Iroha's Partner! Valhas DX of Friendship!

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**Iroha's Partner! Valhas DX of Friendship!** is the forty-first episode of Cap Revolution Bottleman DX. It first aired in Japan on TV Osaka on January 15, 2023.

## Content

### Summary

With high tension, Iroha finally gets his own partner! Its name is Valhas DX!! He appears with maximum of joy in front of Cota and Mitsuya. When Iroha claims himself to be the strongest in the town, Mitsuya can't stay silent! Let's decide it with a Bottle Battle!! Iroha VS Mitsuya! The Bottle Battle heats up with close battle that stimulates each other!! You can't win if you underestimate Iroha's ability after undergoing special training in secret!

### Plot

Watching a live broadcast of the latest official Bottle Battle event on his phone, Mitsuya still worries about his friend Santa. Cota checks on Mitsuya and asks for a match, but Mitsuya is too troubled to accept. Cota then shows Mitsuya a message from Tsubasa, who is challenging the reign of Team Citrus, in hopes to cheer Mitsuya up, but to no avail.

Suddenly, Iroha arrives in brimming excitement, much to Cota and Mitsuya's surprise. Mitsuya questions why Iroha is so upbeat in such a dire circumstance for BMA, to which Iroha replies in thrill with showing off his new partner Valhas DX. Unlike his usually modest disposition, Iroha gets more serious and confident, which prompts Mitsuya to challenge him.

With Cota as the judge, Iroha and Mitsuya begin a game of Bottle Snipe, with Mitsuya's targets being blue and Iroha's being red. After Mitsuya shouts at Cota to resume holding the match, he instantly misfires his first two shots into Iroha's target due to recklessness. Meanwhile, Iroha actually is able to focus on his own shots, and smugly boasts to the surprised Mitsuya that he has been strenuously training himself before receiving Valhas DX. Mitsuya decides to fix himself and man up by using Arrowcider DX's Arrow Grip Mode for an enhanced Cider Impact for two hits in one shot. Motivated by Mitsuya's progress, Iroha bothers to remove his glasses for once, only to keep floundering over his poor eyesight and lack of concentration caused by his itchy nose.

Resuming the match, Mitsuya activates Arrowcider DX's Arrow Barrel Mode, now tying with Iroha's score. Not wanting to lose to a double one-shot from Mitsuya, Iroha unleashes Valhas DX's Multi Tornado, thus becoming the victor of the match. Mitsuya is briefly upset about his loss, but then regains satisfaction of how fun the game was. Seeing his friend happy, Iroha is glad the match is able to motivate Mitsuya again.

Just as Cota wants to have a match with his two friends, a mailman passes by and gives him an envelope. As Cota opens the envelope, he realizes it not only contains Ponta's promised special rice ball recipes, but also a secret plan sheet Ponta designed for an improved Bottle Royale stage. It turns out Ponta still has everyone's happiness in mind with this proposed improvement on the Bottle Royale stage, and is sorry that he is unavailable for his friends right now. The letter also expresses his gratitude on having Cota as his closest friend for rekindling the passion he once lost.

Upon finishing reading the latter, Cota comes to a conclusion that the current Citrus isn't actually Ponta himself, to which Ryo, having just arrived alongside Roland and Seimei, steps in and adds that Ponta is in fact under control by the AI, much to Cota, Mitsuya and Iroha's flabbergast.

## Trivia

### In the episode

* Valhas DX debuts in this episode.
* This episode revealed Iroha can't concentrate nor see properly if he doesn't wear his glasses.
* Footages from Episode 39 where Team Citrus members are practicing Bottle Battling are reused during the beginning of this episode.
* Ponta's secret rice ball recipes, which were mentioned in episode 31, are actually about kelp rice balls and meat-wrapped rice balls, paired with orange juice.
* The scene in Iroha's flashback where Iroha uses Valhas DX's shot to break a boulder into half is a reference to a scene in Episode 3 of *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba*.
* The scene where the mailman delivers Ponta's package to Cota is a reference to a scene in the film *Back to the Future Part II*.

### Characters

*Note:* All characters are listed in order of their first appearances in the episode. The time they appear is the time from the Japanese dub.

## Gallery

### Title screens

#### Title Cards

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### References

1. ↑ Tweet by series director Itsuro Kawasaki