Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna is a 20th Anniversary celebration ending the story of the eight unique DigiDestined, and one of its big reveals explains why the DigiDestined are always children. Ever because the thought of the chosen youngsters was revealed within the franchise, there had been uncommon examples of adults with the ability to be companions with Digimon. It’s not precisely unattainable, however as defined within the movie, there is a particular cause why Digimon select a toddler to be their associate. And this cause fleshes out all the franchise as an entire!
Warning! Major spoilers for Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna under!
Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna’s main conflict is a literal countdown to the end as Tai and Matt uncover that Digimon partnerships attain a really distinguished finish when a toddler grows up. It’s revealed that Digimon choose a toddler to be their associate as a result of they’ve boundless potential for progress. That potential converts to an vitality for the Digimon.
As Digimon develop alongside their companions, youngsters are the best choice since they’ve that potential for progress that adults would not have. As an individual grows older, that vitality dwindles and shortly that Digimon is nowhere close to as robust because it was once. Even more so the film reveals that when the chosen child ages into adulthood, their Digimon associate ceases to exist.
Producer behind the movie, Yosuke Kinoshita defined to ComicBook.com in an earlier interview that this choice to make the chosen children older was deliberate, and with that alternative hits on a number of ranges, “It will be mentioned {that a} major attribute of Digimon Adventure is characters getting older. In this commemorative 20th 12 months, we wished to thank those that watched and grew up with Digimon since once they have been youngsters. We thought characters who “grew up” or reached maturity would greatest join with our followers.”
Not only does this make for a heavy goodbye, but it surely additionally is smart when it comes to the grander lore of the franchise. This is very seen within the new collection that has already introduced Mega level battles less than 20 episodes into its current run. But what do you suppose?
Does this rationalization for why the DigiDestined are at all times youngsters make sense for the remainder of the franchise? What did you consider Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna? Was it an acceptable finale for the unique eight DigiDestined? Let us know your ideas within the feedback or you may even attain out to me straight about all issues animated and different cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!
