It hurts so much!
Your tears are proof that you lack the resolve for this.
Listen carefully, young ones.
If you see an old man in times like these,
assume he's a survivor!
Barato
Yamamoto Barbershop
Sheesh...
The inn town of Barato used to be run by the Hidoro clan,
but now one of their own, a man named Kusuda Umakichi,
built another gambling hall nearby.
Ever since then, they've been killing each other.
You're a bodyguard, too, right?
I can tell by looking at your face.
Who are you going to join?
I don't know.
By the way, you seen any men with strange-looking tattoos?
Tattoos?
Yakuza tattoos, sure.
Not like those.
Golden Kamuy
Sapporo
Here you go.
A copy of Henmi Kazuo's tattoo.
Episode Twelve Trickster Fox
How'd a screw-up like you
manage to get a copy made without tipping off a guy like Sugimoto?
Don't play dumb.
Come with me.
Ienaga!
He's alive?
Is it okay to let a doctor see him?
They didn't see the tattoos.
We're just borrowing the room.
Is there any reason to let a guy like this live?
Don't tell me you're in love!
Shut up.
I heard something interesting from him.
Ienaga, tell him.
The fire department and the police didn't find any casualties.
The bodies in the basement seem to have been buried in the rubble.
If those two's bodies are in here, they might be down there.
Shiraishi said that Ienaga and Ushiyama
were on the second floor until just before the explosion.
I can't see them being buried in the basement.
It's possible the two of them got out okay.
Get rid of that fish cake.
That Shiraishi blew up the explosives we just bought.
Where'd he go?
Susukino, probably.
That pervert.
I'm right here!
We'll need money to buy more explosives.
What's the plan?
There's a kotan in Naganuma, near here.
I have relatives there.
We can hunt there to make money.
Naganuma
Look, Sugimoto. We caught one.
You're right.
It's a cironnup.
A northern fox.
We hit it with a stick to finish it.
Please do it in one hit.
For this trap, you pound four-inch nails into an old oil bucket.
When the fox sticks its head in to lick the oil, it gets caught and can't get out.
There's a legend that when it gets warm and the red-pelt foxes come out,
they do bad things to humans.
So we call them ikkakar cironnup, "trickster foxes."
You can sell a fox pelt for one yen.
River otters sell for about the same.
Bear belts go for 5 yen this year.
Ezo squirrels are cheaper, around 20 sen.
One fox is 6 big bottles of sake, huh?
If you hadn't wasted those explosives, right now we'd be...
You piss me off.
Sugimoto, there's also the fact that in Sapporo, he...
Kiro-chan, don't tell him that!
He borrowed money from Asirpa and lost it all at the races.
You told him!
Go, go!
No! No!
Oh, no...
You used that money for gambling?
Lick the bottom of this bucket.
No!
We'll have to stay here for a while.
This is Huci's little brother, one of six siblings.
He's letting us stay in his cise here today.
I've been meeting some surprising folks lately!
A strange woman came here a while ago and is staying.
She says she can see the past and future,
and she's driving everyone in the village crazy.
There she is.
Her name is Inkarmat.
Look at our wonderful Nispa guests.
Shiraishi Yoshitake! I'm single, no girlfriend!
Oh, my! Your head is bleeding!
I was forced to wear a bucket with nails on my head!
I have a weakness for men with scars.
You're quite the looker, too, soldier.
Thanks...
Sugimoto puts poop in his food and eats it.
Oh, isn't it stinky?
Asirpa, you just said the words "Sugimoto," "ohau," and "osoma," didn't you?
You told her I eat poop again, didn't you?
Did not.
Wait a second...
You came from Otaru, didn't you?
How did you know?
She probably heard that my great uncle had a lot of relatives in Otaru.
I see.
I can see it...
You're looking for someone or something...
No way! Wow!
You're right!
I'm a fortune-teller.
The Ainu call it "niuok."
When they're uncertain what to do on any matter, no matter how big or small,
they rely on fortune-telling.
And they obey the result, regardless of what it is,
as the will of the gods.
Sirakki Kamuy.
A fox skull used in fortune-telling.
It's been passed down in my family for generations,
and it's the skull of a white fox, the kind with the most spiritual power.
First, you put the lower jaw on your head,
and then slowly drop it.
You look at the way it fell to determine your fortune.
The teeth facing up are a good omen.
I shall tell your fortune and see if you'll find what you're looking for.
The teeth are facing downwards.
There is no hope for you.
I feel an ominous sign.
You should cancel your plans.
Seriously?
She's just coming up with guesses that could apply to anything.
I don't believe in fortune-telling.
I'm a new kind of Ainu woman.
I see.
It's simply a fortune, not an order.
By the way, is it your father that you're looking for?
It's just a guess, so don't let it worry you.
That ikkakar cironnup...
Her fortune-telling is strangely accurate,
and the villagers have gone crazy offering her gifts.
She's probably going to a lot of different villages and doing this.
I knew it. Shiraishi's missing.
Sheesh.
I found him. I know where he is.
Where is he?
Naganuma Racetrack
Inkarmat-chan, make me filthy rich!
Sounds fun! I'm in!
Now, let's pick our horses!
That's your cue, Inkarmat-chan!
How about that one?
There we go.
That's the horse.
The Sirakki Kamuy says #4.
Really?
You're sure?
My Sirakki Kamuy never lies.
I've got just the thing for you, Shiraishi-san.
This is a talisman called an ekaeka.
If you wrap it around your wrist, it will protect you from disaster.
Thank you, Inkarmat-chan!
It's twenty sen!
Okay, I'm counting on you!
If I lose here, I'm flat broke!
Number 4! Number 4!
Go! Go!
Looking good! There it goes!
Just like that—
I won...
I really won!
Wow, Inkarmat-chan!
Okay, help me with the next race!
I've got just the thing for you, Shiraishi-san.
This is an ikema root.
It smells terrible, so it will keep evil away.
How much?
Seventy sen!
Gimme!
The next horse to win will be #2!
Okay, I'm counting on you!
Come on, #2!
There they are.
The red fox and the Scat King.
Hey, Shiraishi!
Oh, I thought I smelled poor people. It's you guys, huh?
Shiraishi, you owe Asirpa-san money, and you're still coming to the racetrack?
That's pretty damn brave, if you ask me.
Owe her money?
How much was it?
Two yen? Three yen?
Here, pick it up.
What's he—
Wake up, Shiraishi!
If you try to use fortune-telling to gamble, you'll end up regretting it!
Don't let this fox woman fool you!
Who are you calling a fox, you rude girl?!
Call her Inkarmat-sama!
Your breath stinks.
The two most likely to win next are #3 and #4.
You can tell fortunes, too, Kiroranke?
I grew up riding horses.
I know so much about them that during the Russo-Japanese War,
they had me take care of the combat engineer's horses.
The fox skull says #3 will win next, yes.
Number 3, right?! Off to go win, then!
Wait, you idiot!
Golden Kamuy
There you are, Takasaki!
I've been looking for you!
What?
Hey, that doesn't look anything like him, idiot!
Takasaki doesn't have a beard like this!
And he doesn't dress like an Ainu, either!
Something wrong?
The jockey who owns that cap ran.
Can you ride a horse?
The horse's owner told his jockey to cheat, so he ran.
The owner is a yakuza boss,
and he's planning to make an unpopular horse win.
If we fail, they'll make us pay for it.
We'll give him a lot of water before the race.
That'll make him a lot slower.
You can just ride it normally.
You want to win, don't you?
Hey, hold it down!
What are they doing?
That's the horse that's going to win.
They mix powdered viper into the water,
then jam a rubber hose up its nose and pour it in.
Sometimes they put it down the trachea and kill it, though.
Hey.
Who's there?
Is that...
Bet on me.
His beard...
What's going on?
I'll give you the details later.
I'll be riding horse #3 in the last race.
I'm going to win.
Inkarmat-sama, please tell me the future!
Give me guidance for I am a lost!
Very well...
The Sirakki Kamuy says that #3 can't win.
Shiraishi, that's enough.
Fortune-telling is what you need when you're not sure what to do.
I have no uncertainty on this journey.
So I don't need fortune-telling.
The Sirakki Kamuy says that #6 will win.
Number 6, right?
I'll bet everything I have!
Shiraishi, you fool!
Leave enough to buy explosives!
No, I'm going to bet it all!
Inkarmat-sama, go buy the ticket for me!
Okay!
Wait!
You came to Hokkaido because you needed money, right?
How much do you need?
You don't need 20,000 kan worth of gold, right?
Fox woman!
Did you come to stop me?
I already bought it.
All the money he has on #6.
But wouldn't it be better for you if he lost?
If those men make a fortune here,
will they still help you?
There's a way to make money
right in front of you that doesn't involve risking your life!
"I have the money I need, so I'm out."
Do you think I could say that to her?
Your eyes...
They have a pretty color, just like your father's.
We'll meet again, Asirpa-chan.
What's this horse's name?
Reppuu.
Listen.
It's #6 that has to win.
If we don't get #6 to win, we'll be killed!
Make sure Reppuu drinks all this water.
Let's go, Reppuu.
I'm counting on you, #6!
If you lose, I'll dine on horse stew tonight!
Go, #6!
Kiroranke was slow out of the gate!
Told you.
Out of my way!
Go, Reppuu!
Run as hard as you can!
Look!
How is #3's jockey doing that?
This one ticket is for #3.
Go, Reppuu! Go, go!
What is he doing?
Stop! Stop!
No!
Go, Kiroranke!
Go!
Let's get out of here.
The yakuza boss lost some serious money, so he'll be looking for me.
Where's Shiraishi?
Over there. Broken.
Let's leave him.
He'll follow us.
I did it! I'm rich!
I was tricked by a fox.
Is this what you're looking for?
What are you after?
I followed you here because I happened to hear rumors about the tattoos.
But when I saw you at the barber, I knew it was you.
I worked for Lt. Tsurumi, so I know you well.
Do you need a good bodyguard, Hijikata Toshizou-san?
Hey!
Did you wake up from your dream, Scat King?
Yeah, I guess I had a bad dream.
Gambling is wrong, huh?
I've learned my lesson.
You haven't learned your lesson at all, have you?
Get to work getting ready.
Abashiri's a long ways away.
But first...
Interested in some special information?
It had better not be as horrible as it usually is.
Well, hear me out.
I heard this from a cutie in Susukino.
A month ago, a man came to my hotel, alone.
He was a thief,
but when he snuck into a certain house, he saw something strange.
There were taxidermied human mounts made from corpses.
And he saw a skin with a strange tattoo that wasn't a yakuza's.
And that house is in Yuubari, she says.
We don't know for sure that the Abashiri plan will work, right?
If we happen to get information on the prisoners or tattoos on our way,
I think it's worth checking out.
Yuubari, huh?
We have five tattoo code skins.
Lt. Tsurumi has at least one...
Have they gotten any more?
Yuubari
Sergeant Tsukishima,
keep your eyes on that grave.
It was dug just after the accident in the coal mines yesterday.
Yes.
Do you think they'll take the bait?
Word of a coal mine accident will spread through Yuubari quickly.
I'm sure the grave robber will hear it, too.
What's wrong, Nikaidou?
Youhei's ears look just like yours.
Can I have just your left ear?
I feel bad for him, 'cause he's missing one.
Sure, sure. Once I'm dead, you can have it.
Lt. Tsurumi!
Really, Lt. Tsurumi?
Follow him.
Don't kill him, Nikaidou!
He dropped this.
Let's bring it to him.
Season 2 of the TV anime will start streaming in October!!