Episode 90

**We’re Home...and then a Hurricane Test Battle** (*ただいま...そして嵐のテストバトル,Tadaima... Soshite Arashi no Tesuto Batoru*) is the 90th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime. This episode first aired in Japan on January 16, 2005. While this episode features some moments originally adapted from the Konjiki no Gash!! Manga, this episode is mostly filler.

## Overview

Kiyomaro returns to school after a long absence and many of his classmates are happy to see him again. Due to missing many class days however, Kiyomaro ended up scoring a low grade on a test for the first time as it had included questions from lectures he missed. Kiyomaro brings this issue up to Toyama, his history teacher who’s intent on failing Kiyomaro any chance he gets. Using Kiyomaro’s absences to his advantage, Toyama announces a new test that would only be solvable for those who had paid attention to his lectures and Kiyomaro’s academic pride is on the line once again.

## Plot

Kiyomaro, Gash, Umagon, and Hana enjoy a leisurely breakfast together for the first time since Kiyomaro and the others had returned from their recent trip to the ruins. Before Kiyomaro heads to school, Sunbeam pays a brief visit to pick up Umagon to spend the day with him. After the two of them leave, Gash would then insist he follow Kiyomaro to school as Umagon had left. Like usual, Kiyomaro would refuse to allow this but Gash would protest this decision anyhow. As Kiyomaro chases Gash on the way to school, Suzume sees him and tries to catch up in order to welcome him back home. As Gash dashes off in the direction of the school, he stumbles down the road and accidentally throws his Vulcan 300 on top of a truck. The truck drives off and Gash would run after it in hopes of retrieving his Vulcan. At the same time, Suzume makes multiple attempts to get Kiyomaro’s attention but fails as other classmates would come and greet Kiyomaro both on the way and at school.

Class at school would soon begin as Toyama entered the classroom to call everyone to their seats. When Toyama notices Kiyomaro, he briefly welcomes him back after his long absence before then handing out a pop quiz to spite Kiyomaro for missing his classes. As Kiyomaro begins working on the test, Gash and a swarm of yellowtail fish burst through the windows of the class. Kiyomaro is then ordered by Toyama to take Gash out of the classroom which costs him some time to work on the test. Just as Kiyomaro returns and continues his work with the time he has left, Wife enters the classroom to deliver a lunchbox she prepared for Nakata, her husband and the homeroom teacher for the class. Since Nakata wasn’t there, Toyama requests that Kiyomaro take Wife to him. Kiyomaro initially refuses this until Suzume volunteers to do so. Remembering Suzume’s ability to easily get lost, Kiyomaro reluctantly leaves the class to help Wife instead.

Back in class again, Kiyomaro frantically tries to finish his test with what little time he has left. All is well until Kiyomaro reaches the final question to which he finds himself unable to answer. This question would ultimately be left blank as time runs out for him. The next day, Kiyomaro received his graded test and discovered he had earned a 70% which was a less than ideal score for him as Kiyomaro had always performed exceptionally well in his academics. Kiyomaro would desperately try to get rid of this test sheet but his classmates would discover it anyway and the news surprises everyone. Suzume would ask him about this and reveal that she had scored the same points as him. When Kiyomaro looks at her test sheet, he sees that she did answer the one question he missed. Toyama then takes the opportunity to emphasize to Kiyomaro the importance of class attendance as he explains that he intentionally created a test that would include questions from the lectures that Kiyomaro missed. Toyama would also mention that his motivation to do this was because he was bothered that Kiyomaro had always received perfect scores.

Furious with this, Kiyomaro insults Toyama by calling him the worst teacher. In response, Toyama decides that he’ll give a test the next day that would only contain material covered while Kiyomaro was absent but suggests that he may tell him what it would be if Kiyomaro apologizes. Kiyomaro refuses to do so which now leaves him in a position where he won’t be able to properly prepare for the test. Suzume however gladly offers him her notes to help him study and so do some of his other classmates. Though he appreciates the gesture, Kiyomaro finds himself unable to use their notes as none of them were helpful to refer to. Kiyomaro would try to ask Kaneko for his notes knowing that he always performs well on academics but he refuses as this was the first time he finally scored higher than Kiyomaro. Not willing to give up in his search for notes, Kiyomaro goes around the classroom to politely ask his other classmates for help and many of them gladly provide him with their materials to study with.

The next day arrives and Toyama hands out the tests to everyone as promised and everyone in the class is feeling confident as Kiyomaro had provided them all with a comprehensive test study guide. When the test begins, everyone immediately realizes that the first and only question is impossible for them to answer as it asks them to describe the first time Toyama fell in love. Toyama relishes in Kiyomaro’s inability to answer the question until Gash and Umagon bring in the principal of the school to the classroom. When the principal learns about Toyama’s test, he becomes enraged at the ridiculousness of the question and demands a discussion in his office.The class would then celebrate as Toyama’s schemes had finally come to an end.

As they all walk home together, Kiyomaro and his classmates talk about the events that had transpired that day and express how relieved they are knowing that Toyama won’t be creating any more strange tests. Just before Suzume parts ways with him to head home with the others, she takes the opportunity to finally speak with Kiyomaro and properly welcomes him home.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Suzume Mizuno
* Gash Bell
* Hana Takamine
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Umagon
* Kafka Sunbeam
* Hiroshi Yamanaka
* Mamoru Iwashima
* Takeshi Kaneyama
* Toyama
* Mariko Nakamura
* Wife
* Kaneko
* Hidetoshi Nakata
* Suzuki
* Principal

### Locations

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

## Manga & Anime Differences

* All appearances Hana, Gash, Umagon, Nakata, and Wife have in this episode is entirely filler as none of them have any involvement during these events in the manga.
* Sunbeam does not appear in the original chapter that this episode was based on as he would be introduced much later than the time it had originally taken place.
	+ Sunbeam also appears too early to have been in Kiyomaro’s town at this time as he had yet to announce he would move into the area
* Umagon at this time following the events of the ancient demon should have also been temporarily living with Sunbeam.
	+ Umagon had also been yet to be introduced in the manga during the time that this chapter took place in.
* In the manga, all of the students and Toyama all wore their short sleeved uniforms. In the anime, everyone was wearing their long sleeved uniforms.
* In the manga, Kiyomaro had been absent from Toyama’s class due to him having to recover from some injuries from an early battle. In the anime, he had been absent because of his trip to the ruins.
* In the anime, Toyama’s class begins with Kiyomaro and his classmates taking a test. In the manga, this test had already been taken by everyone a week prior and they would only be seen receiving the results for it.
* In the manga, Suzume and Yamanaka talk to each other about the ways Kiyomaro had changed to them. In the anime, Mariko talks about Kiyomaro with Suzy but their conversation is not as in-depth and was only one-sided as Suzume was too distracted looking at Kiyomaro to respond.
* In the anime, Gash and Umagon bring the principal to Kiyomaro’s classroom which would then lead to Toyama being scolded for the test he had given out. In the manga, the angry class gets Toyama in trouble and he would be seen having a discussion with the vice principal instead.
* By the end of the manga chapter, Kiyomaro and various other bookkeepers would learn that there are 70 other demons remaining in the battle through a message that suddenly appears in the spell book. Not only were these messages never seen in the anime, but this episode takes place much later than when this event was seen in the manga.