Love pairings

Roloko said:
I liked Izzy and Mimi so I'm all for that pairing so the development here made me happy. Taiora felt like it was going to become canon in the English dub, but it ended up Sorato so I'm hoping since this is the original Japanese they might show us more in detail how they became canon so I can finally after so many years be less salty over it. xD

Shomix said:
Damn I really like Taichi x Sora , i felt like Sora really did like Taichi. But well. We will see what happens next.

ziggy_Z said:
Indeed, Taiora is OTP. I pray that Toei retcon the 02 epilogue.

Lil-Bird said:
Digimon shipping is a weird one for me if only because the fandom screwed it up over the years (possibly more-so than Pokémon's fandom, weirdly enough). Don't get me wrong, when it's done in good fun, it is fun, and I enjoy it

As for Koumi, I've come to admire it in recent years. I don't remember ever thinking Mimi could've ended up with anyone in the group, but Izzy and Joe were some of the more common pairings at the time (that I remember running into--Matt/Mimi would poke its head in every now and then). To see Izzy developing feelings for Mimi in Tri, though, is adorable, and I'm all for it, even though it may never come to fruition. For all I know, this could be a phase similar to Davis' crush with Kari, it's just not as boisterous, and I can't see Izzy going around screaming "SHE'S MY GIRL!" at all--nor do I want to.

MightyM16 said:
I think they will continue with Yamato x Sora on this one

shy black haired girl is clearly being set up to have a crush on Taichi and be his canon pair

TwilightMystery said:
I watched the dub so I can only comment on that, but I never got the feeling Digimon was about romance.

Sure, there were moments where characters showed concern for each other but that was mostly out of friendship.

It's not like the characters went on dates,

got jealous, blushed or any sort of major romantic development. Unless of course the Japanese sub has dialogue that implied this? Maybe someone can elaborate on that.

Moving on to Tri, I'm pleasantly surprised to see a change in romantic development. Izzy and Mimi make a really interesting dynamic. Izzy is the same as always except now he's interested in girls. And Mimi was never much of a tease as she is now but she's certainly still got that ego.

I always figured a Joe and Mimi relationship but he already has someone! That's got me really curious.

And who is TK's girlfriend? That's another puzzler.

I have a feeling drama/romance will play a larger portion in Tri especially after seeing Tai act so serious. Generally, it would be the other way around, with Tai being the headstrong one and Matt holding back.

wildandheart said:
Sora and Yamato never married in the season.

The Sora's child looks similar to Yamato and Yamato's child looks similar to Sora's child. That's it! All is possible.

Nobody said that Sora and Yamato were dating in middle school. There was only one moment when you could thought their were a couple. I think it was after the concert from Yamato in 02.

If Taichi and Yamato are really best friends it would be better Sora married another guy.

Meiko meight have been interestet in Taichi but I hope that they never are a couple.

However how many couples came together as a teenager and get married with them. It's only ther first love?! Come on. It's not realistic.

Shomix said:
What I don't get is didn't Matt and Sora hook up in middle school ? Why put love triangle now when they are in highschool ...

Lil-Bird said:
Digimon shipping is a weird one for me if only because the fandom screwed it up over the years (possibly more-so than Pokémon's fandom, weirdly enough). Don't get me wrong, when it's done in good fun, it is fun, and I enjoy it, but the cage fights with the main group is more of a turn-off than the Ash Ketchum shippings. I still have pairings I like, but there's also ones where I just don't care for and if they work, then they work, good for them. I have very few I have actual disdain towards.
(Myotismon/Gatomon is one that makes me flip like what)

When it comes to Digimon, my OTP is Wizardmon/Gatomon (if it's not obvious enough), and is the first thing I think of when I think of Digimon pairings--even though romance is such an alien feeling for Digimon which is why I have a personal head-canon Wizardmon's not a true Digimon to begin with--one-sided's better than nothing. I know it may never become canon what with Wizardmon being dead and gone, and it most likely never was to begin with, but there was just something so interesting about their relationship, and it's sad it wasn't touched upon as much, especially since Wizardmon was only in a few episodes, and that was it. So for all these years, there's been that little part of me that's been secretly hoping for his return if only so we could get more scenes of the two together and really get to see what their friendship was like. (Sort of got my wish with the Xros Wars manga.)

For the main cast, I like Taiora, and I still do to this day, but I've come to accept it's not canon, and I'm coming around to Sorato to balance it out. I'm still a bit peeved that it was too subtle in the series, and thus why it came as a shock to me when they ended up together. (If she had ended up with Joe, I wouldn't have ever complained for an instant back in the day, because I remember their interactions more-so than her's with Matt.) That's why I'm a little hopeful Tri touches on this a little bit, and it kind of did in the beginning, but if that's as far as it'll go, that's fine by me.

Takari was another one I've loved from childhood, but these days, I've been becoming a little hesitant and having been wondering whether-or-not it's actually a good pairing. The two are very close friends, and I don't think it'll ever be more than that. I don't know, maybe Tri will throw that bone, but as of now, I have to take a step back from it and think of other options. While I'm not a full supporter of Dakari, I think with enough time and maturity, the two could get on the same level as she is with T.K.--and hey, Davis and T.K. are basically best buds in 02 anyway. Whereas the Tai/Matt/Sora love triangle pretty much has a conclusion, the T.K./Davis/Kari love triangle is still up in the air, and I think that's good.

As for Koumi, I've come to admire it in recent years. I don't remember ever thinking Mimi could've ended up with anyone in the group, but Izzy and Joe were some of the more common pairings at the time (that I remember running into--Matt/Mimi would poke its head in every now and then). To see Izzy developing feelings for Mimi in Tri, though, is adorable, and I'm all for it, even though it may never come to fruition. For all I know, this could be a phase similar to Davis' crush with Kari, it's just not as boisterous, and I can't see Izzy going around screaming "SHE'S MY GIRL!" at all--nor do I want to.

TwilightMystery said:
That's true, however I was only referring to season 1 where there was no romantic development. From what I hear, a lot of people started shipping from the first season.

02 and the movies are the main areas where we saw slight romance as you mentioned.

1. In 02, Matt and Sora went on dates and Sora even baked home-made sweets for him.

2. In the movies, Joe sent Mimi a heart-shaped gift which I think was for Valentines.

Neither of these events are seen in Tri. It seems like Sora isn't with Matt. In fact it looks like she is still on the fence about liking Matt or Tai because of how Kari and Mimi teased her at the restaurant. And this is despite the fact that she's gone on a date with Matt in 02 and baked him home-made sweets, none of which she did for Tai.

Also, it wouldn't make sense for Tai to message Sora (Matt's apparent girlfriend) to come to his soccer game instead of her own boyfriend's concert.

In addition, Joe clearly has no interest in Mimi since he has a girlfriend. So that scene in the movie of him sending her a heart-shaped gift was totally ignored.

Tri seems to be focusing more on a direct continuation of season 1 rather than 02 and the movies so I can't say how much of what happened in 02 happened in Tri as well.

Perhaps ego wasn't the right word for the situation. However, in the first season she always did give off the idea that she was spoiled and thinking to highly of herself.

Remember that episode where she took advantage of the Gekomon and acted like a tyrannical Queen? I know she came out of that mind-set but when she teased Izzy it reminded me of her old persona at the time.

ssjup81 said:


Nope, it wasn't. Also, for the dub, the head writer apparently disliked the character of Daisuke, so he would purposely write "Davis" in a bad light and have the other characters put him down. Even "Izzy" did and Koushirou is one of the most polite, well-mannered characters of the show. He took a shot at Davis and he wasn't even there or the topic of discussion. In the episode where Miyako received her second Digimental, she didn't mention Daisuke or Takeru at all when triggering it. In the dub however, she insulted Davis and praised TK. I'm not sure, but I heard the later eps, Nimoy didn't write as much and that eps in general without him writing, Davis was portrayed slightly better.

ssjup81 said:
Nope, it wasn't. Also, for the dub, the head writer apparently disliked the character of Daisuke, so he would purposely write "Davis" in a bad light and have the other characters put him down. Even "Izzy" did and Koushirou is one of the most polite, well-mannered characters of the show. He took a shot at Davis and he wasn't even there or the topic of discussion. In the episode where Miyako received her second Digimental, she didn't mention Daisuke or Takeru at all when triggering it. In the dub however, she insulted Davis and praised TK. I'm not sure, but I heard the later eps, Nimoy didn't write as much and that eps in general without him writing, Davis was portrayed slightly better.Yeah, this pretty much. Even the series director mentioned the importance of both Yamato and Sora to Taichi and stuff and seemed to focus on the friendship thing.Well, in movie 4, the photo of Yamato and Sora was of them on a date, which was why Miyako was complaining about its being an invasion of privacy.Nah, not really. With the older kids, their stuff's offscreen, although, from the Christmas episode in 02, it seemed like Taichi had a crush on Sora and still does for Tri. For the 02 episode, Taichi's urging Sora to give Yamato her present and the look on his face said a lot, imo. It seemed like he didn't want her to give her present to him. Sora's present was a homemade treat. In Japan, that says a lot. The conversation (in the original) showed that she had no idea how Taichi felt. Agumon then went on to say that Taichi had matured. That's the icing on the cake, imo, that Taichi possibly liked Sora and that Agumon picked up on it.

In Tri, at the part where Yamato was asking Sora to attend the concert, Taichi looked like he was trying to avoid both of them after focusing on Sora. Seems odd of him to do if the two aren't together.Ego? I never would've described her as egotistical. She's more bubbly and friendly than anything else and also likes teasing. This isn't the first time.

That aside, back in 1999 and early 2000, there were three CD dramas released. The first one dealt with Taichi and Sora fighting against a Digimon on the Rainbow Bridge, the other was about Sora running a radio show (her seiyuu, Mizutani Yuuko used to do one at the time) and the last one dealt with Jou being approached after a battle to become an "idol" due to fans requesting it. Later, the rep that approached him said that the request wasn't for him, but was for Koushirou and Mimi and maybe Hikari.

The second drama cd dealt with Koushirou getting caught writing a love letter and everyone, much to his dismay, trying to figure out who it was for while having him tied and gagged. Everyone figured it was for Mimi...except for Hikari. Mimi does end up insulting her, breaking the fourth wall about how her character wasn't even around since the beginning or whatever it was. Tailmon was offended by Mimi's words and evolved to Angewomon and Palmon evolved to Togemon to fight. With all that going on, Tentomon managed to free Koushirou and he tells him who the letter was for, but it was an ambiguous answer. His laptop beeped and all we heard was the "-san" part of his answer. He uses the san honorific with Sora, Mimi, and Hikari.

The third drama dealt with Yamato and Takeru for New Year's. Takeru's New Year's dream. It was so cute. The other track dealt with the Digimon putting on a New Year's show for their partners. This was hilarious, especially Agumon at the end!

Anywho, Japanese fans requested something dealing with Koumi, hence the second drama CD.Realistically, I didn't expect much since Mimi was living overseas due to her father's job.He said she was only a friend, but that's always been my head cannon. An older Takeru being popular with girls or girls finding him cute or whatever. lolYeah, I'm expecting more drama too. In all honesty, I don't mind it, but I don't feel that romance will be heavy or anything.

There was no reason to state it. The two hooked up in junior high. Also, the child with Sora had a Tsunomon and the kid with Yamato had a Pyokomon. Also, unlike the other characters, they panned from Sora to Yamato (or vice-versa)...they didn't do that with the others.He had his arm around her later on. Here in Japan, that actually means something and only seen with couples. Girls holding hands or linking arms, it's not seen as strange and assumed they're friends. Guys horsing around with an arm around the shoulder, nothing. A male and female doing these things show they're a couple. There's also movie four where Sora's arm was linked with Yamato's. The photo was of them on a date. There's also the CD dramas that take place after 02, like the Valentine one (takes place February 2003) where Yamato publicly shouted to Sora that he loved her..Why should she? Back in the Christmas ep, she obviously had no idea that Taichi possibly liked her. I heard that the dub screwed that up. In the original, it was obvious she didn't and I doubt Yamato did either.I didn't even think much about it.My aunt and uncle. Known each other since middle school, couple since high school. In their late 50s now. My own parents met at the age of 19...if that counts...

That aside, it's common in Japanese stories. Getting down to it, seems to be an ideal in fiction in general. Look at Cory and Topanga from Boy Meets World, for example. As far as Japanese stuff goes, I wonder if it's more common here since kids spend so much darn time in school together.

TwilightMystery said:
At first that's what I thought as well but I'm hoping the anime is just trying to trick us into thinking TK has a girlfriend. After all, TK did say she was just a friend to Kari. Maybe our ship is still possible!

Shomix said:
I didn't watch season 2, because i always thought its about some other kids. But now people are saying how Yamato x Sora married and stuff after season 2 eded in some epilogue. Damn I really like Taichi x Sora , i felt like Sora really did like Taichi. But well. We will see what happens next.

YamoNoOkami said:


In epilogue of S2 they show everyone grown up and having children but they didn't stayed clearly who is with who with one exception of two characters who are only from S2. True S2 does lean allot toward Sora x Yamato so people just assumed so. All characters from S1 are present in S2 but only Takeru and Hikari stay as main characters, also S2 is nowhere near as good as S1.

Back in a topic in a way I ship all parings, true my favorite ones are those around Taichi (Taichi x Sora/Mimi/Hikari) and also Lilimon, I just like her so much that I ship her with everyone. Well I hope they just give us lots of shipping material and leave it at that so we can continue to ship all parings.

ssjup81 said:
The series director said that Yamato X Sora was planned from the beginning. Still don't get why people just won't accept that they married.

ssjup81 said:
The series director said that Yamato X Sora was planned from the beginning. Still don't get why people just won't accept that they married.

badwolf45f said:


Because there was more interaction between Tai and Sora in adventure than Matt and Sora, because of that you can easily say they had more chemistry since you know, you've seen them more together than we see Sora with Matt...I dont really believe the director planned Matt and Sora together since the beginning when it makes 0 sense.

this is exactly the same with Naruto

badwolf45f said:


Because there was more interaction between Tai and Sora in adventure than Matt and Sora, because of that you can easily say they had more chemistry since you know, you've seen them more together than we see Sora with Matt...I dont really believe the director planned Matt and Sora together since the beginning when it makes 0 sense.

this is exactly the same with Naruto

TwilightMystery said:
Again, even the Digimon movie implied Tai and Sora had romantic feelings between them. Once again, I watched the dub version so maybe the dialogue is different in Japanese.

Lil-Bird said:

The director of the film, Mamoru Hosoda, didn't realize Tai/Sora wasn't supposed to be a thing, so the implications are in both versions of the film stemming from them having a fight over her birthday present, but the tease was more blatant in the English dub. It's possible Sora may have misinterpreted the e-mail a little due to the heart emoticon accidentally put at the end of Tai's name, likewise in the dub with "Love, Tai" instead of "From, Tai" (although the dub added more to the message like "a few raindrops between friends", like pfft, so cheesy but I love it), but she could've written it off as Tai being an idiot like always (an idiot with a big heart at that). At the end of the credits in the original version, she had sent him an e-mail apologizing and thanking him for the present, and there's a photo of her happily wearing the hair clip.

TwilightMystery said:
In terms of 01, there was much more to imply TaixSora. Especially during that episode where Datamon captured Sora and Tai saved her from him.

Again, even the Digimon movie implied Tai and Sora had romantic feelings between them. Once again, I watched the dub version so maybe the dialogue is different in Japanese.

TwilightMystery said:
I agree, but I guess my point was that that was the closest thing to romance that we ever got out of Tai x Sora (atleast in the dub). And also, at the very least it proves there was more Tai and Sora interaction than Sora and Matt even if the interaction was out of friendly obligation

ooo333 said:
One thing that this first movie did not answer is WHETHER MATT AND SORA WERE A COUPLE OR NOT!!!!!!!!!

COME ON!!!!!!

You should have started with those two to see if they were together or not and then go from there with the shipping stuff!!!!!

TwilightMystery said:
I don't think it counts. No guarantee they are together but it does mean they have feelings for each other.

Mimi and Kari wouldn't tease Sora about choosing between Tai and Matt during their trip to the restaurant if Sora was already with Matt. It wouldn't make much sense to do so.

And if it was a joke then it was in bad taste. If we do find out that Sora and Matt are in fact together in the next movie then I'm calling this film out for it's misleading script.