Homeostasis
Homeostasis (ホメオスタシス, Homeosutashisu) is a formless entity, or group of entities, that maintains the balance between good and evil in the Digital World. Because it has no body, it has to possess other people's bodies to communicate.
Appearances[edit]
Anime[edit]
Digimon Adventure[edit]
Homeostasis is the entity that chose the Chosen Children and created their partner Digimon, Digivices, and Crests. It is assisted by Gennai and other beings like him. In "The Clashing Ultimates! War Greymon VS Metal Garurumon", Homeostasis chooses Yagami Hikari as its host, because she is the only one of the Chosen Children who could hear it, and speaks through her to reveal to the Chosen Children why they were chosen.
Homeostasis shows them a holographic recording of the past, when Gennai and his associates were preparing for "the moment when the world would be overrun by darkness" in the basement of what the Chosen Children know as Vamdemon's castle, and reveals to them that it chose them back in 1995 when they witnessed Greymon and Parrotmon's fight, then created the Crests and Digivices based on data it scanned from the children at that moment. It also shows them the day the Dark Masters attacked and stole the Crests, how Gennai escaped with the Digivices and Digitama (also showing the loss of Tailmon's Digitama), the hatching of the partner Digimon from those Digitama, and how they waited for the children to arrive.
It is never referred to by name in the anime.
Digimon Adventure tri.[edit]
Homeostasis is opposed to Yggdrasill and aims to keep Meicoomon's powers from disrupting the balance between the Real and Digital Worlds. It is assisted by Huckmon, who acts as its messenger in the place of Gennai, who is missing.
In "Confession", Homeostasis possesses Hikari again while she is at school and, in her body, leaves to find the eight partner Digimon. It warns them of the existential threat that Infected Digimon pose to the balance between the worlds and says that the only way to prevent the total destruction of the Digital World is "a great sacrifice", but it loses its control of Hikari before it can say anything else. Himekawa Maki, who had eavesdropped on the meeting, explains to the Digimon that it was talking about the Reboot.
A flashback in "Loss" shows Homeostasis possessing Himekawa Maki during the battle between her group of original Chosen Children and the Dark Masters. Homeostasis appears to be the one to give the other partner Digimon the power to evolve into the Four Holy Beasts.
In "Coexistence", Homeostasis has decided that Meicoomon has become too powerful and must be destroyed, and tasks Huckmon with killing it. It saw that the Chosen Children refused to slay Meicoomon and are thus no longer of any use to it and must no longer interfere with its will, so the Digital World starts to reject them by randomly changing its terrain and subjecting them to angry Digimon attacks. When the Chosen Children confront Meicoomon and JESmon in the real world, Homeostasis possesses Hikari again to try and convince the Chosen Children not to interfere, but they reject it insisting that they should not forget about their friendship with Meicoomon, and Hikari forces Homeostasis out of her.
By "Our Future", with no further solution at hand, Homeostasis decided to initiate a second Reboot on the human world within 94,524 seconds to prevent Meicoomon (Ordinemon) from continuing on her rampage, but does not directly interfere otherwise this time beyond informing them about the decision with Huckmon. This time, it was stopped when Kōshirō managed to restore all of their partner's memories by unlocking Meicoomon's memories with the password "DANDAN". After the Chosen Children did exactly what Homeostasis wanted by finally slaying Meicoomon, it shut down Yggdrasil.
Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning[edit]
After Ohwada Lui explained that Ukkomon's ability to grant wishes came from him having a connection with a "greater being", Yagami Hikari thought that said greater being had to be Homeostasis.
Manga[edit]
Digimon Xros Wars[edit]
Homeostasis is a digital entity responsible for maintaining the Digital World. It succeeds Yggdrasill after the latter goes berserk and attempts to destroy the human world, assuming the position of God as a calmer, more protective administrator. The Royal Knights serve under its authority. Despite its extensive knowledge, Homeostasis is not omniscient; Wizarmon describes it as possessing infinite knowledge without being all-knowing.
In the past, Bagramon served as a high-ranking Angel Digimon. Troubled by the despair in human hearts and its influence on the Digital World, which was giving rise to more evil Digimon, he questioned Homeostasis about the world's justice. When its response failed to satisfy him, he challenged it and was struck down, losing half of his body and being banished from the Realm of God. He subsequently rebuilt his missing half using a fragment of Yggdrasill's server tree.
Bagramon later founded the Bagra Army to wage war against Homeostasis and the Royal Knights. Believing that human hearts had become irreparably consumed by despair, he sought to destroy the existing world and end its suffering. His rebellion also became a test of whether humans and their Digimon partners could demonstrate that hope remained possible.
In "Xros Alliance! The Final Battle in Odaiba!!", Ulforce V-dramon and Wizarmon discuss a prediction that Homeostasis made by analyzing data from the Digital World: a two-headed dragon would appear and destroy both the human and Digital Worlds. This prediction is fulfilled in "Xros Stars! Like a Falling Star!!" when Shademon (Nene Ver.) forces a DigiXros between Millenniumon and Dark Knightmon (Lilithmon), creating Zeed Millenniumon.
Homeostasis is seen in a flashback in "Xros Miracle!! Reel in a Sliver of Hope!", manifesting in a luminous, octahedral form resembling a Code Crown. In this flashback, Bagramon questions it about the world's justice before his fall from grace.
It also appears in "BONUS TRACK", manifesting in the likeness of Yagami Hikari.
Novel[edit]
Digimon Adventure[edit]
Homeostasis is given its name in the novelization.
It is a security system created by the Digital World after the world adopted the principle of evolution. Its purpose is to maintain the balance between light and darkness, intervening whenever the powers of darkness threaten that equilibrium. Since it has no physical body, it creates autonomous beings called Agents, including Gennai, to act on its behalf.
Four years before the children's adventure, Homeostasis sends Parrotmon to Hikarigaoka to retrieve the Greymon that had appeared in the human world. Having observed the unusually rapid evolution caused by Yagami Hikari, it scans her data, along with that of her brother and the other humans who witnessed the battle. Its Agents discover that the children possess the potential for distinctive spiritual qualities. Hikari's quality is exceptional, resembling the power of life itself, and is designated "light."
Homeostasis develops the Digivices to transmit the power of a human partner's heart to their Digimon. The Crests amplify that power, with their designs reproducing patterns detected within the children's hearts. They also function as limiters when a child's actions contradict their particular quality. Earlier partnerships between humans and Digimon had already helped overcome threats to the Digital World, including the imperfect sealing of an earlier Apocalymon. Four of those partner Digimon eventually evolved into the Four Holy Beasts.
In preparation for another crisis, Homeostasis orders its Agents to select and safeguard eight Digitama from the Village of Beginnings as potential partners for the children. However, Piemon discovers their preparations and attacks, killing every Agent except Gennai, who escapes with the Digitama and their Digivices. When the growing powers of darkness subsequently disrupt the world's equilibrium, the Digivices travel to the human world to bring the Chosen Children to the Digital World.
During the final confrontation with Apocalymon, Homeostasis possesses Hikari to address the children. It explicitly denies being God, describing itself instead as the Digital World's security system. It explains that Apocalymon is an Idea opposed to evolution, which has formed a physical body by absorbing the lingering regrets of Digimon lost during the evolutionary process. It also warns that Apocalymon is using those Digimon's grievances to distract them while preparing a Big Bang that will affect both worlds.
After Apocalymon destroys the physical Crests, Homeostasis explains that these objects merely amplify qualities already present within the children's hearts. Its guidance encourages them to attempt evolution without the objects, allowing their partners to regain their higher forms. Hikari remains aware of what Homeostasis says and does while possessing her, although the entity leaves before the ensuing battle.
Despite its responsibilities, Homeostasis is not omniscient. The narrator suggests that a power beyond its perception may have influenced the children's circumstances and their forgotten memories of the Hikarigaoka incident. It likewise does not know the full significance of the synchronization of time between the human and Digital Worlds following the latter's reconstruction.
Video Games[edit]
Digimon Adventure[edit]
Yagami Hikari heard a voice in Episode 53, "Clash! The Ultimate Digimon", though no one else could hear it. After War Greymon and Metal Garurumon's fight, Hikari talked to a mysterious light that, once again, no one else could see or hear. The light confirmed it wasn't their enemy, then took over Hikari. It sent the Chosen Children into the past then introduced itself as the one who wishes for stability in the Digital World. Tailmon and Izumi Koshiro realized that was not Hikari talking, but someone using her body, and it explained that they prepared eight Digitama for the time when the world would be covered in darkness, starting from creating the Digivices and Crests from the Chosen Children's data, which made Yagami Taichi realize they were the ones that chose them. The light confirmed this, explaining that the light they saw in Hikarigaoka four years ago scanned their data. However, the Dark Masters found out about their plan and tried to steal the Crests. A young Gennai protected them from Piemon by taking the Crests and Digitama with him to File Island, but due to the interference of his pursuers, lost Tailmon's Digitama, and many years later, the Chosen Children and Partner Digimon finally met. The light was unsure about what they should do next, but believed they could find out with their own abilities. The light then left Hikari's body and returned them to the present, with Hikari having no recollection about what happened.
Like in the anime, Homeostasis is never named, with its textboxes merely using the portraits and name of Yagami Hikari, whose body it possessed.
Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode[edit]
Homeostasis possesses Yagami Hikari to talk to Taiga in the Colosseum 40th floor Free Battle: "Light Priestess". It possesses Hikari to see if Taiga has the light to save the Digital World and the Digimon, deciding he does after Taiga defeats her.
In battle, Homeostasis uses Angewomon.
Like in the anime, Homeostasis is never named, with its textboxes merely using the portraits and name of Yagami Hikari, whose body it possessed.
Digimon New Century[edit]
Digimon Story: Time Stranger[edit]
Homeostasis is the master of all three Host Computers. It also governs over the fate of all living things. It prefers not to intervene directly, instead allowing potential threats to the world's stability (e.g. Aegiomon) a chance to redeem themselves.
In the past, Chronomon realized that he was merely a cog in the Digital World's system and challenged Homeostasis with an army of Digimon known as the Titans, only to be struck down quickly and bound to the very system he attempted to rebel against. As a result, he desired freedom through death and thus created Aegiomon to slay him. To prevent the world from collpasing from Aegiomon's countless attempts to save Misono Inori leading to the Shinjuku Inferno, Homeostasis turned one of the Aegiomon shadows he unleashed across timelines into the protagonist, who took the form of a character from the anime Agent Alpha because of Aegiomon's desires to replace Inori's brother Misono Yuta and Agent Alpha was his favorite anime.
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