Episode 29

**Fierce Fighting! The Amusement Park Battle** (激闘! 遊園地バトル, *Gekitō! Yūenchi Batoru*) is the 29th episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime. This episode first aired in Japan on October 26, 2003.

## Overview

Seeing that they still have plenty of free time while waiting for Tio and Megumi, Gash and Kiyomaro decide to head into the Mochinoki Amusement Park with the intention that they'll all meet up there when they arrive. As they enjoy the various rides and attractions, they overhear a demon at the park proclaim they're going to destroy one of the rides. While Kiyomaro and Gash quickly put a stop to this and lure this pair to a more isolated area of the park, they find themselves battling against two enemy teams who are working together by combining their strengths to form the ultimate team.

## Plot

Gash and Kiyomaro arrive at the Mochinoki Amusement Park around half an hour earlier than the meetup time they decided on with Tio and Megumi. Because of this, Gash suggests that they should head inside for now and Kiyomaro agrees with this as they can meet up with Tio and Megumi in the park when they arrive. The two of them would then go on to experience the various rides and attractions together until Gash sees that he's too short for the Super Shuttle ride and becomes deeply upset by this. At the same time inside the South Pole Exploration House attraction, two other demon and bookkeeper pairs, Papipurio, Rupa, Zobolon, and Hige are seen altogether in this attraction riding a boat. Although Papipurio seems to be enjoying himself on the ride, he finds himself put off by Hige's rude commentary about the attraction. Rupa then interrupts their dispute to bring up the fact that the snow-like scenery in this attraction seems familiar and they all start to remember their battle against each other.

Some time ago in the snowy mountains, the two teams faced off with each other both eager to fight each other. After a quick exchange of insults, both Rupa and Hige prepared to cast their respective spells, *Dareido* and *Dogurakeru*. The collision of these two spells would then cause a massive explosion leaving behind a large crater in the ground. This also left both teams shaking in fear from witnessing such destructive power and unwilling to continue fighting the other team. Eventually, both Papipurio and Hige would get the idea that by combining their powers, they would both become significantly stronger than they are now. Then and there, Hige and Papipurio simultaneously ask the other if they'd be willing to join forces and since then, they've become a formidable team and are now anxious to find other demons to defeat.

As the group exits the South Pole Exploration House, Papipurio sees the Super Shuttle ride in the distance and tells everyone that he wants to ride it. Back with Gash and Kiyomaro, Kiyomaro finds himself having to drag Gash away from the ride as he's still crying that he wants to ride it even though he doesn't meet the height requirement for it. At the same time, Kiyomaro overhears Papipurio's frustration as he also finds out that he's too short to go on the ride. He then starts to have a tantrum about it and cries that he wants to go on. After a while, he then decides that if he's not gonna be allowed on the ride then he'll destroy it himself. Seeing that she can't deny Papipurio of his demands, Rupa pulls out Papipurio's spell book from her bag and prepares to cast one of his spells. Seeing her spell book and realizing they're about to attack the innocent people on the ride, Kiyomaro pulls out Gash's spell book from his bag and casts *Zakeru* towards Rupa and Papipurio before they use their own spell. This catches them off guard as they realize that Gash and Kiyomaro are another demon and bookkeeper pair just like them. After getting their attention, Gash and Kiyomaro start running away as Kiyomaro decides they'll lure them towards the pool area of the park since it's not in use during this time of year and it will therefore be the best place for them to fight.

Meanwhile with Tio and Megumi, the pair are seen still riding the train towards the park and Tio appears annoyed with the fact that they're late. When Megumi tries to tell her to relax, Tio gets upset and brings up the fact that they're at least 20 minutes late and goes on about worrying if Kiyomaro would be too upset with her to want to ride any of the roller coasters with her.

Back with Gash and Kiyomaro's perspectives, Papipurio and Rupa would eventually find them standing inside the park's empty swimming pool. Before they even begin, Kiyomaro tells them that if they truly have no desire to fight then they should leave the park and they won't have to chase them. Papipurio would respond to this by telling them that they actually do want to fight as they have been looking for an opponent to finally test their new abilities on. Soon after this, Rupa then casts their first spell, *Dareido*, which causes Papipurio to expel a sticky blue substance from his mouth towards Gash's feet. Seeing that his feet are covered with this solution, Kiyomaro asks if he's alright. When Gash moves his feet he sees that the blue substance seems to be a little sticky but he feels fine otherwise. They would then go on to cast *Zakeru* towards Papipurio and Rupa only to miss both of them. Hige and Zobolon would soon arrive on the scene and then cast their first spell, *Dogurakeru,* which causes Zobolon to launch a massive energy ball from their mouth. While Kiyomaro and Gash immediately brace for impact, they soon find out that this is a very slow moving spell. When the spell finally hits the ground however, it creates a large explosion and blows the two of them away due to its force. As both teams laugh at them, Kiyomaro realizes then that the two pairs are working together as a team.

After they boast about their strength as a team, Papipurio then tries to tell Kiyomaro and Gash to surrender their book if they don't want to get hurt. Kiyomaro ends up taunting them in response which then leads to Hige casting another *Dogurakeru*. Kiyomaro then thinks to himself that while this spell is destructive, it's extremely easy to dodge and Papipurio's spells don't seem to be effective at all. Gash would then interrupt his thoughts to tell him that he suddenly can't move his legs because of how blue substance has started to solidify. Kiyomaro would then realize that Papipurio's spell is actually used to immobilize his opponents rather than attack them. As *Dogurakeru* comes closer to them, Kiyomaro uses all of the strength he can muster in order to move Gash out of the way from the attack. After struggling enough, Gash would eventually have his feet slip out of his shoes but this happens just as *Dogurakeru* lands and creates another large explosion. Seeing no sign of Gash or Kiyomaro as the dust settles, the two teams prematurely declare victory before being struck with a sudden *Zakeru* from out of nowhere.

With Gash able to freely move again, Kiyomaro devises a strategy where they will separate from each other in order to split their opponent's attention and then cast *Zakeru* when there's an opening. Just as they move apart from each other, Rupa and Papipurio also separate from each other to block Kiyomaro and Gash respectively. Just as Papipurio grabs Gash, Kiyomaro tries to cast *Zakeru* only to have his book knocked out of his hands by Rupa. She would then go on to cast *Poreido* which causes Papipurio to expel another liquid substance from his mouth and onto Gash. Kiyomaro is then physically flung through the air by Rupa and flies towards another *Dogurakeru* but is saved from it just in time by Gash who runs and pushes him out of the way. As they recuperate from these events, Kiyomaro wonders about what effect could Papipurio's spell have on Gash this time when it finally takes effect. He also goes on to think to himself about the fact their opponents were strong together after all and they won't last forever against them. The idea of working as a tag team suddenly gives Kiyomaro the idea to have Gash look upward into the sky in order to use his lightning as a signal flare to get Tio and Megumi's attention from inside the park.

Although initially caught off guard by this, Hige would disregard this and then go on to cast *Oru Dogurakeru,* a somewhat faster attack spell than *Dogurakeru*. While Gash and Kiyomaro run away from it assuming that will all it will take to avoid it, they find themselves shocked to see that this spell continues to follow them no matter where they run. Seeing no other choice, Kiyomaro would cast *Rashirudo* in order to both protect themselves and reflect the spell back. This plan would fail however as *Rashirudo* would eventually be destroyed by *Oru Dogurakeru.* Seeing that all it will take now is one final blow to finish them off, Hige casts another *Oru Dogurakeru* with even more energy than the last. Just as Kiyomaro tells Gash that they have to move, he then hears from Gash, who's now collapsed on the ground, that his entire body is paralyzed and can't get up. He then realizes that the liquid solution that Gash had been covered with was a poisonous one that causes paralysis. Although the two of them find themselves at a significant disadvantage being unable to move from their spot and staring down the incoming attack as it approaches closer, Kiyomaro remains confident that he'll still put all the energy he has into the next *Rashirudo* and will continue to do everything he can to lead Gash to victory.

Just then, Tio and Megumi arrive just in time and use *Ma Seshirudo* to protect Gash and Kiyomaro. Their shield would prove to be strong enough to successfully withstand *Oru Dogurakeru* which leaves Papipurio, Rupa, Zobolon, and Hige in complete shock. They would realize then as well that these two along with Gash and Kiyomaro are a team just like them. Tio and Megumi would then explain to Gash and Kiyomaro they had seen their lightning signal flare and followed the sound of the explosions they heard until they found them there. They then assure the two of them that they're here now to offer their strength in battle and will fight together with them as a team.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Gash Bell
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Leopardon Papipurio
* Rupa
* Zobolon
* Hige
* Tio
* Megumi Oumi

### Spells by Appearance

* Dareido (Debut)
* Dogurakeru (Debut)
* Zakeru
* Poreido (Debut)
* Oru Dogurakeru (Debut)
* Rashirudo
* Ma Seshirudo

## Manga & Anime Differences

* Scenes showing Gash and Kiyomaro going on the various rides before heading to the Super Shuttle ride are entirely filler.
	+ This is also the same case for scenes showing Papipurio, Rupa, Zobolon, and Hige in and outside the South Pole Exploration House attraction.
* In the anime, the ride that both Gash and Papipurio find themselves too short to ride on has the appearance of a space shuttle. In the manga, this ride resembles a pirate ship instead.

## Censorship & Other Localization Differences

* While some signs on the outside of the Amusement park were translated into English in the VIZ localization of this episode, some signs inside the park still remain in Japanese.
* While Zobolon in the English dub of the episode can be heard several times, Zobolon in the original Japanese episode is completely silent as they have no Japanese voice actor assigned to them.