Episode 85

**Lost Sherie. An Unbreakable Bond!** (*迷えるシェリー断ち切れぬ絆!,Mayoeru Sherī Tachikirenu Kizuna!*) is the 85th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime. This episode first aired in Japan on December 5th, 2004.

## Overview

Sherie reunites with her best friend Coco for the first time ever since the fateful day Zofis had begun manipulating Coco’s heart. By controlling Coco during their battle, Zofis toys with Sherie’s emotions in order to make her believe that Coco was never truly her friend.

## Plot

In the middle of the volcanic fields, Sherie reunites with Coco for the first time since she had last seen her long ago when Zofis began manipulating her heart. After Brago and Zofis’s first spells clash, Zofis remarks that Brago and Sherie’s spell does not have the same usual power behind it. It is then that Coco tries to convince Sherie that she is not being controlled by Zofis and that she is acting of her own free will. Sherie however adamantly refuses to accept this as truth despite it visibly paining her to hear Coco say these things. Seeing how shaken up Sherie was as she listens to Coco’s words, Brago attempts to attack Coco on his own but is stopped when Zofis attacks him using *Rondo Radomu*. When Brago returns to Sherie’s side, Sherie tries to reassure him by acknowledging Zofis’ plan to try and mislead her and weaken her strength from within. Though Sherie is aware of this plan, she’s unable to hide her discomposure and Brago notes this as a sign that her power to cast spells is growing weaker little by little.

In another attempt to toy with Sherie, Zofis tells her that she does not truly understand Coco’s feelings and claims that Coco had been harboring a deep hatred for her all this time. Reacting to this, Sherie casts *Dioga Gurabidon* but the spell would prove to be ineffective against Zofis as he uses only a shield spell to protect himself. He would then take Coco by his side to use her as a shield for when Brago and Sherie attack again. Not long after this, Brago and Zofis would clash spells once again. As Brago’s *Oruga Reisu* and Zofis’ *Oruga Radomu* collide, Coco tries to convince Sherie that she was never her friend by stating that although she had saved her from drowning in the river as a child, she had grown a deep hatred for her due to their drastically different socioeconomic statuses and how inferior she felt to her in many other areas in life. The hatred that was evident in Coco’s voice would eventually cause her spell power to overpower Sherie’s. Just as Zofis and Coco attack again, Brago and Sherie show they still had enough strength to launch a counterattack to protect themselves. It is there that Sherie finally laughs and tells Zofis that she is aware that Coco’s words were lies as she recalls how often Coco smiled whenever they were together. Though Sherie sees through this ruse, Zofis would show her that he has one final ace up his sleeve.

After Zofis sets Coco down on top of a tall rocky formation, Coco tries to get Sherie’s attention again by bringing up a specific incident that occurred during Sherie’s 10th birthday party. Coco recalls that during the party, a thief broke into her home and stole a necklace which was one of her family’s precious heirlooms. She continues by mentioning that at the crime scene, Sherie’s handkerchief was found on the floor which led her family to believe that Sherie was the culprit. For the next few years after this incident, the darkest period of Sherie’s life began and Coco claims it was her who planted the handkerchief there as she wanted to make Sherie suffer. Sherie refuses to accept this but Coco reminds her that not only was the culprit never caught, Coco was also taught how to open the lock to the room the necklace was kept in by her. Finally, to truly prove her point, Coco pulls out the same necklace that was stolen from Sherie’s family. As Sherie finally breaks down in tears seeing this, Coco casts *Dioga Teoradomu*. Even as the spell quickly approaches Sherie and Brago, Sherie finds herself unable to cast any spells. Brago is then forced to use his body to take the impact of the spell in order to protect Sherie and his *spell book*.

As the dust settles, Sherie sees how badly injured Brago is after taking on Zofis’ attack directly. Just as she tries to speak to him, Brago hits her across the face in anger. He then grabs her by the collar to yell at her for being unable to fight anymore. Finally, he leaves her to be as he decides that he will continue the battle on his own regardless of his injuries. Even as Sherie tries to recite spells to help him, she still sees she’s unable to draw out any power to cast them. As she helplessly watches Brago be attacked by Zofis, Sherie tries to plead with Zofis to not harm Brago if she offers him his spell book. Zofis however refuses this as he expresses how much he prefers to continue making Brago suffer instead. Frustrated again with Sherie, Brago points out how easily Sherie was ready to give up on everything after only hearing Coco’s hateful words. Sherie tries to respond telling him that she still wants to believe that everything she heard was a lie that Zofis had made her say but she began to doubt herself when she saw the necklace in Coco’s hands. As she cries, one of the rings she was wearing suddenly cracks. As she looks at it, she remembers that those rings were a gift that Coco had made for her. When thinking about them, she suddenly finds herself back at her 10th birthday party where she had received them from Coco.

During this moment, Sherie sees a young Coco give her those rings as a birthday present. As Coco shows her the gift, Coco explains that the rings are made of wood in order to help ward away demons and other evil spirits as she believes that hardships are caused by those things playing tricks on them. She concludes by telling Sherie that she should wear those rings whenever she needs help or is in pain. Coco then gives Sherie the two rings, one with a sun symbol and one with a moon symbol, to protect herself during the day and night. Sherie then remembers that she had put those rings on when she had resolved to join the battle as a way to ensure she doesn’t lose to any pain she has to endure. At that moment, Sherie realizes that when Coco had told her to look up at her as she was showing the necklace, Coco was actually trying to have her look at her earrings which had a moon and sun symbol just like her rings. Just as Sherie finally understood everything, she suddenly hears Coco’s true inner voice trying to call out to her for help.

Just as Coco and Zofis use *Digan Teoradomu* to end the battle, Sherie returns to the battle to fight alongside Brago as she has regained the strength to cast spells again. Sherie casts *Baberuga Gurabidon* which nullifies Zofis’ spell while also injuring Zofis’ arm as it was within the spell’s range. After casting the spell, Sherie apologizes to Brago for what had happened and swears to him she will become his strength in the battle. As Sherie looks at Coco, she makes a resolve that she will no longer be led astray by Zofis and to save Coco no matter what.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Coco
* Brago
* Sherie Belmondo
* Zofis
* Sherie’s Mother (Flashback)
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Gash Bell
* Wonrei
* Lien
* Canchome
* Folgore
* Dr. Riddles
* Megumi Oumi
* Tio
* Umagon
* Kafka Sunbeam
* Albert
* Leila
* Uluru
* Alvin

### Spells by Appearance

* Gigano Reisu
* Teoradomu (Debut)
* Rondo Radomu
* Dioga Gurabidon
* Gigarado Shirudo
* Oruga Reisu (Debut)
* Oruga Radomu (Debut)
* Gigano Radomu (Debut)
* Dioga Teoradomu (Debut)
* Radomu
* Digan Teoradomu (Debut)
* Baberuga Gurabidon

## Censorship & Other Localization Differences

* Details such as blood from injuries are cleaned up from characters in the VIZ localization but other things such as scratches and clothing tears are usually left alone. All bleeding and blood stains seen on Brago and Sherie would be cleaned up in the VIZ localization.
* Scenes that originally showed Sherie jumping into the river and her in the water were replaced with scenes that only showed her staring down into the water.
* A flashing screen plays over during the moment of impact during a scene where Brago hits Sherie.