Episode 88

**Sherie, Brago; A New Departure** (*シェリー·ブラゴ 新たなる門出,Sherī Burago Aratanaru Kadode*) is the 88th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime. This episode first aired in Japan on December 26th, 2004.

## Overview

Sherry and Brago’s battle against Zofis comes to an explosive end as the power of their final spell leaves Zofis utterly defeated. Before destroying his spell book, Sherie demands Zofis to erase Coco’s memories of him and restore her to the way she was before she ever met him. However, in a final act of defiance against her, Zofis refuses and uses this as a way to torment Sherie who had come so far for her best friend.

## Plot

With the strength of Brago’s *Dioga Gurabidon* overpowering Zofis’ *Dioga Teoradomu*, their battle comes to an explosive end with Zofis being utterly defeated and Coco finally being rescued by Sherie. As Sherie gently lays Coco’s unconscious body down, Zofis begins to chuckle nefariously to himself. When asked what he was laughing about, Zofis reveals to Sherie and Brago that his parting gift to Coco is ensuring she’ll never find happiness again. He explains that unlike the other bookkeepers that he had under his control, Coco is a special case where he had created a separate evil personality by implanting a strong darkness within her heart. When his spell book disappears, Coco will regain her consciousness but she will retain all of the memories of the acts of evil she committed with him and suffer the rest of her life remembering it. Enraged, Sherie grabs Zofis and demands him to erase all of Coco’s memories of him and restore her to the way she was before she met him. In a final act of defiance against Sherie, Zofis refuses and uses this situation as a way to torment Sherie.

Sherie would continue yelling at Zofis to erase Coco’s memories out of desperation until Brago finally speaks up. When speaking with him, Brago recollects that when he had first met Sherie, Zofis had intentionally fled the scene as soon as he had appeared and protected her from his attack. Brago would then point out that Zofis had been afraid of him from the very beginning and had done everything in his power to stop him and Sherie from reaching him at the ruins. Brago, now seething with anger, finally gives Zofis the ultimatum if he would want to spend the rest of his life running away from him as soon as they return to the Demon World. Zofis, now visibly shaking in fear of him, sheepishly apologizes and agrees to erase Coco’s memories as requested. Sherie finds herself taken back by the sudden turn of events and as she looks at Coco, Sherie breaks down in tears. She holds Coco’s hand and continues to cry in relief knowing that as soon as Coco wakes up again, she’ll be able to return to her normal life and pursue a bright future.

A short time later, Zofis, Brago, and Coco are seen inside of a rescue helicopter provided by Sherie’s butler. Before Sherie boards the helicopter, she speaks with Gash, Kiyomaro, and the rest of their allies one last time to inform them that the situation with Zofis has been handled and she’ll be destroying his spell book once Coco’s memories of him had been erased. Before Sherie leaves, she thanks all of Gash and all of his allies for all of their efforts and wishes them all a safe journey home. As Sherie’s helicopter disappears, Gash’s allies acknowledge that their business at the ruins was now over. Dr. Riddles takes the opportunity to praise everyone for all of their hard work and that they all did their part in protecting the future of the Demon World from the hands of evil. Dr. Riddles would conclude his sentiments stating that although there will be more hardships ahead of them as the battle to decide king continues, he wishes for the remaining demons before him to all strive to become a kind ruler. Leila would also speak up and thank everyone on behalf of all of the ancient demons. Soon after this, both she and Albert would ask everyone to fulfil one final request: to burn their spell book.

Everyone is taken back by Leila’s request but Leila explains that she feels this was the right thing to do as she’s not part of the current battle to decide the king. Leila adds though that she’s no longer afraid to return to the Demon World thanks to all of them and feels that she could live happily there as it will be a world with all of them part of it. She takes a moment to thank Albert for being her partner then kisses him on the cheek. As Leila’s book burns, Gash and his friends thank her again for all of her help in the battle and wish her well. Before she disappears, Leila asks that one of them there before her become the next king and that she’ll be waiting to reunite with everyone once the battle ends. With a smile on her face, Leila fades away along with her spell book and a moment of silence fills the air. Though the journey is now over, the battles still continue and the remaining teams come together to make a promise that at least one of the remaining demons there will become the next ruler just as Leila had wished. After making this promise, all remaining teams, and even many of the former bookkeepers, were seen returning home each resuming the routine of their regular lives.

In France, Sherie arrives at the Paris General Hospital and walks to the door of Coco’s room. Right beside the door, Sherie’s butler greets her and informs her that Coco had been returned to her normal self and all of her bad memories were erased. After briefly talking about this, her butler would open the door to Coco’s room for her. Inside, Coco greets Sherie and asks about her leg which was currently bandaged up. Sherie reassures Coco that her leg would recover eventually and that she would be able to walk normally again once the burns on it heals. Sherie then congratulates Coco for her acceptance into University and lets her know she had submitted a leave of absence for Coco while she recovers in the hospital. Sherie then excitedly tells her that as soon as she was discharged, Coco would officially be a university student and a bright future would be waiting for her. Conversation between them would then move on to Coco asking about details about what she had heard which was that someone had attacked her village and that she became unconscious due to shock. Sherie tells her that the person who had done this is gone and most importantly, the start of Coco’s life and her happiness was just beginning.

After some time and silence, Sherie lets Coco know she’ll be leaving. Just as Sherie opens the door, Coco calls out Sherie’s name and suddenly asks her if she was the one who had saved her. Coco would explain to her that although she doesn’t remember anything that had happened for the past several months, she at least knows that Sherie was the one who rescued her and remembers all the other previous times in her life that Sherie had been there for her no matter what it was and regardless if Sherie herself was in more pain than she was. Though Sherie couldn’t answer this directly as she was now in tears just like Coco, Coco still knew in her heart that Sherie had saved her once again. Coco thanks her for everything and the two of them cry in each other’s arms as they embrace. Eventually, Sherie leaves Coco’s room and walks down the corridor of the hospital to meet Brago outside.

As Sherie walks closer and closer to Brago, she thinks about how much Brago had changed since she had first met him, all of their experiences together, and all that he did to help Sherie finally rescue Coco. When Sherie walks outside, Sherie makes a promise to Brago that she will help him become king and that no matter what trials and battles await them, she would do everything in her power to help him win. After hearing this, Brago quietly catches up to walk together with Sherie before nonchalantly responding that this was his goal from the very beginning.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Coco
* Sherie Belmondo
* Zofis
* Brago
* Gash Bell
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Megumi Oumi
* Tio
* Parco Folgore
* Canchome
* Wonrei
* Lien
* Dr. Riddles
* Leila
* Albert
* Kafka Sunbeam
* Umagon
* Alvin
* Uluru
* Sherie’s Butler
* Big Boing
* Dalia Anjay
* Françoise Cardan
* Seiu Ou
* Lance
* Apollo Genesis
* Jeff (Flashback)
* Suzume Mizuno
* Hana Takamine

### Locations

* South America
	+ Devolo Ruins
* France
* Japan
	+ Mochinoki City
		- Takamine Residence

### Spells by Appearance

* Dioga Teoradomu
* Dioga Gurabidon
* Radomu (Flashback)

## 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, Wonrei, and Zofis would be cleaned up in the VIZ localization.
* In the original Japanese episode, after Sherie lets go of her grip on Zofis, the scene that follows shows one of her hands returning back to her side. In the VIZ localization, this scene would be replaced with a scene of her grabbing Zofis despite having just let him go.
* Scenes that featured Big Boing were heavily edited to both reduce her breast size and cover her chest.
* In the original Japanese episode, the spelling of the word “Universite” can be seen on the pamphlet that Sherie gives to Coco. In the VIZ localization, this was changed to “University”.
	+ “Universite” is an incorrect spelling of the French word “Université” as it is missing an accented “e”.

## Trivia

* While almost every episode shows the episode’s title card after a brief recap of events from the previous episode, this episode’s title card was seen before.