This is the season the show peaks, with more unravelling of Tsurumi's extensive manipulative plots, Sugimoto treating Asirpa as an equal and Asirpa growing and realising that she has to do what she can for her people. All the while pointing to an alternate way of looking for the lost Ainu gold. Slowly the story is starting to reach a climax but still keeps its classic vulgar humour in the writing. For them to be able to seamlessly have comedy, history, action, hunting, food and all sorts of other genres of shows in one story yet still forward its overarching plot of saving a dyingculture and the many people after the Ainu gold, is something special. Many people will look at this show and think its only about buff naked men and dick jokes, but the fact that a show with all that still manages to explore such a heart-warming and human experience is what makes Golden Kamuy so special for me.