Gennai

Gennai (ゲンナイ) is a fictional character from the anime Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02 who serves as a guide to the Digital World. He is a member of the Agents.

Description
In Gennai's first appearance, he is shown to be an old man with a large grey moustache and a nearly bald head, aside from a small ponytail. His eyes are always shut.



In his younger form, Gennai has short, brown hair with a ponytail at the back, and he wears brown and cream-coloured robes. When he appears before Maki Himekawa, he wears black robes.

Gennai's name is likely a reference to.

Story
Gennai is a data-based humanoid being that was part of a group that created the Digimon and Digivices for the Digidestined. Gennai's comrades were slaughtered by, who stole the Tags and Crests, but Gennai managed to escape; however he lost the Digivice and Digi-Egg that was supposed to belong to Kari Kamiya. After the defeat of, Gennai revealed himself via hologram to the Digidestined and asked them to head to the Server continent to defeat the powerful enemies that resided there.

He would advise the Digidestined during their battles against Etemon and give Izzy's laptop a Digimon Analyzer. Later, he would reveal the existence of the 'Eighth Child', and that was trying to gain access to the Real World in order to locate and kill them. When the Digidestined fail to stop Myotismon from entering the Real World and are unable to follow him, Gennai guides them to his home under a lake, meeting the Digidestined in person for the first time. He would go on to tell them how they could return to the Real World to fight Myotismon and find the Eighth Child. He also modifies Izzy's computer further, allowing Izzy to send and receive e-mail from the Digital World.

Gennai's past is revealed when Homeostasis possesses Kari during the Digidestined's fight with the Dark Masters. Gennai would later reveal after the defeat of the Dark Masters that they were not the first Digidestined to come to the Digital World, and that the first group had been summoned to defeat a powerful evil Digimon that came from behind the Wall of Fire, and that the Digidestined were summoned to destroy a new threat, which was revealed to be. After Apocalymon's defeat, Gennai tells the Digidestined to return home, as the portal between the Digital World and the Real World is closing.

Gennai would later appear to Izzy and Tai to warn them of a threat coming from on the Internet.

At some point afterwards, Gennai called the DigiDestined back into the Digital World to ask them to give up the power of their Crests to add another layer of protection to the Digital World, which they did.

Three years after the defeat of Apocalymon, Gennai would reappear to pass on 's DigiCores to the Digidestined. He reveals that he and his kind have been working hard to erase evidence of the existence of the Digital World from the Real World. After the defeat of MaloMyostismon, Gennai reveals that he was in possession of 's tail ring since she lost it.

Three years after the defeat of MaloMyotismon, it is revealed that Gennai has been passing information on the Infected Digimon to the Government to aid them in combating the threat they posed. He takes the form of Ken Ichijouji in his Digimon Emperor guise in order to attempt to abduct, unleashing an infected Imperialdramon on the Digidestined, but ultimately retreats empty-handed back into the Digital World. He later reveals himself, in his original form, to Maki Himekawa after the Digital World is rebooted.

Digimon Masters
Gennai is an NPC.

Copies
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Benjamin
Benjamin (ベンジャミン) is Gennai's American counterpart. His name is likely a reference to.



Jackie
Jackie (ジャッキー) is Gennai's Chinese counterpart. His name is likely a reference to.


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Hogan
Hogan (ユーカリ) is Gennai's Australian counterpart. His English name is likely a reference to, while his Japanese name, "Eucalyptus", is a reference to the genus, which dominates the tree flora of.



Jose
Jose (ホセ) is Gennai's Mexican counterpart. His name is likely a reference to. In the English dub he speaks with a Mexican accent.

In December 24, 2002, when Ken,, Matt, and have trouble trying to sneak in the Mayan Ruins in Palenque, Jose shows up and distract the guards with martial arts moves. After the group has met Rosa and, Jose meets up with them in the ruins, scaring Wormmon. In the Japanese version, as the group goes deeper into the ruins, Jose translates Rosa and Ken's conversation to the others. After, , and defeat the Minotarumon and Dokugumon attacking the ruins, Jose opens a laptop for Ken to send them back to the.


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Ilya
Ilya (イリア) is Gennai's Russian counterpart. His name is likely a reference to. In the English dub he speaks with a Russian accent.

In December 24, 2002, after Sora, Yolei,, Sonya, , and their Digimon defeat a swarm of Flymon in Moscow, Ilya shows up, apologizing for the delay, and tells Sora and Yolei to go to Siberia in the English dub, and north in the Japanese version. After the herd of Mammothmon is defeated in Siberia, Ilya bring the computer to send the Digimon back to the. He then thanks for the help and leaves.



Mysterious Man
The Mysterious Man (謎の男) is a man who looks like a young Gennai wearing black clothes. It's currently unknown whether he is Gennai himself or one of his copies. He has the ability to change his form into that of Ken Ichijouji as a 14 year old version of the Digimon Emperor.

The Mysterious Man, disguised as Ken, observes an attack by the infected on Primary Village. Later, at the Tsukishima General High School festival, he is spotted by Maki Himekawa, who is surprised to see "Ken". He then abducts, where the identify him as Ken, then retreats back into the Digital Dimension. When followed by, , and , he infects Leomon and sends to attack the two Rookies. After 's defeat by and, he releases Meicoomon and vanishes. Later, after the DigiDestined return to the rebooted, he watches as they reunite with their Partners. He them comments to Himekawa about how it is such "a deeply emotional reunion" and reveals his Gennai-like form to her.


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