Settle Up!? Cota VS Haku Kurenai!

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**Settle Up!? Cota VS Haku Kurenai!** is the thirty-eighth episode of Cap Revolution Bottleman DX. It first aired in Japan on TV Osaka on December 18, 2022.

## Content

### Summary

The Bottle Battle that Haku chose is Push Bottle! Moreover, the bottle target is a specialized version! It can't be moved by Cota's light shots!? Haku's Royal Gryphon DX bursts into flames of jealousy!! However, Cota counterattacks without just being pushed around!! The Strongest of the Strongest, Citrus and Dragogina DX! Ryo stands in their way. Aquasports DX devours with full speed rapid fire!!

### Plot

While the other BMA supporters are still fighting against B-DACT and Team Citrus members, Cota insists on battling with Haku, who despises him and is jealous of Cota's close friendship with Ponta. Haku then finally gives in to Cota's demand in hopes of getting rid of Cota.

Meanwhile, Ponta, who has reinstated his title of the Bottle King Citrus, summons his long-absent partner Dragogina DX against Leo and Tsubasa. As Io watches the match from the hospital, he reminisces how amazing Dragogina DX was when he first saw Ponta wielding it, and as his shoulder aches again, he wishes his son Ryo the best of luck. As for Ryo, he tells Seimei to hold the fort for the rest of the BMA supporters, before rushing out to the battleground.

After Haku amazes over Dragongina's return, he decides to crush Cota's spirits with his own Bottleman, by firstly challenging Cota to a match of pushing the gold Push Bottle variant, which is made of Bottelium alloy. Although being unfamiliar with this variant of Bottle Pushing, Cota is still excited to partake in this challenge. Haku adds whoever wins can get to the DX Target. He and Cota then proceed challenging each other.

On the other hand, Kaori has been observing Citrus's battle with Leo and Tsubasa, and she starts amazing over the data she has collected about Dragogina's server wings. As her holographic visor overloads over Dragogina's unmeasurable data, Kaori only gets more thrilled over the prospect of being able to see Dragogina in-person. Citrus then proceeds to overwhelm both Leo and Tsubasa with Quatro Impact, which activates several trap switches. Unable to match with the Bottle King's skills, both Champions get knocked out and eliminated. However, Iroha, Mitsuya, and most importantly Kaori are all impressed by Citrus's talent, despite the two Champions' defeat.

Ryo then rushes to Citrus, the person who previously defeated his own father, and demands a battle. However, Citrus is reluctant.

Meanwhile, Cota uses Colamaru Energy DX to shoot Splash Volcano Energy, which only budges the Push Bottle just a little. Haku snarks at Cota for having a far too light shot, and vaunts with his Triple Impact from Royal Gryphon DX. As Haku lashes out at Cota for having Ponta's trust, Cota simply acknowledges such a fact and insists that Ponta has always been Citrus's real self, which only infuriates Haku, who considers Ponta to be the sacred Bottle King Citrus, even more. Both side then resume their match, Haku vows to become Citrus's right-hand man.

As Ryo uses Screw Requiem from Aquasports to trigger several trap switches' bottles at Citrus, Citrus comments how he doesn't feel any excitement at all, despite managing to avoid all the bottles. He then tells Ryo he doesn't see any good purpose with the current system of Bottle Battling, and his heart used to beat in joy until he defeated Ryo's father Io. Ryo demands the context from Citrus, who proceeds to narrate his childhood.

As a 10-year-old, Ponta was a prodigious Bottle Battler. He befriended Io's wife Eri, who gave him good food like rice balls. Wanting to make Eri proud, Ponta began working hard on training his Bottle Battling even further. Nonetheless, after he managed to take over Io as the Bottle King, Ponta saw Eri cry for him. At first, he was confused on why Eri was sad for him, but then, his motivation to Bottle Battle stopped the moment he took over the throne. With Eri suddenly fell into a coma, and also people worshiping him like a revered idol, Ponta spent his adolescence in extreme loneliness. He ceased feeling happy for Bottle Battling, due to being forced to take part in obligatory activities he disliked as ordered by the older adults, and felt he had become a robot for the sport's current system. Sometime after he turned 18, Ponta finally had enough, and left Dragogina behind after tying up his hair and zipping up his tracksuit to return to being an ordinary civilian.

Citrus then recounts as Ponta, who is actually his true self, he got to become close friends with his junior Cota during their time as part-time battlefield cleaners. Due to Cota's determination and gradually improving skills at cap shooting, Ponta got to feel his passion again, even just a little. This is why he has such strong faith in Cota's capabilities as a Bottle Battler.

Concurrently, Cota continues trying to push the golden Push Bottle, and becomes more excited as he manages to push the bottle a little more. Haku is still relentless, so he tries overpowering Cota with Royal Gryphon's vertical and horizontal shots, only for Cota to acknowledge him even more. Haku continues to push the Push Bottle, only yearning for Citrus's approval. However, Cota, who is now all thrilled, actually is going to do something drastic.

As explained by Citrus, Cota is different from other Bottle Battlers he has seen. Unlike them, Cota sincerely enjoys Bottle Battling for the simplest fun and enjoyment, and thus filled with infinite possibilities. Simultaneously, Cota activates Colamaru Energy's wings to be extended as it connects with Cota, much to Haku's surprise. With a fully powered Splash Volcano Energy, Cota gets to overpower Haku's Triple Impact, thus becoming the winner of the Push Bottle challenge.

Ryo is glad for Cota's victory, although Citrus has seen this outcome coming. Citrus leaves to see Cota, only to be immobilized by troops of robot dogs deployed by Machiko's robot dog, and he has fainted just as Ryo reaches him. Ryo is shocked as the troops of glaring robot dogs are staring into him and surrounding the fainted Citrus.

## Trivia

### In the episode

* Bottelium alloy, a special material introduced in the web series, is reintroduced in this episode.
* Ponta's past is revealed.
	+ In his flashback, it is revealed the then 10-year-old Ponta was friends with Eri, who gave him rice balls. Hence, Ponta had grown to love rice balls, and started to make them often after he grew up.
* The sequence where Ponta apologized to Cota for having gotten lost in Episode 01 is reused during Citrus's flashback.
* The scene where Haku and Cota race against each other from the previous episode is also reused in the beginning of the episode.
* The scene where Kaori fantasizes about Citrus after the data of Dragogina DX proves unmeasurable is reused in ResQ!!.

### Characters

*Note:* All characters are listed in order of their first appearances in the episode. The time they appear is the time from the Japanese dub.

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#### Title Cards

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