Gash Café 11

* Café Preview
* Volume Cover

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The eleventh edition of Gash Café was first released on December 3, 2018 along with the eleventh volume of the Konjiki no Gash!!: Full Version series by Makoto Raiku.

## Overview

This edition of Gash Café features Umagon, Riya, and Ropes as the main guests with their bookkeepers, Kafka Sunbeam, Alisher, and Apollo Genesis, as their servers.

## Summary

After they receive their food orders, Umagon, Riya, and Ropes all engage in conversation in their respective animal cries. Alisher asks Riya about how they're all able to communicate with each other like they're doing while Riya is also capable of communicating clearly with him as well. Riya explains that both Ropes and Umagon are still too young to be able to pronounce words properly and that all animal-like demons have a certain system of speaking which is why he's able to still talk and understand them in that manner. Sunbeam reflects on this by thinking back to his and Umagon's initial encounter with Caldio during their battle and figures that both Umagon and Caldio were able to understand each-other in the brief moments that they spoke. Apollo then brings up that he's only been able to understand about half of what Ropes says and that he had managed to learn Ropes' name through the use of a letter chart.

Umagon overhears the mention of a letter chart and tries to get Apollo's attention about it and Riya communicates this to him as well. Apollo would leave and bring back with him a letter chart and a pointer and both he and Ropes would help show Umagon how to use it. By pointing at each letter at a time, words and sentences can be constructed and Ropes demonstrates this by pointing at the letters that spell his name. Curious, Riya asks Umagon about what he needs to use it for and he learns from him that Sunbeam is completely unaware of Umagon's real name. Riya at the same time also wonders why Umagon had even accepted his nickname despite this. Umagon then gets Sunbeam's attention and everyone watches Umagon's movements closely as he points out to the different letters using his pointer.

Umagon was only able to word out the first part of his sentence, "My name is..." before stopping for a moment. Umagon is then shown to have been thinking back on the many memories he had made with Sunbeam during their battles and during times of leisure where they simply enjoyed each others company. Umagon remembers fondly the moments where Sunbeam had expressed to him how happy being with him makes him feel and that he cares about him deeply all while referring to him by his nickname. With this in mind, Umagon chooses not to tell Sunbeam his real name and instead finishes his sentence to say his name is Umagon. Riya ends up being surprised seeing this and wonders why Umagon didn't tell Sunbeam his real name. He soon understands as he continues to watch Umagon construct more sentences to tell Sunbeam that being called 'Umagon' by him makes him feel happy. His final clearly communicated words to Sunbeam is him thanking him for always being with him all this time and that above all he loves him. It is there Riya understands that Umagon had grown attached to being called 'Umagon' by Sunbeam and because of his own love for him, he had come to love being called 'Umagon' as a result. Sunbeam is then shown in tears with a smile on his face in reaction to Umagon's words and everyone gives Umagon a round of applause.

## Trivia

* This Gash Café is the first time Umagon has been given the opportunity to clearly communicate his thoughts to anyone at all especially Sunbeam.