Summary
The story of the two brothers reuniting in the Digital World is the emotional highlight of the 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 humanoid 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 battle between human-type and animal-type Digimon that happens before the kids arrive, and has no connection to previous seasons, aside from 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 reinterpretation of Digimonit boasts some of the best Digimon designs of all time, which combined with an emotional storyline revolving around Koji and his long-lost brother meeting again, makes it a worthy addition for the series.
10 “A small pile of dirt in the mountain”
Season 4, Episode 6
The evil legendary warrior, GrumblemonKidnap all the KaratsukiNumemon girls from their village. Takuya, Zoe, JP, and Tommy have a hard time adjusting to life in the Digital World, being broke, hungry, and desperate enough to agree to help the remaining villagers in exchange for food. When they arrive at the vertical town on the side of a cliff, they find that Koji has been recruited by the snail-type Digimon.
After a meal of magical cabbage, the DigiDestined fall asleep overnight, only to awaken restrained and dangling from 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 is 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 the 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, turning 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 damaged Digimon's soul, Ophanimon stole the D-Tectors from him and returned them to the DigiDestined. The DigiDestined transferred all of the Legendary Warrior souls to the bodies of Takuya and Koji, allowing them to evolve into EmperorGreymon and MagnaGarurumon, and face their enemies.
8 “When the knights fell…”
Season 4, Episode 47
Lucemon's Royal Knights, Dynasmon and Crusadermon, absorb the Digital World's final data. When the planet completely disappeared, the DigiDestined took refuge on the yellow moon that had previously orbited it. They discover a field of Digital Egg incubation and find that the Guardian Digimon's base forms, Ophanimon, Cherubimon, and Seraphimon are happily reunited. Hopefully these three will remain friends and stop the type of war that sparked the events of this season.
Meanwhile, Lucemon directs his Royal Knights to destroy the children and they travel to the golden moon for a final confrontation. However, their trust in their master is shaken, reducing their strength and power allowEmperorGreymon and MagnaGarurumon defeat Crusadermon and Dynasmon. Lucemon arrived just in time to absorb the Royal Knight's data, transforming into Chaos Mode, one of the strongest Digimon ever seen in the series, so powerful that it was able to completely destroy the yellow moon.
7 “Who are you, man?”
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 helped Velgemon access his memories of life in the real world, stopping his attack. The boy looks almost exactly like Koji, raising questions about who he is and how he became one of the enemy's loyal servants. The episode ends with Velgemon retreating. and Koji survive unharmed, and continue 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 form, Susanoomonand suddenly Lucemon Chaos Mode is no longer invincible like 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 humans an ultimatum, submit or dieand 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, appeared and killed one of his allies, Arbormon, in front of the DigiDestined. He then set his sights on the heroes and easily overtook 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 Kojiwho is more patient and strategic than the self-appointed leader. Takuya and Tommy come up with a plan to defeat Duskmon by attacking simultaneously, 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 station 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 doesn't he 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. DigiDestined intervened 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 combines 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 as the invulnerable Lucemon Shadowlord Mode rampages through Shibuya. As Takuya's tears fall on his digivice, the spirits of the Legendary Warriors appear to the children and remind them of all they have overcome on their journey. This restores their faith and allows them to use Ancient Spirit Evolution to become Susanoomon once more and cut Lucemon in half. A larval form emerges and stings Susanoomon, who unleashes all twenty spirits within him for 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 They digitally revive Koji's brother before returning to the cell phone. This is the most rushed and abrupt ending of the series, but the final details about each DigiDestined's fate and future dreams reflect this season's themes of maturity and accepting responsibility.