Digi Dynamic Shipping Game

Send me two names among the following 12 and I’ll write a short analysis post about them:

Taichi Yagami | Yamato Ishida | Sora Takenouchi | Koushirou Izumi | Mimi Tachikawa | Jyou Kidou | Takeru Takaishi | Hikari Yagami | Daisuke Motomiya | Miyako Inoue | Iori Hida | Ken Ichijouji

Whether canon provides input on them or not:  

Takeru and Koushirou are probably one of the “most unlikely duos” at face value due to the fact that Adventure and 02 initially did not put a lot of emphasis on them interacting. Despite them being among the youngest members of the original Chosen Children, there were only very minor instances of them talking to each other. Interestingly enough, there isn’t any indication to assume that they do not get along though. On the contrary - the interactions they do have are all friendly at the beginning, with the notable moment being Takeru asking Koushirou whether he could evolve Patamon with his laptop as well and Koushirou getting super excited as a result. Once again, you can tell they’re among the younger members, whose experiences shape their roles as “knowing superiors” in 02 towards the new kids - even if their interactions with each other are rather limited. However, the longer the series progresses, the more it becomes apparent that a bond has indeed been growing between them - even if it’s not immediately visible.

Tri has chosen to “pair” these two together in the third movie - which was an interesting choice, considering how both of them are usually paired up with other characters respectively. Even prior to this, there have been instances that showed them casually enjoying and respecting each other’s company - in a fun little role-reversal, Koushirou is portrayed as seeking fashion advice and Takeru, being two years younger than him, immediately catches on his intentions, basically turning into his own personal wingman when it comes to impressing Mimi. Other scenes portray Takeru being among those that regularly spend time in Koushirou’s office, helping to clean and checking on his health - and in the stageplay, he is the one who prevents Koushirou from mis-reading the room any further while Taichi and Yamato have an awkward silence contest. It almost feels like he has become somewhat of an impulse control for Koushirou - which is further implied by the little scene in the 02 movie in which he states that “it looks like Koushirou-san hasn’t gotten a lot of sleep lately”. He is observant of Koushirou’s quirks and behaviours and seems to be regularly in touch, in person and in written form, as they’re also seen communicating constantly throughout the early stages of Kizuna.

The care isn’t just one-sided though - and it’s not like Koushirou doesn’t act as a senpai for Takeru in return after all. The scene I’ve chosen for this post is one of my favourite moments between them - Takeru ends up blaming himself for not having been able to do anything to prevent Patamon from getting infected. Instead of letting him dwell in self-pity, Koushirou encourages him not to focus on what he couldn’t do - but on what he will do instead. And that inspires Takeru so much that he ends up using the exact same analogy to try and pull Meiko out of her own state of apathy as well...

Long story short, while Koushirou and Takeru don’t have the most obvious, most elaborated on relationship in the series, there is a lot of respect, support and comfort they give each other and while their screentime doesn’t state how deep their bond goes, it still exists - and is interesting to speculate about.

Whether I think why and how they’d work: 

While I haven’t paid a lot of attention to their relationship prior to this analysis, there are aspects about it that could be potentially very intriguing - especially in regards to their family backgrounds. First of all, they’re both care-takers in their own rights, with a tendency to blame themselves when things don’t go well - which can definitely be traced back to their respective childhood traumas, with one of them questioning his whereabouts and self-worth, whereas the other struggles with abandonment issues and the urge to keep everyone (in the broken family) together. They’re also both prone to hiding these feelings - behind laptop screens and fake smiles respectively. So in theory, only very specific people may be capable of breaking through to them, making them open up and feel safe and vulnerable. And honestly? Seeing how Takeru is already prone to worrying about Koushirou, his trusted senpai - how much would it affect him to hear about all the self-doubts he had been dealing with himself? How much would he be able to relate to that, wanting to help him to process everything? We can assume that Koushirou would eventually tell him about his past, considering how Takeru is the one who writes about all their adventures in his novel - and even if Koushirou may not open up about every single detail, these aspects could still be something for them to bond over even more. On the other hand - Koushirou, as depicted above, is also (more or less intentionally) able to break through Takeru’s barriers, making him be more honest about his emotions and facing them head-on. And again, only very few people may get him/them out of their shells like that - and they do it in very calm ways, as far as we can tell.

They’re both connectors, they both like to use computers/networking to stay in touch with everyone - and each other, bringing the squad together. They’re also both very, very fond of their families, so it’s not unlikely to assume that they could be good and soothing for each other once they’ve started opening up even further. There seems to be a lot of understanding and relatability between them - so besides a purely brotherly or platonic bond, there is a certain romantic potential between them healing together as well.

Whether I’d prefer them as platonic or romantic ship: 

As mentioned above, I haden’t focused too much on them prior to this analysis, since I had always found it a bit... Weird to see them get paired up in Tri. It had felt like they had replaced their “usual interaction partners” just for the sake of pairing them up as “left-over pairs” (since Taichi/Yamato and Mimi/Jyou were already pairs in the prior movies, Sora had to be paired up with the former and Hikari with Meiko, which all fell out of “the usual order”). However, digging deeper into their portrayal, they have managed to convince me of their bond actually having an organic dynamic with each other - that could really bloom once they grew a little older. Overall, I may still prefer them to be platonic, but as outlined before, there is a romantic potential in two people, who like to see their families happy, to become happy together as well.

My Digi-posting has reduced greatly thanks to Anipoke (and Beyblade too I guess) so lemme take advantage of polls and try out something

Digimon Adventure: Our War Game x tri. ~ J.P.N Version + Taichi Yagami & Koushiro Izumi {KouTai}/[Taishiro(u)] ~ Koushiro[u] Izumi & Tentomon

“Aren’t you drinking {TOO MUCH} of it?” - OWG!Taichi, genuinely bemused, if in a humor moment to Koushiro

“I understand how much you love this.”

- Mochimon [“Motimon” in U.S. dub], (validating) Koushiro

“Koushiro-han, if you continue talking...”

+ Taichi GRINNING in background as Koushiro Keeps Talking

+ Bokura no Mirai / Our Future; Tentomon willingly bringing the bag of Oolong Tea to Koushiro, who is working late into the evening during a crisis to attempt to solve the mystery

+ Koushiro & “INFO-DUMPING”

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It has been suggested on discord that I write a Koukeru fic at some point so I guess stay tuned for that???

Full Tri. tamer cards from BT-09

Although you didn’t put Koushiro/Takeru as an option, can I request them with number 25 🙇🏻‍♀️

🌻 koushiro + takeru // [25] thunderstorms

this is my first time writing a koukeru centric so i’m excited!! both are adorable <3 inspired by their relationship in tri because i know you watched tri so much, ayushi :B also yes, i’m trying an attempt on being humorous again...

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Koushiro tried his best to act normally, but each time he finished typing a sentence, he couldn’t help but sneak a glance through the gap of his computers.

Takeru was still there on the couch, playing games on his mobile with Patamon.

It was actually part of his stupidity; he should never scroll through online shop during their weekly get-together, especially with Takeru sitting beside him. The boy was famous for his unexpectedly sharp instinct, and eventually, he managed to take a peek. Being found red-handed, Koushiro had no other option than telling his intention to buy some new clothes, yet he wasn’t sure about his size because he never really measured himself. Takeru then told him to just go to a department store and that he was willing to accompany him.  “You can see it directly whether it’s fit or not, right? I think I know which clothing line that has the right design for you,” he added as a euphemistic way to confirm that Koushiro’s fashion sense was hideous.

He hesitated at first, but eventually agreed just because he wasn’t comfortable rejecting people. However, he didn’t expect that Takeru really came for it.

“Koushiro-han,” Tentomon whispered from the bottom of his chair. “Are you sure you want to keep Takeru-han waiting? It’s been quite long.”

He didn’t give an answer, but then Takeru turned and caught him in the eye, asking a similar question. “Are you done, Koushiro-san?”

Koushiro managed to utter a short answer despite him flabbergasted for being exposed. “N, not yet!”

Of course he was just stalling so that Takeru felt tired of waiting and eventually decided to cancel the plan. The chance of Takeru going home might be small, considering there was a thunderstorm outside and that Takaishi guy was quite persistent, but Koushiro was also quite a determined. He wouldn’t admit it out loud, but shopping at brick and mortar gave him anxiety. Koushiro understood that the shop assistants were just doing their job (hence the name!), but why couldn’t they let him be alone? Why did they keep attacking their personal space with their saccharine attitude? Didn’t they understand that for some people ‘may I help you?’ felt like ‘may I hell you?’  

However, the thing about Koushiro was that he didn’t master the art of dishonesty. Unconsciously, he repeated the same answer each time he was being asked similar questions, that at some point, Takeru should know that he was lying.

And the God was probably not so happy about him being a liar, so He struck a thunder so powerful that it caused a sudden blackout in his office.

“NO!” Koushiro finally revolted from his chair after finding his screen went as black as the room. He started to get panic, but it wasn’t really because of his works since autosave existed for a reason. It was more because of—

“T, Tentomon? Where is the flashlight?” he asked while rummaging through the surface of his desk, which Tentomon answered in the same panic manner (“D, drawer! I think it’s in the drawer!”). Koushiro pulled the drawer, and assisted by a little light from outside, he spotted the flashlight a bit behind, but suddenly just before his hand could reach it, the drawer was slammed closed.

Koushiro yanked his hand back right before pinched. His eyes widened in shock, but when he turned his head right, he was far more surprised. Takeru was standing there beside him, hand still holding the handle of the drawer.

“Well, Koushiro-san,” he said casually. “What a coincidence. I guess this is the perfect time for us to go.”

“B, but it’s raining so hard outside….”

“Hm? But the station is just below this building. We’ll be there even before we get wet.” He was right, though. “Now, now. I believe you have even finished the works for a whole week, don’t you think?”

Or in other words, you have kept me waiting long enough, so stop dodging.

There was a sudden lightning from the thunderstorm outside that highlighted half of his face and created such a horror scene. Takeru was smiling; the kind of smile so pure it gave a chill through his spine, even Tentomon was hiding below the desk since it was terrifying. With Patamon innocently nested above his head, it was as if Takeru had a pair of evil horns and ready to drag Koushiro to his ‘hell’ of customer service.

He was wrong. Takeru could be scarier than an aggressive shop assistant.

He’s up to something

Hey I saw one of your asks talking about Koushiro and Takeru dating?? What was that about, can you please explain? I haven't seen DigiTri Loss if it was from that tho

So I had to go back and figure out which post you’re talking about and when to determine which scene/artwork it was a joke about. Since it was right after Reunion it’s likely the scene where Kou introduces his Dressmon program to Takeru.

But hey, at least we can confirm it’s canon in the dub too now!

(Incidentally, I suspect that you found this thanks to recent activity in the Koukeru tag, so I blame @varichina for this.)

"Stop making me fall in love with [Koushiro]," sorry, not happening. It is natural for anyone when they first see him to fall in love with Koushiro. He's just that kind of guy. Are we sure Taichi is the one who can be shipped with everyone cause I think Kou can give him some competition

First of all, it's funny to know people do read my stupid tags xD

Second, I was just joking, because tbh I don't mind falling in love with our Kou-boi. I love my guys nerdy like that (him having reddish fluffy hair and having SUCH a pretty face is just a very welcoming bonus. But I blame @seventeenlovesthree for giving him a smooth, lovable and sexy face in her Koushiro-art so that I fall harder and deeper pffftt).

Third, let me remind everyone that I think Taichi is shipable with the whole Digi universe, but that I basically do ship Koushiro with everyone ;p Taishiro, Koura, Koumi, Koukari, Yamashiro, Koukeru, Jyoushiro, Daishiro, Ioshiro, Miyashiro, Kouken, hell, I might as well ship OG!Kou with 2020!Kou. 2 weeks ago I guess, in the span of 24 hours I wrote a Koumi, a Koukari and a Koura with implied Taishiro.

So yeah, Anon, I feel you..! Let's all fall in love with Koushiro-kun now <3

Opinions on Taishiro and Koukeru?

I never really ever considered these ships honestly. I think Tai and Izzy have a great friendship and could be considered best friends over Matt and Tai. As for Izzy and TK I just can’t picture it. When I was about 12 I made up my mind that I only really loved TK and Kari together, and I lowkey enjoy Tai and Sora.

I ain’t translating the whole thing but my favourite parts were: 

Takeru commenting on how Koushiro has been so busy since the egg’s appearance above Tokyo Tower that looking at his face, he could tell that Koushiro wasn’t getting any sleep and was tired. WIN FOR KOUKERU COMMUNITY AKA ME !!!

Hikari continuing with how she called Taichi the other day and he SCOLDED that’s right S C O L D E D her and told her not to call him when he’s so busy and straight up hung up on her. (Takeru adds that that’s unlike Taichi)

Digi-Tri #3: Kokuhaku (“Confession”) featuring Characters/DUO: Takeru & Meiko (+Koushiro, as background support)

“It’s about what YOU WILL DO.” - Koushiro “It’s not about WHO’S FAULT it is. It’s about WHAT WE DO NOW!” - Takeru, to Meiko

“You had a hard time, TOO.” - Takeru

“Now that I’ve ‘CONFESSED’ everything” - Meiko

“Just leave me alone!” - Meiko “I {can’t leave you alone}*!” - Takeru [*“Hottokenai!”] {Compare: Taiki Kudou’s catchphrase in Xros Wars is quite similar in context, and was a running theme/phrase}

“You are Meicoomon’s ‘partner’ and, you are our {comrade}.” - Takeru

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ten ships?

GOD THERES SO MANY JGLJDK;LGSDGKJS um ill go with digimon bc im big into that

-sora/matt/taichi (01/02) big ot3

- miyakari (02)

- daikeru (02)

- ruki/juri (tamers)

- KOUIZUMI (frontier)

- takouichi (frontier)

- izumi/hikari (frontier/02) (@snapplefics damn you)

- koukeru (frontier/02) (@snapplefics DAMN YOU 2X)

- juri & kouichi (tamers/frontier) like a friendship way after i read this great fic!!

-daisuke & takuya (tamers/02) (@snapplefics DAMN YOU 3X TI)