We begin with a view over a city without power, the hero watching over them, Espimon. Also Airdramon.
We see people running around a hospital, and the kids are sitting there. Terriermon complains about not begin able to see, and falls over as Hokuto realizes him.
He's Hokuto's assistant. Mummymon checks out Hokuto, he's completely normal after this time in the digital world. Gammamon is happy. Hoktuo is surprised he's still wearing the ripped part of his sleeve.
Hiro has many questions, and the black stain is explained by Terriermon, appearing on people, it making things more and more black. When it turns black it roars according to Terriermon, like Dagomon.
Hokuto was apparently 'sent' home. Jellymon and various other Digimon feel depressed and harmed by not being able to feel the digital world anymore. Lots of cameos from past Digimon. Clockmon wants to find a gate.
As Gammamon and Espimon sleeps, Hiro looks the crystal. Bakumon shows up to check on Hiro.
Power is restored the next day, an old system. Communication devices are still down, minus old analog devices people are pulling out.
Kiyoshiro gets ahold of Emma who is freaking out about Digimon appearing everywhere. People are seeing them now, they can't really stay hidden anymore.
The kids want Hokuto to summon BlackTailmon. Hokuto explains they can open a gate on their own, BlackTailmon explained Digivices can open gates, and apparently always could.
Kiyoshiro points out Bokomon's warning about humans going, so how is Hokuto ok. His Digivice malfunctioned and took some of the room with him. Bokomon actually liked, and Bakumon explains it now. Bokomon knew the kids would go to the digital world as soon as they could, it was too early for them to be safe there, he knew their time would come.
Hiro thinks that time is now, Ruli looks forward to finding the strange things she's been looking for. Kiyoshiro looks depressed. He can't make it in an analog world without anime or games, so he's going.
Angoramon wonders how they can open a gate without using digital devices. Kuzuhamon arrives and says she can do it. She can do it with magic to create a digital space, and they can make a gate then.
Hokuto points out they can't be in full winter gear, too warm over there. The Digimon prep by evolving a bit as Kuzuhamon opens a digital field, and they use the Digivices to make a gate. Kuzuhamon can't hold it, so off they all go.
Terriermon and Hokuto jump to the gate, but it closes before they get in. Kuzuhamon apologizes. Hokuto decides they all need juice, and when he opens the door, Hiro's friends had been listening in. Hokuto smiles and laughs a bit.
Hiro and the others seem surprised Hokuto didn't make it. They arrive in what should be Compiler Forest, but it's all black with pink lines through it, as they hear roaring.
Kiyoshiro lands on a mushroom in the midst of a corrupted Brachimon attacking them. Tesla is surprised at it being so violent, moreso a Kuwagamon being powerful enough to attack it.
Kiyoshiro begins to cough up purple goo that infects his hand.
A Kokabuterimon village is up ahead, perhaps clues. Kiyoshiro isn't doing well. Their water got crushed as they ported in also. Some of them go off for water as Kiyoshiro is doing poorly. He gets Tesla to follow him. We see much of him is purple now. A mushroom puffs at Tesla.
Kiyoshiro walks up to Ruli and notes he feels better, he found water. Him and Tesla takes them.
Betel notices Tesla's hand is purple and looks wrong, but she brushes it off. Off the others go to find this water Kiyoshiro found. Kiyoshiro also shoves Ruli in after Symbare gets her away.
Hiro, Betel, and Hover run afte rhearing her yell. Kiyoshiro is all purple and mushroomy now. Very mushroomy. We see Tesla, Ruli, and Symbare go all mushroom also.
Done by a corroded Rafflesimon, who tries to infect everyone as best she can. More mushroomy. Rafflesimon absorbs the mushrooms.
By sucking up the mushroom flowers she can prolong her life.
Canoweissmon time. And then immediately to Siriusmon.
Siriusmon goes to try and grab everyone out of Rafflesimon avoiding her various blasts, as Hiro and HoverEspimon get infected.
Hiro asks if Rafflesimon is the one sending the Digimon to the human world. She has no idea what he is talking about.
Siriusmon is all alone now as he begins to get infected. He knows he needs to save them all, but how.
As he gets infected we see black eyes open on the side of Siriusmon, talking to him. He could save everyone. If you just let him. You gotta protect everyone right Siriusmon?
Rafflesimon taunts him a bit about hallucinating and Siriusmon's eyes are black now as she tries to infect him. We see Siriusmon mushroomed, and absorbed by Rafflesimon.
She is pleased at how powerful he is, very abnormal. Then she starts to be in pain as black starts to bleed out of her. Mushrooms eject from the inside out.
Sirumson pops up, as does everyone. Siriusmon had a plan, but didn't think it would work, even though it did. Rafflesimon is freaking out as she vanishes into black particles, her eternal life taken away from her.
The black eyes vanish from Siriusmon. Everyone is fine, if confused and sticky. They find a Saberdramon and Kokabuterimon in the other mushrooms.
Siriusmon wonders what the voice was... apparently unaware anything more than his plan to get swallowed was involved in freeing everyone.
They all go to a cloud that apparently never moves. But people say you can hear a voice when you are there. The Saberdramon confirms he is the one they met before. Darklizmon was taken by the black unfortunately. They head in the cloud.
A hexagonal island/city in the sky. Blocks floating like crystal suspended midair. Heavily damaged.
The voice is apparently here. Betel stops Hiro and all the Digimon seem bothered.
A Digimon walks out of the cloud cover. BloomLordmon, who declares none may pass this point.
HIros' Study Files are... Rafflesimon.
While the story moves forward a decent bit, it isn't really moving enough to be fulfilling, especially after last week was very rich. We get some great stuff with Hokuto, Terriermon, and even Bokomon. And then the show kind of meanders as if it isn't about to end, introducing a one off infection plot that isn't the 'actual' infection plot dealing with things. The episode is mostly fine, it's just not good enough for when we should be getting answers and the end point of the story, instead happily showing off various cameos of characters who never had much relevance to begin with before tripping into a rather standard episode.
Aoi Tada played Terriermon Joshu. The classic voice of Terriermon and his evolutions returns from 02 and Tamers as this new Terriermon. She was also Lopmon in Tamers, and is probably best known as Ed in Cowboy Bebop or her music career. She's retired from voice acting outside of special events (I believe this is her first TV anime role since she retired, with her last TV role having been Terriermon in Tamers), so having her return as Terriermon is certainly a fun treat.
Shuichi Ikeda played BloomLordmon in his first Digimon role. One of the best known voice actors there is, his well known roles are endless, with a small sampling being: Akai in Detective Conan, Char in Gundam, along numerous other Gundam roles like Gilbert in Seed Destiny & Full Frontal in Unicorn, Shanks in One Piece, Masayoshi in Persona 5, and Captain Napolipolita in Project A-ko. In dubbed over content he often dubs over Jet Li and Charlie Sheen, dubbed over Robert Downey Jr. in some of the Iron Man movies, Kunta Kinte in Roots, dubbing over the lead in Streets of Fire, and plenty more.
Akeno Watanabe played Rafflesimon in her first Digimon appearance. Another actor with endless roles, she's been Hitch in Attack on Titan, Jo in Burst Angel, Sherry in A Certain Magical Index, Viletta in Code Geass, Go in Free, Konami in Godannar, Midnight in My Hero Academia, Liz in Soul Eater, the titular character in Witch Hunter Robin, along with playing Rose in various Street Fighter games. In dubover content she was in Glee, the 90s Lost in Space movie, the Pink Ranger in Mystic Force, & Doctor Octopus in Into the Spider-Verse.
Volcano Ota was Brachimon, playing the role once again after Adventure:. Well known to Digimon fans as being effectively in charge of the Digimon brand for many years before leaving for his dream of being a voice actor, he has a long history of voices in Digimon including various versions of Volcamon in Frontier, Hacker's Memory, Adventure:, and more, an announcer in AppliMonsters, Xanwumon in Survive, many characters in Adventure: Andromon, Nihoggmon, Golemon, Millenniumon, Deathmon, & more, plus Moosemon & the red Oboromon earlier in Ghost Game.
