Episode 92

**My Dear Kid. Dr. Riddles’ Renewed Vow** (*我が心のキッド ナゾナゾ博士新たなる誓い,Waga Kokoro no Kiddo Nazonazo Hakase Aratanaru Chikai*) is the 92nd episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime and first aired in Japan on January 30, 2005. While this episode features some moments originally adapted from the Konjiki no Gash!! Manga, this episode is mostly filler.

## Overview

Dr. Riddles becomes withdrawn as he struggles to find closure over losing Kid. Worried for Dr. Riddles, The Majestic 12 try to find ways to cheer him up but find no success in their attempts. When Canchome and Folgore pay a surprise visit to Dr. Riddles, they learn about his situation and they offer their help in order to bring Dr. Riddles out of his depression.

## Plot

On a sunny afternoon, Gash and Umagon spend most of their time crafting a new Vulcan 300 to play with. Tio would make a surprise visit to play with them only to see that the two of them are engrossed in their arts and crafts. When Tio takes out her own Vulcan to show to them however, the three of them would finally play together with her. At the same time elsewhere, Dr. Riddles sits in isolation in his large estate appearing withdrawn and unlike his usual self. Big Boing brings him one his favorite meals hoping it would encourage him to eat but Dr. Riddles refuses this and she leaves to let the rest of the Majestic 12 know what happened. All of them then express concern over Dr. Riddles’ mental state as he had still yet to find closure over losing Kid. Though they all wish to cheer him up somehow, they find themselves at a loss on what they could do to help.

During the night, Dr. Riddles sits alone thinking about his various memories of Kid. His thoughts would be interrupted however when he hears he has guests. These guests are revealed to be Canchome and Folgore who decided to pay a surprise visit to Dr. Riddles during their trip to America. Dr. Riddles puts on a smile for his guests and thanks them for coming to visit. Though Dr. Riddles tries to act as he normally would, Canchome and Folgore already notice that something seems off about him in the way he speaks. Before they could think further about things, dinner was served to the three of them. Just as Folgore was about to dig in, he accidentally drops his spoon. His spoon is then pulled under the dining table and when Folgore goes to investigate this, he sees the rest of the Majestic 12 all hiding underneath the table. It’s there that they ask Folgore to help cheer up Dr. Riddles as he had not been the same since he had returned from South America. Folgore then realizes that Dr. Riddles’ depression is likely caused by the fact he had lost Kid during their mission there. Wanting to help him in his own way, Folgore would start singing and the rest of the Majestic 12 would join him in his performance. Unfortunately for them, Dr. Riddles does not react to this and instead informs everyone that he would be retiring to his room.

Though the performance was a failure, Folgore suddenly comes up with a new idea and shares this with everyone. Canchome reacts to this plan with deep concern over how Dr. Riddles will react if he finds out about it. Folgore reassures him that the purpose of this plan is to help cheer up Dr. Riddles and it would be their best option to make this happen. After Canchome agrees to this, Folgore casts *Poruku* and Canchome transforms himself to appear like Kid. Now disguised, Canchome slowly enters the room Dr. Riddles had retreated into and nervously calls for his attention. When Dr. Riddles looks at him, he becomes surprised to see Kid again and wonders how this reunion could be possible. Though Canchome struggles to answer this, Dr. Riddles ultimately decides it doesn't matter and tells “Kid” to sit on his shoulder like he always did. From the otherside of the door to this room, Folgore and the rest of the Majestic 12 witness Dr. Riddles smiling and laughing again for the first time in what felt like forever to them.

Canchome and Dr. Riddles would then go outside where Dr. Riddles would begin to reminisce about their many journeys together when they were first recruiting teams to prepare against Zofis’ army of ancient demons. He starts off by recollecting their experience in battling against Tio and Megumi and helping them learn and understand their two recently acquired spells. He would then move on to talk about some of the initial difficulties they had in finding allies to fight alongside them for the upcoming battles and when they had first discovered Zofis’ army when they had secretly investigated the ruins. During one night, Kid had expressed to Dr. Riddles how pessimistic he was about their odds of winning given how they found no success in recruiting any allies to join their team. Though Dr. Riddles can see how difficult their situation was, he mentions to Kid the idea of not losing sight of “the light”, a symbol of hope, and that it was important to keep this light strong as holding onto this hope allows a person to continue to push forward. At the time of first hearing this, Kid was unable to understand Dr. Riddles’ perspective and went to sleep that night feeling both defeated and frustrated with things.

The next day, Dr. Riddles and Kid returned to ruins to do some further investigating until they suddenly see that the ancient demons there already have bookkeepers. Just before they could leave, they are suddenly found by one of the ancient demons there and their bookkeeper and they’re soon forced into battle against them. Dr. Riddles and Kid appear to be at a disadvantage during the battle as they continue to be repeatedly attacked directly by the enemy team. Despite everything however, Kid’s spell book glows bright in Dr. Riddles’ hands. Though Kid was still filled with fear of their desperate situation, Dr. Riddles teaches him that situations like this are why they must continue to have hope even in the face of despair. He then reminds Kid of what will happen to Kid’s world if they allow the ancient demons to win and he emphasizes to him how he refuses to allow such a fate to happen. Kid would then finally understand the importance of the light of hope and together they defeat their enemy and destroy their spell book. Some time after the battle when they returned to town, Kid’s attitude towards their mission of recruiting allies had drastically changed as he was suddenly eager to continue their search.

Just as Dr. Riddles wraps up his stories, he suggests to Canchome, still disguised as Kid,  that it was about time that he returned to the Demon World. Canchome agrees with this and he tells Dr. Riddles how glad he was to see that he was feeling better just before he left. As Canchome heads off, Dr. Riddles quietly thanks Canchome and Folgore for helping him as he truly did feel better from this experience. The next day, Dr. Riddles gets dressed to meet with Apollo that day. Before he leaves, he sees that he had a package delivered to him from Japan. In Apollo’s helicopter, he opens the package and discovers that Gash had crafted a special Vulcan that resembles Kid. Apollo sees this and mentions to him he had also received a similar gift from Tio where his Vulcan resembled Ropes. After sharing this small talk, Apollo brings up an important matter at hand that he wanted to discuss with Dr. Riddles. Dr. Riddles responds by saying that they were to only collect information for now but the issue that they’re currently investigating appears to be one in which it would affect both their world and the Demon World.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Parco Folgore
* Canchome
* Gash Bell
* Umagon
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Hana Takamine
* Tio
* Dr. Riddles
* The Majestic 12
* Kid
* Megumi Oumi
* Vincent Barry
* Gustav
* Byonko
* Alvin
* Kamac (Debut)
* Raion (Debut)
* Apollo

### Locations

* Japan
	+ Mochinoki City
		- Takamine Residence
			* Kiyomaro’s Room
* South America
	+ Devolo Ruins

## Spells by Appearance

* Poruku
* Saifojio
* Ganzu Zegaru
* Giga Ra Seushiru
* Zegaruga
* Gigara Rerudo (Debut)
* Rājia Zerusen
* Gigano Bireido
* Ganzu Dezuru
* Koburuku
* Gigano Zegaru

## Manga & Anime Differences

* All appearances Gash, Umagon, Kiyomaro, Hana, Tio, and Apollo have in this episode is entirely filler as none of them have any involvement during these events in the manga.
* The manga shows an additional scene with Dr. Riddles, Kid, Megumi, and Tio where they would talk about the impending threat of Zofis’ army of ancient demons.
	+ Similarly, an additional scene in the manga shows Kamac telling Dr. Riddles and Kid that a small group of ancient demons led by Patie were on their way to attack Gash. This would then lead to Dr. Riddles to call Tio and Megumi to request that they help Gash and Kiyomaro. These events would not be seen in the anime.
* Kamac’s only known spell according to the official data books is Gigara Rerudo. In the anime, in addition to this spell, Kamac is shown to also know *Gigano Bireido* and *Ganzu Dezuru*

## Censorship & Other Localization Differences

* Scenes that depict sexual graphics or language end up being edited over from the original Japanese airing to the English localization. In this episode, the song that Folgore originally sings, "Chi Chi wo Moge!", was changed to VIZ’s “Hey Hey Lets Dance All Day!”
* Scenes that featured Big Boing were heavily edited to reduce her breast size and cover her chest. In some instances, scenes that had her at all were either removed or replaced altogether.
* In the original Japanese episode, the fried rice that was served to Canchome and Folgore originally had peas on it arranged in a way to make the servings of fried rice appear like breasts. In the VIZ localization, the suggestive shape of the rice is kept the same but the peas were removed.
* 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 seen on Dr. Riddles would be cleaned up in the VIZ localization.