Reviews Anime / Digimon Adventure

I don't quite get the way this review is written, but I agree with the title. This is an example of First Installment Wins if I ever saw one. However, some statements I do not agree with here:

unlike Konaka they all managed to have depth,which Kazu and Kenta and Ryu,...did not.

Kazu may not have had depth, but he was fairly well developed for what he was. It should have been Kenta, Ryo, and Susy that got mentioned: they were the totally flat ones.

It also has the best pace,neither does it take ten or more episodes to Grow The Beard

Actually, while it was always enjoyable, it really started to Grow The Beard around episode 20.

I always found Devimon to be where it started to Grow The Beard.

I'll admit it was hard to really express my views with all that nostalgia,it was such a staple that it was hard to really pick into it like Digimon Savers. Although I'm really trying to review all the contested seasons which are this one,Tamers,and Savers. Nostalgia Filter is very damaging,luckily I think I just figured out some good criticisms,...back to the editing room

Suzie became a little more like Henry by the end,Suzie grew quite a bit considering what she was. Kazu was just the Comic Relief

Devimon was the first step-up for the series, yes, but it kind of stepped back down after he was defeated what with the next arc having episodes where tags and crests were conviently found during completely unrelated stories. It pretty much started getting great again during the episode where Metalgreymon debuted and it just started really Growing The Beard from there.

I do not recall a single thing Suzie did after getting Lopmon nor do I recall her really growing as a person. Kazu at least did stuff with his partner digimon once he became an Ascended Fanboy. Kenta, on the other hand, was just his Satellite Character through and through.

Personally, I think kenta did have a personality of his own in that he is a bit old fashioned and shy whereas kazu is more of a streetwise/modern kid who is practical and surprisingly considerate, based on kenta's disbelief at kazu's claim that a girl is the best card player there is (a scene which was inverted in the dub, for some reason), kenta apologizing for the fact that the class average grade would be lower without him (also changed in the dub), kenta deciding to just leave a written note to his parents before going to the digital world rather than telling them directly or not telling them at all. Furthermore, I would also point out that he and Marine Angemon decided, by themselves, to get out of their homes and head onto Shinjuko to fight the D-Reaper's agents and would eventually save Takato and Guilmon from ADR-01 by themselves, so he's not just a satellite character. I could also point out suzy was not given any issues to deal with, thus it would be very hard to depict her growing as a character in order to overcome said issues (unlike Ai and Makoto), but still she had some subtle changes; she was shown to become less carefree (even though she didn't lose her joy and curiosity) when she goes from just playing around by herself to helping out anyway she can. I could also go on and on on how the other characters also have depth but that doesn't change the fact that character development in Tamers was uneven.

Anyway, the review. As you may have guessed, I prefer Tamers over Adventure so I disagree with you. Nevertheless, you raise very good points (particularly regarding the important yet overlooked accessibility factor) and your reasoning is sound so I think it's a very good review, despite the references to the other series being a bit confusing to those not familiar to the franchise (even though that probably had more to do with the set word limit).

I would have and I wouldn't have. I would have because it seems those of us who were six and keep the Nostalgia Filter on somewhat are fewer and fewer,meanwhile Tamers is easily Vindicated By History,it's at levels comparable to Avatar,My Little Pony, The Nolan Batman films,and Firefly,if you don't like it people will treat you like a disease sometimes. So in that sense,no surprise.

However it also sounded more like a Single Issue Wonk against Kenta,so for all I knew,you could've just been defending a personal favorite character.

Truth be told I did find Kenta to be a little more rounded than Kazu and Ryu,but really he had a long time to really develop and it never truly happened,sure those little gestures were something,but really eh could've been more

Susie on the other hand was in the background most of the time,with maybe one scene,and it isn't for a long time before she becomes a Tamer,which was a Throw It In anyway. With that considered,I think they really did more with her.

As for all the references,I'm sorry I find myself on the defensive much of the time,but yeah the word limit definitely didn't help.

"that doesn't mean there all losers,naw only the even seasons are"

Xros Wars would like to have a few words with you.

I haven't seen that one yet,until I do,the franchise suffers from an Inverse Star Trek Movie Curse,..I'd call it the Indiana Jones curse but I only hated Temple of Doom on that one.

Hell, I love frontier.

Maybe it's just me, but parts of this review feel more like a Take That to Tamers than a reaffirmation of Adventure. I agree that this season was one of the best, but the Tamers comparisons feel a little out of place. I will agree that this season was pretty awesome, though.

Maybe it's just me, but parts of this review feel more like a Take That to Tamers than a reaffirmation of Adventure. I agree that this season was one of the best, but the Tamers comparisons feel a little out of place. I will agree that this season was pretty awesome, though.

Oops, double submission. Can someone delete one of those please?

I completely agree with the title. First Installment Wins.