Konjiki no Gash!! Chapter 34

**The Worst Teacher** (最低の先生, *Saitei no Sensei*) is the 34th chapter of Makoto Raiku's Konjiki no Gash!!. This chapter was originally released in Japan as part of volume 4 on January 18, 2002.

## Plot

At school, Kiyomaro flips through Gash’s spell book hoping that the fourth spell would appear soon. Just before class ends, the history teacher, Toyama starts handing back last week’s test. When Kiyomaro receives his, he’s mortified to see that he had scored a 70 on it after losing 30 points on a single question. Suzume suddenly approaches Kiyomaro to ask him about how he did on the exam but Kiyomaro frantically crumples the test sheet behind him before tossing it backwards. As he throws it away though, it ends up in Iwashima’s mouth who then takes it out and loudly asks Kiyomaro about the score he received. Everyone in the class is then shocked to hear about Kiyomaro’s test score as he had never scored anything that low before.

Toyama then seizes the opportunity to emphasize to Kiyomaro how important it is that he shows up to class for his lessons. Kiyomaro argues that he had only missed a few days when he had gotten hurt but Toyama points out that he had gone over topics that the text did no cover on one of the days that Kiyomaro was absent. Kiyomaro questions why he chose that day specifically to which Toyama simply responds that he wanted to end Kiyomaro’s streak of perfect grades. Kiyomaro calls him the worst teacher ever for this but Toyama tells him that the subject of the next exam was covered on another one of the days that Kiyomaro was absent. He offers to potentially tell Kiyomaro about the lecture he missed was about if he apologizes but Kiyomaro refuses. Toyama then laughs as he thinks that Kiyomaro would regret this decision then leaves the class.

Though frustrated with Toyama, Kiyomaro’s classmates, Hiroshi Yamanaka|Yamanaka]], Suzume, and Iwashima reassure him that giving in to Toyama isn’t worth it and they offer to give him their lecture notes to study from. Kiyomaro is appreciative of their kindness but as soon as he looks at each of their notes, he realizes that none of them would be helpful at all. Kiyomaro also tries to ask Kaneko for his notes, since he was the second smartest in the school, but Kaneko refuses as he’s enjoying this academic victory over Kiyomaro. Unwilling to give up, Kiyomaro decides he’ll ask everyone in the class for their lecture notes. While watching Kiyomaro ask around for help, Suzume and Yamanaka talk about how much Kiyomaro had changed and they note that Kiyomaro wasn’t the type of person before to ever ask his classmates for a favor. Yamanaka also adds that Kiyomaro has also become physically stronger as well and he noticed that when they had arm wrestled the other day.

On the day of the exam, Kiyomaro appears confident that he’ll be able to ace it. Upon looking at the first question however, it’s revealed to be one that nobody in the class would be able to answer as it asks about the first time Toyama had fallen in love. Toyama gloats over the idea of finally being able to fail Kiyomaro for this, but did not expect the class to become furious towards him. The exam would eventually be called off and the vice principal of the school would make Toyama promise he would never give any more ridiculous exams. Just as things begin to settle down in class, the red spell book suddenly begins to glow from inside Kiyomaro’s desk. When he takes it out, he frantically flips through it thinking that a new spell had appeared. At the very end of the book though appears to be a message indicating that there are now 70 demons remaining in the battle. At the end of the school day, Suzume walks with Kiyomaro and notices how Kiyomaro seems to be looking a little glum. Kiyomaro only vaguely answers this by saying that he feels somewhat exhausted thinking about the struggles that still lie ahead of him. Suzume remains cheerful though and assures Kiyomaro that he’ll be fine as he seems to be looking stronger each day.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Toyama
* Suzume Mizuno
* Mamoru Iwashima
* Takeshi Kaneyama
* Mariko Nakamura
* Hiroshi Yamanaka
* Kaneko
* Sherie Belmondo
* Brago
* Canchome
* Parco Folgore

### Locations

* Mochinoki City
	+ Mochinoki Middle School