Im really confused about the rika x takato thing did they really have romantic hints? cause if i recall they were kept platonic thought out season 3 I only remember one scene that hinted them liking one another but thats it. Was this heavily hinted in the sub? Personality i thing the creator of tamers did a better job at subverting the romance between the 2 leads than kakudo At least jeri and takato had more moments that was obvious if i recall And he didn't mistreat the mc for romance and try to pass off something 100 percent unique. 
Also regarding jerato i think the creator did intended it. He did mention that takato was falling for jeri and the blog is offical.
Heres the link : http://www.konaka.co...haracter-e.html
Regarding sorato the tv tropes strangled by the string page sums up the issue regarding that pair. Apparently since sorato wasent THAT well written they had to make a retcon in a the psp digimon adventures game they made a taiorato love triangle instead that completely went aganist kakudos vision regarding sorato. And if you check the link to tv tropes it also links to the directors frustrations with the retcon. Thats proof that he REALLY messed up. 
Also he didn't wanna make sorato too obvious according to that interview that i read but he never explained why. 
Thats the link its in the anime section.
http://tvtropes.org/...dByTheRedString
"In the spring of 2002, there was a Digimon Tamers movie titled "Runaway Digimon Express". I was not consulted on this feature film, and so any inconsistencies between this and the TV series in terms of time and setting are inevitable. However, the director of the movie, Mr. Tetsuharu Nakamura, was
also an assistant director of the TV series (during the third story arc), and the screenwriter, Mr. Hiro Masaki, was also a regular writer for the series. They paid a great deal of attention to the psychological aspects of the series when completing the movie.
Personally, I am very grateful to them for boldly illustrating the parts of Rika's family life that the TV series never explored."
apparently someone didn't read this before jumping to the conclusions of runaway locomon being non canon....
also he said this "Takato is not yet fully aware that he is falling in love, and there was no need (plot-wise) for the object of his affections to be Jeri, Juri or Alice. "
and he said he just wanted jeri to have a happy ending because he was attached to the character, doesn't flat out mean it could be jeri and takato together, could be someone else with jeri, he could change his mind.
Edited by ultranx, 17 October 2016 - 01:46 AM.