldGuy: What, the "Jiji" ('old man' in Japanese) didn't give it away? While its hard to tell exactly how old he is, he's been around long enough to know the existence of the Kemonogami World's "caretaker". He's also in charge of a small gathering of young monsters in the Dream Land amusement park, and allowed Miu to become "Queen" after her antics entertain the younglings.
* HeroicSacrifice: On the Moral route, Jijimon [[spoiler:takes a hit aimed at Takuma and is stabbed for it. He urges the children and their monsters to flee while he holds the Kenzoku back.]] Thanks to him [[spoiler:the whole party is able to make out alive and sane, and Takuma quickly regains composure and resolves to save Miyuki and end the Master.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Jijimon blames himself for what happened to Miu and Saki after they're dragged into the fog by the Kenzoku in the Harmonious and Wrathful routes respectfully, wishing he could have done something to prevent it. In the Moral route, that's exactly what he does, which allows the whole cast to come out with their life and sanity intact.]]
* MrExposition: Explains the existence of the Kenzoku and gives the main characters the earliest hints about the existence of the Master well before his introduction.
* PromotedToPlayable: Averted. Unlike other monster [=NPCs=] in this game, you can't get a Jijimon of your own.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Biyomon, Patamon, and Palmon]]

A trio of dim-witted monsters who live in the Amusement Park. Miu tricked them to serve her through her "magical tricks".

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* BullyingADragon: No sooner do Takuma and the others arrive at Dream Land do they pick a fight at the orders of their "Queen". Were it not for Aoi reigning in Kaito, odds are they would have gotten more than a lot more than a few bruises.
* DoomedHometown: Bar the Truthful Route, [[spoiler:the Dream Land amusement park will always be swallowed up by the fog.]]
* GoldfishPoopGang: They appear repeatedly throughout part 4 to mildly annoy the heroes and then retreat. Everyone in the group regard them more as nuisances than enemies, which speaks volumes considering other Rookie level monsters like Gotsumon and Gazimon are taken as legitimate threats.
* UndyingLoyalty: To their "Queen". Even after learning she's not actually who she says she is, the trio as well as the rest of the amusement park monsters love her dearly.
[[/folder]]

!Enemies
!!Independent
Monsters that are not affiliated with the Kenzoku and target the children for their own reasons.
[[folder:Dokugumon]]
A sinister race of monster that has taken over the abandoned schoolhouse, coating it with its webs.
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* ArcVillain: Dealing with it and securing the schoolhouse as a temporary base is the focus of Part 1.
* DegradedBoss: After the Dokugumon in Part 1 are dealt with, others of that type are encountered as mere grunts serving Arukenimon.
* SpidersAreScary: It's a large spider monster that webs up Aoi and/or Minoru with the intention of devouring them.
* StatusInflictionAttack: Expect to be poisoned at some point during the fight by its Venom Blast attack. Especially since the party fights two packs of Dokugumon during the battle.
* StarterVillain: The first major antagonistic monster the kids encounter.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fangmon]]
The leader of a gang of monsters that considers the students prey to be toyed with.
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* ArcVillain: Dealing with him trying to hunt down Shuuji and Saki for sport is the focus of Part 2.
* SacrificialLion: He ends up being a victim of the fog, just to showcase only not the threat of the fog, but also the main goal of The Kenzoku in the first place.
* SavageWolves: An antagonistic wolf monster who hunts down the human characters for his own pleasure.
* SuperPersistentPredator: He's hounding Shuuji and Saki since the start of Part 2, and once the others coming look for them, sets his sights on them as well. When defeated at the dam he limps away, but is shown to be waiting for them at the forest, only to have been caught by the fog before their arrival.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: By throwing the Professor off the dam, he appears to have killed the man right in front of most of the children, who then presumed their only adult and parental figure is dead. This act is what begins Ryo and Shuuji's mental unraveling and descent into madness, which ultimately culminates in [[spoiler:their respective deaths]]. Even worse is it's all for nothing because the professor is actually alive and was just around the place [[spoiler:Shuuji died]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lord of the Underworld '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]
!!Plutomon (Aoi Shibuya + Labramon)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/plutomon_survive_0.png]]

At the end of Aoi's sanity in the Wrathful Route, she and Labramon ran into a dying Piedmon. Believing Piedmon would cooperate with her to fight the Master as an ally, Aoi absent-mindedly orders Labramon to heal him only to be repaid by beaten to near-death alongside Labramon. This broke her completely and she fused with Labramon to dark evolve into Plutomon, an insane monster who seeks to enforce her own version of "harmony" by merging humans and Kemonogami into her, forcing the survivors to put her down.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: While Plutomon is no saint, he punished evil Digimon in lore, even if the good Digimon are at odds with it. Here, she's an insane monster who intends on merging both worlds.
* AssimilationPlot: Aoi's plan for making sure her friends will stay safe is to have them merge with her, and later later extends this idea to both Worlds, intending to remake them in her image. Renamon however, suggests that she just wants to kill everyone and is more of an OmnicidalManiac.
* DarkIsEvil: Plutomon is a Dark Evolution of Labramon after she merges with Aoi. Unlike Wendigomon however, it is less of a mindless monstrosity and more of an intelligent and willing force of destruction with Aoi's will, akin to [[Anime/DigimonGhostGame GulusGammamon]].
* DeathOfPersonality: Once Aoi biomerges with Labramon, the latter is basically dead, as Aoi has full control over her form.
* DyingAsYourself: Upon being defeated, her personality returns to being the usual Aoi before she passed on for good, much to everyone's sadness.
* EverybodyHatesHades: Subverted. Plutomon might be ''the'' Hades of Digimon, but Aoi as Plutomon means well. The problem is she ''is not'' well.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Coupled with PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep. As Plutomon, Labramon's voice takes on a more raspy, deeper pitch. Ultimately downplayed in the evil aspect since Plutomon is on your side if you're the one using it.
* FaceMonsterTurn: After Piedmon offs whatever little is left of her sanity, Aoi [[FusionDance biomerges with Labramon]] and becomes Plutomon, which warps her personality into being willing to kill others and try to control both worlds.
* FightingYourFriend: Considering Plutomon is the cumulation of Aoi's downward spiral into insanity, the survivor's fight with her is essentially them putting down whatever's left of what used to be their TeamMom.
* FinalBoss: She's the last opponent faced on the Wrathful route. Notably, you fight the Master hijacking Plutomon first, but on the second phase of that fight Plutomon ''herself'' fights you on foot.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Not entirely obvious at first, but Labramon's Champion and Ultimate evolutions Dobermon and Cerberusmon belong to the same evolution line as Plutomon, a monster with ties to the [[OlympusMons Olympos XII]]. Come the Wrathful Route, and Labramon evolves into exactly ''that''.
* FusionDance: After Piedmon mortally wounds Aoi during the Wrathful route, Aoi biomerges with Labramon and becomes Plutomon.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Piedmon deserved it, but killing him as Plutomon gets Aoi to JumpOffTheSlipperySlope. HARD. Whatever she planned for both worlds there, it was no different from what Piedmon/Boltboutamon attempted in the Harmonious Route.
* {{Irony}}: Aoi is unaware that Renamon has affected her with illusions, which made her sanity much worse than he intended. So as Plutomon, she absorbed her partner, thus she got her revenge on Renamon without even knowing.
* MadGod: Plutomon is on par with the Olympos 12, who are considered deities, and Aoi is well and truly insane in this state.
* MercyKill: Implied. The game doesn't state it, but the trophy for beating her as the Wrathful Route's final encounter is called "So Sorry, Sweet Aoi...", making it look like as if you're putting Aoi out of her misery.
* NothingIsScarier: When the party follows Plutomon to the Master's lair, they are horrified by the unnatural emptiness of the room. The place should've been filled with the Kenzoku, but they had all been assimilated by Plutomon and no trace was left behind. According to Renamon, these Kenzoku are DeaderThanDead after what Plutomon did to them.
* OlympusMons: Plutomon's power is said to rival that of the Olympos XII. In a NewGamePlus after a Wrathful run, Labramon can Mega Evolve into Plutomon with zero repercussions.
* OmnicidalManiac: Implied. According to Renamon, the Kenzoku Plutomon consumed are not simply trapped inside her alive, they have their mind, body and soul eradicated and leave only faint traces of them being there. This suggests that she doesn't simply absorb the people and/or monsters into her alive, she kills all of them and is too insane to care.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The first indicator the group gets that Aoi is decidedly ''not'' her usual self after becoming Plutomon is her casually obliterating Piedmon without a moment's hesitation, something far more ruthless than Aoi would ever do normally.
* TakeUpMySword: Aoi's dream for co-existence between Kemonogami and humans is carried on by Takuma and the others after her death.
* TheResenter: Plutomon isn't just Aoi's despair, grief, and desire for harmony, but her resentment towards others who heap stuff on her and use her. This results in Plutomon being much more condescending and spiteful in her way of talking to others, as well as being a bit of a ControlFreak.
* TranshumanTreachery: After being brutalized by Piedmon, Aoi fused herself with Labramon and turned into Plutomon, a barely-recognizable monster who attempts to merge with both worlds.
* VocalDissonance: She's an Roman god of the underworld with obviously masculine body features, but she still speaks in Aoi's own voice with a grainy filter, unlike Free Plutomon who more appropriately uses a masculine voice clip shared with monsters like [=WarGreymon=].
* WasOnceAMan: It's hard to believe that this thing used to be ''Aoi''. Takuma and co. are just as shocked when they first meet her.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Through Aoi's biomerge with Labramon as Plutomon, she decides the best way to protect her friends and make her dream of co-existence with monsters and humans a reality is to pull an AssimilationPlot and remake both the Human World and Kemonogami World in her own image. Too bad it's implied that she just wants to kill everyone and is too insane to even care about the consequences.
* XanatosGambit: Much like Piedmon as Boltboutamon, Aoi as Plutomon pulls a brilliant one by willingly allowing the Master to absorb her so she could take control from within after the Master faced resistance from the kids. Also like Piedmon, her plan fails because Takuma and the others were stronger than she expected.
[[/folder]]

!!The Kenzoku
A group of evil monsters that have been sacrificing any human child that wanders into their world for the purpose of saving it.

'''All spoilers in Garurumon, the Dark Leader, Puppetmon, the remnants and the Master's folders are unmarked. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned You Have Been Warned]].'''

[[folder:In general]]
* DarkIsEvil: A portion of their leading branch are Virus-type monsters, all of whom have malicious personalities. While they are serious about saving their World, they also have zero qualms in torturing the children for little reason other than amusement.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: In the other hand, based on the {{Mook}}s they bring with them, they're not picky in hiring monsters from the other realm. Anything arranging from monsters that are often played as antagonists like Dokugumon or Gazimon to heroic monsters like Magnadramon or [=HeracleKabuterimon=] aren't off the recruitment list.
* NoNameGiven: The group itself lacks a name and are only referred to in-game as monsters led by Piedmon or [[spoiler:Puppetmon]].
* RightForTheWrongReasons: As explained in the Moral route, [[spoiler:while their human sacrifices do work in that they stave off the fog threatening to swallow up the other world. What they fail to understand is that it isn't the sacrifices themselves that drive off the fog, but the strong emotions produced by said sacrifices, as the Professor states the other world thrives off powerful emotions]].
* ReligionOfEvil: If you remove all the fantastic elements, they are essentially a shamanic tribe ordaining human sacrifices to appease their God and prevent his judgement, with Arukenimon being the [[HighPriestess shamaness]] of sorts.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: While Monzaemon is shown to be willing to work with the others, Arukenimon makes it clear she will not accept help from any of them unless absolutely necessary or if their leader orders her to.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: They sacrifice human children to remove the fog and preserve their world. As despicable and needlessly cruel as they are, [[TheExtremistWasRight their methods seem to work]] as the fog recedes and any areas swallowed up by it are restored to normal once a child is sacrificed.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kenzoku]]
Mysterious lifeforms serving the Master, they drag humans and monsters alike to the fog for him. The 1st Rank Kenzoku take the form of purple blobs with four arms and white linings on their body, the 3rd ranks take the form of lizards with red lines, and the 10th rank being deep green pillars with masks on their faces. They become active after the diverging routes, where most of the Master's Kemonogami minions are either dead or missing.

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* DarkIsEvil: A huge portion of these are either weak to light or use dark attacks (the super ultimate regular variants in particular recycling Boltboutamon and Plutomon's attacks), and they do most of the dirty work killing children in the fog.
* EliteMook: The Mega variants are some of the strongest enemies in the entire game and might even be packed with debuffs or healing moves. In the Truthful Route, there are even Super Ultimate regular Kenzoku with Plutomon and Boltboutamon's attacks!
* FusionDance: Near the end of the Moral Route, the Master fuses several Kenzoku onto Miyuki's body which he uses as his vessel. This creates a Miyuki Kenzoku that he has full control of.
* MookDepletion: It's mentioned the Master doesn't actually have unlimited Kenzoku, and after the fight at the library or Second Island, he's running low. This is the reason he goes silent until the kids actually come after ''him''.
* OutsideContextProblem: They are the closest to things like the D-Reaper, Eaters or Mecha Rogue X in this game.
* TheSpook: Unlike other non-Digimon lifeforms in other series, nowhere is it stated what Kenzoku even ''are''. All we know is they are ordered to drag people into the fog and sacrifice them to the Master and that's it.
* SuperPersistentPredator: If one of these things laid their eyes on someone, there's a 99.9% chance they will end up dead because they WILL go out of their way to kill that person. In the encounter that [[spoiler:gets Saki killed, one even goes out of its way to attack Saki ''after it's seemingly taken down''!]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: One of the Kenzoku in the Truthful Route take [[spoiler:the form of Miyuki to deceive Takuma, something that they never do out of that route. Justified, considering that the Master actually fails to destroy the Amusement Park (and by extension, failing to kill Baihumon and break one of his seals), so he's likely more desparate than usual.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: For a bunch of hardly sapient creatures, there's an obvious amount of spite against a group of children who just happened to be here. It's not uncommon for them to be disguised as their target's loved ones just to get them off guard and killed.
* YouALLLookFamiliar: Each Kenzoku look almost identical to each other and there is no way to find which is which unless you scan them, but each of these have different, seemingly randomized stats, levels, moves and attributes. Worse, some of these can even be Megas or '''Super-Ultimates'''. Nothing about them can be told by the naked eye.
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[[folder:Arukenimon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/WakanaYamazaki

One of the evil monsters seeking to sacrifice the kids in order to stave off the encroaching fog in their world and the second-in-command to Piedmon's gang, she is a sadistic monster who gleefully toys with her victims until they break and give themselves in to the fog. Unfortunately, her allies consider her as incompetent because of her methods.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Make no mistake, Arukenimon's ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'' incarnation is no slouch, but this version [[spoiler:manages to ''successfully'' (albeit indirectly) led two major cast members to their deaths in a non-NewGamePlus playthrough]].
* AdaptationalSeriousness: Unlike the Arukenimon from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' and like the one from ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'', there's nothing funny about this Arukenimon and she's treated as a horrific monster who managed to lead [[spoiler:two of the main cast to their deaths through sadistically breaking their minds]]. There are very few villains in ''Digimon'' who take sadistic mind games to this level.
* AssholeVictim: By Part 7, her boss Piedmon makes it very clear he will ''not'' tolerate another failure from Arukenimon as far as the children are concerned. Thus, she accosts the kids and their partners for the final time to achieve her new objective: kidnapping Miyuki. Unfortunately, that failed too because of Renamon so [[spoiler:Piedmon comes out and horrendously impales her several times over until she dies, chiding her as nothing more than a pawn who had outlived her usefulness. Given how she tortured Ryo and Shuuji to the point where they'll gladly accept the Master killing them with his army of Kenzoku, it's pretty much a deserving fate for someone like her. Even better? She dies this way even in the Truthful Route!]]
* ButtMonkey: Of a sort.
** None of the members in her group seem to respect her for her efforts, deeming her as incompetent despite having led [[spoiler:Ryo and Shuuji to their deaths.]] Piedmon wants her to personally hand a live kid to him, so for him anything [[spoiler:directly killed by the Master]] doesn't count and Arukenimon was a failure.
** In the Truthful route, ''none'' of her plans pan out, [[spoiler:especially her attempts to mentally break Shuuji and force his Partner Kemonogami to undergo a Dark Evolution since Ryo throws a wrench in that plan by giving Shuuji a good thwack and a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scathing speech about his callous treatment towards Lopmon]].]]
* CombatPragmatist: When conferring with her peers regarding how to handle the children, she voices her contempt with direct battles. Instead, she prefers to scheme and capture them with subterfuge and other machinations. [[spoiler:Which both works and doesn't work. Unlike Monzaemon, who tried to fight the children at the amusement park only to be killed for his efforts, Arukenimon's devious analysis of the party and her subsequent targeting of the two most vulnerable members leads to them letting themselves killed by the Master. Unfortunately, she doesn't get to hand a live kid to Piedmon personally so he deems her as worthless and promptly offs her for her constant failures.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: Possibly the most successful Arukenimon yet in between her ''02'' and ''Ghost Game'' iterations [[spoiler:as this one manages to lead two major cast members to their deaths through her machinations]].
* DevilInPlainSight: She initially appears as [[spoiler:a human woman arguing with Kaito about the whereabouts of his sister, before noticing the other students arrive and offering to be their guide. Kaito tries to warn the others that she's a monster pretending to be human, with her pulling an obvious WoundedGazelleGambit in response, and also feigning ignorance about not knowing about the existence of monsters in this world that even Takuma immediately realizes sounds phony. The group then has a protracted debate over who to believe, with everyone except potentially Takuma [[TooDumbToLive siding with the stranger against Kaito]], and not too long after she traps them in a cable car, drops her disguise, and reveals how she's plotting to kill them all]]. Also counts as one from a meta perspective for fans, as the design is instantly recognizable even in disguise, and the voice being a Role Reprise from both ''02'' and the more recent ''Ghost Game'' would make it obvious.
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: At multiple points she displays the ability to isolate the group from each other and could capture any of them, but prefers to antagonize them instead of just doing her job. [[spoiler:This is especially prevalent in Part 5, where she spends the whole time driving Shuuji insane and goading him into sacrificing himself rather than just directly killing him.]] It led to [[spoiler:Piedmon murdering her for her incompetence.]]
* DidntSeeThatComing: On the Truthful Route, [[spoiler:she's completely blindsided by Ryo saving Shuuji and the party killing [=MegaSeadramon=], to the point of having a VillainousBreakdown.]]
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Most of the monsters serving the Master don't have a high opinion of her, despite she did technically offer at least two kids to the Master by sadistically and psychologically torturing them until they break and let themselves die. It's implied that they want Arukenimon to bring a kid to them rather than them just dying on the spot. This eventually results in her being [[spoiler:killed by Piedmon after too many failures to show him a live kid.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Her actions lead to the deaths of both Ryo and Shuuji, though she played a more active role in pushing Shuuji over the edge, while Ryo was already dangling by his fingertips when she got there.]]
* HughMann: As Takuma and Kaito will point out, she has no idea what a cell phone or radio tower is and only [[BadBadActing acts surprised]] to see the monsters when someone points out that she shouldn't know what they are.
* IdenticalStranger: Her human disguise happens to look quite similar to Ryo's mother, just with white hair. This only serves to reinforce his delusion that everyone died and ended up in the afterlife, greatly accelerating his SanitySlippage.
* KarmicDeath: While on every route [[spoiler:she's executed for her failures by Piedmon]], it's specially karmic on Truthful, where [[spoiler:Ryo and Shuuji directly caused her failures on that route after she got them killed on the other routes.]]
* MythologyGag: Just like in the ''Adventure'' series and ''Digimon Ghost Game,'' she [[spoiler:first attempts to fool the children and their partners in her human form (which is notably different from the aforementioned series' incarnations). Unlike those two, ''this'' Arukenimon enjoys a certain level of success with the ploy]]. And also like in 02, [[spoiler:this Arukenimon is ultimately silenced by her boss (Piedmon) in a brutal, unceremonious fashion.]]
* NotWorthKilling: When she realizes that Ryo's [[SanitySlippage lost his mind]] at the bridge, she acts amused but then worries that [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth offering him as a sacrifice might actually make the fog worse]] so orders Cyclomon to kill him instead.
* RecurringBoss: She's battled directly three times: once in Part 3 and twice in Part 7. After the second time, Takuma notes how she struggled to handle them. This is quite telling given how she toyed with them during their first fight and smugly confided how she was holding back; it also makes sense, as most of the party has reached their Ultimate stages by the time of their rematch.
* {{Sadist}}: She ''gleefully'' enjoys orchestrating the events that lead [[spoiler:to Shuuji's mental breakdown and Lopmon's Dark Evolution, reappearing after Wendigomon eats Shuuji alive to rub everything in the children's faces. She also had no problem ordering Cyclomon to kill an explicitly emotional and mentally unstable Ryo.]] Unfortunately for her, it's {{Deconstructed}} and led to her being given [[spoiler:a swift death by Piedmon because she didn't take a more direct approach.]]
* SmugSnake: Despite her manipulations and illusions constantly harming the humans, she is never the main threat of any of the Parts she appears in, relying on brutes like Cyclonemon and [=MegaSeadramon=] to try and actually finish them off. When she actually engages them personally, she ends up faltering since at this point many of their partner monsters achieved their Ultimate evolution forms.
* SpidersAreScary: Her default form is a spider, she attempts to entrap the humans in her webbing, and she can command dozens of Dokugumon in combat.
* SpotTheImpostor: Uses this tactic in Part 5 to throw the group into disarray with fakes of the partner Kemonogami, but the impostors are fairly easy to tell from the real deal due to how uncharacteristically cruel they are to their beloved partners. [[spoiler:This turns out to be by design, as the fakes weren't meant to fool anyone, just keep the kids occupied and away from Shuuji, who she was torturing with much worse illusions.]]
* ThisCannotBe: When [[spoiler:Ryo saves Shuuji and Lopmon, then the party kills [=MegaSeadramon=]]] in Part 5 of the Truthful Route, Arukenimon is left in complete disbelief her plan completely failed.
* VillainousBreakdown: She has one on Part 5 of the Truthful Route when [[spoiler:Ryo prevents Lopmon's dark evolution and the party kills [=MegaSeadramon=].]] For the first time up to that point, ''nothing'' went her way, wiping her smirk off her face and leaving her in disbelief her plan completely failed. She flees the scene, swearing revenge in the process.
--> '''Arukenimon''': I...[[ThisCannotBe This can't be happening]]...It wasn't supposed to go this way!
* VillainsWantMercy: Pitifully begs for help when [[spoiler:Piedmon has had enough of her failures]].
* WakeUpCallBoss: Arukenimon is likely the first boss the player would have trouble with. She's a ''Perfect'' while you'll be lucky to have more than a Champion or two at the point you first meet her, meaning that your attacks will miss very easily and she can cripple or kill most units in two to three hits. On top of this, the map is extraordinarily large and infested with Dokugumon, and you start with only three units; Dracumon, Agumon and a Free Monster, and you'll have to rely on your Free Monsters if you chose to go with Arukenimon instead of Kaito. Hope you can cut down the webs on the cable car -- you'll need the extra manpower.
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[[folder:Cyclonemon]]
A one-eyed brute that responds directly to Arukenimon's orders.
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* ArcVillain: Although Arukenimon is the main threat of Part 3, he serves as the arc's final and most dangerous threat after her initial plan to trap the humans falls apart, leading directly to Saki and Ryo having character-building moments.
* DumbMuscle: Floramon and the other monsters decry him as this, being little more than someone who values power over everything else.
* HiddenDepths: Despite the other monsters more or less calling him a muscle-brained idiot, Cyclonemon notices that Saki is not as outgoing as she portrays herself, stating she's holding herself back.
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[[folder:Monzaemon]]
A member of Arukenimon's organization that considers her mental manipulation to be tedious when brute force can accomplish their goal just as well.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Past depictions of Monzaemon have not been intentionally antagonistic, and those that seemed to be are actually its EvilCounterpart [=WaruMonzaemon=] in disguise. This one, however, is willingly on the same side as Arukenimon.
* ArcVillain: After the humans deal with "the Queen" of the theme park in Part 4, he arrives alongside Garurumon; unlike his comrade, who just wants to beat up the monster partners, Monzaemon is there to kill the humans and becomes the actual main threat of the arc, tying in to Miu's character arc by having her realize the actual danger everyone is in while she's been taking advantages of the situation.
* ArtificialStupidity: He's one of the earliest buff-using enemies encountered and his AI is not that bright in using them. He'll constantly spam attack buffs if there's an unbuffed minion or if he's unbuffed or his buff is about to expire. This gives your monsters free turns to attack or flank him while he can only slug out a few hits.
* BearsAreBadNews: He's a giant yellow teddy bear, and he's both able and willing to murder the human children.
* {{Irony}}: The Monzaemon in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' was a theme park mascot replaced by an EvilCounterpart, while this Monzaemon is willingly evil and ''attacks'' the theme park that the kids were exploring.
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[[folder:Garurumon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MayumiYamaguchi

A rebel willing to partner with the sinister organization Arukenimon is in, but who isn't actually interested in human sacrifice; instead, he eagerly hunts down the monsters partnered with the humans, who he considers to be "traitors".\\\

For information about Garurumon as the Professor's Partner monster, see his folder as the Tenth Partner.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Adaptational Anti-Villainy in this case; although Garurumon's best-known depiction is as the Digivolution of Matt's partner in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', this one is working with Arukenimon, yet only wants to prove his superiority to the monster partners and doesn't actually want to hurt the humans.
* AllForNothing: In reality the young professor didn't abandon him, he was bailed out by Miyuki using her song. Therefore, he was pretty much hunting down other Kemonogami partners over a solid amount of time for basically nothing.
* ArcVillain: Although Garurumon first directly fights the humans at the end of Part 4, it is Part 6 that features him as the main opponent, and its story arc focusing on a BreakUpMakeUpScenario is directly tied to his own belief that humans and monsters should not get along.
* CannotKillTheirLovedOnes: Much to his frustration, Garurumon never follows through with his threats to kill Haru and can't bring himself to go through with it no mater how much he hates him.
* FaceHeelTurn: He's actually the evolved form of the Gabumon in the tutorial, who felt abandoned after Haru (the young professor) left.
* GreenEyedMonster: He doesn't target the human kids, but he loathes their partner monsters and attacks them in a fit of rage, wanting to prove to them and to himself that they don't need humans. This stems from his past as Haru's partner, who felt abandoned after Haru returned to the human world and never returned.
* MisplacedRetribution: He believed that the professor abandoned him when he ran away from the alternate world back to the human world through the blue portal Miyuki summoned. In reality, Miyuki bailed the young professor out when they are being attacked by Kenzoku, rendering his entire motivation moot.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: When he first confronts the humans in Part 4, Monzaemon is upset that he's only focusing on the Kemonogami partners and is willing to let the humans go free; Garurumon responds that they may not have the same beliefs, but their goals just happen to coincide.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: What kicked off his StartOfDarkness. After witnessing Akiharu return to the Human World, he questioned if their bond actually meant anything and begged his partner to come back. The years following that made him so bitter and resentful of Akiharu that he believed he abandoned him, leading him to hate the other Partner Kemonogami out of the belief that bonds are utterly worthless.
* RecognitionFailure: Subverted. Despite not having seen Akiharu in years, Garurumon recognizes the Professor almost immediately. He also doesn't mistake "Haru" for his partner at all, likely having known that Renamon has been disguising herself as Miyuki's brother to provide the latter socio-emotional support.
* RecurringBoss: He's fought repeatedly throughout the game, such as alongside Monzaemon in Part 4, and as the ArcVillain of Part 6.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: The flashback we see of when he was left behind shows us that he was once fairly shy and scared of being unable to fulfil his destined role of protecting Haru.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the Harmonious and Wrathful routes, he doesn't make another appearance after the confrontation at the factory. Judging by him being chased by monsters that blamed the humans for Piedmon's death in the Moral route, it's implied he either died at their hands or was forced on the run before vanishing just like Renamon after the Professor, Kaito and Miyuki are absorbed by Boltboutamon.
* WhyCantIHateYou: He desperately wants to hate Haru for abandoning him, yet when Renamon tries to goad him into killing the Professor, the mere idea causes him to freeze up and balk. Similarly in the Truthful route, where he attempts to rebuke the Professor's words but finds he cannot.
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[[folder:[=MegaSeadramon=]]]
The leader of a group of Seadramon that work under Arukenimon, who torment the humans with illusions of their partners badmouthing them.
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* ArcVillain: Dealing with its subordinates is the main focus of Part 5, with [=MegaSeadramon=] itself appearing at the end of the arc.
* BaitAndSwitchBoss: Unless the player [[spoiler:saved Ryo and connects with Shuuji]], then instead of being the chapter's boss, [[spoiler:Wendigomon will kill it and take its place]].
* CallBack: His battle with the protagonists brings to mind his lesser counterpart Seadramon's battle with the Digidestined from ''Adventure'', down to one of the monsters undergoing an evolution to soundly defeat him.
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[[folder:The Dark Leader]]
!!Piedmon
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkioOtsuka
The leader of a cabal of monsters that are afraid of the fog encroaching upon their world, and believe that the only way to avoid oblivion is through killing the intruding humans.
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* ActorAllusion: Piedmon's voice actor is the son of Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka, the (now-deceased) voice actor for ''Adventure's'' Piedmon.
* AdaptationalSeriousness: In ''Digimon Adventure'', Piedmon is a {{Sadist}}, sure, but he's LaughablyEvil and can come across as entertaining in his worst moments. There's nothing funny about this guy who doesn't even turn people into keychains or playing cards but outright kills anyone who crosses paths with him, and in the Harmonious Route devolves into an OmnicidalManiac as Boltboutamon.
* AdaptationalWimp:
** Piedmon is still powerful, but this one can be bested by Ultimates whereas previous ones were either outside the heroes ballpark with Ultimates or required Megas (or an Ultimate with a type advantage) to take him down.
** The same also applies to Boltboutamon. In his debut game ''Digimon -Next 0rder-'', he was so insanely powerful that when Lucemon Chaos Mode and Beelzemon, two of the Seven Demon Lords joined forces with Omegamon Alter-B to expel him from the world, '''it didn't even faze him'''. This Boltboutamon, while still strong, can be taken out and even killed with normal Megas.
* AssholeVictim: It's very hard to feel sorry for him when he's killed by Plutomon, since he helped solidify Aoi's FaceMonsterTurn and he's known for murdering anyone who even so annoys him.
* AssimilationBackfire: Absorbing Kaito, the Professor, and Miyuki and then merging with the Master backfires, as just as he prepares his final attack, they and all the Master's victims rebel against him from the inside.
* AxCrazy: Usually downplayed, since he tends to goes straight into kidnapping victims for the Master and only goes around to kill people who annoy him if he's really pissed off. However, as Boltboutamon and ''especially'' after absorbing the Master as Boltboutamon, he tends to break into [[LaughingMad mad laughs]] and EvilGloating, even openly telling the survivors that he enjoys the screams and pleas of people already trapped inside the Master. It's very clear that having all of the Master's victims inside him does not do anything good to his mental state, even if Takuma denies his claims that he felt Kaito's hatred against the world.
* BigBad: While TheDragon to the Master, during the Harmonic Route he's so furious with the Master having just used him that he decides to usurp him and destroy everything. His mechanizations to do that promote him to the main villain of the route and he becomes the FinalBoss.
* BlackCloak: In his first appearance, he's wearing a black robe with a cape and a hood covering his face in order to obscure his identity...but there are still hints to it, as it's decorated with playing card suits and his blue ribbons are sticking out from under his cape.
* CoolKey: The lock and key to the Waterway is marked with the signiature eye mark on his clothes.
* ClimaxBoss: He's the last opponent before the route split, and Takuma has to fight him back-to-back within two chapters (excluding free battles).
* DarkIsEvil: He's a Virus-type from the "Nightmare Soldiers" family, and unlike Dracmon, his desire to sacrifice humans certainly reflect that.
* DiabolusExMachina: Just as Renamon and the children successfully save Miyuki from Arukenimon's grasp and they all think she's safe for sure, he ''personally'' comes in, grabs her and runs.
* TheDragon: Directly answers to The Master. This becomes subverted in the Harmonious Route where he's ragingly pissed about the Master seeing him as little more than a tool for him to exploit and wants revenge, resulting in him becoming the BigBad of the route.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: In the Wrath Route, Aoi has Labramon heal him and attempt to persuade him into helping them (Aoi was pretty much broken at that point and was barely sober though). He repays her kindness by fatally stabbing her, and that's the final push needed to destroy Aoi's sanity completely.
* FinalBoss: As Boltboutamon, he's the last opponent faced on the Harmonious route.
* FusionDance: In the Harmonious route, he fuses with Dracmon's Ultimate form Myotismon to become Boltboutamon.
* GlassCannon: His signature attack, Trump Sword, always hits as if it was a backwards flank and thus does more damage than it's supposed to and is outright unblockable. This, when compounded by his incredible special attack and the debuffs he throws with his passive, means that he will do up to a thousand damage per hit against neutral targets and will likely annihilate the angel monsters you bring against him. He's also very fast and will likely be moving first in a turn and evading a large portion of your attacks. However, his bulk is middling for a Mega and you'll likely be able to take him down in several well-placed light attacks.
* TheHeavy: He's not the BigBad, but, being the one who is ordering Monzaemon, Garurumon and especially Arukenimon around, he's pulling the strings all the way up to Part 8, and potentially further on depending on the route you end up in.
* HeroKiller: Towards the end of the Harmonious route he kills Kaito, the Professor and Miyuki in one fell swoop, by extension killing Renamon, Garurumon and whatever may have been left of Dracmon within their fusion.
* HumanSacrifice: He believes that this is the only way to stave off the fog, to the point that he's furious with Arukenimon when Ryo is killed by the fog directly instead of her performing an official ritual.
* KarmicDeath: In the Wrath route, he fatally wounds a barely sober Aoi after the latter asked Labramon to heal him. As recompense when Aoi merges with Labramon and undergoes a Dark Evolution as Plutomon, Piedmon is unceremoniously killed off by the very monster he inadvertently created.
* LaughingMad: As Boltboutamon, he has a tendency to break into mad cackling. His original Piedmon form does an EvilLaugh at most, but never to the point of the cackling he does as Boltboutamon.
* MeanBoss: Even out of killing Arukenimon, several Gazimon in the Truthful Route noted that they don't like working under him because his orders are way too hectic and brutal. They like him more than when Puppetmon was in charge though.
* MonsterClown: Though unlike in ''Digimon Adventure'', the "monster" aspect is way heavier than the "clown" aspect.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: He's known for outright ''murdering'' people or monsters for the slightest of provocations, sometimes even with Trump Sword instead of just beating them to a bloody pulp. Arukenimon fails him? Kill! A policeman approaches him in the real world? Kill! A barely lucid Aoi orders Labramon to heal him up in hopes of getting him to become her ally? ''Kill!'' The latter in particular got him what he deserved when Aoi turns into Plutomon and kills him.
* MythologyGag:
** Like the ''Adventure'' series, Piedmon is the leader of the group of evil monsters that serves a mysterious greater force. But unlike his first incarnation, this Piedmon has no interest in sadistically toying with his victims, instead opting to murder them outright.
** More appropriately, he appears to be based on Lord Demon from ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01''. He is ostensibly serving under a Master who bears a grudge with his sister as his lieutenant, and develops the intention to turn on his master as TheStarscream. He also hijacks Boltboutamon to start a mass omnicide against both humans and the other Kemonogami in the Harmonious Routes just like how Demon hijacks Arkhadimon, and he wears a hood that obscures his true identity just like the Demon in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' does.
* MyNameIsQuestionMarks: In his first appearance at the end of Part 3, he's wearing a BlackCloak and his text box doesn't name him in order to preserve the mystery of his identity.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If Piedmon didn't stabbed Aoi in the back in the Wrath route, Plutomon would not exist as a result, who makes him pay the price for taking advantage of her kindness.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: Subverted. He deems Arukenimon as incompetent because her sadistically toying with the kids renders him unable to directly offer the kids to the Master, and instantly goes into abducting Miyuki after he kills Arukenimon for her repeated failures. However, in Part 8 and the Wrathful and Harmonious Routes, it shows that he will gleefully attempt to kill anyone who just happens to go near him if he's pissed off.
* OhCrap: Piedmon panics when Plutomon makes her debut and has him at her mercy. He's swiftly killed off moments later.
* OmnicidalManiac: In the Harmonious Route, after realizing the Master doesn't actually care about him and realizing he's been mortally wounded, he decides to destroy both worlds once he gains more power in the name of Boltboutamon.
* OneWingedAngel: After being mortally wounded from the beatings he got from both all the kids together and then Takuma and Agumon, he convinces Kaito to fuse him with Dracmon's Ultimate form Myotismon to form the monstrously powerful Boltboutamon. While at first he shared control, once Kaito's rage subsides, he becomes the sole controller. He then proceeds to trick the Master into consuming him, taking control from the inside. The end result is Boltboutamon emerging from the Master's body.
* TheReveal: Underneath his BlackCloak, his true identity is Piedmon.
* {{Revenge}}: In the Harmonious route. At some point after Chapter 8, he believes Miyuki's words about the Master and decides he wants to destroy the Master and everything else in the process. He finds the means to exact his revenge with Kaito, who Piedmon is able to easily manipulate thanks to Renamon.
* TakingYouWithMe: In the Wrathful route. While he certainly did not plan on dying at the hands of the kids, he gloats how Aoi and Labramon will die along with him due to their injuries. Unfortunately for him, his previous actions causes Aoi's negative emotions to skyrocket, forcing Labramon to Dark Evolve and biomerge with Aoi, saving the latter's life in the process in exchange for the party having to deal with an insane monster that's no longer the TeamMom they recognized.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: And sure it does, his Trump Sword attack is some of the strongest attacks in the entire game.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In the Wrathful Route, he only wanted to beat Aoi up ForTheEvulz and gloat it in front of the rest of the party. He didn't think of the possibility that Aoi will become so batshit insane that she turns into Plutomon, casually obliterates him and goes straight into absorbing every living thing in both worlds to enforce harmony.
* VillainousBreakdown: He does ''not'' take it well when the heroes defeat him in the final battle of the Harmonious Route.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the Moral and Truthful route, he is never seen again after Part 8. Several Puppetmon or Gazimon depending on route later accuse Takuma of killing him, despite this never being the case; Piedmon was only pushed back into the portal. Given how severely wounded he's shown to be in the Wrathful and Harmonious routes, it's likely that he ended up dying of the wounds he'd sustained up until that point.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Takuma and Agumon manage to beat him solo in their second battle, but he's still ''badly'' beaten down from the previous battle with all the kids at once and it's noted he's far from in top form at that point.
* XanatosGambit: Pulls off a masterful one in the Harmonious route. He offers Kaito a means to destroy the Digital and Human Worlds by merging him with Dracmon's Ultimate Evolution Myotismon, with Kaito's hatred allowing Dracmon to take the driver seat. What he doesn't tell Kaito is that if his hate falters, he can retake control. Not that it matters, since Piedmon as Boltboutamon is banking on Kaito either destroying the Master or the Master absorbing Boltboutamon, allowing him to take control of the Master from within. The only reason his plan fails is that Takuma and the other children were much stronger than he anticipated.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Pulls this on Arukenimon when she failed to even offer a single sacrifice to the Master despite multiple chances. Notably, he didn't count those directly killed by the Master, he wants Arukenimon to hand a kid to him personally.
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[[folder:Puppetmon]]
Remnants of Piedmon's gang. Several of these puppet-like monsters target Garurumon for his betrayal against the Master after Piedmon's fall. They are only involved in the Moral Route where they try to kill the party in order to avenge Piedmon.

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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Several Gazimon in the Truthful Route discuss that they don't like being under Puppetmon's command more than they do when they're under Piedmon.
* AdaptationalSeriousness: The original Puppetmon is a PsychopathicManchild who acts like a spoiled brat who's willing to kill his underlings just because they spoke ill of him. These are all dead-serious in avenging Piedmon and the Master and will outright attempt to sacrifice the party like Piedmon would and kill Garurumon for that.
* ConsummateLiar: Subverted. When the last Puppetmon denies that he has the Magatama to the Master's lair, everyone can tell he in fact does.
* FlunkyBoss: You fight three of these in separate occasions, with each bringing powerful Ultimates and Megas like them.
* MythologyGag: Several to the Puppetmon from ''Adventure''.
** Just like when a member of the Dark Masters, Puppetmon is shown to take orders from a Piedmon who functions as the leader of the group. Unlike that individual, Puppetmon's weaknesses as a mega are being made up for in quantity, not quality. Still noted to be disliked by Kemonogami under their command too, much like the friendless BadBoss he was before.
** Puppetmon is incredibly weak to Water. This, when combined with their GlassCannon stats, means they fold to a few well-placed water attacks. And since [=MetalGarurumon=] is a water specialist, he makes short work of them, helped by how the professor's one is available in the route where you fight them. In ''Digimon Adventure'' [=MetalGarurumon=] is the one who managed to kill Puppetmon off once and for all.
* PerversePuppet: Just like in ''Digimon Adventure'' however, the group seems to feel some sort of sympathy for them and only decided to kill one if they had no choice.
* TheRemnant: They are leftovers from Piedmon's gang that were pursuing Garurumon for his betrayal. They only play a role at the end of the Moral Route, though.
* UndyingLoyalty: Unlike Piedmon who secretly wants to be TheStarscream, they are very loyal to Piedmon himself and the Master.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's unclear what happened with them in the Truthful route. It's likely Garurumon killed all of them.
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[[folder:Gazimon & and the remnants]]
A group of monsters who once worked for Piedmon, they replace Puppetmon's role the Truthful Route, hunting down Garurumon for revenge with Piedmon's death.

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* TheRemnant: All of them are whatever's left of Piedmon's gang.
* WeakBossStrongUnderlings: Exaggerated. The ones leading the attacks against Garurumon might be just Gazimon, but for some reason they bring several Mega-level monsters like Plesiomon and Magnadramon with them.
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[[folder:The Master]]
!! Haruchika Minase + Fanglongmon

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HidekatsuShibata (both identities)
The enigmatic being that the Kenzoku serve. Known as the "caretaker" of the Kemonogami World, it holds a vast amount of power and is the game's FinalBoss.

It is actually a fusion of Haruchika Minase, a boy from the [[UsefulNotes/KamakuraShogunate Kamakura Shogunate era]] and a member of the Minase clan, and his Fanglongmon. He was sacrificed hundreds of years ago by his sister Yukiha to gain the Kemonogami's powers, and once in the alternate world became partners with Fanglongmon. However, Haruchika became a vengeful spirit seeking revenge against his sister and corrupted Fanglongmon into the Master before he willingly let himself absorbed by it to become his consciousness.
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* AllForNothing: At the end of the Truthful route, it turns out that Haruchika's sister, Yukiha, ''didn't'' intentionally sacrifice him, but was just too caught up in her familial responsibilities to follow him when the clan sacrificed him. She did intend to follow him once she was free of those responsibilities, but by then she had grown too old. So, Haruchika has been plotting revenge against his sister for nothing.
* AntiquatedLinguistics: He speaks in very archaic and formal Japanese. For example, he uses "unu" or "nanji" (both roughly translated to "thou" in English) to refer to another person/entity, and as Haruchika refers to Yukiha as "Aneue". Justified considering he's actually the ghost of someone who's long dead ''centuries'' ago.
* AssimilationBackfire: Consuming Boltboutamon/Plutomon in their focus routes allows them to seize control of the Master from inside after the surviving Chosen knock it around a bit - [[BatmanGambit which was the other villain's plan]].
* BaitAndSwitchBoss: In both the Harmonious and Wrathful routes, it's taken over by another monster midway through the final encounter (Boltboutamon and Plutomon, respectively).
* ContrivedCoincidence: The Master who just happened to drag Miyuki into the Kemonogami World 50 years ago and possessed her to wreck havoc from Chapter 9 onwards, and whom Haru/the professor was involved with is ''their late ancestor''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: In the Truthful route, you learn that The Master used to be a human named Haruchika, one of several lords during a time of war. Alongside four others, he was sacrificed to obtain the power of the god beasts, but Haruchika was sacrificed by his ''own sister'' and was filled with thoughts of revenge. Since human emotions are what shape the Kemonogami's world, Haruchika's emotions threw the world into chaos, and he later fused with his dark-digivolved partner to become The Master. So, while he's sacrificing human children to preserve the world, it's also partially motivated by his hatred of the human clan that sacrificed him, so it's also out of revenge.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype:
** Haruchika serves as one for Digimon tamers as a whole and portrays what happens if they let their negative emotions and grief consume and run all over them in the most cynical way possible. Worse is unlike [[Anime/DigimonTamers Megidramon]] or Wendigomon, the Master is no rampaging beast but an actual PhysicalGod with its human partner taking over its consciousness. The end result is an intelligent, willing OmnicidalManiac who not only displays an incredible amount of spite against humans and Kemonogami alike, manipulates his fellow monsters into deals where only he comes out at the top, and desires the destruction of both worlds out under a misguided belief that his sister betrayed him, but also possesses sufficient, god-like powers to actually carry out the threats.
** He's also one to the EvilCounterpart tamer archetype. The difference is that, despite being driven insane by perceived betrayal, unlike the others such as the Digimon Kaiser/Ken, Neo Saiba or Menoa Bellucci who own very powerful Digimon at best and are unable to end worlds on their own, Haruchika's Kemonogami partner is no ordinary monster, but a ''reality-warping Sovereign'' capable of worldwide destruction. This ends up not only getting countless children killed over the centuries, but in the bad ending, also degenerates into an apocalyptic scenario when he manages to kill all other Sovereign Beasts and encroach into the human world to annihilate humanity in order to satisfy his grudge against his sister.
* EasilyForgiven: Despite being directly responsible for an undetermined (and likely massive) amount of children deaths spanning over up to a few centuries, Yukiha and the party forgives him for his sins pretty quickly at the end of the Truthful Route.
* EldritchAbomination: The Master takes the form of a mechanical abomination with multiple glowing red eyes.
* EvilFormerFriend: Haruchika is this to the other sovereign children. That's why back in the times they decided not to kill him but rather weaken his influence by sealing his power, and they tell Takuma and co. to save Haruchika, as opposed to the current party who would be agreeing to slay him instead on their own.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: It's currently a massive heap of metal driven by hatred, but they were the noble and dignified-looking Fanglongmon and Haruchika.
* EvilSoundsRaspy: He speaks in a raspy old man's voice and he is responsible for the mist and the monster gang ordering human sacrifices. By the end of the Truthful Route, it's revealed to be Fanglongmon's voice.
* FallenHero: Haruchika was one of the five Sovereign Children sacrificed by Yukiha Minase to stop the warring states. However, having been sacrificed and abandoned by his sister, he fell into a deep, heavily misguided form of hatred that turned him into the century-old SerialKiller he is now.
* FamilialBodySnatcher: The girl he possessed on Chapter 9 is actually his late descendant, so he can be considered this.
* FinalBoss: In the Moral and Truthful routes, he is the last obstacle that the humans have to fight.
* FusionDance: His current form is actually the result of Haruchika merging with Fanglongmon. Miyuki's powers manage to split him and Fanglongmon Ruin Mode apart, allowing the latter to be purified and return Haruchika to his senses.
* HumanSacrifice: The Master's plan revolves around this, as he thinks kidnapping and sacrificing human children is necessary to preserve the other world. In the Truthful route, we learn that the boy who would later become the Master was one ''himself''.
* LukeIAmYourFather: He's actually the ancestor of Haru and Miyuki, whose existence predates centuries ago in the Kamakura era. When the party runs into him in the Truthful Route, he even questions Miyuki why she isn't filled with hate like him even as Haru supposedly abandoned her.
* ManipulativeBastard: Tricks other monsters into one-sided deals that he will never follow. He recruited a bunch of monsters to grab children to sacrifice for him so the fog in their world can be removed, but since he controls the fog the monster world is going to be destroyed anyways. At Part 10 in all routes he also tells Renamon that he will give Miyuki back to her should she sacrifice a child for his sake, although the professor tells her that he has no intention of following the bargain.
* MisplacedRetribution: At the end of the Truthful route, we learn that the Master is partially mistaken about his sister, Yukiha, as she ''didn't'' intentionally sacrifice him. She was just too caught up in her familial obligations and responibilities to her land to follow Haruchika when her clan sacrificed him. And by the time she was free of those obligations, she had already grown too old to follow him, so she trusted her descendants to get through to him in her place.
* MythologyGag: He serves a role like Apocalymon's from ''Digimon Adventure'' as an OmnicidalManiac being driven by hate and frustration that claims it's being further amplified by all the minds of the dead. He has Piedmon and Puppetmon agents following his orders (in addition to all four of Apocalymon's heralds being in-game), the subspace he exists within looks very similar to the darkness Apocalymon's release brought, and both can be seen as foils to Fanglongmon as representing "Mu"/"Nothingness" that can also be applied to the center of TheFourGods instead of the gold dragon. His true identity as Haruchika also brings into mind human villains with traumatic {{Freudian Excuse}}s like the Digimon Kaiser, [[Manga/DigimonVTamer01 Neo Saiba]] or [[VideoGame/DigimonStoryCyberSleuth Akemi Suedou]], Saiba in particular since his sister was integral to his StartOfDarkness too, although Haruchika's status as the man in-charge rather than an UnwittingPawn makes him more similar to Suedou than the other two.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: At the end of the Truthful route, after Fanglongmon Ruin Mode is defeated and Haruchika is reunited with his sister, Yukiha, Haruchika is finally free of his malice and hatred, and expresses remorse for everything he's done, thinking there's no way he could possibly atone. Yukiha, however, believes that his tears are atonement enough, and they both go to a place of rest, trusting their descendants and future generations to look after the safety of the world.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: The Master claims this is his motivation in the Moral route, sacrificing human children so that the Kemonogami's world in general can continue to exist. Agumon rebukes these claims, stating his world deserves to be destroyed if it lives on human sacrifices. As the Moral and Truthful routes reveal, the Master's plan was flawed from the start as the Professor realizes the Kemonogami World thrives on powerful emotions, including the ones produced by the sacrificed children.
* OutsideContextProblem: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. The Master himself might resemble other outside-context problem monstrosities like the D-Reaper or Eaters, but it's ''still'' a Fanglongmon, just virtually unrecognizable. It's consciousness in the other hand, is a genuinely supernatural force in the form of a vengeful human ghost, rather than the digital {{Eldritch Abomination}}s from past series.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild:
** In the Moral route, he claims that he ''needs'' to sacrifice children in order to maintain and preserve the Kemonogami's world. As the Professor realizes, however, the Master is mistaken; what was actually preserving the world was the strong feelings produced by the sacrifices, not the sacrifices themselves.
** The Truthful route reveals that the Master himself is literally powered by a forsaken child. Or more accurately, the forsaken child let himself to be absorbed by his now heavily disfigured partner and became his consciousness.
* ThePowerOfHate: What's been driving the Master. In fact, his current form is a fusion between Haruchika and his monster partner because of Haruchika's immense hatred for his sister for sacrificing and "abandoning" him.
* ThisWasHisTrueForm: In the Moral route, after the final boss battle, The Master returns to his "true form", a glowing ball of white light. However the Truthful Route reveals that it's true form is actually Fanglongmon, with Haruchika Minase's soul putting himself into the driver seat, after Miyuki splits the two apart.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: If Takuma decides to go back home at the end of Part 8, it's implied that he kills all of the sovereigns chaining him down, then returns to the human world to wipe out humanity by unleashing deadly disasters against them just to satisfy his century-old grudge.
* SerialKiller: He's been killing children or anyone else who entered the other world since he manifested, with a seemingly massive bodycount accumulated over centuries. It's however, not until the 20th and 21st century where the seals placed on him by his former friends weaken and random children can be spirited into the other world and killed, with several students attending a summer camp and two locals being his most recent batch of victims.
* TragicVillain: At his very core, Haruchika is just a broken young man who was supposedly thrown to die by the priestess overseeing the Kemonogami rituals that was also his sister, and let himself consumed by grief and hate as a result. Even worse, said sister had no intention of leaving him alone to die, but came too late to reunite with him.
* VengefulGhost: He's planning to destroy both the human and Kemonogami worlds over a centuries old grudge, and he's controlled by the ghost of a long-dead boy who was sacrificed by his sister that (he thought) left him to die.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to talk about The Master without spoiling major aspects of the four routes, especially the Moral and Truth routes.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In the Moral route, the Master claims he was only sacrificing children in order to preserve the other world. Agumon counters that if preserving the world means countless children have to die for the Kemonogami's sake, maybe the world ''should'' be destroyed. Agumon would rather the world not exist if murdering children is the price to maintain it. And as the Professor realizes, the Master is mistaken, as what was actually preserving the world was the strong emotion produced by those sacrifices, not the sacrifices themselves.
* WouldHurtAChild: The Master has been kidnapping and sacrificing human children out of a misguided belief that this is necessary to maintain the Kemonogami's world.
* WrongContextMagic: Unlike other Kemonogami who are killed off after their human partner's death, Fanglongmon continues to exist even after Haruchika is dispelled by and alongside Yukiha.
* YourSoulIsMine: The Master contains the souls of everyone sacrificed to its machinations, and it is implied that this has not been healthy for its sanity.
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* GutturalGrowler: He speaks in exactly the same voice as the Master in all of his forms.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Shuuji's survival has no major bearing on the plot overall, but it ''is'' one of the reasons the Truthful route kicks off; in Moral, Wrathful, and Harmonious, the Professor is unable to decipher the meaning behind the Kemonogami Murals behind the shrine. With Shuuji's help, however, the Professor is able to decipher them, and in turn discovers the existence of the Four Sovereign Beast Digimon.]]

* {{Brainwashed}}: During Chapter 5, he succumbs to the effects of the hallucinigenic fog summoned by Arukenimon. This causes him go mad, [[spoiler:becoming physically abusive toward Lopmon and promising to kill everyone who makes him feel inferior.]] Usually, [[spoiler:you can't save him.]]

* ForWantOfANail: Downplayed. [[spoiler:In the Truthful route, he helps the Professor try to make sense of the murals found in the inner shrine, including the meaning of the bizarre composition of the mural on the third level. Shuuji's aid helps the Professor realize the Kemonogami depicted on the mural are the Four Sovereign Beasts and what their role is, setting the events of the route into motion.]]

* ForWantOfANail: It doesn't become readily apparent until much later in the game, but [[spoiler:in the Truthful Route, his survival causes the story to deviate for the better. Not only does Ryo's survival spare Shuuji from cracking under pressure more than he already has, but Ryo starts to lay into him for treating Lopmon poorly]].

* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:Kunemon saving Ryo's life in a NewGamePlus run has massive ramifications on the rest of the game, compared to how the kid's situation spirals out of control in a normal playthrough. Ryo's presence at Shuuji's emotional breakdown proves instrumental in bringing him back from the brink of despair, which leads to Shuuji finding a new role and father figure in assisting the Professor's research, which leads to the mystery of the alternate world being solved.]]

* AdaptationalBadass: Make no mistake, Arukenimon's [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 previous]] [[Anime/DigimonGhostGame incarnations]] are no slouch, but this version [[spoiler:manages to ''successfully'' (albeit indirectly) led two major cast members to their deaths in a non-NewGamePlus playthrough]].

* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Falcomon's appearance here is likely to throw fans of ''[[Anime/DigimonDataSquad Data Squad]]'' for a loop since ''Survive'' uses his original appearance rather than his redesign in the former series, which, excluding this game, has otherwise entirely replaced the original design as the main design for the species. This also applies to his Ultimate form Crowmon, who also uses its original design rather than the redesign from ''Data Squad''.

* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Falcomon's appearance here is likely to throw fans of ''[[Anime/DigimonDataSquad Data Squad]]'' for a loop since ''Survive'' uses his original appearance rather than his redesign in the former series, which, excluding this game, has otherwise entirely replaced the original design as the main design for the species. This also applies to his Ultimate form Crowmon, who also uses its original design rather than the one from ''Savers'' and ''Ghost Game''.

* TimeAbyss: In Part 9 it's said that about 2 hours of time in the human world equals 10 days in the Kemonogami World. From Miyuki's perspective, she was in the Kemonogami World for ''6,000'' years. If she hadn't already gone crazy from having her soul snatched, she probably would have from the time dilation alone.

* TakingYouWithMe: In the Wrathful route. While he certainly did not plan on dying at the hands of the kids, he gloats how Aoi and Labramon will die along with him due to their injuries. Unfortunately for him, his previous actions causes Aoi's negative emotions to skyrocket, forcing Labramon to Dark Evolve and biomerge with Aoi, saving the latter's life in the process.