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Kanon · 2020-11-24, 19:07

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Originally Posted by Haak

That's got to be among the saddest episodes I ever seen. Imagine dedicating your life to a lord, doing all the dirty work, making your own life a living hell painting a giant target on your back only for your lord to abandon you and you watch as your country turns its own way with your tireless efforts amounting nothing more than a drop in the ocean. And you have no choice but to have your sins chase you all the way to the end, even when you're nothing more than a delirious elderly man who no one loves anymore. His story was depressing beyond belief.

He suffered a lot, but he also managed to spend several decades living a peaceful and happy life with his wife before his past caught up to him. And in the end, he was able to die as a warrior thanks to Hijikata. It wasn't all bad.

Haak · 2020-11-25, 19:03

Imo, that's what makes it even sadder. He was actually able to find happiness but it was ultimately doomed because of a past he could never run away from. The only decent part of his life was still tainted with the agony of regret he would then spend yet more years living through. And in the end his only solace is that he dies in a specific but still violent manner. Imagine what kind of cursed life you have to have being happy dying violently.

EroKing · 2020-11-30, 13:20

That's the HOLY SHIT moment of this week. Absolutely did not see that coming.

Tenzen12 · 2020-11-30, 14:56

Do you know what is even more surprising? There wasn't any homoerotic subtext WHOLE FREAKING EPISODE!

Anh_Minh · 2020-11-30, 16:10

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Originally Posted by EroKing

That's the HOLY SHIT moment of this week. Absolutely did not see that coming.

To think even that guy was once kind of sane. Or some convincing imitation thereof.

AntonKutovoi · 2020-11-30, 16:33

> My name is Tsurumi Tokushirou

The hell... I did not see that coming.

Haak · 2020-11-30, 17:16

I pretty much shat a brick.

Kanon · 2020-11-30, 19:28

Given his reaction to his family's death, I figured Hasegawa would be someone important, but I never thought it would be him.

Wandering Soul · 2020-11-30, 19:49

So in the end, this episode was a Tsurumi flashback. I didn't see that coming.

VTHokiePride · 2020-11-30, 21:04

That plot twist at the end!

Master_Yoma · 2020-11-30, 21:58

Well that is some backstory who know Tsurumi all most about to become the main protagonist of this series

Cloudedmind · 2020-12-01, 01:02

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Originally Posted by Haak

I pretty much shat a brick.

I'm glad I'm not alone.

Jesus Christ this show.

Kanon · 2020-12-01, 08:19

Now the question is, was Tsurumi crazy before this or is this the event that started his madness?

VTHokiePride · 2020-12-07, 13:41

"Dick talisman protect me!"

How can someone not like Shiraishi.

SeijiSensei · 2020-12-07, 16:03

Going by past seasons there are only two more episodes. I hope the production committee remains committed to adapting more of the manga. Obviously there is still a lot of ground to cover even if Sugimoto and Asirpa are reunited at the end of this cour. Most pieces I read about the show suggest it is quite popular in Japan so I'm optimistic.

Kanon · 2020-12-07, 19:41

The anime has come such a long way. The tiger wasn't CGI!

I was wondering why Kiroranke thought Asirpa meeting Sofia would make her remember something important, and it actually worked. It felt like a coincidence though. Anyway, Asirpa seems to know how to decipher the tattoos now, and Ogata is the only one who has noticed she went "Eureka!". I sense another betrayal from him.

Master_Yoma · 2020-12-07, 22:09

Well having a tiger as a guard is a little much but they did manage to escape

Yoshitake got some crazy good luck

Guardian Enzo · 2020-12-08, 06:05

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Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

Going by past seasons there are only two more episodes. I hope the production committee remains committed to adapting more of the manga. Obviously there is still a lot of ground to cover even if Sugimoto and Asirpa are reunited at the end of this cour. Most pieces I read about the show suggest it is quite popular in Japan so I'm optimistic.

I think there's little question. It's quite surprising to me how popular the anime is here, much more unlikely than the manga being popular.

Yu Ominae · 2020-12-08, 08:53

Shiraishi almost ran out of luck there.

LG-MAX 2.o · 2020-12-09, 12:03

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Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

Going by past seasons there are only two more episodes. I hope the production committee remains committed to adapting more of the manga. Obviously there is still a lot of ground to cover even if Sugimoto and Asirpa are reunited at the end of this cour. Most pieces I read about the show suggest it is quite popular in Japan so I'm optimistic.

This anime is very popular in Japan, the problem is that it together with Akudama Drive are transmitted exclusively in Streaming FOD, unlike the vast majority of the anime of the season that come out in dozens of different streamings and one of them (Docomo) makes popularity rankings daily and weekly and as Golden Kamuy does not appear in these rankings some people think that the series is not popular (When these rankings are translated for us), but rather look at the official twitter of the anime production committee and you see that it is the opposite: https://twitter.com/kamuy_anime

Just to give you an idea the OVA that came with the special volume of the last volume of the manga sold almost 20,000 copies.

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