Episode 71

**If Love is There...The Sorrowful Roar of Raou Dibauren** (*愛すればこそ...うなれ哀しみの 猛虎爆裂拳（ラオウ·ディバウレン）,Ai sureba koso... Unare Kanashimi no Raou Dibauren*) is the 71st episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime. This episode first aired in Japan on August 29, 2004.

## Overview

Tsaolon and Genso gain the upperhand in their ongoing battle against Wonrei and Tio with their strength and fighting style. Despite being at a disadvantage battling while badly injured, Wonrei continues to fight alongside Lien. During the battle, Tio and Megumi learn about the strong bond that Wonrei and Lien share with each other.

## Plot

Kiyomaro and the rest of his allies all find themselves occupied in different areas of the ruins each facing one ancient demon out of the four most powerful ones under Zofis’ command. While Folgore’s group face the challenge of having to entertain Belgim E.O, Kiyomaro’s group find themselves struggling to fight back against a plethora of floating stars that are able to follow and attack them at random. Finally, Wonrei’s group are seen facing off against Genso and Tsaolon who were about to attack Tio, Megumi, and Lien until Wonrei himself manages to put himself in front of them to protect his allies at the cost of suffering from some significant injuries. While he manages to push Genso and Tsaolon away, Wonrei finds himself weakened from their combination attack and the rest of his team come to check up on him.

Although injured, Wonrei insists for Tio, Megumi, and Lien to all stay behind him as he intends to fight alone. Megumi and Tio react to this by pointing out the dangers he is putting himself in but both Wonrei and Lien insist on doing things this way as they believe this is the most effective strategy. As Wonrei gets back on his feet, Megumi argues with Lien about their decision and questions her about why she would allow him to do this considering how much they care about each other. Lien answers her inquires saying that Wonrei is the most important person to her but despite this, they’ve already accepted that they’ll one day be separated as destined by the battle to decide king despite the feelings they share with each other. Hearing this, Megumi realizes then that the same fate applies to her and Tio where even if they were to make it to the end of the battle, they too will have to separate someday.

As Wonrei approaches Genso and Tsaolon, he makes it evident to them that he will continue to fight them on his own as he swears to protect his allies even if it costs him in the end. Hearing this, Megumi and Tio end up ignoring Wonrei and Lien’s request to stay back as they both insist on doing everything in their power to help Wonrei in the battle. As Tsaolon uses *Zaou Giruerudo*, Tio tries to counter it using *Giga Ra Seushiru* with the intention of reflecting their spell back towards them. Unexpectedly however, *Zaou Giruerudo* destroys *Giga Ra Seushiru* which causes Tio and Megumi to be knocked back some distance. Wonrei however manages to catch them in time and sets them down by Lien for her to look after as he heads out to fight again. While down, Tio and Megumi find themselves too weak to move their bodies as a result of taking the attack head on. Knowing how worried Tio and Megumi are for her and Wonrei, Lien decides to ask them what they think will remain if she and Wonrei were to be separated and she whispers the answer to this to them. After doing this, she readies herself with her spell book in hand and the ongoing battle continues.

As Wonrei fights against Tsaolon and Genso, various flashbacks showing his and Lien’s life living together are shown. In these flashbacks, Wonrei is shown meeting with Lien’s grandparents for the first time and him doing field work with her grandfather. While these flashbacks show how happy the two of them are to be able to live with each other, they also slowly show how they had to come to terms with their inevitable fate in the battle. When the two of them are returning home one day, Lien expresses to him how happy she was living life together with him before remembering their situation with the ongoing battle to decide king. Lien quickly becomes upset being reminded of this as what she desired the most was to be able to be with him forever. To help them come to terms with their fate, Wonrei suggests that they always keep the feelings they share in their hearts as it is the only way in which they’ll continue to be with each other even when they separate someday. This idea of being able to live in each other's hearts this way is then revealed to be the answer to the question that Lien presented to Tio and Megumi.

Their battle with Tsaolon and Genso reaches its peak as Lien and Wonrei prepare themselves to use their strongest spell, *Raou Dibauren*, against Tsaolon’s *Zaou Giruerudo*. After some struggle, *Raou Dibauren* is defeated but Wonrei still manages to protect his allies with his body despite this. Thinking about Lien’s answer to her question, and seeing how powerful the bond Lien and Wonrei share with each other in battle as they confront their destiny, Tio and Megumi’s determination to help them in some way begins to show as their spell book begins glowing. Looking to finally put an end to the battle, Genso takes out a fragment of the stone of moonlight and begins restoring energy to himself. By contrast, Wonrei and Lien find themselves completely drained of any energy left to use spells. Just then however, Tio manages to get up again and tells Megumi to focus her feelings on their spell book as they both want to be able to give Wonrei and Lien as much energy as they can in their next spell. Just then, a strong and powerful light begins emitting from their spell book. With their minds set on helping Wonrei and Lien, Tio and Megumi use *Saifojio* on them in order to provide them with enough energy for their final spell.

With this newfound strength from their friends, Wonrei and Lien use *Raou Dibauren* once again to counter Tsaolon’s *Zaou Giruerudo*. This time, *Raou Dibauren* appeared even larger than Tsaolon’s spell and was able to defeat it. Upon impact, *Raou Dibauren* ends up destroying Tsaolon’s book and he quickly disappears along with it. Despite losing Tsaolon, Genso still persists on fighting Wonrei on his own and the two of them each deliver a powerful punch to the other. As the two clash, Genso realizes just how much more powerful Wonrei is to him now and Wonrei ends up hitting him with enough force back towards a wall knocking him out. With the battle decided, Lien and Wonrei embrace each other while Tio and Megumi appear relieved to have been able to help them in the end. Seeing them together, Megumi thinks to herself how much she admires that the two of them continue to look forward to their future  together regardless of what happens in the battle.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Zofis
* Coco
* Dalia Anjay
* Belgim E.O
* Canchome
* Parco Folgore
* Dr. Riddles
* Kid
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Gash Bell
* Umagon
* Kafka Sunbeam
* Genso
* Tsaolon
* Tio
* Megumi Oumi
* Lien
* Wonrei
* Zavas (Flashback)
* Galliont (Flashback)

## Spells by Appearance

* Farusu (Debut)
* Rashirudo
* Oru Wigaru (Flashback)
* Garu Wigaru (Flashback)
* Zaou Giruerudo
* Giga Ra Seushiru
* Ganzu Bauren
* Ganzu Erudo (Debut)
* Garu Redoruku
* Gou Bauren
* Gou Erudo
* Raou Dibauren
* Saifojio

## Manga & Anime Differences

* In the anime, when Wonrei and Lien first talk to each other about their fate to be separated one day in the battle, they talk about this during sunset as they walk home together. In the manga, this takes place at night while outside of their home.

## Censorship & Other Localization Differences

* 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 blood stains and bleeding seen on Wonrei would be cleaned up in the VIZ localization.