Episode 114

**Weakling Kyle. Papipurio’s Mustache. Rodeux’s Trap** (*弱虫カイル ヒゲのパピプリオ ロデュウの罠, Yowamushi Kairu Hige no Papipurio Rodyū no Wana*) is the 114th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime and first aired in Japan on July 3, 2005. While this episode features some moments originally adapted from the Konjiki no Gash!! Manga, this episode is mostly filler.

## Overview

Gash and Kiyomaro try their best to help Kyle work on his confidence through various means, each ultimately resulting in failure. When Rein begins to realize that his protectiveness over Kyle is doing more harm than good, he decides then that he wants his spell book to be destroyed. Upset over this, Kyle takes Rein’s spell book from his hand and runs off before suddenly being captured by Rupa and Papipurio. Using Kyle as a hostage, the two of them persuade Rein into joining forces with them and another demon.

## Plot

Kiyomaro and Gash wake up to the sound of Kyle’s familiar cries coming just outside of his estate. When the two of them get a look at what’s going on, they see Kyle being yelled at by Jill for asking for a portion of bread to serve Kiyomaro and Gash. Rein arrives just in time to confront Jill on Kyle’s behalf and demand her to give him the bread he asked for. Jill eventually complies then storms off in a huff. Inside Kyle’s shack, Rein talks to Gash about his offer to help Kyle and both he and Kiyomaro reaffirm this as not only do they want Kyle to take his home back from Jill, but to also give Rein peace of mind before he returns to the Demon World. While talking, Rein requests that they should work on this as soon as possible as a strange demon had approached him some time ago looking to recruit him and Kyle as allies and he worries that trouble will come their way if he’s still around. It’s then revealed that the demon in question is Papipurio who, along with his bookkeeper Rupa, was there to try and recruit Rein as one of his allies.

Meanwhile, Gash and Kiyomaro immediately begin working with Kyle to improve his confidence. Their first exercise involves Kyle practicing to speak up against Kill by talking to Kiyomaro. This quickly fails however as Kiyomaro ends up scaring him with one of his angry expressions. While taking a short break, Kiyomaro brings up the fact that if Kyle is unable to speak for himself, even to a friendly authority figure who could help him, his situation won’t change. From there, Kiyomaro and Gash suggest they try out various other training exercises to work on Kyle’s confidence. The group try out various activities throughout the day but despite their effort, each one results in failure due to Kyle’s timid nature. As they take another short break, Rein and Kiyomaro speak in private. During their conversation, Kiyomaro briefly mentions to Rein how much Gash was able to change him in such a short time and Rein finds himself amazed at Gash’s ability to help others. Rein then begins to ask himself what had he been contributing to help Kyle and realizes that his constant protection over Kyle had become too dependent on him and ultimately causing his cowardice to become worse. After thinking about this, Rein decides then to ask Kiyomaro to destroy his spell book.

Overhearing this, Kyle snatches Rein’s spell book from his hand in a panic and runs off. Before he manages to get too far however, Rupa and Papipurio capture him and finally show themselves to Gash, Kiyomaro, and Rein. With Kyle as their hostage, the pair instruct Rein to meet them by the beach and join forces with them in order to get Kyle back. Gash attempts to lunge towards them to get Kyle but Rupa and Papipurio stop him by casting *Poreido*. While it misses Gash, it hits Kiyomaro, causing his body to become temporarily paralyzed. With Rein’s help however, Kiyomaro’s body is tied to Gash’s back allowing him to be taken with Gash as they all chase after Kyle’s kidnappers. They chase Rupa and Papipurio until they finally arrive at the beach. There, Papipurio and Rupa stick Kyle onto the side of a tall rocky formation using *Dareido* before turning their attention to Gash and Kiyomaro to fight. They begin their battle by immediately casting their newest and most powerful spell, *Gigano Jyoboido*, which is shown to be strong enough to burn through rock. When they cast it a second time, Kiyomaro and Gash counter it by using *Zaguruzemu* and *Zakeruga*. Already frightened by their strength, Rupa and Papipurio use *Mokerudo* to hide and figure out what to do from there.

While hiding in the smoke, they notice Rein already climbing to the top of the rocky structure to rescue Kyle. Unexpectedly, Rein is suddenly knocked off of the structure just as he was within reach of Kyle. When everyone looks up, they see that Rodeux and his bookkeeper Chita had arrived. Disappointed by Papipurio and Rupa’s efforts, Rodeux takes control of the situation and asks Rein to become their ally. Rein again refuses this offer as he had decided for himself he’ll no longer be participating in the battle to decide king. The episode then abruptly ends as Rodeux uses *Dioga Ragyuuru* to attack Rein in response to his outrageous answer.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Chita
* Rodeux
* Leopardon Papipurio
* Rupa
* Kyle
* Jill
* Rein
* Hige (Flashback)
* Zobolon (Flashback)
* Tio (Flashback)
* Megumi Oumi (Flashback)
* Takeshi Kaneyama (Flashback)

## Spells by Appearance

* Zakeru
* Poreido
* Dareido
* Gigano Jyoboido (Debut)
* Zaguruzemu
* Zakeruga
* Mokerudo
* Dioga Ragyuuru (Debut)

## Manga & Anime Differences

* In the manga, Kyle leaves to get Gash and Kiyomaro a portion of bread on the same afternoon he and Rein meet them. In the anime, this occurs the next day.
* In the anime, Gash and Kiyomaro try to help improve Kyle’s confidence through a variety of ways. In the manga, they only have Kyle practice speaking out against Kiyomaro before Rein requests that they burn his spell book.
* In the anime, Papipurio attacks Kiyomaro with *Dareido* just as Gash begins to chase after him which leads to Gash needing to carry Kiyomaro on his back in order to catch up with him and Rupa. In the manga, Papipurio does not use this spell on Kiyomaro.

## Trivia

* This episode contains a reference to Raiku’s Grief Warrior Hero Babān one-shot, which was one of Raiku’s early works prior to Konjiki no Gash!!. The main character of this one shot was seen during a movie that Gash, Kiyomaro, Rein, and Kyle watched.