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Spoiler for Ep42:

About time that we really dove into Kiriha's past and understand what drives his character. It did seem a bit strange to have his personality shift so suddenly. Sure the goal is in sight, but honestly I think it was badly handled. Now that they are at the last Death General he just sets up this battle, attacks his allies, and charges at Gravimon? I thought he had some kind of personal history with this guy that would help explain why his aggressiveness suddenly jumped up.

Interesting to get a picture into his home life. I thought his parents died or something (though I suppose that's still possible). But seems like he was defeated in some way and was completely blasted by his father after already dealing with the feeling of losing. I'm not sure if that's all, but seems like it was hammered into him that if he couldn't win then there wasn't any point in being alive. What a lesson to teach a kid.

Now to jump into the next episode and see how some sense is knocked into him and who does it. He's finally hit a low point with only Taiki being seen as an enemy (sorry Nene ). Right now Kiriha needs to feel like he has power no matter where he has to turn for it.

Spoiler for Ep43:

Well I'm not sure that's really what Kiriha's father was meaning, but let's assume the talking pendant was somehow channelling his father's spirit. If so his father just goes to a guy with crappy communication skills rather than just an overall horrible father. Yeah you want a kid who will have a lot on his shoulders to be strong, but he went about things in a pretty sad manner. No wonder he clashed with Kiriha's mother who Kirha turned to. Anyone would prefer the parent that showed compassion for them than the one who simply told them that being weak meant you didn't deserve to live. I never heard any mention from Kiriha's father about friendship or working together with others. Guy really screwed up his kid.

At least I was right in the guess of Kiriha's parents dying in an accident. I just assumed they had a better family life before then. But yeah no shock he assumed everyone would eventually betray him. I mean his parents left in death and then everything he had was taken away. Not to mention his relatives suddenly distanced themselves and he was left to survive on his own.

Huge sacrifice by Deckerdramon. Put everything on the line to remind Kiriha of what was really important. Being strong by yourself doesn't mean anything. Sure if you measure tactical abilities then Taiki is definitely ahead. But alone Taiki would have fallen just the same as any of them. It's as a group that they have managed to come this far. But anyways Deckerdramon did everything he could. Though considering how they have saved digimon who had fallen to the state of simply noise I'm kind of surprised that Deckerdramon is dead. I know it was all for more dramatic impact, but look at Beelzemon. He technically 'died' but stuck around (though his impact on the group has slowly diminished).

Cool new Xros. You figured before all the super-evolution that it was only a matter of time until X7, but finally here we are. At least now it gives the rest of Xros Heart a role and even Nene can now add her strength into it. Some pretty serious power that's for sure.