Shurimon



Group: Mutant – Level: Armour – Type: Data – Attack Techniques: Double Stars, Ninja Wind

Shurimon is the second Armour Digivolved form of Hawkmon, the Digimon partner of Yolei of the DigiDestined. Hawkmon Armour Digivolves with the Digi-Egg of Sincerity to become Shurimon. Shurimon is capable of flight by whirling his bladed hands and feet, which also attack as powerful offensive weapons – as does the large star on his back. His tag line is “The Samurai of Sincerity!”

Shurimon first appeared when Yolei faced down Digitamamon, who had fallen under the control of a Dark Spiral. On a search for a new Digi-Egg, the kids came across Digitamamon’s diner, where they met Mimi and Michael, and were attacked byGorillamon. In the fight, Digitamamon was sent flying through the air – and when he reappeared, he had been captured by a Dark Spiral. He head-butted Mimi, causing Yolei to fly into a rage, yelling and lecturing Digitamamon, and in the process, coming to some conclusions about her own attitude, as well. As she finished, the Digi-Egg of Sincerity appeared before her, andHalsemon wasted no time in putting it to use, reverting to Hawkmon and then Armour Digivolving into Shurimon for the first time. Shurimon found he could not crack Digitamamon’s shell, so instead, he wedged it open with his back star, and as Pegasusmonand Nefertimon held him in mid-air with their Golden Noose, plunged his arm inside the shell, and shattered the Spiral, freeing him.

Not longer after, the DigiDestined were in peril when they arrived in a village of Floramon and Mushroomon that had come under the Digimon Emperor’s control. As the other Digimon held off the Floramon and Mushroomon, Hawkmon and Yolei were attacked by Ninjamon – and in response, Hawkmon Armour Digivolved to Shurimon to battle him. The fight was cut short when the DigiDestined had to flee to safety, guided by a Gekomon. Ninjamon then strapped a Dark Spiral to ShogunGekomon, who began to destroy the village. While the others attempted to subdue him, Ninjamon challenged Shurimon to another duel. When the Control Spire was destroyed, Ninjamon was freed from the Emperor’s control, but still wanted to finish the duel. Shurimon used his Ninja Wind technique to dupe Ninjamon, who then fled.

Shurimon was next seen along with the other Armour Digimon, trying to stop a Golemon from destroyed a dam. The Golemon was an unliving Digimon created from a Control Spire by Arukenimon, and was relentless, managed to defeat and De-Digivolve all of the Digimon. When Ken and Stingmon arrived, Yolei realised she had been wrong about him, and her D-3 activated, as Hawkmon Digivolved into Aquilamon for the first time, and helped Stingmon to destroy the Golemon.

Shurimon was next seen briefly, helping to rebuild a damaged bridge. He appeared again a little while later, to protect T.K. from swarms of insect Digimon in the Giga House, as T.K. plugged in the microphone for the house’s computer, which was used to free the Digimon from the control of Arukenimon’s flute. Shurimon and Yolei then participated in the fight with Arukenimon, dousing her in pepper. When Mummymon appeared, Shurimon and the others moved to attack, but were quickly bound by his Snake Bandage attack, and De-Digivolved as he and Arukenimon fled. Just prior to BlackWarGreymon’s creation, Shurimon was shown helping to destroy more Control Spires.

When BlackWarGreymon destroyed two of the Destiny Stones, the DigiWorld’s reality barriers began to weaken, and Digimon began to appear in the city ofKyoto, where Yolei was on a class trip. Ken used a Digi-Port to hop to Kyoto, bringing Poromon with him. Stingmon quickly dispatched an Apemon, and then he and Ken headed back to the DigiWorld to the site of a battle with Arukenimon and Mummymon. Yolei encountered Sora’s father and Joe’s brother, Jim Kido, and they then sighted a Musyamon. Poromon became Hawkmon, who Armour Digivolved to Shurimon to battle Musyamon. After a brief battle, Yolei opened a Digi-Port on Jim’s computer, through which Shurimon sent Musyamon.

After this, Shurimon did not reappear until the kids were trapped in MaloMyotismon’s dream dimension. The villain subjected them to illusions of their greatest desires, but they managed to defeat them, and then used the power of the dimension to their own ends, making their Digimon Digivolve to all their different forms at once. Shurimon, Hawkmon, Halsemon, Aquilamon and Silphymon joined with all the other Digimon in battling the villain, but when he fled to the DigiWorld, only the “real” incarnation of Hawkmon could cross over, and so Silphymon went through the portal, while the Shurimon avatar faded away.

''Shurimon first appears in “The Samurai of Sincerity” – but we do not see his full evolution sequence (with the beam of light coming from Yolei’s D-Terminal and the Digi-Egg of Sincerity emerging from her D-3) until “A Chance Encounter.” In “Big Trouble in Little Edo,” the beam of light is shown coming from Yolei’s D-Terminal, but that particular piece of footage was cut from Halsemon’s sequence, as there the beam is red, instead of green, like it should be. Shurimon’s voice is supplied by Neil Kaplan. ''

Name: From “shuriken,” Japanese ninja throwing stars.