Konjiki no Gash!! Chapter 61

**Kiyomaro’s Strength** (清麿の強さ , *Kiyomaro no Tsuyosa*) is the 61st chapter of Makoto Raiku's Konjiki no Gash!!. This chapter was originally released in Japan as part of volume 7 on October 18, 2002.

## Plot

Just as it seemed Ropes had stopped Gash and Kiyomaro in place from getting their spell book back, Kiyomaro jumps in and takes his spell book back while Ropes flies back to Apollo. As they recover their spell book, Apollo casts *Riguron* and Ropes hurls several large boulders toward Gash and Kiyomaro. The pair defend against this spell by casting *Rashirudo*, but just before the boulders are launched back, Apollo takes Ropes and he runs away from the incoming attack. Kiyomaro is shocked to see this as Apollo had not seen that spell before and doesn’t know how Apollo could have already figured out its effect. Desperate to end the battle quickly, Kiyomaro resorts to casting Gash’s most powerful spell, *Baou Zakeruga*. Kiyomaro shouts the spell aloud but nothing happens.

Kiyomaro struggles to figure out why the spell had not worked and Apollo expresses his disappointment with what had just happened. Apollo then goes on to cast *Riguron* again and while Kiyomaro tries to dodge the incoming attacks, he finds himself completely unsure of what he can do to defeat him. Just as he’s trying to think of a plan, he looks up to see a boulder coming straight towards him and becomes frozen in place. Luckily, Gash manages to protect Kiyomaro by jumping in and knocking away the boulder using just his shoulder. Gash checks to see if Kiyomaro is okay before then asking Kiyomaro to tell him what he needs to do in order to win the battle. Realizing that Gash is depending on him to think of a winning strategy, Kiyomaro reaffirms to himself that he and Gash are capable of winning the battle and that he cannot allow himself to be intimidated by Apollo. Kiyomaro apologizes to Gash for momentarily losing his confidence but expresses that he is committed to helping him through the battle as he had promised to make him the next king. Suddenly, Kiyomaro shouts at the top of his lungs, which surprises everyone on the battlefield. He then looks towards Apollo with confidence in his eyes, ready for the real battle to soon begin.

Kiyomaro casts *Zakeru* near Apollo’s feet which creates a thick smoke around him. Apollo casts *Riguron* but at the same time, Kiyomaro appears from the smoke and tries to grab Apollo’s spell book. Ropes uses his spell to grab Kiyomaro’s leg and fling him away. Gash would also suddenly appear behind Apollo and Kiyomaro casts *Zakeru* in an attempt to attack him directly but Ropes lifts Apollo away from the lightning attack. As the teams continue to fight, Apollo observes how synchronized Gash and Kiyomaro are in battle and how the two of them desire victory at any cost. Apollo also notes to himself that the power coming from Gash and Kiyomaro’s spell book appears to grow stronger the more they fight. Just then, Kiyomaro aims toward Ropes and Gash attacks him directly using *Zakeru*. Ropes is electrocuted and collapses to the ground.

Apollo rushes over to his partner but Ropes manages to force himself to stand back up to keep fighting. While looking at Ropes, Apollo thinks to himself about how he had told Kiyomaro earlier about how he personally had no interest in the battle to decide king and what Kiyomaro asked him earlier if he was doing the right thing. After wondering about this, Apollo tells Ropes he wants to help him become the next king. After this, Apollo casts Ropes’ strongest spell, *Dino Rigunoon* and Ropes uses numerous large iron hooks to lift a massive boulder up into the air. Seeing that this is Apollo and Ropes’ final attack, Kiyomaro prepares himself to use his strongest spell too.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Gash Bell
* Ropes
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Apollo Genesis
* Jem (Flashback)
* Yopopo (Flashback)
* Kikuropu (Flashback)

### Spells by Appearance

* Riguron
* Rashirudo
* Zakeru
* Dino Rigunoon (Debut)