Konjiki no Gash!! Chapter 32

**Gash’s Secret** (ガッシュの秘密, *Gasshu no Himitsu*) is the 32nd chapter of Makoto Raiku's Konjiki no Gash!!. This chapter was originally released in Japan as part of volume 4 on January 18, 2002.

## Plot

   Some time after their recent battle with Robnos, Kiyomaro finds himself thinking alot about the information Robnos had left them about a mysterious demon he saw in Europe that looks identical to Gash. While thinking about it, Kiyomaro also expresses his frustration in not being able to get in contact with his father to ask him more about Gash. He decides then that the only other way he can gather more information about Gash is by asking other demons about him. While thinking about Gash, Kiyomaro wonders what he’s up to at that moment. While Kiyomaro is at school, Gash is seen just about to leave the house. Before he goes, he takes his current Vulcan 300 with him to pay respects to the two previous Vulcans in the yard. After doing this, he heads out into town to have fun for the afternoon.

The first half of Gash’s afternoon shows Gash trying on different items he finds on the ground as hats before meeting a dog with a luxurious mane. Gash tries to reach out and touch this mane but the dog tries to bite him whenever he reaches too close. Gash eventually gives the dog a cap he was wearing before eventually heading off. Gash would later visit other places in Mochinoki such as the local kindergarten, the park, and the botanical garden before eventually finding a peaceful spot overlooking the town to have lunch. When Gash tries to take out the lunch that Hana had prepared him, he realizes it’s not with him and that he had dropped it when he was being chased by Naomi at the park. Gash starts to cry about losing his lunch, but just then he’s suddenly approached by a large old woman, later introduced as Granny Anan, who asks him what’s wrong.

Gash tells Granny Anan what had happened and she comments how pathetic it was for Gash to have his lunch stolen by a little girl. She then offers to share her lunch with Gash and gives him a massive rice ball to eat. As Gash eats away at the rice ball, she also gives him fish and tea to enjoy as well. Gash tells her how delicious her meals were and she smiles hearing this. Gash tells Granny Anan how much better he was feeling now and offers to do something to thank her for her kindness. She tells Gash that she had come to town to look for someone but was having trouble finding them. It’s then that Gash offers to help her find this person as his way of thanking her.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Robnos (Flashback)
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Gash Bell
* Suzume Mizuno
* Hana Takamine
* Naomi
* Tsukushi Kinoyama
* Granny Anan

### Locations

* Mochinoki City
	+ Mochinoki Middle School
	+ Takamine Residence

### Censorship & Other Localization Differences

* A pair of boxers was edited over a minor panel of Gash that originally depicted him naked when he was imagining the fish dance.
* The plant that Gash waters at the botanical garden had a white name tag originally showing that Gash's plant was named "Nyokimaro". This name tag would be changed to simply say “my plant” instead.