Gonna be honest, this film was a big step back for me. To give credit where credit is due, the beginning is still pretty good, I enjoyed how the gang struggled to console Meiko and get home; it emphasizes how they took a genuine risk to reunite with their Digimon, and it’s logical for Meiko to be despondent after the traumatic events she went through at the end of Loss. However, I really couldn’t bring myself to care about Meicoomon. The film clearly wants you to feel conflicted about whether it should be eliminated for the greater good, but I was on Homeostasis’ side 100%. It seems completely unable to stop itself from Digivolving, and said Digivolution is an obvious, existential threat to both the digital and real worlds. I found it childish how the gang went all-in trying to save Meicoomon just because Meiko was OnE oF tHeM. Not to mention how both Tai (and Mr. Government Agent) disappear during the final battle, meaning Matt seems to have won the perennial argument between the two. The film definitely has redeeming qualities, particularly the scenes in the school where they tell ghost stories, and later on when Tai speaks to Meiko. But the Meicoomon / Meiko / shadowy government stuff is starting to smother other aspects of the story as well as just being kinda boring. It’s not unbearable or anything, but I’m relying on the final movie to wrap everything up smoothly.