List of Digimon Xros Wars: Time Traveling Hunter Boys episodes

Digimon Xros Wars: Time Traveling Hunter Boys is the second season of the sixth Digimon anime series Digimon Xros Wars. The story focuses on Taiki Kudō, Yū Amano, and Tagiru Akashi as they hunt Digimon that are causing havoc in between the human and Digital worlds. The opening theme is "Stand Up" by Twill. The series also features original music by Kousuke Yamashita, as well as various insert songs sung by Kōji Wada.

Episode list

No.	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate
55	"Us, the Digimon Hunters!" "Oretachi, Dejimon Hantā!" (おれたち、デジモンハンター!)	Yukio Kaizawa	Riku Sanjo	October 2, 2011[1]
It is a year since Taiki Kudō's adventure in the Digital World as he forms the “Xros Heart” basketball team together with Yū Amano, who became his junior at his school, and Tagiru Akashi. However, on his way home from game, Taiki sees a monsterous shadow within a space fluctuation before being confronted by three children. The leader of the trio recognizes Taiki and his potential but tells him not to meddle in their affairs before leaving. The next day after school, Tagiru hears a voice begging to be saved, and after seeing a spacial distortion, Tagiru gets dragged right into it and ends up in a Digital World like dimension called "DigiQuartz", where time flows differently to the real world. Tagiru sees the source of the voice, Gumdramon bring attacked by a MetalTyranomon until the three children arrive and fight it with their Digimon, but it escapes from them. After being told they are Digimon Hunters, Tagiru wants to be one too as he is told to get a Xros Loader first. Teaming up with Gumdramon, Tagiru heads to the home of the Watchmaker and receives a crimson Xros Loader from him. Taiki and Yū find out about the rampaging digimon and when they see Tagiru warping into DigiQuartz, they decide to follow him. Tagiru and Gumdramon fight a losing battle with MetalTyranomon until Tagiru learns to Digivolve Gumdramon into Arresterdramon and defeat it. After capturing MetalTyranomon's data into his Xros Loader, Tagiru sees Taiki and Yū, who are branding their own Xros Loaders, much to his surprise, but before they start to talk about the situation, Shoutmon contacts Taiki through his Loader. Gumdramon shivers and hides behind Tagiru at hearing Shoutmon's name as he explains to Tagiru that it is none other than the Digimon King himself.
56	"The Students Disappear! The Wavering Shadow of Sagomon" "Seito-tachi ga Kieta! Yurameku Sagomon no kage" (生徒たちが消えた！ゆらめくサゴモンの影)			October 9, 2011[1]
After returning to the Real World, finding out that Digimon can be Reloaded outside of "Digi-Quartz", Tagiru learns of Taiki and Yū's past experience with the Digimon a year before. Inspired to be at Taiki's level, Tagiru returns to "Digi-Quartz" to begin a new Hunt. The two encounter a mysterious shadow behind the abductions of students: Sagomon. Sagomon overwhelms Gumdramon before he and Tagiru are saved by one of the three children, Ryōma Mogami. As this occured, going to the alley were Tagiru got his Xros Loader, Taiki meets the Old Clockmaker and his Digimon Clockmon. The Clockmaker proceeds to warns Taiki not to interfere with the Hunts due to expertise having an effect that would upset the balance of the "game". Though not intending to take part, Taiki promises to interfere if any one gets hurt in the cross fire. Nothing that Taiki has a strong will like Tagiru, the Old Clockmaker leaves, but not before giving Taiki the Hunter's Rulebook, which Tagiru forgot to get. With Yū following him to make sure he does not abuse Digimon like before, Tagiru finds Sagomon in the pool area, where the students are being held. Even after having Gumdramon digivolve and DigiXros with MetalTyrannomon to become Metal Arresterdramon, Tagiru still struggles until Taiki shows up with Shoutmon, who pushes back Sagomon with one punch before becoming OmegaShoutmon and DigiXrossing with Dorulumon to aid Arresterdramon. After defeating Sagomon and collecting his data, Tagiru, Taiki, and Yū return to the Real World with the missing students, who have no recollection of their time in "Digi-Quartz". Soon after being yelled at by Shoutmon while also being praised him for finding a partner, Gumdramon vows to catch up to his rival before he and Tagiru run back to "Digi-Quartz" and starting a new Hunt.
57	"The Robot Club's Dream, Pinocchimon's Enticement" "Robotto Bu no Yume, Pinokimon no Yūwaku" (ロボット部の夢、ピノッキモンの誘惑)			October 16, 2011
The members of the school's robotics club are frustrated because they keep failing to build a robot good enough to take part in the upcoming competition when they approached by Xros Heart's Puppetmon, who offers them a chance to take part in a greater project. The next day, while told to deliver a notice to the absent Tokio, Tagiru learns from Taiki that all other members of the robotics club are also absent from school, and fearing it to be Digimon related, he and Yū accompany him to Tokio's house, just to find him working on some machinery. Figuring that Tokio is deceiving his mother in thinking he is going to school to stay home, Xros Heart witnesses Tokio entering into DigiQuartz through his computer. By following him there, they learn that Tokio and the other missing children have been building a GigaBreakdramon under Puppetmon's orders. Taiki and Shoutmon confront Puppetmon who seems to not remember them at all and launches GigaBreakdramon against them. Tagiru and the Digimon Hunters battle GigaBreakdramon without success. When Ryōma commands Astamon to attack Puppetmon instead, Taiki and Shoutmon risk getting hurt to protect Puppetmon enables him to come to his senses. By DigiXrossing Shoutmon with Puppetmon, Taiki manages to give Arresterdramon an opening to defeat GigaBreakdramon who is captured by Tagiru.
58	"The Targeted Honor Students! Blossomon's Smile" "Yūtōsei ga Nerawareta! Burossamon no Bishō" (優等生が狙われた！ブロッサモンの微笑)			October 23, 2011
Tagiru's classmate Miho Suto has been 1st place Honor Student since Elementary, stresses out on improving her grades when she is at 8th place. Miho's desire for the top 7 students to disappear attracts the attention of a Digimon who offers to make it a reality for her. Later, feeling jealous of Tagiru and Gumdramon, Yū meets Miho. Soon after, news of the two top students in their grade, Mishima and Takahashi, being attacked and looking malnourished drives everyone in school in an uproar. Only Miho had no reaction to the event as Yū follows her while Tagiru enters DigiQuartz and finds the school covered by a vine looking plant whose tendrils are wrapped around Mishima and Takahashi while draining them. Losing the vines' source, a flustered Tagiru and Gumdramon are encountered by Ren as he tells them that can not defeat vine Digimon unless they find its true form. Deciding to help for his own benefit, Ren has Dracmon bite into the vine to expose the Digimon. This not only causes the vine to go on rampage out of pain, but if affects Miho on a sympathetic level as she enters DigiQuartz and BioMerges into the vine Digimon: revealed to be Blossomon. Yū's good heart frees Miho form Blossomon's control, who was captured by Tagiru. In the end, Yū win a basketball match, while Tagiru has his nose broken.
59	"Cuteness Causion! Cute Hunter, Airu's Trap!" "Kawaii Yōchūi! Kyūto Hantā, Airu no Wana!" (かわいさ要注意！キュートハンター、アイルの罠！)			October 30, 2011
At a cute store called the Fancy Shop Dream, Airu Suzuki, along with her Digimon Opossumon, capture a bunch of other Digimon. Finding that all of them are "no good", Airu leaves the Digimon to her teammates. Still feeling down about not being able to reunite with Damemon, Cutemon appears in front of Yū to cheer him up but ends up being targeted by Airu, who wants to add him to her cute Digimon collection. While Yū returns home, with Tagiru and Gumdramon tagging along, Cutemon spots a bunch of pictures of Nene, who has since become an idol in Hong Kong. After falling asleep from their meal, Cutemon, Tagiru, and Gumdramon awake to find Yū gone. Finding Yū at the park where he and Damemon first met, Tagiru, Gumdramon, and Cutemon make just in time as Airu transports Yū to "Digi-Quartz". Trying to force Yū to hand over Cutemon, Airu nearly succeeds, until her DigiXros of Opossumon and Candlemon allows them to escape. The next day, after explaining what's happened to Taiki, Yū realizes that Cutemon has snuck out of his Xros Loader when he tries to return him to Taiki. They all run back to the park, where Airu has captured Cutemon and plans on forcing him into her Xros Loader. She is soon joined by her teammates, who formally introduces themselves as Ryōma Mogami and Ren Tobari, before Ryōma digivolves Psychemon to Astamon to keep them from saving Cutemon. Both Taiki and Tagiru then Reload their digimon and digivolve them to OmegaShoutmon and Arresterdramon respectively. While Taiki decides to face Ryōma and Ren alone, Tagiru and Arresterdramon go help Yū save Cutemon. By then, Airu digivolves Opossumon to Cho-Hakkaimon to force Cutemon into her Xros Loader. Airu is about to defeat Cutemon when Yū saves him and Damemon appears. Now with the power of digivolution, Damemon digivolves to Tsuwamon and easily overpowers Cho-Hakkaimon, trapping her and Airu in their own trap. After releasing Airu and Opossumon, Taiki, Tagiru, and Yū meet back at the rooftop with their Digimon, happy the Damemon has finally returned and Yū is finally reunited with his partner.
60	"Digimon Kendo Match! Approaching the Blade of Kotemon!" "Dejimon Kendō Shōbu! Kotemon no Yaiba ga Semaru!" (デジモン剣道勝負！コテモンの刃が迫る！)			November 6, 2011
Tagiru enters a Kendo Tournament and faces Musashi Kenzaki from a rival school. However, right after their match, Musashi ends up in DigiQuartz and meets Kotemon.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "デジモンクロスウォーズ 悪のデスジェネラルと七つの王国" (in Japanese). Web Newtype. Archived from the original on October 01, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/627JxM4X0. Retrieved October 02, 2011. 

External links

• TV Asahi's official Time Traveling Hunter Boys website
• Toei Animation's official Digimon Xros Wars: Time Traveling Hunter Boys website