Seriously ... pairing in Digimon
This series better off without pairing. I watch the whole first season and i see no indication of pairing , well maybe because i was a child back then. Ah these days any manga/anime always need romance in it and look ... another kittening love triangle where someones gonna get hurt for the sake of others. 
Anyone know the difference between Digimon RE Digitize psp and 3ds ??
Yeah, it doesn't need pairings as the most fun about it is watching the digimons and their evolution. But, they did a love triangle between Tai, Matt and Sora in halfway in season 2, so there you have it...
I think the manga and anime use the romance to attract the fans that likes to ship pairings, and I think future mangakas and studios will still use this aspect, if not enhancing it more in some way, to make fans that already follows a said manga to be curious about the fans that is talking of pairings, so afterwards they could be falling into the shipping trap. That how it got with Naruto.
You don't think its a big cliche? i don't know the loner type getting with a understanding herione is also a popular cliche in all medias.
The loner type if s/he is the hero / heroine.
Just recently we saw the second male main character getting the heroine with Naruto and Bleach for specific reasons. There are few others, but they're only if the mangaka doesn't want anyone to end up with the hero / heroine.
Mangakas like to make the heroine and hero of the manga together because they show these characters are more important than other characters, which is why they're the main characters, and show what's their type of character are, spending the journey side by side, moments which doesn't have to be romantic, being there in desperate times for each other, etc.
That's what I've been experienced with many before. They like to make their foundations of manga this way, and I think it's a good way XD
Edited by T XD, 02 September 2016 - 08:54 PM.