Episode 144

**We Are Kings. Canchome and Momon. Defeat Keith!** (ぼくらは王様 キャンチョメとモモン 倒せキース!*, Bokura wa Ōsama Kyanchome to Momon Taose Kīsu!*) is the 144th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime and first aired in Japan on February 12, 2006. Events that occur in this episode and the remainder of the anime’s Faudo arc are entirely anime exclusive and do not follow the events that occur in the manga.

## Overview

Arth’s group encounters Keith upon entering the next room on their way to Faudo’s control room. At this point however, Canchome and Momon are the only demons left who are able to fight Keith as both Umagon and Karudio are still exhausted from their previous battle and Arth’s power must be saved for when he reaches the control room. While Folgore is able to keep Keith distracted long enough to allow Elly and Arth to sneak away from fighting, him and the rest of his group are left to handle Keith on their own.

## Plot

While on their way to Faudo’s control room, Arth’s group stop just behind the door leading to another room where they are able to hear Beethoven’s music playing from the other side. When peaking into the room, they see Keith singing gibberish in the middle of a large concert hall. Upon entering the room, Keith welcomes everyone to his concert hall before going on to call upon Riou to adjust the bass response in the room to improve the quality of his performance for the group. Once this was done, Keith readied himself to take on the group in a battle. Canchome haphazardly goes up to challenge Keith in a sing off but Folgore stops him before he is able to provoke him. He then goes on to remind Canchome that they’re not able to fight Keith all at once as a group as Arth’s power was necessary for when he reaches the control room and that both Umagon and Karudio were still exhausted from their previous battle. The two of them then realize that the only ones left who can take on Keith at full power was Canchome himself as well as Momon.

In an attempt to keep Keith distracted, Folgore asks Keith if he can perform his music for the group once again and Keith does so. While Keith is busy performing, Arth’s group try to sneak away but they’re quickly caught when Berun informs Keith of what they were doing. Keith demands to know where they were going and Folgore quickly comes up with the excuse that Arth and Elly had to use the bathroom in order to allow them to get away and keep heading towards the control room. Arth and Elly then leave while the rest of the group stays behind to continue keeping Keith occupied while they get away. Folgore then goes on to encourage Keith to chat with them about Beethoven and how Keith had discovered his singing talent. Keith decides to tell the group about this and invites them to sit down with him and enjoy some potato tempura. He then goes on to talk about his experience in working part time at a Japanese restaurant cooking potato tempura. He describes how listening to Beethoven’s music while working ended up improving his cooking ability and how inspired Beethoven’s music made him feel.

After Keith finishes his story, Keith becomes suspicious of Arth and Elly’s whereabouts as he finally notices that they had been gone for a while. Before he could think further about this, Elle chimes in to ask Keith a question but she unintentionally upsets him when she inquires why Keith’s singing to Beethoven’s music sounded like nonsense. Keith and Elle then enter a sing off with each other where Keith finds himself utterly defeated when Elle demonstrates that she’s able to sing to one of Beethoven’s symphonies perfectly. Keith becomes enraged and decides then he’ll finally take on the group in a fight. Folgore looks to Sunbeam and Sauza for help with this but hear that neither of them have the energy to cast any spells. Keith then suddenly extends his spring arm forward to attack but Momon is able to stop them in place by extending his own arms by using *Amuron*. Keith and Momon’s hands stopping each other then leads to the two of them swinging their arms in a jumprope-like motion. This then leads to Canchome, Folgore, Elle, and Berun playing jumprope while Keith and Momon were swinging their arms.

Keith is briefly distracted by this but quickly stops himself in order to resume fighting seriously. Folgore checks in with Sunbeam and Sauza again to see if they’re feeling up to fighting again but both of them were still feeling exhausted. Momon attempts to attack Keith from behind but is easily knocked back by him. Canchome then resorts to using his *Dima Buruku* spell which previously was effective against Keith but Keith effortlessly defeats all of the clones created by this spell. Seeing that Canchome and Momon were at a severe disadvantage against Keith, Sauza and Sunbeam finally join in the battle to use what little energy they had left to help fight. They both cast *Gou Gidoruku* and *Gou Shudoruku* respectively and Karudio and Umagon charge in to attack. While they focus on fighting Keith, Momon tells everyone his plan to act as a decoy to draw Keith’s attention while Canchome can focus on getting Keith’s spell book. Despite the danger this puts him in, Momon is set on going through with this plan as he believes he does not have the power to become king himself but meeting Gash and the others helped him realize that he can instead fight for everyone else instead.

Just as Elle and Momon were about to initiate this plan, Canchome stops Momon and pleads for him to not throw himself away like this. Canchome sympathizes with Momon’s feelings of not feeling qualified he could become king but expresses later realized he really could when he finally started fighting and assures Momon that he is capable of becoming king if he doesn’t give up. Momon then starts to cry as he admits to Canchome he does truly want to become king. The two of them then share the last of Canchome’s sweets that he had brought with him and talk about the kind of world they’d like to create if they became king. Feeling more determined than ever to win, Canchome and Momon team up to defeat Keith together. Despite still being at a disadvantage against Keith who possesses powerful spells, the two do their best in finding ways to attack Keith while also withstanding his attacks. Just as Keith was about to use his most powerful spell against them, Barry and Gustav suddenly appear and interrupt the fight.

Keith is excited to see his old rival again but Barry makes it evident that he was looking for Gash instead of him. Barry becomes disappointed that the strong demonic energy he was sensing wasn’t from Gash and decides to leave to look for him. Keith however tries to stop Barry by attacking him and the two quickly engage in battle with each other. While Keith was occupied with fighting Barry now, Folgore’s group used this opportunity to sneak away. Meanwhile from the perspective of Kiyomaro’s group, they briefly encounter Papipurio and Rupa while on their way to the control room. Papipurio attempts to stop the group by using *Dareido* but the spell is reflected back towards him when Tio blocks it using *Seushiru*. After dealing with them, the group continue walking down a long hallway before suddenly Ted picks up on Cherish’s scent. He then dashes down the hallway, eager to finally see her again after searching for so long.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Ted
* Gide
* Gash Bell
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Alishie
* Riya
* Lien
* Megumi Oumi
* Tio
* Zaruchim
* Laoxing Mo
* Riou
* Canchome
* Parco Folgore
* Elle Chivas
* Momon
* Kafka Sunbeam
* Umagon
* Arth
* Elly
* Sauza
* Karudio
* Keith
* Berun
* Vincent Barry
* Gustav
* Unko Tintin
* Leopardon Papipurio
* Rupa
* Cherish

### Spells by Appearance

* Amu Ginisu (Flashback)
* Amuron
* Amu Garuginisu
* Aguraruku
* Dima Buruku
* Gigano Ginisu
* Gou Garuginisu
* Dioga Ginisudon (Flashback)
* Gou Gidoruku
* Gou Shudoruku
* Ora Norojio
* Poruku
* Ganzu Ginisu
* Zonisu
* Doruzonisu
* Dareido
* Seushiru