Episode 99

**The Love and Youth of Monmon-Sensei. Kiyomaro’s Tragic Defeat** (*愛と青春のモンモン先生 清麿悲劇の惨敗,Ai to Seishun no Monmon-sensei Kiyomaro Higeki no Zanpai*) is the 99th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime and first aired in Japan on March 20, 2005. This episode is entirely filler and is not based on any chapters from the Konjiki no Gash!! Manga.

## Overview

Kiyomaro returns to class after his brief trip to Nara and sees that his history teacher, Toyama, is still determined to put an end to Kiyomaro’s high performing academic streak. In an elaborate scheme to finally give Kiyomaro a failing grade, Toyama enlists the help of his “secret weapon”, Monmon, a poetry teacher who is passionate about her ideas of love and youth.

## Plot

Suzume walks to Kiyomaro’s house in hopes of seeing him again after his brief trip to Nara. Suzume however first sees Gash and Umagon instead and talks with them until Kiyomaro leaves the house to start walking to school. As usual for him, Kiyomaro notices Gash and Umagon following him and tells them to stay behind. The two of them would try to follow Kiyomaro and Suzume quietly but fail as Kiyomaro runs away from them with Suzume. When the two of them get to school they are first greeted by Toyama, who seems to be unusually happy which causes Kiyomaro to become suspicious. As Kiyomaro and Suzume walk to class, Toyama quietly thinks to himself how he will finally get his revenge on Kiyomaro that day.

In class, Toyama announces that in celebration of Kiyomaro’s return, he will be distributing a pop quiz to everyone and has also prepared special problems for Kiyomaro to solve. Unlike previously, the problems that Kiyomaro was given to solve this time were ones that could be answered with an educated guess. To Toyama’s dismay, Kiyomaro does end up answering these questions correctly. It is then that Toyama announces that he has a “special weapon” that he is confident will end Kiyomaro’s high performing academic streak. Toyama then calls out for this secret weapon to enter the room and it is revealed to be Retsusai Monmon, the school’s newest Japanese language teacher. Her feminine appearance and seductive way of speaking infatuated most of the class except for Kiyomaro, who finds himself only feeling puzzled by this new teacher. After introducing herself to the class, Monmon lets everyone know that she will be giving a pop quiz to them later that day. She then leaves to allow Toyama to resume his history lesson.

During Monmon’s afternoon class, she begins by having the class read excerpts from a Japanese literature book aloud before discussing the meaning behind the text with them. This lesson however is quickly derailed as the majority of the students in her class are once again distracted by her charms and obsession for lovesickness. Kiyomaro notes to himself how Monmon was even able to cause Kaneko to become captivated by her as well. Later that day, Monomon finally announces the test she had mentioned earlier and explains to everyone that they are to write a haiku about their agonies of youth. Once everyone has finished, Monmon decides that she will grade haikus on the spot and calls on various students to read what they wrote. When she calls on Kiyomaro, he reads aloud his haiku about the breakfast he had that morning. Because the content of his haiku had nothing to do with the test’s prompt, Kiyomaro received a failing grade. Chaos in the classroom erupts upon hearing this news. Just outside of the classroom, Toyama laughs and celebrates the news that Kiyomaro had finally gotten his first failing grade.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Suzume Mizuno
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Umagon
* Gash Bell
* Sherie Belmondo (Flashback)
* Naomi
* Toyama
* Mamoru Iwashima
* Takeshi Kaneyama
* Hiroshi Yamanaka
* Retsusai Monmon
* Wife
* Mariko Nakamura
* Kaneko
* Suzuki

### Locations

* Mochinoki City
	+ Takamine Residence
	+ Mochinoki Middle School
	+ Children’s Park

## Censorship & Other Localization Differences

* Any scenes that focused solely on Monmon’s breasts were removed.
* A scene that originally showed Kaneko being pushed into Monmon’s breasts was removed and replaced by other recycled scenes.
* A scene that originally showed Monmon approaching and sitting on Kiyomaro’s desk to talk to him was removed.