Digimon Beatbreak

Digimon Beatbreak does not require viewers to have seen any previous Digimon seasons; it can be enjoyed without any prior knowledge of the franchise.

The setting of Digimon Beatbreak gives off a cyberpunk dystopia vibe where everyone blindly relies on AI whilst the rich live in utopian massive structures, leaving the rest to live in broken, run-down, and flooded areas.

If you pay attention to the backgrounds, you'll find that oftentimes you will see broken buildings, fallen bridges, flooded areas, and generally slum-like visuals. You can even see this on the official poster/thumbnail where the protagonists are sitting on the rubble of a destroyed highway, which ... is where their base is.

There is already a clear plotline only three episodes in, so people who dropped Digimon Ghost Game (the previous Digimon season) due to its episodic nature can rest easy knowing Beatbreak has a plotline.

This has to be one of the most frustrating and unsatisfying moments I've seen in a series in a long time.
First off, the fact that someone else (that mysterious Cleaner Digimon) just swoops in and kills the Hyemon Scar the one
who tormented Tomoro and put his brother Asuka into Cold Heart coma robs the scene of any real catharsis.
It's not that Tomoro fought, got overpowered, and lost that bothers me. It's that he gets zero moment of growth or payoff.
No epic power up, no special ability awakening tied to his rare e-Pulse glitch, nothing to make him feel "special" and overcome the trial himself.
They had ... the perfect setup for a huge character defining breakthrough, but they just... did nothing. Total wasted opportunity.
And it keeps happening. Now he's up against those mushroom dudes (Mushmon brothers/Chamblemon vibes), and once again
it's another golden chance for Tomoro to step up, learn something meaningful, or pull off something cool on his own.
Nope he gets his ass handed to him and needs rescuing again. It's starting to feel like a pattern.
Then there's all the little things that just grate on me
- Tomoro never even asks the obvious question: Was Asuka secretly a Cleaner himself? How else does he know Kyo and these people so well? It feels like a massive plot hole they're ignoring
-He shows zero anger or blame toward Gekkomon (the lizard Digimon). Let's be real—if Gekkomon hadn't run off and yelled "follow me" right at the start, dragging them into that mess, Asuka might still be fine. But Tomoro just...accepts him like nothing happened?
- Overall, Tomoro feels boring and passive. He learns he might save Asuka (e-Pulse retrieval, Cold Heart details) and that becoming a Cleaner could reveal more about the ultra-powerful Digimon who appeared. Yet when it matters, he just gets angry, storms off, and does nothing—no hesitation, no “let me think about it,” no inner struggle. He just collapses like a defeated puppy on the ground.

I really want to like this series the darker tone, the dystopian world with Cleaners,
and the emotional stakes with the brother are all great ideas.
But Tomoro's lack of agency and these missed emotional beats are making it really hard to stay invested

just at Ep 3 Rn lets see if it gets better

As a devoted fan of the Digimon franchise, this is, without a doubt, so far—based on my analysis of the 11 episodes I’ve watched—something I do not recommend in any way.
At first, I viewed it positively knowing that the screenwriter of Beatbreak was the same as Digimon Savers, a very solid anime that developed three central pillars of the franchise: the Royal Knights, the Demon Lords, and Yggdrasil, in addition to several memorable plot twists. However, given this perspective, the reason for my lack of recommendation goes far beyond the usual fan nitpicking. Throughout the 11 episodes, we can see that they basically took ideas ... from other works such as Tamers (the Hypnos Agency), Savers (DATS), and concepts seen in the games Cyber Sleuth and Hacker’s Memory—which could have been welcome if handled a bit better.
But why isn’t it working? From episodes 1 to 3, we see Tomoro’s rejection of Gekkomon, which is resolved at the end of episode 3; however, this same issue returns in episode 5 and again in episode 11, which is clearly unnecessary. The way Digimon evolution is introduced, as well as the main Digimon themselves and their partners, shows no charisma at all, causing the series to lose its core focus around the Digimon. There are no memorable songs so far, such as an evolution theme, and even after 11 episodes—11 weeks—we still know nothing about what they are actually seeking or any clue as to how to save Tomoro’s brother. I can see that they based Reina on Yoshino from Digimon Savers, but in a downgraded version, to the point that there isn’t a single episode in which she isn’t annoying. Another point of deconstruction of the franchise is something that had been built up since Frontier, Savers, Xros Wars, Appmon, and Ghost Game (I will disregard the Adventure reboot), which was simply a greater focus on the Digimon while mostly setting aside the focus on humans. Unfortunately, I would be lying if I said that I am confident about seeing better development in this season.