Episode 6

**The Lost Red Spell Book** (消えた赤い魔本, *Kieta Akai Mahon*) is the 6th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime. This episode first aired in Japan on May 11, 2003.

## Overview

Kiyomaro gets admitted to the hospital due to the injuries he received the previous night during his and Gash's battles against Gofure and Brago. While there, Kiyomaro becomes acquainted with a fellow patient, Yuta Akiyama, who had been in the hospital for several months due to his right leg's slow recovery. Kiyomaro chalks this up to being a result of Yuta's own lack of effort after learning how Yuta had often skipped his meals. Upset and hurt hearing this, Yuta decides to get back at Kiyomaro by stealing Gash's red book with the intention to burn it. Realizing what will happen if he does so, Kiyomaro and Gash set off on a wild chase to stop Yuta and get their book back.

## Plot

With a basket in hand, Suzume cheerfully strolls down to the Mochinoki General Hospital where Kiyomaro had been checked in to recover from the injuries he endured from the battles that had taken place in his house. In the hospital, Kiyomaro's doctor speaks with Hana informing her that Kiyomaro will recover just fine after he has three days of rest there. While trying to find ways to keep himself busy, Gash notices that a fellow hospital patient, Yuta, has some untouched food sitting in front of him as he's playing on a handheld game system. Gash, mesmerized at how good the food looks, eagerly asks Yuta if he can have some to which Yuta nonchalantly allows Gash to have it.

Meanwhile, Suzume finds herself lost trying to find Kiyomaro's hospital room and attempts to ask, for what seems to be the third time, for help finding Kiyomaro's room. Later on, after Hana bids her son goodbye, Kiyomaro soon finds out Gash isn't in sight by his hospital bed then eventually hears him eating away on Yuta's side of the hospital room. As Kiyomaro goes to check in on Gash, he sees for himself that Gash is eating all of Yuta's hospital food to which Kiyomaro quickly scolds Gash for doing so. After hearing from Gash that Yuta had allowed Gash to have his hospital food, Kiyomaro soon turns his attention to Yuta pointing out how he didn't even eat his food that morning either. Yuta, without even turning his focus away from playing video games, calmly responds saying how he doesn't even like the food they provide him with there and only ate whatever his mother had brought in for him. Kiyomaro, disappointed in hearing this, comments how doing that will never help Yuta make a full recovery for his leg. Yuta becomes upset and exclaims that it's the doctor's incompetence that's the reason why his leg hasn't fully healed. Kiyomaro responds by explaining how he had heard that Yuta's operation on his leg was a success therefore proving it wasn't the doctor's fault that it won't heal, but rather, it's Yuta's own lack of effort that's hindering his recovery. Even more angry after hearing this, Yuta promptly wheels himself out of the room and then wanders through the hospital for some time.

While roaming through the halls, Yuta overhears a lot of chatter going on in the various rooms hearing patients talk about how they'll be making speedy recoveries and will soon be discharged. Yuta starts to feel more upset as he begins to think about Kiyomaro's own harsh words when he had told him how his leg was never going to heal. As Yuta returns to his side of the room, he starts to cry in frustration thinking about both his situation and what Kiyomaro had said to him until he looks over to Kiyomaro's bed and sees that Kiyomaro had left a red book unattended. Seeing this soon allows Yuta to come up with an idea on what he'll be doing with it to get back at him.

In the meantime, Kiyomaro grabs himself a juice box from the vending machine then begins to think about how boring it's been at the hospital then his mind begins to wander off into thinking about Gash's spells and spell book. He thinks back to his encounter with Brago and Sherie and how they didn't seem to offer any information to him in regards to unlocking the secrets of the spell book. After thinking about these things for some time, Kiyomaro eventually returns to his hospital room only to soon discover that the red spell book has suddenly gone missing.

Suzume ends up finding Kiyomaro's hospital room as well, and as she comes in to announce her presence, she soon sees that both Gash and Kiyomaro are rummaging through all their belongings in a panic trying to find the red book. Suzume attempts to get a hold of Kiyomaro's attention numerous times but to no avail. In a last ditch effort desperate to get his attention, Suzume decides she'll show off her basket of gifts in order to get Kiyomaro to notice her. Her homemade get-well gifts to Kiyomaro consist of 3 different sized pieces of fruit — all of different sizes and names — and hopes that as he eats each one, it will help him to make a speedy recovery. Unsurprisingly, even after taking a moment to show these off, Suzume and her gifts end up accidentally being pushed aside as Kiyomaro and Gash are more focused on the whereabouts of Gash's book.

Yuta overhears Kiyomaro and Gash's concerns about their book and soon admits that because Kiyomaro had been rude to him, he figured that taking their book would be a suitable punishment for them and proposes to tell him where he hid it if Kiyomaro apologizes about what he had said. Irritated, Kiyomro refuses to do so and sticks by with what he had told Yuta reminding him that it's still true that his leg won't heal if he doesn't even bother to eat the food he was provided with in the hospital and goes on to say he'll end up spending his life there if he doesn't change. Yuta becomes angered hearing this then announces to Kiyomaro that he's going to end up burning Gash's book. As Kiyomaro and Gash race to catch up with Yuta, Kiyomaro runs into a nurse outside his room who holds him in place telling him he's going to reopen his injuries if he runs off like that. Gash attempts to run off as this is happening only to also be caught by the same nurse who declares she's going to be keeping a very close eye on them. Suzume then approaches the nurse requesting her to let go of Kiyomaro. Kiyomaro finally notices Suzume makes a request to her to help them find Yuta who had taken their book and they need to get it back as soon as possible. Overjoyed at the idea of Kiyomaro placing his trust in her, she soon dashes off determined to help Kiyomaro to the best of her ability. Kiyomaro then frees Gash from the nurse's hold on him and he too runs off in search of Yuta. As Kiyomaro also tries to run off, he's tackled back down by the nurse who won't let him leave until he hears what she has to tell him in regards to Yuta.

The nurse tells Kiyomaro that she had found out about what he had told Yuta in regards to his leg and informs Kiyomaro that Yuta is in great need of encouragement more than ever. She soon reveals how Yuta was supposed to have recovered in three months but that soon turned into over a half year because of the fact he's a slow healer. Despite this, it's been severely discouraging for Yuta to have to see numerous other patients be discharged sooner than him and he has to remain there still. Meanwhile, although Gash gets chased in a different direction by some nurses, Suzume manages to close in on Yuta until she runs into another child who's in tears after losing their mother. Committed to helping this child, Suzume gets sidetracked from her original task and walks with this child to help reunite her with her mother. At the same time, Kiyomaro eventually struggles himself free from being pinned down by the nurse, crushes one of Suzume's oranges to squeeze the juice into the nurse's eyes, and soon makes a run for it. While running, Kiyomaro starts thinking more about what the nurse had told him about Yuta's injury then begins to wonder if what he had said to him was too much.

Yuta manages to find an elevator but as soon as he tries to get on, he soon finds himself cornered by Gash who successfully found him by chance. In an attempt to trick Gash, Yuta tries to explain to Gash that he had lost the book and it was no longer at the place he hid it and initially convinces Gash to help find it by going in a separate direction from him. This soon backfires on him as Gash immediately turns back to him and tells him that they'll search for the book together. Even when Yuta tries to reassure Gash he isn't trying to burn it behind his back, Gash remains adamant about staying with him and expresses to Yuta his concern for him if he ends up getting injured or causing more damage to the leg that's already healing. He ends his sentiments by telling him he no longer sees him as an enemy for trying to burn his book but instead he sees him as a friend since they're trying to go find it now. Hearing the thought that Gash considers him his friend causes Yuta to have a change of heart about things and the two of them go to claim the red book together.

Gash is soon led to the rooftop of the hospital with Yuta who had instructed Gash to keep his eyes closed until he says so. When Gash is allowed to open his eyes, he sees Yuta at the top of a roof structure with Gash's red book and tosses it back down to him. Gash, although relieved to have his book returned to him, panics at the sight of Yuta so high up and worries thinking about how Yuta will be able to climb back down especially since he's putting at risk injuring his leg that's trying to heal. Hearing about his leg again makes Yuta ask Gash if it's true he thinks his leg is finally starting to heal and begins to pour his heart out to Gash about his frustration and sadness when seeing others heal much faster than him and fears he'll be in the hospital forever. Without missing a beat, Gash confidently reassures Yuta  that he does believe he's going to get better. At the same time, Kiyomaro also joins the two of them at the rooftop continuing from what Gash had said and also expresses to Yuta he firmly believes that he's going to get better no matter what then sheepishly apologizes for what he had told him prior admitting he was wrong to have said such things. Gash continues promising to Yuta if he manages to eat three meals a day like him that he too will be able to shoot lightning just like him. The three of them all manage to have a laugh at such a statement before Yuta announces he'll come down from the roof structure.

Suddenly, Yuta slips with his crutches and begins to fall off the side of the roof structure. In a panic, Kiyomaro and Gash begin thinking quickly about the best way to save them. Kiyomaro suddenly remembers that right below him was the linen closet of the hospital, and now with Gash's red book in hand, he casts *Zakeru* on the floor directly below Yuta causing him to fall right through the roof and land safely onto the linen sheets below him. Now back in their hospital room, Yuta can be seen eating away enthusiastically at his food. He eventually asks Gash that if he continues to eat like that if he'll be able to shoot lightning just like him to which Gash goes along saying he will. Kiyomaro, relieved with how everything turned out, decides to take it easy the rest of the night and get comfortable in bed. As he looks over to Suzume's fruit basket beside him, he begins to feel as if he's forgetting something but ultimately shrugs this off in order to get a goodnight sleep. At the end of the day, Suzume manages to reunite the young child she accompanied with her mother before she suddenly realizes she had forgotten all about Kiyomaro. She soon returns to the front desk of the hospital reluctantly admitting she needs help finding Kiyomaro's room again for the fiftieth time.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Gash Bell
* Hana Takamine
* Yuta Akiyama
* Brago (Flashback)
* Sherie Belmondo (Flashback)
* Suzume Mizuno
* Nurse

## Manga & Anime Differences

* The order of some events depicted in this episode differ significantly with the manga due to certain events being originally depicted as flashbacks.
* Yuta's pajama attire is slightly altered in the anime adaptation of the manga series. In the manga, his pajamas have a plaid pattern whereas in the anime it's a solid light-green color.
* Unlike the anime, the manga never depicts a hospital curtain separating Yuta's bed from Kiyomaro's.
* The events that occur starting when Kiyomaro runs into the nurse take place inside of the large hospital room Kiyomaro was in, and not in the hallway like in the anime adaptation.
* In the manga, additional backstory to Suzume is given explaining how when she was little, Suzume looked up to female officers and makes an effort to try and help others the way they do. This was never featured in the anime at any point.
* In the original Japanese manga, when Gash steps out of the elevator to confront Yuta, Gash can be seen with several syringes protruding from his head. In both the original Japanese airing of the episode and in the American localized episode, no syringes were seen on Gash's head.
* In the manga, Suzume gets sidetracked from her mission to help Kiyomaro in order to help another child in the outside of the hospital get their balloon from a tree. In the anime, Suzume gets sidetracked helping reunite a little girl with her mother instead.
* In the manga, Kiyomaro, Gash, and Yuta all speak to each other on the same ground level while on the roof. Yuta then eventually asks the two of them to close their eyes as he goes and retrieves their book from a higher building structure on the roof. In the anime, the rooftop scene starts with Yuta already on-top of the roof structure requesting Gash to close his eyes until he retrieves the book. Kiyomaro arrives after Gash catches his book in his arms.

## Censorship & Other Localization Differences

* The VIZ localization of this episode refers to the final fruit Suzume shows off as a grapefruit. In the Japanese airing of the episode, the last piece of fruit is still referred to as an orange similar to the other two oranges she shows off.
* While Kiyomaro tries to find his red book, Suzume will try to talk to him numerous times only to go unnoticed. In one moment as seen in the original airing of the episode, Kiyomaro unknowingly pushes Suzume out of the way as he goes to walk over in another direction. In the English localization, this moment was removed and was instead replaced by a frozen still shot of Suzume's face in reaction to Kiyomaro ignoring her.
* An inappropriate scene in the original Japanese episode was edited in the VIZ localization of the episode that originally featured Kiyomaro both running into and being held in place in between the nurse's breasts. This scene was edited to where the moment Kiyomaro runs into her chest is instead replaced by a flashing screen sequence and two shots of him being seen held in place in between her breasts is either instead focused only on the nurse's face as she speaks or removed altogether.