Episode 100

**Groper Folgore! The Bagpipes of Love and Sadness** (*もげよフォルゴレ! 愛と悲しみのバグパイプ,Mogeyo Forugore! Ai to Kanashimi no Bagupaipu*) is the 100th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime and first aired in Japan on March 27, 2005. This episode is entirely filler and is not based on any chapters from the Konjiki no Gash!! Manga.

## Overview

Nicholas becomes depressed in the days after losing Majirou and is unable to come to terms with it. Feeling sympathetic for him, Folgore offers to bring him to Italy in hopes that the bright and cheery atmosphere of the country and its various sights will help Nicholas feel better.

## Plot

Kiyomaro and his group visit Nicholas in the hospital. Nicholas, visibly depressed, expresses his regret in failing Majirou as his partner and grieves for him by playing a sorrowful melody with his bagpipes. Folgore, feeling especially sympathetic for Nicholas, offers to take him to Italy in hopes that the sights and atmosphere of the country will help him feel better. Folgore and Canchome waste no time in bringing Nicholas along with them and the group spends their first day exploring one of the towns and observing how happy and lively the people seem to be. When Folgore talks to Nicholas, he suggests to him that he should try to concentrate only on the fun times he had together with Majirou rather than his sadness over losing him. This appears to work at first but Nicholas becomes depressed once again when he thinks about how much he misses Majirou.

Folgore and Canchome’s next idea they try is bringing Nicholas out to the Italian countryside where he could try to forget his troubles. Nicholas tries to relax and enjoy being out in nature but he once again finds himself still deeply missing Majirou.Though met with another failure, Folgore and Canchome don’t give up just yet and they come up with a new idea. This time, they dig a large hole in the ground for Nicholas to vent his sadness into in order to contain it. Focusing his thoughts on Majirou, Nicholas plays another sad tune with his bagpipes and directs the noise of it into the dug-up hole. Once within the hole, Folgore casts *Poruku* which transforms Canchome into a large weight to contain Nicholas’ sadness. His sadness proves to be too strong however, and the depressing melody that was meant to be contained ends up breaking through. It then spreads all across the country causing the streets and cities to be overflowing with tears and sadness. Nicholas eventually finds out that this widespread devastation was his fault. Feeling guilty for his actions, and still feeling sad over Majirou, Nicholas runs away. Thinking that Nicholas ran back to the hotel they were all staying at, Folgore and Canchome decide to head in that direction.

Folgore and Canchome return to the hotel but don’t see Nicholas there. They would then start walking the streets downtown in hopes of finding him but only see that all of the town’s people have all become depressed. Determined to try and help everyone, Folgore decides he will have a live performance to cheer everyone up. Folgore performs one of his songs along with Canchome but despite their best efforts, they find that their efforts were ultimately futile as the sadness of the town proved to be too overwhelming for them to ignore. On the outskirts of town however, Nicholas hears their song and notices that the people there aren’t listening to it. Nicholas then remembers how there were many people who didn’t pay attention to him playing the bagpipes with the exception of Majirou, who loved his music. He then recalls how he used to play the bagpipes with a cheerful attitude and that he traveled the world with Majirou with the purpose of spreading the joy of it to others.

Remembering this, Nicholas picks up his bagpipe and begins playing a cheerful melody with it, which instantly cures the sadness of all the people in town. Nicholas thanks Folgore and Canchome for their help and tells them of his plans to continue to travel the world spreading joy with his music just as Majriou would want him to. As Nicholas heads off on his journey, Canchome and Folgore talk about how happy Nicholas appears to be now and how glad they are to see that he was finally able to remember what was important to him and to keep moving forward.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Dr. Riddles
* Canchome
* Parco Folgore
* Gash Bell
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Umagon
* Kafka Sunbeam
* Nicholas
* Majirou (Flashback)

## Spells by Appearance

* Sāku Doruku (Flashback)
* Poruku