1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:05,120 Welcome to Digimon Analyzer. This is MJ. I'm an author. I'm an artist. I'm a Digimon Analyzer 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:07,120 You can find all my work at mjmunoz.com 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:13,520 Join me as I talk about Liberator episode 1 which is a three-part episode and this is technically 4 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:20,880 I don't know what episode I think episode 4 of Digimon Analyzer the relaunch of my Digimon podcast. So here we go 5 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:23,680 things I want to talk about three months 6 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,320 mysteries monsters 7 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:30,960 NPC and premium girl. So I will start off right away by saying that 8 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:35,520 I like this episode a lot this episode 1 9 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,080 It definitely keeps the intrigue going 10 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:43,200 It presents it answers some of the unanswered questions. Yes, it answers the invisible questions 11 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,000 I talked about in my last review as a story writing thing 12 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,880 it answers the 13 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:53,200 Invisible questions and it provides new invisible questions, which is fantastic 14 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,960 That's exactly what you want to be doing in order to keep the engagement. So 15 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:02,960 The answers are they have not been isekai'd they're able to leave the world. They're able to come back and do it actually 16 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:06,560 That's not really true. It seems as if they're able to leave the world and come back 17 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:10,480 But we don't really know that because all their time is spent in the digital world 18 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,080 in Liberator in lacuna, whatever and 19 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:19,440 That's what it feels like it feels like a happy thing you you would think if they've been isekai'd there if they've been stuck there 20 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:24,240 They would have said something so to me it feels like they come and go as they want and they make reference to the card game 21 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:26,960 And the liberator game so it's not like we're trapped in this game 22 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:30,800 We don't know how we're getting out of it, but it's saying it's more like they're saying like yeah 23 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:36,160 it's been three months and orisa's way better than shoto at the 24 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:42,640 Liberator version of the game, but he's better than her at the card version of the game. So it's interesting the 25 00:01:43,660 --> 00:01:45,200 official 26 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:49,680 Like introduction or back of the book synopsis blurb type thing that was on the website 27 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:54,240 I think it's on if you go to the desktop site. It's on the webtoons liberator page 28 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,960 Um, it has a little thing up in the right hand corner 29 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:02,240 And it says what it's more of what it's about and it describes shoto as giving up easily 30 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:07,280 And never winning at the card game, but it's talking about the liberator card game because apparently he's 31 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:09,440 well it 32 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,440 based on the dialogue it sounds like he's way better at the 33 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:18,960 Physical card game down on the mat, but that something about being in the digital or in lacuna in uh, the tail pod 34 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:24,160 Makes it so that he's like flustered. He said he's not overwhelmed by the battles anymore 35 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:30,400 There's just something missing for him and something's wrong where he fails to win and uh, it's interesting 36 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:37,360 They have like a friendly battle type situation where they are just playing a practice running each other 37 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:39,280 I don't know what that means. There's no danger. There's no stakes 38 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,680 There's something different about the the battle 39 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,720 So that's interesting 40 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,480 And we get to see a little bit of how the game works. We learn and I I don't know 41 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,880 this is accurate to the card game as it is now or 42 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,480 The card game as it was before but apparently there's five defense shields that you get so basically 43 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,440 Like dungeon dice monsters from yugioh, right you get three heart points 44 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,320 And then once the third one's gone, you're dead 45 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:09,680 Uh, and the monsters move in different areas of the field. This is slightly similar. There's a breeding ground 46 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,680 And then there's like a foreground or battleground, I guess 47 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:17,520 And none of the breeding ground is the hand or if it's a field on the deck on the if it's a place on the field 48 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:23,280 Or what but apparently you can move your digimon in advance into the attack position or attack area 49 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:30,400 When it's in the battle zone, it can blast through five shields of your opponent and then on the sixth turn 50 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,160 And so i'm assuming let's say somehow in five turns for your first five turns 51 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:38,720 You're able to get a digimon and it's able to successfully attack your opponent's security shield 52 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,240 um, which like I it sounds to me like you can 53 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,760 Eliminate those five security shields in five turns and then on your sixth turn 54 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,680 If you've got a digimon on the field and your opponent isn't able to pull anything out on the sixth turn 55 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,160 You should be able to beat them. So it sounds like the battle should be pretty brisk 56 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,320 That's what it sounds like to me. I don't fully understand the rules 57 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,920 But they're introducing like the security check and these these different things. So 58 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:03,920 Uh, that's interesting and i'm grasping a little bit of what it is, but it's definitely dynamic looking and uh, 59 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,480 It's definitely exciting to watch the monsters them going back and forth against each other. Um 60 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,760 Uh, I don't remember all the different digimon that they pulled out 61 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:16,480 And it almost seems like every turn you get new digimon out onto the field. I don't know if you have to 62 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:21,120 Let them go out for one turn and then you call them back to the hand and then you put out new ones or what? 63 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,800 And i'm still unclear on that but regardless, uh, you know 64 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:29,680 It's interesting and engaging based on like observing the mechanics of the game in liberator 65 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:35,600 Which I assume is supposed to be the same mechanics of the game outside of liberator if you were playing on tabletop 66 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,840 But uh, anyway, that's not what we're explicitly being told but it's kind of being implied 67 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:47,600 That being said you have a couple mysterious elements pop in to the issue the episode and they are well 68 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,760 First of all a clarifying element. It's been three months that they've been playing and he's still not any good choto 69 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,880 That is but which is why i'm implying all these different things and making all these um 70 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:58,800 Assertions or drawing all these different conclusions that i'm telling you about so 71 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:00,960 That's good to know 72 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:05,680 Um, I like the fact that they have been there for a while and that they're familiar with things or they have a level 73 00:05:05,740 --> 00:05:12,960 Familiarity with things that makes it more impactful when they're getting these surprises and mysteries popping up. So, uh, 74 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:15,280 We've got a couple surprises. We've got 75 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:21,920 Shoto sees out of the corner of his eye or senses some small figure running past them, which I believe is shuman 76 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:26,400 But we'll find out later. I'm sure or I mean it's heavily implied that it's shuman if it's not shuman 77 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:28,560 I think that will be clarified at some later point 78 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:30,080 Excuse me 79 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,360 Um, then there's the explosion. What's the explosion caused by? 80 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:39,040 I guess it's by the npc blowing a hole through the wall to come and draw them into a fight. Um 81 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:42,400 then there's this mysterious girl with the 82 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,760 White hair or platinum blonde. It's white. It's white hair. Um, she's got a 83 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,760 Collar on she looks very much like the girl that has the actual like manacle 84 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:55,520 Uh chain around, you know the chain and the collar around her neck, but this is a choker that she's got on right now 85 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,200 Um, and we just see her for a flash and I don't know if she's still in the scene 86 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:00,560 She very well may still be in the scene 87 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,640 She might be outside of the little bubble that the npc created or she could be within it 88 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:09,200 And we're just not focusing on her at the moment. Uh, then we've got this npc which 89 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:14,320 Apparently it's part of the game that arisa knows about she asks is this an event that we don't know about how is this possible? 90 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:18,160 How's it happening? Is there some uh, shoto asks if it's a bug and she 91 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,480 Um says arisa says that there are not supposed to be 92 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,480 These npcs who can engage a battle with you like against your will 93 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,520 Um in this section of the game where they are 94 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,800 Um, so I don't know if that's like a different server or if it's a different area in the particular server that they were in 95 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,360 But you're not supposed to be engaging in these types of battles 96 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:41,040 But these types of battles are something that's a structure part of built into the structure of the game 97 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,160 And then I think it's called navi. It's got uh 98 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:49,040 A body similar to the npc, but the head is different. It's like this and then it's got little points on the sides 99 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,520 um and that navi 100 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:58,000 Character, I don't know if there I don't know if navi was explaining to the audience who's reading it or if navi was explaining to arisa and shoto 101 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,800 I kind of think it was to the audience. Anyway, um 102 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:02,480 but uh 103 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,520 Navi I think it's navi is explaining that 104 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:07,520 There are these npc 105 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,840 Opponents that will come up and they're these weird crazy looking cyborgs which have a fantastic design by the way 106 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,760 Great visuals there and they will come and they will battle people 107 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:21,440 At certain times in certain places and there will be a specific set of rules or a special set of rules 108 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:28,640 One of those rules is that the characters the player their deck can be changed without their consent without their knowledge or whatever 109 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:32,640 And it seems like it's temporary and then the deck goes back to being what it is. That's what I would presume 110 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,400 Because they're bringing their actual physical deck with them and it's getting scanned and imported into the game 111 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:39,840 but yeah, so 112 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:45,760 Schumann says that the npc they have been chasing it him or whatever. They've been chasing me 113 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:53,120 Schumann says to arisa who's digging him and I love to uh, there's a great moment for shoto where there's this explosion 114 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:58,560 And shoto runs forward to protect arisa and he ends up getting 115 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,080 Um, he ends up getting uh hit in the face by shuman 116 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:07,520 But it's cool because you get to have this great heroic moment for him where he's jumping in to defend her and uh, 117 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,160 Not because she's a girl but because she's his friend, right? 118 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:17,840 And I really like that he's jumping in to protect her and uh, I think it shows, you know good character for him and uh, 119 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,800 He thinks about quitting the battle later on against this 120 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:23,520 npc but like it seems 121 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:27,920 As if it's a bug and it seems as if it's dangerous so I can understand why he'd want to quit and arisa 122 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,280 Just wiped the floor with him and presumably he's going to get beat similarly again 123 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,800 Or beat him, uh, and if that can 124 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:41,440 Result in some sort of you know, big negative consequence or whatever. It makes sense. It's strategic for him to quit. Uh, 125 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:46,960 He doesn't know it's like a life or death situation and he didn't quit in his fight against arisa 126 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,960 But he is quitting in this the fight 127 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:53,280 Against this thing that could potentially cause some sort of negative outcome to them, which I think is interesting 128 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:55,280 um 129 00:08:56,560 --> 00:09:00,880 Yeah, and then uh before he has the chance to quit taro man shows up and 130 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,760 Talks about how this is his island and he's going to protect it and he's going to help whoever needs help or whatever 131 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:09,920 He's got this like interesting hero complex and shoe where shuman seems like a victim 132 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,400 I'm a little confused or I was confused last time 133 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,400 I thought mucho one was actually going to be his partner 134 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:20,400 And it was eventually going to turn into taro man. Uh, I guess because it's a card game you have multiple character cards that you could use 135 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:22,960 They might have multiple partner digimon 136 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:28,160 Which is kind of strange and different to me because i'm so used to just uh seasons one through four that i have a familiarity with 137 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,800 And um, not so much the games I tried to play 138 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,360 Whatever that one where you're in the new digital world 139 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:38,160 Um in the game, uh cyber sleuth I tried to play that and I quit at some point very early on 140 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,840 I stopped playing the game and I was like, oh my god 141 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:46,560 At some point very early on. Um, I thought we're all the digimon anyway, um 142 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,280 But yeah, so that's interesting that uh, we have 143 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:59,280 You know the potential for multiple partner digimon going on here and taro man becoming like maybe his main or it'll be mucho on and 144 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,720 Taramon i'm not exactly sure but he shows up and it's a cliffhanger ending 145 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,760 Uh, and it's really exciting and really engaging and I like it 146 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,120 Um, you know, so we've got the mystery of these two monsters showing up 147 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:13,600 We've got the mystery of this npc showing up and apparently it's been chasing at least shuman maybe taramon as well 148 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:19,280 It's unclear. Uh, how did taramon break through the barrier that the npc created? 149 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:22,320 I don't really know was he already inside the barrier. That's unclear 150 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:26,400 I don't think there was a sound effect for him like crashing through or whatever, but there may have been and I just didn't 151 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:31,760 Acknowledge it and then like is the girl with the npc or is the girl partnered with shuman? 152 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,320 Somehow and they're running from 153 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:41,680 The npc or when shuman said that they have been chasing them did she mean they the girl premium girl and 154 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:43,840 The npc both have been chasing shuman 155 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,960 So I don't know but i'm intrigued by the story and i'm curious to see 156 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:53,200 What is going on and for us to learn more and that's it for my coverage of episode one 157 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:57,760 Of digimon liberator and I hope to continue it. Um 158 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:02,960 As you know with some regularity as time goes on and I thank you for your time and attention 159 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:06,400 Until next time take care. Be well be brave and keep growing 160 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,480 I hope you enjoyed that subscribe to keep up with me 161 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:16,320 Like and share to help me reach more people like you and go to mjmunoz.com to find your next favorite thing 162 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:21,760 And don't forget to let your voice be heard stories are always better when you're part of the conversation 163 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:26,080 Until next time be well, this is mj signing out 164 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:32,480 This has been a story over everything production