>>50993278The relationship between tamers and digimon is different from pokemon and trainers because digimon is rooted in it's v-pet origins. Digimon was conceived as a tamagotchi spin-off toy with a simple battle mechanic added and that is still reflected even in modern digimon (though in the games battling is more complex for obvious reasons).
Aside from that colon is trash. was it the first digimon show you watched?