Episode 138

**Demonic Giant Soldier Faudo. The Light in the middle of Despair. Kiyomaro’s Secret Plan** (魔導巨兵ファウード 絶望の中の光 清麿の秘策*, Madō Kyōhei Faūdo Ketsubou no Naka no Hikari Kiyomaro no Hisaku*) is the 138th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime. This episode first aired in Japan on December 25, 2005.

## Overview

The Demonic Giant Soldier Faudo awakens from the destruction of his seal and the humans whose power that was sought out by Riou were finally free as well. In the events following Faudo’s revival, Riou takes control of the large demon and offers safety from Faudo’s rampage to those who choose to become his subordinates. Despite the overwhelming odds against their survival, Gash, Kiyomaro, and their allies continue to oppose Riou as Kiyomaro had secretly prepared traps while using the device that can return Faudo to the Demon World. For the next five minutes, the group work together in evading Faudo’s attacks and stalling the large demon until one of the special traps Kiyomaro had set up can activate.

## Plot

From the destruction of Faudo’s seal, the Demonic Giant Soldier itself finally comes to life. The humans that had been cursed by Riou to carry out the objective of destroying the seal were finally freed as well, and Gash’s group briefly celebrate this. Not before long however, everyone standing on top of Faudo feels a violent tremor as Faudo begins to move. While reaching his hand into the ocean, everyone witnesses how effortlessly Faudo is able to annihilate a small island and how quickly he is able to swallow a whale whole. Amazed by his power, Keith suddenly realizes Riou is no longer with them and has taken control of Faudo for himself. Upon establishing himself as Faudo’s master, Riou orders Faudo to cease his rampage and Faudo becomes obedient to his order. Angered that Riou had acted so suddenly, Keith and Rodeux attempted to attack him while he stood before them in the air, but saw that their attacks went through him. Riou goes on to then tell them that he had already been aware of their ulterior motives but isn’t intimidated by their threats as he is in full control of Faudo. To demonstrate Faudo’s power, he orders Faudo to fire his main cannon and he immediately blasts a large laser towards the ocean, creating a massive explosion.

After making everyone witness Faudo’s power, Riou reveals that he is located somewhere inside Faudo’s brain that only those with a special key may enter. He continues by then giving everyone remaining on Faudo’s head a choice to become one of his subordinates and be transported to safety or be left to hopelessly fight against Faudo’s power on their own. While different teams of demons begin making their way to be beamed up by Riou to safety, Kiyomaro informs Alishie and his other allies that weren’t with him earlier that they found the device to return Faudo to the Demon World, but it will take ninety minutes for it to activate. Despite the odds that are stacked against them, a light of hope shines from Kiyomaro’s eyes as he assures his allies that the traps he had set up for Faudo will ensure their survival until the device activates and explains to them what they must do now.

After teleporting out the demon teams who chose to side with Riou, Faudo’s hand begins destroying the ground that Kiyomaro’s allies were standing on. As everything begins to crumble, Kiyomaro reminds everyone that their first task is to survive five minutes against Faudo before one of these traps activate. Soon after this, Faudo completely destroys the remaining ground on top of his head and the group manage to get away just in time and land scattered around Faudo’s neck. Riou commands Faudo to use his ten finger laser gun to destroy everyone on its neck but sees that this weapon was tampered with as it aims his lasers around randomly and misses them. Riou then realizes that both this and Faudo’s main cannon had been acting strange. He then begins to notice that Kiyomaro, as the leader of his group, is someone resourceful that everyone looks towards for hope while in the middle of despair. Because of this, Riou decides that Kiyomaro must be eliminated first and orders Faudo to attack him. As Faudo’s fist comes towards them, Kiyomaro and Gash attempt to stop it by casting a series of *Zaguruzemu* before following it up with *Zakeruga*. This attempt fails however, but both Lien and Alishie react to this by casting their most powerful spells to move Faudo’s fist away from them. Despite their power, this only barely moves it out of the way. Tio and Megumi Oumi rush in to cast *Ma Seshirudo* but the shield instantly breaks against Faudo’s power. Umagon and Sunbeam make it just in time however to rescue the four of them, but everyone on Faudo is flung off of his body from the force of impact that Faudo’s fist makes.

As Kiyomaro and Gash fall, one by one their allies move close and hold onto them while affirming the promise they made to save everyone and to not abandon any of their allies. With everyone committed to working together, Kiyomaro calls on his allies to combine their powers for them to all land safely. With the help of Canchome, Karudio, and Momon, the team landed safely on a frozen ocean surface. As he looks towards Faudo, hope continues to shine in Kiyomaro’s eyes as he remains determined than ever to protect everyone and save the world. With Faudo about to attack them again. Folgore, Sunbeam, and Kiyomaro cast *Dima Buruku*, *Dioemuru Shudoruku*, and *Rauzaruku* respectively to help get ready to carry as many allies as possible. After dodging Faudo’s fist, everyone travels upward on Faudo’s arm to find the hardest spot for Faudo to attack before moving to his upper body. While watching everyone evade Faudo’s attacks, Riou begins to suspect that Kiyomaro has been plotting something as he noticed that his group were using all their energy just to survive the next few minutes. After thinking about this, Riou orders Faudo to stop fighting and examine his body for anything suspicious. This reaction was too late however as one of the traps Kiyomaro had set up was finally being activated and it would teleport Faudo into the Kermadec Trench.

As the group watched Faudo sink into the ocean, they cheered and rejoiced as they believed they were able to finally stop his rampage. Just as they thought they won, Faudo reammerges from the sea as he was able to swim despite his size. Furious over Kiyomaro’s meddling with Faudo, Riou addresses him directly and declares that Faudo’s first target will be Japan and that he had also cut off the energy that was being supplied to the device that could return Faudo to the Demon World. Kiyomaro, Gash, and their allies look on towards Faudo in utter despair, watching him swim to his next destination, as it had appeared all their efforts up to that point was all for nothing. As each of his allies call on Kiyomaro to react to this, Kiyomaro reasserts his mission to stop Faudo no matter what and that they must find a way to re-enter the large demon in order to stop him.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Canchome
* Parco Folgore
* Umagon
* Kafka Sunbeam
* Gash Bell
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Tio
* Megumi Oumi
* Alishie
* Riya
* Sauza
* Arth
* Elly
* Elle Chivas
* Momon
* Wonrei
* Lien
* Karudio
* Berun
* Keith
* Chita
* Rodeux
* Nicole
* Cherish
* Zaruchim
* Laoxing Mo
* Adler
* Fango
* Jedun
* Escarlo Lun
* Gyaron
* Harry Jet
* Riou

### Spells by Appearance

* Gigano Ginisu
* Gigano Ragyuuru
* Rauzaruku
* Zaguruzemu
* Zakeruga
* Shaou Niodoruku
* Goraiou Dibauren
* Ma Seshirudo
* Gou Shudoruku
* Gou Gidoruku
* Poruku
* Diogikoru Gidoruku
* Ora Norojio
* Saifojio
* Dima Buruku
* Dioemuru Shudoruku
* Gyan Bagyamu Sorudo
* Amuron

## Manga & Anime Differences

* In the anime, Faudo is seen being able to destroy an island just with his hand. In the manga, his sneeze is what destroys it.
* In the anime, the teams of demons that choose to become Riou’s subordinates step into an area of light before being teleported into Faudo. In the manga, they step onto a glowing disc.
* In the manga, Tio tries to use  *Saifojio*  to heal Kiyomaro while Faudo destroys the ground they’re standing on at the top of his head while Arth and Riya attack Faudo’s face. This does not happen in the anime.
* In the manga, Karudio freezes Faudo’s arm when he hits the ocean, letting everyone travel upwards on it. In the anime, this does not happen.
* In the anime, Riou states it will take 6 hours for Faudo to reach Japan while in the manga, it will take only 1 hour.