Other Takato Cards: DD-017 Takato

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Card Explanations Needed: This card adds an extra 500 attack points to all your Android, Animal, and Dragon Digimon for this Attack Phase. Since a Digimon may only attack once in their Attack Phase, the card is correct is just saying 'Attack'. Although this card is very good, mostly because of the amount of Animal Digimon there currently are and that this card effects more than just 1 Digimon's attack power at a time, keep in mind that 'Dark Animal', 'Mythical Animal', and 'Animal' are all different Groups (As is 'Dark Dragon', 'Mythical Dragon', and 'Dragon'). This card won't add an extra 500 attack points to, say, your DM-027 Growlmon (because it's a Dark Dragon Digimon).

My Card Comments: As said above, there's alot of Animal Digimon (of various levels) that this card can be used on.

Hints, Tips, & Strategies: None yet

Additional Name/Effect Info: none

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Chris McFeely Says:
(Adventure & 02)


(Tamers)

TAKATO

Youthful, energetic and imaginative, Takato Matsuki is the tamer of Guilmon, a Digimon he himself created. Before Guilmon came along, Takato’s life was a simple one - living with his mother and father above their bakery, playing the Digimon card game with his friends, Kazu and Kenta, and quietly crushing on his classmate, Jeri. But that all changed with the appearance of the mysterious Blue Card...

After defeating Kazu in a card game, Takato was in a rush to get to school, and knocked over his box of cards. Amongst the scattered cards, he discovered the enigmatic Blue Card, which he slashed through his card reader. Musing on these strange events caused him to be late for class, and he got detention for responding glibly to his teacher, Miss Asaji. In detention, Takato drew a Digimon of his own, and dubbed it “Guilmon.” After school, Takato discovered that the Blue Card was gone, and his card reader had transformed into a D-Power Digivice, which scanned his notebook and the drawings of Guilmon in it. An egg appeared on the small device, and, as Takato clutched it in his sleep, he had a vision of Rika, another Digimon Tamer, and her Digimon, Renamon, battling a Lynxmon. Kazu and Kenta didn’t believe him when he told them about it, and then discovered that while he had been talking, the egg on his Digivice had hatched. Using it as a compass, he tracked down Guilmon’s point of Bio-Emergence, and arrived just in time to see the Digimon he had imagined emerge into the real world as a living, breathing creature. Takato was momentarily afraid that Guilmon was going to fry him with his flame breath, but Guilmon quickly proved to be an affectionate, if not especially intelligent, little guy. Takato brought him home, hidden in a box, and tried to explain that he was his Tamer. The next day, Guilmon followed Takato to school, causing havoc, leaving Takato fearful of what would happen, worried that he had lost Guilmon, and that he wasn’t a worthy Tamer. When he finally found him, they began to search for a new hiding place for him, but while looking in the park, they ran into Rika and Renamon – but this time, it wasn’t a dream! The ensuing scuffle between Guilmon and Renamon was disrupted by the arrival of another Tamer, Henry, and his Digimon, Terriermon, and Takato quickly became fast friends with the new boy. Together, they found a hiding place for Guilmon, and Takato returned home, to find that Jeri had stopped buy, and covered for him after he ditched school. The following day, Takato learned of the “Digimon Queen” from Kazu and Kenta, and deduced that she was Rika. He and Guilmon set out to find her, and quickly succeeded, getting pulled into another battle in an underground parking lot. In the midst of the chaos, Henry and Terriermon arrived, but Terriermon Digivolved into the out-of-control Gargomon, and Guilmon and Renamon had to team up before he hurt Rika.

The next day, while out, Takato and Henry were pursued by a Digital Field, which trapped them in a construction site as Gorillamon Bio-Emerged, seeking revenge on Terriermon for past indignities. With aid of Takato’s Training Grips Modify Card, Terriermon was able to defeat him.

When the school soccer field was vandalised, Takato discovered the culprit in the form of Calumon, a Tamer-less Digimon. Calling Henry in, the two of them tried to think of a good Tamer for him – Takato suggested Kazu and Jeri, but after pausing to imagine the outcomes, decided they weren’t great choices. Meanwhile, Calumon and Guilmon had returned to the soccer field, where a Vilemon Bio-Emerged. After a brief battle, Rika and Renamon arrived to finish him off.

Early one morning, while Takato and Guilmon were walking by the entrance to the tunnel that ran underneath the city park, Guilmon began to fade away momentarily. Disturbed, Takato talked to Henry about it, and then even searched out Rika’s home, to see if she knew anything. On the way home, they passed by the same spot, but this time, Guilmon vanished completely. Takato rounded up Henry and Rika, and then ventured into the tunnel, where they discovered Guilmon, trapped in an energy field, and managed to free him before the Hypnos Yuggoth program deleted the whole area.

Reports of a “child” terrorising the park made Takato fear that Guilmon was behind the disturbances. In actuality, it was the trouble-making runaway Digimon, Impmon, who tried to turn Guilmon against Takato, and brought him along on one of his scares. Learning only that Guilmon had scared some people, Takato lost his temper, and ran off, telling Guilmon he’d had it with him. Right afterwards, Guilmon was caught up in a battle with a Devidramon, and was on the losing end, until Takato discovered the truth about Impmon, and shouted his support for Guilmon, causing him to Digivolve into Growlmon. However, once he had defeated Devidramon, he was unable to De-Digivolve, and Takato spent the whole evening thinking up ways to get him to change, to no avail. He turned to Jeri for some help, carefully phrasing his question, but she didn’t quite get it. Growlmon slept in the tunnel beneath the park, but was forced out by Impmon, and wound up in the park, where Henry suggested that they try painting him in camouflage colours – an idea that was foiled by a rain shower. However, the rainbow that appeared in the wake of the shower somehow caused Growlmon to revert into Guilmon.

When Rika was captured by IceDevimon, Henry and Takato came to her rescue, and Takato used a card combination on Guilmon that enabled him to destroy the frozen fiend. He was able to use the same combo to defeat Kazu, whole then demanded a rematch and defeated him. Trying to compensate for losing, Takato told them about Guilmon, and took them to meet him to prove he was telling the truth. However, they ran away when Guilmon sneezed. A Musyamon then Bio-Emerged, but Takato’s card combination failed to work as it had before, and Henry allowed Terriermon to Digivolve into Gargomon to defeat Musyamon, realising that some battles have to be fought. The fight had been observed by Yamaki of Hypnos, however, and he soon approached Takato and Henry, giving them a warning. Henry pursued him, while Jeri asked Takato if she could meet Guilmon. Takato was hesitant at first, but Jeri’s reaction to the Digimon was suitably better than Kazu and Kenta’s, and they spent the day together. In the evening, a Harpymon Bio-Emerged, and Takato watched with the others as Rika and Renamon battled and defeated it.

After Takato and Guilmon beat a DarkLizardmon in battle one evening, Hypnos descended on the area, capturing the Digimon and taking it to be analysed. Takato recognised Yamaki from before, as the warning was repeated. Takato’s fear of Guilmon Digivolving even further had grown, and he feared what would come of it – it was all becoming more than just fun and games, and Takato fell out with Kazu and Kenta and got angry and Jeri when they couldn’t see this. Guilmon reassured Takato that no matter how much he would change, he would always still be himself, and would always be Takato’s friend, making Takato realised just how much he had grown. In the evening, as Hypnos activated their Juggernaut, Guilmon sensed the coming of a powerful Digimon – Mihiramon, who soon emerged from the Juggernaut vortex. The Tamers engaged him in battle, with Takato and Growlmon attacking third and last, but the first of the Devas was to powerful for them. Takato felt Growlmon’s pain and collapsed, but had a vision where he and Growlmon resolved to fight one more time. The strength of Takato’s resolve summoned a Blue Card, which he used to Matrix Digivolve Growlmon into his Ultimate form of WarGrowlmon. WarGrowlmon defeated Mihiramon, and Takato was able to reconcile with Kazu and Kenta, now that they believed Digimon were real.

Eager to patrol the city early on morning, Takato couldn’t get either Henry or Rika to come with him, but was instead approached by Kazu, Kenta, Jeri and several of their other classmates, who all wanted to meet Guilmon. The whole group spent the day playing the park, until Impmon alerted them to Henry and Rika’s battle with the snake Deva, Sandiramon, in the subway tunnels below. Kazu gave Takato a Modify Card to help him out, and after Sandiramon was defeated, introduced the other Tamers and Digimon to his friends.

When Takato went on the school camping trip with the rest of his class, he managed to bring Guilmon along with him. Out in the forest, Takato and Henry detected the Bio-Emergence of a small Digimon, and decided to just leave it be, not realising it was Sinduramon, the rooster Deva, who soon grew to threatening size by absorbing the city’s electricity. Henry blamed himself for the situation, but Takato made him see that it wasn’t all down to him, and they then tracked the Deva down to the hydroelectric dam, where Growlmon crispy-fried the chicken by blasting him into the river.

The discovery of one of the mysterious Blue Cards turned Takato detective, as he and the other Tamers searched across Tokyo to find out where it came from. Guilmon was too big to ride on the subway, though, so Takato could do nothing to help when Vajramon and Pajiramon Bio-Emerged – but when Gargomon Digivolved to Rapidmon, he first realised Calumon’s connection to Digivolving. Pajiramon was destroyed, but Vajramon was able to reconstitute his data, and spirited Renamon away with him. When they reappeared the following day, Takato and the others faced off against Vajramon, and Renamon became Taomon for the first time to take him down.

At some point during the summer, between Taomon's appearance, and the Bio-Emergence of Vikaralamon, Takato went on vacation to the Japanese island of Okinawa, to visit his cousin, Kai. He didn't enjoy the prospect of the trip, and had to haul a large suitcase containing Guilmon around, but was accompanied by Henry and Terriermon, who were also going there. After arriving in the airport, Takato couldn't find Kai, but then encountered him when they both blundered into a televised interview with Ryuuji Tamashiro, the president of VP Labs. They managed to avoid trouble when Tamashiro took the opportunity for a bit of good PR. Later, while Takato was pushing the suitcase containing Guilmon to Kai's home, he got so tired that he fell asleep, and Guilmon had to push him the rest of the way, encountering Kai in the process. When Takato woke up, he met Kai's grandfather, and discovered that Kai and Guilmon had become quite friendly. They all went on a fishing trip the following day, after which Takato and Kai talked about the tourist attractions of Okinawa on the beach - but the chatter was interrupted by the sudden, violent arrival of Minami Uehara, who was being pursued by a Tylomon. Kai and Takato got Minami to safety while Guilmon dispatched the Tylomon, and while tending to her, Takato discovered her laptop, containing one of the V-Pets that had been sweeping the world as the latest craze. When Minami awoke, it was revealed that her father was the creator of the V-Pets. After a meal - during which Takato had trouble accepting various types of Okinawa cuisine - Minami took Takato and Kai to the beach across from the island base of VP Labs, where she said her father was being held by Digimon. As Takato looked at her V-Pet again, Minami explained that it was the original V-Pet, created by her father to replaced her dead dog, Mei. Takato tried to console her, saying that it was just as real as Mei had been, but Minami argued him down, asking him if he'd accept a simple computer program to take Guilmon's place if he ever lost him. The group retired for the night, but their sleep was interrupted by as more Digimon came in search of Minami, Takato and Guilmon battling and defeating a Scorpiomon while Kai and Minami fled from a Divermon. The appearance of Seasarmon from Minami's V-Pet turned the tide when he destroyed the Divermon, but then, a Mantaraymon appeared from the ocean and snatched up Minami, taking her to VP Labs. Takato, Kai, Guilmon and Seasarmon followed in Kai's boat, but when they entered a cave on the island, they were attacked by Mantaraymon and a Depthmon. Both Digimon were dispatched by Seasarmon and Growlmon, and the team then entered the lab complex, smashing into the industrial laser room that Minami was being held in, and defeating Baronmon and the other Digimon holding her, her father and Tamashiro captive. During the ensuing escape, Minami's father revealed that he had hidden a vaccine program for the V-Pets inside Seasarmon - but this information was also overhead by Tamashiro, who then shed his form, and revealed himself to be the evil Digimon, Mephistomon. He devolved Seasarmon to Labramon, and then, following the arrival of Rika, Kyubimon, Henry and Gargomon - teleported to the island by Mephistomon's nemesis, Omnimon - transported to the whole group into an illusionary world he had created in the image of mankind's future destruction. The Tamers and their Digimon battled and seemingly destroyed him, but in the explosion they created, Labramon was fatally injured shielding Minami. Minami finally accepted him as Mei, and called out his name, activating the vaccine program within him, undoing all the damage Mephistomon's malignant V-Pets had caused as he died. Takato wondered by the illusionary world was still intact if Mephistomon was dead, and soon got his answer - the villain emerged from the rubble, now having Digivolving into his Mega form of Gulfmon. The Tamers' Digimon Digivolved to their Ultimate forms and combined their energies to form the Trinity Burst attack, destroying Gulfmon and his world.

Just prior to the appearance of the horse Deva, Indramon, Takato and his classmates were playing hide-and-seek in the park, when they came across a strange boy, who quickly ran off. In the evening, Takato questioned Calumon about his connection to Digivolution, but Calumon didn’t understand what he was talking about. Then, Takato and Growlmon were held back from battling Indramon by Renamon, as Impmon challenged the horse and was quickly defeated. The reactivation of the Juggernaut encouraged Indramon to depart. The next day, Takato narrowly avoided having Kazu and Kenta tell his father about Guilmon, and then had to stop the strange boy he had seen the previous day from snatching his Digivice. Indramon then returned, and began rampaging in the city, with the Tamers Digimon powerless to stop him, until Kazu gave Takato a Blue Card he had made himself. Through Takato’s desire to protect the city, the card successfully allowed Growlmon to become WarGrowlmon again, and he destroyed Indramon.

When Jeri believed that a newly Bio-Emerged Leomon was her partner, Takato called in the other Tamers to investigate, but before that could happen, Kumbhiramon, the rat Deva, attacked, but was fended off by Leomon and Gargomon. Leomon departed, and Takato tried unsuccessfully to comfort the heartbroken Jeri. Subsequently, when Vikaralamon attacked Shinjuku, Takato and the other Tamers finally realised how to summon Blue Cards, Digivolving their Digimon to Ultimate to battle the pig Deva. The Juggernaut was once again reactivated, but an explosion instigated by Makuramon, the monkey Deva – who had been in disguise as the strange boy – shut it down. Takato gave his strength to WarGrowlmon via a little primal scream therapy, and WarGrowlmon destroyed the pig – but the battle wasn’t over, as Makuramon snatched Calumon, and headed back into the Digital World, despite the efforts of Leomon, who, it had transpired, was indeed Jeri’s partner.

Takato vowed that the Tamers would enter the Digital World and rescue Calumon, and in preparation for the trip, finally had to tell his parents about Guilmon. His mother was terrified, but his father accepted the situation, realising it was time to let Takato make his own decisions. The Tamers, along with Kazu and Kenta, were sent on their way with the good wishes of Yamaki, who had finally realised their side was the right one, and gave them a comm device, before they headed into the Digital World through a portal Guilmon and found beneath his hideaway. Once in the Digital World, they were almost immediately attacked by a Meramon, who was subdued by Leomon, and apologised for the mistake, only to be trampled to death by a stampede of Jagamon during the night. In the morning, Takato then questioned the lead Jagamon, showing him pictures he had drawn of Calumon and Makuramon, setting the Tamers off on the right track. However, they were soon separated by a Data Stream, which scooped up Rika, Renamon, Kazu and Kenta and deposited them elsewhere in the Digital World. While searching for them, Takato and co. came across a Chuchidarumon village that was being terrorised by the Behemoth motorcycle – while Takato was eager to help the Chuchidarumon, Henry did not want to get involved. In a battle with the rogue machine, Guilmon had his mind taken over by it, but Leomon successfully freed him. The group then decided to head back to the flag they had planted, to see if Rika and the others were there, where Guilmon picked up their trail, leading them to a cave, where they found themselves transported to a warped, monochrome city. In this region, they were re-united with Kazu and Kenta, who introduced them to Ryo, the legendary Tamer, and Cyberdramon, his partner, and then spent the night in a castle, where Takato found a note from his mother in the bottom of his backpack. The next day, they returned to the desert plain, where Cyberdramon battled and defeated the dragon Deva, Majiramon.

The reactivation of the Hypnos system caused a storm in the Digital World, which briefly activated the comm device Yamaki had given Takato, enabling them to make contact with each other. When the storm passed, the comm shut off again, and Takato and the others all returned to their flag again, where they were finally reunited with Rika and Renamon, who had also found Calumon – but the reunion was interrupted by the appearance of Beelzemon, Impmon’s Digivolved form, who had made a deal with the Devas and their Sovereign to destroy the Tamers. The battle was halted, however, by a fierce storm created by the reactivated Juggernaut, enabling Chatsuramon, the dog Deva, to snatch Calumon away, and for Takato, Henry and Terriermon to be swept up by a Data Steam, and hurled across the Digital World, into a region entirely of water. They managed to find a cave to shelter in, where the comm device activated again, and Takato was able to communicate with Yamaki, and all the kids’ parents. Henry realised that the Digital World was subject to change, depending on their perception of it, and as such, he, Takato and Terriermon were able to breath the water. While searching underwater, they were attacked by a Divermon, who mistakenly thought they were attacking some Otamamon, but after the situation was straightened out, Divermon took them to a pipe, which then led them into some form of nexus point, where they discovered the library of Shibumi. Shibumi cryptically answered many of the questions Takato and Henry had for him, leaving Takato wonder what the implications of his connection to Guilmon were.

Departing Shibumi’s library in a large, Digivice-shaped craft, Takato and co. soon crashed back down to land into the middle of a battle between Makuramon and Antylamon, the rabbit Deva, who was in actuality the partner of Henry’s little sister, Suzie, who had also been pulled into the Digital World. Makuramon was repelled, but Antylamon’s powers were taken away by the Sovereign, and she reverted into Lopmon. As Henry and Takato deliberated about what to do next, they were suddenly attacked by Beelzemon. Rapidmon struggled with the villain, as Takato cried out – and through a Data Steam, Growlmon and the other Tamers and Digimon heard his voice, and rode the stream to the site of the battle. During the fierce conflict, Beelzemon killed Leomon, and Takato’s fury and rage caused WarGrowlmon to Digivolve into a corrupt, dark Mega form, the monstrous Megidramon, and also resulted in the shattering of Takato’s Digivice. As Megidramon and Beelzemon grappled, Takato realised what he had done to his friend, and underwent another dream-like vision, where he was given the chance to start all over again with another Guilmon – but he didn’t want another Guilmon, he wanted the one who had always been his friend. Megidramon reverted into Guilmon, and then, the ultimate evolution took place, as Takato and Guilmon Biomerged together into Gallantmon! Gallantmon and Beelzemon’s battle shook the entire area, but in the end, Gallantmon emerged victorious, and was ready to end Beelzemon’s life, until Jeri pleaded with him not to – it wouldn’t bring Leomon back, and it would make Takato as bad as Beelzemon. Beelzemon was spared, and Gallantmon separated back into Takato and Guilmon, as a new, golden Digivice appeared to take the place of Takato’s old one.

As the group prepared to enter the castle of Zhuqiaomon, the Deva’s Sovereign, Takato suggested that Jeri remain outside, as he could see the depression over Leomon’s death eating at her. Takato, Rika, Henry and their Digimon engaged Zhuqiaomon in battle, and MegaGargomon temporarily subdued him, though he soon recovered and renewed his attack. The battle was broken up by Azulongmon, who tried to convince Zhuqiaomon that humans and Digimon working together was the way forward, but Zhuqiaomon would not believe it, prompting Takato and Guilmon to merge into Gallantmon again to prove their power. Azulongmon stopped the fight, and then explained the true nature of the conflict, about the “true enemy” they faced – the deadly D-Reaper. The Tamers rescued Calumon from the D-Reaper by retrieving him from the pit Zhuqiaomon had placed him in, and then, after he released the light of the Shining Digivolution, Takato received a message on the comm device to tell the kids that the Monster Makers had constructed an ark to bring them back to Earth. The Tamers returned to the desert plain, where the ark soon arrived, but Takato would not board until Rika and Renamon returned from the mission they had gone off on. The ark began to depart, and the efforts of the kids and Digimon to form a human chain to grab Takato failed, but when Guilmon cried at the ark to stop, it complied. Rika and Renamon then returned, and grabbed Takato up before jumping into the ark, which headed on it’s way back to the real world. An attack by the D-Reaper almost foiled their plans, but Takato urged the ark on, and it managed to safely get them back home. Takato was reunited with his parents, and then volunteered to take Jeri on the train to Matsumoto, where her parents were. While on the train, Takato confessed his feelings to Jeri, blaming himself for the pain she had suffered – but Jeri didn’t reply, merely mumbling the ingredients to the boxed meal she held in her hands.

After leaving Jeri off, Takato and Guilmon were shocked to see on a news broadcast that Shinjuku had been engulfed in a red mass – the D-Reaper had followed the Tamers back to Earth. Takato phoned home to let his parents know that he was going into Shinjuku, telling his mother that he just had to do it. Once in Shinjuku, he was reunited with Rika, Henry and their Digimon, and they spent the night in Takato’s family’s bakery, baking bread for their breakfast the next morning. They were located by Yamaki, and then engaged a Pendulum Feet, one of the D-Reaper’s Agents, in battle, which they defeated thanks to the help of the repentant Beelzemon, seeking redemption for his past misdeeds. In the wake of the battle, Takato thought he glimpsed Jeri, who quickly disappeared.

The next day, the Tamers found a note that told them to go to Rika’s house, but on the way, Takato caught another glimpse of what appeared to be Jeri, but she vanished once more. At Rika’s house, they found that Takato’s parents, Rika’s mother and grandmother, and Henry’s mother had cooked a meal for them all. After eating, the Tamers picked up a signal on their Digivices – Takato’s parents told him that they didn’t want him to go, but knew that he had to. The Tamers tracked the signal, and saved a girl named Alice and her Digimon companion, Dobermon, from more of the D-Reaper’s Agents. Dobermon, it transpired, had been sent by the Digimon Sovereign, and sacrificed himself to give the Tamers the power to Biomerge in the real world. As the power transformed him, Takato reflected on the past, how he knew now what it felt like to be a part of something greater, and knew that he could succeed with his friends at his side. Takato and Guilmon became Gallantmon, and, together with MegaGargomon and Sakuyamon battled the D-Reaper’s Agents, but Gallantmon was seized and dragged inside the D-Reaper’s chaos, where he split back into Takato and Guilmon. Within the chaos, they discovered what they thought was Jeri – in but in actuality, it was revealed to be the Jeri Type Agent, one of the D-Reaper’s creatures that had taken Jeri’s form. It assumed it’s true form, and chased Takato and Guilmon through the park, bringing to the surface Takato’s memories of Jeri, both good and bad. Sakuyamon and MegaGargomon arrived to help, but it was MarineAngemon who saved them, repelling the Jeri Type with his Kahuna Waves.

When Jeri’s parents came to Shinjuku, Takato tried to stop her father, Tadashi Katou, from leaving the Hypnos headquarters, thinking he was angry at her, when he was actually going to make a vain attempt to save her. The Tamers followed Tadashi to the edge of the D-Reaper’s chaos, and Takato and Guilmon Biomerged into Gallantmon to help protect him from a Paratice Head Agent. Guardromon and Justimon destroyed the Agent, but an Optimizer appeared directly after it, and Gallantmon could not attain the necessary height to strike its life cord. The battle was won, however, when Grani, the newly modified ark, Bio-Emerged and carried Gallantmon high enough.

It was deduced that Jeri was being held within the Kernel Sphere, the core of the D-Reaper, and Takato wasted no time in heading out, telling his parents no to worry. He and Guilmon became Gallantmon again, and, along with Grani and Beelzemon, attacked the Kernel Sphere. During the battle, Hynos was able to hack into the D-Reaper's signal, and see through the layers of the Digimon's data, shocking all the adults with the revelation that their children had merged with their Digimon - images of Takato were broadcast all over town. Yamaki hit upon the idea to transmit a message directly to Takato, directing him to use Grani's new Yuggoth Blaster. While Gallantmon engaged the Gatekeeper, and Grani destroyed the D-Reaper Ball, Beelzemon summoned the power of Leomon’s data, using the Fist of the Beast King to shatter the Kernel Sphere – but Jeri, having thought Leomon had returned to save her, was too terrified by the sight of Beelzemon to take his hand, and the sphere sealed up again, keeping her trapped inside. At that point, the D-Reaper obtained enough negative energy from Jeri’s mind to evolve again, becoming the Mother D-Reaper, and forcing the Tamers to retreat.

A week later, the Tamers, their families, the Monster Makers and the Hypnos crew had pulled back to Tsukuba to plan their next attack. On the beach, Takato talked with Kai, who had come from Okinawa to give moral support, and realised Takato’s affection for Jeri, telling him that’s why it hurt so much. Takato could only ask if it ever got any better. His parents arrived soon after, as he felt Jeri’s pain, and received a signal from Henry to let him know the final battle was about to begin. Takato told his parents he loved them, and they told him they were proud he was their son. Takato and Guilmon became Gallantmon, and Grani flew them to Shinjuku, where they met up with Rika, Renamon, Ryo and their Digimon, slashed the Red Card, and ventured into the D-Reaper’s chaos one last time. Battling against swarms of Agents, Grani was injured, and had to be left behind, as Gallantmon vowed they would return for him. As they all approached the Mother D-Reaper, Takato reflected on how so much had changed, and yet how much had stayed the same, before they were attacked by the Cable Reaper, which emerged from a portal between Earth and the Digital World. As the others held it off, Gallantmon focused his efforts on rescuing Jeri, but was shot down by a giant Jeri visage that emerged from the Mother D-Reaper’s mass. As Gallantmon plummeted through the air, Grani appeared, and, as a gift to his friends, gave them the last of his strength... and his wings... transforming Gallantmon into the awesome Gallantmon Crimson Mode! Gallantmon tore through a group of Horn Strikers, and struggled with the fully evolved Jeri Type Agent, finally destroying it. As he made for Jeri, however, the effects of the Red Card wore off, and Gallantmon split back into Takato and Guilmon. To cover the final distance, Guilmon hurled Takato to Jeri with a whip of his tail, and he took hold of her. MegaGargomon, meanwhile, had activated the Juggernaut within the portal, and reversed the vortex rotation, which sucked the D-Reaper in and devolved it to it’s original harmless state, as MarineAngemon pulled everyone out of the chaos and to safety in one of his bubbles.

But the victory cost the Tamers dear – as they stood in the park in the aftermath of the battle, the Digimon began to De-Digivolve, reverting to their In-Training forms as the effects of the Juggernaut were felt on them, forcing them to return to the Digital World or perish. Guilmon became Gigimon, and as he floated through the portal, Takato promised that they’d see each other again.

Time went by, and as the months passed, things returned to normal for Takato and the others. As Takato reflected on the time that had passed, he returned to Guilmon’s old hideaway, as he had several times before, where the memory of the promise always returned to the surface – a promise he feared he could not keep. But this time, as he walked by, a single DigiGnome flitted through the air, and Takato discovered the portal to the Digital World, still open... and realised that the adventures of the Digimon Tamers were not yet over. Thanks to this discovery, Takato and the other Tamers were reunited with their Digimon partners.

Months later, when Locomon appeared in Tokyo, Takato was attempting to explain to Rika why the Tamers had organised an unwanted part for her birthday. Locomon's sudden arrivel interrupted the phone call, though, and Growlmon proceeded to restrain the train Digimon long enough for Takato board it. As he attempted to deduce a way to stop Locomon, Takato was joined by Rika and Renamon, and, after another brief discussion about the party, gave Rika a Hydro Pressure Modify Card to try and cool down Locomon's furnace. The attempt failed, but the trio then received a phone call from Yamaki, who had taken control of the train network, and was planning to reroute Locomon to a rift that was opening between Earth and the Digital World at Ichigaya station, to send him back. As Takato talked to him, Rika took matters into her own hands, only to wind up falling prey to the real villain of the piece, Parasimon, who took control of her mind as he had Locomon's, and had her attack Takato and Renamon. Takato escaped to the roof of the carriage, and with nowhere else to go, was only saved by the arrival of Guilmon, who freed Rika from Parasimon's control with his Rock Breaker attack. Parasimon stood revealed, and Takato and Guilmon Biomerged into Gallantmon, destroying the spider-like creature with ease. However, as he died, he sent a signal into the rift, which summoned a massive swarm of his kind to Earth. The Tamers and their Digimon battled on, finding it ease to destroy individual Parasimon, but soon becoming overwhelmed by sheer numbers, until Gallantmon assumed his Crimson Mode, and fired his Final Justice attack into the heart of the rift, destroying all the Parasimon. Subsequently, Takato and all the other Tamers and Digimon attended Rika's party, but when she went off to be alone for a little while, Takato tried to follow her, only to be stopped by Renamon.

Takato first appears in “Guilmon Comes Alive.” His voice is supplied by Brian Beacock, but it appears that Brian Donovan provided his voice for the first Fox Kids promo for the series. Whether or not Donovan was ever cast to play Takato for the series is unknown.

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