The new line-up for 'Loose Women'
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Digimon pretending to be Vampires pretending to be Humans pretending to be Businessmen. How avant-garde.
Ghost Game is once again up to its old tricks in an episode featuring another popular horror icon. Which makes me wonder if this opens up the possibility of seeing the likes of WereGarurumon Black at some point?
Much like SkullGreymon, it makes sense in retrospect that someone like Vamdemon would be better saved for a show like this, as opposed to the much lighter 2020.
Despite the restrictions placed on having everything be resolved in yet another self-contained plot, he still makes a respectable enough impression. Coming across as more zombielike compared to the familiar card-carrying villain from Adventure. I have to be honest and say I actually do prefer this take a bit more myself.
Dracumon finally pops back up to remind us he still exists, before ceasing to exist. Though this might shoot the promise of seeing GrandDracumon further down the road in the proverbial foot, we should not rule that out completely, particularly since the remaining antagonists present are all part of that particular line.
Even Vamdemon's fate at the end is distinctly vague, and it's a well worn trope of the genre that Vampires are very hard buggers to keep down permanently.
It has become something of a given now that despite all their prior experiences, the protagonists really have not developed sufficient savviness towards obvious red flags presented too them.
And despite boasting about not being taken in by scams, Danger-prone Ruri has only her trusty anti-bloodsucker bag to rely on after walking right into the middle of the consortium's bizarre grooming ritual, all part of a larger plan to lure the rest of the group in. Good thing for them Dracumon was simply too impatient to wait just a few seconds longer.
Matadrmon decides he'll just sit on his arse for the remainder, so it's up to Sangloupmon to show the only real initiative of the group by going outside to deal with Angoramon.
Things eventually culminate at the very top of Vamde-Tower, where a surprise development is sprung on us.
Initially all things pointed to this being very much a Ruri/Angoramon centric plot, but as I indicated earlier this is Ghost Game. Meaning that if by this point you still think for one moment what you fully expect to happen is going to happen, then you are even more naĂŻve then these kids.
Canoweissmon marks another point in the Gammamon storyline, where he (with the help of mind-linked Hiro) successfully manages to repress his inner-Gulus. The evolution is again short and sweet, just how I like it. The lack of a new song isn't a major issue, but I do wonder if there is some behind-the-scenes reason for that given how generous they were with the remake.
We have Perfect Levels for the Trio finally starting to make their way into the series at long last, the cast themselves are apparently more open to killing enemies now, and significantly darker tones are noticeably creeping into recent episodes. It's apparent Ghost Game is making slow but steady progress in some regards, but it's still unclear where this all might be leading.
