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Here we have Golden Kamuy, a manga created by Satoru Noda, published between 2014 to 2022. This is volume 1 of the series and it’s published by Viz Signature. It is printed in Italy, third printing.
I was recommended this manga after having shared my appreciation of the historical aspects, accuracies and level of detail in Makoto Yukimura’s Vinland Saga, and so I purchased the first three volumes of Golden Kamuy to check it out.
I went in completely blind and was very excited by what Satoru Noda had created. The art is incredible detailed and everything from close portraits, to clothing and the landscapes are all stunning. There’s a lot of gore, violence and death in this first volume but it also has its funny and light-hearted moments as well.
It is also the first time I’ve ever encountered Ainu culture in literature or media. Noda has also made sure to be as correct about Ainu culture and language as possible, and there’s an Ainu language supervisor for the manga, as well as many cited Ainu culture references. I loved the moments when Asirpa taught Sugimoto about various survival skills of the Ainu.
This paperback is bound in a glued perfect binding but it opens up easily. The book is bound in laminated paper.
The paper inside is fairly thick, rough wove paper with little bleed through. But the print quality isn’t the best. This edition also leaves the gutter empty, so there’s no gutter loss at all, which is perfect.
I’m very excited to continue reading Golden Kamuy, and will review the rest of the volumes after having read them.
Time-table:
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Inside the book 00:50
Contents 01:15
Overview 01:22
End of book 02:33
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