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Hey, the first companion short just popped up on YouTube! It’s a good way to get caught up with the eight before Kizuna, plus it bodes well for the other four movies to appear online at some point!
easily one of the most baffling things in the english dub
according to the wiki for this episode “In the original episode, at the end of the episode when the kids are commenting about feeling Sora’s love, Mimi asks Joe if he would like some of her love, handing him a handful of acorns. This is something that alludes to Peter Pan as when talking about a "kiss” Wendy gives Peter a thimble instead and he gives her an acorn, creating their own expression of love"
which Im surprised they changed that line so drastically considering the dub team really supported Joe/Mimi
The Digimon Adventure twitter account shared storyboards for “To Sora” (Digimon Adventure 20th anniversary Memorial Story Project)
By checking out the source link you will find out translations and other details!
For those having trouble finding the translations!
( with credit to “With the Will” !! )
Apparently, this particular short story featuring Sora (& Mimi?) seems to take place “the day before the movie version” or, it’s a kind of prequel!
Also according to the translation, 11 years TOTAL
... have passed since the first Adventure season which took place in 1999 !!
(We pretty much already knew this timeline fact but to have more direct canonical timeline confirmations is always good !!)
Mimi Tachikawa’s new profile for the Digimon Adventure movie
(DISCLAIMER: VIA GOOGLE TRANSLATE)
(waiting for a clearer translation first is advised)
[EDIT: TRANSLATED HERE] (PRETTY MUCH YEAH)
OK BUT DIGIMON FANDOM CAN WE TALK ABOUT
- MIMI BEING A “BUSINESS GIRL”
- MIMI DEVELOPING “ORIGINAL PRODUCTS”
- MIMI SELLING THOSE PRODUCTS
- MIMI SELLING THOSE PRODUCTS ALL OVER THE WORLD
- IF WE CONSIDER THE 02 EPILOGUE IS STILL CANON
- because it is sorry Tri interviews confirmed this ages ago
- BUT DOES SHE DO ALL OF THIS (PLUS) HER COOKING SHOW
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”.)
EDIT:
(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 ’
Throughout the entire bus ride, Mimi Tachikawa was so absorbed in gossiping with her friends Taako and Mi–chan that she never bothered to look at the gradually changing scenery outside her window. Nor was she interested in doing so anyway. If you were to ask her later what landmarks the bus went through to get to their campgrounds in Mikami Canyon, she would have told you that she had no idea. “Okay, we’re here!” Fujiyama–sensei’s loud voice was useful to him during the school’s morning assemblies, for it could reach all the way to the back of the auditorium without the assistance of a microphone. Within the narrow bus, however, it caused everyone’s ears to ring. “The group you belong in is listed on the printout I gave you before we left. Your leaders will be wearing arm bands with their names on it, so find them using that and stick with your group. After that, listen to what your leader tells you. That is all.” Mimi looked down at the official–looking printout in her hands. In felt–tip pen was handwritten, “Kido Group (Leader: 6th Grade, Jou Kido)” “Hey, do you know who Kido is?” Mimi asked Taako, who was sitting next to her. Taako’s handout had “Arihara Group” written on it. “Kido–san would be…” Searching outside the window, it wasn’t long before Taako pointed, “Over there!” The boy she was indicating was dressed neatly in an open–collared shirt and an Ivy League–styled vest. Besides wearing glasses and the arm band that signified he was a leader, his shoulder was burdened by a square–shaped bag labeled “Emergency Food Supply.” Perhaps he was also feeling the heavy responsibility that came with being a leader because his face looked a little stiff. “Hmm… He doesn’t seem that reliable…” Mimi mused, but she was interrupted by Mi–chan, who motioned to them hurriedly, saying, “Look, look!” Mi–chan was pointing at the front of the bus, where a boy wearing a long–sleeved orange shirt was about to get off. Even Mimi knew who he was. They hardly ever talked together, but he was her classmate, Koushiro Izumi. Mi–chan wanted them to look at what Koushiro was carrying on his back – a wireless laptop. “Isn’t he so weird for bringing that all the way to camp?” Mi–chan sneered with mocking laughter, but Mimi didn’t laugh. She simply didn’t find any reason to. -- Mimi Tachikawa noticing Jou Kido and Koushiro Izumi pre-snowstorm (Ep. 01) - from the Digimon Adventures novel written by director Kakudou (Ch. 2) (emphasis / bolding / italics mine) (*NOTE: Though the novels were written by Kakudou, they do diverge from the original story at points past the initial File Island arc, especially by the middle of the second novel and by the third and final Adventure novel [the third novel of which is not yet translated, though summaries of a few short parts were given]. They also contain, however, many rather interesting looks into the Chosens’ personalities and potential interactions as seen by Kakudou, such as these.)
Current status of Chosen Girls re: romantic interests (according to the Stage Play):
Mimi: Says she has a crush on someone, later admits she was lying.
Sora: Says she doesn’t have a crush on anyone, appears to be lying.
Hikari: Doesn’t have a crush on anyone.
Because Mimi Tachikawa canonically shipping Sorato is pretty damn cute. Girl has excellent taste! ;)
Mimi: I didn’t think [Sora and Yamato dating] was that out there. I actually think they’d be really good together!
