I've been thinking about tri a little bit lately, and I think I've come to the conclusion that the new characters aren't hurting the series intentionally, they're just being used poorly. And of them, the one I'm the most disappointed in is Maki Himekawa. I'm getting that unshakeable feeling she was being used much like Oikawa was, which I think devalues her as a character she was being set up to be. She could've been a great villain, and a tragic villain at that. But even though the reboot was all her idea (oh yeah, speaking of Oikawa, friendly reminder the reboot erased him from existence--the butterflies still exist in the epilogue, so the reboot may be reversed which honestly makes the whole point of a reboot pointless and a waste of time), and it's also possible Meicoomon's existence is thanks to her, Maki's only going to get a slap on the wrist at the end of the day as her form of redemption. Because only Digimon can be true villains in the Adventure-verse, I guess.
I was going to hold off bringing this up until after the last movie, but I'm honestly beginning to believe tri is becoming the Dragon Ball GT of the franchise. I don't hate GT, but even with all the talk that surrounds it, I was still disappointed and letdown by it, and that's the kind of feeling I'm getting here. Except that I'm starting to understand the frustrations DBZ fans were having back in the day when it first aired, and so that's why I made that comparison.