Episode 96

**Battle in Another World! Brago Without Sherie** (*異世界決闘! シェリーのいないブラゴ,Yisekai Kettō! Sherī no inai Burago*) is the 96th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime and first aired in Japan on February 27, 2005. This episode is entirely filler and is not based on any chapters from the Konjiki no Gash!! Manga.

## Overview

Gash, Umagon, and Kiyomaro finally reach Maestro’s castle and fight their way through the guards who block their way. At the same time, Maestro convinces Brago that the only way for him to return to the Human World is to destroy Gash’s spell book. When Brago and Gash have yet another explosive confrontation, Maestro quietly watches as all of his plans come to fruition just as he expected.

## Plot

Sunbeam and Dr. Riddles, along with the Majestic 12, investigate the location where Kiyomaro, Gash, and Umagon were last seen before suddenly disappearing. Not long into their investigation, Canchome and Folgore arrive and bring Nicholas with them after finding him alone and unconscious. Nicholas mutters Majirou’s name as he slowly begins to wake up which leads the group to suspect that he was calling out the name of a demon. When Nicholas finally wakes up, Sunbeam asks him if he’s a bookkeeper and Nicholas answers by saying he used to be until Majirou’s spell book was destroyed by Brago and Sherie. After hearing Nicholas’ brief story, Dr. Riddles resumes his investigation into the area they’re in and proposes the idea that Kiyomaro’s group had somehow been transported into another world. After hearing this, Sunbeam begins to wonder about Umagon’s safety and expresses how he feels as though he failed him as his partner by not being by his side during a dangerous situation.

Meanwhile in the In-Between World, Gash, Umagon, and Kiyomaro reach the outer perimeter of Maestro’s castle. Before Kiyomaro could even suggest to the group that they find a way to sneak into the castle, Gash and Umagon decide for themselves that they will rush in and fight the guards head on. While they do this, Maestro quietly watches the scene from his throne room. Brago would also enter the room, with his spell book in hand, and comment on the situation as well. While he has Brago’s attention, Maestro shows him one of the portals in the sky and tells him that the one he was pointing at was one that connects to the Human World. Maestro then suggests to Brago that burning Gash’s spell book would be the only way for him to open the portal as a great amount of energy is released from the spell books when destroyed in order to send demons back. Though still somewhat suspicious of Maestro, Brago agrees to face Gash as he figures he would have to settle things with him anyhow. As Brago walks downstairs, Sherie stops him and tells him to give her the spell book as she wants to go with him. Brago however bluntly refuses this and instead tells Sherie to simply return to the room she was staying in.

After running through the castle for some time, Kiyomaro’s group made it to an area leading to a long runway with large magnetic coils around the area. Suddenly from a floor above them, Maestro greets the group and formally introduces himself to them. At the same time, Brago steps out from the shadows to face them with Sherie nowhere to be seen. Kiyomaro attempts to reason with Brago by reminding him of their shared goal of wanting to return to the Human World, how strange their situation was, and how suspicious Maestro was acting as well. Despite this, Brago proceeds to fight them anyways and attacks Kiyomaro using *Reisu*. Seeing there’s no other option to avoid conflict, Gash and Kiyomaro work together in their battle against Brago. Brago’s power however overwhelms them at first and just before they are attacked by another incoming *Reisu*, Umagon jumps in to protect them. The spell causes significant damage to Umagon which causes him to fall unconscious. Feeling bad for him, Kiyomaro takes a moment to move Umagon away from the battlefield to recover while he and Gash continue their fight with Brago.

As both sides continue to cast spells, the magnetic coils begin to charge up with power. When Gash and Brago’s battle reaches a point where they cast their strongest spells, the magnetic coils become fully charged by the discharged energy. The spells would also disappear and be absorbed into one of the portals in the sky causing it to slowly open. With it finally opening, Maestro finally steps into the open and walks towards it. While doing so, he explains that the portal that was opening before them was actually the portal connecting to the Demon World. He goes on to reveal that he had intentionally summoned the groups there to open the portal with the power from their strongest spells. In his hand, everyone sees that Maestro had a spell book and they realize that he was one of the 100 participants in the battle to decide the next king. When Gash asks what Maestro was planning to do, he tells him that he intends to lead an assault on the Demon World for his revenge. Before he could do so, Maestro tells the group that he plans on eliminating them first using his own power.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* The Majestic 12
* Kafka Sunbeam
* Dr. Riddles
* Canchome
* Parco Folgore
* Nicholas
* Majirou (Flashback)
* Gash Bell
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Umagon
* Maestro
* Brago
* Sherie Belmondo
* Sherie’s Mother (Flashback)

### Locations

* Japan
* In-Between World

## Spells by Appearance

* Zakeruga
* Zakeru
* Jikerudo
* Reisu
* Gigano Reisu
* Rashirudo
* Rioru Reisu
* Maguneshirudo (Debut)
* Aian Gurabirei
* Dioga Gurabidon
* Baou Zakeruga
* Maguneruga (Debut)
* Rauzaruku

## Censorship & Other Localization Differences

* Scenes showing Gash and Umagon using a restroom were removed.
* Scenes that featured Big Boing were heavily edited to reduce her breast size and cover her chest.
* 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 Sherie during a flashback would be cleaned up in the VIZ localization