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I'm glad that this show has ended, and I'm gonna tell you my full review what i think about it. No lies, real and honest truth, so be ready. Review Mode: On!

WARNING: EVERYTHING I SAY WOULD CONTAIN SPOILERS! PLEASE READ WITH CAUTION!

Digimon has been a treasure of our childhood. It has so many moments, brilliant characters, and really good art styles. Appmon however, decides to throw it out the window and reboot the series and turn it into 1 hot mess. And here's why...

Plot: Appmon had an interesting premise, an A.I taking over the digital world and its like a what if Yggdrasil from Savers had succeed his goal. However, it falls flat with the inconsistent writing and plot holes. There are number of plot holes i can number, like IE: in the beginning of the 1st episode, on the vending machine, why Minerva would chose Haru in particular? She could've chose a number of people on the streets, how is the emo kid's brother related to the digital world if he died in real world death and resurrect him? Or how did the professor program himself into the net. The plot never answered it. Whats worst is that its a rehash of several past digimon series, Adventures, Savors, and Fusion.

Art: the art style had a good art style from the start. The brilliant rendered 2D art was clean. But all of it went downhill when they start using CGI for the whole season. And the CGI was by far has one of the most awfully design Appmons there is and one of the worst Digimon designs in the series. The only Appmon characters and the only 2 that represent digimon are Shutmon and Poseidomon, and they both has one of the best designs in the series. The rest was just awful. The Appmon has a very low of 15 FPS animation, which was horrible. Even some characters can phase through their own body parts, even 1 of the most Infamous and most insulting episode(45) in the series for nostalgia fans.

Characters: in the past Digimon series, we were introduced a wide number and likable characters. But not in this one. We were introduced by very stereotypical characters. The MC is the Gary Sue character in their series, and one of the most annoying main character in the series. Not worst than XW2 MC, but awful. Whats worst is that we are introduced 1 of the most one dimensional villain in the series: Leviathan. He was an poor-to-OK written villain, but that's his motivation? Zero. He has zero motivation as a villain. On a level of Exdeath horrible level from FF5. And he's also a copy of Yggdrisil from Savors. Thats even more horrifying. Not to mention that he does nothing. And he has 1 of the most Generic design and less menacing in the series. Which brings up the question who is Deusmon? He was never introduced, mentioned, or why he was involved. And the fight was 1 of the most one-sided fight in the series, it felt like it was rushed. Do you know whos the real villain? The appmon version of the Digivices. They're by far one of the worst designed in the series of digimon with the constant saying of "Touch, touch, touch, touch" and worst of all is the constant yelling after digivolving that makes our ears bleed. Speaking of digivolving, I've gotta talk to you about that in the bonus round.

Bonus: this is my biggest complaint about Xros wars before. There was barely any digivolving in xros wars until the season 2. In appmon, there is ZERO digivolving. Which is a huge let down for the fans who grew up watching digimon. Whats even worse is that they got the creators who made and I'm not joking: Yo-Kai Watch, World Trigger, One Piece, and the 1st US yugioh movie. Which all of the were terrible anime. What were Toei thinking? Those creators should never make an anime again.

Overall: this anime is and by far the worst anime in recent memory. Period. Its like Sonic 06 and Fairy Tail had a baby and pooped on it. They focused more on newcomers and less on their fan base. Tri does it perfectly and it was 10x better than Appmon. If Appmon relies on full on 2D animation, get rid of CGI and add digivolving, the anime would be better and would bring back the Digimon fans. But they just have the idea to kill the series. 2.5/10 - Worst. I recommend that you stay away from this series and read the manga version, its 5x better than the anime version

I enjoyed this serial. This is definitely the most unique entry of the franchise, and it provided a lot of unpredictable elements that kept me invested while all accumulating to one major plot point, though if I were to be honest it's more tamed demeanor kinda gives it a slow start.

Let's start with the story, like I said, the story is kind of slow and seems like it is low risk at first. The smaller level corrupted Appmon are going around causing inconveniences for everyone. Doing mischief via their application. The other issue is they kinda bring back these stories even if the story advances kinda giving it a filler-ish feel. Once the plot starts moving, the gears start turning. The actual evil Appmon really pose a major threat to the heroes. Going as far as to blackmail, kidnap and try to destroy them by any means. What makes it even more interesting is despite the fact that the villains and the corrupt Appmon escalade in strength or abilities as the story goes on, is NOT just a convenience, it actually plays a major role in the key story, to the point where even the characters question it.

The main characters; Haru was a rather interesting approach. While he is not the only Digimon protagonist to get strong character development, (Takato, Takuya, Tai, Matt, Ken) He is the first of his kind that is introduced as a shallow wimp in the beginning, literally labeling himself unworthy of being a main character. But once he obtained his Appli-Driver you really see his development, to the point where you feel proud witnessing him smirking at his greatest obstacle while summoning his strongest appmon. Rei too had growth, which does appear generic, like the lonewolf that leans towards the 'Nakama' phase. But when it came to his actual tool of development, his brother (Who was kidnapped by the main villain BTW) it really brings out the humanistic side of him as he shows to be emotionally unstable and irrational when worried, which makes his need for people to be around him to help lower his worries as they promise on another to strive towards each objectives, Rei grows to be more trusting as those around him also develop to grow trustworthy and reliable. Astra at first glance made me cringe a bit, as a youtube parody that spits catchphrases with his appmon I'd end up being a little annoyed by his first, I'd assume people think he'd be a comic relief with no real reason to exist other than be comic relief right? Nope, surprisingly he has a role model-like personality, who soon develops as a character that balances his responsibilities with his passion, he's shown to not be one to rebel against the cards he was dealt with but rather go along for the ride. He's definitely a character who developed in his own right as a very responsible denizen of his culture, despite his personality. Eri is a great example for a great female lead being both charismatic and confident. Even though she sort of spews catchphrases like Astra when I first encounter her personality I don't get that annoyance out of her at first glance. She shows vulnerability, she shows growth via hard work, and because of that growth it inspired an evil Appmon to betray its original master, all the way to tears. Because of her cheerful personality, its kinda hard for me to not like this individual.

The Appmon themselves kinda work like any other Digimon's development, as their growth usual reflects that of their human counterparts. Though they have their own personality like, Gatchmon and Hackmon originally being with their human friends as a means to an end as well as Musimon and Dokamon just wanting someone friends. As the series progressed you can see the strong level of trust the Appmon and their buddy (Tamers) to the point where they would want to warn them not to get involved anymore out of concerned for their lives. Although, thinking about it now that scene did have issues regarding future after effects if they actually did decide to part ways.

Now a lot of people are going to hate me for saying this, but, Leviathan is by far, the best written villain in Digimon history. Mainly due to the fact that he appears as a badly written villain at first. What with infecting Appmon that just cause nuisances, kidnapping Rei's brother, sending his evil Appmon one at a time to attack the protagonists' Appmon. and releasing his trump cards later in the story instead of using them first hand. What makes this support Leviathan as the smartest villain instead of a generic one is that everything connects in ways you'd never expect! I won't spoil how, but once you understood Leviathan's main goal and how he was willing to achieve it you'd soon realize that everything he did happened for a reason!

I would mention minor characters but that would be diving into major spoiler territory. I will hint that Yujin and Rei's brother, Hajime are not any average minor characters and are strongly connected to Leviathan's goal in ways you may not believe.

Overall this series isn't perfect, nor is it like any other Digimon series. But if you were ever to try this series, I strongly recommend you be patient when waiting for the plot to move. Again, this series is slow, but has great pay off once you see everything is connected, even some of the episodes you may have thought to be pointless filler.