One morning, Kiyo wakes to find that he can suddenly read a third spell from the Red Spell Book! Zatch, frustrated that he is thus far still small and relatively powerless, is eager to find out if the new spell will make him stronger! Lori asks Kolulu where her parents are but Kolulu doesn't answer so she invites Kolulu back to her house and takes her on as a little sister. One rainy day, a schoolgirl named Lori finds a cute little girl named Kolulu, who is crying.
Zatch and Suzy are happily romping about, when they meet Ivy, the woman who manages the botanical garden. Zatch begged and begged, so finally Kiyo agreed to take him and Suzy to the botanical garden. When Kiyo tells Yuuta he will not heal if he does not eat, Yuuta steals Kiyo's book and threatens to burn it. Kiyo is in the hospital recovering from his duel with Sherry and Brago, and of course, who is there with him but his tirelessly faithful friend Zatch! In the same recovery room is another kid named Yuta, who has been hospitalized longer than usual for a broken leg. While Sherry and Brago try to wrench the red spell book from Kiyo, a hooded intruder steps across the threshold of the house, and into the hallway where Zatch stands listening! Eager to show off, Zatch heads to the park to demonstrate his lightning powers to the kids there. Since the duel with Hosokawa and Reycom, Zatch has learned that he has special powers. Hosokawa says "I'm not after you, Kiyo, just that kid Zatch” and reveals that he wants to use Zatch's powers for his own gain. On the way home, Kiyo and Zatch run into Hosokawa and Reycom. Kiyo is beginning to think that Zatch, who shoots lightning from his mouth, is way too much trouble to bring to school. Kiyo, a genius but introverted middle school student, hates going to school and has trouble making friends until one day Zatch comes crashing through his window! Zatch is a present from Kiyo's father, who saved the little tot on an archeological dig.Ī news report comes in - a bank is being robbed, and Kiyo's only friend from school, Suzy, is one of the hostages! Kiyo thinks he has just the plan to take down the ice-spell wielding bank robber, Hosokawa. The plot follows Kiyo Takamine and his Mamodo partner Zatch Bell's adventures in a tournament that will decide the ruler of the Mamodo world. The first season of the Zatch Bell! anime adapts the 1st through 11th volumes of the manga over fifty episodes.