the differance is Digimon never pretended to be based on animals in the first place.
the reason why people find the humanoid Pokémon annoying is even pokemon like jinx were always more monstrous looking then humanoid
Digimon on the other hand had humanoids from the start and also has a lore excuse for it too something a little more concrete then "humans and Pokémon used to be indistinguishable"
Digimon are affected / connected to the human world and so are affected by humans especially as advances in technology is made also there are just as many outright monstrous "humanoids" as there are "cosplay" types as well as just monsters in general.
you get digimon like Renamon which turns from furbait to an armor clad warrior maiden with a big stick
https://wikimon.net/Sakuyamon:_Miko_Mode
or you get Digimon like Meicrackmon
https://wikimon.net/Meicrackmon:_Vicious_Mode which turns into a literal fallen angel monstrosity that screams laser beams of deletion
https://wikimon.net/Raguelmon https://wikimon.net/Ordinemon
And just to shill my favorite.
https://wikimon.net/Cannondramon
TLDR Digimon does not have the pretense pokemon started with thus there's less tonal whiplash when it starts becoming more prominent also the guys get it just as much with Digimon like Leomon and Beelzamon existing