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Four episodes in and should by any chance my impression change, I'll edit this review. However, currently I'm loving it. Loving all of it! And I'll explain why while trying to remain spoiler-free.

Characters:
The introduction is quick, making sure that we get a feel on the main characters in the first episodes and using the following episodes to add upon them, giving them more details. From what I gathered we have three, distinct main characters. Each with their own unique backstory which the anime slowly unfolds naturally, allowing you to take in small amounts of new information. Without, mind you, disrupting the flow of the story ... as a whole. Which brings me to the second point

Story:
We're early on given a premise of the story and in every episode we're given situations/events which adds the universe which TGHS (The God of High School) plays in. These frequently occurring situations/events that are brought up during each episode balances between explaining boundaries of the universe and introducing plotlines/questions that makes you want to learn more about TGHS in general. For example, a fight between two character introduces what's feasible to accomplish in, say, Taekwando while also suddenly throwing in monstrous demon (?) clowns. You get a feeling on the boundaries of combat but you're also hit by the question: Wtf is that and how is that happening?!

Art/Sound:
I greatly enjoy the art and the sound quality, especially for the combat scenes (which there have been plenty of so far). Each fight, each attack and each movement feels unique. Meaning that should two characters have combat styles focused on kicking for example, they're both given a plethora of ways to do their kicks, further cementing how unique the characters are. To also give an example of the opposite: Dragon Ball Super. Now I love DBS as well, but if you look at any fight you'll notice that these fast punches and kicks are just a few simple animations that are put on repeat and sped up by a hundred.

Nevertheless, there's one thing with the animation that up to now keeps nagging me, and that's their noses. Why are all the noses red? WHY?! For me personally it hasn't damaged my enjoyment of the anime but it distracts because it stands out for me. More so than the fact that some people have cross-shaped, yellow pupils!

I enjoy reboots and I believe that Digimon Adventure has potential to be something entertaining. However, currently (6 episodes in) it hasn't lived up to my expectations and that's because of the characters.

To start of with something positive; I enjoyed the story so far because it opens up a wider scale of importance compared to the original show. It creates an essential, longlasting goal that the protagonists need to accomplish while also delivering engaging lore about the digiworld. I love lore, especially the lore that's given to me in this show.

Nevertheless that's as far as the upsides go. So far we're not given any actual ... progression, especially when it comes to character-progression. Something I remember from the original show is that the characters all had flaws that they struggled with to overcome. But in this reboot they all feel...perfect. The characters show no personal obstacles nor any problems in general. I'll attempt to explain what I mean by giving a general description of two of the characters:

Taichi is an 11 year old martial arts master who demonstrates his prowess by battling digimon on his own. He can 1v1 digimon and they show him doing just that.

Izumi on the other hand, who's also 11 years old is a genuis (and that's putting it lightly). He manages to reprogram his normal laptop to compensate for the difference in the flow of time between the digiworld and the real world. Essentially, he can hack in to time itself with his laptop.

Leading to the conclusion that we've not been given any actual character progression. Rather, and I believe this describes the current 6 episodes more accurately, we've been given introductions. We've been given an introduction on some of the characters and, frankly, their far too unrealistic abilities. We've also been given an introduction on what they need to fulfill but we haven't been given any content that shows progression towards that goal because the show is too busy introducing overpowered characters.

And the fact that we've yet to have seen all the protagonists, leaves the impression that this progression-empty way of telling the story is going to continue in the upcoming episodes. Yet, I still believe that this reboot has potential and that's because of the lore that they've been introducing. I feel like the writer's have managed to make the lore more appealing compared to the original Digimon series and if they manage to emphasize on that more while simultaneously creating some form av struggle that keeps us hooked, we might yet get an entertaining story. But so far, it's mediocre experience at best.