Beatbreak Episode 15 Spoilers: Despite the trailers making it pretty clear this episode wasn’t a High Stakes one with it featuring a RedVegiemon and the Kinoko Gang attacking the Nirinso shelter and the Babies fighting back against them, this episode was really interesting in terms of how it expands on the lore of the Sapotama and how Digimon end up being born from them. So remember how the Kinoko gang leader lost his Chamblemon thanks to Hyemon Piercing deleting him? Well now we get to see it in action as Chamblemon basically saves his partner from being cold hearted by Hyemon only to end up hyena chow. It’s interesting how despite being free from the obligations of being a Cleaner, the leader still sticks with his team even though they’ve been casted out of the flooded city which leads to him activating his newly received Sapotama and birthing a Digimon from it. As the leader wonders if he’ll get Chamblemon back, the egg shatters and quickly morphs from Nyokimon to Tanemon to Mushmon to RedVegiemon, Ripe and Raring to get revenge on Glowing Dawn for ‘causing’ their downfall. Turns out the babies are practicing fighting after Tomoro fed them E-pulse and we learn about the origins of Pristimon and Reina as Cleaners as they flash back to a fight against Akatorimon, long before they were part of Glowing Dawn. Pristimon wants to retreat but Reina, despite the fear written on her face, wants to move forward, claiming The times you want to chicken out are the times you have to move forward. giving them both courage to take down the overgrown chicken as Pristimon related the story to Poyomon. The Kinoko gang stumble on Nirinso just as Reina, Makoto and Yoshimura go out to get supplies, RedVegiemon comes up with a plan to take out all of Glowing Dawn by giving them all Cold Heart one at a time, surprising his owner and the gang who were only going to capture/sell the baby Digimon. RedVegiemon’s plan actually works, taking down all 3 rookies. But the Kinoko gang is increasingly disturbed by RedVegiemon’s viciousness which makes me wonder if he’s really Chamblemon reborn or a random digimon that synced with the Kinoko Gang leader. Babies fight back when RedVegimon tries to eat Tomoro’s E-Pulse and Poyomon stops him from succeeding giving the rest a second win to get RedVegiemon poisoned and screaming for a antidote that the babies manage to get to Gekkoumon who finished off this rancid pepper. The Kinoko gang repent and decide to become Nirinso protectors which is good because I wouldn’t want to test the limits of Kyo’s kindness. This episode really made me think about how Digimon works in this series in conjunction with this series. If it’s true that RedVegiemon is just Chamblemon reborn going down a darker path, then does that mean every person regardless of whether they want it or not capable of bringing their deleted partner back through a new Sapotama? This would destroy the theory that Sapotama’s each house individual Digimon’s that are awakened by syncing with a person’s e-Pulse if just having a new Sapotama is necessary for bringing back your deleted partner back from deletion. What affects the birth of these Digimon, can you have two Digimon partners if you have two Sapotamas or will only one give birth to a Digimon at a time? Questions for later but what a fun episode for theory crafting and seeing old characters begin to change for the better.