Konjiki no Gash!! Chapter 33

**A Mother’s Thoughts** (母の思い, *Haha no Omoi*) is the 33rd chapter of Makoto Raiku's Konjiki no Gash!!. This chapter was originally released in Japan as part of volume 4 on January 18, 2002.

## Plot

While running through town, Gash and Granny Anan finally introduce themselves to each other. Granny Anan tells Gash about her son, Tadashi, who lives in town and a letter he had wrote to her recently. In Tadashi’s letter, he writes that he had met a woman named Hiromi who he plans on marrying soon and Granny Anan expresses that she’d like to be able to meet her. The pair visit the local police department to see if they can find any leads about Hiromi but the police aren’t able to help them as they don’t have any information about Hiromi except her first name. Later on, Gash and Granny Anan sit together wondering what they can do now if they have no leads. Gash looks down and notices how worn down her footwear was and asks if she walked all the way to town from where he lived. Granny Anan tells him that she had walked over three mountains but claims it wasn’t that far before going on to say that she wants to be able to meet her only son’s wife without letting him know. Gash thinks about this for a moment before asking her if she knows where her son lived and if she can take him there.

At Tadashi’s apartment, Gash finds a towel that has Hiromi’s scent and uses this to help Granny Anan find Hiromi. While they continue the search for Hiromi, Gash asks Granny Anan what she’ll do when she meets her. Granny Anan thinks about this but tells him that she hopes Hiromi is nice as she cares deeply about her only son. Gash then asks what she would do if it turns out Hiromi isn’t nice andGranny Anan responds saying that if Hiromi looks like someone who could ruin Tadashi’s life, wearing tacky jewelry and has dyed hair, she claims she’ll beat her up. Gash is shocked to hear this and tries to tell her not to do this but Granny Anan laughs it off saying that it was just a joke. Soon after this, Gash realizes that Hiromi is very close by and points her out. When Gash gets a good look at Hiromi though, he realizes that she fits Granny Anan’s exact physical description of what she thought a person that would ruin Tadashi’s life would look like. Granny Anan then suddenly appears to become enraged and begins running toward the bus that Hiromi was getting on to.

Gash runs after Granny Anan hoping to stop her from trying to hurt Hiromi but he ends up running into the bus itself when it stops at a red light. After being unconscious for some time, Gash wakes up on a bench at the park and sees Granny Anan talking with Hiromi. When Granny Anan holds her fist out to Hiromi, Gash thinks she’s about to hurt her and tries to stop her. When Granny Anan opens her fist, she shows Hiromi an old ring that was given to her when she was married. She gives the ring to Hiromi and tells her to take good care of her son and the two share an emotional hug. As Gash watches this moment, he thinks to himself how Granny Anan had believed in her son’s decision from the beginning and wished for nothing but her son’s happiness. Gash is emotionally touched by seeing this display of love and wonders to himself if a caring mother like that exists for him too. As the day comes to an end, Gash eventually returns home. Kiyomaro asks what he had been doing that day. Gash simply responds by saying he just spent the day playing.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Gash Bell
* Granny Anan
* Kiyomaro Takamine

### Locations

* Mochinoki City
* Takamine Residence

## Censorship & Other Localization Differences

* In the original Japanese chapter, Gash thinks to himself about a mother’s feelings when he watches Granny Anan give Hiromi her wedding ring. In the VIZ localization interestingly, this moment was slightly changed to make it seem as if Granny Anan and Gash were speaking with each other.