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We have several examples of what the "Chosen Children" concept can imply along the franchise:
Digimon Adventure/02/tri. & V-Tamer 01
In the universe of Adventure, the prerequisite for becoming a Chosen Child is having witnessed an encounter with Digimon earlier in their life. This widely accepted concept, however, is not always fulfilled with complete exactitude and ends up becoming somewhat diffuse towards the end of 02. As a general rule, the DigiDestined are chosen by a higher force, in this case Homeostasis, or through any of its agents, that is Gennai or Hackmon, who desire to maintain the balance of both worlds, and usually rely on them in the case of a critical event, set in some sort of a digital emergency system. Each of the chosen will be assigned a Partner Digimon and its corresponding Digivice, which will allow the natural evolution of its partner enhanced by the power of the bonds between the two. In the same line, this can also be applied to Taichi Yagami in the manga Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01.
Digimon Frontier
The DigiDestined in Frontier are chosen from a pool of potential DigiDestined gathered by Ophanimon through a "game" in order to combat the corrupt Cherubimon. Among those who respond to her call, only a few show the required potential to hold the power of the Ten Legendary Warriors, who once saved the Ancient Digital World from Lucemon, through the Spirits that enable them to become Digimon themselves, although it is finally revealed that the Spirits themselves are actually their own Partner Digimon who have accompanied them throughout their journey. Interestingly enough, the Chosen Children have to pay a karma in case they want to quit from their responsability (Takuya turning into Flamon, for example), although this feature is also hinted in the Adventureverse in some degree (the Children being threatened by Homeostasis for interefering with its plans in Tri.). In this continuity, Ophanimon is treated as a Demigod that is even capable of altering the space-time of both worlds.
Digimon Xros Wars (Manga) & Digimon World Re
igitize Decode
In the manga of Xros Wars, the Generals of each of the protagonist armies are chosen by a god-like entity. This point is also explored in the anime, although in a less introspective way. Thus, Taiki Kudo is chosen by Wizardmon in the manga (and Omegamon in the anime), Kiriha by Bagramon, and Yuu/Kotone by DarkKnightmon. In the universe of the manga, all the Chosen Children that are able to handle a Xros Loader carry a special attribute called "Xros Code", which is the inherent force that allows them to pursue their dreams no matter how difficult they are, and effectively handle a Xros Loader to carry out the DigiXros. Therefore, all the Generals have it to a greater or lesser extent. In the manga, the strongest “Xros Code” belongs to Kotone, closely followed by Taiki's one. By extension, it can also be considered a similar case in Digimon World Re
igitize Decode, where both Taiga and Rina are attracted to the Digital World as a result of carrying the Decode ability,
Digimon Universe Appli Monsters
In the Appmon universe, it’s the Super AI known as Minerva the one that chooses the AppliDrivers that will fight on her behalf, thus giving them an AppliDrive that will allow them to perform the AppLink between two Appmon, and even transfer part of their vital energy through the process known as "Overdrive". In this context things get complicated, since Leviathan, the antagonistic AI born as an appendage to Minerva, is the one who has chosen the ideal Appmon buddies who will be able to reach the maximum degree of development through an evolutionary selection method based on the “Fitness Proportionate Selection“, and later on will become the AppliDrivers’ buddies. As an innovation, in this season the AppliDrivers have the choice to choose their own destiny as a Chosen Child several times. In the end, it turns out that this was actually a demonstration carried out by the two Super AI to test out the human potential.
Strictly speaking, all the Tamers from any Digimon media, whether anime, manga or video games, have been chosen in some way or another, but only the previous ones are explicitly shown as Chosen Children, so which one is your favourite and why?
Personally, I would say that I enjoy the concept explored in the manga of Digimon Xros Wars. I like the fact that the Xros Code ability explain partially why this guys and not others are chosen as Generals, which makes the concept quite consistent itself and quite less “arbitrary” than the others.
Digimon Adventure/02/tri. & V-Tamer 01
In the universe of Adventure, the prerequisite for becoming a Chosen Child is having witnessed an encounter with Digimon earlier in their life. This widely accepted concept, however, is not always fulfilled with complete exactitude and ends up becoming somewhat diffuse towards the end of 02. As a general rule, the DigiDestined are chosen by a higher force, in this case Homeostasis, or through any of its agents, that is Gennai or Hackmon, who desire to maintain the balance of both worlds, and usually rely on them in the case of a critical event, set in some sort of a digital emergency system. Each of the chosen will be assigned a Partner Digimon and its corresponding Digivice, which will allow the natural evolution of its partner enhanced by the power of the bonds between the two. In the same line, this can also be applied to Taichi Yagami in the manga Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01.
Digimon Frontier
The DigiDestined in Frontier are chosen from a pool of potential DigiDestined gathered by Ophanimon through a "game" in order to combat the corrupt Cherubimon. Among those who respond to her call, only a few show the required potential to hold the power of the Ten Legendary Warriors, who once saved the Ancient Digital World from Lucemon, through the Spirits that enable them to become Digimon themselves, although it is finally revealed that the Spirits themselves are actually their own Partner Digimon who have accompanied them throughout their journey. Interestingly enough, the Chosen Children have to pay a karma in case they want to quit from their responsability (Takuya turning into Flamon, for example), although this feature is also hinted in the Adventureverse in some degree (the Children being threatened by Homeostasis for interefering with its plans in Tri.). In this continuity, Ophanimon is treated as a Demigod that is even capable of altering the space-time of both worlds.
Digimon Xros Wars (Manga) & Digimon World Re
In the manga of Xros Wars, the Generals of each of the protagonist armies are chosen by a god-like entity. This point is also explored in the anime, although in a less introspective way. Thus, Taiki Kudo is chosen by Wizardmon in the manga (and Omegamon in the anime), Kiriha by Bagramon, and Yuu/Kotone by DarkKnightmon. In the universe of the manga, all the Chosen Children that are able to handle a Xros Loader carry a special attribute called "Xros Code", which is the inherent force that allows them to pursue their dreams no matter how difficult they are, and effectively handle a Xros Loader to carry out the DigiXros. Therefore, all the Generals have it to a greater or lesser extent. In the manga, the strongest “Xros Code” belongs to Kotone, closely followed by Taiki's one. By extension, it can also be considered a similar case in Digimon World Re
Digimon Universe Appli Monsters
In the Appmon universe, it’s the Super AI known as Minerva the one that chooses the AppliDrivers that will fight on her behalf, thus giving them an AppliDrive that will allow them to perform the AppLink between two Appmon, and even transfer part of their vital energy through the process known as "Overdrive". In this context things get complicated, since Leviathan, the antagonistic AI born as an appendage to Minerva, is the one who has chosen the ideal Appmon buddies who will be able to reach the maximum degree of development through an evolutionary selection method based on the “Fitness Proportionate Selection“, and later on will become the AppliDrivers’ buddies. As an innovation, in this season the AppliDrivers have the choice to choose their own destiny as a Chosen Child several times. In the end, it turns out that this was actually a demonstration carried out by the two Super AI to test out the human potential.
Strictly speaking, all the Tamers from any Digimon media, whether anime, manga or video games, have been chosen in some way or another, but only the previous ones are explicitly shown as Chosen Children, so which one is your favourite and why?
Personally, I would say that I enjoy the concept explored in the manga of Digimon Xros Wars. I like the fact that the Xros Code ability explain partially why this guys and not others are chosen as Generals, which makes the concept quite consistent itself and quite less “arbitrary” than the others.
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