Hybrid
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Agnimon and Vritramon, two Hybrid Digimon, pictured with the Warrior Ten Digimon from whom their Spirits are derived, Ancient Greymon.
Hybrid (ハイブリッド体 Haiburiddo-tai) is an artificial Evolution Stage comprised of Digimon who have been created using the Legendary Spirits of the Warrior Ten.
Overview[edit]
The term "Hybrid" (sometimes glossed in kanji as 超融合 Chōyūgō, lit. "super fusion") refers to how these Digimon can be literal hybrids of humans and Digimon, who are created when a human fuses with a Spirit. However, becoming Hybrids is not exclusive to humans, as ordinary Digimon are also able to use Spirits.[1]
Like the Warrior Ten and their Spirits, Hybrid Digimon each have power over one of ten specific elemental powers: Fire, Light, Darkness, Thunder, Wind, Ice, Earth, Wood, Water, and Steel.
The power level of Hybrid Digimon varies, depending on the type and quantity of spirits that are used to create them, and can fall anywhere between Child-class to Ultimate-class power. Hybrid Digimon are all of the Variable attribute, meaning that their attribute changes in accordance with their current circumstances.[1]
Although it is also created using Spirits, Susanoomon has never been classified as a Hybrid, and is instead a conventional Ultimate Digimon.
Forms[edit]
Hybrids are divided into five categories, called Forms (形態 Keitai), based on the type and quantity of spirits that are used to create them.
| Name | Description | Example | First Appearance |
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| (unnamed) | A half-human, half-beast Hybrid Digimon that is the result of a Human Form Hybrid Digimon losing its power. Despite the power reduction, Adult-class Digimon are still not a match for it.[2][3] Evolution Stage equivalent: Child |
 Strabimon |
D-Scanner 1.0 |
| Human Form (人型形態; Dub: Human Hybrid) |
A Hybrid Digimon created using one Human Spirit. It excels in agility and stability, but the human side's strengths and weaknesses exert a significant influence.[4] Evolution Stage equivalent: Varies, usually Adult |
 Wolfmon |
Digital Monster Card Game Booster 14: "The Radiant Crimson Knight of Heavenly Wings" |
| Beast Form (獣型形態; Dub: Beast Hybrid) |
A Hybrid Digimon created using one Beast Spirit. Its more animalistic nature has been unleashed, and while it boasts power that surpasses Ultimate Digimon, it struggles to control its savage impulses and is prone to running wild.[4] Evolution Stage equivalent: Varies, usually Adult to Perfect |
 Garummon |
Digital Monster Card Game Booster 15: "The Super Beast Warrior of Bursting Flames" |
| Fusion Form (融合形態; Dub: Fusion form[1]/Hybrid Combo[5]) |
A Hybrid Digimon created using both the Human Spirit and Beast Spirit of the same element. This "strongest Form" is the result of bringing the Human and Beast Forms into harmony, and fuses the human's intellect with the Digimon's vitality.[4] It has inherited all of the might of one of the Warrior Ten and has therefore acquired unknown powers and transcended legend.[6][7] Evolution Stage equivalent: Varies, usually Perfect to Ultimate |
 Beowolfmon |
Digital Monster Card Game Booster 16: "The True Super-Fusion Warriors" |
| Transcendent Form (超越形態; Dub: Transcendent form[1]/Extra Hybrid[5]) |
A Hybrid Digimon created using a specific combination of ten Spirits. It is said to have surpassed even the power of the Warrior Ten.[8][9] Evolution Stage equivalent: Ultimate |
 Magna Garurumon |
Digital Monster Card Game Booster 17: "The Transcendental Warrior of Radiant Flame" |
Power Level[edit]
It is common to rate the power levels of the Hybrid Digimon Forms on the scale of conventional Evolution Stages. The mechanics of video and card games often require that all Digimon, including Hybrids, be treated in some way as either equivalent to a conventional Evolution Stage, or treated as an ordinary Digimon who outright belongs to one of these Stages. However, attempts to do so have varied over the years and often disagree with each other.
- Digimon Frontier:
The concept of Evolution Stages is not mentioned at all, but the show presents each Form as a linear progression in power. Human Form Hybrids are depicted defeating Digimon as high-leveled as Perfect.[10] Beast Form Hybrids are so much more powerful than Human Form Hybrids that defeating them is impossible without another Beast Form Hybrid.[11] Fusion Form Hybrids are likewise significantly more powerful than Beast Form Hybrids, and Transcendent Form Hybrids are significantly more powerful than Fusion Form Hybrids and the only Hybrids who are a match for Ultimate-level opponents like Cherubimon and the Royal Knights. Duskmon and Velgrmon are major exceptions to this progression, as they are depicted as being a match for Fusion Form Hybrid Digimon.[12][13] - Digital Monster Card Game:
Hybrid Digimon (excluding Flamon and Strabimon, who are just assigned Level III (Child)) are always marked as belonging to the Hybrid level in the conventional Evolution Stage field of the card, but some Hybrid Digimon cards also denote a class. Human Form Hybrid Digimon are rated as Level IV (Adult) Class; Beast Form Hybrid Digimon are rated as Perfect Class; and Fusion Form and Transcendent Form Hybrid Digimon are rated as Ultimate Class. - Digimon Racing:
Agnimon's three playable forms are all assigned natural Evolution Stages. Flamon is a Baby II Digimon, Agnimon is a Child Digimon, and Vritramon is an Adult Digimon. - Digital Monster Card Game Alpha:
Hybrid Digimon are always marked as belonging to the Hybrid level in the conventional Evolution Stage field of the card, but each include errata that instructs the player to treat the card as if it belongs to a specified natural Evolution Stage. Human Form Hybrid Digimon are treated as Level IV (Adult) Digimon; Beast Form Hybrid Digimon are treated as Perfect Digimon; and Fusion Form Hybrid Digimon are treated as Ultimate Digimon. Transcendent Form Hybrids are not present, and neither are Flamon or Strabimon. - Digimon Masters:
Each Form has its own separate Evolution Stage, which are each classed as roughly equivalent in power to a natural Evolution Stage. The "H-Hybrid" (Human Form Hybrid) stage is Adult-class, but slightly stronger; the "B-Hybrid" (Beast Form Hybrid) stage is Perfect-class; and the "Z-Hybrid" (Transcendent Form Hybrid) stage is Ultimate-class. Fusion Form Hybrids are not present, and neither are Flamon or Strabimon. - Digimon World -next 0rder-:
Agnimon (Human Form Hybrid) is assigned the Perfect level; and Transcendent Form Hybrid Digimon assigned the Ultimate level. No Beast Form or Fusion Form Hybrid Digimon are present, and neither are Flamon or Strabimon. - Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Hacker's Memory:
Agnimon and Wolfmon (Human Form Hybrids) are assigned the Adult level; Vritramon and Garummon (Beast Form Hybrids) are assigned the Perfect level; and Transcendent Form Hybrid Digimon are assigned the Ultimate level. Fusion Form Hybris are not present, and neither are Flamon or Strabimon. - Digimon Card Game:
Hybrid Digimon are labeled accordingly in the Evolution Stage field on card errata, but for gameplay purposes they are also folded into the numerical "Level" system of Evolution Stages. Flamon and Strabimon are Lv.3 (Child); Human Form and Beast Form Hybrid Digimon are Lv.4 (Adult); Fusion Form Hybrid Digimon are Lv.5 (Perfect); and Transcendent Form Hybrid Digimon are Lv.6 (Ultimate). - Vital Bracelet Digital Monster:
Hybrid Digimon are assigned conventional Evolution Stages based on their Form. Flamon and Strabimon are assigned the Child level; Human Form Hybrid Digimon are assigned the Adult level; Beast Form and Fusion Form Hybrid Digimon are assigned the Perfect level; and Transcendent Form Hybrid Digimon are assigned the Ultimate level.
When Hybrid Digimon are incorporated into evolution lines in traditional Digimon virtual pets, there is little to no consistency of assignment to Evolution Stages. For example, looking at Beast Form Hybrid Digimon, the Digimon Pendulum Z depicts Vritramon as an Adult Digimon, but the Digimon Accel Ultimate Genome depicts Bolgmon as an Ultimate Digimon.
Origin[edit]
Hybrid Digimon are the successors to the Warrior Ten. The Legendary Spirits that the Warrior Ten left behind after saving the Digital World in ancient times contain their powers, and grant their powers to those who use them.[1]
Promotional copy for the Digital Monster Card Game gives the following accounts of the backstory of Hybrid Digimon, which draw a connection between the creation of Dukemon: Crimson Mode via Matrix Evolution and the origin of Hybrids:
| それは、人とデジモン生命体が起こした奇跡だった。聖騎士型デジモン＝デュークモンとＺＥＲＯ－ＡＲＭＳ＝グラニの感応。媒介したのは紛れもない、人間＝デジモンテイマーの精神力だった。覇空の駿馬グラニはその姿を灼熱の鎧装と化しデュークモンはデータ構造をグラニと一体化させた。輝く天翼を纏いし最終究極紅蓮騎士の誕生である。その両手に携えた光の神槍と光の神剣により世界は崩壊の危機を再び免れるのであった。そして、人間と精神力によってデジモンを新たな進化へ導く超融合の時代が幕を開けることになる・・・・ | And so was a miracle that transcended the life-forms humans and Digimon. The resonance between the Holy Knight Digimon Dukemon and ZERO-ARMS: Grani. There is no question that it was the spirit of the human Digimon Tamer that mediated this. The body of Grani, the sky-conquering swift steed, was converted into crimson armor, and the data structure of Dukemon integrated Grani. Thus, the Final Ultimate Crimson Knight, clad in shining wings, was born. Through the divine spear of light Gungnir and the divine sword of light Blutgang in its hands, the world was once again saved from the threat of collapse. And the curtain was raised on the era of Hybrids, in which Digimon are guided to a new evolution by humans and Spirits... |
| -Digital Monster Card Game Booster 14: "The Radiant Crimson Knight of Heavenly Wings"[14] | |
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| 古代デジタルワールドは､神に近い存在が平和に治めていた。しかし安定は怠惰を呼び、ほどなく危機が世界を襲ったのだった。神なる存在は一転して強大な悪となり世界を破滅におとしめようとした。 | The ancient Digital World was governed peacefully by a near-godlike entity. However, stability invites sloth, so before long a threat struck the world. The godlike entity totally changed into a powerful evil who brought the world to ruin. |
| そこに10体のデジモンが立ち上がった。火・水・土・風・木・雷・氷・鋼・光・闇というそれぞれの力を宿した勇敢なる彼ら究極体は最大の強さを誇った「神なる敵」をデジタルワールド最下層部に封印することに成功したが、激しい戦いで皆、命を落としてしまった。 | At this time, ten Digimon took a stand. These heroic Ultimates, each bearing the powers of fire, water, earth, wind, wood, thunder, ice, steel, light and darkness, managed to seal the "Godly Enemy," who boasted the greatest strength, in the deepest depths of the Digital World, but they all lost their lives in the furious battle. |
| 後に伝説の十闘士と呼ばれることになる彼ら奇跡の戦士たちは死してなお、いずれデジタルワールドに迫り来るであろう未来の脅威に備えてそれぞれの「魂」を奇跡を呼ぶアイテム「スピリット」として世界のどこかに残したといわれる。そして今また新たな悪の出現により危機を迎えたデジタルワールドは十闘士の魂を継ぐ者として現実世界の人間を呼び寄るのだった。 | Thereafter, even in death, these miraculous warriors—who had been dubbed the Legendary Warrior Ten—left behind in various places around the world their respective souls as the "Spirits", items which have been called miraculous, in case some future menace would loom over the Digital World. And now, humans from the Real World have been summoned together to the Digital World to be the inheritors of the Warrior Ten's spirits, so that they may face the crisis posed by the appearance of a new evil. |
| 人とスピリットが融合して戦う時代が今、始まる・・・ | Now, the era of humans and Spirits fusing together to fight begins... |
| -Digital Monster Card Game Starter Ver. 7: "The Warriors of Super Fusion" [15] | |
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| デジタルなデータで形成されたデジモンにアナログな人間の持つ可能性を 変換乗算させて誕生した"ハイブリッド体"は未知の力を秘めた新種だった。 | Hybrids—born when Digimon, composed of digital data, are transformatively multiplied by the innate potential of analog humans—are a new species that possesses unknown power. |
| 古代デジタルワールド期に世界を救った"伝説の十闘士"の比類なき力を受け継ぐ彼らは､永い時を経て失われたそれぞれの能力を補完するように"スピリット"を駆使して闘う。人型形態は､敏捷性と安定性に優れるが、人間の部分の優劣が大きくその力を左右する。 | Those who have inherited the unparalleled power of the "Legendary Warrior Ten" who saved the world in the age of the ancient Digital World fight by making the utmost use of the "Spirits", so that they can supplement their respective long-since-lost abilities. Human Forms excel in agility and stability, but the human side's strengths and weaknesses have a significant influence. |
| より獣性を解放した獣型形態は究極体を凌駕するパワーを誇るが、獰猛で自己抑制がきかず、しばしば暴走することもあるのだ。 | Beast Forms, which unleash their more animalistic nature, boast power that surpasses the Ultimate level, but they also struggle to control their savage impulses and are prone to running wild. |
| この人型・獣型形態を調和させたときハイブリッド体は、人間の英知とデジモンの生命力が融合した最強の形態へと変貌する。 | When the Human and Beast Forms are brought into harmony, the Hybrid is transformed into the strongest Form that fuses the human's intellect with the Digimon's vitality. |
| そのとき、古代の十闘士を超えた新たな伝説が始まるのだった・・・ | When that occurs, a new legend that transcends the ancient Warrior Ten begins... |
| -Digital Monster Card Game Booster 15: "The Super Beast Warrior of Bursting Flames" [4] | |
See Also[edit]
Additional Information[edit]
| Digitama ⇒ Baby I ⇒ Baby II ⇒ Child ⇒ Adult ⇒ Perfect ⇒ Ultimate |
| Armor, Hybrid |
| Evolution Stage |
| Evolution |
