Starting right where Season 2 ended, the crazy characters are on the go to complete their respective quests. With Sugimoto searching for Asirpa, and Kiroranke, the one who stole the Ainu gold with Asirpa’s father!
Things get interesting when Sugimoto’s group finds themselves mixed with a wolverine, yet another Ainu girl, and fighting off Russians in unchartered territory.
The episode was a typical Golden Kamuy edition, with humor and god-class action meshed together. With Sugimoto going around asking for Asirpa while showing lewd pictures of Tanigaki, confirms this point.
However, the mystery of the tattooed man and Kiroranke gets more profound with the inclusion of a new character, who is seemingly very interested in the Japanese soldiers fighting in the stenka.
Is he a friend or a foe?
1. Release Date Of Episode 2
Episode 2 of the Golden Kamuy anime, titled “Stenka”, has been released on Monday, Oct 12, 2020 at 7:00 am PDT.
Crunchyroll will be streaming it with subtitles, while Funimation would be streaming the English dub.
2. Episode 2 Speculation
Episode 1 ends with Sugimoto’s group winning against the Russians. There is also the case of a suspicious man with spectacles standing and looking at Sugimoto and admitting his wonder of their win.
We can speculate that this man has something to do with the tattooed man. Getting the attention of Sugimoto must be a part of his big plan.
Meanwhile, after winning one match, the group must have become famous and would be challenged more in the Stenka. Would the soldiers keep fighting? What of their goal of getting Kiroranke and Asirpa’s whereabouts?
On the other hand, will Enonoka ever get the chance to get her grandfather’s dog sled back? It is their only way of transport!
3. Recap of Episode 1
I. The Search
Episode 1 titled, ‘To Sakhalin,’ directly picks up from where Season 2 ended. Following Kiroranke’s trail, Tsukishima, Sugimoto, Tanigaki, and Kioto arrive at Sakhalin.
On the way, they find a stowaway, Cikapasi, who Sugimoto believes would help them find Asirpa.
But, Kioto, who is tasting wine at a local shop, finds that Asirpa had been taken to another Ainu village further up north. Sugimoto and the others follow the directions and find a different Ainu girl, Enonoka, in need of help.
Enonoka says that she had seen Ainu and was ready to help them, but the group is attacked by a wolf! Enonoka’s grandfather comes to their rescue on a dog sled. However, Kioto gets bitten by then.
Meanwhile, at Abashiri, Lt. Tsurumi is searching for Hijikata’s group, who is heading to Kushiro searching for Nopperabo.
II. The Fight
At the Ainu village, Sugimoto learns that Asirpa has been taken further north in a Russian village and gets ready to follow her trail using the dog sled.
Sugimoto gets into a fight with a drunk Russian, wo was scheduled to fight in a stenka, and promptly beats him up.
Outside, Enonoka reveals that her grandfather’s dog sled had been taken by the Russian group. The bartender agrees to give them back the sled only if Sugimoto’s group takes the man’s place, who got beaten to a pulp by Sugimoto.
The bartender informs the group that Kiroranke and his group were looking for a tattooed man in the stenka. Pressured into agreeing, the four Japanese fight the four Russians.
Sugimoto’s group easily wins the bout and attracts the attention of a bespectacled man standing in the shadows.
4. Where to Watch
5. About Golden Kamuy
Golden Kamuy is based on a manga series written by Satoru Noda, and 22 volumes have been released. The manga has been adapted into two anime seasons with a third on the way.
The plot revolves around Saichi Sugimoto, who is a battle veteran from the Russo-Japanese war.
He is in desperate need of money, he decides to go on a quest, when he hears a story about hidden Ainu gold. A young Ainu girl, Asirpa, joins him.
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