Golden Kamuy (Saishuushou) • Golden Kamuy Final Season - Episode 52 discussion

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F for Usumi, also Ueji Keiji dying like that, damn

The Spunk Detective spanking the poor man was a sight to behold. Did bro moan when he was getting spanked? lol classic GK. This show has goofy homoerotic shit like that and then like a few minutes later you got Sugimoto strangling Jack the Ripper to death with his own intestines, dragging his face across a wall, then impaling the mfer in the throat.

Didn’t think Usami would get sniped like that. The way Tsurumi held him in his arms was very Pieta-like. I’m sure that’s no coincidence with all that Virgin Mary talk with Jack earlier.

I guess the one thing everyone got from dude falling to his death and decapitating himself is that ya don’t need all the skins to find the gold. Shit’s ramping up after this for sure.

Usami really was Tsurumi's special soldier. Tsurumi even took Usami's little finger to carry it with him, the same as he did to his wife and child when they died

Really gory episode!

Little Asirpa is precious

So that's gonna be a gif, yes?

Holy shit Sugimoto doesn't mess around... That was a violent execution.

And Ueji's death is so stupid...

This cast is as unhinged as ever lol

Holy shit! That beatdown Sugimoto gave Jack was brutal! I didn't think we'd see someone [get strangled with their own intestine this episode.](https://i.imgur.com/x7uyn3I.jpeg)

So many deaths this episode, too. [I didn't really care much for Ueji](https://i.imgur.com/xGuAlBL.jpeg), so I don't really have much reaction to his death. Compared to Usami, who I've really enjoyed as a character ever since he was first introduced back in Season 2. [I'm definitely gonna miss this crazy dude.](https://i.imgur.com/nbfkf8r.jpeg)

I think we should expect more deaths, considering we're now on the last leg of the story. I don't think everyone will make it out of this alive.

From spanking to a death brawl from zero to hundred. I love this anime

This episode is off the chain!! So much hilarious action. The spanking!! Then the story of how Ainu women on Menasa Island get pregnant! 🤣🤣

I ❤️ this show so much.

That got brutal FAST.

The action in Golden Kamuy is so often some Looney Tunes shit that I kinda forget how *insanely* violent it can be at times. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a character get brutalized in so many different ways as Jack did in that fight scene. Bastard got strangled with his own intestines.

We need more violent sugimoto

How many episodes are we going to get in total?

One of the best episodes of the series. Lots of deaths, guts, spanking... I don't even know which moment was the most unhinged. Well, now Jack The Ripper and Keji The Diddler are dead their world is more safer, and Uhsiyama even got to finish off Jack.

That ending though. Looks like Kikuta has some sort of connection with Ogata. Interesting.

SOME MUCH HAPPENED DUDE IT IS SO PEAK

Also - I love Golden Kamuy's backstories of crazy people. It's super intriguing to see what drove for most of them to become monsters and have those crazy beliefs.

Jack The Ripper had mommy issues while Keji had daddy isues lul. Nice opposite pararells I just noticed.

For those that don’t remember, Kikuta said last season to Ariko that he is a spy for central, waiting to take the gold from Tsurumi.

So freakin' good!

Guys getting spanked, choked by their own intestines, biting off fingers, splatting like watermelons from freefalls, sniped, and I still can't help but want more because characters like Tsukishima, Koito, Nikaidou, Ariko, etc. didn't even get any screentime!

It's surreal to be in the endgame and finally be getting character exits via death. I thought nothing of Usami for a majority of the show but they propped him up as a dark horse so much these past 2 season, just for him to be the first to go!

GK writing never fails. Such clutch ways to justify Kadokara's presence this whole time and Usami chasing after him for an actual reason other than just being one crazy, zesty boy.

3 deaths in 1 episode is pretty crazy, but they're cutting this arc short already that I wonder if we'll ever get these many characters from all parties assembled or if the actual finale is going to be more personal.

Can't wait to see Tsukishima's reaction to Usami's death seeing as how they were the most loyal 7th Division members and this could act as a cautionary tale for him as he's already faltering in his allegiance to Tsurumi.

Obligatory Asirpa's mom was a baddie.

Juicy af episode clincher with the suave Kikuta-Ogata pass-by. Has the arguably most evil character been working for the "good guys" all along?!

Fantastic episode. So much happened.

First we go from Usami chasing down Kadokura to ending up in a fight with Ogata. This fight really resembles Ogata to a tee because if you think you've got Ogata down, he makes the surprise comeback. He literally loaded his rifle from the bullet that was in his mouth. Talk about insanity.

The episode had great choreography, but the scene that shined was when Ogata sniped Usami. As we have Sugimoto fighting Jack the Ripper, he is in Ogata's firing range. The fact his bullet goes through the room Sugimoto & Asirpa are in makes you wonder, is he aiming to kill Asirpa? Well, it makes sense he would aim for Usami given their rivalry.

This series wouldn't be how it was if we didn't get some Ainu culture mixed in. Although Jack the Ripper's reason for killing those women, simply rooted in the fact that his mother wasn't a virgin, is incredibly fucked up. Man, we're getting Sugimoto even more enraged than Asirpa is. Though the saying is, It doesn't matter who you come from; it is the life you put out for yourself. As this relates to Asirpa, her father's history is unknown, but she is moving forward with what she is doing for the Ainu.

Usami ends up making his way to Tsurumi and giving the skin he got from Kadokura. As well as some news that is most likely the skin on the back of Kadokura that is unfinished. This scene highlights a previous conversation between Usami & Tsurumi, wherein Tsukishima's flashback, Tsurumi took a blow for Tsukishima in front of his men. Which Usami mentions that Tsurumi called Tsukishima a brother in arms in front of his men to boost morale. In that scene, Usami even says he wishes that Tsurumi would use him as a pawn in the same way. Thus we get a very similar situation where Usami is bringing back a skin and information for Tsurumi, which can be viewed as boosting the morale of Usami's sacrifice. Now whether this is intentional or not on Tsurumi's part is yet to be determined.

It is quite ironic that Keiji Ueji's death happened because he aimed to disappoint everyone. But eventually the only one he disappointed was himself. Quite funny that his disappointed face, which looked like his father's face, is what his final laugh was at. Though he really laughed at himself.

Damn, that was perhaps one of the most brutal episodes I've seen out of this show in a very long time. We got:

- Disemboweling a killer then strangling him with his own innards

- Dragging his face against a brick wall

- Shoot him in one hand, stabbing him in the other

- Kicking him out of the window

- Finishing him off with a stomp to the face

- THEN, watching a DIFFERENT guy climb up onto a smoke stack, completely naked, only to fall and get decapitated on a ledge.

But of course, let's not forget the most brutal beatdown of this episode, which were all the spankings delivered to that poor man's ass.

Golden Kamuy doesn't relent!

laughed at Ueji's death ngl........

Was wondering last episode when it would finally escalate
But wow, I didnt expect that kind of violence and quick action to show up so fast

So many good moments, ass spanking, choking someone with their own innards and then meat crayon the wall with their face
Finall Uejis death was so on point I love it

At least he got to see one final disappointed face before his death

Damn the way Sugimoto took out Jack The Ripper was so freaking brutal I was completely shocked at what I was watching, I don't remember anything like that in the previous seasons. Using Jack's intestines to choke him is wild.

I was already expecting deaths from the prominent characters but it's still sad to see Usami the Cum Detective finally getting killed. Tsurumi really gave him what he wanted to hear as he passes. I like that the author gave him a really good comedic bit with Kadokura (Kadokura's moans though lol), an intense fight with Ogata and then that death scene.

I'm glad Keiji never got the satisfaction he wanted, the way everyone just went "meh" was so funny lol.

Kadokura being the last tattoo, and the last scene with Ogata and Kikuta being on the same side were both great twists. Things are definitely going to get messier.

it's finally time for my boy Kadokura to shine! ;-;

Holy shit, Jack the Ripper got destroyed. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Is this the end of Usami? It is the final season apparently, so I can imagine most of the cast might very well end the series as a corpse. And what an exit for Usami, being held in Pieta pose as Tsurumi bites off your finger. This series is weirdly sexual with its scenes, like a Cronenberg movie.

Loved everyone calling that gap toothed serial killer's bluff and him getting such an iconic self afflicted death soon afterwards.

I wonder if this entire season is going to be a running battle between a diminishing cast of characters? Its been exciting to watch so far.

J'ai ri, j'étais ému, écœuré, admiratif, intrigué. La perfection quoi !

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That ending!

holy shit this episode perfectly encapsulates the essence of this series. Its like peak golden kamuy

That was a very brutal death, holy shit! Gutted, nearly asphyxiated with his own intestines, head slammed against the wall repeatedly and then dragged through it, shot in the hand, stabbed in the other, stabbed in the neck, thrown out of a window and finally got his face stomped on.

Kaiji´s death was pretty "meh".

Not enough people watch this show.

bro... jack' death was in another level WTF

GREAT EPISODE

I love the fight choreography in this show

That episode was peak full of goofy moments and brutal action. This is my favourite that I can't recommend to anyone lol

Some notes about this episode:

* The brutal execution of Jack the Ripper is just a callback to how he his obsessed with virgin births. He got stabbed in the stomach, in both hands, and got a ring of blood around his head like Jesus. Even him falling out of the window was in a crucifix-like pose.
* Kadokura having the tattoo is actually disguised well. Remember, last season, one of the fugitives made him strip to make sure he had no weapons on him. We never saw his back then.

remembering how hot ogata is

damn, sugimoto made sure to hit ALL the corners on that wall drag!

Gotta love the brutal stuff after the silliness of last week. Classic Kamuy.

How is this show not more popular? I have watched a lot of masterpieces and this is easily one of the best anime that I’ve seen. It literally has everything from an intricate plot, good characters, good fights, good comedy, and decent animation. I genuinely don’t think I’ve seen a more complete anime.

Damn this episode was the most classic Golden Kamuy emotional whiplash rollercoaster.

"Hahaha, spanking and virgin pregnancies!"

"Jesus christ, what a bloody execution"

"Haha, Private Usami up to his usual hijinks"

"Jesus fucking christ he's dead! They're mourning him!"

"Haha, Ueji is naked and shouting"

"Jesus fucking christ he's decapitated!"

Can I give an alternative take on Tsurumi biting Usami's finger? I always interpreted it differently than what it was at face value. To the casual eye, it seems like he is indeed swallowing his pinky bones so they'll "be together forever", and specifically the pinky bones because those have extra meaning to Tsurumi because that's how he remembers his wife and baby.

But to me, I always took his words more literally as deceptively incorrect. By eating the finger bones Usami will NOT be with him forever. In 1 day Tsurumi will shit out the bones and they'll be nothing to him anymore. Whereas he KEPT his Wife/Baby's bones on his person at all times in a far more "permanent" way.

To me, this was another act of Tsurumi controlling his subordinate to his final breath, something he's done 100% of the time. And while Usami might interpret the eating of his finger as the ultimate compliment. To Tsurumi I think it's akin to "you're just the same as any other shit I take".

Team Tsurumi is already full of scary motherfuckers but the way Kikuta showed up in that last scene was stone cold.

more like RIP the jacker mirite

Tbh the animation is kinda bad with the smoke and buildings but the story is great and it doesn't really matter. Show will be even better on rewatch as I kinda forgot half their backstories and that's the best part of the show

i loved usami's ending, he assumes everyone is seduced by lt. tsurmui into a pawn himself included, yet he still participates willingly even in death, tsurmui seduces usami into thinking he was more than a pawn. even if usami thought tsurmui was manitpulating him, he accept it. i wish i could articulate this more this shit is so poetic

This show is so god damn unhinged as ever.

I’ve watched this show since season one but what the entire fuck did I just watch?

Men getting spanked.. Tekashi69 wanting attention.. butts in the wind get females pregnant, a man getting choked with his own organs, Ogata getting his ass best, Usami getting chilled and also getting ingested…

This show really one up itself on all levels I honestly don’t even know what to say.. it’s just truly unhinged.

The stock bold racking sound is killing me lmao

Bro I knew I recognized that dude from somewhere..Keiji is tekashi 69 lol

Sugimoto was hella brutal this episode

Aw, I can't believe the sperm detective died... :'(

But at least he gave Tsurumi some nice finger food to remember him by.

This anime is unhinged and i freaking love it.

What a fantastic episode. Tsurumi manipulating that spanking nutjob Usami to the very end. He's just gonna shit out that finger and never think about him again.

Ogata and Sugimoto brought the VIOLENCE today holy shit. Asirpa standing her ground against that sick fuck Jack the ripper was great to see. The whole double-triple agent plot is getting even better and Botaro with his steel lungs about to get his mvp moment.