Golden Kamuy, Vol. 24

ゴールデンカムイ [Golden Kamui] #24

by Satoru Noda

The search for the tattooed convicts leads Sugimoto, Asirpa, and Shiraishi to the infamous Botaro the Pirate, a man with nearly superhuman swimming abilities. Tracking him down will test Sugimoto’s claim of immortality! Meanwhile, a serial killer stalks the back alleys of Sapporo—but is he another escapee from Abashiri prison, or someone else? The murders attract the attention of Lieutenant Tsurumi and Hijikata, and a deadly confrontation is building—but this time, who is the hunter and who is the hunted?

Genres: Manga, Seinen, Historical Fiction, Graphic Novels, Comics, Graphic Novels Manga, Historical

200 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 18, 2020

About the author

Satoru Noda (野田サトル, Noda Satoru) is a japanese mangaka.

Reviews

[Matty Dub · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the most ridiculously vulgar and crass volume yet and is up there with volume 14 as my favorite in the series so far. No manga volume has made me giggle harder than this one!

[David Codd · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some plot movement, some shenanigans

[Presley Stoyanova · Rating 4 out of 5]

Running out of steam a bit, so I'm not sure if my rating is accurate to how I'd feel about the quality otherwise.

Dislike Boutarou because:

1. I find him a bit boring. (Might be because of overexposure to whacky dudes).
2. He's being used as a way to (re)introduce a romantic reading of Sugimoto and Asirpa's relationship.

Because it made me uncomfortable and also I got scared of Noda's intentions, I did a bit of research into future events. There's gonna be spoilers up till the end of GK below (specifically about Sugimoto and Asirpa's relationship).

.......

From what I've learned, Noda purposefully made Asirpa a child, so as to not have to deal with people adding a romantic dimention to her and Sugimoto's relationship. He never intended there to be romance between them, and he exclusively describes them as partners, up till the very end. Boutarou is being used as a way to introduce a crush that Asirpa develops, one that, to my knowledge, never gets reciprocated by Sugimoto. At the end of GK, Sugimoto chooses to stay in Hokkaido with Asirpa and the people of her kotan. Cool. But I'm feeling myself get bogged down in the surrounding context, implications and reception to this ending. To me this is good, yay, more QPRs in the world. But there's an undeniable implication that Something, at Some Point, might happen. It could be when Asirpa's 30? 40? And that's fine and dandy, I guess, but it's just not my thing.

[Aleksandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Boutarou the Pirate! We love we stan.
The semen detective though. The only other author who can pull such ridiculous things and scene is Hideaki Sorachi.
If you like Golden Kamuy, definitely check out Gintama, I'm sure you'll vibe with Gintama too.

[Zibbi · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’m honestly not sure where the series is heading at this point. The last volume had its strong moments, but this one? I don’t even know how to put it—it was a letdown. A lot of the plot progression felt way too convenient. For example, Sugimoto and the gang just happen to bump into the candy seller while out on the street, and then they coincidentally cross paths with Botaro, the tattooed pirate, who robs the very ship they’re on. It’s just too much happenstance all at once.

On top of that, the constant betrayals and hidden agendas are starting to feel overdone. It’s like every other scene is setting up for yet another twist, making it hard to feel grounded in the story. And let’s talk about Usami’s bizarre deduction sequence—fapping to figure out where the killer is? What even was that? It left me completely baffled and not in a good way.

[Rach · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had so much fun with the fight sequences on the boat! The strength it would take to throw a man clear off the top of a boat and not kill them by slamming into a lower deck… Sugimoto is ridiculously strong. I knew this, but man!!

I do wonder if Asirpa’s crush on Sugimoto will ever be fully addressed by the two of them, and he will truly reject her so she can move on knowing they are friends. I feel bad if she’s getting her hopes up at all!! But she’s also still a wee lass so it makes sense.

[Erika · Rating 3 out of 5]

☆3.5。
白石が「IT」のペニーワイズさながらに側溝から子供に話しかけたり、外輪式蒸気船は浅い川を走るのにちょうどいいとか(そういやTDLの蒸気船マークトウェイン号もこのスタイル)、銃を持ってる郵便配達人がクリントイーストウッドそっくりだったり(当時は銃を携帯していたって事はかなり危険な職業だったんだな+35年郵便配達人やってて初めて銃を撃つってのがなんかいい、しかも自分は全て命中してるつもりだけど違うってのも)、「あぶねぇだろ、アシリパさんがッ！」ってキレる杉元素敵だし、機転を利かせて杉元達を助けるアシリパもかっこいいし、杉元が「俺は不死身だ！」と自分に言い聞かせたのが家族が結核で次々と倒れてからだとか、最後の最後のあたりは札幌版切り裂きジャックの出現で、追う側と犯人が犯罪現場でジョジョの戦いのシーンさながらに精子を飛ばしあって「戦って」るのとか(しかも扉絵には精子達に顔が...)....
色々カオスで、大本の物語はちょっと忘れてしまってる私にも十分楽しめる。
それにしても、誰がどういう思惑で一緒に行動して、どういう陣営になってるんだっけ...

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ugh! Too gross… One star demerit for the fap battle of the later chapters. It seems Noda sensei’s desire to continue to out-absurd himself with potty humor can sometimes get well out-of-hand. My thirteen year old found it completely hilarious, however. So, different strokes… as they say.

[The Book Dragon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Child murderers, steamboat pirates, Jack the Ripper, and everything is converging in Sapporo as the hunt for the Ainu gold continues.

Though I gotta say... I like Botaro. He's a fun character.

This series has 31 volumes.

[Sanny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bueno.
Está bien, se ha presentado a Botaro y a dos nuevos enemigos, así como se ha presentado un dato importante acerca del teniente Tsurumi. Con ganas de llegar a la conclusión de esta obra :)) 💕

[Brad Allen]

Not sure how to rate this one. Starts with seamen on a ferry, seamen pirates, seamen eating fish eggs. Ends with flying semen, semen on the ground and just a taste of semen. Maybe the referenced whale was a sperm whale.

And new villain, "Jack" the Gripper.

[Hamid]

8⭐️/10

[Loz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still enjoying this ridiculous adventure!

[Kulwinder Singh · Rating 4 out of 5]

"𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙪𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙."

All parties are heading towards Sapporo like moths to a flame. Some mishap is definitely going to happen.

[Alex Johnston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jack(ing off) the Ripper.

This is the greatest story ever told.

[DrCalvin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ewweeweeewww but also lol. Not the best volume, but some real nuggets here.

[Becky]

海賊房太郎飄丿登場，和杉元一樣都是被留下來的人。

[Sarah Salisbury]

Slightly traumatized by that one Usami chap I will not lie

[⋆ ࣪˖ ִֶָ sel ་༘࿐ · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume is so unserious with the Usami "skills." LMFAO. But goody volume again, I like Boutarou, tbh! ALSO OGATA'S DISGUISE LOL.

[Facundo Mosquera · Rating 5 out of 5]

Satoru Noda masterclass

[Alistair · Rating 4 out of 5]

瓦西里在這本大放異彩，這系列的狙擊手都好可愛。

[Rocío]

Releído más de dos años después porque la biblioteca ha comprado nuevos tomos, pero la cabeza no me da para retener más.

[Samuel · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5/5.

That ‘fight’ halfway through the volume came out of nowhere, but it was funny asf😭 another great volume🙏🏻

[🧸♡뀨♡🐣 · Rating 5 out of 5]

海賊的姿態真的好美喔⋯⋯
然後札幌出現了仿開膛手傑克的24死刑犯之一和跟小丑很類似的也是24死刑犯之一的人，加上各方人馬也都前往札幌中，真的是太刺激了><

另外想補充一下對於這部角色們的年紀，還有時間的推移這點，其實我還蠻混亂的，上一集提到生寶寶才發現原來時間過那麼久了啊⋯⋯

[Sol]

I'm excited to see how Botaro fares as a member of the team!!!

[Goop · Rating 2 out of 5]

Arcs have been really mid lately, hoping they pick up again. Had to put this one down at work once they started having a fap-off

[Otto · Rating 4 out of 5]

jerking it with Japanese jack the ripper sure why not

[Joar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Setup chapter. We shall see where this leads

[Melaine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Хоть я и думала, что что-то подобное произошло в флэшбеках, Усами все равно маленький мерзкий кусок г*вна

[Eressea · Rating 5 out of 5]

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