Digimon Ghost Game: Episode 66- The Black Dragon of Destruction

[Thekey0123]

This episode was good in that Regulusmon finally appeared and we had an explanation of how Gulus spread the GRB without being in the Digital World, and all the action scenes as well, but it kind of felt... weak? Kind of like a monkey's paw wish.

I expected Regulusmon to appear when Hiro syncs up with Gulus, but apparently Gulus could do that just by himself and chose not to all this time?
The way they separated like many fans figured out would happen was nice and all, but I wish this has happened a lot earlier so that we'd have more time with Regulusmon and have Arcturusmon on this episode instead.

I also expected the other two Megas to do more work, especially after getting beaten by almost every other Mega they fought besides their debut one and then one or two more (which they fought together with Siriusmon, mind). I know this is against Regulusmon, but still... It feels really unfair to Diarbbitmon and Amphimon.

Finally, I expected more nuance from Gulus' motive. Apparently all he wanted was to make a dog eat dog world by corrupting everyone. He's just like that, no reason whatsoever. He planned this all from the start. Okay. (I hope the finale proves me wrong on this but I don't think so)

The only question that remains in my head is who turned Gulus into the Gammamon we know, which I think is probably the same person who sent the Digimon to the human world.

It wasn't like I didn't enjoy the episode, it was great when it came to action scenes and Regulusmon was super cool and all, I just feel kinda disappointed this is the payoff we get. I hope the finale will patch that up a little.

I feel the same way about alot of this. It feels rushed, and unexplained despite the pacing of the episode itself being decent. It's an odd feeling to say the episode feels well paced but the details within the episode don't. Like the Explanation of GBR was a bit too barebones for my liking, and if you didn't read Regulus's Refference book page you might think that the black Digimon who've been watching Gulus are infected with GBR when as it turns out they might have a resistance to GBR.

 

[Geode]

I really wish they also added Kazuchimon and Hexeblaumon with Bloomlordmon.

 

[Dathanatus]

Guess Toei is pretending the black variants didn't matter then. Too bad I guess. Jesus Gulus, you need to shill the fuck out. GulusGammamon's evo sequence is great as expected and Regulusmon is a straight up monster. I love how offended he is that Hiro tricked him. Me think it personally got to him. Cause I'm sorry, I can't see the Oboromon episode and think he doesn't care even a little about Hiro, probably felt a lot like betrayal. And then he repaid that by fucking murdering Siriusmon, jesus christ. Talk about hating yourself and pushing self harm to the next level.

I'll be honest. After letting it cool, I think I'm actually really disappointed. Yeah, yeah I was expecting too much maybe seeing things that weren't there but to me making Gulus the big bad is lazy. Straight up. It had to happen because the series only had two episodes left (and that more than anything makes a sequel pretty fucking unlikely) but that was the worst scenario possible. There also seemed to be with each Gulus apparition some change with Gulus. As if with Gammamon and Hiro getting closer, Gulus became fonder of Hiro. The Oboromon episode in particular. You could hear that fondness in his tone. And to have that just thrown out in favor of "I'm evil just cause mwahaha!" that's just a letdown, takes away any shade to Gulus's character. There was potential with those Black variants of former digimon partners that went nowhere. I'm kind of wondering if there wasn't a last minute change to make Regulusmon the bad guy. Because it seems like an odd choice of characterization considering what came before.

It felt forced is what I'm saying.

 

[progzoohex]

Both BloomLordmon and Regulusmon were really impressive. Both easily lived up to there reference book hype.

Last episode is gonna be a crunch in terms of content. That's okay because i want appearances for Arcturusmon and Proximamon just give it to me anyway possible please.

 

[Chimera-gui]

Funny thing but I expected GulusGammamon to be the main villain from the first poster where he was behind the heroes.

That he got close to and protects Hiro does not change his inherent nature, if anything it is what gives the heroes a chance to thwart the villain that would otherwise have been unstoppable.

GulusGammamon's whole theme is corruption. He tries to bring Hiro to his side saying that it was only a matter of time before they did so, he tempted Gammamon in the previous episode, and the name Gammamon is reportedly derived from Gamma radiation which can very bad for one’s health.

 

[Bartz]

I'm of two minds of this episode, and I feel it comes down to how I feel about it as an episode on its own and how I feel about it in the show as a whole.

In the former case I do like it. We do get a fair share of answers, Regulusmon's debut is pretty solid with his fight with Bloomlordmon being very good itself, and we do get some good moments like Hiro playing into Regulusmon's desire for power and tricking him into releasing Gammamon. However, the latter point is where it does falter a bit as we do see that the plot is trying to rush to get through a number of things and it shows in cases like Diarbbitmon and Amphimon getting cast aside not even two minutes into the Bloomlordmon fight as they clearly wanted them out of the way so that they could focus on Gammamon and later Gulusgammamon. It begs the question why some of it wasn't answered before to give this episode more room to breathe as well as how they're going to answer the remaining questions in a satisfying way.

As for Regulusmon, I wasn't too surprised about him being the main villain nor his motivations coming down to social darwinism. One of his main lines in his debut appearance was 'eat or be eaten' and that plays out in how GRB works, what we see of the Digital World in its current state, and his actions here, so it made sense he'd be the villain. That said, I do understand the wish for him to have a bit more nuance though as his other appearances and interactions with Hiro did give the impression there may be more depth to it, but that doesn't seem to be the intent they were going for so it's more down to the direction not being satisfying.

 

[Eitaroutarouman]

I just hope that the one BloomLordmon is protecting is a new Digimon and not a human or Digital being.

The credits call it "mysterious Digimon".

 

[digifan313]

It had to happen because the series only had two episodes left (and that more than anything makes a sequel pretty fucking unlikely) but that was the worst scenario possible. There also seemed to be with each Gulus apparition some change with Gulus. As if with Gammamon and Hiro getting closer, Gulus became fonder of Hiro. The Oboromon episode in particular. You could hear that fondness in his tone. And to have that just thrown out in favor of "I'm evil just cause mwahaha!" that's just a letdown, takes away any shade to Gulus's character.

Oh, I'm so glad to hear this, I thought I was reaching when I was thinking it's possible for Gulus to be good before this episode.
Even in this one I got a brief thought that he was going to push Gammamon into despair by telling him that everyone know about Gulus existence and kept it a secret from him when he named them right before he said if it's okay to just lose and let them die and that it was interesting that Gulus attempt to to take over from Gammamon was to call for his desire to protect Hiro and the other instead.
But then all the reveal happened and turns out he's super evil all along and I got disappointed.

 

[BlankShell]

Economic storytelling for sure. Hiro's dad rounding up Digimon with the help of the dorm in the background is pretty fun. Kind of called it on the whole "the voice is sending Digimon to protect the digital world" stuff, but that's all still pretty nebulous.

Quite curious as to how much screentime they'll use for Gammamon's death-vision stuff. They still need to have the final conflict of Siriusmon and Arcturusmon (and Proximamon) plus meeting the voice, which would be a lot to cram into the back half.

 

[Tarama]

Rewatched the eps for details.
Any opinion on why the flowers bloom only in Diarbbitmon/Ruli but not in Amphimon/Kiyo and HoverEspimon/Hiro?

 

[Sparrow Hawk]

Everybody wanted the story! So it turned out GulusGammamon's existence and all Digimons being in the human world actually are part of that story in unseen approaching style since the beginning!! There happy fans? No? Nope? Still dislike episodes that are "filler" in your eyes? Then why everybody always get excited when GulusGammamon appeared? Look, all digimons ended up got struck in the human world because of GulusGammamon's unseened plan! That's the whole point of that "story" everybody always complained about for! Well I will shut up...

I think I have to say something, it seemed almost everybody were disappointed with GulusGammamon's acts/reason after his plans revealed. I share your pain and I can understand that because GulusGammamon suddenly no longer viewed as the savage avenger. But I ask, isn't it just because he only had to appear when he cannot afford to have "his" existence threated as he shared this body with Gammamon's innocent self? I had second thoughts about that and I really think GulusGammamon's acts, "Get hit, pay them with death" may be cover up over his true goals to trick the fans if it's really intentional from Digimon's staff group? I'm not defending this. I just want to ask why disappointed? GulusGammamon's personality is still there unchanged. The way I view it, GulusGammamon was really extreme patient waiting for the Digital World to get corrupted completely which was why he said something about "The time haven't come yet" and the reason for desiring to sync from Hiro in order to evolve to Ultimate level while GulusGammamon may already reached Perfect level, Rugulusmon and Gammamon's innocent personality and memory block could be part of GulusGammamon's plan to act "innocent" and get away without truces after released his Virus to the digital world. Well I don't really understand how BloomLordmon able to point it out on Gammamon "hiding" the malice.

I'd want to believe GulusGammamon's plan already started since beginning and Gammamon's innocent personality being there could be "the Wolf in the sheep clothing" and GulusGammamon might approached Hiro's dad to deliver himself to Hiro so he can ignite his plan as he exited into the human world so that's why he didn't have any problem being with Hiro for saying "My brother" just because of that. I really hope the next episode reveal why GulusGammamon approached Hiro's dad as Gammamon and how did GulusGammamon's personality able to monitor outside of Gammamon's innocent personality despite being the part of this evolution stage and why Gammamon's existence birthed while GulusGammamon easily monitor and invade Gammamon's body and take over as whatever he wished? I really want to solve that biggest mystery!

 

[Zouje]

Credit goes to smugsneasel215 on Reddit for this idea, as I'm quite enthralled by it.

It's being speculated that Sealsdramon in episode 13 may have been off palette, and sure enough, he seems to have been. In every official art and media appearance, his eye is blue, including in the Analyzer segment at the end of the episode.
This could have been a subtle and intentional nod to foreshadow future events without revealing too much.

He also behaves differently than their species typically does, hunting to fulfill a number rather than an assignment.

I think that Gulus's comment of "you're an interesting one" reflects that he knew that GRB should be spreading, but that it effects the host differently; such as Rafflesimon wanting to live forever.

 

[Agent Z]

Just saw this episode. If you ever doubted Regulusmon was scarier than any other dark evolution we have seen before, this episode has to have put it to rest. Great battles and two of the best displays of cunning I have ever seen in Digimon.