Fanfic The Story We Deserved
"The Story We Never Told", written by "ker-plop", is an ominous sequel of "Digimon Adventure", in which the basic premise is that the canon show, otherwise known as "Digimon Adventure 02", is in fact a consequence of a renowned author, Takeru Takaishi, censoring the actual events which transpired to the Digi Destined. However, after some candid criticism from his wife, Takeru begins to compose the story of what actually occurred to himself, and the other Digi Destined, many years prior.
Although towering at 800000+ words, and still ongoing, the writing and structure of "The Story We Never Told" is impeccably construed and detailed. Unquestionably, ker-plop has demonstrated that he is of the highest excellence in terms of fanfic writing.
The story itself is a much darker tale than that of the canon show. Although borrowing a basic framework from the canon show, the story begins to strongly deviate from its counterpart within the second arc. Further involvement of the Dark Ocean, as well as the mysterious Dark World, suggest a more complex, however coherent plot.
Different characterizations of several of the Digi Destined, new and old, brings light to the fact that the story revolves around children facing the possibility of death at every corner. In many chapters it is seen that the chosen children are in fact, not surprisingly, imperfect human beings. Throughout the story we see that teenagers are, in actuality, hormonally wild, swearing loud mouths, spoiled brats and, particularly in one Yamato Ishida's case, resentful and jealous of those who may replace us. This provides a refreshing reminder that we in fact are reading a tale of children who must burden the weight of saving two worlds, a responsibility that the most "perfect" human adults could not begin to comprehend.
The somber storyline also provides a saddening, yet very true reality that the overwhelmingly positive exuberance of the canon show could never afford. Even as children, in all our innocence, actions will always have consequences. No matter where we hide, or how far we try to run away, in the end, we must all pay for our sins.
In summation, this incredible piece of literature is filled with our most beloved characters, epic battles, awkward teenage romance, well-timed humor and jaw-dropping moments which equate to an undeniably AMAZING read.
Fanfic An excellent remake of the second Digimon anime that would have been legendary if it weren't too grimdark in the first place
It is a common Fandom-Specific Plot for authors to remake the Digimon Adventure 02. However, only two of those fan fictions stand out. All other remakes are Dead Fic that never even reached 200,000 words. This version adopts Dark Fic in full force, is more conservative when it regards to how the author tries to expand the Digimon contents has not one single authors note every end of the topic.
One of the authors greatest upsides is his writing and structure. Firstly, there are virtually no grammar mistakes in the story that the author could have done better, secondly; the author's way of describing the interactions, appearances, characters, the way the story is structured and the narrative is also good. His Character Development for the Digidestined, while inconsistent, is also quite good. His update rate while bimonthly, is also consistent meaning that the author is very dedicated to completing the story.
However, the author also have a couple of flaws that prevents this story from being called one of the greatest fan fictions of the year. One of the biggest is ironically, its darker storyline. The Wangst along with the hopeless struggles that the Digidestined are consistently receiving made me stop giving a f*** about them. Characterizations are also inconsistent, at one end Digidestined like Tai, Sora, TK, and Kari are likable and good to watch, on the other hand, Matt, Mimi, and Cody (Post Digimon Emperor) became unlikable jerks that I loathe whenever I saw their name, only becoming nicer after having to endure tens of jerkass chapter moments.
In the end, while it is not a perfect fiction, it is still one of the best Digimon Adventure 02 fictions in the net. My final verdict for this fan fiction is an 8/10, it is an awesome fiction that is worth the time reading.
Fanfic Really good
Please check this story out. Season 2 originally was nothing more than perhaps a semi decent season. But this makes the original season look like it was written by six years old. The characters develop so well, and the story is really as in how they do the ideas. The length is long though. That can be a turn off. With nearly 900K words. I liked the future scenes and the way that it shows the show was a first copy of the story. Overall 9 (removed a little bit because of the length, it not being done, and it being too dark might also be a turn off for people)
Fanfic Maybe there was a reason for that
A little disclaimer before we begin: I haven't seen 02... ever. Every remark on the quality of the writing is going to be directed at the writer and its work, not at the series itself.
So, how do I begin? Well, I'm doing a marathon of the Digimon franchise, so I went online to know what people think of each and every series before starting it. Turns out that many people don't really like 02 all that much, calling it an inconsistent and boring sequel to an amazing show. And considering that I really liked Adventure (I gave it a 9/10), and that I watch series and shows for fun, I decided to skip directly to Tamers.
This is where this horrible carnival of angst comes into play. Some people suggested this fanfiction as a good substitute to the actual series. Now, I don't really have this amazing relationship with fanfictions in general (most of them are... how do people say these days... cringy), but I wanted to have something to read between the episodes of Tamers, and many people were praising it so much that I had to at least give it a shot. My God.
First of all, the prose is... well, it could be better. There are no real grammar mistakes, but the prose itself is a bit stilted. It's not really all that professional, although it gets considerably better with every chapter. But that's not really the problem here. The problem is... or better, are the characters.
Now, what do I think when I think of Digimon Adventure? Well, surely not horrible characterizations and terrible drama: the fanfiction has this weird idea that what makes a story mature is a forced, stilted sense of darkness and angst that overrides the characters and their personalities, making you completely uninterested in them as a consequence. It really gets to the point of killing one of the characters (I'm not gonna say who, because it's a spoiler, although I don't know why would anyone want to read this), ignoring any potential that same character might have possessed. Everybody's emotionally inconsistent, and the weight of the story suffers because of this. It seems like the author didn't really care about the characters he was writing, to be honest.
But the reason why I'm so harsh is that the mere concept of this story is enough to bug me in the wrong way: the idea that this is the "better"... no, "real" version of what happened in a show simply because whoever was writing it didn't like it? But that's not all: at the beginning, we learn that everything that happened in the actual series is fake because Takeru (who has become a writer) is writing the story in a way that pleases his editors, and the reason why the ACTUAL story comes into play is because his wife tells him that the people aren't going to like it. The wife, here, is clearly an insert of the writer (and most of the fandom)'s opinion on 02. This is extremely dense, and it makes the story even worse by comparison: it's like the author's saying "oh yeah, this is the actual Adventure sequel guys. This is what Adventure, that amazing series, deserves". No, it doesn't. It deserves much better.
This is a clear 3/10: if you take it seriously as an Adventure sequel, it's a disaster. And you know what? Now I'm actually going to watch 02, just to spite the author and see how bad it truly is. It can't be worse than this, for sure.