Dude you DO understand your entire description is exactly what Digimon is right? It's what every show like Digimon is.
You can pretend it's better for whatever reason you have in your head, but it's a shounen show and one hell of a famous one at that.
MOST characters in Digimon are Bad, why? Because it's a kid show and they're rarely fleshed out to anything other then the stereotypes they're needed to be to fulfill the shows role. ALL main characters in the show fit this, none are exceptional in any way, they're all standard affair, for every season too.
Only a few of the villains are decent and even then.... man.
This being said Digimon in general has avoided a lot of flack by being actually entertaining, better writing, actual relationships grow man. TK and Kari all day yo.
And Digimon season 5 is the worst of em all by far. ... my heart sunk