Episode 87

**Save Coco! Sherie’s Powerful Dioga Gurabidon!!** (*思いよココに届け! シェリー渾身のディオガグラビドン!!,Omoi yo Koko ni Todoke! Sherī Konshin no Dioga Gurabidon!!*) is the 87th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime. This episode first aired in Japan on December 19th, 2004. While this episode features some moments originally adapted from the Konjiki no Gash!! Manga, this episode is mostly filler.

## Overview

During Sherie and Brago’s absence, Kiyomaro and Gash take over their battle against Zofis. Not long into this, Sherie and Brago return and tell the two of them their intention to face Zofis alone which causes great tension between the teams. When Zofis forces everyone to take cover from his incoming spells, Kiyomaro and Gash would come to understand how important this battle is to Sherie and why she and Brago must be the ones who end it.

## Plot

As Gash is hurled towards Zofis, he attacks using *Zakeruga* while in the air. This spell would be cancelled out by Zofis’ *Rondo Radomu* but soon after this happens, Kiyomaro and Coco would cast their respective partner’s most powerful spells. Zofis is lead to believe at first that his *Dioga Teoradomu* had rendered Gash’s *Baou Zakeruga* ineffective but realizes that this was not the case when he notices Gash’s spell heading straight towards him. Zofis is smashed into the ground by the spell and when he gets up, he is attacked by Gash once again. Before Gash could attack him once more using *Zakeruga*, Sherie and Brago make an unexpected return and attack Gash using *Reisu*. Gash becomes confused by their decision to attack them but learns that the two of them intend to face Zofis alone. This contradicts Gash and Kiyomaro's desire for them to all fight Zofis together as a team and this disagreement creates conflict between the pairs.

Their conversation is then cut short when Zofis suddenly strikes with *Gigano Radomu*. Angered from being ignored, Zofis uses *Digan Teoradomu* to rain down upon his opponents forcing them to retreat under large boulders to protect themselves. Gash, Kiyomaro, Brago, and Sherie would then all find themselves in the same hiding spot and the situation between them becomes tense once again. Sherie however would eventually open up and tell the group very personal details about her situation involving Coco, including telling them the fateful day when Coco had saved her from taking her life and all that Zofis’ involvement in burning Coco’s village and taking control over her. Sherie then continues by stating that she owes Coco her life for both saving her and giving her hope to continue living. She then concludes that for these reasons, she believes that she must be the one to rescue her.

As Zofis and Coco investigate the area for anyone who was hiding from them, Brago and Sherie come out of hiding to continue their fight with them. As they battle, Gash watches them from the distance, still tempted to join, but Kiyomaro tells him not to as they had decided it was best to leave things to Sherie and Brago. During the battle, Sherie is knocked down by a sudden attack from Zofis, but Sherie’s resolve to rescue Coco remains unwavered. Sherie is also reminded by Brago of all the hard work and training that she had endured was all for this moment. Sherie then starts to move even faster as she dodges more of Zofis’ attacks which causes Zofis to become both frustrated and confused as Sherie appears physically worn down to him.

Just then, all teams on the ground began to feel the strong tremors coming from the volcano. Soon after this, magma begins to erupt and flow down from the cracks in the ground. Teams on the ground begin running to distance themselves from the lava, but Sherie and Brago remain close to where Coco and Zofis are and become extra vigilant of the changing landscape around them. Before things could continue, Coco tries one last time to trick Sherie into ceasing her attack by becoming angry at her for trying to take away Zofis. As Sherie looks at Coco’s wooden earrings Sherie once again hears Coco’s true voice who tells her to help save her from Zofis’ control. Suddenly, utilizing the volcano to his advantage, Zofis uses *Oruga Radomu* to create large lava dragons to attack Sherie and Brago. As it comes close to them, Sherie and Brago neutralize the threat by using both *Gigano Reisu* and *Aian Gurabirei*. Zofis was then caught in Brago’s *Aian Gurabirei* and was being crushed under the spell’s pressure. As he lies there under its effect, Zofis wonders why Sherie is unbothered by Coco’s hateful words and orders Coco to show Sherie the necklace that she claimed to have stolen from her. Sherie dismisses the necklace as being a fake which causes Zofis to accidentally admit it was fake when he tries to claim it was perfectly recreated from Coco’s memory.

In a final act of desperation, Zofis makes Coco jump from the tall rocky spire she was standing on and she begins to fall towards the lava below her. Sherie starts rushing towards Coco which results in Brago’s *Aian Gurabirei* being cancelled. Free to attack, Zofis aims another *Dioga Teoradomu* towards Sherie as she runs in the hopes of finally beating her. To Zofis’ surprise, Sherie would stop running to use her staff to grab Zofis’ arm and fling him into the air, making him waste his spell. Sherie then gives Brago the end of her staff and has him throw her towards Coco as she falls. The episode would then come to an abrupt end showing the two of them fall and casting their final, and most powerful spells.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Gash Bell
* Umagon
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Zofis
* Coco
* Sherie Belmondo
* Brago
* Dr. Riddles
* Canchome
* Parco Folgore
* Kafka Sunbeam
* Kid (Flashback)
* Sherie’s Butler (Flashback)
* Megumi Oumi
* Tio
* Leila
* Albert
* Lien
* Wonrei
* Lance (Flashback)

## Spells by Appearance

* Gou Shudoruku
* Zakeruga
* Rondo Radomu
* Baou Zakeruga
* Dioga Teoradomu
* Reisu
* Gigano Radomu
* Digan Teoradomu
* Radomu
* Gigano Reisu
* Dioga Gurabidon
* Teoradomu (Debut)
* Oruga Radomu
* Aian Gurabirei

## Manga & Anime Differences

* Gash, Kiyomaro, and the rest of their allies have no involvement during the final battle against Zofis in the manga. All appearances they make and all events that occur because of this is entirely filler.
* In the anime, Zofis is shown to be able to manipulate lava when he uses *Oruga Radomu*. Zofis does not have this ability in the manga and *Oruga Radomu*’s form is never changed.

## 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 bleeding and blood stains seen on Brago, Sherie, and Wonrei would be cleaned up in the VIZ localization.
* Scenes that originally showed Sherie jumping into the river and her in the water were replaced with scenes that only showed her staring down into the water.

## Trivia

* Strangely, there are several scenes in this episode that were recycled from episode 81. These would appear to be very out of place in this episode because while the battles take place outside, these recycled scenes are shown to take place inside of the ruins.
	+ Additionally, a scene that shows Gash’s animation just before he is hit by Brago’s *Reisu* was also reused from episode 81. What makes this strange is that while the background that this animation was used from was changed to match the scene of this episode, Gash’s color lighting was not changed which makes him appear much darker than he should be for the scene.