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Digimon Tamers #4
Digimon Tamers, Vol. 4
Two worlds collide as the rift between the Digital World and Earth grows unstable and more and more Digimon start marking their territory on Earth. As more secrets about the real Digimon are revealed, three new players get pulled into the Tamer ring.
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192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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November 7, 2017
As I’m sure my readers know from my previous reviews, I like Digimon a lot, and Tamers is my favorite series. Which is why, unlike Adventure and 02, I’m reviewing more than one volume of the Tokyopop manga adaptation, and have chosen the fourth volume - especially since this’ll probably be the last Digimanga review I do.
The pros:
-Once again, the art. Yuen Wong Yu does a truly fantastic job, particularly when drawing Beelzebumon Blast Mode. I’m a little biased toward the character, because he’s my favorite Final level from Tamers, but still worth noting...is Yuen Wong Yu also a fan of the character?
-In a case of adhering more to what Chiaki Konaka (the Tamers director) had in mind, Ryo’s role in the story is minimal. I was never a fan of Ryo (not that I disliked him), but after reading that Ryo’s involvement wasn’t part of Konaka’s original plan, I find this a nice change.
-The D-Reaper arc is actually better paced here than it was in the anime. Despite my fondness for Tamers, I wasn’t a fan of the last ten episodes - the storyline was overly dragged out, and there wasn’t much development. So it’s good to see an adaptation that keeps the important parts while getting rid of the padding.
-For another case of the adaptation depicting events in a better fashion than the anime, Impmon’s toy gun doesn’t transform into his cannon as BBM, like it did in the anime - rather, it gets destroyed, and he evolves out of anger, because it was a present from his human partners. Makes him feel that much more connected to said partners, Ai and Makoto.
The cons:
-Being that the adaptation is based on the English dub, the lame jokes. One particularly obnoxious example is during the D-Arc scene, where Guilmon says he’ll take a dump in the Arc if it doesn’t agree to what his request.
-As was the case in the previous two volumes, the Wild Bunch (Monster Makers in the dub) members apart from Yamaki and Janyu are cut. I can understand the author’s reason for doing this, since they weren’t pivotal in the story like Yamaki and Janyu were, but I still do somewhat miss their characters - then again, with the pace being picked up, there probably wouldn’t have been room for them anyway.
-The ending. The ending for Digimon Tamers was even more depressing than Adventure, but at least in the anime, there was a bit of hope when Takato found the portal to the Digital World at the end. Not here. I can understand the adaptors’ reason for doing this, but it’s still pretty sad.
-Speaking of that, the last scene between Jenrya and Janyu. In the original Japanese, Jenrya shakes his head while smiling at his father, which is by Konaka's admission his way of telling Janyu that he's already forgiven him for rendering the Digimon unable to stay in the real world, so an apology will not be necessary. In the dub, Janyu was given additional dialogue, promising his son that things will improve, making Jen's actions come across as him not agreeing. Here, it's just Janyu asking if he's been forgiven, and no answer. Gah.
Nonetheless, the adaptation is mostly well-done, and is probably my favorite of the Tamers books. I recommend it, but don’t expect to find the book easily - I’ve seen it go for over $200 online, and that’s before shipping. So prepare to have your wallet take a walloping.
Rating: 4 out of 5
The pros:
-Once again, the art. Yuen Wong Yu does a truly fantastic job, particularly when drawing Beelzebumon Blast Mode. I’m a little biased toward the character, because he’s my favorite Final level from Tamers, but still worth noting...is Yuen Wong Yu also a fan of the character?
-In a case of adhering more to what Chiaki Konaka (the Tamers director) had in mind, Ryo’s role in the story is minimal. I was never a fan of Ryo (not that I disliked him), but after reading that Ryo’s involvement wasn’t part of Konaka’s original plan, I find this a nice change.
-The D-Reaper arc is actually better paced here than it was in the anime. Despite my fondness for Tamers, I wasn’t a fan of the last ten episodes - the storyline was overly dragged out, and there wasn’t much development. So it’s good to see an adaptation that keeps the important parts while getting rid of the padding.
-For another case of the adaptation depicting events in a better fashion than the anime, Impmon’s toy gun doesn’t transform into his cannon as BBM, like it did in the anime - rather, it gets destroyed, and he evolves out of anger, because it was a present from his human partners. Makes him feel that much more connected to said partners, Ai and Makoto.
The cons:
-Being that the adaptation is based on the English dub, the lame jokes. One particularly obnoxious example is during the D-Arc scene, where Guilmon says he’ll take a dump in the Arc if it doesn’t agree to what his request.
-As was the case in the previous two volumes, the Wild Bunch (Monster Makers in the dub) members apart from Yamaki and Janyu are cut. I can understand the author’s reason for doing this, since they weren’t pivotal in the story like Yamaki and Janyu were, but I still do somewhat miss their characters - then again, with the pace being picked up, there probably wouldn’t have been room for them anyway.
-The ending. The ending for Digimon Tamers was even more depressing than Adventure, but at least in the anime, there was a bit of hope when Takato found the portal to the Digital World at the end. Not here. I can understand the adaptors’ reason for doing this, but it’s still pretty sad.
-Speaking of that, the last scene between Jenrya and Janyu. In the original Japanese, Jenrya shakes his head while smiling at his father, which is by Konaka's admission his way of telling Janyu that he's already forgiven him for rendering the Digimon unable to stay in the real world, so an apology will not be necessary. In the dub, Janyu was given additional dialogue, promising his son that things will improve, making Jen's actions come across as him not agreeing. Here, it's just Janyu asking if he's been forgiven, and no answer. Gah.
Nonetheless, the adaptation is mostly well-done, and is probably my favorite of the Tamers books. I recommend it, but don’t expect to find the book easily - I’ve seen it go for over $200 online, and that’s before shipping. So prepare to have your wallet take a walloping.
Rating: 4 out of 5
January 7, 2023
2.5/5 rounded up to 3.
This was much too choppy to really be entertaining as this felt like a clip show. The only reason It gets the rating it does was the fact that it made me want to watch the show to get the full story.
This was much too choppy to really be entertaining as this felt like a clip show. The only reason It gets the rating it does was the fact that it made me want to watch the show to get the full story.
December 14, 2013
Among the first four seasons of Digimon I would say that the third is the most forgettable of them all. I found not very entertaining and more complicated than it needed to be.
Let me first say that the setting is just odd and, for a lack of a better term, just unnecessary. Apparently, the world in the first two seasons was just a fake world, or a world that revolves in a game. While the world in this book is reality and Digimon are nothing but creatures in games.
Uh . . . what?
Why would you-
You know what? Never mind. Let’s just move on.
The characters are not really that interesting. Takato is your typical nice hero and that’s about it. There’s not much depth to him except for him being a fan of the Digimon games. He’s not really that interesting and his digimon partner isn’t really that memorable either. In fact, I found him quite annoying. He doesn’t listen, is VERY childlike and just gets into trouble.
Henry and Terriermon are just bland and forgettable. There’s not much to them except that Terriermon wants to fight but Henry does not.
Rika and Renamon are okay. Rika is a loner who sees Digimon as nothing but data and has no desire to bond with her digimon but just wants to make her stronger. She does change throughout the series and begins to care for others but they don’t give her a backstory or anything interesting about her. There isn’t really a reason why she is the way she is.
The only character I found more memorable is Impmon because he has an attitude and is given somewhat of a backstory. He was friends with two young children and then they forgot about him and so he has no purpose. He wants to digivolve and become stronger.
I would complain about the villains but I forgot about them and the only thing that stands out in Tamers is the fact that the human merge with their digimon in the mega form.
Don't get me wrong, it's not bad. It's just kind of dull and forgettable for me.
Let me first say that the setting is just odd and, for a lack of a better term, just unnecessary. Apparently, the world in the first two seasons was just a fake world, or a world that revolves in a game. While the world in this book is reality and Digimon are nothing but creatures in games.
Uh . . . what?
Why would you-
You know what? Never mind. Let’s just move on.
The characters are not really that interesting. Takato is your typical nice hero and that’s about it. There’s not much depth to him except for him being a fan of the Digimon games. He’s not really that interesting and his digimon partner isn’t really that memorable either. In fact, I found him quite annoying. He doesn’t listen, is VERY childlike and just gets into trouble.
Henry and Terriermon are just bland and forgettable. There’s not much to them except that Terriermon wants to fight but Henry does not.
Rika and Renamon are okay. Rika is a loner who sees Digimon as nothing but data and has no desire to bond with her digimon but just wants to make her stronger. She does change throughout the series and begins to care for others but they don’t give her a backstory or anything interesting about her. There isn’t really a reason why she is the way she is.
The only character I found more memorable is Impmon because he has an attitude and is given somewhat of a backstory. He was friends with two young children and then they forgot about him and so he has no purpose. He wants to digivolve and become stronger.
I would complain about the villains but I forgot about them and the only thing that stands out in Tamers is the fact that the human merge with their digimon in the mega form.
Don't get me wrong, it's not bad. It's just kind of dull and forgettable for me.
February 17, 2017
Just read the Digimon Tamers 1984 story and I love it! Does it make sense? No. Do I love it? 100%
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February 27, 2013i love digimon tamers it is the best season out of all them and i still watch it today cause of the good memories it brings:)
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