Digimon seems to suffer the same curse that my D&D campaigns do: the longer they go on and the more things level up, the more likely mechas are going to show up. :shinji-screm:

Vivi got really into the 2nd Amendment

The original Digimon is about the death of imagination and childhood innocence in a capitalist system. Before the jump into the digiverse, they live in 90s Japan (Tokyo maybe?), it’s all grey tones, and every one of the children’s parents is distant, many of them because of issues of capitalism. The Digiverse provides a literal escape from 90s capitalist Japan, but also a mental escape from the monotony of growing up to reproduce capitalism. No I will not elaborate, and Wizardmon goes hard.

Digimon are literally data. They’re the manifestation of terminal onlineness. Just imagine if it weren’t a kids show.