Episode 58

**Defeat Lord! Each Person’s Resolve** (*打倒ロード! それぞれの決意, Datō Rōdo! Sorezore no Ketsui*) is the 58th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime and first aired in Japan on May 23, 2004. While this episode features some moments originally adapted from the Konjiki no Gash!!, this episode is mostly filler.

## Overview

Gash, Kiyomaro, Tio, and Megumi all continue working hard in their own way to prepare themselves for the journey ahead of them to defeat Lord and put an end to his nefarious schemes. The group also learns they’re not alone in this as they discover they have strong allies that will also be a part of this effort.

## Plot

Canchome appears alone in the middle of the South Pole huddled by a group of penguins, hoping for Folgore to find him. As he wanders off to try and collect fish, he runs into Kid and Dr. Riddles, who appear to have already expected he would be looking for fish and Dr. Riddles introduces himself in the usual fashion claiming he knows everything. When asked about when Folgore will come and find Canchome, Dr. Riddles jokes at first but then informs Canchome he’s already nearby as indicated by the sound of his music playing in the distance. Just as he says, Folgore had arrived on a large icebreaker ship although he appeared literally frozen himself.

That morning, Kiyomaro continues searching through the books in his father’s collection in order to solve the mystery as to what ruins Lord could be located in based on a small tile as his only clue. Despite being visibly exhausted having stayed up all night searching, he remains determined in solving the mystery. He then finds himself wondering if both he, Gash, Tio, and Megumi would be able to handle fighting the ancient demons on their own. Just then, Gash wakes up and comes down stairs to see Hana help get Umagon ready to begin yet another day of searching for his bookkeeper. Energetic and determined, Umagon heads off and Gash wishes him luck in finding them.

At the same time, Tio and Megumi are in the kitchen at their home preparing boxed lunches before Megumi checks in with Tio about her schedule for that day. While Tio reads off how busy the afternoon will be for Megumi, Megumi thinks about how important it will be to get some time off before they’ll have to fight together with Gash and Kiyomaro and starts looking through her own schedule. Seeing how Megumi is doing her best to help out in her own way and knowing how hard Gash and Kiyomaro are also working, Tio understands how important it is that she also tries her best to keep up with everyone as well. After finishing with making lunches, Megumi is then taken to school by her manager.

As Megumi arrives on campus, a classmate of hers initially greets her before making a snide remark about how an idol like her would be dropped off to school as she was. How she was already perceived by the aforementioned classmate and her group of friends was further reinforced when she was then photographed by several paparazzi. While unable to do anything about this on her own, another classmate of hers comes to her side and walks with her to class. Meanwhile, Gash and Kiyomaro continue to search through the remaining books they have until Tio suddenly arrives to deliver them the lunches she had helped Megumi prepare for them. Simultaneously, Umagon enjoys his lunch as he takes a break from searching but eats away while unaware that his destined bookkeeper was nearby.

Back at school, Megumi checks the time and sees that it was just about then that she needed to head off. Before she does, the same classmate who had been rude to her earlier takes this as another opportunity to make comments about her. Frustrated, Megumi confronts her in front of everyone else to express how much she wishes she was able to study and enjoy school life like everyone else but makes it clear that she had chosen a path for herself as an idol that she has to commit to.She would end up bringing herself to tears over reminding herself about this situation but stops herself from making an even bigger scene. She then promptly leaves the classroom, thinking about all the things she needs to do now, and heads outside to be picked up as scheduled. While in the car, Megumi brings herself to ask her manager about the idea of taking an extended time off from her work and urges him that it was for an important matter.

Downtown, Umagon continues showing his [[Spell Book|spell book around to the various passerbys hoping that it would catch someone's attention. Unexpectedly for him, it does catch the attention of a dog that runs towards him and snatches the book. The dog would run off with the book before it is suddenly stopped by a man who is later to be revealed as Kafka Sunbeam. He calms the dog down before reaching for the spell book to take a look at it. Umagon catches up then stops in place and waits anxiously as he sees him reading his spell book, unaware that he was face to face with his true bookkeeper.At home, Kiyomaro and Gash see that Tio had ended up falling asleep and do their best to be quiet as she rests in their room.

Just then, Kiyomaro’s classmates, Suzume, Kaneyama, Iwashima, and Yamanaka, make an unexpected visit to the house claiming to check on him as he was assumed to be sick from school. The classmates would then offer Kiyomaro the notes they had taken in class for him while he was away and while Kiyomaro had appreciated the gesture, he soon realized that none of the notes they took were useful at all. As he looks through the notebooks, a concert ticket falls out of one of them and the classmates then brag about the fact they had gotten tickets to one of Megumi’s concerts that day but didn’t end up getting one for him. Kiyomaro becomes fed up with this and gets angry with the group and scares them all away but this subsequently wakes Tio up from her nap. Kiyomaro apologizes for having woken her up but Tio responds saying that she shouldn’t have slept as the two of them were already working hard and Megumi especially was working herself to exhaustion nearly every day. After hearing this, Kiyomaro resumes his work on searching through the remaining books for Lord’s potential location. Just then, Umagon returns home appearing especially happy. As Gash and Tio greet him, they see that his book is no longer with him. Upstairs, Kiyomaro finally discovers the right book that reveals that the tile is part of an ancient ruin as he suspected. While relieved he now knows where Lord is potentially located, he finds himself wondering again how can he and the rest of the group face off against all the powerful demons on their own to rescue all the people being controlled. While he thinks on this, Gash, Tio, and Umagon come upstairs to tell him about Umagon’s good news. As Umagon continues dancing around, Kiyomaro notices an envelope attached to his back. When he takes it from him, he sees that it’s a letter addressed to him by Dr. Riddles. Curious of what’s in it, everyone gathers around Kiyomaro to hear what Dr. Riddles had to say in it.

Kiyomaro reads the letter aloud and Dr. Riddles begins by informing him that he was aware of the fact that Kiyomaro had been desperately searching for Lord’s location for about a week but lets him know it was all for nothing as he already knew where Lord is and also included instructions on how to find him. Kiyomaro erupts in anger at this and ends up tearing up the letter before reading anything else that was in it. The letter would luckily be pieced back together where Kiyomaro would continue reading through it. In it, Dr. Riddles continues by explaining Lord is located in an ancient ruin in South America known as the Devolo Ruins and has left a map and tickets prepared for Kiyomaro to use when ready. He goes on to remind Kiyomaro about the odds they’re up against but he is currently searching for more strong allies who will aid them in their mission and plans on meeting up with him at the ruins with these allies. After looking through the letter so far, Kiyomark asks Umagon about how long ago it was he had received it and Dr. Riddles’ whereabouts but ends up rushing out before waiting for an answer. As Kiyomaro runs outside and attempts to look for Dr. Riddles, the rest of Dr. Riddles’ letter echoes in his mind. Concluding the letter, Dr. Riddles wishes for Kiyomaro to remain safe and reminds him that they share the same heavy responsibilities they both have established for themselves—Defeating the ancient demons to free all the humans who are being controlled against their will and to ensure that Lord does not become king. Finally having exhausted himself running, Kiyomaro finally comes to realize that Dr. Riddles has already left Japan. Although somewhat frustrated with how Dr. Riddles had always seemed to be working behind the scenes to help set things in motion, Kiyomaro wishes that he at least had the opportunity to see him to be able to thank him for everything.

Later at one of Megumi’s concerts, Megumi greets the large crowd of people that have come to see her perform. Before the concert begins however, Megumi informs everyone that she has an important message to share with them all. As the crowd settles down, Megumi tells everyone that starting tomorrow she plans on taking a break from singing but reassures everyone it won’t be for long. She continues her message to everyone by saying that during this time she may face hardships but she believes that what she needs to do is necessary as it will help her grow as a person. To conclude her speech, she asks for everyone there to believe in her and believe that she will return soon. As she looks out into the crowd that was clapping for her, she sees that everyone, including the group of girls who had given her a hard time at school, came to support her. Without further delay, Megumi’s concert performance officially begins and she sings her heart out to all those who had come there for her.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Canchome
* Kid
* Dr. Riddles
* Parco Folgore
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Gash Bell
* Umagon
* Hana Takamine
* Megumi Oumi
* Tia
* Kafka Sunbeam
* Suzume Mizuno
* Takeshi Kaneyama
* Mamoru Iwashima
* Hiroshi Yamanaka
* Zofis (Silhouette)
* Coco (Silhouette)
* Wonrei
* Lien
* Brago
* Sherie Belmondo

### Locations

* South Pole
* Japan
	+ Mochinoki City
		- Takamine Residence
			* Kiyomaro’s Room

## Manga & Anime Differences

* Scenes from the episode that primarily focused on Canchome and Megumi were entirely filler as these events do not occur in the original manga series.
* A minor detail in the manga stating that Umagon had been gone for two days while searching for his bookkeeper was not shown in the anime.

* Additionally, the events that took place showing how Umagon met Sunbeam was not yet revealed in the manga unlike the anime.

## Censorship & Other Localization Differences

* During a short montage in the episode that shows off a variety of Megumi’s photoshoot, one swimsuit image was removed from the VIZ localization due to its focus on Megumi’s chest.