EP018

Kyubi: Operation Heartbreak (Japanese: キュウビのキュンキュン大作戦 出会い編, Kyūbi no Kyunkyun Daisakusen Deai-hen), Yo-kai Gargaros (Japanese: 鬼時間, Oni Jikan), and Komasan: Movin On Up! Episode 2 (Japanese: コマさんシーズン2 田舎者はバラ色に Episode2, Komasan shīzun 2 inakamono wa bara-iro ni Episode2) is the 18th episode of the Yo-kai Watch anime series.

Summary

Yo-kai Kyubi arrives in Springdale and attempts to steal Katie's heart. When Nate goes out of the house without her mother's permission, he is warped into Terror Time with Yo-kai Gargaros. Komasan’s new ideas seem to be stolen by a rival company, leaving the president suspicious of who is behind all of this.

Plot

Kyubi: Operation Heartbreak

Yo-kai Gargaros

Debuts

Yo-kai

• Kyubi
• Gargaros

Characters

Humans

• Nate
• Katie
• Lily Adams
• Mr. Thatchet

Yo-kai

• Whisper
• Jibanyan
• Gargaros
• Komasan
• Kyubi
• Komajiro

Trivia

• The way Kyubi and Nate faint in Recap Time is a reference to the Japanese Manga called Naze kashōsuke, complete with the katakana SFX applied to it.

Dub Differences

• The background on the title card of Kyubi's segment is animated, while it does not in the dub. Another interesting note is that the "Kyubi" has a small solid block, even though there was no kanji in the original. Also note is that the "kanji pop up" is still retained.
  • Oddly enough, international releases of the American-English dub didn't have issues with the animated background and small block.
• In the original version, Katie calls Kyubi a "kyuuri" (cucumber), and gives him the food at hand. The dub changes it that Katie calls him a "QB" (Quarterback), and gives Kyubi a pickle as nutrition. As such, the cucumber was renamed to a pickle.
• The cream bread was renamed to a cream-filled donut. Unlike how curry bread was renamed to whoopie pies in The Rare One, the item in the game is referred to as a Custard Bread.
• The omoteampedic katakana symbol (ズッ) was removed in the Recap Time.

Errors