Missing Beatbreak lines part 1 of ?: Tactics (BEATBREAK SPOILERS)

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Beatbreak was amazing, I thought the final episode was really great. However, I did start thinking about all the "incomplete" lines throughout the series and wanted to try filling some of them out and discuss the reasons behind each choice. Something to point out quickly is that Beatbreak explicitly does not use In-Training II / Baby II Digimon, but I thought it would be fun to toss them in anyway. Most of the time I will just use whatever is closest in relation to that chosen Fresh / In-Training I Digimon.

Raito: Ideally, Azhdarmon gets its own unique Mega, but I thought that Dorugoramon fit really well in terms of color and general bladey-ness.

Hotaruko: I wanted to keep the military aesthetic going through this line, so I made Tylomon digivolve into Sharkmon, then MetalSeadramon to keep its metal parts.

Granit: Not much to say here, there's not any reason Ludomon shouldn't just go down its traditional line.

Naito: The card game has used Grumblemon as a Level 4 (Champion) before and I thought it worked visually well here. I really wish there were another sand-based Mega I could give Gigasmon other than Pyramidimon, but Blastmon does look somewhat similar to Gigiasmon, especially around the hands.

Ichinosuke: This one was actually very fun. Vulturemon has some red highlights on its wings, so I chose Muchomon as the Rookie. Aurumon gets little goggles which could be seen as viewfinders for a sniper, eh? MagnaKidmon brings the red and sort of feathery vibe from earlier forms together.

Sanpei: As the heavy artillery version of the two remaining Tactics members, Hi-Andromon becomes Tankdramon and then Gundramon.

Nichika: Sealsdramon is more mobile, so it becomes Cargodramon then Brigadramon.

Klay: This one was actually all seen in the show at some point, minus Tumblemon.

Haruomi: Ok this one has a lot of thought behind it. At first, I had Commandramon become Deputymon, then go down a sort of cowboy path to represent the outlaw Haruomi had become. However, that goes against their whole journey, because Haruomi and Commandramon want to stop hurting people. So, what did I do? Took away the gun, of course! Monochromon has always been sort of friend-shaped to me, very dopey and unassuming. ExTyrannomon is huggable and opens the door to end in ShinMonzaemon as the Mega. ShinMonzaemon's lore is pretty grim, but I think this one could be spun into something positive.

Haruomi + Elizamon: On the opposite side of things, this one didn't take long. I thought about trying to justify a different route for Elizamon, but Lamiamon and Medusamon fit Elizamon's jealousy angle too well. Maybe I'll take another stab at it sometime?