…and that’s a wrap.  At least, it is until the next time I go eight months without reviewing a volume of this series. Vol. 19 may have been this title’s most recent high point, but it didn’t quite herald the next stage of its story the way this volume does.  That’s at the end of […]

After all the excitement of the previous volume, you’d think that it’d be time for the story to take a break and let the cast catch their breaths.  This lasts for about two chapters as the main cast does just that and the focus of the story shifts back to some of the 7th Division […]

If you’ll recall, I put “Golden Kamuy” on my “Best of 2020” list.  I generally try to avoid putting ongoing series on there, or else each year would be dominated by continuing series like “Blade of the Immortal,” “The Walking Dead,” or “Delicious in Dungeon” until they ended… if they ended well.  In the case […]

Hey everyone!  Remember that thing we did around eight months ago?  Well, we’re doing it again because I still need to learn how to manage my backlog better! Early on in this volume, we learn a few important things:  That Sugimoto doesn’t want Asirpa to wind up becoming a murderer.  That the Ainu practice live […]

If you’re wondering where the reviews of vols. 1 & 2 are, Steve and I talked about them on the podcast a few months back.  Since that podcast, it’s been announced that MAPPA will be handling the anime adaptation of this series.  Given their predilection towards works that thrive on over-the-top violence — “Attack on […]