Anime Hajime Review: Golden Kamuy 2nd Season

***Warning, the following may contain spoilers for Golden Kamuy 2^nd Season. Reader discretion is advised.***

Series Synopsis

The lost Ainu gold is still waiting to be found, and ex-soldier Saichi Sugimoto (voiced by Chikahiro Kobayashi) and Ainu hunter Asirpa (voiced by Haruka Shiraishi) remain determined to locate it. However, more and more parties have grown interested in the prospects of this great wealth.

In frozen Hokkaido, trust is in short supply. Therefore, if anyone wishes to make it, they must be willing to work with people who might one day stab them in the back. It isn’t easy, but that is the reality in this unforgiving land.

Despite the dangers, Sugimoto and Asirpa know they can count on one another. Such an unbreakable bond is stronger than any gun or weapon. These two will need that strength because the people they are facing plan to stop at nothing to achieve their goals.

Anime Hajime Review: Golden Kamuy

***Warning, the following may contain spoilers for Golden Kamuy. Reader discretion is advised.***

Series Synopsis

Saichi Sugimoto (voiced by Chikahiro Kobayashi) is a hardened veteran of the recent Russo-Japanese War. After the horrors of battle, Saichi has come to remote Hokkaido to keep the promises he made to his fallen comrades.

While there, Saichi hears rumors of a missing stockpile of gold. The stash was stolen from the native people of Hokkaido, the Ainu, and the murderous thief was sent to jail before revealing its location. While in prison, the mastermind tattooed a map to the gold onto his fellow inmates. Following a massive jailbreak, the pieces of the map are now scattered across the land.

Seeing this as his chance to do right by his friends, Saichi decides to go after the gold. However, he soon realizes this is a job he can’t do alone.

Saichi comes across a young Ainu girl named Asirpa (voiced by Haruka Shiraishi). Asirpa is also interested in the gold, but not for monetary reasons. Her father was one of the ones killed during the original theft.