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Golden Kamuy 20 Satoru Noda
Who is on whose side…
The following are my thoughts with spoilers included!
Wait, Sofia is alive! What was she doing with her face submerged in water… Maybe she was so frustrated she wanted to scream, but that would be bad, so she screamed underwater…?
Iwao and Svetlana will have a great adventure on the continent, won’t they? lol With Svetlana’s ambition and Iwao’s combat skills, it’s understandable that they would be very successful! In the end, were they able to become wealthy and bring their parents over? I’d like to see their adventures…
Was Asirpa’s father planning to have Asirpa cooperate with Hijikata? If only Ogata hadn’t killed Asirpa’s father there… And if Ogata hadn’t shot Sugimoto, they might still be with Hijikata and not caught by Lieutenant Tsurumi by now…
Who really are Sugimoto’s allies? Asirpa and Shiraishi are definitely confirmed. What about Tanigaki? He owes a debt to the Ainu, or rather, to Asirpa’s grandmother and others, so he seems likely to act to help Asirpa. But originally, he was Lieutenant Tsurumi’s subordinate… Will he always side with Asirpa? What about the subordinates currently working with Lieutenant Tsurumi? Many of Lieutenant Tsurumi’s subordinates are fanatics… Maybe Tsukishima has a chance? Who in Hijikata’s faction might side with Sugimoto… Hmm, they seem to be pretty united too… The only ones who can be definitively called allies are Asirpa and Shiraishi?
A leader for the Ainu. Raised to be able to fight in the mountains. Hmm, do they want to make Asirpa a symbol for the Ainu?
Oh, Tsukigata is good at luring people into advantageous positions! He turned the tables when fighting with Sugimoto and the others, didn’t he! But there was an even more skillful person… He got caught in an avalanche, and Tsukigata died, didn’t he…
Second Lieutenant Koito suspects that the kidnapping was plotted by Lieutenant Tsurumi… The kidnappers hid their identities, so we don’t know who was who. Second Lieutenant Koito’s father was unconscious, and it was Lieutenant Tsurumi who actually fought. Moreover, Second Lieutenant Koito only heard the scene, not just saw it. If Lieutenant Tsurumi had killed the pre-prepared culprits on the spot, it would be over. Seems possible. I feel like Lieutenant Tsurumi might do that…