Digimon Adventures -> Timeline References (Japanese version) + Timeline Inconsistencies (??) “Twelve years ago, he married your real mother and they had you.” “But [the Izumi’s biological son] died when he was just a baby.” “Then, when we were asked if we could take care of you…” Interesting Notes: - the US / American dub seemingly made up the line that Koushiro’s parents “died when [Koushiro] was a baby” - in the Japanese version, that line does not exist. In fact, instead, we get only the reference that the Izumi’s biological son died when he was a baby. - “Twelve” years ago is mentioned despite Koushiro being officially 11 years old in Adventure (only one year behind Taichi, Yamato, & Sora exactly in all official age references). It’s possible this could be referencing Koushiro’s biological parents married around a year before having Koushiro, but the line instead of elaborating further like that literally just transitions right into “and they had you”, as if indicating that he’s actually around twelve years old by this point of the timeline, when that’s maybe not possible going by the official ages (since Adventures begins on August 1st, and this scene takes place before August 3rd wraps up.) [*the one exception would be if Koushiro’s birthday was actually August 2nd - August 3rd and he literally hides it from everyone, or they don’t find out until some time later.] - director Kakudou, however, has also stated that officially, the Adventure characters do not have set birthdays [this would also include birth years] - the Adventures timeline has multiple other potential inconsistencies and timing errors, not even including the OWG issue with Sora’s supposed “birthday” - All this in mind, since that line about Koushiro’s real parents “[dying] when [Koushiro] was a baby” seems made up by the dub… - (unless an official reference can be found via Japanese publications, in which case, please link them with an actual source) – WHAT AGE WAS KOUSHIRO IZUMI ACTUALLY WHEN HIS REAL PARENTS DIED ??? - Is it possible Koushiro (initially) remembered more than he let on, but he shut the memories out or his memories faded over time due to the circumstances (ala Greymon vs Parrotmon battle in Hikarigaoka ???) - was he already with the Izumi family in Hikarigaoka ?? - if so, was the Greymon vs Parrotmon battle around the time he found out / realized he was adopted ?? OR - if he wasn’t with the Izumi family already in Hikarigaoka …… - (note: the Adventure novels, written by director Kakudou, do describe the adoption discovery scene, but not that it took place during the exact timeframe of Hikarigaoka.):
Before now, before he had come to the Digital World, Koushiro had considered himself an insignificant and worthless human being. He knew computers, but what use was that? Even he was aware that he stuck out like a sore thumb in class, and he had thought that even if he wasn’t around, the world would still go on. It wasn’t completely unrelated to the moment when Koushiro found out the secret of his birth. When he was very young, he had heard his parents talking quietly to themselves in the drawing room when he was heading to the toilet one night. Hey, honey. When are we going to tell him the truth? Let’s wait just a little longer. If we tell him now, Koushiro will be shocked… From those few words alone, Koushiro knew that he was not his parents’ real child. He didn’t know who he belonged to. His very existence itself was uncertain. He didn’t know how to approach his parents and naturally grew timid about interacting with other people. Digimon Adventure novel #2 translation credit (during the scene with Koushiro figuring out the cards at Vamdemon’s castle)
(note how the above scene only mentions “when he was very young” and doesn’t reference Hikarigaoka at all, but his parents’ deaths likely could have occured around a similar timeframe, if not when he was literally a “baby”.)
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(Koushiro voice ‘to support my hypothesis, I would like to provide further evidence——–’)
(more timeline evidences under the read more !!)
[keeping in mind Digimon’s conflicting ages issue and timeline inconsistencies] ‘ wow I wonder when Japanese kids begin [primary] school ? —– ’
* Children who have their 6th birthday on or before April 1 enter the first grade of elementary school of that year. * School year starts in April and ends in March. * For Japanese nationals, six years at elementary school and three years at junior high school (total nine years) are compulsory. [source] ‘ … . . right ’