#. shut me up

[itoendme]

i want to talk about war’s effect on individual morality in Golden Kamuy because ethics is a topic that inevitably pops up when war is involved, but Golden Kamuy focuses less on the actual war and more on the impact the war had on the moral values of the soldiers after the fact. Sugimoto expresses in chapter 100  that all the military men (current and former) involved in the search for the gold are unable to adapt to live outside of the military. Being a soldier has shaped their identities. I could do another analysis as to why Ogata continues to wear a military uniform after he’s deserted, but for now, I mainly want to talk about  Sugimoto and Tsukishima. 

Sugimoto admits to dehumanizing people in his head in order to justify their deaths. He did it with the Russian soldiers in the war, and he does it with the Abashiri convicts and the 7th division soldiers, and I think that the fact that he admits to doing it points to the idea that he’s questioning whether or not he is justified in talking all these lives. Did all of those people really deserve to die? Is he a bad person for killing them? I think these questions are very much prompted by his encounter with Ume after the war, he can’t assume a normal life because he doesn’t have the answers yet, and searching for them is a big part of his character arc.

Tsukishima is similar to Sugimoto in that he didn’t really have a life before the war. Both of them were living without much of a purpose, and joined the army simply to stay alive, Sugimoto to escape poverty and starvation and Tsukishima to escape death row execution. And while Sugimoto was given purpose by Toraji’s death and later by his friendship with Asirpa, Tsukishima was given purpose by Lt Tsurumi. He fully believes that he doesn’t deserve to live for himself or be anything other than Lt Tsurumi’s pawn. Being a soldier is Tsukishima’s entire identity, and he doesn’t concern himself with moral questions because there is no life for him outside the army. This relates to the philosophical idea of private use of reason, that reason must be restricted in the case of a contract or obligation like being a soldier. Because of his obligation, Tsukishima doesn’t have the luxury of independent thinking. Being a soldier allows him to remove himself from the moral dilemma.

While being in the military raised questions of morality for Sugimoto, it gave Tsukishima an excuse to suppress those very questions.

We don’t actually see much of the war in Golden Kamuy, only occasional flashbacks, but its effects resonate throughout the story. Different characters are affected differently by similar experiences. I think that Golden Kamuy is so good thematically because it poses questions about who decides what is justified and who gets to be a victim. Even characters that exist for narrative purposes feel believable and fleshed out, and the audience is encouraged to form their own opinions about them. 

[starrytheclown]

I love how husk and Angel just casually flirted with eachother IN THE MIDDLE IF A WAR😭 I love them both so much

[flesh-n-brain-rot]

I completely get it. If I had Mark Webber around I would also act like an absolute brat.

[gaypeoplelover11]

I got bored so here

[zhezhezha]

2s15ep animation!

[npa-nomipearline]

be so happy

[dallywinstonz]

Here's a gorrister drawing I drew a while back || YAP SESSION AHEAD‼️|| does anyone else start to hyper fixate on shows they've never watched before?? RAHH, I'm obsessed with the boys and mob physco 100. I will definitely be able to watch mob physics 100 soon, but I'm not so sure about the boys..// I feel really confused rn, and idk why 😰😰 IM SUFFERINGGG REEEE anyway. uhh sigh, I'm tweaking because I have ART BLOCK. I can't draw right now, AHHHHH!! But I am watching dexter, which I really like 🤩 okay Zarah out 😎✌️

[meringuecream7]

DAVE FINALLY SNAPPED??

[dogwithalzheimers]

Old man yaoi

[ronniessmiles]

Hi just realized I still have tumblr so let’s see how MSI tumblr treats this post

MINDLESS GIRLS INDULGENCE!! These are my babies I love them so much (I still have to make like 4 more more album girls 💔)

[itoendme]

people who look at ogata and say ‘i can fix him’… dude, yuusaku and asirpa both tried. and he returned the favor by killing yuusaku and killing asirpas dad, shooting her bestie in the head, and pointing a gun at her with the intention to shoot. he canonically would rather die than be 'fixed'. good luck lol

[that0nebaguette]

I drew the parts where they serrrve💅💅

[artsz-c]

I animated again🤑🤑

I had this idea while walking home from school

So sigma

[ghostorbz]

SHUT ME UP ꒰⁠⑅⁠ᵕ⁠༚⁠ᵕ⁠꒱⁠˖⁠♡