Episode 113

**Letter from a Friend. Burn the Book!! Rein’s True Identity** (*友からの手紙 本を燃やせ!! レインの正体,Tomokara no Tegami Hon wo Moyase!! Rein no Shōtai*) is the 113th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime and first aired in Japan on June 26, 2005. While this episode features some moments originally adapted from the Konjiki no Gash!! Manga, this episode is mostly filler.

## Overview

Gash receives a letter in the mail addressed to him from Rein, a demon who he was good friends with in the Demon World. In the letter, Rein makes a shocking request asking Gash to burn his spell book. Although Gash doesn’t remember Rein, he and Kiyomaro nevertheless travel out to meet with him and gather information about the kind of person he is.

## Plot

Gash comes home and discovers a letter addressed to him. Excited to see the contents of the letter, he brings it to Kiyomaro and asks him to read it aloud. Reading the letter, the two of them find out it’s from Rein, a demon who Gash was close friends with in the Demon World. They learn that Rein is requesting that Gash meet with him to destroy his spell book as Gash is the only one who he can trust to carry out this wish. When Gash and Kiyomaro fly out to meet with Rein, Kiyomaro remains wary about Rein as they don’t know anything about him due to Gash’s lack of memory. Despite this, Gash remains optimistic as he believes Rein’s word that they really are friends.

When the two of them arrive at the airport, they accidentally walk past Rein without knowing and travel to the address listed on his letter in hopes of meeting him. There, they stand outside of a large estate and witness Jill, the manager of the property, chastise Kyle for his timidness. When Gash overhears Jill mentioning Rein, he runs over to ask to meet with him. Jill however rudely informs them that Rein wasn’t there and quickly closes the door to the estate on them. As they walk away, Kiyomaro begins to wonder more about Rein’s character as he thinks of the way Jill spoke of him and how Kyle ran from them upon mentioning Rein’s name. Regardless of his own suspicion, Kiyomaro still suggests they take the time to find Rein and try gathering information in town about him. Their investigation into Rein eventually takes them to the southeast side of town where they speak with some local workers about him. There, they learn he’s regarded as a diligent and hardworking man and get a very general physical description of him.

Back in town, Kiyomaro makes a rough sketch of Rein based on the information they had gathered so far but expresses that he isn’t sure how they should continue their search for him. Not long after this, Gash spots a man who resembles Kiyomaro’s drawing. When the man sees their spell book, he, as well as a large group of people, gather around Gash and Kiyomaro’s table. When the man points out that the book they’re carrying looks familiar to him, Gash mistakenly believes that the man is referring to Rein and his bookkeeper. This then leads to a misunderstanding as the man believes that Gash and Kiyomaro are associated with a different demon who was responsible for drawing mustaches and ruining the hair of various people in town. Convinced that Gash and Kiyomaro are friends with the culprit, the man and his group begin angrily chasing them throughout town. Gash and Kiyomaro luckily manage to get away from the mob when they enter an alleyway and are brought into the home of a man who lives nearby.

In his home, the man, Sebastian introduces himself to Gash and Kiyomaro and tells them he works at the mansion that the two of them had visited earlier that day. When they also learn that he’s familiar with Rein, Gash asks him about the type of person Rein is as he wants to believe that his friend is a good person. Sebastian confirms that this is true and that Rein also values and looks after Kyle as well. Gash and Kiyomaro then figure out that Kyle, the boy they saw at the mansion, must be Rein’s bookkeeper. Before they could think about things any further, they heard the angry mob outside looking for them. Sebastian tells Gash and Kiyomaro to leave while he deals with the mob and suggests to them that they return to the mansion as Rein should be returning there soon. At the mansion, Rein finds out from Jill that Kyle went off somewhere on his own and he quickly runs off to look for him. Ironically as this happens, Gash and Kiyomaro accidentally miss Rein once again by the time they come back to the mansion. They try to ask Jill about Rein’s whereabouts but end up being deceived by her as they were told they could find him on a small empty island.

Back in town, Kyle wanders alone before suddenly hiding when he overhears Gash and Kiyomaro coming his way. After hearing Gash’s name, Kyle thinks back to when he saw Rein write his letter to Gash. He recalls Rein telling him that Gash was someone who he believes could help give him strength and that if he saw Gash, he should let him know as soon as possible. When he wonders how he can try to find Rein, Kyle gets the idea to climb a local radio tower to get a better view of the whole town. By the time Kyle reaches the top, the old rusted ladder he was holding onto bends, leaving Kyle dangling high in the air without any way to get down. This causes a commotion in town as people in town are only able to helplessly watch Kyle hold onto the unstable ladder. When they see Kyle in trouble, Gash and Kiyomaro rush over to climb the tower to try and help him. When they reach the top, they struggle to figure out how they can reach Kyle who is just barely holding on. Not before long though, the ladder finally gives way causing all three of them to begin falling. Rein finds them all just in time though and jumps into the air, transforms into his true physical form, and catches them. After bringing them into a secluded area away from the crowd of people, Gash expresses to Rein how happy he is to be able to meet him again and Rein shares the same sentiment with him.

That night, the group has a chance to properly speak with each other in a small shack that Kyle lives in outside of the mansion. There, Kiyomaro asks Rein to elaborate on the request in his letter to them. Rein explains that because of how easily frightened Kyle is of just about everything, he’s not able to participate in any battles. Rein also adds that even though he had been defeating other demons alone because of this, he kept learning very powerful spells and had even just recently learned an especially terrifying spell. He then goes on to talk about how he’s more concerned with Kyle than he is to be king. It’s then revealed that Kyle is the son of the deceased town mayor who earned a large inheritance but is being taken advantage of by the managers of it because of his timidness. Sympathetic to their situation, Gash tells Rein and Kyle he’ll do his best to help Kyle become stronger. Following this, Kiyomaro then asks Rein if he was responsible for the pranks he heard about in town only to find out that Rein has no idea what he’s referring to, leading them to believe that there’s another demon and bookkeeper somewhere in town.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Gash Bell
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Rein
* Jill
* Kyle
* Sebastian
* Rupa
* Leopardon Papipurio

### Locations

* Mochinoki City
	+ Takamine Residence
		- Kiyomaro’s Room
* Southeast Asia

## Manga & Anime Differences

* How Kiyomaro and Gash meet Kyle and Rein is significantly different between the anime and manga. In the manga, Kiyomaro and Gash meet them much sooner whereas in the anime, many more events transpire throughout the day before they eventually meet.
	+ In the anime, Kiyomaro and Gash meet Kyle and Rein during the night while in the manga, they meet during the day.
	+ Additionally, the anime’s subplot regarding Papipurio’s pranks around town are entirely filler and he would not be introduced in the manga until the next chapter.
		- Similarly, Rein’s human form would not be shown until the next chapter as well.