With most of the original characters now in high school, the Digital World was supposedly secure and peaceful. However, a new evil has appeared in the form of the. The Digimon Emperor has been enslaving all Digimon in sight with and and, to make things worse, has somehow made regular Digivolution impossible. Three new children are chosen to save DigiWorld and, along with T. K and Kari, make up the new generation of DigiDestined. Japanese logo A new generation of DigiDestined, composed of three new children, as well as Kari and T. Another advantage was Armor Digivolution, using a device called a , so their Digimon can evolve in the presence of Control Spires. They eventually stop the Digimon Emperor, , thanks to the sacrifice of , Ken's partner. After his defeat, Ken repents for his evil deeds and joins the Digi-Destined as they fight two evil Digimon named and. Arukenimon has a unique power to turn the Control Spires into super-strong, artificial Digimon under her control. To fight this new threat, the gang learns of DNA Digivolution, enabling their Digimon to fuse with each other in pairs for more power. Eventually, when the battle was brought to the Real World, the true mastermind, Yukio Oikawa, makes himself known. This man extracts the from inside Ken and implants it into other children who wish for the greatness that the old, evil Ken had. Those spores develop into flowers that harvest the infected children's energy. Eventually, the Digi-Destined confront Oikawa, only to learn he's an extreme loner whose only friend in the world was Hiroki Hida, Cody's father. Hiroki and Oikawa used to play old video games when they were young, eventually becoming obsessed with the Digital World and dreaming of going there one day, but Hiroki dies before they could go together, causing Oikawa great sadness. In the end, an entity springs from this man's body, none other than the real mastermind, from the first Adventure season, now reborn as. Unlike Adventure, which was set in the Digital World except for a temporary return to the Real World, Adventure 02 characters shuttle back and forth between the two worlds almost every episode. This season ended with the help of DigiDestined from all over the world, using the light that existed inside each one of them and their wishes to return the Digital World to a peaceful world again. Oikawa, who is too weak to enter the Digital World, becomes its guardian as he passes away. After peace is restored, the boundary between the Digital and the Real World is broken down, giving every human their very own Digimon companion. He is brave, very stubborn, impulsive , and he plays soccer. He has a crush on Kari and admires Tai and Matt. He gets into trouble with T. Usually happy and a bit calculating, T. Keeping things bottled up, Kari has a kind and friendly personality, but lacks self-confidence. She is headstrong and sometimes stubborn. She is most often seen arguing with Davis. She admires Mimi and Sora. He tried to conquer the Digital World, thinking it was a video game. Later he joins the group as the 6th DigiDestined. Old DigiDestined Since Digimon Adventure 02 is a continuation of it includes characters from that series as well. More about them are listed. Though burdened by their newfound responsibilities, the previous DigiDestined team provides a helping hand once in a while. He attends high school. He gave Davis his goggles to replace Davis' pair, which was wrecked in a battle. He has his own band, the Teenage Wolves. Davis's sister had a not-so-secret crush on him. He's now studying for a college entrance exam and uses his free time to help the others when possible. The main villain behind most of the events but only appears near the end of the series. After Myotismon left him he died and restored the Digital World with his spirit. Reverted back to his real self and joined the DigiDestined after being defeated. The essence of Devimon released Kimeramon from the Emperor's control, and the former was supposedly destroyed for good upon the latter's destruction. BlackWarGreymon would later became good after battling and Imperialdramon Fighter Mode. He was fatally injured by the Myotismon-possessed Oikawa, but sealed the Highton View Terrace gate with his final breath. Never developed a storyline. Was the opponent who the younger Ken fought alongside shortly after the battle with Diaboramon in 2000. They trapped him in the World of Darkness. Changed into and then into. Defeated and purified by Magnamon and. Was able to take down and defeat Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, but was destroyed by. She and Davis argue repeatedly but are still close. She also chases after Matt through most of the first half of the second season, trying to get a date with him. After she finally realizes that he doesn't like her, she quickly forms a crush on Shuu. Because there are four of them in one family, they have to fight for attention. He was a police officer who died in the line of duty. He served as a father in Hiroki's absence. He also taught Cody. He has a strange obsession with prune juice. When Ken was little, Sam was a Grade A student and got most of the attention. One day, Ken wished he would go away because he was jealous. Soon after, Sam was hit by a car and died. Learning of the adventure his daughter went through, Haruhiko began to research the Digital World with Shuu, Joe's middle brother, who is one of his students. Miyako met both of them during her class trip to Kyoto, and Haruhiko explained some of his theories to her. He met Yolei when she is visiting Kyoto with her class. He also drove her and the others to where they needed to be when was attacking on Christmas day. Note: With the exception of Cody's father, and T. Three years after the events in , , a human who had learned of the Digital World when he was a boy, made attempts to enter the Digital World to live out his unfulfilled childhood dreams. Unbeknownst to him, he was possessed by the spirit of , who was manipulating his actions. Oikawa created and and sent them into the Digital World, where they manipulated the young into becoming the Digimon Emperor. As the Emperor, Ken set up his —the design of which had come from the enigmatic World of Darkness and had apparently been implanted in Ken's head by someone, possibly Oikawa, or by the already within Ken—all around the Digital World. The Spires disrupted the fabric of reality, creating spatial warps and weakening the dimensional boundaries. Oikawa hoped he could use this disruption to enter the Digital World, but the actions of the new DigiDestined who were destroying the Control Spires prevented this from happening. Next, Arukenimon and Mummymon created , who set about destroying the powerful , which completely threw the balance of the Digital World out of order. However, the DigiDestined were able to free from the prison the had put him in years before, and he stopped BlackWarGreymon from destroying the last stone. Oikawa's final scheme to enter the Digital World was a grand one. Arukenimon opened all the Digi-Ports, allowing wild Digimon to come to Earth, and the DigiDestined had to travel all over the world to round them up. While they were gone from Japan, Arukenimon and Mummymon began kidnapping children. When the DigiDestined returned, they discovered that and his henchmen , and had come to Earth in search of Ken and the Dark Spore within him, but Oikawa managed to copy the Spore first, before Daemon could get his hands on him. Daemon was repelled into the Dark Ocean as Oikawa implanted the Spores into the kidnapped children. However, Myotismon had other plans, and brought Oikawa to another dimension which was a world of dreams and nightmares where he began to absorb the powers of the Spores into himself and became. After MaloMyotismon's defeat, Oikawa used the dream dimension to fulfill his own desire. His body was transformed into energy in the form of a flock of butterflies, which spread across the Digital World, restoring peace and harmony. Digimon Adventure 02 Main characters: Digimon: Villains: and and and Other characters: and and and and and and , , and and the : Other media: See also: · · General: Elements: Anime: Series 1 Adventure 02 Series 2 Series 3 Series 4 Series 5 Series 6 Series 7 Series 8 Movie Dub Movie Manga: Battle!!