Episode 55

**Patie's Revenge!! When Assassins are Released** (*パティ!! 逆襲（リベンジ）!!とき放たれた刺客たち,Pati Ribenju!! Toki Hanatareta Shikyakutachi*) is the 55th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime. This episode first aired in Japan on May 2, 2004.

## Overview

Patie returns to destroy Gash’s spell book with the assistance of the newly awakened ancient demons at her command. Kiyomaro and Gash also learn the details behind Zofis’ plan in using these demons as well as their human partners.

## Plot

Patie suddenly appears before Gash and Kiyomaro at the park to announce she has returned to destroy their spell book with the help of a few of the recently revived ancient demons. Before Gash and Kiyomaro can fully understand who these demons are, the three ancient demons, Erujo, Dogmos, and Borubora, begin their attack. Kiyomaro and Gash quickly try to distance themselves from them and make a run for it in order to find a more isolated place where they would be able to fight back. While they find a suitable location away from any people, Gash and Kiyomaro end up being both out of breath from running and appear to be cornered by the three teams. Before the fight continues, Kiyomaro questions Patie about these demons and how they were able to still exist in the Human World despite being part of the previous battle one thousand years ago. His answer to these questions would be delayed however as the demons would soon continue their attack on them.

Three different spells would be used by these demons all at once and Kiyomaro and Gash use *Rashirudo* to defend themselves from it and hope the attacks would ricochet back. While the spells do get deflected, they would all end up being destroyed by Erujo using *Bireiorūdo*. Patie would speak with them again by mentioning the hatred and rage these demons had built up after being trapped within stone for the past millennium. She would continue to explain that these demons ended up in stone due to having faced off with a demon called Goren of the Stone who had a spell that trapped them and their spell books within stone. The mention of stone tablets finally leads Kiyomaro to realize that the stone tablets that he and his father found were the very ones that contained demons within them. Finally, Patie concludes saying that it was Lord who had revived them and now Kiyomaro and Gash would be the ones chosen to receive the anger from these demons.

Suddenly, Dogmos attacks using *Guranga Kobura* and Kiyomaro and Gash try to gather as much power as needed to destroy the spell using *Zakeruga*. It succeeds, leading the spell to crumble and Gash would then run towards Dogmos to take him out using another *Zakeruga* at point blank. While this strategy would work under normal circumstances, they realize that this wasn’t enough to fully defeat the ancient demons who are notably stronger than other demons. To make things even worse for them, Patie tells them that the ancient demons have not even used their strongest spells on them yet. When Borubora charges at them, they try once again to knock him down using *Zakeruga* but despite being attacked directly, he still manages to stand. Erujo then starts to attack them using *Ganzu Biraitsu* which forces Gash and Kiyomaro to try and run from it. A stray laser beam from the attack however manages to graze Kiyomaro’s leg causing him to fall. Injured, he asks for Gash to help carry him on his shoulders so they can get away together. Seeing them try to flee from the battle, Patie and her group chase after them.

The narrow path Gash and Kiyomaro head down on ends up being the perfect place for them to attack the demons all at once using their ultimate spell, *Baou Zakeruga*. After casting the spell, Erujo and Borubora also use their strongest spells, *Daibara Biranga* and *Gigano Garanzu* respectively. The two spells would collide with *Baou Zakeruga*, which causes it to lose power and eventually be defeated before it could even attack the demons. With no energy left, Kiyomaro collapses to the ground. Patie would then approach him and Gash to taunt them about them having essentially lost but Kiyomaro insists that it’s not over yet and then tucks his spell book under his body. Gash steps in front of Kiyomaro to protect him from Patie but she would command Dogmos with the snap of her fingers to restrain Gash for her. With the situation appearing bleak, Kiyomaro asks Patie about how these ancient demons were still able to have bookkeepers. When he looks into the blank eyes of each human, he suddenly remembers how Lord had controlled other humans and demons during his plan to incentivize Gash and Kiyomaro to join forces with him. Kiyomaro continues by pointing out that in normal circumstances, most humans would become scared at seeing *Baou Zakeruga* but in this case, the humans in this battle did not react at all and were only focused on fighting as much as their demons. This then leads Kiyomaro to conclude that the humans are all being controlled by Lord but wonders how they’re still able to use the spell books. Patie humors him and explains this in depth.

Patie begins by saying Lord had many of the stone tablets inside some ancient ruins and decided to revive them there. After their revival, he learned the basic information about their previous partners then gave Byonko their spell books in order to search for the descendants of these bookkeepers in their home countries. Lord would eventually gather up everyone the books had reacted to but Patie notes that just because these humans were descendants of bookkeepers, it doesn’t mean that they would be able to use the books. Lord would then conduct an experiment to see if they would be able to read any of the books but found none who could. Patie explains that the hearts between the human and the spell books they read must have a perfectly matching wavelength. To correct this, Zofis used his powers to force the human’s hearts to match with the wavelengths of the book. Further taking advantage of this, he had also erased all of their other emotions except for their will to fight in order to make them the ideal bookkeepers for his army of demons. While Patie praises his ability to create powerful bookkeepers, Kiyomaro interrupts her to declare he had heard enough. Gash also shares the same sentiments as Kiyomaro and the two of them were now both enraged and disgusted at Lord’s heinous actions and with Patie using these manipulated humans too. Gash then thinks about Kolulu having also been in a similar situation being forced to fight and the emotional pain that it had caused her and accuses Patie of doing things even worse than that. Kiyomaro and Gash’s anger reaches its peak as they swear that they would not allow something like this to continue. Kiyomaro would rise to his feet again, prepared to fight, and Gash would free himself from being physically restrained.

Using what little strength they have left, Gash and Kiyomaro directly attack Patie using *Zakeru*. To their dismay, they see that their spell had barely harmed Patie due to how weak it was and Patie would then order her ancient demons to attack them all at once. Suddenly, *Seushiru* was cast just in time to protect Gash and Kiyomaro from the barrage of spells and they saw both Tio and Megumi had shown up just in time to save them. The episode then ends with the two of them reminding Gash and Kiyomaro that they’re not alone in the battle and they have powerful allies on their side to help them.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Erujo
* Dogmos
* Borubora
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Gash Bell
* Françoise Cardan
* Patie
* Henrika Abbott
* Paul Kahn
* Goren of the Stone
* Seitaro Takamine (Flashback)
* Zofis (Flashback)
* Silver (Flashback)
* Phantom (Flashback)
* Coco (Flashback)
* Golem (Flashback)
* Razor (Flashback)
* Rosa (Flashback)
* Byonko
* Kolulu (Flashback)
* Shiori (Flashback)
* Megumi Oumi
* Tio

### Locations

* Japan
	+ Mochinoki City
		- Children’s Park
* South America
* Devolo Ruins (Debut)

## Spells by Appearance

* Garon
* Guransen
* Biraitsu
* Rashirudo
* Bireiorūdo (Debut)
* Guranga Kobura (Debut)
* Zakeruga
* Ganzu Biraitsu (Debut)
* Baou Zakeruga
* Daibara Biranga (Debut)
* Gigano Garanzu
* Radomu (Flashback)
* Zeruku (Flashback)
* Zakeru
* Seushiru

## Manga & Anime Differences

* In the manga, Kiyomaro and Gash had not met Zofis prior to the events that this episode depicts. In the anime, they have already seen him and his bookkeeper in an earlier filler episode.

## 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 seen on Kiyomaro would be cleaned up in the VIZ localization.