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A tale of high adventure and survival!

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi Sugimoto searches the wilderness of Hokkaido for a hoard of hidden gold. With only a cryptic map and a native Ainu girl to help him, Saichi must also deal with every murderous cutthroat, bandit and rogue who knows about the treasure!

After the chaos at the Sapporo Brewery, all of the interested parties have come away with the knowledge they need to finally solve the coded tattooed skins. As the pieces fall into place, Sugimoto drifts to sleep, dreaming of a time before he was in the army, trying to make his way through the hustle and bustle of Tokyo. The seeds of Sugimoto’s current situation were sown then, when he found himself caught up in the intrigues of competing military factions. It all leads to the final long-awaited discovery—the location of the hidden Ainu gold!

200 pages, Paperback

First published December 17, 2021

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Satoru Noda

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

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199 reviews1 follower
May 10, 2023
Can't believe i have to wait until july for the next one 🙄
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October 13, 2024
The parallel between Yusaku and Asirpa is what pained me so much about this volume. I find it really interesting how Yusaku is such a central player that connects so many people despite not being a character whose face we've seen. I can't believe I'm almost done with this series. IM GOING TO CRY!
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2,515 reviews38 followers
September 29, 2023
Asirpa has given Lt. Tsurumi the key to solving the code on the skins, but help arrives just in time for her to reunite with Sugimoto and escape, along with Hijikata's group. But it turns out the connections between characters are more widespread than we thought and it's causing some loyalties to be frayed or severed.

A good portion of this volume is a flashback of how Sugimoto joined the army (which is hilarious) and I'm definitely going to have to reread this whole series from start to finish one day because I know I'm missing a good chunk of the total connections. (This is what happens when you're stuck waiting on the next book for extended periods.)

This series has 31 volumes.
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60 reviews2 followers
December 27, 2025
Encore un tome aussi intense que bouleversant. J'écris cet avis le lendemain parce que la frustration et l'amertume étaient bien présentes. Satoru Noda nous a habitué à la violence des événements dans sa narration mais je dois dire que cette fois je ne m'y attendais pas, enfin pas tout de suite. La fin de l'œuvre se rapproche et je commence à m'inquiéter de plus en plus pour ces personnages que j'ai tant aimé suivre.
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76 reviews
January 28, 2023
¿Es Golden Kamuy la mejor obra manga jamás creada? Yo digo... SÍ.

PFFFF QUE EMOCIÓN, CUANTAS VUELTAS DA LA VIDA, QUÉ BIEN HILADO TOODOOOO AAAH 🤯🤯🤯😭😭😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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343 reviews19 followers
February 5, 2025
Right, listen. There are certain rules when it comes to storytelling. One of them is that you can’t just make readers deeply care about a character and then unceremoniously yeet them into the void. This, apparently, is a rule that Noda has looked at, considered for about three seconds, and then set on fire while laughing maniacally.

Because, really, this manga does not hold back. The deeper we go, the more tangled everything becomes, and suddenly, loyalties are unraveling faster than a badly knitted scarf which is both fascinating and deeply alarming.

Yusaku, a character who is barely there, manages to be the emotional wrecking ball of the volume. His presence ripples through the story, touching lives, shaping fates, and quietly breaking my heart into approximately 57 pieces. I’m a bit scared with the parallels with Asirpa. Thank you, Noda. I hate it. I love it. How dare you.

And now, now, I am teetering on the edge of the final volumes, caught between desperate anticipation and the kind of existential dread normally reserved for exams you forgot you had. This story has been huge and wild and unbelievably good, and soon, it will be over.

I am not emotionally prepared for this.
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259 reviews8 followers
February 14, 2023
El pistoletazo de salida.

Increíble tomo e increíble flashback que acaba de cerrar conexiones entre personajes. Me ha gustado el paralelismo entre Hanazawa y Asirpa acerca de ser el primero en ir a la línea de combate.

También, este tomo ha sido decisivo a la hora de exponer las verdaderas intenciones y actitud de los personajes.

Kikuta, Tsurumi, Koito, Asirpa... Todas las piezas encajan en este juego de objetivos entrelazados.

A tan solo 3 tomos de finalizar la serie, no puedo esperar en conocer de primera mano la conclusión de esta maravillosa obra.
Profile Image for Erika.
2,840 reviews88 followers
March 8, 2024
星3.5。
正直何が何だか全く覚えてないので色々カオスで...
けれど、杉本がアシリパを支える姿が素敵だし、杉本の過去編も楽しい。
顔に傷がないし、髪型も違うので認識しづらいけれど。
そして、相変わらず、下半身裸ネタが多い。けれど、「下ネタ」という不快感がないのが不思議。
そして、「花沢勇作童貞防衛作戦」。旗手の暗黙の要件が童貞だからって、真剣な雰囲気なのに内容が阿保でウケる。(が、WW2辺りの事を考えると、こういうバカみたいな事が大げさに真剣に捉えられてたんだろうなと)

第278話:花枝子お嬢様とふりちんノラ坊
「お嬢様金玉の裏見てないで逃げてくださいッ」の見開き一ページの諸々が...ウケる。

金子花枝子、実在の人物かと思ったけど、違うらしい。残念。
財界人の大物と浮名を流して「女帝」と言われた女性が実在したらかっこよかっただろうな。
使用人ハマ子の「カエコ様は飾り物の男性をそばに置いて失った自尊心を埋めなくても、ご自身だけで優秀さを証明できるはずです」が結構心に響いた。

「シリアス回と思わせつつ勇作の童貞を守る爆笑の展開が描かれており、花枝子もわずか4話の登場ながら、ファンの記憶に残るキャラクターとして人気を博している。」という記事に共感なのでURL貼っとく:
https://renote.net/articles/325221
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612 reviews25 followers
January 28, 2023
I really loved geting more of Sugimoto’s backstory in this volume, in conjunction with Kikuta. The sheer number of ways that these characters overlap in their histories is incredibly engaging to find out about. It captures that “small world” feeling, they all impact each other even if they don’t realize it.

We’re so close to the end of this huge, incredible story and I’m both excited and terrified for what it may hold!
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132 reviews
February 25, 2025
This volume was a continuation of what is the last part of the story. This was the second volume of my binge read. I cannot stop reading about Tsurumi and how expertly his plan is coming along. Wilk and Kiroranke and Sofia and their story Yikes. On to volume 29
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1,540 reviews
December 9, 2021
I’ve read up to chapter 298 and man does Noda know how to make fantastic battle scenes!
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535 reviews51 followers
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December 22, 2022
土方與鶴見陣營同時解開人皮地圖的謎團,交代菊田和杉元還有花澤勇作的過去,月島看起來不再迷茫,換成鯉登心有疑慮?瓦希里和尾形是要你追我跑到何時,原本就對蘇菲亞這條線興致較缺,不知道會怎麼收尾。喜歡金子小姐。
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167 reviews1 follower
February 22, 2023
Extended flashback arcs this late in the series are so annoying.
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1,674 reviews22 followers
February 25, 2023
Ramping up to the end with drama and backstory and reunions!
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531 reviews16 followers
March 17, 2024
通往地獄的列車發車了,加速前進中。
菊田居然是第一個坐好的人。
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1,239 reviews
October 2, 2024
大家各自有各自的立場,不能說誰對誰錯,但有時候還是會覺得為什麼要讓他們身處在那樣的絕境之中啊(我指的是戰爭⋯⋯)
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Author 6 books8 followers
April 11, 2023
Increíble tomo. La búsqueda por Ashirpa y la verdad sobre el tesoro por fin revelada.
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