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Golden Kamuy (volumes 29-31 complete)
Jan. 11th, 2025 11:30 pmNow this is how you stick the landing.
It's been six years since I started reading this manga, and I've been following it on and off since then. I'm glad I saved the last three volumes to read in one go. It would have been agonising to wait for it, chapter by chapter, week after week.
The finale was dramatic and cinematic and emotionally satisfying. Worth the wait, worth the journey.
( Spoilers )
This is such a weird series, sometimes so utterly bizarre, I don't know how to go about recommending it. On the one hand, it's a compelling treasure hunt with competing factions, old secrets, and a race against time. On the other hand, it's gory and violent and disturbing. It's also a beautifully detailed history of early 20th century Hokkaido, a meticulously researched depiction of Ainu culture, a meditation on the relationship between humans and nature, and an examination of imperialism, war, and PTSD. (But also, sometimes utterly bizarre.)
It's been six years since I started reading this manga, and I've been following it on and off since then. I'm glad I saved the last three volumes to read in one go. It would have been agonising to wait for it, chapter by chapter, week after week.
The finale was dramatic and cinematic and emotionally satisfying. Worth the wait, worth the journey.
( Spoilers )
This is such a weird series, sometimes so utterly bizarre, I don't know how to go about recommending it. On the one hand, it's a compelling treasure hunt with competing factions, old secrets, and a race against time. On the other hand, it's gory and violent and disturbing. It's also a beautifully detailed history of early 20th century Hokkaido, a meticulously researched depiction of Ainu culture, a meditation on the relationship between humans and nature, and an examination of imperialism, war, and PTSD. (But also, sometimes utterly bizarre.)
