Adventure Verse Timeline

Putting together a timeline of the Digimon Adventure universe is practically impossible, due to the nature of the Digimon franchise. The universe includes an array of media, including the show, films, video games, manga, novelizations, and drama CDs, all of which were worked on by different teams, thus creating many inconsistencies throughout the franchise, especially in regards to Ken’s backstory.

Because of this, the Digimon franchise operates as if every media is canon in the same way that comic books operate as if every story line is canon and all contradicting story lines exist simultaneously.

You can learn more about this from @RavelMonte’s Digimon Twitter threads about the origin of consistencies in the Digimon franchise and about continuity security mechanisms in the Digimon franchise.

1937 – 1942 (according to Brave Tamer)

  • The Atanasoff-Berry computer (shortened to Atanasoff in the game), conceived in 1937 and successfully tested and released in 1942, is the world’s first digital computer, though it wasn’t programmable and isn’t as widely known as ENIAC
  • This, along with ENIAC, spawns the creation of the Digital World and is the origin point of all the Digital World dimensions

1945 – 1946 (according to Brave Tamer)

  • ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), created in 1945 and unveiled in 1946, is one of the world’s first digital computers
  • This, along with Atanasoff, spawns the creation of the Digital World and is the origin point of all the Digital World dimensions

BETWEEN 1980 – 1990 (speculation, as Nishijima Daigo & Himekawa Maki have no official ages; estimated from Digimon Adventure tri., “Soushitsu”)

  • Something later identified as Apocalymon appears on the other side of the Wall of Fire, which the eight Chosen Children learn is a manifestation of the Darkness, and its existence warps the fabric of space-time, causing the Digital World to move much faster than the Real World (according to Digimon Adventure, episodes #53-54)
  • The Original Chosen Children, including Nishijima Daigo, Himekawa Maki, and three others, are called to the Digital World and battle the Dark Masters
  • After Megadramon, the Perfect (Ultimate) form of Himekawa’s parnter Bakumon (Tapirmon), is injured protecting Himekawa and Nishijima, the other four partner Digimon evolve to the four Holy Beasts (Harmonious Ones) and use the power of Megadramon to seal away the Dark Masters, meaning Bakumon cannot be reborn
  • The Holy Beasts then help Homeostasis preserve balance and protect different regions of the Digital World: Xuanwumon (Ebonwumon) protects the Northern region, Zhuquiaomon protects the Southern region, Qinlongmon (Azulongmon) protects the Eastern region and holds the spheres of Hope and Light, and Baihumon, who was once Nishijima Daigo’s partner Digimon Bearmon, protects the Western region (according to “Soushitsu” and Digimon Adventure, episode #37)

APRIL 1983 – MARCH 1984 SCHOOL YEAR (according to Digimon Adventure 02, episode #47 and model sheets)

  • Oikawa Yukio and Hida Hiroki become friends during their first year of middle school and bond over the Digimon from their video games
  • Hida Chikara, Hiroki’s father and Iori’s grandfather, bans Hiroki from talking about Digimon

BETWEEN APRIL 1st, 1985 – MARCH 31st, 1986

1987 (according to Digimon Adventure, episode #38)

  • Koushiro’s (Izzy) birth parents get married

BETWEEN APRIL 1st, 1987 – MARCH 31st, 1988

  • Kido Jou (Joe) is born

BETWEEN APRIL 1st, 1988 – MARCH 31st, 1989

  • Yagami Taichi (Tai Kamiya) is born
  • Ishida Yamato (Matt) is born
  • Takenouchi Sora is born
  • Akiyama Ryo is born
  • Mochizuki Meiko is born

BETWEEN APRIL 1st – JULY 1989 (estimated based on model sheets and Digimon Adventure 02episode #23)

  • Ichijouji Osamu (Sam) is born in the spring

BETWEEN APRIL 1st, 1989 – MARCH 31st, 1990

  • Izumi Koushiro is born
  • Tachikawa Mimi is born

APRIL 1989 – MARCH 1990 SCHOOL YEAR

  • Oikawa attends his first year of university, and he and Hiroki start working on a project to help them reach the Digital World

BETWEEN MAY 21st – JUNE 20th, 1990 (according to Digimon Adventure 02, episode #25)

  • Inoue Miyako (Yolei) is born and is a Gemini

BETWEEN APRIL 1st, 1991 – MARCH 31st, 1992

  • Takaishi Takeru (T.K.) is born
  • Yagami Hikari (Kari Kamiya) is born

BETWEEN AUGUST 1991 – JULY 1992 (estimated based on U.S. school cut-off dates)

  • Wallace (Willis) is born

BETWEEN AUGUST 4th, 1991 – MARCH 31st, 1992 (estimated based on model sheets)

  • Motomiya Daisuke (Davis) is born

BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1st, 1991 – MARCH 31st, 1992 (estimated based on model sheets and Digimon Adventure 02episode #23)

  • Ichijouji Ken is born

APRIL 1991 – MARCH 1992 SCHOOL YEAR

  • Jun is in kindergarten

LATE 1992 – EARLY 1993 (estimated based on model sheets)

BETWEEN AUGUST 4th, 1993 – MARCH 31st, 1994

  • Hida Iori (Cody) is born

APRIL 1993 – MARCH 1994 SCHOOL YEAR

  • Jou is in kindergarten

APRIL 1994 – MARCH 1993 SCHOOL YEAR

  • Taichi, Yamato, and Sora are in kindergarten

APRIL 1995 – MARCH 1996 SCHOOL YEAR (according to Digimon Adventure, episode #29)

  • All of the eight original Chosen Children live in Hikarigaoka (Highton View Terrace), though it is unlikely any of them attend school here at the end of the school year
  • Taichi and Sora are in first grade in Dai-san (Third) Elementary School, Class 1-2
  • Yamato is in first grade at Dai-yon (Fourth) Elementary School
  • Jou is in second grade at Dai-go (Fifth) Elementary School
  • Mimi is in kindergarten at Wakada Preschool
  • Koushiro and Osamu are in kindergarten

SUMMER 1995 (Digimon Adventure movie)

  • A DigiTama (Digi-Egg) comes out of Taichi and Hikari’s computer, and Hikari’s power of Light helps it hatch and evolve to Greymon
  • Greymon fights Parrotmon over Hikarigaoka and wins
  • Yamato, Sora, Koushiro, Mimi, Jou, and Takeru all watch the fight, among others
  • When Greymon defeats Parrotmon, both Digimon disappear, and the battle is dubbed a “terrorist bombing” by the authorities

SPECULATION: As Ken’s character was retconned into the series at the start of Digimon Adventure 02 and Ken has a Crest, it is likely Ken was present at Hikarigaoka and saw the fight between Greymon and Parrotmon. Although Ken has no memory of this, his memory is notoriously unreliable, and the family could have easily moved to Tamachi before summer 1996 when Ken remembers blowing bubbles with Osamu on their balcony.

SUMMER 1995 (according to Hurricane Touchdown!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals)

  • A DigiTama comes out of Wallace’s mom’s computer and hatches into two twin Digimon, Gummymon and Chocomon (Cocomon)
  • Chocomon is corrupted in the flower field near Summer Memory

SUMMER / FALL 1995 (estimated from Digimon Adventure, episode #29)

  • Most of the families move away, including all of the Chosen Children’s families
  • The Izumis specifically only live at Hikarigaoka for a couple months
  • Ishida Hiroaki and Takaishi Natsuko, Yamato and Takeru’s parents, separate, and Yamato decides to move with their dad to Odaiba so Takeru can stay with their mom, both of whom move to Setagaya (according to “As I Play the Bass Guitar,” Yamato’s track on Original Story: 2½ Year Break)
  • Ishida Hiroaki and Takaishi Natsuko’s divorce is finalized before the events of Digimon Adventure in August 1999
  • The rest of the Chosen Children move to Odaiba
  • Oikawa and Takaishi Natsuko both investigate the events of the Digimon Adventure movie, and Oikawa speculates Hikarigaoka is a Digital Gate

SOON AFTER SUMMER 1995 (estimated from Digimon Adventure, episode #45)

  • The Dark Masters break free of their confines and seal away the Holy Beasts instead
  • In what would later become Vamdemon’s (Myotismon) castle, Gennai and other agents of Homeostasis analyze the data from Taichi, Hikari, and the other children and create the Digivices and Crests to help their Digimon partners evolve correctly (although, in episode #14, Gennai claims he doesn’t know who called the Chosen Children to the Digital World)
  • When the Dark Masters discover this plan, they break into the laboratory and try to steal the DigiTamas, Digivices, and Crests, but Gennai takes them instead
  • Tailmon’s (Gatomon) DigiTama, along with the Digivice and Crest, fall somewhere on the continent of Server is the escape
  • Gennai leaves the DigiTamas, Digivices, and Crests on File Island, which is covered in ice at the time
  • Probably before the DigiTamas hatch, Devimon takes the Tags and hides them away, though the Digivices stay with the Digimon until they are sent to the Real World in August 1999 and it is unclear how the Crests came to be scattered across Server

APRIL 1996 – MARCH 1997 SCHOOL YEAR

  • Miyako is in kindergarten

SUMMER 1996 (according to model sheets and Digimon Adventure 02, episode #23)

  • Seven-year-old Osamu shows four-year-old Ken how to blow bubbles on their balcony in Tamachi
  • Ken is upset his older brother Osamu is constantly praised for being a genius, and Mr. and Mrs. Ichijouji let the attention go to their heads while Ken wishes Osamu would disappear

APRIL 1997 – MARCH 1998 SCHOOL YEAR

  • Daisuke, Ken, Takeru, and Hikari are in kindergarten
  • When Hikari is sick with a cold, Taichi takes her outside to play soccer, but she collapses and has to be hospitalized for three days (according to Digimon Adventure, episode #48)

APRIL 1998 – MARCH 1999 SCHOOL YEAR

  • Jun is in her first year of middle school

BETWEEN APRIL 1998 – JULY 1999 (estimate)

  • Koushiro overhears his parents discussing when to tell him he is adopted, and he buries himself in his computer (estimated from Digimon Adventure, episodes #5 & 38)
  • Sora’s mom forbids her from playing in a soccer game because she’s injured, then tells her to quit because it isn’t feminine (estimated from Digimon Adventure, episode #26)
  • When Sora’s team loses, she feels so ashamed she quits the team (estimated from Digimon Adventure, episode #26)

1999 BEFORE AUGUST

APRIL 1999 – MARCH 2000 SCHOOL YEAR

AUGUST 1999

SUNDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1999 (Digimon Adventure, episodes #1-31)

  • Taichi, Yamato, Sora, Koushiro, Mimi, and Jou start summer camp, and Takeru joins them to spend time with Yamato even though he’s from a different school
  • The group is sucked in the Digital World and meet their Digimon partners
  • After months in the Digital World, the group defeats Devimon, then Etemon
  • Upon defeating Etemon, Taichi and Agumon return to the Real World, where they discover it’s the same day they left
  • When they return to the Digital World, Taichi learns he has been gone for 2-3 months and gathers the group back together, and each of them activates their Crests as they fight Vamdemon
  • Vamdemon goes through a gate to reach the Real World to find the Eighth Child, and Tailmon prevents the Chosen Children from following them
  • With some help from Gennai, they return to the Real World and their campsite, only to learn camp has been canceled
  • The group convinces their teacher to drop them off near Hikarigaoka, and they remember the events of 1995
  • Taichi and Hikari’s cat Meeko loses Hikari’s Digivice
  • Koushiro picks up the Eighth Digivice’s signal but loses track of it when he has to fight Raremon

MONDAY, AUGUST 2nd, 1999 (Digimon Adventure, episodes #32-34)

  • Jou calls their old classmates from Hikarigaoka to try to hunt down the Eighth Child
  • Tailmon runs into Hikari and follows her home
  • Sora and Mimi search near Tokyo Tower, and Taichi and Koushiro come to help them fight DeathMeramon (SkullMeramon)
  • Yamato takes Takeru home to Setagaya, but an argument causes Patamon to fly off the train at Shibuya Station
  • Yamato and Takeru make friends with Pumpmon (Pumpkinmon) and Gotsumon during their search for Patamon, but Vamdemon kills them for befriending the Chosen Children
  • Wizarmon (Wizardmon) finds the Eighth Digivice in a crow’s nest
  • Wizarmon reminds Tailmon of her past and informs her and Hikari that they are the Eighth Child and Digimon
  • Tailmon and Wizarmon infiltrate Vamdemon’s base in Daiba Park to find the real Crest of Light, but Vamdemon throws Wizarmon into Tokyo Bay and takes Tailmon captive to identify the Eighth Child

TUESDAY, AUGUST 3rd, 1999 (Digimon Adventure, episodes #35-39)

  • Vamdemon covers the Odaiba area with a fog barrier and gathers the families at Tokyo Big Sight, including Sora, Mimi, and Daisuke (according to Digimon Adventure 02, episode #14)
  • Sora and Mimi plan an escape, but Vamdemon critically injures Lilimon (Lillymon) and Sora and Birdramon escape with the injured Digimon while Mimi is taken prisoner again
  • Jou, who was outside Odaiba for cram school, and Takeru ride Ikkakumon toward Odaiba, and Jou activates his Crest and evolves Ikkakumon to Zudomon
  • Hikari gives herself up to save Yamato and Sora
  • Vamdemon puts everyone at Big Sight in a comatose state, but Mimi’s Crest of Purity wakes her up
  • Jou and Takeru find an injured Wizarmon in Tokyo Bay
  • The Chosen Children, along with Ishida Hiroaki, meet at the Fuji TV Station, the source of the fog barrier, and Wizarmon revives Lilimon
  • The group rescues Hikari and Tailmon, but Wizarmon sacrifices himself to save them, and distraught, Hikari activates her Crest and evolves Tailmon to Angewomon
  • When they destroy Vamdemon, the fog barrier doesn’t go away
  • Gennai sends Koushiro a prophecy from the ancient ruins on File Island with clues on how to defeat Vamdemon
  • Jou’s oldest brother Shin (Jim) tells Jou he shouldn’t be a doctor just because their father wants him to
  • Koushiro’s parents explain that he is adopted, and he tells them he already knows
  • At the number of the Beast, 06:06:06 p.m., Vamdemon returns in his “true form,” VenomVamdemon (VenomMyotismon)
  • Angemon and Angewomon shoot arrows of Hope and Light at Yamato and Taichi respectively, giving Gabumon and Agumon the power to evolve to MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon, and they defeat VenomVamdemon
  • When the fog disappears, there is a big world in the sky — the Digital World — that is undetectable by radar, satellites, etc.
  • A commercial plane’s wing is damaged when it comes into contact with a Kuwagamon from the Digital World in the sky, and the plane, with Iori and his family bringing back his father’s remains from London (according to Digimon Adventure 02, episode #14 and the Digimon Series Memorial Book), makes an emergency landing
  • The original eight Chosen Children return to the Digital World
  • Oikawa calls after them, desperate to see the Digital World as well, and the remnants of Vamdemon possesses Oikawa’s body (according to Digimon Adventure 02, episode #48)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4th, 1999 (Digimon Adventure, episodes #40-54)

  • The Chosen Children return to the Digital World to defeat the Dark Masters, but they lose many of their Digimon friends in the process
  • When Yamato starts a deadly fight with Taichi, the battle is interrupted by Homeostasis taking control of Hikari’s body and telling them how they were Chosen
  • All the Chosen Children come together again to battle Piemon (Piedmon), the strongest of the Dark Masters, but afterward, Gennai informs them the Dark Masters are not the true enemy
  • The Chosen face Apocalymon, a Digimon composed of Digimon condemned to death by natural evolution and a personification of Darkness
  • Apocalymon destroys their Tags and Crests and converts them to data, but when they understand the true power of their Crests, they pull their data together and defeat him
  • Upon Apocalymon’s defeat, the Digital World reformats, and time synchronizes with the Real World
  • The Chosen Children must say goodbye to their Digimon partners, though Takeru and Hikari make promises to see Patamon and Tailmon again

SOON AFTER AUGUST 4th, 1999

BETWEEN AUGUST 1999 – MARCH 2000

  • A Digivice comes out Osamu’s computer while both Ken and Osamu are in the room, which Ken assumes belongs to his brother because Osamu has everything, and Osamu puts the Digivice in his desk drawer (according to Digimon Adventure 02, episode #23)

SPECULATION & CONTINUITY NOTE: It is unclear when the Digivice comes through Osamu’s computer, but it obviously happens before March 2000 when Ken has his first adventure in the Digital World with Ryo. While the anime uses Ken’s third grade model (Ken starts third grade in April 2000) for this scene, it is possible (though not necessarily likely) that this scene could take place as early as August 1999 when the original eight Chosen Children receive their Digivices.

BETWEEN AUGUST 1999 – OSAMU’S DEATH

  • Oikawa mixes data with his own DNA to create Archnemon (Arukenimon) and Mummymon, but he’s jealous watching them go to the Digital World when he can’t

FALL 1999 (according to Digimon Adventure tri., “Kyousei”)

  • Meiko searches for Meicoomon in the woods, and unknown to Meiko, when she finds her, there are the remnants of a dead bird in the bushes
  • Mrs. Mochizuki finds blood on Meiko’s shirt while doing laundry
  • Mr. Mochizuki takes Meicoomon to the research lab, where Himekawa Maki is also present, but Meicoomon goes feral and attacks Mr. Mochizuki
  • Mr. Mochizuki tells Meiko to run for her own protection, but when the wild Meicoomon encounters her, she calms down and returns to normal

FALL SEMESTER 1999 (Character Song + Mini Drama 1)

  • Taichi and Sora cook with potatoes in Home Ec, but the potatoes start moving on their own and Taichi and Sora must face Jagamon to fix the problem
  • Jou and Gomamon defeat a Digimon attacking Odaiba, and a man from NEC Interchannel introduces himself, causing Jou to think he’s getting a singing debut
  • The NEC Interchannel representative informs Jou he wants Koushiro and Mimi to star in the next mini drama and possibly Hikari to create a love triangle

NOVEMBER 1999 (“Whistle,” Taichi’s track on Original Story: 2½ Year Break)

  • Taichi hears the sound of Hikari’s whistle, which she gave to Tailmon when they said goodbye in August, and sees Agumon, Tailmon, and the rest of the Digimon through the gate on his dad’s computer
  • Agumon makes soccer moves, encouraging Taichi to start playing again, and Taichi promises he will just before the gate closes
  • Hikari is mad she wasn’t able to see the Digimon since she wasn’t home
  • Taichi starts playing soccer again and puts his heart and soul into it

DECEMBER 1999, CHRISTMASTIME (Character Song + Mini Drama 2)

  • Koushiro nervously hides something he’s writing from Tentomon, then hesitantly admits he’s writing a love letter
  • Taichi overhears the conversation and soon everyone knows and is debating over who the letter is for, which causes Koushiro to get frustrated and fly away on Kabuterimon
  • Mimi assumes the letter is for her (and that all the boys have crushes on her), and after much debate, the group determines the letter is probably for her
  • Hikari, though, insists the letter is not for Mimi, causing the girls to argue, and Hikari claims she is feeling unwell
  • Koushiro thanks Tentomon and tells him who the letter is for while everyone is arguing again, but the name is bleeped out

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1999, NEW YEAR’S EVE (Anode Tamer / Cathode Tamer)

  • A weakened Mugendramon (Machinedramon) fuses with Chimairamon (Kimeramon) to form Millenniumon (Millenniummon), who causes a time slip that resurrects the Adventure villains and captures the eight Chosen Children and their partners
  • Agumon escapes, and he and Gennai call Akiyama Ryo to the Digital World to defeat Millenniumon and rescue the Chosen Children
  • Ryo defeats the Adventure villains, rescues the Chosen Children, and defeats Millenniumon
  • Taichi and Agumon reunite, leaving Ryo feeling lost after battling alongside Agumon and he wants his own Digimon partner

SATURDAY, JANUARY 1st, 2000, NEW YEAR’S DAY (Character Song + Mini Drama 3)

  • Yamato and Takeru discover that the New Year’s First Dreams were stolen from everyone in Tokyo, and a Bakumon appears and tells them he ate everyone’s First Dreams
  • Bakumon uses his Nightmare Syndrome and traps them inside Takeru’s First Dream, and after some trial and error, Takeru is able to wish their Digimon into forms that can evolve and defeat Bakumon
  • The partner Digimon do impressions for the Chosen Children for New Year’s and the kids fight over whose partner did the best, but when no one likes Agumon’s performance, he evolves to SkullGreymon 

MARCH 2000 (Our War Game)

  • A virus DigiTama appears on the Net and hatches into Kuramon, who quickly evolves as it consumes everything on the Net, including the phone system
  • Yamato and Takeru, visiting their paternal grandmother, must seek out a computer to join the fight
  • Agumon and Gabumon warp-evolve to WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon, but the now Ultimate (Mega) Digimon, Diablomon (Diaboromon) is too powerful
  • Diablomon hacks the U.S. military and fires two missiles, one of which is heading straight for Tokyo
  • Taichi and Yamato slip into the Net via their computer monitors and give their Digimon the power to fuse into Omegamon (Omnimon), who destroys Diablomon with Koushiro’s assistance
  • Taichi’s mother starts Koushiro’s oolong tea obsession
  • Miyako watches the fight on her computer and it is her first exposure to Digimon (according to Digimon Adventure 02, episode #14)
  • Ryo is seen watching the battle on a hillside in Turkey, though in Tag Tamers, he watches the battle with Ken at the Ichijoujis’ apartment

MARCH 2000, A COUPLE DAYS AFTER THE FIGHT WITH DIABLOMON (Tag Tamers and Digimon Adventure 02, episode #23)

  • An unspecified amount of time after Ken’s Digivice comes through Osamu’s computer, Ken goes into the desk drawer and uses the Digivice to travel to the Digital World (#23)
  • According to Tag Tamers, a few days after the fight between Omegamon and Diablomon, V-mon (Veemon) brings Ken and Ryo to the Digital World to find Millenniumon has been waiting for Ryo’s return
  • Ken meets Wormmon, his Digimon partner, who tells him the Digivice belongs to him, not Osamu
  • Ryo and Ken defeat Millenniumon while inside a world from the Digimon’s mind
  • After his physical body is destroyed, Millenniumon releases his Dark Seeds (Dark Spores), and Ken pushes Ryo out of the way and a Dark Seed embeds in the base of his neck
  • Ken spends an unspecified amount of time sick and unconscious at Gennai’s house, and Wormmon explains he has become increasingly cold
  • Once he is well enough, Ken returns home to the Real World, where Osamu slaps the Digivice out of Ken’s hand for touching something he claimed as his own, puts it back in the drawer, and demands Ken leave their shared bedroom (#23)

CONTINUITY NOTE: Multiple sources cite Tag Tamers as occurring during August 2000, most likely because it was released August 3rd, 2000. Placing it the day after Our War Game, however, makes more sense. Although, this contradicts Ken’s claim that his first encounter with a Digimon is in August 2000 in Digimon Adventure 02, episode #33, but his memory is notoriously inaccurate. No matter what, the exact time Tag Tamers, D-1 Tamers, and Brave Tamer exist is impossible to narrow down, as they do not fit with much of the anime canon.

LATE MARCH 2000 (D-1 Tamers)

  • While Ken is still not feeling great but well enough to be at home, Ryo is dragged to the Digital World to participate in the D-1 Tournament
  • Ryo wins the tournament only to learn it was set up as a training program to strengthen him to defeat Moon-Millenniumon
  • An explosion blows Ryo and Moon-Millenniumon out of time and space
  • A week after Ryo’s disappearance, Ken isn’t worried and thinks Ryo is off on another adventure

LATE MARCH, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING D-1 TAMERS 2000 (Brave Tamer)

  • Ryo wakes up in the past of the Digital World with no memory and meets Monodramon, who is appointed Ryo’s partner
  • Millenniumon, now ZeedMillenniumon, was sent to the distant future and intends to change the past to create the future he wants via creating artificial Digimon and, later, cloning humans, including the Digimon Kaiser
  • Daisuke learns that V-mon was partnered with Ryo before him and is jealous
  • When Ryo goes to fight Millenniumon, the evil Digimon reveals that he was supposed to be Ryo’s true Digimon partner
  • Monodramon and Millenniumon begin a Jogress sequence that leaves them as nothing but a DigiTama
  • Ryo and his DigiTama, which most likely becomes Cyberdramon, leave the Adventure universe altogether and join the Tamers universe

BETWEEN APRIL 2000 – FEBRUARY 2001 (according to “Spring Sunlight,” Ken’s track on Original Story 2003 -Spring- and Digimon Adventure 02, episode #23)

  • Osamu, a fifth grader, is hit by a car in front of Ken and dies
  • Ken attends Osamu’s funeral, where he meets Oikawa Yukio for the first time, and Oikawa instantly recognizes that he is a Chosen Child with a Dark Seed and that he can be useful (according to Digimon Adventure 02, episode #48)

APRIL 2000 – MARCH 2001 SCHOOL YEAR

  • Jou is his first year of middle school
  • Daisuke (third grade) and Taichi (sixth grade) are in the Odaiba soccer club together, and Sora also knows Daisuke through either Taichi or the soccer club

MAY 2000 (“Telephone,” Jou’s track on Original Story: 2½ Year Break)

  • Jou talks to his oldest brother Shin, who is working as an intern, on the phone, explaining that he just went to the Digital World for Golden Week, April 29th – May 5th, to spend time with Gomamon
  • Shuu (Jim), Jou’s second oldest brother, plans to change his major at Kyoto University from medicine to anthropology and study under Professor Takenouchi, but he hasn’t told their parents yet
  • Jou has decided, after his experiences helping Digimon in the Digital World, that he wants to be a doctor after all but that he wants to treat Digimon as well as humans
  • Sora has started wearing skirts more

AUGUST 2000

  • The gate opens and the Chosen Children are able to spend time with their Digimon partners during summer vacation, and Sora and her father, Professor Takenouchi, discuss the deeper connections between the Digital World and the Real World (according to “A Letter to My Father,” Sora track on Original Story: 2½ Year Break)
  • While there, the Chosen Children give up the power of their Crests to release the Holy Beasts and heal the Digital World, but this means their Digimon partners can no longer reach their Perfect or Ultimate forms (speculated according to Digimon Adventure 02, episode #27, based on the fact that this is the most likely time between Our War Game in March 2000 and “A Letter to My Father” in October 2000 for this to happen)
  • Ken has his first encounter with a Digimon (according to Digimon Adventure 02, episode #33, but this is inconsistent with Tag Tamers and his memory is unreliable)

BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2000 – MARCH 2001

  • Gennai regenerates to his younger self (this must occur between D-1 Tamers, where he is older, and “Chat,” Koushiro’s track on Original Story: 2½ Year Break, where he is younger, though based on the context of Koushiro’s conversation with Gennai in “Chat,” this likely occurs closer to March 2001)

OCTOBER 2000 (“A Letter to My Father,” Sora’s track on Original Story: 2½ Year Break)

  • Sora writes a letter to her father to catch up with him and wish him a happy birthday
  • Sora’s mom has started teaching her how to play tennis but is a very strict coach
  • Sora’s next school trip is to Kyoto, and she is looking forward to seeing where her parents first met and fell in love
  • Sora confirms their partner Digimon can no longer reach Perfect or Ultimate form

2001

BETWEEN SUNDAY, MARCH 17th – SUNDAY, MARCH 24th, 2001, OHIGAN (according to “Chat,” Koushiro’s track on Original Story: 2½ Year Break)

  • Koushiro visits his birth parents at the cemetery during Ohigan, the week surrounding the equinox (according to the track, this happens the day before Koushiro’s chat with Gennai, which is impossible since that happens after the new school year starts in April)

APRIL 2001 – MARCH 2002 SCHOOL YEAR

APRIL 2001 (“Chat,” Koushiro’s track on Original Story: 2½ Year Break)

  • Koushiro chats with Gennai, who looks younger like in Digimon Adventure 02, and Gennai informs him that the number of his brethren has increased
  • Koushiro speculates about the exponentially increasing number of people with Digimon partners around the world but gets no real information from Gennai, and he is determined to continue researching the Digital World on his own

SEPTEMBER 2001 (“Video Mail,” Mimi’s track on Original Story: 2½ Year Break)

  • Mimi sends the rest of the Chosen Children a video message from New York, where she has recently moved for her dad’s work and just started the new school year
  • In the aftermath of September 11th, Mimi meets the Chosen Children of New York and their Digimon partners and helps them rescue survivors, and Mimi and her mom cook for and feed the rescue workers

EARLY 2002 (estimated according to Digimon Adventure 02, episode #37)

  • The Kaiser begins enslaving Digimon with his Evil Rings (Dark Rings) and building the Dark Towers (Control Spires) taken from the World of Darkness, and these Dark Towers seal away the Holy Beasts once more
  • Homeostasis and the Holy Beasts locate three ancient Digimon, V-mon, Hawkmon, and Armadimon (Armadillomon), who can Armor-evolve and creates the Digimentals and D-3 Digivices to combat the Kaiser’s Dark D-3 and the power of Darkness

MARCH 2002 (“As I Play the Bass Guitar,” Yamato’s track on Original Story: 2½ Year Break)

  • After two and a half years, they have finished rebuilding the Fuji TV Station
  • Yamato has been borrowing his dad’s bass guitar, from when he used to play in a band, but his dad Hiroaki says he’ll buy him his own bass when he gets his work bonus
  • Yamato starts a band with three of his classmates and specifically names them the Teen-age Wolves after Gabumon and an old B movie called I Was a Teenage Werewolf he watched with his dad (somehow they are incredibly popular only a month later)
  • Takaishi Natsuko has been putting together a report on the Digimon events in Odaiba and Hikarigaoka, without mentioning the Chosen Children

LATE MARCH / EARLY APRIL 2002

  • Takeru and his mom, Takaishi Natsuko, move to Odaiba right before the start of the school year

MONDAY, APRIL 8th, 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, episode #1; date is approximate)

  • This is the first day of the new school year, during which Daisuke, Ken, Takeru, and Hikari start fifth grade, Miyako starts sixth grade, and Iori starts third grade
  • Koushiro starts his first year at Odaiba Middle School
  • Takeru meets Miyako and Iori, who live in Odaiba T.D.W. Garden with him, and walks to school with them
  • Daisuke, Takeru, and Hikari are in class 5-A together
  • Tailmon loses her Holy Ring while fleeing the Digimon Kaiser
  • Taichi goes to the Digital World to help Agumon and releases the three new D-3 Digivices from the Digimental (Digi-Egg) of Courage
  • Daisuke, Miyako, and Iori receive the new Digivices
  • Daisuke meets his partner V-mon and activates the Digimental to Armor-evolve him to Fladramon (Flamedramon) to fight an Evil Ring-controlled Monochromon
  • Since Daisuke’s goggles are broken, Taichi gives him his

TUESDAY, APRIL 9th, 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, episode #2; date is approximate)

  • The original eight Chosen Children meet up to discuss the new situation in the Digital World and the three new Chosen Children
  • The new Chosen meet Sora
  • Miyako and Iori travel with the group to the Digital World for the first time, meet their partners Hawkmon and Armadimon, and receive the Digimentals of Love and Knowledge
  • Daisuke and V-mon are captured by the Digimon Kaiser, but the others rescue them

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10th – SUNDAY, APRIL 28th, 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, approx. episodes #3-5)

  • During these episodes, the new Chosen meet Yamato (#4) and Jou (#5)
  • Takeru and Hikari find the Digimentals of Hope and Light, giving their Digimon the power to Armor-evolve to Pegasmon (Pegasusmon) and Nefertimon (#3)
  • When a Dark Tower is inadvertently destroyed during a fight, the Chosen Children learn the Evil Rings are useless without the Dark Towers or Ken’s Dark Digivice powering them, enabling the Digimon to evolve to Adult form (#4)

MONDAY, APRIL 29th – MONDAY, MAY 6th, 2002, GOLDEN WEEK (Digimon Adventure 02, episode #6)

  • The Chosen Children sneak into the school to picnic in the Digital World and are joined by Mimi, who is in Japan for her cousin’s wedding, but Miyako and Mimi are separated from the group

MAY 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, approx. episodes #7-9)

  • Adromon frees himself from his Evil Ring when he recognizes Hikari and Taichi (#7)
  • Over one weekend, the Odaiba soccer team plays a practice game against Tamachi Boys FC, the Tokyo Youth Soccer Tournament champions (#8)
  • Daisuke is excited to play against Ichijouji Ken, but Ken doesn’t show up until the second half, at which point he leads his team to victory 9:1 (#8)
  • Daisuke prevents Ken from scoring a tenth goal with a sliding tackle, scraping Ken’s shin, and Daisuke apologizes after the game (#8)
  • That evening or the following day, Ken runs away to the Digital World (according to #9)
  • The following Monday afternoon, the Kaiser targets Daisuke for revenge, and during the battle, Ken’s leg injury opens up again (#8)
  • Daisuke realizes the Kaiser has the same injury, and the Kaiser confirms he is Ichijouji Ken (#8)
  • The following day, the group goes to confront Ken in the Real World just as his parents report him missing (#9)
  • The Kaiser captures Agumon, but the Evil Ring is not strong enough to control a Perfect-level Digimon and Agumon evolves to SkullGreymon instead (#9)

JUNE 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, approx. episodes #10-13)

  • The Kaiser develops an Evil Spiral (Dark Spiral) to control Perfect-level Digimon (#10)
  • The Chosen, including Taichi and Yamato, fight Spiral-controlled MetalGreymon (Virus), but Daisuke struggles with the idea of fighting his friends (#11)
  • When he realizes sometimes you need to fight your friends to help them, the Digimental of Friendship activates and he evolves V-mon to Lighdramon (Raidramon) and destroys the Evil Spiral (#11)
  • Hikari is taken to the Dark Ocean in the World of Darkness and a group of shadow monsters want her to mate with their Cthulhu-esque master Dagomon (Dragomon) and become their queen (#13)

JULY 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, approx. episodes #14-16)

  • Miyako activates the Digimental of Purity (Sincerity), and Hawkmon evolves to Shurimon (#14)
  • Summer break starts (#15)
  • Ken has been living in the Digital World for two months (#15)
  • Iori activates the Digimental of Honesty (Reliability), and Armadimon evolves to Submarimon (#16)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1st – SATURDAY, AUGUST 3rd, 2002, ODAIBA MEMORIAL WEEKEND (Digimon Adventure 02, episode #17)

  • All eleven Chosen Children gather for Odaiba Memorial Weekend, to remember what happened with Vamdemon in 1999
  • Koushiro tests out a theory that they can use any computer for a Digital Gate as long as they have a D-3 to open it, not just the one in the computer lab
  • Wizarmon’s ghost reveals a cryptic message about defeating the Kaiser and healing Ken and the return of Vamdemon

EARLY AUGUST 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, episodes #18-21)

  • These four episodes last two nights and three days
  • After discovering the Kaiser’s base, the Chosen plan a camping trip to defeat the Digimon Kaiser, and Taichi, Yamato, Koushiro, and Ishida Hiroaki go camping near Mt. Fuji as a cover story (#18)
  • The Kaiser creates Chimairamon but cannot control it (#1920)
  • Desperate to save Ken, Wormmon leads Daisuke to the Digimental of Miracles, and V-mon evolves to Magnamon (#20)
  • Wormmon gives Magnamon his life force to help him defeat Chimairamon and dies (#21)
  • Ken realizes Digimon are real and the Digital World isn’t a game, and his Kaiser persona disintegrates (#21)
  • The Digimental of Miracles reverts to the Crest of Kindness for Ken (#21)
  • Three months after he ran away, Ken returns home, no longer the Digimon Kaiser (#21)

MID-AUGUST 2002 (Hurricane Touchdown!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals and Digimon Adventure 02, episode #23)

  • Daisuke, Miyako, and Iori vacation in Chiba while Takeru and Hikari vacation in New York and visit Mimi
  • The older Chosen Children vanish
  • Hikari and Takeru see Wallace and Wendimon (Wendigomon), which Wallace still calls Chocomon (Kokomon) and overhear he’s going to Colorado
  • Daisuke, Miyako, and Iori fly to America to help and run in to Wallace and his partner Terriermon, who he refers to as Gummymon
  • The group returns to Wallace’s hometown, Summer Memory, Colorado
  • Daisuke slowly learns Chocomon is also Wallace’s Digimon, Terriermon’s twin, and that they will most likely have to kill him
  • Takeru and Hikari finally meet up with the group, and they fight Chocomon as he slowly evolves from Wendigmon to Cherubimon (Vice)
  • Chocomon de-ages the children to the age of four, how old Wallace was when Chocomon got sick
  • Patamon and Tailmon evolve to Seraphimon and Holydramon (Magnadramon) and release the Golden Digimentals of Miracles and Fate, letting V-mon and Terriermon evolve to Magnamon and Rapidmon
  • Magnamon and Rapidmon defeat and heal Chocomon, causing him to become Cherubimon (Virtue) before he dies
  • Wallace finds Chocomon’s DigiTama
  • Meanwhile, Ken goes through a Dark Seed-induced depression coma, slowly healing and going through his memories of his brother Osamu, his first experience going to the Digital World, and slowly becoming the Digimon Kaiser (#23)
  • When Ken wakes up, he goes to the Village of Beginnings (Primary Village) and is reunited with Wormmon (#23)

CONTINUITY NOTE: Where exactly Hurricane Touchdown!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals falls in the timeline is up for debate, but logically, it can only take place during summer vacation and after the defeat of the Digimon Kaiser. This means, the movie takes place between episodes #21 and #22. As for switching the order of episodes #22 and #23, it is unclear how long Ken sleeps in episode #23, and it makes more sense for it to start immediately after his defeat as the Kaiser rather than after summer vacation ends in episode #22.

END OF AUGUST 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, episode #22)

  • Summer vacation ends and and the fall semester begins
  • The Chosen Children work to restore the Digital World after the defeat of the Digimon Kaiser
  • V-mon evolves to XV-mon (ExVeemon), his Adult form

SEPTEMBER 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, approx. episodes #24-25)

  • Throughout the episodes, Wormmon evolves to Stingmon (first seen in episode #24, but this probably happens around #22), Armadimon to Ankylomon (#24), and Hawkmon to Aquilamon (#25) in turn
  • The Chosen Children continue to restore the damage and debate why they’re still able to go to the Digital World
  • The Dark Towers start to work again, though only while Archnemon is within their vicinity
  • Ken and Stingmon save Iori’s life from ThunderBallmon (Thundermon), a Dark Tower Digimon created by Archnemon (#24)
  • Daisuke tries to convince everyone that Ken should join the team, but no one is on board (#25)
  • Daisuke asks Ken to apologize and join the team anyway, but Ken panics when Daisuke calls him their partner (#25)
  • When the Chosen learn Archnemon is turning Dark Towers to artificial Digimon and Ken helps them defeat one of these Digimon, Miyako forgives him and is ready for him to join the team (#25)

OCTOBER 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, approx. episodes #26-30)

  • Daisuke explains to the group what it was like to use the Digimental of Miracles and why he is so sure Ken is good (#26)
  • Koushiro notifies the group the Kaiser’s base is about to explode, and the group rushes to stop it (#26)
  • When Archnemon distracts Ken from noticing their emails, Koushiro calls him to let him know they need his help (#26)
  • Ken rushes to the base with his Crest of Kindness, and Archnemon creates Okuwamon from ten Dark Towers to stop them (#26)
  • When Ken wants to go inside alone, therefore potentially sacrificing himself to atone for his sins, Daisuke slaps him and insists dying will only make things worse (#26)
  • XV-mon and Stingmon Jogress-evolve to Paildramon (#26)
  • Paildramon fights Okuwamon while the kids rush inside the base to stop the explosion (#27)
  • Ken returns his Crest of Kindness to his base, but it doesn’t stop the explosion (#27)
  • Paildramon defeats Okuwamon and destroys the energy source, then the whole base (#27)
  • Daisuke asks Ken to join the team again, insisting that they’re partners after the Jogress evolution, but Ken says he isn’t worthy of being Daisuke’s partner yet and leaves (#27)
  • The next morning, the group meets at Koushiro’s apartment, where Koushiro explains about Omegamon and how the original eight Chosen Children gave up their Crests to restore the Digital World (#27)
  • The group, including Ken, receives an email from Archnemon asking them to join her at the Giga House, a giant house in the Digital World, and they go, knowing it’s a trap (#28)
  • Once again, Ken wants to go in alone, but Daisuke and Iori immediately go inside with him to check it out, and not long later, Miyako, Takeru, and Hikari are chased inside the house as well (#28)
  • Throughout the house, insect Digimon attack them, including Stingmon and Digmon, as they are being controlled by Archnemon’s flute (#28)
  • Miyako uses the giant computer to neutralize the flute’s music, and the group is able to defeat Archnemon with Paildramon, only for Mummymon, another Perfect-level Digimon, to come rescue her (#29)
  • The group destroys Dark Towers together, but Ken and Iori will not get along, and Daisuke and Miyako’s attempt to get them to work together backfires (#30)
  • Archnemon and Mummymon show up after Ken leaves, and Archnemon uses one hundred Dark Towers to make Ultimate-level BlackWarGreymon, who quickly defeats all the Adult-level Digimon (#30)
  • When Ken refuses to return, Miyako flies off to bring him back, slapping him when he refuses to listen to her (#30)
  • Ken and Miyako return, but Paildramon is not strong enough to defeat BlackWarGreymon, but when Archnemon demands he destroy them, BlackWarGreymon rebels and flies away (#30)
  • Daisuke calls Ken by his given name for the first time (#30)

NOVEMBER 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, approx. episodes #31-34)

  • While searching for Tailmon’s missing Holy Ring (Tail Ring), Hikari and Miyako run into Ken, and the three of them get trapped in the World of Darkness, where Miyako sees the Dark Ocean (#31)
  • Archnemon sends a Dark Tower Blossomon to attack them, and Ken and Hikari are too hysterical to fight (#31)
  • Miyako slaps Hikari, snapping her back to reality, and Aquilamon and Tailmon Jogress-evolve to Silphymon, who defeats the Blossomon, and the group finally makes it back to the Digital World (#31)
  • BlackWarGreymon has an existential crisis over whether he has a heart/soul and Agumon befriends him (#32)
  • Archnemon creates Perfect-level Knightmon to destroy a Holy Stone (Destiny Stone), and although the Chosen defeat Knightmon, the damage to the stone attracts BlackWarGreymon and he destroys it (#32)
  • Ken and Koushiro discuss how the Digital World works, and Ken struggles to recall his first experiences in the Digital World (#33)
  • Miyako takes a school trip to Kyoto, where she runs in to BlackWarGreymon, who has traveled between worlds after destroying a second Holy Stone (#33)
  • Miyako meets Professor Takenouchi Haruhiko, Sora’s father, and Kido Shuu, Jou’s older brother, and Professor Takenouchi speculates that Digimon are related to yokai (#33)
  • BlackWarGreymon destroys two more Holy Stones (#34)
  • Takeru has PTSD flashbacks to Angemon dying from Devimon, and Angemon uses the power of the Holy Stone to evolve to HolyAngemon but is unable to defeat BlackWarGreymon (#34)

EARLY DECEMBER 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, approx. episodes #35-38)

  • BlackWarGreymon destroys two more Holy Stones (#35)
  • Daisuke invites Ken over for dinner to discuss how to defeat BlackWarGreymon, and Ken stays the night (#35)
  • The group discovers Archnemon and Mummymon at DigiTamamon’s Chinese restaurant and discover the final Holy Stone in the restaurant’s soup spring (#36)
  • When BlackWarGreymon arrives, Angemon and Ankylomon Jogress-evolve to Shakkoumon (#36)
  • The group tries to move the Holy Stone with their D-3s, which summons Qinglongmon, who admonishes BlackWarGreymon and explains Armor evolution, the Dark Towers, and hints at their true enemy (#37)
  • BlackWarGreymon leaves to find his life’s purpose (#37)
  • As they’re walking home around 4:30 p.m., Daisuke sees a Dark Tower in the Real World but thinks he’s imagining it (#37)
  • Ken invites everyone to his home for a Christmas party on Christmas Eve (#38)
  • Oikawa introduces himself to Takaishi Natsuko, who he had contacted about the incident in Hikarigaoka but never met, and tells her that the “Odaiba fog” case isn’t over yet (#38)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24th, 2002, CHRISTMAS EVE (Digimon Adventure 02, episode #38)

  • Daisuke, Miyako, Iori, Takeru, and Hikari gather Agumon and the others to give as gifts to the older Chosen and send Palmon to Mimi in America at 3 p.m. (1 a.m. EST)
  • The younger Chosen give the Digimon to the older Chosen as Christmas presents
  • Sora brings Yamato honmei choco to declare her affections
  • The younger Chosen meet at the Ichijoujis’ apartment around sunset (4:33 p.m.) for Ken’s Christmas party while the older Chosen attend the Junior High Band Contest to see Yamato’s band perform
  • Miyako finds Ken’s picture of Osamu and, remembering Koushiro telling her about Ken’s brother, asks if it’s him
  • The band contest is interrupted by a group of rogue Digimon stuck in the Real World, and the older kids have to call the younger group to help because the Dark Tower stops their Digimon from evolving
  • They send the Digimon back to the Digital World and walk Ken to the train station

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25th, 2002, CHRISTMAS DAY (Digimon Adventure 02, episodes #38-43)

  • When they wake up on Christmas morning, there are Dark Towers and Digimon all over the world because multiple Digital Gates opened during the night (#38)
  • The group meets at Koushiro’s apartment to form a plan, but there are Digimon in Tamachi and Daisuke goes to help him instead and makes the decision to call Ken by his given name regularly (#39)
  • Gennai brings the Chosen Children one of Qinglongmon’s DigiCores, enabling them to reach their Perfect and Ultimate forms and giving Paildramon the power to evolve to Imperialdramon (#39)
  • Ken calls Daisuke by his given name aloud for the first time (#39)
  • Imperialdramon destroys all the Dark Towers in Japan, and Daisuke and Ken send the Digimon back to the Digital World before meeting the group at Daiba Park (#39)
  • The Chosen Children divide into groups of two to help send all the Digimon around the world back to the Digital World: Daisuke and Mimi in New York City (#40), Hikari and Koushiro in Hong Kong (#40), Iori and Jou in Australia (#41), Takeru and Taichi in Paris (#41), Ken and Yamato in Mexico (#42), and Miyako and Sora in Russia and Siberia (#42)
  • While the Chosen Children are away, Archnemon and Mummymon gather children interested in becoming special like Ichijouji Ken (#40-42)
  • Upon their return to Odaiba at sunset, Daisuke congratulates everyone on their hard work and says they deserve a break (#43)
  • Ken sees something super-fast, most likely SkullSatamon, move outside his balcony (#43)
  • Iori asks his grandfather how his father died (#43)
  • Hikari and Taichi discuss the fact that soon the group will have to fight and kill real Digimon (#43)
  • Ken has a nightmare memory of his first adventure in the Digital World, when he and Ryo defeated Millenniumon and the Dark Seed embedded in the back of his neck, and when he wakes, Wormmon confirms his dream and says he was very sick afterward (#43)
  • LadyDevimon and SkullSatamon watch Ken from a nearby building roof and report his location to Demon (Daemon) (#43)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26th, 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, episodes #43-45)

  • Oikawa does not attend work (according to Digimon Adventure 02, episode #46)
  • The Demon Corps invade Tokyo, including MarineDevimon, LadyDevimon, and SkullSatamon, and the group rushes to fight them (#43)
  • SkullSatamon overpowers Imperialdramon, and Agumon, Gabumon, Piyomon, Tentomon, and Gomamon give Imperialdramon the last of Qinglongmon’s power to mode change to Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, who destroys SkullSatamon to save a bus full of children (#43)
  • Demon arrives and demands Ken for the use of his Dark Seed, but Ken hands himself over to Archnemon when she reveals she and Mummymon have a truck full of abducted children (#43)
  • Daisuke chases after the truck with Ken while the other Jogress pairs fight LadyDevimon and MarineDevimon (#44)
  • Inside the truck, Oikawa reveals himself to Ken and copies the Dark Seed from Ken’s neck to the necks of the kidnapped children (#44)
  • Miyako and Iori both see their Digimon partners kill real Digimon for the first time (#44)
  • Demon stops Oikawa’s truck in Hikarigaoka, and Daisuke, Wormmong, and V-mon take the opportunity to rescue Ken (#4445)
  • Imperialdramon, Silphymon, and Shakkoumon are not strong enough to defeat Demon, so Ken uses the power of his Dark D-3 to open a gate to the World of Darkness (#45)
  • Oikawa releases the children but runs away before they can catch him (#45)
  • The police return the Dark Seed children home (#45)
  • Ken explains everything about Digimon and his history as the Kaiser to his parents and introduces them to Wormmon (#45)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27th, 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, episode #46)

  • Oikawa does not attend work for the second day in a row
  • Mr. Ichijouji gives the group information about Oikawa Yukio
  • People on the news debate whether those who see monsters are under a mass delusion
  • Oikawa, Archnemon, and Mummymon break into a cabin near Mount Fuji
  • Takeru confirms Oikawa’s identity with his mom as the person who approached her before Christmas, and she gives them the names and addresses of the kidnapped children
  • Takeru and Iori go to Bunkyo to check on Kawada Noriko
  • Daisuke, Ken, and Hikaro go to Ayase to check on Shibata Hiroshi, but his mom turns them away
  • BlackWarGreymon crash-lands near Mount Fuji

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28th, 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, episode #46)

  • The group keeps an eye on the Dark Seed kids with the help of the older Chosen
  • Hikari and Taichi go to the Digital World, where Agumon explains that BlackWarGreymon used the weakened barriers to break through the natural gate near Mount Fuji
  • BlackWarGreymon attacks Oikawa at the cabin near Mount Fuji in search of his true creator and says Oikawa doesn’t belong in the Real World
  • WarGreymon and Imperialdramon fight BlackWarGreymon while the others chase after Oikawa
  • After defeating him, V-mon, Wormmon, and Agumon convince BlackWarGreymon his life shouldn’t be wasted, and he thanks them before flying away

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29th, 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, episode #47)

  • The partner Digimon start building a seal to block the gate to Hikarigaoka
  • Iori’s grandfather discovers Armadimon and tells Iori about how his father Hiroki saw Digimon in his video games and wanted to go to the Digital World
  • Oikawa recognizes Iori’s name as his friend Hiroki’s son and visits Hiroki’s grave

MONDAY, DECEMBER 30th, 2002 (Digimon Adventure 02, episode #47)

  • Iori asks his grandfather Chikara about Oikawa and learns about Oikawa’s friendship with his father
  • Ken confronts Noriko, but she ignores him because he’s “normal” now
  • Noriko’s Dark Seed sprouts into a Dark Flower, and Oikawa harvests the flower’s power
  • Hida Chikara extends his hand in friendship to Oikawa, but BelialVamdemon (MaloMyotismon) overpowers Oikawa’s will and tries to kill him, only for BlackWarGreymon steps in the way of the attack
  • BlackWarGreymon uses the last of his life to seal the gate at Hikarigaoka

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 2002, NEW YEAR’S EVE (Digimon Adventure 02, episodes #48-50)

  • The Chosen Children follow the Dark Seed children back to Hikarigaoka, and Izumi Kae takes the initiative to contact the Dark Seed children’s parents (#48)
  • When Oikawa arrives, he opens the gate using a version of Vamdemon’s cards, and the younger Chosen follow him through (#48)
  • As the barriers between worlds are weak and BlackWarGreymon closed the gate to the Digital World, the gate takes them to the World of Dreams instead (#48)
  • Vamdemon uses the power of the World of Dreams to break away from Oikawa, copying his form and severely weakening Oikawa in the process, but he has to harvest the Dark Seeds to form his own body as BelialVamdemon (#48)
  • BelialVamdemon kills Archnemon and Mummymon, which terrifies the Chosen and renders them unable to fight, except for Daisuke and XV-mon, who unintentionally tap into the power of the World of Dreams for strength (#4849)
  • BelialVamdemon uses his Mind Illusion attack to send the Chosen into visions of their deepest desires, but Daisuke’s passion and perseverance enable him to evolve V-mon to all his levels (#49)
  • Together, they help break the others out of BelialVamdemon’s trap, and the others use the same power to evolve their Digimon (#49)
  • When they attack BelialVamdemon, the weakened barrier between the World of Dreams and the Digital World breaks, and BelialVamdemon escapes into the Digital World, where he is more powerful and can control the power of Darkness (#49)
  • BelialVamdemon opens a gate to the Real World and begins to cover the Earth with Darkness so he can control both worlds (#49)
  • The older Chosen take the families of all the Chosen Children, along with Noriko and her parents, to Mount Fuji, and the Chosen Children from all over the world use the power of their bonds with their Digimon to help the fight (#50)
  • The Darkness from within the Dark Seed children’s hearts feeds BelialVamdemon, and Daisuke and the others are able to break through to them and get them to believe in the power of their dreams, thereby destroying BelialVamdemon and receiving partner Digimon of their own (#50)
  • Daisuke declares his desire to run a noodle shop (#50)
  • Gennai returns Tailmon’s Holy Ring (#50)
  • Iori brings Oikawa into the Digital World to meet his partner Digimon Pipimon, but Oikawa sacrifices his broken body to help restore the Digital World (#50)

JANUARY – MARCH 2003 (according to “As I Type on the Keyboard,” Takeru’s track on Original Story 2003 -Spring-)

  • Over the past three months, Ishida Hiroaki and Takaishi Natsuko, both of whom work in the news, have been protecting the Chosen Children from publicity
  • Takaishi Natsuko and Professor Takenouchi, who have become known as the “Digimon Critics,” spread the word about who and what Digimon are

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14th, 2003, VALENTINE’S DAY (Armor Evolution to the Unknown)

  • Wanting girls to think he’s cool, Daisuke seeks help from the guys he thinks are cool and get a lot of female attention, including joining Yamato’s band and learning about computers from Koushiro, but both of them kick him out
  • Sora, Mimi, and Hikari are taken captive at the department store by Boltmon, a Digimon with no heart
  • The rest of the Chosen try to rescue them, but Miyako and Hawkmon get trapped as well when they try to infiltrate and break the girls out
  • While the boys try to distract Boltmon, Daisuke “evolves” to a version of the Digimon Kaiser, but he is unconvincing
  • Ken receives the Digimental of Kindness and evolves Wormmon to Pucchiemon (Bucchiemon) and turns Daisuke back to normal with his Heart Beam
  • They discover Boltmon is being controlled by Pukumon in order to destroy the Chosen Children, but before they can Armor-evolve, they mix up their D-Terminals and are forced to use each other’s Digimentals
  • The group defeats Pukumon, sending him running away, and Boltmon leaves

MARCH 2003 (Diablomon Strikes Back)

  • Kuramon are wreaking havoc on the Real World, and the younger Chosen run around Tokyo to collect them while Taichi and Yamato head into the Net to fight Diablomon
  • All the Kuramon escape to the Real World and fuse together to become Armagemon (Armageddemon) in Tokyo Bay
  • Daisuke and Ken race from Shibuya Station to Tokyo Bay, but Omegamon is defeated when they arrive
  • Imperialdramon Fighter Mode is defeated too, but Omegamon uses the last of their power to form the Omega Blade and help Imperialdramon mode change to Paladin Mode
  • The Chosen and everyone use their Digivices and cell phones to send the Kuramon away

APRIL 2003 – MARCH 2004 SCHOOL YEAR

APRIL 2003 (Original Story 2003 -Spring-)

SPRING / SUMMER 2003 (Track #2 on Original Story Special ~with~)

  • Daisuke wants his height to catch up to Ken and Takeru and is determined to drink three liters of milk a day to do so, though he is unsuccessful
  • Miyako has been getting plenty of fan mail from girls but wants fan mail from boys too
  • Ken has started jogging with Wormmon every day at 6 a.m. and plans to continue for the foreseeable future (and does, as he still jogs with Wormmon in Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)

AUGUST 2003 (The Door to Summer)

  • Daisuke visits Mimi in New York City after a shitty summer vacation with the intention of sightseeing and having fun and is surprised to see she also invited Wallace
  • Suddenly, Daisuke hears a girl’s voice and they become trapped in a wintry world that prevents evolution, where they meet a girl Mimi names Nat-chan (a reference to natsu, which means summer)
  • Nat-chan is obsessed with Daisuke and wants him to leave the others behind, especially Chibimon
  • When Nat-chan evolves, revealing she is in fact a Digimon, Daisuke rushes to help her because she’s so lonely, but he is unable to save her before she dies and becomes a DigiTama, ending the cold winter

DECEMBER 2003, CHRISTMASTIME (Christmas Fantasy)

  • All the Chosen Children and their Digimon prepare for their Christmas plans: Daisuke and Takeru are both getting a present for Hikari, Iori plans a Kissy Kissy Jelly drinking context with his grandfather, Miyako is constructing something out of garbage, Hikari is knitting a scarf but won’t tell Tailmon who it’s for, and Ken is making one thousand paper cranes because he enjoys origami (“Soon to be Christmas” short story)
  • Daisuke and Ken are sent to go last-minute shopping for their Christmas party, and Ken makes Daisuke carry all the bags (“Daisuke to Ken no Kaimono Carol”)

APRIL 2004 – MARCH 2005 SCHOOL YEAR

JUNE 2004 (estimated according to Digimon Adventure tri., “Saikai”)

  • The Digital Gate closes, preventing everyone without a D-3 from accessing the Digital World, most likely caused by distortions in space because of Meicoomon

APRIL 2005 – MARCH 2006 SCHOOL YEAR

  • Koushiro is in his first year at Tsukishima General High School
  • Taichi and Sora are in the same class with Yamato in a different class
  • Yamato, with the Teen-age Wolves on hiatus, starts a new band called Knife of Day (according to Digimon Adventure tri., “Saikai”)

FRIDAY, JUNE 17th, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Saikai”)

  • Having learned about Yggdrasill’s plan to send the Digital and Real Worlds into chaos, Daisuke, Ken, Miyako, and Iori fight and are defeated by Alphamon
  • Taichi invites everyone to his soccer match, and Yamato invites everyone to his concert, both of which are at the same time

SUNDAY, JUNE 19th, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Saikai”)

  • Meiko moves in to Taichi and Daisuke’s apartment complex
  • Taichi’s soccer game is at 2 p.m. at Daibacho Ground, and Yamato’s Knife of Day concert is at the same time, but an infected Kuwagamon shows up before they can start
  • Agumon arrives and fights Kuwagamon, and traveling through a series of distortions, they wind up at Haneda Airport near sunset (approx. six hours after Kuwagamon’s arrival)
  • Government agents, including Taichi’s teacher Nishijima Daigo, escort the Chosen Children to the airport, but the fight only ends when Alphamon drags Kuwagamon back through the distortion
  • Himekawa Maki picks Mimi up at the airport and takes her to the others

MONDAY, JUNE 20th, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Saikai”)

  • Mimi and Meiko both have their first day at Tsukishima General High School, where Mimi is in Class C
  • The Chosen Children meet under the bridge after school, and Taichi and Yamato have an argument about how the public perceives the Digimon
  • Taichi and Yamato seek out Nishijima at his office, where he tells them he is from the Incorporated Administration Agency, which has been handling the distortions and infected Digimon, using information from “Gennai,” who is most likely Yggdrasill’s agent

BETWEEN TUESDAY, JUNE 21st – THURSDAY, JUNE 23rd, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Saikai”)

  • Everyone, except Jou, meets in Koushiro’s office for the first time, and Koushiro shows off the private server he set up to protect the Digimon from infection

SATURDAY, JUNE 25th, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Saikai”)

  • The group goes to Palette Town to test out a pair of goggles Koushiro created to detect distortions
  • After spotting a nearby distortion from the Ferris wheel, Agumon and Gabumon Jogress-evolve to Omegamon to fight Alphamon, who is trying to reach Meicoomon, only to break apart at the end of the battle
  • They welcome Meiko when they realize she too has a Digimon partner

SATURDAY, JULY 2nd, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Ketsui”)

  • Dark Gennai destroys the DigiTamas at the Village of Beginnings with the help of an infected Ogremon
  • Leomon gets infected

SATURDAY, JULY 2nd – SUNDAY, JULY 3rd, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Ketsui”)

  • The group, without Jou, goes to the onsen to welcome Meiko to the team, and Daigo and Himekawa go to keep an eye on them

TUESDAY, JULY 5th, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Ketsui”)

  • Mimi and Meiko plan what to do for their School Festival Planning Committee after school
  • Mimi and Meiko fight the infected Ogremon appears, but there is collateral damage and Leomon pulls Ogremon back through the distortion
  • Leomon joins the group at Koushiro’s office to talk about the infection and distortions

FRIDAY, JULY 8th, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Ketsui”)

  • Mimi clashes with the girls on the Festival Planning Committee, and she and Jou bond over their faults
  • Koushiro receives an email from an unknown sender with Digimoji

SATURDAY, JULY 9th, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Ketsui”)

  • Gomamon leaves Jou to stay at Koushiro’s office
  • Koushiro deciphers the email
  • Nishijima and Himekawa up security near the school starting the next day

SUNDAY, JULY 10th, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Ketsui”)

  • 10th Gekko Festival at the high school
  • Gomamon asks Koushiro not to tell Jou he’s there
  • When the Digimon are left alone in Koushiro’s office, they go to the festival with Leomon as their protector
  • Taichi informs Jou Gomamon is at the school festival, and Jou and Gomamon have a fight
  • Dark Gennai, dressed as the Kaiser, captures Meicoomon, and Leomon, Palmon, and Gomamon fight an infected Imperialdramon: Dragon Mode while trying to rescue her
  • Palmon evolves to Rosemon and Gomamon evolves to Vikemon
  • After being rescued, Meicoomon kills Leomon and runs away into the distortion
  • Himekawa reveals the infection and distortions are from Meicoomon
  • Government closes off part of the school to investigate (“Kokuhaku”)

MONDAY, JULY 11th OR TUESDAY, JULY 12th, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Kokuhaku”)

  • Everyone cleans up the school festival, and the closing ceremony is at Ground 2 at 6 p.m.
  • Takeru and Hikari go to the Ichijouji apartment, but no one answers
  • Yamato goes to talk to Nishijima and Himekawa for information, and Himekawa implies they know where Ken, Daisuke, Miyako, and Iori are, even though the four are officially missing, and hides the fact that Meicoomon is the source of the infection
  • Nishijima feels guilty for lying to the Chosen Children

TUESDAY, JULY 12th OR WEDNESDAY, JULY 13th, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Kokuhaku”)

  • Himekawa looks at Project Reboot on her computer
  • Koushiro has not slept since the festival because he is investigating the infection, though he finally takes a nap on his office floor
  • Koushiro admits he found a data breach in his server that occurred at the same time as Meicoomon’s infection at the festival
  • Takeru takes an infected Patamon home to hide it from everyone

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13th OR THURSDAY, JULY 14th, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Kokuhaku”)

  • Meiko attends school for the first time since the festival
  • After school, the group decides to keep their Digimon partners out, despite the danger, to spend time with them
  • Patamon asks Takeru to kill him if he becomes violent
  • Piyomon asks Sora to take care of herself more
  • Major power outages throughout Kanto at 7:52 p.m., along with an ominous message from Yggdrasill

THURSDAY, JULY 14th OR FRIDAY, JULY 15th, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Kokuhaku”)

  • By the end of the day, Agumon and Tentomon also show signs of being infected
  • Homeostasis takes control of Hikari’s body to deliver a message to the Digimon only: The Digital World must be rebooted to get rid of the infection before the world is destroyed
  • Himekawa, who was listening in, takes Hikari to the hospital and hides Homeostasis’s message from her
  • The Digimon decide to spend as much time with their partners as possible before the reboot instead of telling them about it, but Agumon and Tentomon are unable to keep the secret from Taichi and Koushiro
  • Koushiro discovers the Real World’s binary system has been overwritten with an unknown numeration system, which causes the distortions, and forms a plan for the reboot
  • Meicoomon reappears at Tokyo Big Sight, and Homeostasis starts the countdown to the reboot of the Digital World
  • Koushiro realizes Meicoomon is the source of the distortion and the infection
  • Koushiro, with Tentomon’s assistance, tries to collect everyone’s backup data before the reboot
  • Tentomon evolves to HerakleKabuterimon (HerculesKabuterimon), but he is unable to collect anyone’s data in the backup field

SEA DAY, MONDAY, JULY 18th, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Kokuhaku”)

  • Summer vacation begins

FRIDAY, JULY 22nd, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Kokuhaku”)

  • The quantum sea has still not materialized in the Digital World

LATE JULY / EARLY AUGUST 2005, DAY #1 OF TRAVELING TO THE DIGITAL WORLD (Digimon Adventure tri., “Kokuhaku” & “Soushitsu”)

  • The Chosen decide to go to the Digital World instead of waiting (“Kokuhaku”)
  • Everyone meets at Tokyo Big Sight, where Himekawa brings Ken’s Dark D-3 and D-Terminal to open the gate, and they combine this with the power of their Crests to open the gate (“Kokuhaku”)
  • Meiko, and much later, Nishijima, arrive too late (“Kokuhaku” & “Soushitsu”)
  • When they arrive in the Digital World, it is obvious the reboot was not successful – there are still distortions, Meicoomon hides in the trees, there are several Digimon at Ultimate (Mega) level, and when they find their Digimon babies, Nyaromon still has Hikari’s whistle, none of which should be possible, but none of the Digimon retain their memories (“Kokuhaku”)
  • Himekawa meets with the fake Kaiser in the Digital World, and he reveals himself to be a dark version of Gennai (“Kokuhaku”)
  • They discover Meicoomon is unchanged and there are still distortions in the Digital World, and they decide to find Meicoomon and reunite her with Meiko (“Soushitsu”)
  • Nishijima leaves a message for Himekawa saying he cannot locate Meiko, only to learn from his superior that Himekawa is missing (“Soushitsu”)
  • Nishijima goes through Himekawa’s computer and learns she planned the “reboot” with “Gennai” and Yggdrasill, and Hackmon introduces himself as an agent of Homeostasis and says Yggdrasill is using Meicoomon to spread darkness over the world (“Soushitsu”)
  • Sora finds Meiko in the Digital World, unconscious (“Soushitsu”)
  • The dark Gennai, dressed as the Kaiser, an avatar form that allows him to go to the Real World, attacks the group with Mugendramon and MetalSeadramon and tells them the “reboot” was the will of Yggdrasill, but they defeat them when Agumon, Gabumon, Piyomon, Tentomon, and Patamon evolve to ultimate (“Soushitsu”)
  • Himekawa finds Bakumon, but she goes crazy when Bakumon doesn’t remember her and refuses her partnership (“Soushitsu”)
  • Dark Gennai attacks Meiko, causing Meicoomon to dark-evolve to Meicrackmon: Vicious Mode and goes through a distortion to the Real World (“Soushitsu” & “Kyousei”)

LATE JULY / EARLY AUGUST 2005, DAY #2 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Kyousei”)

  • The distortions cause worldwide electronic disturbances
  • Hackmon appears before Nishijima and Professor Mochizuki, who have been ignored by their government organization, and says that Meicoomon contains a shard of Apocalymon’s data
  • Hackmon explains Homeostasis hoped giving Meicoomon a partner would stabilize her, but since that was unsuccessful, Homeostasis has decided to eliminate her to preserve balance
  • After struggling with a Digital World that treats them like a virus, the Chosen Children fall through a distortion and wake up in the Real World
  • The group is taken into custody and interrogated, but Nishijima takes custody of them and explains what they missed during their jaunt in the Digital World
  • They stay the night at the high school

LATE JULY / EARLY AUGUST 2005, DAYS #3-4 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Kyousei” & “Our Future”)

  • Meicrackmon comes to Odaiba, and Jesmon appears to eliminate Meicrackmon, which causes her to evolve to Raguelmon (“Kyousei”)
  • During the fight, Raguelmon protects Meiko (“Kyousei”)
  • Homeostasis takes control of Hikari’s body to demand the Chosen Children stop trying to save Meicoomon (“Kyousei”)
  • Jesmon takes Raguelmon back into the Digital World, and the Chosen Children, including Nishijima, follow (“Kyousei”)
  • Alphamon crashes through the sky of the Digital World, creating a huge distortion, and joins the fight, trying to stop Jesmon from destroying Raguelmon (“Kyousei”)
  • In search of Bakumon, Himekawa gets lost in the Dark Ocean and is taken down into the water — it is implied Nishijima can feel her “death” (“Kyousei”)
  • Meiko asks the other Chosen to kill Meicoomon as a mercy killing, and Taichi agrees (“Kyousei”)
  • The battle causes a large ground fissure, and Taichi and Nishijima are swallowed up into the ground, presumed dead (“Kyousei”)
  • Hikari is so upset by Taichi’s apparent death that Nyaromon dark-evolves Ophanimon: Falldown Mode (“Kyousei”)
  • Raguelmon absorbs Ophanimon to become Ordinemon, who then travels to the Real World and causes mass destruction, along with the Digimon already there, and the boundary between the two worlds to start disappearing (“Our Future”)
  • Yamato picks up Taichi’s goggles and takes on the role of leader (“Kyousei”)
  • The Chosen Children return to the Real World through a distortion and go to Koushiro’s office to form a plan, but Hikari is sick (“Our Future”)
  • Yamato and Gabumon see Ordinemon come through the distortion, and the group goes to investigate, leaving Hikari, Takeru, and Patamon beind (“Our Future”)
  • Homeostais starts the Final Project, a reboot of the Real World, which would return all digital aspects of the Real World to their original state, and Koushiro looks for a better route (“Our Future”)
  • Taichi wakes up with a mortally injured Nishijima in an underground compound, where they find six tubes, one of which is empty and the rest house Daisuke, Ken, Miyako, Iori, and an unnamed figure (probably Gennai) (“Our Future”)
  • Dark Gennai shuts off the life support for Ken and the fifth person, meaning the only way to save them is to send the tubes to the Real World, but doing that would cause the compound to explode and there’s only one more tube and Nishijima sacrifices himself so Taichi and the others can go back to the Real World (“Our Future”)
  • Koushiro calls Yamato to let him know that Daisuke, Ken, Miyako, and Iori were found and taken to the hospital (“Our Future”)
  • The military attacks Ordinemon, and when she fights back, the Chosen join the fray to protect the humans (“Our Future”)
  • Hikari has a vision in which she talks to Tailmon, who tells her “all light is within Meicoomon,” and when Takeru tells Koushiro, it gives him the idea that Meicoomon holds all of the Chosen Digimon’s memories (“Our Future”)
  • The reboot of the Real World begins, but Koushiro and Meiko unlock the memories inside Meicoomon, allowing all the Digimon partners to regain their memories, which releases Tailmon (“Our Future”)
  • Yggdrasill fills the hole created by Tailmon’s departure and the memory data, keeping Ordinemon’s power levels up (“Our Future”)
  • Taichi finds the group on the beach, and Agumon and Gabuon evolve to Omegamon (“Our Future”)
  • Meiko’s Digivice regains its normal form, allowing the Chosen to combine their Digimon and form Omegamon: Merciful Mode, who defeats Ordinemon (“Our Future”)
  • Meiko says goodbye to Meicoomon as the sun rises (“Our Future”)

MID-SEPTEMBER 2005 (according to Digimon Adventure tri., “Our Future”)

  • Meiko moves back to Tottori

BETWEEN MID-SEPTEMBER – CHRISTMAS EVE, DECEMBER 24th, 2005 (according to Digimon Adventure tri., “Our Future”)

  • Daisuke, Ken, Miyako, and Iori heal and leave the hospital
  • Homeostasis forcibly shuts down Yggdrasill
  • Koushiro begins working on a Digivice that can open a gate anywhere, without needing a D-3

CHRISTMAS EVE, DECEMBER 24th, 2005 (Digimon Adventure tri., “Our Future”)

  • Takeru writes Meiko an email, updating her on events in Tokyo since she moved away

APRIL 2006 – MARCH 2007 SCHOOL YEAR

  • Jou is in his first year of medical school
  • Iori is in his first year at Odaiba Middle School
  • Yamato’s band Knife of Day splits up at the end of the school year (speculation based on the fact that he no longer plays in a band in Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna and that this is his final year in high school)

APRIL 2007 – MARCH 2008 SCHOOL YEAR

  • Taichi is in his first year at Soumei University
  • Yamato and Sora are in their first year at university
  • Daisuke, Ken, Takeru, and Hikari are in their first year of high school

APRIL 2008 – MARCH 2009 SCHOOL YEAR

  • Koushiro is in his first year at university

2009 / 2010 (speculation)

  • Koushiro starts his company

Spoilers Below!!

APRIL 2009 – MARCH 2010 SCHOOL YEAR

  • Miyako is in her first year at an engineering college
  • Iori is in his first year of high school
  • Daisuke starts traveling all over Japan to taste different regional ramen (estimated according to Where Should We Go?)

MARCH / APRIL 2010

APRIL 2010 – MARCH 2011 SCHOOL YEAR

  • Ken, Takeru, and Hikari are in their first year at university with Ken studying psychology, Takeru studying literature, and Hikari studying education
  • Daisuke is in his first year at a vocational college to get his chef’s license
  • Miyako studies abroad in Spain

LATE APRIL / EARLY MAY 2010

JULY 2010 (approx. according to “To Sora” short)

  • There are now approximately 30,000 people worldwide with Digimon partners
  • Koushiro helps design Mimi’s upcoming online shopping site for selling knickknacks and all things kawaii

FRIDAY, JULY 16th, 2010 (Where Should We Go?)

  • Daisuke and Takeru meet Iori at the end of the school day
  • The 02 kids go to a karaoke bar and debate where they want to spend their summer vacation, and everyone agrees to Daisuke’s suggestion of eating ramen in New York
  • Miyako introduces the idea that the Smartphone Digivice, which Koushiro made for everyone, can help them travel the world without losing time

SUNDAY, JULY 18th, 2010 (approx. according to Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)

  • Sora’s Digivice begins the countdown to the dissolution of her partnership with Piyomon

MONDAY, JULY 19th, 2010, SEA DAY (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)

  • Early morning, Taichi, Yamato, Koushiro, Takeru, and Hikari battle a Parrotmon and send it back to the Digital World
  • While Taichi and Yamato head to university, without even saying goodbye to Agumon and Gabumon, Hikari and Takeru take all four Digimon out to breakfast
  • Sora’s Digivice is shown counting down to her separation from Piyomon
  • Taichi struggles to decide on a topic for his graduation thesis
  • Taichi is shown to keep his original goggles, indicating Daisuke at some point between tri. and now returned them to him
  • That evening, Taichi and Yamato meet at an izakaya to catch up and commiserate
  • While there, a random Chosen Child passes out

TUESDAY, JULY 20th, 2010, MORNING (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)

  • Taichi, Yamato, and Takeru meet at Koushiro’s office, where Koushiro introduces Menoa Bellucci and her assistant, Imura Kyotaro
  • Menoa explains that approximately 300 Chosen Children have mysteriously become comatose and their Digimon partners have disappeared, and that they’re certain a Digimon is responsible, which she has named Eosmon
  • Menoa gives them the location where Eosmon is hoarding the Chosen Children’s consciousness, and Taichi, Yamato, Koushiro, and Takeru head into the Net to fight it
  • They fight Eosmon, during which Koushiro collects some of Eosmon’s data, but Omegamon’s Jogress breaks and Taichi’s and Yamato’s Digivices begin counting down to their separation from Agumon and Gabumon
  • Menoa explains, based on misinterpreting her own experience, that Chosen Children lose their Digimon partners when they become adults

MONDAY, JULY 19th, 2010, LATE EVENING EDT (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)

  • Although the 02 Chosen all agreed to meet in New York to eat ramen, only Daisuke, Ken, and Iori show up, as Takeru and Hikari are supposed to show up the next day (according to Where Should We Go?)
  • During their meal, Daisuke gets a phone call from Yamato, who asks them to investigate Menoa

TUESDAY, JULY 20th, 2010, AFTERNOON (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)

  • Taichi takes Agumon to his apartment for the first time, where Gennai appears and confirms that the ring on the Digivices indicate their impending separation but the separation is not necessary or permanent as long as they still have “infinite possibility”

TUESDAY, JULY 20th, 2010, MORNING EST(Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)

  • Daisuke, Ken, and Iori investigate Menoa at Liberica University, where she is a professor
  • They meet up with Miyako, and the group breaks into Menoa’s office

TUESDAY, JULY 20th, 2010, EVENING (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)

  • Yamato is suspicious of Imura and follows him around
  • Eosmon takes Mimi’s consciousness, and she is taken to the hospital
  • Takeru and Hikari are most likely kidnapped during this time
  • Taichi, Yamato, and Koushiro meet Jou at the hospital, and Yamato gives Taichi and Koushiro burner phones
  • Agumon makes a hole in the chain-link fence outside and he and Gabumon have a heartfelt conversation (“Hole in the Heart” short)
  • Sora tells Piyomon she won’t participate in the fight because she wants to spend what little time they have left together
  • Taichi exchanges his Smartphone Digivice for his original Digivice and pulls out his goggles, at which point the Smartphone Digivice says it is 7:27 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21st, 2010, MORNING (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)

  • At sunrise, between 5-5:30 a.m., Taichi meets Menoa at her hotel, and Menoa tells the story of her partnership with and separation from Morphomon
  • Around 9-9:30 a.m., Yamato finds Imura’s board of information on Menoa and the Chosen Children

TUESDAY, JULY 20th, 2010, APPROX. 8-8:30 P.M. EDT (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)

  • Daisuke and the others call Yamato to inform him that no person named Imura Kyotaro exists and that Menoa has a picture of an aurora in her office

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21st, 2010, AFTERNOON (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)

  • Someone sends Koushiro a video link from Hikari’s phone that shows Hikari and Takeru have been kidnapped, and Koushiro sends Taichi and Yamato to their locations, but Hikari’s and Takeru’s consciousness has already been taken by the time they arrive
  • Koushiro cannot reach Jou, implying he has also lost consciousness
  • Yamato learns Imura is an FBI agent investigating Menoa
  • Koushiro locates Eosmon but is immediately interrupted by Menoa, and Koushiro confronts her about Eosmon being her creation, at which point she brings Eosmon out and steals his consciousness, though he is able to send Eosmon’s coordinates to Taichi beforehand

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21st, 2010, EVENING (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)

  • Taichi and Yamato go to the Digital World coordinates, with Imura working in Koushiro’s office as their man in the chair, and find Menoa, along with younger versions of the Chosen Children encapsulated with their Digimon partners forever
  • Menoa explains she created this Neverland as a place where Chosen Children can remain in stasis with their partners and never be separated
  • Sora is shown with her Digivice grayed out, implying her partnership with Piyomon is gone and Piyomon has disappeared
  • Taichi and Yamato fight Eosmon and then the form it takes after Menoa absorbs its data
  • Through their bonds, Agumon and Gabumon become Agumon -Yuuki no Kizuna- and Gabumon -Yuujou no Kizuna- and defeat Eosmon, and Taichi and Yamato reach out to Menoa and save her

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21st, 2010, BEFORE SUNRISE EDT (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)

  • Daisuke, Ken, Miyako, and Iori fight off smaller Eosmon, as do other Chosen around the world
  • Imura takes Menoa into custody and prepares to return to the U.S.
  • All the Chosen Children wake up and their Digimon partners return
  • Later that day, at sunset, Taichi and Yamato spend their final moments with their partners, and Yamato announces he got his harmonica fixed and plays it for Gabumon
  • The timers on Taichi’s and Yamato’s Digivices end, and Agumon and Gabumon disappear

THURSDAY, JULY 22nd, 2010, MORNING (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)

  • Imura takes Menoa into custody and prepares to return to the U.S.
  • All the Chosen Children wake up and their Digimon partners return

THURSDAY, JULY 22nd, 2010, SUNSET (approx. according to Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)

  • Taichi and Yamato spend their final moments with their partners, and Yamato announces he got his harmonica fixed and plays it for Gabumon
  • The timers on Taichi’s and Yamato’s Digivices end, and Agumon and Gabumon disappear

SUNDAY, AUGUST 29th, 2010 (“To Sora” short)

  • Sora attends the flower arrangement exhibit at her mother’s ikebana with an arrangement named “Friends”

MID-APRIL 2011 (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)

  • Taichi and Yamato are determined to see Agumon and Gabumon again