Episode 120

**It was seen, Oyoyoyo~ Prospering Momon. Tio’s Big Explosion!** (見られてオヨヨヨ〜 ときめくモモン ティオ大爆発!*, Mirarete Oyoyoyo~ Tokimeku Momon Tio Dai Bakuhatsu!*) is the 120th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime. This episode first aired in Japan on August 21, 2005.

## Overview

Gash, Tio, and Umagon are approached by Elle Chivas, who asks for their help in finding a child she had been traveling with whohad wandered off in town. When speaking with her, the trio learn that she’s a bookkeeper and that the child she’s looking for is her demon partner, Momon. Elle also explains to the group that she had been traveling the world to preach peace and that she had never been involved in any battles up to that point. All things seem well until Kiyomaro tells Gash that they’re going to battle as he had been the victim of one of Momon’s antics and was seething with rage from the incident.

## Plot

Gash and Umagon spend their afternoon at home preparing to watch an episode of Praying Mantis Joe on TV. Just as they had started watching, Tio comes in and changes the channel to a program that only she wants to watch. The kids fight over the TV until Hana decides that Gash and Umagon should allow Tio to watch her show. At the same time at school, Suzume and Kiyomaro talk about Megumi’s busy trip overseas and how things have been with having Tio stay with Kiyomaro. As they walk home together, Kiyomaro mentions that Megumi would be coming back later that day to pick up Tio and reflects on how quickly the week flew by. Suddenly, they notice some commotion coming from the river. When they look closer at it, they see that there was a child drowning in it and Kiyomaro rushes into the water to rescue them.

After bringing the child to safety, Kiyomaro and Suzume are taken back by his strange half-rabbit and half-monkey appearance. Kiyomaro tries to ask him questions but doesn’t get many answers as he had stopped listening to Kiyomaro after some time. As Kiyomaro gets his school bag from Suzume, the child makes a noticeable reaction when he sees Kiyomaro’s spell book inside the bag which leads Kiyomaro to realize that the child was a demon. After exclaiming this, Kiyomaro’s pants were pulled down by the demon and he was then kicked into the river. The demon then makes his escape while Kiyomaro struggles to get out of the water. Around the same time, Gash, Tio, and Umagon play together at the park until they’re suddenly approached by Elle Chivas, who asks for their help in finding Momon, a child who she was traveling with until he wandered off in town. After noticing the spell book in Elle’s bag, Gash asks her if she’s a bookkeeper which surprises her. After telling her that the three of them were all demons, Elle tells them this was the first time she had ever met any other demons.

Elle’s conversation with the group would continue at Kiyomaro’s house where she sits and talks to them about her circumstances. She tells everyone that she has no interest in fighting and has been traveling the world to promote peace. The kids also explain to her that they also prefer to avoid any fights when they can and mention that Gash’s bookkeeper, Kiyomaro, was a good person as well. Just as they tell her this, Kiyomaro barges into the room visibly furious, and orders Gash to come outside with him as he wants to fight the demon that had pushed him into the water earlier that day. Elle immediately realizes that he’s referring to Momon and becomes visibly worried about the situation at hand. When she looks over though, she sees Momon just outside of the glass door to the room, signaling for her to come outside. Elle tries to quietly gesture to Momon to leave but he’s soon noticed by Kiyomaro. Momon runs away but Kiyomaro chases after him with Elle and the others following behind.

While running, Elle tries to convince Kiyomaro that she and Momon were not there to fight and that they had never even met any other demons until today. Kiyomaro turns back to accuse her of lying but suddenly notices that Momon was behind Tio looking up her skirt. Tio becomes furious and both she and Kiyomaro are even more determined to catch Momon to punish him. Despite their best efforts, Momon continues to effortlessly evade them. After calming down a bit, Kiyomaro watches Tio chase after Momon and notices how Momon is easily able to dodge her movements without even looking. He then realizes that the reason why Momon is able to do this, and how he and Elle had never met any other demons, was because Momon is able to sense the location of other demons and uses this perception to continually avoid them. Kiyomaro relays this information to Tio and comes up with a plan where they would lure him into a trap where Kiyomaro could try to catch him as Momon would not be able to notice him since he’s human. This trap works to everyone’s surprise as Kiyomaro successfully catches him. Before Tio could finally punish Momon for his actions, Elle steps in and pleads with everyone to stop.

Elle does her best to apologize on behalf of Momon but this doesn’t go over well as Momon wasn’t truly reflecting on his actions. Before Tio could go after him again, Megumi arrives at the park just in time to help calm Tio down. Just as things finally seem to be resolved, Momon provokes Tio even further by holding up a pair of her underwear. Humiliated, Tio becomes completely engulfed in rage and her fury frightens everyone except Momon who refuses to let go of her underwear. Seeing no way that she can stop her, Megumi pulls out Tio’s spell book for the fight that’s about to occur.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Gash Bell
* Umagon
* Praying Mantis Joe
* Tio
* Hana Takamine
* Suzume Mizuno
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Megumi Oumi
* Ted (Flashback)
* Momon
* Elle Chivas
* Coral Q (Flashback)
* Naomi

### Locations

* Mochinoki City
	+ Takamine Residence
		- Kiyomaro’s Room
	+ Mochinoki Middle School
	+ Children’s Park

## Manga & Anime Differences

* In the anime, Kiyomaro walks home from school with Suzume while in the manga, he walks alone.
	+ Additionally, while Kiyomaro wears his short sleeve school uniform in the anime, he wears his blazer with his uniform in the manga.
* In the anime, Hana hangs Tio’s clothes outside which is where Momon would later find them. In the manga, Hana puts Tio’s clothes in one of the rooms of the house.
* In the anime, Elle, Gash, Tio, and Umagon speak with each other in the living room. In the manga, they appear to be sitting together in a guest room.
* In the anime, Megumi wears a white top and jeans while in the manga, she wears a sweater and shorts.