It was a fun episode to watch, like the portrayal of survival of the fittest aspect of Digimon, the team-up once again.
However, it was preposterous at some point, more so than ever, and unlike most, this time it's not something that one can come up with excuses.
How Leomon and crews became "lightning rods"? What kind of sorcery is this?
And good grief, black lightning brought about black whirlpool, what a bad way to get rid of Leomon and crews. And poor Eldoradimon.
No dramatic parting scene, so I bet they survive this and will come back to surprise us again "by riding their evolution form".
And they actually evolved to Perfect-level when confronting a Perfect-level in this episode, well done with that, they came back to their senses, unlike the previous episode, Greymon and Taichi "chose" to be trampled by the Perfect-level WaruSeadramon, MegaSeadramon, no matter how struggling they were, they just didn't evolve to Perfect-level.
And while Groundramon taking barrage of attacks into its mouth, it's implausible to see MetalGreymon Alteros Mode and Taichi got unscathed for being so close to Groundramon.
As it goes, this reboot, the only merit is, the animation improvement, the fighting scenes, albeit the deliberate yet it's getting illogical, "reckless" human partner involvement.
The inconsistency, the rushed yet irregular pacing, and lack of proper explanation of things are starting to get out of hand.