[This review will contain Spoilers for the show!]()

Golden Kamuy is serious but can have many scenes with absurd humour and characters, the main reason why I love this series.

[(SPOILER AHEAD) STORY:]()
The story focuses on Sugimoto who, after the war, tries to find some gold as to save his comrade's wife. Soon enough he hears about the Hidden Ainu gold and the tattoos. To be honest, I completly forgot that the main focus was to save his friend's wife.

Sugimoto meets many faces along his journey, Asirpa and Shiraishi being the first few to join his squad.
Their goal is to collect all of the tattoos which apparently make a map to where the gold is. This means that they have to make their way round nearly whole of Japan to find the tattooed convicts, which is rather interesting, there is always something going on in the show.

I nearly missed it but there are many vital points of their trip, cooking.
Asirpa teaches the squad how to use the wildlife to their advantage and how to make the best dishes out there, these scenes are honestly amazing.

[CHARACTERS:]()
Saichi Sugimoto - A war veteran who is set on finding the hidden Ainu treasure. During the war he's earned the nickname "Immortal Sugimoto" due to the reason that...well he wouldn't die no matter what challenge was thrown at him, he is quite the tough guy. Despite all that though he does have a soft side, he wants to save his friend's wife and also wants to protect Asirpa.

Asirpa - A young Ainu girl who meets Sugimoto when he is attacked by a bear, she is the first one to join his squad. She is very skilled at hunting and tracking. She often teaches Sugimoto how to find prey easier and how to cook proper food in the wild.

Yoshitake Shiraishi - The escape king, he's been to so many prisons and he managed to escape all of them. He is more of the comic relief for the show due to his immature nature and personality. Did you know that his character is based on "Yoshie Shiratori" a real Japanese prisoner who also managed to escape all of his prisons?

Kiroranke - He is the last one to join Sugimoto's squad in this season. He, too, is an Ainu. He is a friend of Asirpa's dad and thus thats his reason for joining the group. He is calm and serious, just like Sugimoto but a bit more.

There are many other characters in the show such as:
Tokushirou Tsurumi - The antagonist of the series, he is much less stable than most of the characters in the show, a part of that can be attributed to frontal lobe injury, he is plotting things, he wants the 7th division to take over Hokkaido. A really good bad guy imo.

Tetsuzou Nihei - A skilled hunter who owns a dog name Ryu. He just wanted to hunt down Retar. He was a weird character, often making boner and dick jokes.

Toshizou Hijikata - An old man who is still very energetic. He is also plotting many things such as well you know...taking over Hokkaido, yep two factions opposing each other, nice. Honestly this lad is quite the badass, just like Sugimoto.

There are more characters in the show that are important but I don't want to make this section too long, yep.

[ART/ANIMATION:]()
Golden Kamuy has a good art style, it feels unique and fresh. It has a nice combo of weird surreal look during the comedic scenes and dead serious during the...well the serious scenes.
The animation is nice, smooth fluid. Really makes the combat and gore stand out. The only issue I found with the animation is the use of CGI bears. I, personally don't really like making the main points of the scene in CGI (unless the CGI is really good like, for example, in Violet Evergarden), if its in the background sure thats fine but hey.

[MUSIC:]()
This show has an amazing OP, "Winding Road" by Man With a Mission. Such a bop, I love MWAM but this song honestly is one of their best.
The ED is also really catchy, just like the OP. "Hibana" by The Sixth Lie.

[OVERALL OPINION:]()
Golden Kamuy is a great show with many great characters, the mix of humour and seriousness is great and felt unique to this show.
The plot is also very interesting, there is always something happening, either bad or good.