The Third Spell!

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Please note that this is an article on the 9th episode of the anime entitled "The Third Spell!", if you are looking for the article on the 19th chapter of the manga then you should head to The Third Spell.

The Third Spell!
Titles
Kanji	第三の術ジケルド!
Rōmaji	Daisan no Jutsu Jikerudo!
Translation	The Third Spell Jikerudo!
VIZ Title	The Third Spell!
Information
Season	01
Episode #	09
Arc	Encounter Arc
Chapter(s)	19, 20
Releases
Japan	June 1, 2003
English	April 30, 2005
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The Third Spell! is the ninth episode of the Zatch Bell!/Konjiki no Gash Bell!! anime series. The antagonists of this episode are Fein and Sebé, who was trying to become king.

Synopsis

Fein and Sebé discuss their next foe.

The next day, Kiyo finds out a new page has become readable revealing the third spell. Kiyo and Zatch head to a deserted area to practice the third spell Jikerudo. When cast, nothing occurs and after multiple tries, they decide to give up. On their way home, they are attacked by a Mamodo named Fein and his partner Sebe. Kiyo manages to lead them to an abandoned building to prevent any more bystanders from becoming injured. The pair manages to overwhelm Kiyo and Zatch with their super-speed spells. Kiyo places his hope on the third spell and uses Jikerudo which causes the Mamodo Fein to become magnetized. With Fein's movements becoming restrained, Kiyo and Zatch are able to burn Fein's book. Kiyo wondering if all mamodos are all that powerful tells Zatch he must become stronger.

Full Summary

Kiyo abruptly wakes Zatch one morning, eager to tell him about the newest spell that had appeared in their spell book, Jikerudo. Zatch interrupts Kiyo's excitement to ask him if he thinks this new spell will help make him stronger. Zatch continues reflecting on the promise he had made to Kolulu regarding becoming king. While he admits he had doubts about ever achieving such a goal, ever since seeing Kolulu cry and disappear before him, he was frustrated that he couldn't help her then. With newfound determination to become stronger, Kiyo and Zatch plan on doing some special training that afternoon to test their newest spell.

Meanwhile, a new demon, Fein, and his bookkeeper, Sebé, arrive in Mochinoki City seeking their latest opponent, whose power Fein had sensed numerous times. The two are confronted by the taxi driver who had driven the pair from Shikoku to their destination, demanding payment for the fare. Sebé, annoyed, decides to use one of Fein's spells, Wigaru, to silence the driver. The blast from Wigaru totals the taxi vehicle, and the two go their way. Sebé questions Fein about the presence of power he claimed to have been sensing, to which Fein explains that while he sensed that wave of power earlier, it's barely noticeable now. Fein reassures Sebé that he's still able to search them out and adds that when he senses this power again, they'll know soon enough where their rival is.

In the middle of a rural rocky area, Zatch and Kiyo prepare themselves to unleash their third spell. Both Zatch and Kiyo appear visibly on edge, trying to predict what kind of power Jikerudo will have. After gathering enough courage, Zatch and Kiyo choose a boulder as their target, and Kiyo soon reads the third spell aloud. Despite how much they had hyped up what the third spell could be, Kiyo and Zatch came to realize that nothing had happened. Confused and sure he had read it right the first time, Kiyo tries again, reading the spell with all his heart, only for them to get the same result. Confused once more, Kiyo attempts to sing out the spell in hopes it would come out only for, unsurprisingly, nothing to happen again. Impatient with the results, Kiyo tries a new method to get their spell to work. Kiyo uses the boulder target in front of him to picture a previous demon opponent he hated. He thinks that, by reading the spell with such intense emotion, it will finally work. Even after focusing his hate and reading with emotion, nothing happens.

At a coffee house in town, Fein and Sebé sit inside discussing once again the presence of power that had brought them to town. Fein replies once again, saying he feels no presence of power whatsoever, figuring it must be because their enemy doesn't use spells often. Regardless, Fein explains that their best course of action is to remain patient, as he feels certain they'll run into their opponent soon, as simply being part of the battle to decide the king means one could never escape from a fight. Just then, Fein immediately notices Zatch and Kiyo walking by and plans on confronting them as they turn out to have been the rivals he had been looking for this whole time.

Feeling down about his lack of progress, wondering if he'll ever become strong at all, Zatch asks Kiyo if he's as weak as Brago had claimed he is, to which Kiyo denies this, saying it was simply an off day for them, and with more training the next day, things will work out eventually. While Kiyo finds himself in thought, wondering what had gone wrong, he's soon interrupted by a sudden attack from Fein and Sebé, which sends him and Zatch, as well as various bystanders, flying in the sudden blast by the spell Wigaru. When Kiyo and Zatch get up from the impact, Fein starts demanding that the two of them hand over their book for him to burn to achieve his own goal of becoming king. When Zatch hears that Fein plans on becoming king, he looks around him, seeing all the various injured people on the ground who were harmed by his attack. Before Zatch could react, Kiyo grabbed Zatch and began taking him to a more isolated area where their battle could continue without fear of anyone else being harmed. Zatch, while being dragged by Kiyo, looks onward, seeing Fein and Sebé violently kicking at the injured people lying on the ground, demanding them to get out of their way. Zatch soon thinks back on Kolulu's wish to him, saying if he were to become the ruler of the Demon World, then there wouldn't be any need to fight in any battles anymore.

Kiyo and Zatch get away and find an abandoned building where their battle against Fein will take place. Fein and Sebé soon catch up and arrive eager to battle. Before anything happens, however, Zatch first confronts Fein, wanting to confirm that he's not striving to become a kind ruler of the Demon World. Hearing this, Fein laughs hysterically at the absurdity of such an idea. In between laughter, Fein explains that as king, nobody will be able to oppose him, and if anyone even tries to, he'll just beat them down for doing so, and everybody will submit to his every whim. As Fein continues laughing, Zatch's anger gives him newfound determination, unwilling to allow Fein to win the battle and become king.

Their battle begins with Kiyo casting the first spell, Zakeru, directly at Fein. Fein quickly avoids this using a different spell of his, Uruku. When the dust settles from the blast of Zakeru, Kiyo and Zatch soon find out that Fein has disappeared in an instant. Fein reveals his position, telling the duo to look behind, which is exactly where they find him. Before they try to figure out how he could have appeared behind them so fast, Fein attacks them head-on using Wigaru. Injured and trying to recover from the attack, Fein appears beside Kiyo once again. Kiyo grabs Zatch and attempts to flee from Fein by heading upstairs, only to be met face-to-face with Fein again, who somehow got there before them. Although initially taken aback seeing that Fein had appeared in front of them again, after quickly inspecting the floor, seeing what seemed to be tread marks and smoke by Fein's feet, Kiyo eventually figures out that Fein can run at high speeds. Kiyo launches another Zakeru attack at Fein but ultimately misses once again. When the dust of the explosion from Zakeru settles, Fein and Sebé soon find that both Kiyo and Zatch have disappeared.

Injured and having underestimated their enemy, Kiyo and Zatch escape to the rooftop. Kiyo and Zatch move to the corner of the rooftop. Kiyo takes the moment they have there to remind Zatch of the formation plan they had used at the Mochinoki Botanical Garden and figures that by following that and using Zakeru and Rashirudo to the best of their ability, they'll be able to win the battle. Fein and Sebé eventually make it to the rooftop as well, determined to end the fight there while Kiyo and Zatch are cornered. After casting Uruku, Fein dashes towards Kiyo and Zatch to attack. Kiyo expected this and waited until Fein neared a specific boundary in front of them before they cast a spell. As Fein gets closer, Kiyo casts Rashirudo, which blocks Fein from running at them head-on. This doesn't stop Fein, however, from jumping over their shield. This is all according to Kiyo's plan, where he then takes this opportunity to unleash a Zakeru attack, seeing as how Fein would be unable to dodge it in midair. Despite this, Fein still manages to narrowly dodge this using a well-timed Wigaru , which pushes Fein away from the lightning strike. As Kiyo realizes his plan failed, Sebé unleashes another Wigaru attack directly at Kiyo and Zatch. While Kiyo struggles to think what to do as the attack draws closer and closer to them, Zatch suddenly steps in front of Kiyo, taking the attack directly to him to protect Kiyo.

Kiyo, worried after seeing Zatch absorb the blow of Fein's spell, asks why he did that. While getting back up on his feet, Zatch reminds Kiyo that his body is much stronger than his and that he had to protect him. Zatch also swears to Kiyo, saying that he'll become his shield to the very end to stop demons like Fein from becoming king. Seeing Zatch's determination, Kiyo begins to stand back up right by Zatch's side, also committed to defeating Fein no matter what it takes. Kiyo realizes that they still have yet to use the third spell in that battle and that there's no better time to find out what it does. The struggle continues, and as Fein dashes towards the duo using Uruku, Kiyo and Zatch unleash their third spell. Fein stops in his tracks as Jikerudo finally comes out.

Initially thinking it's harmless due to how slow and small Jikerudo had looked, Fein tries to ignore it and continues running at Kiyo and Zatch. Suddenly, the ball of light that was Jikerudo fades away, and at the same time, Fein's movements start to slow down, and his body begins to glow brightly. Fein struggles more and more to be able to run forward, but is then flung backwards towards a water tower with the pull of Jikerudo. Fein has become stuck to the water tower, unable to move at all. Seeing this, Kiyo initially suspects Jikerudo may have been a restraining type of spell, but as he considers other metal objects by the water tower, such as nails and pipes, that fly towards Fein, he soon deduces that Jikerudo is a special conditional type of spell that turns the target into a magnet. This explains why Jikerudo could not be used earlier when Kiyo and Zatch were attempting to use it in a rocky mountain area where there were no metal objects around. Sebé frantically tries to free Fein by casting Uruku multiple times to no avail, as Fein remains stuck. Kiyo and Zatch are relieved to see that the battle is over, and they manage to stop another evil demon from becoming king. The two of them eventually approach Sebé and burn Fein's book, thus concluding their battle.

Sometime that early evening, as Kiyo and Zatch head home, Kiyo asks Zatch if all demons were similar to the one they had just faced, which causes Zatch to become defensive, saying that he and Kolulu are nothing like that in the slightest. Kiyo drops the casual comment, since it wasn't taken as he meant, and crouches down, meeting Zatch at eye-level, telling him to become even stronger, and like him, he'll do his best to become strong too. As Zatch tears up a little, Kiyo tells Zatch he hopes that if he becomes stronger, he will someday become a kind ruler. Zatch, after hearing that and remembering Kolulu, repeats it to himself and asks if he could do it. After hearing reassurance from Kiyo, who believes he can do it, Zatch repeats it, saying that he will become the kind ruler of the Demon World. Kiyo and Zatch make a promise to each other to do their best to make it come true and shake hands on that promise.

Cast and Crew

English

• Fein: Roger Rose
• Zatch Bell: Debi Derryberry
• Kiyo Takamine: Jason Spisak
• Lori - Philece Sampler
• Kolulu - Kate Higgins
• Taxi Driver: ?
• Sebé - Dave Wittenberg

Japanese

• Fein: Norio Wakamoto
• Gash Bell: Ikue Ōtani
• Kiyomaro Takamine: Takahiro Sakurai
• Shiori: Yuka Imai
• Koruru: Hōko Kuwashima
• Taxi Driver: ?
• Sebé: Shinji Kawada

New Content Shown

Characters

• Fein and Sebe

Spells

• Wigar (spelled "Ugar")
• Yuruk (spelled "Uruk")
• Jikerdor

Manga & Anime Differences

• As Fein and Sebé walk with each other after destroying the taxi cab, in the manga, Fein was able to speculate, that based Gash's power who he had been sensing for a while, that Gash is currently at a level where he'll be easily defeated by him. In the anime, Fein speculates that Gash may have already faced ten different opponents based on his power level (despite the fact that Gash has not actually faced ten other demons at this point.)
• When Kiyomaro and Gash return to town after their failed training session, in the manga, Kiyomaro can be seen pushing a bike with Gash seated in the bike's front basket holding his book in front of him. In the anime, Kiyomaro does not have a bike with him and Gash is instead carried on his shoulders with his spell book tucked inside his mantle behind him.
• In the manga, Fein gets stuck onto a billboard —which ironically displays 'K.O' on it— after being pulled back by Jikerudo. In the anime, Fein finds himself stuck onto the side of a water tower instead.
• While the final manga chapter in which the events of this episode is based on ends after Fein's book burning, the anime features an additional filler scene that takes place in the early evening as Kiyomaro and Gash walk home. This scene primarily focuses on Kiyomaro and Gash talking with each other about becoming stronger and working together to ensure the Demon World has a kind ruler looking over it.

Localization Differences

• Various parts of this episode originally featured scenes where it was intended for it to be silent of any character dialogue. In the VIZ localization however, many of these scenes ended up getting dubbed over anyways usually to show off any additional character thoughts.
  • A scene where Gash was originally silent as he thinks about Kolulu's wish to him while his third spell appears in his spell book. This was dubbed over to have Gash think to himself how he will become a kind king for her.
  • Scenes after Kiyomaro shouts Jikerudo were originally meant to be silent but were instead dubbed over to have Gash break up the silence with a comment of his.
• Interestingly, despite Fein's spells being officially localized by VIZ to be spelled as 'wigar' and 'yuruk', the VIZ localization of the episodes has these spells pronounced as 'ugar' and 'uruk'.
• A scene in the original Japanese episode depicting Fein and Sebé kicking two people upward from the pile of the other people on the ground was removed. The VIZ localization however continues to show Fein and Sebé kicking at the people who are on the ground.
• Gash and Kiyomaro never learn Fein and Sebé's names at any point in the original Japanese episode. In the VIZ localization however, they both refer to Fein and Sebé by name in the episode.

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