Summary
The story of two brothers reunited in the Digital World is the emotional highlight of this season; Koji and Koichi's backstory is one of the darkest in the series. The DigiDestined use Spirit Digivolution to transform into ancient Digimon warriors, each possessing a human and an animal form. The reliance on complex lore and a constantly changing cast of villains results in repetitive, meandering storytelling.
Digimon BorderThe fourth season of Digimon: Digital Monsters, continues the mold-breaking innovations of the previous season. This time, DigiDestined doesn't have a Digimon partner, they become them through Spirit Digivolution. Stubborn Takuya, stubborn Koji, bratty Zoe, incompetent JP, and whiny Tommy are your typical normal kids who are whisked away to the Digital World to save it. But this time, the kids don't like each other and have to learn to get along throughout the season. Since they don't have a Digimon partner to guide them, they're joined by Bokomon and his goofy sidekick, Neemon.
The DigiDestined eventually discover that they are there to protect the Digital World from the villainous Cherubimon and his five Legendary Warriors, who are seeking to awaken the ancient evil Digimon, Lucemon. The plot is winding and relies heavily on the lore surrounding the war between human and beast-type Digimon. It takes place before the kids arrive, and has no connection to previous seasons, except for a few familiar digital monsters.
Many of these concepts were divisive when Frontier debuted in 2002 and American audiences didn't give it a chance, but it has since become a classic. Although Frontier is a completely new reimagining of Digimon.It boasts some of the most beautiful Digimon designs of all time, combined with an emotional storyline revolving around Koji and his long-lost brother meeting again, making it a worthy addition to the series.
10 “A small pile of dirt in the mountain”
Season 4, Episode 6
The Evil Legendary Warrior, GrumblemonKidnapping all the female KaratsukiNumemon from their village. Takuya, Zoe, JP, and Tommy have difficulty adjusting to life in the Digital World, so broke, hungry, and desperate that they agree to help the remaining villagers in exchange for food. . When they reach the vertical town on the side of a cliff, they find Koji has been recruited by a snail-type Digimon.
After a meal of magical cabbage, the DigiDestined fall asleep overnight, only to awaken restrained and dangling from the side of a cliff. KaratsukiNumemon mistakes the children for Grumblemon's allies and attempts to use them as leverage to rescue the hostages. Despite their best efforts, DigiDestined are no match for Grumblemon's Beast Soul Evolution, GigasmonThe person who absorbs the fractal code of the mountain.
9 “Takuya and Koji's Evolutionary Revolution”
Season 4, Episode 35
This is an all-out war between heroes and Cherubimon. as they attempt to free the guardian of love and life imprisoned in the Digital World, Ophanimon. Takuya and Koji Fusion Digivolve into Aldamon and BeoWolfmon respectively, the result of the fusion of human and beast souls. They still cannot defeat Cherubimon, and he absorbs their Digimon souls, transforming them back into human form and taking their D-Tectors with him.
Now indigestible, The children watch as Ophanimon frees himself and fights Cherubimon. in the sky above. When she failed to purify Cherubimon and restore love to the corrupted Digimon's souls, Ophanimon stole the D-Tector from him and returned them to the DigiDestined. The DigiDestined transferred all the Legendary Warrior souls to the bodies of Takuya and Koji, allowing them to evolve into EmperorGreymon and MagnaGarurumon, respectively, and face their enemies.
8 “When the knights fall…”
Season 4, Episode 47
Lucemon's Royal Knights, Dynasmon and Crusadermon, absorb the last of the Digital World's data. As the planet completely disappears, the DigiDestined take refuge on the yellow moon that previously orbited it. They discover a Digital Incubator Field and find the base forms of the Guardian Digimon, Ophanimon, Cherubimon, and Seraphimon happily reunited. Hopefully, these three will remain friends and prevent the kind of war that sparked the events of this season.
Meanwhile, Lucemon orders his Royal Knights to destroy the children and they travel to the golden moon for a final confrontation. However, their faith in their master is shaken, causing their power to wane and allowEmperorGreymon and MagnaGarurumon defeat Crusadermon and DynasmonLucemon arrives just in time to absorb the Royal Knight's data, transforming into Chaos Mode, one of the most powerful Digimon ever seen in the series, so powerful that it can completely destroy the yellow moon.
7 “Who are you, brother?”
Season 4, Episode 30
The Dark Spirit, Duskmon, and BeoWolfmon, the Light Spirit, face each other in a brutal sword fight, the former believing it is his destiny to destroy the latter. Patamon leads the other DigiDestined to their location and they join the fight. Inside, Duskmon struggles to reconcile his human and Digimon identitiesBut Cherubimon's voice urges the boy to evolve into a Spirit Beast, Velgemon. This giant red and black bird trades Duskmon's sharp wit and strategic skills for raw power and bloodlust.
A bright light emitted from Koji's brain and allowed Velgemon to access his memories of his life in the real world, stopping his attack. The boy looked almost exactly like Koji, raising questions about who he was and how he became one of the enemy's loyal servants. The episode ends with Velgemon retreating. and Koji survive unharmed, while continuing to unravel the mystery of the connection between the two boys and how it fits into the larger mission of restoring the Digital World.
6 “Brothers in Spirit”
Season 4, Episode 32
Duskmon finally remembers that Koji is his twin, and realizes that Cherubimon had filled his mind with painful memories of their sick mother to manipulate him. Duskmon remembered the anger he felt towards his father for abandoning him and, in rage, he tracks down and attacks Kojiwho evolves into BeoWolfmon. The two clash and Duskmon reveals the truth about their connection, breaking the control Cherubimon has over him.
The story of Koji and Koichi is one of the most tragic in Digimon history. Their father left their mother for another woman and took Koji with him. when the two boys were too young to remember each other. The loss of his twin brother is the reason why Koji has so much trouble communicating with Takuya, with whom he argues like a brother, but rarely has the emotional skills necessary to repair and move on. custom.
5 “Cherubimania”
Season 4, Episode 37
The DigiDestined decide to confront Cherubimon and end their relationship with him forever. Emperor Grymon and MagnaGarurumon confront the corrupted Digimon in his lairwhere he absorbed all the data collected from the Digital World. Despite the coordinated attacks and powerful communication between the DigiDestined, Cherubimon is seemingly invincible and regenerates any damage his body has suffered.
Cherubimon was finally defeated as MagnaGarurumon identifies the weak point and sets up EmperorGreymon for the final blow. It's great to see Takuya and Koji working together so well after a rough season together. However, with the evil Cherubimon now purified, the collected data he stole will seep into the core of the Digital World and awaken the dormant Lucemon. His first act is to revive two ominous-looking Royal Knight Digimon, creating the next big obstacle for the heroes.
4 “Lucemon is escaping”
Season 4, Episode 49
Takuya and Koji finally achieve their greatest Digimon forms, Susanoomonand suddenly Lucemon Chaos Mode is no longer as invincible as before. Their Celestial Blade attack cuts through Lucemon and the DigiDestined scans the resulting good data, but the remaining bad data forms a black digi egg, absorbing the Dark Area's code and creating Lucemon Shadowlord Mode. The giant purple dragon flew to the real world, urging the heroes to digi-evolve again and give chase.
The penultimate episode ends on a hopeless note, as Lucemon Shadowlord Mode rises in the real world and wreaks havoc on the city's power grid. He gave the humans an ultimatum, submit or die.and easily eliminate the DigiDestined with just one hit. Every previous Digimon series has reserved its finale for tearful goodbyes, but Frontier subverted that expectation and saved Lucemon's fate in the final episode.
3 “Darkest Before Duskmon”
Season 4, Episode 21
The legendary dark warrior, Duskmon, appears and kills one of his allies, Arbormon, in front of the DigiDestined. He then sets his sights on the heroes and easily defeats them. The children barely escape, confronting Takuya about his recklessness and lack of strategy on their way to safety. This the disagreement widens the rift between him and Koji, who is more patient and strategic than the self-appointed leader. Takuya and Tommy come up with a plan to defeat Duskmon by attacking at the same time, but Koji is skeptical.
When the Warrior of Darkness ambushed the DigiDestined, their plan failed and Duskmon easily absorbed their attacks in a rainbow of light. KendoGarurumon was seriously injured when he was hit by an attack aimed at Agunimon, and upon witnessing him transform into Koji, Duskmon screamed and enveloped everything around him in darkness. In the dark void, Takuya feels guilty and suddenly finds himself alone on the train platform and steps onto it to return to the real world.
2 “The Yin and Yang Brothers”
Season 4, Episode 48
At the end of the previous episode, Chaos Mode Lucemon destroyed the yellow moon, and now the heroes are floating in space on a rock. They strategize on how to defeat Lucemon, and deduce that Koji and Koichi's light and dark powers must be the key. In addition to worrying about how to defeat their enemies, Koichi is also preoccupied with the mystery surrounding his arrival in the Digital World. and why he doesn't have the same fractal code as his friends.
Lucemon begins to open a portal from the Digital World to the real world, which will cause destruction to both worlds. The DigiDestined intervene and Koichi sacrifices himself to protect others from the Chaos Digimon's dark attack. Koji received his brother's Dark Soul before being absorbed by Lucemon. While mourning his brother, Koji combined the Legendary Warrior Spirits to fuse with Takuya into the extremely powerful Susanoomon.
1 “End of the line”
Season 4, Episode 50
The DigiDestined lose faith in themselves when the invulnerable Lucemon Shadowlord Mode rampages across Shibuya. As Takuya's tears fell on his digivice, the spirits of the Legendary Warriors appeared to the children and reminded them of all they had overcome on their journey. This restores their faith and allows them to use Ancient Spirit Evolution to become Susanoomon again and cut Lucemon in half. A larval form appears and stings Susanoomon, who releases all twenty souls inside him to carry out a brutal final attack.
The stolen data restores the Digital World and Takuya, Koji, Zoe, JP and Tommy return to the real world and discover that no time has passed during their adventure. They rush to the hospital to find Koichi in the emergency room after his accident at the subway station, and Their digital resurrects Koji's brother before returning to his cell phone.. This is the series' most rushed and abrupt ending, but the final details about each DigiDestined's fate and future dreams reflect this season's themes of growth and accepting responsibility.
