Episode 132

**Trials in the Stomach. Breaking Through Difficult Questions. Tin Tin Chance** (胃の中の試練 難問突破 ティンティンチャンス*, I no Naka no Shiren Nanmon Toppa Tin Tin Chansu) is the 132nd episode of the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Anime. This episode first aired in Japan on November 13, 2005.*

## Overview

With Alishie leading the way, Kiyomaro’s group enter Faudo and begin their search for the control room. Inside Faudo, they make their way to the stomach where they encounter Unko Tintin, the Gatekeeper of Knowledge who challenges them with a series of questions that they each must answer correctly in order to pass.

## Plot

Kiyomaro’s group follow Alishie as he guides them through a series of vents to the entrance of Faudo. After exiting the vents, the group find themselves just outside of Faudo’s mouth where they would soon venture into for their search for Faudo’s control room. When they step into Faudo’s mouth, they can hear Faudo’s heart beating. Alishie confirms to the group that Faudo is alive and that once its seal is released, Faudo would then be able to move at any time. He then goes on to mention that various traps inside Faudo that they all must be prepared for as they go deeper into Faudo’s body. The group then follows Alishie into the first room inside of Faudo that displays a massive anatomical map that displays all of the different room locations throughout its body. While Kiyomaro sketches down the map for reference, he discusses with Alishie possible ideas of where the control room could be. He first suggests that it could be located in the brain but they see no path leading to it on the map. Adding to this, Alishie believes that the control room could also be located in an entirely different location outside of the brain. Not long after talking about this, Riya tells Alishie he had just possibly found one of the first barriers just up ahead and the group quickly head off in that direction. While running, Alishie tells Kiyomaro that he hasn’t gone farther into Faudo past the map room before and from there on, he suspects the real battle for them will soon begin.

In the next area, the group find themselves standing just above Faudo’s magma-like gastric acids with no visible path leading out of there. Before they had time to process where they were, Unko Tintin, one of Faudo’s guardians, speaks to them and asks if they were sent by his master or if they were enemies. Acting quickly, Alishie answers for the group stating that they were sent to Faudo to conduct a search and requests for Unko Tintin to show them the path ahead. Unko Tintin however tells them that he will do so if they are able to answer a series of questions by him. Should the group get any of his questions wrong however, they will all fall into Faudo’s stomach acid. With no option to escape and that this is the only way for them to progress, the group anxiously wait for Unko Tintin’s first question. After some time, Unko Tintin presents what appears to be a very simple question asking them where they are. Most of the group then think that the obvious answer to this would be Faudo, but when thinking about it more, they begin to suspect that the question is more complicated than it first appears to be as there can be multiple answers to this. Folgore however impulsively answers with “Faudo” which ends up being the right answer after all. Unko Tintin then allows Folgore to grab onto his “Cord of Life”, which is a long cord that extends downward towards Faudo’s stomach acid. Once Folgore is lowered down, Unko Tintin reminds him and everyone else that the exit will only appear once everyone answers his questions correctly.

As Unko Tintin presents his questions to each member of the group, Kiyomaro becomes confused about the nature of the questions since none of them were related to the Demon World and had no twist at all. Kiyomaro questions Unko Tintin about this but doesn’t get much of an answer. When it came down to Kiyomaro being one of the last members left to answer a question, Unko Tintin decided to give him a tough question in the form of a long multiplication problem to solve. Unko Tintin then laughs as he believes that Kiyomaro won’t be able to answer it correctly but is dumbfounded when he actually does. After Kiyomaro secures his place on Unko Tintin’s cord, he realizes there’s one more group member that needs to answer a question. When he and the others look up, they find out that Umagon was the last one, which troubles the entire group as Umagon would not be able to answer any question given to him. Unko Tintin disregards this however as he wants to see the entire group fall into Faudo’s stomach acid and goes on to ask Umagon a question anyways.

Unko Tintin’s final question ends up being completely impossible for Umagon as he asks him to prove Fermat’s Last Theorem, a notoriously difficult mathematical problem that Umagon has no way of answering even if he could. Unko Tintin then begins to laugh as he assumes he had finally won but immediately stops when Kiyomaro, engulfed in rage, points out that Unko Tintin wouldn’t know the answer to his own question if he couldn’t even figure out the answer to the multiplication question he gave Kiyomaro. Afraid of Kiyomaro’s fury, Unko Tintin goes on to offer Kiyomaro to accept his “Tintin Chance”, an opportunity to ensure that the next question he gives Umagon will be an easy one. Without much other choice, Kiyomaro begrudgingly agrees to use this Tintin Chance. Once he does, Unko Tintin tells Kiyomaro he must apologize to him in order for Umagon to receive an easier question. Kiyomaro however adamantly refuses and continues to terrorize Unko Tintin with his anger. Afraid of him, Unko Tintin profusely apologizes for his childish behavior and declares that the Tintin Chance was a success. As promised, Unko Tintin presents Umagon with an easier question about something that’s frequently used as a tool that most animals happen to have. As Kiyomaro looks on at Umagon, he wonders how he’ll be able to answer it.

At the same time, Zaruchim informs Riou of the group’s current whereabouts and even mentions that Alishie and Riya are with them. Zaruchim then offers to capture them for him before they go any further into Faudo and decides to bring Wonrei along with him to help. While Zaruchim and Wonrei head off, Kiyomaro’s group is shown to have successfully gotten through to the next area of Faudo thanks to Umagon. Kiyomaro explains to the group that the answer to Unko Tintin’s question was the tail of an animal and that Umagon was able to answer him just by simply showing his own tail. After overcoming their first challenge, the group continue their journey towards Faudo’s small intestine. Not long however, a large mechanical drill suddenly appears behind them, which is revealed to be one of the many traps that were set for intruders. The drill then begins to spin rapidly and follow the group just behind them as they all frantically run from it.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Momon
* Elle Chivas
* Alishie
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Gash Bell
* Umagon
* Kafka Sunbeam
* Canchome
* Parco Folgore
* Tio
* Megumi Oumi
* Riya
* Unko Tintin
* Zaruchim
* Riou
* Wonrei
* Laoxing Mo

## Manga & Anime Differences

* Some of the questions Unko Tintin asks are slightly different between the manga and the anime.
* In the anime, after accepting the Tintin Chance, Unko Tintin tries to make Kiyomaro apologize to him. In the manga, Unko Tintin instead asks Megumi to say his name aloud.