[ ^ both from Ketsui. The bottom cap is from Crunchyroll’s sub,
which did note honorifics (earlier on Hikari uses “Jou-senpai”, for example. ]
[ Hikari right after Takeru’s line here: “And Imperialdramon, too...” ... ]
( Takeru in the post-02 / pre-Tri cd drama: “Ichijouji-kun” )
[ * note: the 02 drama cd has the title of “ original story, spring 2003″ ]
[ * Tri: takes place in the year 2005, as confirmed by Takeru’s email at the end of the final movie, “Our Future” / “Bokura no Mirai” ]
Mimi -> Ichijouji-kun: “ only in the audio drama Michi e no Armor Shinka, which was written in the middle of the series and is questionable canon at best*. ”
[ ^ * elaboration from the honorifics chart linked, that is, not my own ]
( ^ AND YET HERE WE HAVE MIMI CLEARLY
USING “ICHIJOUJI-KUN” IN NOW TRI + KETSUI SO )
[ also please note the post / reference chart on honorifics I’m referring to is from 2013 - a.k.a. pre-Tri and thus very outdated anyhow ]
Takeru in / during 02 uses, for Ken: Ichijouji-san -> Ichijouji -> Ichijouji-kun
(^ The [first] two [ “Ichijouji-san” -> “Ichijouji” ] are both used during 02 episode 19 when he expresses his slight disagreement with the Kaiser. “Ichijouji-san” while he’s talking relatively calmly, but after they’ve had their slapfight he calls Ken plain “Ichijouji”.
“Ichijouji-kun” is after Ken turns good. )
[ * this elaboration mentioned also from the older honorifics chart linked. ]
Takeru in the pre-Tri / post-02 drama cd (highlighting / italics mine for emphasis):
“ There are also things that make me feel embarrassed upon re-thinking them. For example, like the time when I separated from my big brother and became alone… I was so swayed by PicoDevimon’s lies that I had a fight with Patamon and threw away my digivice. Or last summer, when I let my blood rush to my head and punched Ichijouji-kun, the former Digimon Kaiser. Really… when I remember those things now, my face turns bright red with embarrassment. I feel like digging myself into a hole. ”
Takeru earlier in, near the start of his same drama track:
“ I’m sure that the incident that occurred from the Christmas of 2002 to the end of that year is still fresh in everyone’s minds. In fact, even though three months had passed since then, the TV, newspapers, and magazines are still making reports about the Digimon. ”
[ * Christmas of 2002 = the end of 02, taking place in 2002 ]
Takeru goes on in his drama track to describe various events that occured in that timeframe + “three months” that had passed since the end of 02, such as involving his + Yamato’s mother & father, and Sora’s father, and their involvements on reporting about the Digimon.
“ Thanks to [Yamato + Takeru’s father], we were saved from publicity.
It’s sort of like… we’d like to keep our identities and the Digimon a secret. I don’t mean forever, when I say that, but the relationship between us and our partner Digimon is unique and other people probably wouldn’t understand that.
For example, we can’t have people thinking that Digimon are slightly strange pets. If they do, then they won’t take us seriously either, and of course, the Digimon wouldn’t like that perception themselves. That’s why, until we get the general public to acknowledge Digimon and the Digital World for what they really are, we’d like to lay low. ”
“ How far am I up to now [*in Takeru’s book]? I’m writing about the time Leomon was controlled by the black gears and he was about to capture us. ”
something else interesting re: Takeru possibly being an unreliable narrator:
“ I’ve asked my big brother, Taichi-san, Daisuke-kun, and the others about their versions on the parts that were vague to me, or when I wasn’t there. The details of the general incidents themselves were similar, but when we went over personal affairs, we realized how differently everyone had felt about the situation. ”
“ The part where Angemon fought Devimon on File Island and turned into an egg… is still left unwritten. It’s hard for me to re-live, but also… the feelings that overflowed in my heart that time, as though it had been cut to shreds… Knowing how to write about it, or even describe it, is beyond me at the moment.
[chuckle] I also have problems with writing itself.
I feel as though I should personally settle this mess of feelings within me first.
That’s why… for this part alone… until I’ve become more of an adult *… ”
[ * I wonder what a major theme of Tri was obviously about ? ]
* another timeline mention [not as related, but still] from Miyako’s track:
“ By the way, I’m still in the computer club even in middle school. Izumi-senpai is its captain, of course. I’m making some background music for Yamato-senpai’s band, the Teenage Wolves. Or rather, I’m making it for them. ”
and Hikari’s entire drama cd track needs to be read by this entire fandom again
because whoa timeline details + possible Tri connections or inspirations and also re: Jun Motomiya, Shuu Kido [oldest of the two older Kido brothers that is in University], and Miyako’s older sisters all becoming Chosen Children in / around “ Spring 2003 ″
[ “ BUT WAIT DIDN’T TRI TAKE PLACE IN 2005 ″ <- Y U P ]
as well as the ending:
“ Afterwards, the world met with even greater trouble. ”
“ Even in 02’s final episode, it was stated that “The road each had taken to get there had not been an easy one.” ”
“ The video that Hikari had begun to make grew to be surprisingly useful, while the memorandum Takeru had started writing was delayed in publishing until he was able to calmly and objectively describe the situations. ”
“ Nevertheless, these children were able to survive, without being trampled by defeat…
Never forgetting their adventure and the things they had gained from their Digimon. ”
“ But even in 2003, and the years after that, they continue to live.
Please remember that sometimes, that is simply enough. ”
By the way, Hiroyuki Kakudou (a producer / director of Adventures) is mentioned under “script” for both Daisuke & Hikari in the same drama cd.