Another √02 comic, now about the post-Kaiser arc (between ep 22 and 24) and then Daisuke and Rui talking about Ken and how Rui thinks Ken was kind and helped him out of kindness. Daisuke is not so sure if this means anything, but remember that Daisuke says he heard something coming from the Digimental of Miracles before :).

So yeah, HERE he starts to get what the Crest of Kindness meant. It's just an extra flavor in this AU interquel.

The differences between Kizuna and 02TB styles

Yes, you read it right: There are subtle style differences between Kizuna and 02TB. I'll talk about them in this post.

02TB and Kizuna might share most of their staff (I didn't see a list of the staff for 02TB so far, correct me if I'm wrong please) and both had been animated by the same animation studio, Yumeta Company.

Although the art style is still the same, what changes is that 02TB adds a lighting effect to the characters..

you see it immediately when you place Daisuke's artwork from Kizuna next to his artwork from 02TB. Kizuna's style is a solid color with shading and subtle light effects (on hair, in this case) -- But 02TB has not only solid colors + shading but also lighting effects! And the hair gets also lighting effects alongside the subtle highlights from Kizuna style.

Both Kizuna and 02TB have different light and shadow effects depending on the environment in which the scenes take place, and this is where you can see the differences between the two when you put them side by side.

I'M GOING TO PICK SCENES OR FRAMES FROM BOTH MOVIES WITHOUT GIVING AWAY ANY MAJOR SPOILERS, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN BOTH YET.

So, i decided to gather a few drabbles of my OTP and drop it on AO3.

They're random, and it might be updated when i get new drabbles done.

⚠There's spoilers for 02TB in those drabbles, so I recommend reading them AFTER watching the movie.

They're just fluff and a bit of angst though... But yeah, Daisuke/Rui drabbles. You can ask me to write them stuff with them too!! Just please keep them SFW for this blog (^・ω・^ )

(might cross-post them here too, later... they were originally for my RP blog/acc orz)

now with high quality images!!

16/jun/2024 edit: the trilogy is completed.

Rui-kun summoning Ukkomon from the egg so they can restart their lives together from the beginning and then get a healthy and happy human-digimon partnership.

(i have no idea why i doodled this. And i never watched the movie this meme comes from either.)

(Rough) Fact Checking on Rui & Ukkomon's statements in 02TB

Tbh I'm kinda concerned about people taking Rui's statements for granted and not realizing the movie is unclear what is legit and whatnot.

This is not Kizuna-like levels of screwed up, but this is still bugging me as i've been discussing about this movie with friends who managed to watch it before me, and once i watched it by myself i completely understood their thoughts and theories regarding the movie and the Rui & Ukkomon lore.

We still got no actual news of digital releases or EN subs (tho i believe fansubs might appear once the JP Blu-Ray/DVD is released in May) or any other country digital release (or Blu-Ray/DVD ones) so i can’t completely make a detailed lore busting post about Rui’s statements and what we know or were presented in the original Adventure’99, 02 and their extra materials like Drama CD and movies.

But i do remember tiny bits of the movie… And stuff said in the pre-release stream.

I’ll do my best here.

[WARNING FOR SPOILERS AHEAD]

02 kids tell Rui-kun about the Digimon Kaiser

[AO3 version]

A few months after the group had met Rui…

“Ichijouji-kun…” Rui glanced at the taller boy in the group “Can I ask you something…?” 

They and the 02 group were enjoying their day at this cafe shop that had just opened -- one in which you could take your digimon with you. With the number of digimon partnerships increasing and doubling year by year, humankind has been starting to get used to the digimon in their daily lives.

“Hm?” Ken turned to Rui.

A translation of the three audio dramas that were distributed during the first three weeks of Digimon Adventure 02 THE BEGINNING‘s theater run (October 27-November 16, 2023), featuring short stories with the movie’s characters.

Shihanne's 02TB FAQ

Here's a 02TB version of the Kizuna FAQ I made earlier, where I answer questions to things you may be curious about regarding the movie while trying to stay as spoiler-free as possible! This is, again, not a post made to convince anyone towards or against watching the movie, but rather just something to provide assistance for people who might be on the fence about watching the movie or want to know certain things before going in.

Like with the last post, I will be organizing this post in such a way that the story references to what happens in it will get more and more extensive as the post goes on. The more you read, the less "blind" you'll be going in, or the more there may be risk of you being able to figure out what happens in it. So if you want to stay fresh to a certain extent, you should just stick to reading the first few questions! (However, also as with before, I won't be including any major story beats in here, just generic allusions.)

The UPDATED (OG) Adventure universe’s Partnership double year math count

Updated Digimon Adventure OG Timeline’s Partnership Math Count List 

Not particularly spoilers from the movie, just stuff stated by the official timeline from the pre-release stream for the movie in Japan (Oct 26)

↓ Original notes + "Why there's still no retcon of the lore" below ↓