Twenty thousand kans.
A thousand times the amount the other prisoners were told of.
And it's hidden somewhere in Hokkaido.
He and I shared a goal,
so he told me the true amount.
It's only a third of the budget of the Japanese government,
but if we can get it out of the country, it becomes worth vastly more.
I'm starting to think I really can create a new nation.
Golden Kamuy
What? What?
A hand grenade.
Was that an ambush?
That's him!
Somebody save me!
Ushiyama!
What the hell are you doing here?
And starting a fight with the soldiers, too.
You were supposed to wait in front of that brothel!
Shiraishi's right...
Shut up and get on.
We're leaving!
The gunshots and explosions came from up ahead.
Get the soldiers together.
We need horses, too.
What's all that fuss?
Looks like they're having a gunfight over there.
What's going on?
Well?
It worked, mister!
We shot one.
Episode Eight Eyes of a Murderer
Two fled by horse, and we're pursuing them.
We suspect one of the ones that fled might be a tattooed prisoner.
He has no tattoos.
So the tip-off was a trap?
Did they intend to lure us out and steal our tattoos?
And they were willing to use dynamite to do it...
Lt. Tsurumi!
The explosions we heard earlier seem to have come from Sakaimachi Street.
The financial district?
This whole thing was a decoy...
They're after the bank!
We're leaving in one minute!
We found it, Hijikata-san.
This is it.
The tip that it was here seems to have been correct.
This blunt old thing just doesn't feel right...
After all this time, it's mine once more!
So the branch manager was threatened into opening the vault himself?
Then that explosion...
What's on the second floor?
Safe deposit vaults for valuables.
But to get inside, you need a key from the bank and the owner.
They didn't come up here.
The walls are thin.
The explosion was an attempt to get inside from the back.
They got the money and achieved their goal.
What did they want so badly that they were willing to split into two groups?
There's nothing in those vaults but bonds, jewels,
as well as works of art, like pictures and katanas that the bank owns.
Katanas?
Izuminokami Kanesada.
Hijikata Toshizou!
That's the soldier called Tsurumi, right?
I like that face. Very brave.
He even stole the horse I borrowed.
A ghost from the last days of the shogunate...
No, an evil spirit whose hatred still lives in this world.
Hey, ladies.
Sounds like you had a rough day.
And you look like a mess.
Yeah.
Anyway, about that favor I asked for...
You saw a man with tattoos, right?
Yeah, we swapped his with a new one.
Thanks, missy.
Buy yourself something nice.
But what do you want something like that for?
Now Retar will find him even if he hides under an outhouse.
Lend you Retar?
Please!
I want to be friends with that wolf!
You want to sell Retar's pelt for drinking money, right?
No way!
Retar isn't mine. I can't lend him to you.
And I'm never getting close to Retar again.
I don't want to get the wolves involved.
I don't know what you're planning,
but leave them alone.
Hey, I feel something.
There's something soft there!
Okay, Sugimoto!
Spin the fur twister until it stops rotating, and then pull it out!
Got it!
It's so cute!
It's nice and plump!
Shiraishi, it's going to fall off.
Grab it, now!
It's not moving.
Think it's dead?
Tanuki play dead.
Be careful, Shiraishi.
Don't let it bite your head.
Make sure it doesn't bite your head!
Ow!
It got away!
You're useless, Shiraishi!
You really are, Shiraishi.
Ryuu!
You followed us?
Good boy, good boy!
You were trained by none other than Nihei Tetsuzou, after all.
Good boy! Don't bite me.
Listen, Ryuu.
This is the scent.
Find this scent!
Just you wait...
I won't let you call me useless anymore.
What's wrong?
Well done, Ryuu.
That's his scent you were looking for.
Another body was found on the Shakotan coast.
The head was split open with an axe.
The last one had their throat slit with a blade.
The victim was a herring fisherman.
Was it that man?
Henmi Kazuo...
A murderer with over a hundred victims
who's wandered the whole length and breadth of Japan.
I've heard him boasting about it.
He bragged that the trick to not being caught
is to keep moving and never stay in one place.
A guy like Nihei Tetsuzou is a hassle,
but predicting Henmi Kazuo's actions is impossible.
As for the rest...
Stupid dog!
You dislocated your own joint to escape?
I'll skewer your eyeball!
Ow!
No fair using weapons, Shiraishi-kun...
Don't kill him, Ushiyama.
I'm amazed you found this place, Shiraishi.
Hijikata Toshizou!
He looks like an idiot,
but he's a monster you shouldn't underestimate.
What will you do, Shiraishi?
We're willing to leave you alive, for now,
if you let us copy your tattoo.
The old man and me are working together.
Did you seriously plan on fighting the 7th by yourself?
You're not working alone, are you?
There's also a man called Immortal Sugimoto.
Immortal Sugimoto?
Now there's an interesting nickname.
Is he your partner?
Yeah...
Well, more like he works for me.
He's strong, but really moody.
He doesn't trust us prisoners.
There's no need to tell him about us.
Just make good use of your bodyguard.
By the way...
Do you and Sugimoto have even a single tattoo?
Nope!
Choose whether we fight each other, or work together.
I'm a pacifist, you see...
Then why don't you start...
...with the skin of Henmi Kazuo?
Golden Kamuy
The yanshuu?
Seasonal laborers who are hired to fish for herring.
At this time of year, people come together from all over.
Perfect place for an escaped convict to hide, right?
Lately, some of the yanshuu are turning up dead.
The killer's a man named Henmi.
How are you so sure?
The same character was found carved into all the bodies' backs.
Their backs?
They say killing is no different than breathing for him.
He looks like just a normal man, though.
I had a brother, but one day he was
eaten by a big boar on the mountain near our home.
All I did was hide and watch while he cried and screamed.
When I think about how he struggled so hard, but it accomplished nothing,
how he was killed so horribly by a monster he couldn't even communicate with...
When I think about how much fear and pain he must've felt...
When I think about how the light faded from his eyes as despair took over...
When I remember those eyes...
It makes me want to kill someone. Anyone.
His tattoo had the character for "eye" in it.
Eye
"Eye," huh?
I see.
I'm worried that prisoner might go after my uncle.
He and the other men are at the coast right now.
They're trying to catch the whales that are following the herring.
Whales?
Okay, Sugimoto.
Let's go to the coast,
and eat some whale!
Asirpa-san?
You said this prisoner called Henmi had no interest in the gold?
Yeah.
Does that make any sense?
Why would a guy who's cautiously moving to avoid being arrested
leave clues that would lure out other prisoners?
I don't even want to think about what's going on in Henmi's head.
Well, if he's that bad a guy,
I won't have to feel bad about stripping off his skin.
There are large herring fishing zones off the coast.
When they bring the fish back to land, they process them right there.
Henmi Kazuo might be trying to blend in with the workers there.
Asirpa!
Achapo!
Great timing! Hurry, this way!
Hurry, hurry!
Row harder, Sugimoto!
Why do we have to do this?
Another kotan's boat found a whale and hit it with a harpoon,
but it's been dragging them along the coast since yesterday!
Let's help them, Sugimoto!
That's the boat! We made it!
Look! A hunpe!
The neck, Sugimoto!
The skin around the neck is softer!
I can't even tell where the neck is!
Okay, got it!
Don't get knocked over!
Even this time of year, the sea's cold enough to kill you!
Crap! The whale's heading for them!
Hey! It's going to ram you! Be careful!
That kid's yelling something.
One of the fishermen fell in!
Grab on!
Let's help him!
That ship's big enough that it'll take time to get back to the coast.
We need to get him next to a fire to warm him up,
or he'll die from hypothermia!
Got it! I'll cut the nets!
Shiraishi, we're counting on you!
Bring us back some whale!
Hang in there!
Hang on tight!
Hurry! There should be fires on the coast to help process the fish!
Thank you...
I don't want to die because I fell into the sea...
It would be so boring.
It's warm.
I'm saved!
You should warm your back.
Take off your wet clothes, too.
Take off my clothes? Here?
That was definitely Shiraishi Yoshitake-san back there.
This soldier is probably with him.
Eye
They must've taken the bait I left and come here in search of a tattooed prisoner.
Um, it would embarrass me to take off all my clothes while you watch.
Embarrass you?
Crap.
That just made him more suspicious.
Want a blanket?
He's nice!
He's so nice.
Am I wrong?
Maybe he didn't come to kill a prisoner?
But he has the same scent as me...
The scent of a killer.
Would he be willing to kill me in a horrible way,
like that beast that ate my brother?
Oh... maybe I should just show him...
No, no.
I can't show him my tattoos.
That's no different than suicide.
I need to struggle with all my strength.
Just like my brother...
Um... I'm fine, thanks to you.
I have some clothes back at the dorm...
I want to know more about him.
Those are some rare tattoos you've got there.
What are you doing here in the middle of the day?
My cold got worse.
Excuse me.
Yes?
What is it?
Are people other than fishermen allowed to stay at the dorms here?
Could I work here enough to pay for lodging?
I'll ask the boss later.
This herring is gutted at the fishing grounds and dried.
Herring rots, so it's how we preserve the fish to send it back to the mainland.
The leftover parts of the fish are stripped of their oil
and then used as high-quality fertilizer.
It's a very popular product.
After they're squeezed for oil, you end up with these blocks,
which need to be chipped into tiny parts so they can dry.
You use this knife to cut apart the blocks.
It's a big knife, right?
Give it a go.
I just need to cut this?
You look so cool!
Like this?
Sugimoto.
We should go after Shiraishi.
We don't know what our enemy's face looks like.
There's no sense in staying here alone.
True...
Asirpa-san, let's go.
Um, how about at least staying for a meal?
It's not much considering you saved my life...
But some warm white rice...
White rice?!
Let's eat.
Herring's so good!
It's got just the right amount of sourness to go
with these sweet pickled vegetables...
And white rice is a luxury!
This combination is hinna!
Hinna, hinna!
I'm off to osoma.
Asirpa, call it a bathroom.
By the way, were you at Port Arthur?
How was it?
How was what?
Did you kill anyone?
Well, it was a war.
Do you remember how many you killed?
I can't ever forget their faces.
The ones I killed up close enough to see, anyway.
Just like me...
Is it because of guilt that you can't forget?
Remembering them, at least, is my way of atonement.
I had a reason I had to kill them.
In exchange...
When I die, I don't think for a second I'm going to go peacefully.
I want him to kill me so badly.
Okay, I'll try to kill him!
Because if he's what I've been seeking...
There's no way someone like me really could kill him!
Next Time Gleaming
Next time: "Gleaming."