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Golden Kamuy
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Thinking back, those were
his last words to me.
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I'm praying for Asirpa's happiness.
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I don't want her to be someone who stays
in a safe place while others fight,
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but to be someone who chooses the path
of thorns to find her own happiness.
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Like Sofia.
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That's who Aca is.
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That's right. If he just
wanted to protect his family,
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he could've chosen to live in
hiding instead of fighting.
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And then everyone would forget the
words of the Ainu and the kamuy.
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Everything that helps in life
is believed to be a kamuy,
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and the stories of the
kamuy that are passed from
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parent to child teach us
how to live in this land!
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If we forget the kamuy,
the Ainu will disappear!
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And now I'll tell you the horrible
fate that Wilk and his friends met,
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battling to protect the kamuy!
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Episode Fifty-Five:
The Cause of Everything
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Just as Wilk
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and his friends were going to find the
old man who knew where the gold was,
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we'd found out where information
about him had come from.
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A man named Siromakur.
Ariko Rikimatsu's father.
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He was the first to find
the old man named Kimuspu.
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A beautiful carving.
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This pattern has been
passed down in my family.
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I'm making it for my son in the army.
So that he won't forget the Ainu.
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Ariko-san, we in the 7th
Division are like a family.
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When the battle begins, we risk
our lives for one another.
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Of course, that goes for
Rikimatsu-kun as well.
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If you truly trust
Rikimatsu-kun like family...
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We captured the old man over a month ago.
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We've probably found the gold by now.
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Why didn't you go to
find it with the others?
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Because I couldn't agree
with how they do things.
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When Kimuspu refused to
tell us where the gold was,
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the more short-tempered
ones began to threaten him.
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They even said that if he didn't
tell us where the gold was,
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they'd find his family and harm them.
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I couldn't allow that!
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It was smart to part ways
with those who would try to
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divide the Japanese and Ainu.
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Now that we know of
this plan for rebellion,
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the 7th Division must take action.
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Tell us everything, Ariko-san.
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For the sake of those young Ainu
who live as Japanese, as well.
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I understand how they feel.
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I worked with them, thinking there was
a way to use the gold without violence.
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But those six, especially,
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are all difficult men with little
relationship to one another.
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Only their extremist beliefs about
the Japanese bring them together.
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And one very clever man is all
that keeps them working together.
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So it's true that the Ainu
near the Saru River eat dirt, huh?
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We call it cietoy, "the dirt that we
eat". We've eaten it for generations!
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The Japanese will call you cows and dogs!
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That's right.
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I've got less respect for you for
giving a shit what the Japanese think.
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What the hell did you say?
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What, you want to fight?
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Cietoi is called diatomaceous earth.
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It's a fossil made from a type of algae.
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It's eaten around the world by
tribes like those native to America.
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In Karafuto, there's a dish called
chikaripe that uses diatomaceous earth.
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It was the best food we had.
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It mellows out the seal fat.
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You really do know everything.
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You really are amazing.
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This is pretty good. I'll take seconds.
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Aw, you...
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Discrimination is born of ignorance.
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If nothing else, the Ainu
must understand each other,
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and come together as one...
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Where does this Ainu live?
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He lives in Bihoro or Nemuro.
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He's from Karafuto, I know that much.
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Can you tell me his name?
What he looks like?
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Father...
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Everyone calls him "Wilk".
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He has blue eyes and a scar on his face.
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So he's come back into my life once more?
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I fired a single poison arrow at Wilk!
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Did Wilk tell you of
his past as a guerrilla?
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He came to Hokkaido seeking the Ainu gold,
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so that he could give it to
revolutionaries in Russia.
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Ask him yourself.
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I waited outside for a while, and saw
Ariko Siromakur leave in a hurry.
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We lost him.
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It's too dark here in the mountains.
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That Ainu moves too damn fast.
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Gunfire!
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At dawn, I found Ariko-san near death.
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Did Wilk do this to you?
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No, he did nothing.
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We all killed each other...
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Those who defended Wilk and those
who did not killed each other.
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The balance that was only
barely kept by trust in Wilk
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was torn apart by the
poison arrow I fired.
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And now that Wilk knew someone was
after him who knew of his past...
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Lt. Tsurumi!
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He ripped the skin off his own face
and put it over another's skull
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to fake his own death.
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Any other survivors?
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Hey, don't die yet!
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Damn it.
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There are supposed to
be seven Ainu, right?
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So who tore apart the bodies?
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Oh dear.
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All the heads have been flayed of their
skin, and their eyes were removed!
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Why?
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Look!
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Look!
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I assume the skulls and
skins were swapped.
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And one of them is Kimuspu.
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There were eight Ainu present.
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He used the old man, Kimuspu,
whose existence was barely known,
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to hide his own death.
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He ripped out the eyes because his
own eyes were easily recognizable.
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He could've just burned them until
there was nothing but bones.
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He wanted us to think that
he was definitely dead.
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Usami, bring more soldiers.
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Kikuta, secure the scene.
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I'll go after Wilk.
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Is something wrong?
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What should we tell Private Ariko about
our involvement in his father's death?
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There's no need to tell him.
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They killed each other without our help.
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But our plan was that they would.
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That's Ariko Ipopte!
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What resolve it must've taken
to rip off his own face!
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Given what happened, there was
no doubt Wilk would be suspected.
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And how, then, would you be
treated in Ainu society?
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And Kiroranke might give
up if he knew that Wilk,
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the clue to the gold, was dead.
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Even knowing all that,
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a normal person could think about it
for three days and nights
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and still not decide to
rip off his own face.
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But he decided and took
action in no time at all!
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His one mistake was
that I was his pursuer.
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Hasegawa-san...
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Near Lake Shikotsu
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there was a prison where prisoners
were forced to work illegally.
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Who is your leader?
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Inudou Shirosuke.
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Tell Warden Inudou that 20 kilometers to
the south he'll find seven murdered Ainu.
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And the man who knows where
their gold is hidden is here.
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We had never gotten along
with the prison authorities.
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At Warden Inudou's orders,
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Wilk was secretly moved to a prison.
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And that's how Wilk became Nopperabo,
the man in Abashiri prison.
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What was Kiroranke Nispa doing then?
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When I was following Wilk and
trying to track down the old man,
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there was an uproar about seven
murdered Ainu near Tomakomai.
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Wilk... Wilk...
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Would I be able to understand
Wilk if I had a family?
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After coming back from the Russo-Japanese
war, I heard a rumor...
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One of the seven corpses was Kimuspu.
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There weren't seven Ainu.
Kimuspu was there as well.
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It hadn't been some other
person who'd killed the Ainu.
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And Hijikata Toshizou
came in search of Asirpa.
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The rumors of Nopperabo
in Abashiri Prison.
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The code in the tattooed skins.
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Could Nopperabo be Wilk?
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I had a family I loved, but I failed
to reach the same answer Wilk did.
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Wouldn't using the gold for the
Russian far east help the Ainu, too?
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Isolating ourselves in
Hokkaido wouldn't help us win
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against Imperial Russia
or the Meiji government!
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He really had changed.
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Wilk was a wolf who'd gotten
weak among the pack.
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So I killed him with the way of
the wolf he'd admired so much.
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Golden Kamuy
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Where's Old Man Hijikata and the others?
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Searching for Asirpa.
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It'll be hard to do this
with just two people.
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He Doesn't Count
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Damn it!
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Even as we speak, Asirpa-san...
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Do you know where she is?
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Looks like Lt. Tsurumi has
her locked up in a church.
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I'll go see.
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If I can grab her, I will.
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You sure? They don't trust you.
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Neither do we, to be honest.
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Asirpa is still so young, but she cares
about the Ainu much more than I did.
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And it shamed me.
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So I want to help you.
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Okay, I'm betting on Ipopte.
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Get ready to run as fast as you can!
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So what do you think the
cause of everything is?
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If Wilk had shared his past, the seven
Ainu wouldn't have killed each other.
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And if he hadn't come to Japan
in search of the gold...
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Kiroranke...
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And Fina and Olga, too...
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I think Fina knew that I wasn't
just an ordinary Japanese man.
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She stayed with me because my love
was the one thing she believed in.
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When she was dying, I wanted
her to know my real name.
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It was no confession of betrayal.
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I believe my wife was
smart enough to realize that.
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I couldn't get rid of their bones...
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I'm a failure as a soldier.
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If that makes me weaker
for loving my family...
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Then in a way, I understand Wilk, but...
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Thank you for telling me, Sofia.
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As a reward, I'll release you
from your years of guilt.
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This is the bullet recovered
from my daughter, Olga's, skull.
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Yes.
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It wasn't a bullet from your Berdan.
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Or Yulbars' machine gun.
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It was a bullet from a pistol.
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The secret police's Smith & Wesson
"Russian" guns were .44 caliber.
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A little bigger than this.
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Wilk's weapon was a Schmidt
M1822. A 7.5mm round.
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Which means the one who shot
my wife and daughter...
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...was Wilk.
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It was your father that killed
Olga and Fina, Asirpa.
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Asirpa...
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Asirpa...
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My beloved daughter, Asirpa...
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My daughter...
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Hasegawa-san...
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So that's it...
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My Aca was the one who made
Lt. Tsurumi into such a sad person...
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Was it all hatred?
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To destroy Asirpa...
Wilk's hope, our future...
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If that's your real goal, I'll kill you.
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If I wanted revenge, I had
any number of chances,
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in Karafuto or at Abashiri Prison.
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My one goal is the prosperity of Japan.
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I need money to protect it from
the Russian threat to the north,
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and other nations as well.
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It's just a tiny, tiny memorial on the
roadside of the path we must follow.
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My comrades in Manchuria.
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Fina and Olga in Vladivostok.
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A prayer that the land their bodies
rest on becomes Japanese soil...
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But I will never stray from my path
for the sake of my personal past.
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During the Russo-Japanese war, many
Ainu soldiers fought bravely, and died.
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Is it right for only the wishes
of a few extremist Ainu
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who chose to separate themselves
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from the Japanese to be respected,
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while the souls of those who chose to
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live in Japanese society
and risk their lives
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to raise their standing are ignored?
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As a soldier, I cannot
allow Japan to be divided.
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Asirpa was entrusted with
the gold by her father.
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She can choose a future for
both Ainu and Japanese.
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You're the only one who can
atone for your father's sins.
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Private Ariko Rikimatsu!
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What are you doing here?
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Lieutenant Tsurumi is inside?
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I was told to let no one in.
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Knock it off.
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Who told you about this place?
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Warrant Officer Kikuta.
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Oh, that's right!
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Sugimoto the Immortal was over
there, trying to find Asirpa!
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Huh?
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Sugimoto!
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The concerns of Kiroranke
and Wilk are ones
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that we, the people of Yamato, share.
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In this world, only the strong survive.
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And the weak are devoured.
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The Far Eastern Federation
that Kiroranke, Sofia,
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and her revolutionaries are planning
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will likely be able to make a federal
government on the continent.
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But if it falls to Imperial Russia,
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Hokkaido will be taken by Russia.
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So what of Wilk and Hijikata
Toshizou's Ezo Republic?
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If they want to be a powerful nation,
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they'll have to bring in
immigrants from outside.
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And it's very likely many of those
migrants will be enemies of Japan.
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I'm not speaking of discrimination,
simply probabilities.
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Hokkaido should be ruled by those
who would have it join with Japan.
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Someone whose ancestors
have lived in that country,
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who treasures their homeland
and loves its people.
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The Japanese must come
together to survive.
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The Far East Federation and Ezo
Republic are simply not possible!
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Asirpa, have you ever seen
one of these gold coins?
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They belonged to the Ainu
who killed each other.
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I assume they dreamed of
an independent country,
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and tried to make a currency that
would help to bind the Ainu together.
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But look at this.
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Look at the different shades of gold!
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The gold dust was taken
from different areas
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and contains different purities of gold,
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so it didn't mix properly.
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Ironically,
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doesn't it feel like it represents their
attempt and failure to come together?
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As I see it, Wilk alone wasn't
the cause of everything, Asirpa.
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The Ainu have treasures
made of brass and iron,
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but not a single one made of gold, yes?
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Gold was something the Ainu simply did
not need to live. It was useless to them.
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If anything,
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the search for gold dust polluted
their rivers and made them starve.
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You said that the kamuy
dwell in all things, yes?
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Clothes. Knives. Tobacco holders.
Dishes. Homes. All contain a kamuy.
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And there are kamuy such as disasters
and smallpox that threaten humanity too,
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are there not?
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If there is a kamuy of gold,
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then isn't it an evil god that
brings disaster to the Ainu?
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One that brings terrible
death to all who touch it.
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One more ugly and violent
than any other.
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A kamuy that's dazzlingly bright,
and shines with golden light.
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You could call it a...
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golden kamuy.
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Next Time
Ipopte
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Next Time: Ipopte!