Thanks to Odaiba day I suddenly remembered that I never posted this

Cyberdramon evolution line my beloved. I could fit only half of it on the paper tho so yeah. Either way shoutout to the only three dramons that actually matter

Ryo Akiyama and his Digimon Partner picspam

(Japanese and English dub names)

1st and 3rd pics = Ryo Akiyama (14 year old) in Digimon Tamers

2nd and 4th pics = Ryo in sweater

5th pic = Cyberdramon and Ryo

6th pic = Hopmon (baby form)

7th pic = Monodramon (child/rookie form)

8th pic = Cyberdramon (default perfect/ultimate form)

9th pic = Justimon (ultimate/mega level from bio-merging with the tamer, Ryo)

Digimon Anime Evolution 22/?

Cyberdramon and its evolutions. It is best known as the partner Digimon of Akiyama Ryo, the tamer with one of the most complicated lore in Digimon media. In Digimon Tamers, Cyberdramon and Ryo Matrix Evolved off screen into Justimon. Strikedramon and ZeedMillenniumon appeared in Digimon Tamers: Brave Tamer.

Stages: Baby I: Ketomon Baby II: Hopmon Child: Monodramon Adult: Strikedramon Perfect: Cyberdramon Ultimate: Justimon: Blitz Arm - Mode Change: Justimon: Accel Arm – Mode Change: Justimon: Critical Arm — Alternate: ZeedMillenniumon (eng: ZeedMillenniummon)

Figure-Rise Amplified Greymon (2010 Anime Version) Custom

For the final toy review of MetalGreyMonth, I had to do a custom of my favorite boi to round things off. Was hoping to also have a MailBirdramon done, but I didn't have time T_T But still, having a custom of this guy around means I can possibly do all of its forms in the future, including my own. That being said, the MailBirdramon I'm imagining may have to take some transformation liberties... But we'll get there eventually.

The Details: Let's start with colors. I used the same blue for the skin as I did with MetalGreymon X, but switched up the stripes from dark blue to orange. Apart from that, the eyes are black, red, and metallic red, and there's a number of silver details dotted throughout. The head piece and tail are both gunmetal with one stripe on the back of the head being silver to emulate Greymon's headphones, and the claws are all dark blue. There's a lot more metal than this Greymon typically has, and that I would be unable to remove, so where I could I painted the more flush details blue to try and minimize their impact.

But I didn't just change up colors on this one, as I also added a few custom touches to differentiate this one from the others. Much of this was omitting parts, such as the wings, and swapping out the big arm for the saurian one I had leftover from MetalGreymon Alteros Mode. However, there are a few pieces taken from other kits. The horn is taken from the AGE-2 Magnum's Bits, and the new details around the side horns are taken from the Lfrith's shoulder armor.

The tail is comprised of 30MM pieces; specifically a large axe head, an Alto upper arm sleeve, a 3mm adapter for when I eventually make armor for it, and a gap filler piece to create a flush surface to attach it to the existing tail with.

Overall, this is just the beginning of something I hope to continue to work on in the months to come. Though, considering I just cranked out both these customs and all this Greymon related art in quick succession, I think I wanna take it easy for a little bit. Do some straight builds, maybe do at least one concept piece to wind down after all this. It was a lot of fun, but also mentally draining to a degree, so I want to take it kinda easy for a week or two.

Got bored so I decided to give that DALL*E image generator thing a go, by putting in the names of the Digimon partners (and Calumon) from Tamers.

The results were interesting...

Takato's Bakery

Today’s fuckable dragon of the day is...

CYBERDRAMON from DIGIMON

Ruki Makino/Rika Nonaka and Kyubimon picspam

Also appearing in the picspam: Harpymon, Cyberdramon, Ryo Akiyama, Hirokazu Shioda/Kazu, Kenta Kitagawa, Culumon/Calumon, Juri Katou/Jeri, Growlmon, Gargomon, Takato Matsuda and Li Jianliang/Lee Jenrya/Henry Wong

Digimon Tamers episodes 6, 7, 12, 15, 28, 30, 34, 35, 41, 42 and 44

Asked my sis to give me a digimon to draw. She gave me her fave, Cyberdramon, wherein I fused some of his Tamers and card game designs. Mostly in little details, but still.

But yeah! If anyone wants a digimon drawn, I got sketch commissions open! 3 slots, starting at $25 USD.

for @digiweek 22, day four (drama)!

my topic of today is not, in fact, decode, but rather tamers. specifically: ryou and cyberdramon. ( @digi-noir, you’ll like this post)

now, you may be asking, “simon, how is that sad?” well, since i am the chief of Thinking About Ryou And Cyberdramon And Being Sad, let me explain to you.

Fact: at the end of the Brave Tamer game, after defeating Milleniummon, Ryou gets thrown to another world. It’s confirmed within Tamers anime that Ryou is amnesiac, and likely does not remember anything from the events of before his entering the Tamers universe. Therefore, we can extrapolate that Ryou, an amnesiac, likely had struggles trying to integrate into this world he does not remember, with parents, friends, and an entire life he likely does not remember.

Fact: Cyberdramon is the result of a jogress between Milleniummon and Monodramon; said jogress turns into an egg, out of which hatches a Ketomon that becomes the Cyberdramon we know and love today. Cyberdramon canonically does not have Milleniummon or Monodramon’s memories; he is his own person. However, it can be assumed that, due to being made of Milleniummon’s data (as well as Monodramon’s), Cyberdramon likely has a similar connection with Ryou that exists between, say, Taichi and Agumon -- that is, the connection of a Chosen Child and their fated Digimon partner.

Fact: in one of the Tamers audio dramas, it’s revealed that Ryou entered the Digital World when a digital field opens up, and Cyberdramon cannot cross into the human world. It’s also implied that Ryou spent at least 8 months in the digital world with Cyberdramon, since when told the date by Ruki, Hirokazu, and Kenta, he remarks that it’d been “almost a year” since he entered the Digital World (though my memory may be off slightly). It’s also canon that Ryou and Cyberdramon have been constantly moving, as Cyberdramon feels compelled to fight other digimon. The above-mentioned audio drama confirms that Cyberdramon feels compelled to do this due to a desire to protect Ryou, which manifests as attempting to remove any threats.

Therefore, with this information in mind: we can assume that Ryou awoke in the world, amnesiac with no knowledge or familiarity with much, if anything at all. We can also assume that Cyberdramon, born in the digital world, felt a need to search for Ryou without knowing why or who he was actually searching for (as implied of what happens when a digimon does not meet their Chosen Child, by Tailmon’s account in the Odaiba Arc of Adventure). We can assume that Ryou also went to the digital world because of this connection (left over from Milleniummon and Ryou’s original home dimension). We can assume that Ryou and Cyberdramon were each other’s only consistent company for about eight months, and we know canonically that Cyberdramon was incredibly protective of Ryou, and that Ryou eventually saw things such as a possible death as no big deal (evidenced by his lack of worry regarding Knightmon possibly beheading him, within the Tamers anime). We also know that Ryou’s first introduction back to the human world was when he had to fight for his life and the lives of others due to the D-Reaper’s presence.

To summarize: Ryou gets amnesia, he and his soul-bonded dragon Cyberdramon end up meeting, Ryou goes to Digital World, full of monsters, and ends up finding home there with said dragon. Cyberdramon fights frequently because he wants to keep Ryou alive, while Ryou eventually finds nothing upsetting about the threat of death. Ryou’s first time in the human world in months is one where he has to fight for his life. When the evil is defeated, Ryou is forcibly separated from Cyberdramon, his partner by soul and also by choice at this point. In a short time, Ryou is ripped away from the one person he’s closest two, the home he’s lived in for the past months, and is expected to slot right into human society perfectly.

And that’s not even mentioning the whole deal that happens to Ryou beforehand in the games, when he’s still Adventureverse Ryou rather than Tamers Ryou (very important distinctions, I assure you). Is that not tragic?

Why I feel appmon succeeded with Yujin and Offmon whereas tamers failed with Ryo and Monodramon/Cyberdramon

 Yeah I know I’m probably not going to make any friends with this rant especially since this comparison seems pretty random at first glance so I may as well explain what the narrative similarities between the two are and why I feel one duo succeeded in terms of how they were written where the other duo failed.

The similarities in question are how both Ryo and Yujin have storylines that involve digimon partners that, while usually much more calm in their base forms have problems controlling their more violent and aggressive evolved forms and that said storylines end with said issues being resolved via said partners learning how to control themselves. But the differences in how these plot points are handled is where I feel tamers fails and appmon succeeded.

Starting off with tamers, the most obvious problem with how Ryo and Monodramon/Cyberdramon handle this kind of comparison is that while it could have been used to progress Ryo’s and/or Monodramon/Cyberdramon’s characters is that it’s resolved offscreen and that the two are just handed the ability to matrix evolve/biomerge without any explanation in the actual show, thus destroying pretty much any and all chance for said plot point to actually mean something in said season since this means we see neither Ryo or Monodramon/Cyberdramon grow as characters as a result. What makes this worse is that it doesn’t even make sense in the actual show since Ryo and Monodramon/Cyberdramon weren’t present Dobermon gave the other tamers the ability to matrix evolve/biomerge in the human world since it was established that they couldn’t do so at that point in the story. And no, bringing up a tweet made by Chiaki J. Konaka isn’t a good defence since that explanation should have been in the actual show and neither is bringing up the wonderswan games for why their characterisations are the way they are since it’s straight up bad writing for tamers to rely on a completely different medium that weren’t even released outside of Japan or given official localisations especially since tamers is supposed to be it’s own standalone season unlike 02, tri or any of the adventure movies since those are sequels that take place in the same continuity. There is also the fact that Ryo’s characterisation in tamers is... well I don’t really wanna say he feels like a gary stu since nowadays I feel like that term has lost its meaning like mary sue but I will say that his characterisation feels... overly perfect in the sense that he isn’t given any actual character flaws to work with. And while a character can still be well written even if they themselves don’t develop since they can still contributes to the growth, change and development of other characters or even the world around them, the problem is that those types of characters still need flaws in order to be interesting which is where I feel Ryo’s characterisation in tamers is lacking.

Another big problem is how tamers handles Monodramon/Cyberdramon’s characterisation or well... lack thereof since we never see what Monodramon/Cyberdramon’s personality is like outside of his violent tendencies. This is made especially clear since when he doesn’t even get to show what his character is like when he is reverted back to Monodramon who wasn’t even given any actual lines of dialogue. The lack of dialogue in question feeling more like they forgot to give Monodramon a personality rather than the lack of actual talking being a part of his character due to how little screentime he is given in this form.

Now onto appmon, that season made none of the mistakes that tamers did with Ryo and Cyberdramon/Monodramon since not only is this plot point resolved onscreen meaning we actually got to see Offmon grow from this sort of thing especially since Yujin and Offmon/Shutmon debuted in this season and not in a game that takes place in a different universe and didn’t have to rely on a tweet made the season’s screenwriter to explain a plot hole. Another big advantage the writing for Yujin and Offmon/Shutmon have is that we actually get to see what Offmon/Shutmon’s personality is like outside of said violent tendencies both during and after said plot point with Offmon’s character being very shy, friendly and not having much confidence but of course grows more confident after the plot point with his more violent evolution is resolved. And I’m pretty sure everyone knows that there is a huge difference between a character being simple like Offmon/Shutmon and being underwritten like Monodramon/Cyberdramon. Yujin also edges out over Ryo since he does have a big character flaw in being overly selfless to a fault (kinda like how Hikari/Kari is though I don’t think this comparison is the best for this sort of post) since said selflessness leads to not only him dying but also saving the world as a result. Anyways this was me saying appmon did something significantly better than tamers, I don’t know if I executed this comparison well or not so some feedback would be nice (and I mean actual feedback, not rants going x season sucks and you’re not allowed to like it) since I don’t consider myself to be someone with the best media literacy and I’m not as invested in either tamers or appmon as I am with the original adventure continuity (yeah sorry I’m basic in this situation).