Episode 102

**Disturbance in the Moonlight. The Fist of Friendship. Arth’s Finishing Blow!** (*月夜の動乱 友情の拳 アース一撃必殺!,Tsukiyomaro no Dōran Yūjo no Kobushi Āsu Ichigeki Hissatsu!*) is the 102nd episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime. This episode first aired in Japan on April 10, 2005.

## Overview

Gash and Kiyomaro are forced into a battle against Arth and Elly, who are there to eliminate Gash, who is the user of the spell, Baou Zakeruga. During the battle, Gash’s energy is drained by Arth’s sword causing him to be unable to continue fighting. Ted and Gide arrive just in time however to protect Gash and take over the battle for him.

## Plot

Ted and Gide arrive just in time to help Gash and Kiyomaro during their battle against Arth and Elly. Despite Gash being now too weak to continue fighting, Ted assures Gash he can leave the fighting to him then tells Arth that he will be his new opponent. After Elly casts *Borusen*, Arth lunges in Ted’s direction. Ted attempts to attack him head on but sees that he had only attacked an illusion. Arth appears behind him to attack Gash, but Ted makes it back in time to protect him again as soon as Gide has cast *Sekan Naguru*. Kiyomaro wonders why Gash was unusually physically weak after briefly fighting with Arth in his *Rauzaruku* form until he realizes that Arth’s sword possesses a unique ability to drain the energy of those it comes into contact with. Kiyomaro warns Ted of this but Ted remains confident that this will not stop him as he continues to push Arth back through hand-to-hand combat.

Arth then uses *Urusoruto* to match Ted’s speed as they fight. Ted continues to punch away at Arth’s sword until he finds himself unable to move due to the sword’s ability to drain his energy. As Arth swings his sword down onto Ted, Gide casts *Sāzu Naguru*. Ted disappears from Arth’s line of sight then reappears just behind him to deliver a powerful blow with his fist. As Kiyomaro and Gash watch from the sidelines, Gide tells them about Ted’s body enhancement spells. As power grade of each spell progressively increases, Gide must also build up his heart power to cast each spell. Because of Ted’s spells, it allows him to become faster and stronger than Arth’s sword is able to absorb. After some time, Arth questions Ted if he’s aware of the crisis that is occurring and explains that there are two threats that pose great danger to both the Human World and Demon World: a mysterious structure that suddenly appeared in the Human World and Gash’s *Baou Zakeruga*. Despite Arth’s warnings, Ted refuses to back down from the fight. Ted retorts that not only does he believe that there should be a way to eliminate the other threat that doesn’t involve Gash, but he will not allow him to harm Gash any further because he is his friend.

After Arth is knocked back by another powerful strike from Ted, Elly suddenly lets out a piercing scream and her spell book emits a powerful bright light. Elly apologizes to Arth for underestimating their opponents allowing him to get hurt. She then casts *Jerudo Ma Sorudo*, which causes a strange light to emit from Arth’s sword as he enters a defensive position with it. Unbeknownst to the others, this spell allows a barrier to spread to the radius of his sword's reach and anyone that steps past this barrier would be cut down in one swift blow. As Ted charges toward him, he steps past this invisible barrier, and Arth lands a direct attack on Ted. Ted writhes in pain from this and Arth repositions himself again, planning to finish their battle with one more attack. After seeing this, Gash forces himself to stand up again and asks for Kiyomaro to start coming up with a battle plan for them in order to save Ted. At the same time, Ted and Gide initially plan to wait and recover as it seemed that Arth could only attack if they approached him. Unexpectedly for them, Arth begins moving towards them quickly by shuffling his feet while maintaining his posture.

Just before Arth can get in range of Ted, Kiyomaro and Gash use *Zakeruga* to stop him. They then follow up this attack by using *Zaguruzemu* and aiming it towards Elly in order to force Arth to protect her using his sword. *Zaguruzemu* is then absorbed by his sword causing it to glow bright. Ted rushes toward Arth, causing Arth to once again use *Jerudo Ma Sorudo*. Arth swings his sword as soon as Ted gets in range of the attack, but misses as Ted had used a feint. Gash then distracts Arth using *Zakeruga* which allows Ted the opportunity to finally close in on him and strike. Gash attempts to also use *Zaguruzemu* to hit Arth but misses and *Zaguruzemu* instead hits a rock across the river from them. Just then, Gide tells them that he had finally gathered enough energy for their next spell. He then casts *Forusu Naguru*, and Ted’s speed and power dramatically increases allowing him to move faster than Arth is able to attack and corner him after delivering another powerful punch.

Elly comes to Arth’s side and tells him of a plan to use one of their more powerful spells as they are in a difficult situation against Ted’s increased power and speed as well as them being uncertain of *Zaguruzemu’s* effect on Arth’s sword and nearby rock. Because of this, they distance themselves from Ted and Gash and move to the other side of the river. Gash and Kiyomaro would then use *Baou Zakeruga* and Arth and Elly watch as *Baou Zakeruga* destroys the glowing rock. The two of them then figure out that *Zaguruzemu* is a spell that could support *Baou Zakeruga’s* power and they waste no time in using one of their most powerful spells to counter it. Elly casts *Barubarosu Sorudon* and the spell clashes with *Baou Zakeruga* briefly before being overpowered by it. Arth then instructs Elly to get back as he decides then to defend against Baou on his own without a spell.

Despite taking *Baou Zakeruga* head on, Gash’s group see that Arth was still standing. After studying Baou’s power, Elly decides that they should withdraw for the time being and quickly leave the area. Gash’s group also decide that their battle was now over as they not only do not have the energy to try and pursue Arth and Elly, but they already suspected that the two of them still had powerful spells that they had not shown off yet. Meanwhile from Arth and Elly’s perspective, Elly speaks with Arth about their battle and notes that *Baou Zakeruga* had yet to reach it’s true potential. Despite this, they found that seeing the way Gash and Ted were able to battle and their way of thinking would ultimately help them later with any future encounters with them. After having understood Baou, the two of them decide that the next thing that they will be investigating will be the other threat they are pursuing: Faudo.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Dufort
* Zeon
* Elly
* Arth
* Ted
* Gide
* Gash Bell
* Kiyomaro Takamine

### Locations

* Europe
* Faudo
* Japan
	+ Mochinoki City

## Spells by Appearance

* Borusen (Debut)
* Sekan Naguru (Debut)
* Gou Sorudo
* Urusoruto (Debut)
* Sāzu Naguru (Debut)
* Jerudo Ma Sorudo (Debut)
* Zakeruga
* Zaguruzemu
* Forusu Naguru (Debut)
* Baou Zakeruga
* Barubarosu Sorudon (Debut)

## Manga & Anime Differences

* Kiyomaro’s attire seen during his battle against Arth differs between the anime and the manga. In the anime, he wears a denim jacket with his sweater and jeans whereas in the manga, he wears a buttoned coat instead.
* In the manga, Kiyomaro intentionally uses *Zaguruzemu* on rocks in the river to link up and make *Baou Zakeruga* more powerful while also pretending as if his attacks were missing Arth. In the anime, due to how out of order it is with the events in the manga, Kiyomaro had yet to learn this strategy of linking *Zaguruzemu* shots and would only hit one rock in the river with this spell by accident.

## Censorship and Other Localization Differences

* Redness that was seen on Ted’s torso after taking a direct hit from Arth’s *Jerudo Ma Sorudo* was edited out in the VIZ localization.