405. The Curious Incident of the Digital World in the Knight-Time

It's Royal Knights time.

Amidst the bland, knightly repetition, it's also time for a moon walk, a poorly conceived lesson about bullies, a beanstalk, some babies, and lots of retracing steps.

In this episode we dig into the structure of this arc (compared to the Destiny Stones arc), highlight Frontier's connections to the American Frontier, look at this arc as the franchise's first step into Royal Knights obsession, and tear into the handling of the Unchosen Children.

Fortnightly Question

「Who is your favorite Trailmon?」

Chapters

• 0:00:00: Intro
• 0:04:59: General Discussion
• 0:18:59: Arc Structure
• 0:38:40: Closing of the Frontier
• 0:56:32: Coastal Clash
• 1:10:19: The Royal Knights
• 1:29:51: Unchosen Children
• 1:46:38: Unified Spirit Forms
• 1:51:16: Transgarbled iTunes Review
• 1:54:21: Shipping Corner
• 1:58:32: Unanswered Questions
• 2:04:12: Ridiculous Dialogue Draft
• 2:07:09: Terminal Judgment
• 2:11:57: Recommendation Articulation
• 2:16:11: Outro

Things Mentioned

• Haruhi Suzumiya [en.wikipedia.org]
• Endless Eight [haruhi.wikia.com]
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [en.wikipedia.org]
• Sitcoms ending on empty living room set [tvtropes.org]
• Seven Samurai [en.wikipedia.org]
• The Magnificent Seven [en.wikipedia.org]
• The Oregon Trail [en.wikipedia.org]
• Farewall to Manzanar [en.wikipedia.org]
• My Hero Academia [en.wikipedia.org]
• Attack on Titan [en.wikipedia.org]
• Digimon X-Evolution [digimon.wikia.com]
• Yu Yu Hakusho [en.wikipedia.org]
• Sailor Moon [en.wikipedia.org]
• Cardcaptor Sakura [en.wikipedia.org]
• The Vision of Escaflowne [en.wikipedia.org]
• Lost [en.wikipedia.org]
• Lost Tailies [lostpedia.wikia.com]
• Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? [en.wikipedia.org]
• One Piece [en.wikipedia.org]
• A Silent Voice [en.wikipedia.org]
• Darker than Black [en.wikipedia.org]
• Elvis Presley [en.wikipedia.org]
• Theodore Roosevelt [en.wikipedia.org]
• Neon Genesis Evangelion [en.wikipedia.org]
• Gilligan's Island [en.wikipedia.org]
• Mister Ed [en.wikipedia.org]
• Bewitched [en.wikipedia.org]

Imagery Mentioned

BlackWarGreymon's Butt

Kazemon Butt Attack

Unchosen Children Voices

Jeff Quad Ship Theory

Untranslated Beanstalk Express

Elecmon Peeing

KendoGarurumon on Rails

Ships Mentioned

Koukou

Takumi

Junzumi

Takouji

Koji x Gotsumon

Arukenimon x Mummymon

Characters Mentioned

Apocalymon (source)

Zoe (source)

Lucemon (source)

Gallantmon (source)

BlackWarGreymon (source)

Royal Knights (source)

Crusadermon (source)

Dynasmon (source)

Bokomon (source)

Koichi (source)

Katsuhara

Teppei

Chiaki

Teruo

Omegamon (source)

Imperialdramon PM (source)

Dukemon (source)

Rapidmon (armor) (source)

Magnamon (source)

Tommy (source)

Takuya (source)

Angemon (source)

Patamon (Waistband)

Trailmon (Angler) (source)

Elecmon (source)

Sepikmon (source)

SuperStarmon (source)

Etemon (source)

Nefertimon (source)

KendoGarurumon (source)

Sagittarimon (source)

Flamedramon (source)

Raidramon (source)

Mamemon (Elder)

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Recommendation Articulation

• Jeff: Terrace House (Netflix)
• Ashely: Lose Sight by Andrew Bayer
• Asher: Umineko When They Cry
• Andrew: ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. (Crunchyroll)

How would you rate these episodes?

•	Ep. 38:	It Can't Be! Lucemon Reappears
•	Ep. 39:	The Man In The Moon Is You
•	Ep. 40:	The Bully Pulpit
•	Ep. 41:	Jerks And The Beanstalk
•	Ep. 42:	Glean Eggs And Scram
•	Ep. 43:	Bad To The Bones
•	Ep. 44:	Now You See It, Now You Don't
•	Ep. 45:	All Aboard The Tag Team Express
•	Ep. 46:	To Make The World Go Away

How would you rate this arc?

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