Zatch Bell!, Volume 18

金色のガッシュ!! [Konjiki no Gash!!] #18

by Makoto Raiku

Kiyo just can't seem to shake the sneaking suspicion that he's being watched...because he is Enter Koral Q, a robotic rival for the throne who claims to know all about Zatch's spells and their effects. Will Koral Q's reservoir of data on the mamodo world prove to be Zatch and Kiyo's undoing?

Genres: Manga, Graphic Novels, Magic, Young Adult, Fantasy

200 pages, Paperback

First published November 18, 2004

About the author

See also 雷句 誠.

Reviews

[Hannah Belyea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kiyo has the strangest feeling that he and Zatch are being watched - and his suspicions are proven right when they meet a mamodo who specializes in locating other mamodo! Raiku settles back down into a fun and familiar tone with this humorous entry to the series. Something about this new human partner is eerily familiar to Kiyo...

[Timothy Pitkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some really cool fights with Arth and Ted along with showing how much Kiyo and Zatch have grown after the last arc. Also we get a slight hint of a love triangle between Kiyo, Suzy, and Megumi. Also building up to the next major arc with some interesting mysteries presented.

[DEVANSH DESAI · Rating 5 out of 5]

best anime

[Manmangaboy · Rating 4 out of 5]

What the heck is Bao and this structure? Cool moment of Ted and a fun robot

[Zerostorm · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this volume!! Loved getting back to some more light hearted comedy and some really cute moments. And some really interesting new plot threads have come up too

[Nikki in Niagara · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's been almost a year since I read the last volume but things got in the way and this series got pushed to the bottom of the tbr. Fortunately, I had stopped at the end of a major arc and jumping back in at Vol. 18 was seamless. A quick "story thus far" refreshed my memory and then all these wonderful characters are back in my life again. Zatch and Kiyo pick up a couple of new Mamodo and their owners. The first engages in battle but ends up helping them out in their next battle with what appear an evil pairing. However, they come warning of two especially dangerous mamodo items now in the human world that must be destroyed, one of which is one of Zatch's spells. This spell which Zatch and Kiyo have just discovered its secret but why is this secret spell so dangerous! One of the things I love about this series is that while being your typical battle shonen manga it also has a serious emotional side. In this volume, Suzy faces the fact that Kiyo is close to another girl and she may never have a chance at being more than his friend. Well done and I'm back to remembering why I love this series. If it came out in 3-in-1 editions I'd certainly buy it!!