Digimon: The Connection We Had

     What is a Digimon? Digimon stands for "digital monsters". If you are a kid or kid at heart during the 90s i'm sure you are familiar. You know Digimon as an anime, Pokemon's rival, a tamagochi game, or a PlayStation game.

     I am a fan of Digimon but also a fan of Pokemon, regarding them being as rivals. I don't see it that way. Both are unique and both tales weave two different concept far from each other.

To elaborate:

IN GETTING STARTERS:

In Pokemon the relationship is between pet and owner, you choose what Pokemon you want based on the availability of the choices.

In Digimon the relationship is partnership and a destined bond. In the Digimon World a partner Digimon is already waiting for you.

IN GETTING ADDITIONAL POKEMON/DIGIMON:

In Pokemon you catch them using Pokeballs(As general term: this includes great ball, ultra ball, etc.)
if the Pokemon is too aggressive you force it to a fight in order to catch them.

In Digimon, they speak human language so you can convince them to join you but some of them are nasty so like Pokemon you need to make them submit in a fight but the difference is, if they really don't want to join you, they won't. (Tip: adapt a digi egg and raise it instead)

IN EVOLUTION

Pokemons mostly have a linear evolution line like a butterfly ( butterfree for example) but there are cases of non linear evolution like Eevee. And recently environmental evolution (Alolan forms)

Digimons on the other hand evolve depending on how you raise them and treat them, (ex. Agumon
can evolve to a disgusting Numemon if you don't take good care of it or to a strong looking Greymon if you raised it happy and strong, or to a Tyrannomon if you spoil it, or a Meramon if you balance things too much.)

Sorry for the nerdy intro but you get my point: The two "Mons" are different

       Digimon is having it's 20th anniversary 2017-2018 . And at a mall I manage to find a Gashapon(capsule vending machine) that commemorates it's 20th anniversary. I love Betamon! (Frog looking creature with a big red fin) so after failing to get something from a convention I impulsively gambled on a capsule machine (I am a bad example, don't try please XD) I tripled up on Numemon (Awful looking green slime) and Monzaemon (Creepy bear) and finally a Betamon!.

     I got what I want but this is where things start to get sentimental. Only one Digimon is left to complete the set: the all time big time main mascot of Digimon Agumon (Yellow Rex-like Dino). Yeah even in main mascot both are yellow (*Pikachu*).

So I get more tokens, like a kid.

And like a kid I tried again..

Because, Agumon is a friend...

Agumon is my friend's partner

If the Digimon world was real, Agumon is Arel's partner Digimon

     He is a childhood friend. Agumon was one of his favorites. And their temperaments are the same so probably they're Digidestined. They are both fiery and fun.

     At the moment the inner child kicked in. I remember the days we spent, afternoons & nights playing Digimon in PS1. How we discover, laugh and get frustrated when defeated. And the way we get more enthusiastic and excited when we discover things out, it's a one player game but it's magic on how we shared it. I suddenly missed the days.

     We grew up separately during highschool. At times we meet we seldom talk but there is a feeling of understanding, no awkwardness. We had that warm bond even few words are spoken.

     We had the time to reunite with more time during college briefly. But came his untimely death that shocked us. The last thing we saw each other is when we greet each other at the university when we passed by different directions, I never knew it would be the last.

    During the period of mourning I started to doubt myself, because no words was spoken by me. Am I a good friend? If back then I doubled my efforts to communicate should this event be avoided? I had guilt, I had an unavoidable guilt.

    Connecting that back to the Agumon figure I was comforted getting it, every time I look at it. That Agumon figure I got while gambling like a dumb kid. It resonated a message to me. A message that our inner child can understand.

"Hey, remember Digimon?"

I sure miss those days side by side by the TV playing PS1 like a brother I never had.































































































































"I always look up to you, between the two of us you are the stronger one and i'm the weaker one. It's been years and I will always feel that way. I still feel life was so unfair that you left us so early. Five years have passed and i'm still struggling to grow up and find my success despite all. But I will still find hope in the strength you showed in life and do the best that I can to breakthrough. Watch over us from heaven. Thank you for the things you shared to us."