Digimon Adventure REBOOT Episode 25 “Dive To The Next Ocean” Review
Major Spoilers are included in this episode review. Please read with caution.
Episode 25—“Dive To The Next Ocean”—marked the beginning of a new arc. While the major issues of what the series has done so far are still in effect, I am going into this next arc somewhat hopeful that the villain will be at least Myotismon. I have set the bar lower for the upcoming arc like, “Please let it be Myotismon! He’s one of the best Digimon villains, we can skip Etemon!”
The earthquake from the previous episode broke the ground beneath Tai, Matt, TK, their Digimon, and Eldoradimon, revealing they have fallen from the Cloud Continent—which is the sky to them now—and they are now heading for the ocean below. Then Eldoradimon is attacked by a swarm of Mamemon and BigMamemon, which caused Tai, Matt, and TK to fall off the gigantic Digimon. Luckily, Leomon, Falcomon, and Spadamon show up on flying Peckmon to save them. I’m so glad Leomon and his Digi-Squad came back.
Patamon and Leomon then explain how Eldoradimon used to be a slave via the miasma, and that Eldoradimon will die if Mamemon and BigMamemon swarms continue invading his body at that fast rate. TK wants to save Eldoradimon because he wouldn’t have met Patamon without him. This does sound like the TK I remember from the original series, so I’m on board with that too. Let’s save Eldoradimon!
I didn’t enjoy the “tired aspect” being brought into play—where Digimon are usually too exhausted or hungry to digivolve—only for it to be ignored later in the episode, when Tai and Matt did a “run together moment” to digivolve Agumon and Gabumon, who were supposed to be exhausted, into Greymon and Garurumon. The “exhaustion” part is more towards Agumon honestly because of the whole “dark digivolving” and “WarGreymon sneak peek” moments he went through, but whatever; when the evolution music plays, you gotta evolve!
In the end, Eldoradimon is safe and sound on the new ocean, the Mamemon and BigMamemon were taken down, and Tai and Matt high-fived. They won. What an interesting way to kick off the new arc… by making it the “Tai and Matt” show…
The B-Plot with the sidelined DigiDestined—gosh, this might be an ongoing thing—was something at least. The boats crashing into each other is a bigger issue than I thought it was. Joe, with his years of studying, drops some exposition about the collision and how there’s already tension between the USA and Iran. So, since the Human World doesn’t know anything about Digimon or the Digital World, this incident could lead to a war. It’s getting serious over here.
Kari also randomly appears and asks what the group is up to. Sora gives a weak excuse. Izzy also has a plan to stop the In-Training Digimon from flooding the Network World, which is what’s causing the boat tanks to crash into each other. Nobody else really cares that Kari is just randomly there. Hopefully, Kari doesn’t randomly appear in the Digital World next—I have a feeling this will happen though for the plot. I’m not understanding the point of the separation, other than “Tai and Matt” show.
This episode was a decent start into the new arc. I’m hoping the other DigiDestined return to the Digital World someday, but I highly doubt it. Once again—in Bernie Sanders meme form—I’m asking the Digimon Writers to prove me wrong. Being right like 94% of the time about the reboot series is making me sad. I don’t want to be sad and right. I’d rather be happy and wrong. Please do better in this upcoming arc.