Editing Digimon: Digital Adventures (section)

==Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters==
[[File:Eri_digimon_universe_by_fulljuan-da8mb4e.png|300px|left|thumb|Eri Chan! Two of the only human characters that are remotely likable in the <u>''entire series.''</u>]]
A somewhat weird softcore reboot of the entire franchise, Digimon Universe was a series that came roughly around the same time as Digimon Adventure Tri, meaning we technically had <U>two</U> Digimon series during 2016-2017. Digimon Universe differed from the rest of the franchise by not featuring ''[[Wat|any Digimon]]'' <u>at all</u>...well...technically they are called 'Appmon' now and a particular Digimon did appear as a special cameo for fanservice reasons. As you can tell, Digimon Universe was the biggest change to the franchise since Digimon Frontier and you can just guess [[Skub|how the fandom reacted to it.]]

Basically, Digimon Universe is set in modern times when instead of Digital Monsters being born from some techno-babble of the Interwebs or from a Tamagotchi game, they are born from digital applications you find on your smartphones. Suffice to say, in terms of reboot, it didn't actually diverged too much, with only the names being switched (Example, AR Field = Digital Field, Deep Web = Dark Ocean, Surface Web = Digital World, Appmon = Digimon, etc.). Hence why it is called a 'softcore' reboot. In terms of plot, it is basically your cliche 'evil A.I. wants to take over the world in the name of perfection', and if you are already feeling bored I can't blame you. One of the biggest criticisms of this series is that it has a slow, '''''SLOW''''' start. Seriously, you can skip all the way up to episode 28 and you wouldn't miss anything important. The villains from the first arc is nothing more than filler and it is not helped that the main characters are pretty one dimensional. Speaking of the main characters, another chief complaint is that half of the cast are barely tolerable, with the other half being so excruciatingly obnoxious it makes the 02 cast seem quite reasonable. [[HHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhnnnnnnngggggg-|This had mostly to do with them saying their catchphrase one too many fucking times, it seriously grates on your ears once you reach episode 4]].

Nonetheless, despite its initial flaws, the series does indeed start picking up the slack with various hints on a pretty decent plot twist and it's rather refreshing seeing new <s>Digimon</s> APPMON designs that aren't an abomination of lens flares and rejected Transformer look-a-likes (Looking at you Xros Wars). [[Lulz|Furthermore, it is quite the hilarity on how]] [[Gay|the series tried their best to steer as far away as possible from the heavily hinted closet homosexuality going on between the main characters,]] [[FAIL|only for it to fail big time and ended up making the situation worse.]] That, and despite being one of the most kid-friendly of the franchise, we can give the series props from not shying away from dark and adult stuff such as betrayal, death, the question of humanity, identity and some seriously fucked up shit during the climax of the show (Hint. [[FATAL|It involves humans and a digital blender]]).

All in all, Digimon Universe was a relatively harmless series. It may take some getting use to as well as skipping half way through the series due to all the filler, but once the ball gets rolling, it holds up quite modestly.