As far with the releases coming and going, only thing left to do is to wait patiently, though certainly I'm no one's dad to say that.
Ok. Moving on with the review...
The fortieth episode marks the end of the Water Tiger General's reign of terror.
A lesson imparted and delivered in this arc revolves around trusting, even when dire situations need to put our trust in stranger that other members of group may find suspicious with a high likelihood.
To be honest, when Taiki deduced Splashmon's foul strategy by using Ruka since the beginning they've arrived and played all the way to the end, then I thought that Taikis' skills are unfeasibly convenient. After all, even early teenagers must have as well their own set of limitations; suspension of disbelief must be acceptably enforced from time to time.
Spoiler:
However, I recall a example from the action-film, Aliens.
They arrived to CyberLand, and what was the overall atmosphere they felt from the beginning:
- 1. A ghost town reeking of solitude, having robbed of all life; dead lurking at every corner.
- 2. A zombie-like armada of Digimon that do not retaliate once defeated with ease.
- 3. Then enters a hyperactive girl with a down to earth goofiness, bright disposition, and excentric cheerfulness in the middle of a lifeless world, that beckons death to any visitors that approaches it.
So, something had to be terribly wrong with Ruka from the start. Because any sentient being (not just humans) surely would have realized and adapted to that ghost town situation.
First things first would be for the survivors to keep themselves cool; to find any other survivors; and keeping an overly-enthusiastic attitude in the middle of that hell definitely looks out of place.
Given this evidence, Taiki quickly had realized there was something fishy about Ruka and had no other choice but to deceive Kiriha and Nene, once Dorurumon voiced its suspicions against Ruka.
Thankfully, Taiki's forewarning enabled the whole of Xros Heart to avert Splashmon's foul deceit and machinations, preventing from splitting up and playing to the Death General's way.
A detail to notice is that each pair of Death Generals our heroes have faced share a common characteristic:
- Dorpick and NeoMyotismon had either a weakness or an irrational fear towards a specific item or Digimon breed.
- Zamielemon and Splashmon played the Giant's Mask card to make themselves bigger or returning to their giant size.