The Finale of Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 8: “Brown Bear Man”
An explosion involving a floating bear at the beginning of the episode was just the beginning of the episode’s insanely bizarre antics. The anime completely fooled us with Heita’s predicament by suggesting that all is not as it seems.
Episode 8 of Season 4 of Golden Kamuy had everything that makes that show so great. Right when I thought I had things figured out, a murderous nutjob was thrown into the mix. The episode ended on a somber note, after all the chaos had subsided.
Yoshitake was very sad that he didn’t get that gold, of course. We also learned a little more about Ainu culture and history, which is always interesting.
1. What happened in Season4 Episode 8 of Golden Kamuy?
Sugimoto, Yoshitake, and Asirpa are back in Hokkaido and ready to get serious about looking for gold. They hear that someone found gold in the Uryu River, so they go to check it out.
We meet the episode’s main character, Heita. And this is where things start to get weird. Heita tells them about platinum while they are freezing to death looking for gold in that cold river.
He starts talking about a creature called a wenkamuy that has been living in the river for a long time. Then we see him up in a tree, snooping on Noriko and Taka while they are having a private moment, and he is wagging his tongue in the air. Gross!
We find out that Heita made Noriko, Taka, and the bear up in her messed-up mind. This guy was having some very real hallucinations.
Heita kills himself while fighting Sugimoto because he thinks he’s trapped and has killed the wenkamuy.This is a sad end to his story. We also learn a bit about his past and how he got the bear skin.
2. Catch Up with Golden Kamuy Season 4: Summary From Episodes 1 to7
Sugimoto and his friends said goodbye to the Russian village of Nivkh and took a dangerous trip back to Japan on dog sleds. But no matter where they go, trouble is sure to follow.
Asirpa and Sugimoto have to deal with a sniper who wants to get back at Ogata for killing his friends. Ushiyama wakes up from his beauty sleep in the middle of all this chaos and saves a young Ainu boy.
Kadokura is forced to play Russian roulette with poisoned silkworm cocoons after Sekiya abducts Hijikata. Then something completely unexpected occurs.
The filmmaker is trying to capture Asirpa’s sacred rituals when suddenly he is attacked by a wolverine. Nature itself seems to be conspiring against them.
But have no fear, for our heroes have come to the rescue and slain the wolverine with the ferocity befitting true heroes. Asirpa, ever the contemplative one, worries about the survival of the Ainu culture.
When Sugimoto finds out that Tsurumi is on his way to Toyohara, tensions rise. Sugimoto and Asirpa were being spied on by Tsukishima and a sneaky Russian observer.
Sugimoto and Asirpa make a daring getaway on horseback from Tsurumi and his goons. It’s a narrow escape, but the ferry manages to make it through the pack ice.
3. Golden Kamuy
Satoru Noda’s manga series Golden Kamuy has been adapted into 22 volumes. Two seasons of an anime adaptation of the manga have aired, and a third is in the works.
Saichi Sugimoto, a war hero from the Russo-Japanese conflict, is the protagonist.
Hearing rumors of lost Ainu gold, he decides to embark on a quest in order to acquire some much-needed funds. Asirpa, a young Ainu girl, comes along with him.
