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Exactly what the title says. Here: There's some more, but... I don't feel like submitting. :3

Digimon Xros Wars is the current installement of the Digimon franchise since 2010. It is composed of two seasons which are the sixth and seventh of the whole Digimon franchise. Openings: Digimon Xros Wars opening 2 Story: In the first season, Taiki Kudo, a young boy, is sent to the Digital World with his friens Akari and Zenjirou. He meets Shoutmon, a child digimon who hopes to become the Digimon King one day to save his world from the Bagra army. When Taiki unleashed the ultimate power of fusion, DigiXros, Shoutmon asks him to become the general of his own army, Xros Heart. Four armies are fighting for the supremacy over the Digital World: Xros Heart (led by Taiki Kudo), Blue Flare (led by the cold and crual Kiriha Aonuma), Twilight (led by the beautiful and mysterious Nene Amano) and the dominant Bagra Army which rules most of the Digital World with an iron fist. The second season diverges significantly from the original concept of Xros Wars. Tagiru Akashi, a young boy, travels to a dimension named DigiQuartz and meets Gumdramon, his partner. They become Digimon Hunters, travelling through DigiQuartz to capture powerful digimons. Taiki Kudo and Yuu Amano (with their partners Shoutmon and Damemon) join them in the hunt, becoming the trio of hunters known as Xros Heart. Together, they investigate all suspicious activities surrounding the human world and capture the digimons responsible of it. But a rival team of hunters often get in their way. To make things worst, digimon hunters from other dimensions make their appearance. In their own dimensions, those hunters are legendary heroes who saved the digital world from its destruction. As the mystery surrounding the hunt deapens, Taiki searches for the truth hidden behind it. Casting: Taiki Kudo: Minami Takayama Kiriha Aonuma: Takeshi Kusao Nene Amano: Houko Kuwashima Akari Hinomoto: Ryoko Shiraishi Zenjirou Tsurugi: Daisuke Kishio Tagiru Akashi: Marina Inoue Yuu Amano: Oki Kanae Ryouma Mogami: Tetsuya Kakihara Ren Tobari: Houko Kuwashima Airu Suzaki: Megumi Han Shoutmon: Chika Sakamoto Ballistamon: Takeshi Kusao Dorulumon: Takahiro Sakurai Cutemon: Houko Kuwashima Beelzebumon: Daisuke Kishio Gumdramon: Kumiko Watanabe Damemon: Masami Kikuchi

Pokemon Adventures is the Pokemon manga that is mainly based on the games, and even the creator of Pokemon said 'This is the story that best conveys the world I wanted to show.' (take that you stupid anime!) All of the characters are named after the games (ex. Red, Blue, Ruby) and they are all awesome in their own special ways. Click here to read it. Red: Green: Blue: Yellow: Gold: Silver: Crystal: Ruby: Sapphire: Emerald: I'm going to finish up later when I have the time. Someone remind me. Oh, and comment on Pokemon Adventures all you like!

So basically, because Ran does things like most other normal people when they hear that someone tried to be a pervert to their friend or loved one, that one example (and let's note that it's only one example, an example by Gosho done merely to keep the "Is Sera a male or female?" illusion going). I don't know about you, but if my friend tells me that some person just tried feeling them up in a public place, I'm not exactly going to ask the attacker to explain his/herself. Once again, everyone lets their emotions get the best of them. No matter how much of a martial arts expert they are, how much they can control their anger. No one is saying that it is right. You are the only person here who is saying that because people are defending Ran for what she does that it somehow means it is right. No, of course it's not "right" to just whack some random stranger in the face, but does that mean that we're going to blame Ran whatsoever for sticking up for her friend? A friend that doesn't exactly have all that many great means to defend herself? Seriously, this is Sonoko we're talking about. She couldn't even defend herself against dust. Of course Ran is going to get very protective over Sonoko of all people. And not even just Sonoko. Ran will protect her friends at all cost. I'd rather have Ran on my side instead of you, to be frank, if this is the attitude you have if someone goes after your friend. Fact of the matter is, 8 or 9 out of 10 people are going to help their friend defend his/herself when faced with an actually physical attacker. End of story. I don't care how many personal experiences that you have that are against the norm. This is how things work. It goes back to our caveman/cavewoman instincts. We protect those we love, even with physical violence. Once again, just because you know people that are different from the norm doesn't mean that it's the norm. I explained this to you a long time ago on another subject, but I guess you didn't listen then either, unfortunately. Not everyone is like you. Not everyone is as strong as you. Everyone is different and we all have different breaking points. You are NOT the norm in this situation, yet you keep posting in here as-if you are. Millions of people perform less than adequate because of certain things going on in their lives. I had a depressive period last year from February to May where I stopped going to school and stopped caring about my entire life. I persevered on my own with the help of friends and friends alone. No counseling. I am an incredibly strong person who can handle these kinds of things and CAN get back on my feet. Kyuu, NOT EVERYONE CAN DO THIS. The fact that Ran is hanging in there for so long with all of the shit going on in her life, and has barely broken down at ALL, shows off to me how incredibly strong and strong-willed she is. Everyone breaks. Everyone cries. It happens. Which makes her no different from most other people in this world. Not everyone is stable enough when they're emotionally upset to call the police. Your mistake here, and a mistake that you keep making, is thinking that because you handle something the way you do means that A. everyone else should handle it the same way B. everyone else DOES handle it the same way. I've got news for you, the list of people that can handle things the way you do is a very, very short list. This is a television series and manga franchise about murder and death, it's not the Ice Capades. No matter how many times someone sees a dead body it's going to affect some people.

You know, I'm trying not to be a huge bitch, but your entire post just screams "I'm right about everything and you're wrong because I say so, so here's a wall of text to railroad you." Actually, I can't really read what you wrote because of all the random capslock in there.. however since you didn't do that in the last paragraph, I can read that, so to that... Okay, I guess because you and a handful of your friends don't respond the way Ran does, (which BTW I did mention my friend does his job fine, but he has to go to lengths to deal with it), it means she's clearly OOC and horrible and just bad. Right? Your personal experience negates anyone else's, correct? That is what you're saying, right? I mean, Aoyama Gosho just created these characters for shits and giggles and didn't really think them through and doesn't keep them in character ever, nor are they based on the way real people in real parts of the world act, and clearly just has them do things that no normal people do for the hell of it, right? Not everyone is good at multitasking, and not everyone is going to get used to seeing death all the time. I mean Ran doesn't say that to Shinichi in the first case or anything. Oh wait, she does.

Again, that is not why I dislike her. I was pointing out that she lets her emotions get the best of her. It is fine to cry if it doesn't prevent you from doing what is needed. People can cry and have head enough to call the police without being told. And it is CONNECTED to a negative emotion ... usually. Sadness, as natural as it is, is a negative emotion (considering Ran, how many times has she cried out of happiness (yes it has happened, but more less often than something negative like over Shinichi or a death)). I never said it is bad, just as anger is not bad, but still negative. It depends on how you use that energy, and both while negative can be directed to something positive. You can either do something beneficial, nothing or something negative with any emotion. With Ran and crying it is USUALLY the "do nothing." Yes, she has in the past kicked a culprit, but that is not right when she is crying, and is usually after she has come to terms with what is happened. Ran also doesn't get seriously angry lately either, she is usually just annoyed at her father for drinking, but nothing more. Oh and... Perhaps not always breaking something, but she has let her anger lead to attacking someone who was innocent recently. You know... Attacking Sera was not cool. She did that because she was angry for her friend, but instead of surveying the situation like Conan did, she chose to IMMEDIATELY attack her. EVEN WHEN SERA SAID "WAIT" BECAUSE IT WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING! In Martial Arts, fighting is NEVER the first course of action, especially not for revenge for a friend. Martial arts is SELF-DEFENSE, the only person who had any right to throw a kick or punch in that situation was Sera who was fighting Ran in SELF-DEFENSE. Sonoko had a right to slap the guy or knock him away, but Ran was out of line attacking like that. Call the police if anything, it IS illegal. Ran clearly let her emotions get the best of her, and if she had attacked ANYONE else, they likely would have ended up in the hospital with the level of her attacks. Are you saying that is right? Please say you aren't, because that is considered ASSAULT and is illegal. Two wrongs don't make a right. (And that, to be honest, WOULD be a reason for me to dislike her) And I know people in the ME Office. They all have their ways of dealing with the amount of death they see, but none of them break down and cry and allow their sadness prevent them from doing their jobs. Does it bother them? Certainly, but not to the point where they can't do their job. Each of them direct it to something positive, or at least try to whenever possible. If they didn't they probably wouldn't be able to handle the job. Oh and for the record, I have lost more than the average amount of people in my life for various reasons, and I never broke down and cried or allowed my emotions from preventing me from doing what I needed to do. I talked out my emotions, went to counseling for one death in particular, but never once allowed that sadness to stop me from performing what I needed. I usually directed that emotion into martial arts teaching and practice, or my studies. And I never said she ONLY cries, but when she does, it is the only thing she does do. You can cry, but at least call the police while you are crying. Have the frame of mind for that at least.

Since when is crying negative energy? It's not. Unless you plan to go into my DNA and physically change my body, you cannot correlate it with having no control over your emotions. It also doesn't make me feel better unless it's an actual sadness thing. As I mentioned already, I also tear up and cry over happy things. Please explain to me how that is negative. Ran is Japanese, they are not a culture that is known for their forthrightness on emotions. I don't see her begging him to stay as she's trying to be strong. It took this entire storyline for him to stop being a selfish jerk to her in this respect. Besides, how often has Ran broken something lately? Not much, if at all. It seems to be it was merely one of the many humor type of things they had in the beginning, like half the stuff with Kogoro. I said I have control over my emotions and still cry, I never said nor tried to imply this was Ran. I was merely countering all this ALL SHE DOES IS CRY blather that everyone keeps spouting. Seriously, how many times has she kicked some culprit, or done some other crazy stuff that is similar? So she has a range of emotions. Oh no, how dare she. Most people could not handle being around that much death. Are you seriously saying you would be okay with it? My friend that words in a morgue says he has to go to great lengths to be able to deal with it. It will get to you, and to think she should act perfectly calm in all that? She is the only normal one in the cast! (Okay, her and Division One seem pretty realistic) The only people I ever see saying "all she does is cry" seem to be the same people who don't like her. It just strikes me as very similar to the same sort of people who hate a character simply because she is female and start misusing the term and going off about how "she is a mary-sue." Or they're pissed she's in the way of their OTP.

Crying has zero to do with control over your emotions. I cry more than Ran, and believe me, I would LOVE for that to not happen. It's literally just a physical reaction to emotion or trauma. I am in control of my emotions, it's just my body decides the best way to deal with it is to make my eyes tear up. Something makes me super happy? Eyes tear up. Someone makes me angry? After I flip out about it, eyes tear up. Sadness? Eyes tear up. It's not as if someone says, oh shit I really want to cry right now. ETA: Actually, crying probably means you have MORE control over your emotions since you are willing to show them. Will we ever see Shinichi cry? Nope. Is he forward with his emotions? NOPE. ETA2: I also can't read the rest of this thread. The failure to grasp Ran as a character and her importance to the story and Shinichi is just baffling to me. ETA3: I should probably amend the entry to my post as pointing out I am in control of my emotions because I do not flip out about anything, in anger or otherwise, unless warranted and actually pretty severe. I don't throw things, I try and work out problems immediately and through intelligent discussion, and the like. I also want to ask every single person that has gone on and on and on about how terrible Ran is, if they would SERIOUSLY act any different at 17, after having your best friend and love of your life just up and disappear one day, constantly telling you to wait with nary an explanation. As a friend of hers, I would tell her to ditch the loser.

"The truth hurts for a while, but lies hurt forever."

Digimon Tamers and Digimon Savers are also my favorites. The google boys from all previous Digimon series will reappear in the final two episodes of Digimon Hunters as the final bosses of the series: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rhwoysZ18HA/Tz-yOaHbIZI/AAAAAAAABos/w9QcdaOz8Qc/s1600/Scan1.jpg