There was a lot of excitement surrounding the upcoming Digimon Tri series. In case you’re living under a rock like Patrick Star, this new show continues the adventures of the cast of Digimon Adventures 01. The first two seasons of Digimon are connected and now Digimon Tri. Tai, Matt and the gang are all in high school now. But I’ve got to say as of right now; I’m not all that impressed.
Sometimes I hate nostalgia. I don’t like when things try to win me over with nothing than other “hey remember this cool thing from when you were a kid?” I wasn’t looking for a trip down memory lane, I was hoping for a more mature story with older versions of the characters I’m fond of. Now of course, it’s only been four episodes and potentially lots could happen but, Digimon Tri so far felt like a waste of four episodes. Episode two especially, with having to watching about five of the eight Digi-destines Digimon Digivolve in one episode. The ENTIRE sequence.
The animation looks more polished and it’s clean. Toei did a solid job with the presentation though I still prefer the older look over the modern one. I mean, I did enjoy seeing everyone again, it warmed my heart (I’m personally a fan of the first 3 seasons) but it’s really not that good as of yet. If this wasn’t Digimon I’d already have dropped this. I mean I fell asleep during the second episode.
I’m banking on the potential that this series gradually gets better. I don’t need to relive the glory or exact same narrative as Digimon Adventure 01, I think they should take a chance and maybe introduce some new concepts. Anyways, this series needs to try harder in order to make a fan out of me.