Episode 139

**Aim for the Brain! Roaring Faudo. Desperate Re-entry** (脳を目指せ! 爆走ファウード 必死の再突入*, Nō wo Mezase Bakusō Faūdo Hisshin no Saitotsunyū*) is the 139th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime and first aired in Japan on January 8, 2006. This is the last episode of the anime’s Faudo arc that refers to the manga, and all events that transpire in the remaining episodes are entirely anime exclusive.

## Overview

With only six hours left until Faudo reaches Japan, Gash, Kiyomaro, and their allies catch up with Faudo as he swims towards his destination and re-enter him through his mouth. After finding a shortcut to Faudo’s spinal cord, they travel up the elevator inside him to an open corridor containing multiple passageways. When they find out that two of these passageways lead toward the control room in Faudo’s brain, the group splits into two teams with Kiyomaro and Arth as the leaders of each as they are the only ones that can operate any computers in Faudo. As each group heads in opposite directions, hoping to meet again soon at the control room, Wonrei begins to think about his betrayal to his allies and his own qualifications in becoming king.

## Plot

Kiyomaro, Gash, and their allies race towards Faudo as he swims towards Japan. In the middle of this desperate situation, Kiyomaro and Gash reaffirm their resolve to stop Faudo no matter what and ensure that nobody has to die from his rampage. Inside the control room within Faudo’s brain, Riou and Zaruchim watch Gash’s group make their way back to Faudo. From the outside, Kiyomaro instructs everyone to enter Faudo’s mouth as soon as it’s open wide when he takes a breath. To accomplish this, Canchome briefly distracts Faudo using *Dikaporuku* which gives everyone the opportunity to rush in while Faudo’s mouth was still open. The group make it just in time but before they have time to catch their breath, Faudo swallows a wave of ocean water, and the group hurry towards the back of his throat in the room containing the large anatomical map of his body. From there, Kiyomaro leads the group through a series of passageways towards Faudo’s spine. From there, everyone enters the elevator built into his spine and travels towards the upper part of his spinal cord.

In the control room, Zaruchim confirms to Riou the group’s current whereabouts inside Faudo. Riou remains unfazed by the group’s infiltration in Faudo as knowing what their main objective is allows him to make preparations as needed. While talking, Riou notices that something seems to be on Zaruchim’s mind but Zaruchim tells him that it’s nothing. Thinking to himself, Zaruchim is concerned that he is forgetting something and has felt uneasy for a while now. Focusing back on the group’s perspective, they exit the elevator into a massive corridor containing multiple passageways. Kiyomaro asks Momon to identify the correct path leading to the control room and Momon points out that there are two paths that lead upward but is unable to tell which is the right one. Because of this, Kiyomaro suggests that they split up into two teams with him and Arth as the leader of each one as they’re the only ones who could operate Faudo’s computers. Kiyomaro’s team consists of Gash, Wonrei, Lien, Megumi, Tio, Alishie, and Riya while Arth’s team has Elly, Karudio, Sauza, Umagon, Sunbeam, Folgore, Canchome, Elle and Momon. With no time to spare, the two teams head off in different directions with their goal to bring Arth or Kiyomaro to the control room as quickly as possible.

While traveling down one of the passageways, Wonrei talks to Kiyomaro about a new resolution he had been considering and expresses to him some regrets he had been feeling when he had to betray his friends in order to save Lien. Kiyomaro reassures him however by telling him that they’re still allies and that Wonrei was choosing to help them now by his own will. Wonrei thanks Kiyomaro for his kind words and promises that he’ll do everything he can to protect them even at the cost of his own life. From the perspective of Arth’s group, they travel down one of the long passageways before suddenly Faudo’s defense system activates, creating demonic creatures to attack them. In order to conserve as much spell power as possible, Arth fights these creatures on his own with his sword. As he cuts down each one, more are created. Arth nevertheless continues to fight on to create a path for his team.

Entering the next room inside Faudo, Kiyomaro’s group are suddenly attacked by Rodeux, who had been expecting them. When he looks at Gash’s group, he notices that they’re lacking in numbers and is disappointed with the lack of opponents he has now. Rodeux challenges the entire group to face him but Wonrei steps forward to face him on his own. Wonrei tells everyone else to go on ahead without him as he fights Rodeux as he believes he no longer has the qualifications to become king and that his new role is to instead  protect those who will become king. Gash and Tio hesitate with leaving Wonrei behind but Alishie reminds them of their mission to safely escort Kiyomaro to the control room and that they don’t have much time to waste. After being assured by Wonrei that he’ll take care of things, Gash tells Wonrei to catch up with them as soon as he can. Rodeux then initiates his attack by using *Gigano Ragyuuru* and Wonrei protects everyone from his spell. After this, he urges everyone to go on ahead and they all quickly leave the room. Rodeux tries to use another spell to stop them but Wonrei manages to attack him first using *Gou Redoruku*. While waiting for Rodeux’s next attack, Wonrei apologizes to Lien for having to stay behind with him. Lien responds by reminding him that they’re partners and she’s committed to fighting alongside him. At the same time, somewhere inside of Faudo, Zeon and Dufort are revealed to have secretly infiltrated Faudo, watching the movements of everyone else.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Karudio
* Umagon
* Sauza
* Arth
* Elly
* Kafka Sunbeam
* Elle Chivas
* Momon
* Gash Bell
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Tio
* Megumi Oumi
* Riya
* Alishie
* Parco Folgore
* Lien
* Wonrei
* Canchome
* Hana Takamine
* Hiroshi Yamanaka
* Mamoru Iwashima
* Hidetoshi Nakata
* Wife
* Suzume Mizuno
* Tsukushi Kinoyama
* Mariko Nakamura
* Riou
* Zaruchim
* Chita
* Rodeux
* Zeon Bell
* Dufort

### Spells by Appearance

* Dioemuru Shudoruku
* Diogikoru Gidoruku
* Amuron
* Dikaporuku
* Rājia Shirunio (Flashback)
* Gigano Ragyuuru
* Amireido (Flashback)
* Zakeruga (Flashback)
* Gou Bauren (Flashback)
* Ragyuuru Rosudo (Flashback)
* Gou Redoruku
* Zakeru

## Manga & Anime Differences

* In the anime, Riou states it will take 6 hours for Faudo to reach Japan while in the manga, it will take only 1 hour.
* All events that transpire in this episode and remaining episodes after Gash, Kiyomaro, and their allies re-enter Faudo are entirely anime exclusive and no longer follow the events shown in the manga.