>>718117571
The Devas were all blatant filler and I say this as someone watching the Japanese version for the first time recently. None of them matter whatsoever outside of arguably Vajramon since he instills purpose into Renamon.
The entire Digital World also exists as filler to basically just parade Ryo around until Lee and Takatomon get sent to breathe underwater and learn from coma man about the Deleaper and how the Digital World was formed with his group of friends. After that then it starts to move with Shaochung getting Lopmon, Takato realizes he's got such a lust for revenge, Impmon gets a bunch of development, and Lee realizes he's overly concerned about everything and everyone while trying to solve everything passively instead of being trusting and active even if it causes pain for some Digimon.

It feels like if you took out most of the Devas arc and everything from the start of the Digital World to Takato and Lee getting slapped underwater you'd lose almost nothing from the story outside of, what, Culumon's backstory and Juri.