
a review by sakuyamons

a review by sakuyamons
Well, I finished XW, the sixth installment of the Digimon Franchise and my review is:
The first part, where you introduce the important characters and their mons, that is between episode 1 until Nene joins the team (imo) is good, a throwback of the adventure franchise (and all the installments in general) through the power of the digimemories, the second part is a little bit more boring and you feel like it's going nowhere.
But Death Generals? That stuff was TIGHT.
It's not bad, it's kinda enjoyable, it screams more to Gurren Lagann than Digimon in some aspects, because evolution is in the latest arcs, and DigiXros is more used, also the difference between powers is little to not respected (Shoutmon is the core of the digicross, a rookie level digimon, can beat champions if he digixrossed and it was on the same level of power than Greymon who was Kiriha's core, an adult level).
However it might become tedious at times (the second arc only is worth watching because Nene joins XH) and you think that some of Taiki's companions are useless, but all of them work together and that, as cliche as it sounds, is what makes Xros Heart good. Zenjirou and Akari don't have mons and you think they're useless at first, but you warm up to them. The characters themselves - well, they are good, but unlike Kiriha and maybe Nene if her past is revealed in Hunters, I didn't felt like Taiki's desire to help everybody - which makes him make ridiculous choices at times, was...relatable? No, none of them were relatable except Zenjirou or Akari or even Nene, but it felt like it wasn't good enough. Nevertheless, I love Taiki because I have a soft spot for main characters who are happy and like to help everyone.
The other generals of the teams (that join Taiki on their final arc) are good, despite how people might think, Kiriha is not an expy of any rival ~~he is in fact more annoying than the rest of them~~, he reminded me more of Paul from Pokemon (Likewise, Taiki wasn't like Taichi despite the goggles - he is way more of an strategist than the other leaders are), and Nene was simply amazing despite her writing seemed a bit...off at times, especially on the last arc, other of the reasons why I loved Nene is because she was an older sister, which makes XW different to it's predecessors, where all the older siblings were male.
It takes a while to get good, but I say that if you haven't watched it, give it a chance. I'm not going to lie, I watched this (and will watch Hunters) because of the fanservice all gens crossover, liked it more than I thought I would - and I liked it more than Frontier, the fourth installment.
Now...I suppose I'll go with Hunters.
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