and Iori being a High Schooler is still a fact even in 02TB, he even stated in-movie he's about to graduate, therefore he's still in HS there.

but as i said in this thread, this was a complaint about people using that scene, that line and other things in the PV to claim what is canon and whatnot.

assuming just because Agumon and Gabumon are present, or the digivices are present is implying this scene happened BEFORE Kizuna/02TB to me. especially when the rest of the footage does not show a single digivice in hand,

it did not "retcon" Kizuna/02TB -- the smartphones use internet connection to connect to the DW. a friend helped me figure things out with this line so it really checks with the lore. ep 33 had other variations in question that i forgot for a moment.

i'm saying this because i finally get it, and i finally understood Iori is right about it and it matches with 02 statements in-series. but i also believe claiming tri., Kizuna and 02TB were either confirmed canon or retconned is pointless.

like i was yelled and accused of "forcing others to dislike ▽ for 02" which wasn't my intent at all? so i fear the same thing happening again, this is why i don't talk about Beyond and only focus on gushing about 02(TB) and Kizuna.

I don't hate Beyond, but i also don't feel safe with its existence. especially people who hated Kizuna/02TB being totally into it and excited for the future reading backstory they said to release someday.

it feels like, saying i'm not fond of it *yet* would cause people to yell at me again.

and i also agree with Taguchi when he said "I felt that we shouldn’t be making stories to completely fill in the gaps up to that future" because i really want them to stop right here with 02TB and that's all. Advverse ended with 02TB for me, i'm going to continue writing and drawing stuff by myself.

because once again i feel like i'm part of a minority who deeply enjoyed Kizuna & 02TB a lot, especially when i read interviews about their development, the love and attention to the details that many believe were disrespected but weren't at all.

Because i loved Kizuna and 02TB, i do not agree with people's takes on both movies and claiming Beyond "retconned" them. i don't even care if you like them or not, i just wish i wasn't afraid of sharing art/posts made by people who hate Kizuna/02TB (or even ▽)

It's about watching carefully how the 02 group interact with each other, and their development around other people (like, the Adv'99 six, other digimon, other kids, etc) and now the traditional individual development.

try this and you will get a new door opening to you.

because, as a friend pointed out before, and also pointed by the staff in an interview iirc, "02 is about connections" so the entire development people claim to be nonexistent DOES EXIST but applied differently from the individual development Adv'99 and so other things have.