#Golden kamuy headcanons

[madeleine-line]

Leaving lipstick kisses on their face | GK x Reader

Warnings: short drabble, characters are Sugimoto, Ogata, Usami, GN/ambiguous reader, nothing but pure fluff, maybe a little ooc haven’t written in awhile,,,

Just a little idea I had,,, trying to get back into writing some more so I can FINALLY get to all the overdue requests in my inbox lol. Sorry it’s not much, might come back to this and write for more characters at a later date, but for now I am going to take a nap loll

When Sugimoto feels your lips make contact with his cheek he laughs softly and leans into it a bit. He sighs contently as you pull away, his hand moving to feel over the small stain you’ve left. As he goes to say something you quickly shut him up by pressing another kiss to the corner of his mouth, and then another to his nose, and a few more to his cheeks. He laughs a bit harder at your antics, he places his hand over your mouth and gently pushes your face away. “C’mon, stop fooling around, I’m trying to focus here…” he scolds half heartedly. He uses his sleeves to wipe away most of the lipstick stains, it’s not until much later when Asirpa points it out to him that he realizes he missed a few spots…

Ogata lets out a huff of frustration when he feels your chest press against his back and your arms wrap around his shoulders. Despite seeming annoyed he does nothing to weasel out of your grasp, only placing a hand on your forearm. “What is it now? can’t you see I’m busy?” You only giggle as you press your lips to his forehead, making a quiet ‘mwah’ sound. He sighs a bit louder and pulls his face away from you. But it’s no use, you’re relentless as you pepper feather light kisses across his cheeks. He tolerates it for a few seconds before finally breaking away from you, pushing you off him completely. “What’s gotten into you…” he grumbles. Later as he’s reminiscing on the moment he realizes that you left quite a few stains across his face. He’s a little annoyed as he carefully wipes off all the marks, but there’s a small warm feeling in his chest.

Usami smiles wide when you pull him into a hug and quickly wraps his arms around you, clingy as ever. “Oh? Did you miss me?” He smiles into your lips as you press a small peck to his lips. He reaches up to try and wipe your smudged lipstick, only for you to push his hand away and continue pressing kiss after kiss all over his face. He laughs as he soaks in your affections, enjoying every time time your lips meet his skin. He whines softly as you try and pull away, his grip on you tightening. “Hey, where are you going? I’m not done with you yet!”

[tsurumiau]

GOLDEN KAMUY x MARIO KART 8 DELUXE

a silly little post about what racer they'd choose if they played mario kart 8 deluxe (+ some headcanons)

SUGIMOTO

he'd 100% choose baby luigi . he thinks luigi is MUCH cooler than mario and he chose him as a baby because he thinks he'll go faster if tiny. he also always chooses the jet bike as the vehicle (what can i say it just looks like it goes very fast)

SHIRAISHI

HE WOULD ABSOLUTELY CHOOSE ROY . i mean look at his sunglasses he's clearly the coolest. shiraishi always gets the WORST items and when he finally gets a mushroom he ends up crashing against a wall or falling off the map

ASIRPA

king boo . she LOVES choosing king boo and screaming BOOOOOO SUGIMOTO IM GONNA EAT YOU when she's behind him (she really does it with everyone but sugimoto is the one who gets scared the most because he genuinely thinks king boo can eat other racers). she just loves feeling like a menace and hitting other racers all the time

OGATA

WHAT CAN I SAY they have the same black void eyes and i think ogata relates to him in a very deep way. ogata SUCKS at drifting but he throws bananas, bombs and green shells like a pro (doesn't matter if the other racer is behind or ahead of him)

TANIGAKI

tanooki mario because inkarmat told him tanooki mario reminds her of him. he always ends up being the last one because he absolutely SUCKS at mario kart

INKARMAT

100000% CAT PEACH . she's matching with tanigaki. she always drives extremely well and therefore ends up being one of the last ones with tanigaki (but theyre in the bottom 3 together)

KOITO

BABY PEACH . he thinks peach is an absolute GIRLBOSS and like sugimoto he thinks she'll go faster as a baby. he can NEVER win against ogata because ogata somehow always has shells or bananas or bombs and throws most of them at koito no matter if he's behind or ahead of ogata

TSUKISHIMA

toad . he didn't really know who to choose but koito INSISTED toad reminded him of toad and he thought choosing toad would be better than choosing the random option. he does NOT know what he's doing and tries to avoid the item boxes because he thinks they're obstacles for some reason. he sometimes ends up going THE OPPOSITE way but still manages to be in 11th place (just because tanigaki is worse)

TSURUMI

this man has his own mii (i made a mii just for him btw) . hes the kinda guy that has studied every object in the game and know how they all work and how to use them to win ... not a menace because hes a violent racer but because he just knows how to play

USHIYAMA

HE'S DEFINITELY DAISY . my man ushiyama chooses the prettiest girl and THAT'S DAISY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think he's a pretty average mario kart player but sometimes he stops the vehicle because he accidentally pushes the backwards button (his fingers are too big, he thinks someone threw him a mysterious item that somehow stops the vehicle and he doesn't even notice he's the one doing it)

HIJIKATA

he thinks THE GAME gave him the character and he can't change it (he seriously believes he's stuck with mario but no one tells him because they all think he chose mario himself). despite that he's surprisingly good, not because he's a good racer but because he always gets triple red shells and annoys everyone with them

NIKAIDOU

his brother played wario (he will bite ANYONE who tries to pick wario) . he screams WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH in every jump or gliding part. he goes feral when he gets a superstar and starts hitting all the people he can

KIRORANKE

YOSHI !!!!!!!!!!! ironically he SUCKS at throwing bombs and ends up hitting himself with them (he HATES when they're playing battle mode and it's Bob-omb Blast time). he's VERY bad at first but gets better after playing a few times if you ignore him hitting himself with his own items

WILK

DRY BONES . hes a silly guy and picks the silliest guy !!!! a pretty average player methinks ... definitely laughs at every single person that gets hit with a shell but gets mad when hes the one that gets hit

[darkscorpiox]

Golden Kamuy Headcanon #2 – What kind of Geisha was Ogata Tome?

The only thing we know of Ogata Tome’s time as a geisha is that she worked at Asakusa. It was speculated by @goldenkamuyhunting that Ogata was born in 1882 (1, 2, 3). At that time, Asakusa had three kinds of geishas:  

Hirokoji Geishas (広小路芸者) who worked in the areas of Asakusa Hirokoji (浅草広小路), currently Kaminarimon-dori Street (雷門通り), for the dengaku-chayas (田楽茶屋: teahouses selling tofu dengaku (豆腐田楽)) located there, hence the affectionate nickname Dengaku Geisha (田楽芸者). 

Saruwaka-cho Geishas (猿若町芸者) who worked for the shibai-jayas (芝居茶屋: teahouses working for theaters, serving spectators before a play or during the entr’acte) of the three kabuki theaters of Saruwaka-cho (猿若町), currently 6-chome Asakusa: Ichimura-za, Morita-za and Nakamura-za. The theaters had a cubic ornamental structure displaying their respective crests called yagura (櫓: watchtower, turret), positioned above the entrances, and since the activities of shibai-jayas took place under the latter, the geishas working there were also called Yagurashita Geishas (櫓下芸者).  

(From left to right: Ichimura-za, Morita-za and Nakamura-za)

Sanyabori no Geishas (山谷堀の芸者), commonly called Hori no Geishas (堀の芸者), who worked for the hikite-jayas (引手茶屋: teahouses serving the patrons of red-light districts before their appointments with brothels) of Sanyabori (山谷堀), the (no longer usable) canal leading customers to Yoshiwara by funayados (船宿: houseboats) which they also used to entertain the latter. Because they work close to Saruwaka-cho, they were sometimes placed in the same category. 

(reference: JP / EN) 

Coincidentally, I found out about the existence of a kabuki actor named Sawamura Hyakunosuke (澤村 百之助) (1857 – 1899) who used to perform for one of the kabuki theaters of Saruwaka-cho (1, 2). 

Also, while I was watching the OVA of the Battle in Barato Arc (chapter 56 – 59), I heard Hijikata call Ogata “Yagura ni iru Yatsu”, the “man in the [watch]tower”.  

So, while Noda may not have implied on purpose, I like to believe that Ogata Tome used to be a Saruwaka-cho / Yagurashita Geisha.

[seven-to-three]

Ogata alphabet headcanons for @keioroni.

G — Gifts (What type of gifts do they give their s/o? Do they want a gift in return?)

Let's be real: if anything, it'll be something he shot.

I don't think gift giving is something he cares about at all, but if he does deign to present you with something, it'll be in the style of a housecat leaving a dead mouse on your pillow.

The gesture is half "got this for you" and half "look what I did, aren't I so capable and deadly? Head pats please."

(Appease his ego with a compliment or he'll sulk :p)

As for him... he wouldn't ask for anything, doesn't particularly care for gifts, but practical is the way to go with him.

Something he can wear like a new cloak, gloves, etc, or - if you really want to see a twinkle in his eye - a better rifle.

If he really likes you, he'll get attached to anything you give him, and he'll try to hang on to it even if it's not something useful.

S — Sleep (How do they sleep with their s/o?)

He's a man of extremes, I think, in many ways. He's got a measured kind of capriciousness that's hard to qualify, and he's just as much at the mercy of it as you are.

He either sleeps like the dead or barely at all, restless and awake all night.

Similarly, while he always wants you in the bed with him, he may choose to sleep as far away from you as possible or he may snuggle close enough to suffocate you. No in-between.

If it's a snuggle night, he'll basically use you as a body pillow - either laying almost completely on top of you with his face buried in the crook of your neck, or else on your sides with your chests pressed together and your head tucked under his chin (or vice versa).

He tends to end up shifting away from you after he falls asleep, though, so either way you're not likely to wake up trapped in his clutches.

[burgersnacksformax]

Gk charas' google history headcanons

Shiraishi

He definitely has gambling websites open, and you know he knows what he's doing when you find "gambling.com/this-is-not-a-scam-website-xoxo/".

Which is then followed by dozens of searches along the lines of "scammed by gambling website", "how to get money back after scam", "how to report gambling website".

Also various paid corn sites, good for him

He uses Quora and Yahoo Answers as a reputable source of information.

So many goddamn 9GAG pages.

Vasily

Tons of links on social media of art by his favourite artists.

And Twitch, he probably watches vtubers while he draws.

There are also lots of vids in his history of first person shooters.

Random wikipedia articles of highly specific phenomena that piqued his interest.

And drawing references. His search history even seems suspicious out of context with the poses he searches.

Saichi

Travel and tourism vlogs, followed by google maps searches.

Also, recipe blogs and videos.

He has compilation vids all over his watch history, whether its compilations of "Funny Fails 🤣🤣😂 LOL LMAO #TRENDING" or just a compliation of moments from a show or a game, even if he doesnt play the game or watch the show.

Random trivia google searches, mainly because he mightve seen something he didn't know and ended up googling it.

And then he falls down a rabbit hole of random trivia, ending up excitedly telling Asirpa all about it.

Asirpa

Definitely watches animal fail videos.

Probably gets addicted to Wordle.

Does Not Use Keywords When Googling to point it's a miracle that google can even interpret what she's saying. Who tf searches like "I put my shirt in the dryer and now it shrunk and now I want to know if I can reverse it".

Watches educational youtube channels about literally anything. She'll fall dowm that rabbit hole.

Secretly loves those online flash games but would never admit to it.

Ogata

It's fucking wiped clean, almost nothing is there.

He mostly just does typical ogata stuff like searching up really specific facts that could get the average person arrested for knowing.

And also cat videos :)

Oh and he most certainly does not use google, he opts for browsers that keep you super secure.

He probably has reddit just to spread misinformation honestly.

Koito

Tons of beauty guru channels definitely.

He also has a channel of his own which is also in his search history a lot.

Search history completely unorganized. Youll see pictures and vids he finds funny, links to online shopping sites, wikipedia articles on military icons and tactics, etc.

He also loves reading travel blogs and watching vlogs.

Is really fucking good at Wordle, Asirpa hates him for always being able to get it right.

Tsukishima

also has koitos yt channel in his search history.

Lots of miscellaneous journals and artciles open for him to read.

He has perused a lot through online libraries too.

Does crossword puzzles online.

Reads the fucking. News. Every day.

Tanigaki

Ngl probably wouldnt google many things, and if anything his search history would be few and far in between.

But when he does search its things its so normal ?? Like "XXL clothing store near me" and "How to repair a broken air conditioning unit".

Gym websites and workout routine stuff. He maintains his build and I gotta respect that.

Also has facebook to check in on how his family and friends are doing.

And also baking and cooking videos.

[here-lies-golden-kamuy]

after seeing some of your Ogata meta, I wanted to share an idea I had.

it starts with Yuusaku, and Ogata's paradoxical hatred/envy of him. in my mind, Ogata hates Yuusaku because he represents a privileged existence. one that their father granted to Yuusaku, while neglecting Ogata. they're like light and shadow. Yuusaku's purity has and will always frame him as an exception to the compromises that other people have to make... and it's not just in relation to Ogata. normal men compromise their morals during war, but Yuusaku is treated as though he's above everyone.

Ogata's position is that this isn't fair. but then, what should be the method of leveling the playing field? Yuusaku would rather bring Ogata into the light, and Ogata would rather drag Yuusaku into the dark. these are their attempts to become relatable to each other, but they'd have to fundamentally alter each other if they were ever going to see eye to eye.

when Ogata asks "was a blessed life ever possible for me?" he does tip his hand a bit. it sounds like he actually wants to have those blessings. meanwhile, Yuusaku was never enticed by the darkness. Ogata failed to prove that his way of thinking is inherently tempting... and when Ogata shoots Yuusaku, that 100% cements his ideological loss. Yuusaku's death ended his potential to change, and immortalized his purity forever. and Yuusaku left Ogata with a curse of his own: "nobody should be able to kill without feeling guilt."

Yuusaku died, and made it so. and with this background knowledge, here is what I'm really getting at.

at the end of their journey together, we see Ogata draw a clear parallel between Asirpa and Yuusaku. both are people who have an empathetic, sentimental urge to care about the lives of others... and they expect to try and maintain that moral framework, even in the midst of a conflict that seems to necessitate violence and death. in some ways, their dedication to these morals can come off as judgmental towards people who have ended up dirtying their hands already. early in their relationship, Asirpa and Sugimoto grappled with that.

I believe that, if Asirpa and Yuusaku are comparable, then Sugimoto and Ogata are contrastable in the same role... they've responded in opposite ways to the same offer. both consider themselves to be cursed, and they think of killing as sometimes necessary, but Sugimoto feels guilt fully and readily. and when Asirpa reaches out to him, Sugimoto is more readily willing to change.

once you start thinking of the two as foils, there's no going back. Asirpa reminds Sugimoto of how he lived before the war, and Sugimoto devotes himself to Asirpa... Yuusaku reminds Ogata of how he lived before the war, and Ogata kills Yuusaku. one accepts the aid of someone who can help him heal, while the other rejects it.

this all culminates in Ogata murdering Wilk, and shooting Sugimoto. at that point, Sugimoto is basically what Ogata could've been if he'd embraced the connection that was offered to him. and I think it's symbolically meaningful that Ogata tries to kill this symbolic healthier version of himself. with this one decision, he ensures that Asirpa will never be able to think well of him... not if she ever learns the whole truth. whether Ogata knows it or not, he's essentially been watching as, once again, another person lives a more blessed and prosperous existence that he cannot partake in. he's always on the outside looking in, and when he shoots Sugimoto, he closes off one more important avenue.

I absolutely love the scene where Asirpa shoots Ogata in the eye. first of all, Asirpa and Sugimoto are beginning to swap their views on killing. Asirpa's morals have been tested, and she's starting to come to Sugimoto's early conclusion that killing isn't something she wants to do, but sometimes it can't be avoided if you want to survive. meanwhile, Sugimoto has picked up Asirpa's philosophy of being as non-lethal as possible. war isn't the proper tool for preserving a culture... Sugimoto already knows it isn't the proper tool for preserving a person. he went to war, and it nearly destroyed him. but now, everything he values about himself exists because, from the beginning, Asirpa had the correct tools to let him rebuild himself.

and so, when the arrow hits Ogata in the eye, Sugimoto saves Ogata's life, regardless of his rage. Ogata failed to kill Sugimoto, and Asirpa succeeded in healing him. as a result, when Asirpa is in danger of being pulled into the dark, she has someone there to help her.

and Ogata has still failed to corrupt anyone. he can't figure out how to bring someone down to his level so that he can relate to them. he's still alone. he never quite figures out what's good for him until after he's already ruined it.

Hey, anon! <33 When I first read this, I was totally blown away /gen And honestly, you deserve your own meta post about Ogata for real ‼️‼️‼️ I'd totally lose my mind again like I did the first time I read this /pos

Let me give you my thoughts in chunks! :-D I'll put it under the cut because holy shit it's so long

"it starts with Yuusaku, and Ogata's paradoxical hatred/envy of him. in my mind, Ogata hates Yuusaku because he represents a privileged existence. one that their father granted to Yuusaku, while neglecting Ogata. they're like light and shadow. Yuusaku's purity has and will always frame him as an exception to the compromises that other people have to make... and it's not just in relation to Ogata. normal men compromise their morals during war, but Yuusaku is treated as though he's above everyone."

My god, the thematic light and dark analogy is so on point. I agree: Yuusaku is the embodiment of light whilst his older half-brother is the dark entity. I always found it interesting that Yuusaku was pushed to a position of veneration (chapter 165, page 12). By keeping himself pure, he will be an "icon" for other men to look at and relieve themselves from the guilt of killing another person. What's interesting about it is that he's following the interpretation of their father about the superstition surrounding the flagbearer role. I argue that Yuusaku, to some degree, is forced to be light. He was forced to play a role that dictated that his life should radiate purity. His position as flagbearer and the mysticism behind the role wasn't his idea (and to some extent, wasn't his choice - he just followed what his father wanted); but because he's a willing participant of this superstitious belief, he, therefore, transforms himself from mere man to a purity akin to divinity.

Because he's so pure, to the point of veneration, I feel like that was part and parcel of why Ogata killed him: to prove to himself that even the gods and their blessed children bleed and die at the hands of men like him.

Ogata's position is that this isn't fair. but then, what should be the method of leveling the playing field? Yuusaku would rather bring Ogata into the light, and Ogata would rather drag Yuusaku into the dark. these are their attempts to become relatable to each other, but they'd have to fundamentally alter each other if they were ever going to see eye to eye.

when Ogata asks "was a blessed life ever possible for me?" he does tip his hand a bit. it sounds like he actually wants to have those blessings. meanwhile, Yuusaku was never enticed by the darkness. Ogata failed to prove that his way of thinking is inherently tempting... and when Ogata shoots Yuusaku, that 100% cements his ideological loss. Yuusaku's death ended his potential to change, and immortalized his purity forever. and Yuusaku left Ogata with a curse of his own: "nobody should be able to kill without feeling guilt."

YES YES YES!!!! Exactly! I love your idea of them trying to bring the other to their "ideological side" as a form of relating to one another. I feel like Yuusaku wanted to "save" his brother from the darkness that he feels had enshrouded him his entire life. Ogata, on the other hand, wanted to prove that a person who was beloved by his parents and who had it all can still be someone like him: "normal". This comes from the idea that Ogata thought that it was normal for everyone not to feel guilt when killing people (chapter 165, page 13); who knows what else he thought was normal?

I think there's a part of Ogata that really wanted to be a blessed child, underneath all his layers. There's a Tumblr post that tries to pull out the intricacies and nuances in Ogata's confrontation with Hanazawa Senior in chapter 103. I think it really showed Ogata's vulnerability, the inner child in him that continued to be ignored and hurt.

I think Ogata's hand in Yuusaku's death does immortalize his purity forever! Because Ogata finally gave up on their game: Yuusaku won their ideological battle by offering Ogata true love and acceptance (it's completely familial please) - something he's never received from anyone in the past. Though, I don't fully agree with how Yuusaku's death ended Ogata's potential to change: rather, for me, it symbolizes that Ogata's life ideology is flawed, and he ran away from it rather than confronting it. I argue that his potential to change died in your later observation of him shooting Sugimoto and/or when he pointed a gun at Asirpa and got shot in the eye by accident.

I love your idea of Ogata having his own curse as a result of Yuusaku's death: "nobody should be able to kill without feeling guilt". Because that's the backbone of his relationship with Asirpa, the one who reminds him of Yuusaku and someone who also tried to love him.

at the end of their journey together, we see Ogata draw a clear parallel between Asirpa and Yuusaku. both are people who have an empathetic, sentimental urge to care about the lives of others... and they expect to try and maintain that moral framework, even in the midst of a conflict that seems to necessitate violence and death. in some ways, their dedication to these morals can come off as judgmental towards people who have ended up dirtying their hands already. early in their relationship, Asirpa and Sugimoto grappled with that.

I believe that, if Asirpa and Yuusaku are comparable, then Sugimoto and Ogata are contrastable in the same role... they've responded in opposite ways to the same offer. both consider themselves to be cursed, and they think of killing as sometimes necessary, but Sugimoto feels guilt fully and readily. and when Asirpa reaches out to him, Sugimoto is more readily willing to change.

once you start thinking of the two as foils, there's no going back. Asirpa reminds Sugimoto of how he lived before the war, and Sugimoto devotes himself to Asirpa... Yuusaku reminds Ogata of how he lived before the war, and Ogata kills Yuusaku. one accepts the aid of someone who can help him heal, while the other rejects it.

this all culminates in Ogata murdering Wilk, and shooting Sugimoto. at that point, Sugimoto is basically what Ogata could've been if he'd embraced the connection that was offered to him. and I think it's symbolically meaningful that Ogata tries to kill this symbolic healthier version of himself. with this one decision, he ensures that Asirpa will never be able to think well of him... not if she ever learns the whole truth. whether Ogata knows it or not, he's essentially been watching as, once again, another person lives a more blessed and prosperous existence that he cannot partake in. he's always on the outside looking in, and when he shoots Sugimoto, he closes off one more important avenue.

[With so many emotions] fuck. 🥹🥹 I love your assessment of both Asirpa and Yuusaku being so firm in their own beliefs that they can come off as judgemental or even condescending to those that fail to meet their standards. Well in the case of Asirpa, she eventually learns that the world isn't as white and black as she used to think, so she too grows in her own ideological perspective.

Sugimoto and Ogata are foils, you're so right, and you pointed out the main reason why I strongly believe that. It boils down to their respective relationships with Asirpa, who is characterized as a "chosen one" in the sense that she's a) given a huge moral task of protecting the Ainu (and later on even the other ethnic minorities in Karafuto and Russia), and b) she's - for the most part of the story - depicted as someone who's is pure (and is firm in staying pure) in a world of bloodshed and greed.

I like your idea on how Sugimoto and Ogata had their respective person who represented light in their lives. And you're right: they differ in their response to being "saved". I wholeheartedly agree with how Asirpa reminds Sugimoto about his past (unmarred) life. But for me, I think rather than being reminded of his past, unmarred life, Yuusaku represents a "what if" in Ogata. He represents a blessed life that Ogata himself could have lived; to go even further, even perhaps the lost life he could've had, should Yuusaku hadn't been born.

I think that Ogata truly did close himself to the possibility of a blessed life. Hence, I love the metaphor of him having his own path in the snow versus the lynx (meko oyasi) and the rest of the group in chapter 169. Like a lynx that lives a solitary life, he was forced to live life alone because of the childhood neglect he experienced (I talked about that in my first meta for Ogata and Love). But because he killed Yuusaku and therefore gained his "curse", he further alienates himself from others, trapping himself in his own twisted worldview by clinging onto it. He forced himself to be isolated - hence he's walking on his own path, which hints on his independence as a character on the surface but shows his loneliness on a deeper level.

I absolutely love the scene where Asirpa shoots Ogata in the eye. first of all, Asirpa and Sugimoto are beginning to swap their views on killing. Asirpa's morals have been tested, and she's starting to come to Sugimoto's early conclusion that killing isn't something she wants to do, but sometimes it can't be avoided if you want to survive. meanwhile, Sugimoto has picked up Asirpa's philosophy of being as non-lethal as possible. war isn't the proper tool for preserving a culture... Sugimoto already knows it isn't the proper tool for preserving a person. he went to war, and it nearly destroyed him. but now, everything he values about himself exists because, from the beginning, Asirpa had the correct tools to let him rebuild himself.

and so, when the arrow hits Ogata in the eye, Sugimoto saves Ogata's life, regardless of his rage. Ogata failed to kill Sugimoto, and Asirpa succeeded in healing him. as a result, when Asirpa is in danger of being pulled into the dark, she has someone there to help her.

and Ogata has still failed to corrupt anyone. he can't figure out how to bring someone down to his level so that he can relate to them. he's still alone. he never quite figures out what's good for him until after he's already ruined it.

I love this so much that I'm just nodding my head to everything you said. Hey, you dropped this crown, your majesty 👑 I love how you looked into how Sugimoto and Asirpa grew throughout the series, especially in the Karafuto Arc for the latter. And how despite Asirpa dipping her toes into the moral dark, she has an anchor in Sugimoto. She's not like pure Yuusaku, but she's not also as dark as Ogata: she now exists in a lighter moral grey.

"He's still alone. He never quite figures out what's good for him until after he's already ruined it." I love love LOVE this one. Because you're right: Ogata damns himself in pits of the darkness of his own volition. He curses himself never to escape its traps by killing (or attempting to kill) those that try to pierce through his gloomy veil.

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on this, anon. I loved every moment of reading and analyzing Ogata more <3

[never-enough-golden-kamuy]

Random HC#6

Vasily is mama’s boy. Not in like spoiled way but if he was home he would gladly help her in anything. He loves her very much.

[ricomola]

Giveaway winner 2/3: Fem Sugimoto🤠 & Fem Shiraishi🤡! It's also for every time someone requested fem Shiraish xD

Sidenotes: -I like the idea of meiji Shiraishi pretending to be a teenage boy when she's downtown because she wants to drink, gamble and visit brothels to grab other women's boobies. And still, she uses the "We're all girls" argument to see/touch Sugimoto's 😅. Equally burikko behaviour as her masc version. -When I first designed Modern Sugimoto's hair I didn't know that her hairstyle is actually called a "wolfcut" so that's perfect xD Meiji Sugimoto's hair is just a longer version of the live-action actor's and tied on a low ponytail.

[hyper-girlcrush]

a visit home.

[dantelionwishes]

talk about gap moe......

bonus:

[bowietiee]

my instant noodles made me think a little today

[madeleine-line]

Thinking about Ogata, hopelessly in love…

He’s so used to feeling nothing at all, it hits him hard and he has no idea how to handle it, how to explain it or understand it- but even though he doesn’t get it he knows it’s your fault.

He’ll be a bit more defensive around you, a bit snippier than he is with the others but he’s always hovering, walking so close behind you he might step on your heel. He watches you sleep, memorized by every detail on your face.

Grabbing your arms and holding you closer to his chest when walking through crowds.

“I don’t trust you not to get lost, stick with me.”

Whenever he hits a particularly good shot, he’ll pull you aside, wanting you to take a look at it. Showing off in his own, awkward and weird way.

Don’t you dare bring it up though, he’ll act like you’re the crazy one for even suspecting there is something more.

[tsurumiau]

i think ogata enjoys classical music because it lets him just ,, not think.

he cries listening to it. not because hes listening to a sad piece but because it's one of the few times when he can just exist without having an insane amount of thoughts at the same time. he forgets everything. he forgets the guilt, the sadness, the anger, the jealousy, the emptiness in his heart.

sometimes he does have thoughts, but just one. he thinks about yuusaku. he wonders if he'd like it, if he'd feel the same way about it as he does. and even though he feels guilty about killing him, at that moment that doesnt cross his mind. he just thinks about yuusaku and what he'd say about some pieces.

he closes his eyes while listening to his favourite pieces. he feels like he has no body, that he's floating. he misses when he wasn't born yet. he misses the peacefulness.

he knows he can't go back, he knows that he's always going to have those thoughts. but for now, he forgets everything momentarily while listening to classical music.

btw these are the pieces that make me think of ogata the most

i actually thought about this because i like classical music and when i listen to it i feel like my brain is empty and i sometimes cry because it's so beatiful i get emotional

btw i cried writing this hehehe

[darkscorpiox]

Golden Kamuy Headcanon #1 - Vasily’s birthday

Thanks to a Japanese twitter post I’ve just found, I learned that the year Death of the Wildcat was painted (1940) was also the year Simo Häyhä, the famous Finnish sniper nicknamed “The White Death”, got his mouth injury.

Here’s a list of the things concerning real life snipers Vasily referenced:

Simo Häyhä

Almost fatal mouth injury

The year of said injury

Vasily Zaitsev

First name

Birthplace

Lyudmila Pavlichenko

Last name

Wanting each sniper to have equal number of references attributed to them, I’ve decided to give Lyudmila Pavlichenko's birthday to Vasily, meaning he was born on July 12th.

[seven-to-three]

Tsurumi alphabet headcanons for @keioroni

F — Favorite Position (Goes without saying. May include a visual)

He likes being able to control your body, but he also likes giving you the option to fight him for it. He also likes showing off a bit of strength, and wants to watch your face. Thus:

Wrapped lotus. The intimacy, the intensity, the slow sensuality. He can bounce you; you can scratch up his back and shoulders. Yum.

Mating press. Oof. Powerful, fast, rough. Controlling. Being completely at his mercy doesn't have to be a bad thing ;)

Against a wall. He's definitely showing off, but it's still fun, and great for a quickie.

He chooses based on what kind of pace he wants to set.

N — Night Out (What type of dates do they like to go on?)

He wants to do something physical!

Like... a walk. Ice skating. A game of tag? Maybe he'll even have a little too much fun chasing you around.

EDIT (I'm stupid): DANCING. Take him dancing. You cannot tell me he isn't hell on wheels at the waltz.

Might also like something that lands in between educational and entertaining, like an inventors' fair (they had those then, right?) or some kind of science demonstration. Especially if there are new weapons being showcased.

Imagine how much fun he'd have at a modern weapons/war museum. Or a torture one, even.

Or how about a classical concert (piano in particular)/orchestra performance?

[burgersnacksformax]

Golden Kamuy modern AU Hokkaido road trip, requested by anon !

Notes:

Sugimoto, Asirpa, Tanigaki, Ogata, and Shiraishi all take a full day road trip to Abashiri, starting in Otaru ! (Featuring Vasily, with no language barrier)

THIS IS LONG i got carried away ehe - thank you to the Anon who suggested this for being patient !!

(I left out a lot of things about abashiri prison cause its. A prison. So it can get depressing, but theres a ton of stuff about it i found out when researching so do take a look if youre interested !)

Separated into parts:

The group meets up and heads to Otaru

In Otaru

Heading to Asahikawa

At Asahikawa

Heading to Abashiri

At Abashiri

The drive back to Otaru

The group all meets up in the airport and drives to Otaru

They rented a little car. A little baby car that looked so much bigger in the photo. Hopefully all the luggage will fit. At least it has a working air conditioning?

Tanigaki is the driver. By god, Tanigaki is the driver. He's calm and rational on the road and driving schools should use him as a model.

Meanwhile Saichi was kicked off of driving duty after someone cut in front of him, causing him to yell and honk, and he even started to tailgate that person. Ruined the experience for everyone else in the car.

Asirpa is a child and should not be driving. "It doesnt seem that hard," she commented. "Why do we need side mirrors when we have a rear view mirror? I can look at the side without a mirror," is something she also said.

Ogata offered to drive, he seemed very calm and the others weren't that worried. Until they found he speeds constantly and cuts past other cars, which not only stresses out the passengers but ilicits more swearing from Sugimoto. They figured they'd let him just be the copilot. Which he's unsurprisingly quite good at.

About Shiraishi, he actually can drive pretty well, he just doesnt have a lisence. Saichi was like "just drive without one, nobody's gonna stop you unless you get into an accident or something." Shiraishi still gets off driving duty, as Tanigaki stops him.

Ogata as the copilot and Tanigaki as the driver experience the luxury of not being in the backseat.

Meanwhile the golden trio in the back drives everyone else crazy by singing "99 buckets of oats on the wall" until their darn throats give out. They lose count at some point and have to start again.

Ogata just pops headphones over his head silently.

Shiraishi INSISTED to bring tons of sweets in the car just in case anyone (he) had a craving. Ogata wanted some too but was too embarassed to ask. Fortunately, Asirpa offered some to him.

Tanigaki calmly points out any cool things they pass by. He did a lot of research beforehand and even printed a little guidebook for everyone to share, which quickly got crumpled after Sugimoto excitedly yanked it out of Shiraishi's hands.

I stg Tanigaki and Ogata are like the adults here, except only one of them is responsible. The other one is technically responsible but only bothers to do so for himself.

Shiraishi announcing to the whole car "are we there yet ? I need to pee :("

Sugimoto gives him a bottle.

Ogata takes the bottle and flings it out the window.

Everyone is chiding him for littering but honestly they all dodged a bullet there.

Otaru !

The gang visits the Otaru canal, its a nice and calming walk. Not too crowded, very nice and scenic, with a comfortable breeze.

Asirpa keeps grabbing at Saichi's phone to take photos, until he just lets her keep it. "Just don't drop it in the canal," is his only condition.

Asirpa's like, "what do you take me for, of course I won't!" Then accidentally drops it on the pavement. Thankfully Sugimoto has a shock absorbant upgraded 20% drop protection scratch resistant run-over-it-with-a-car-and-it'll-be-fine phone case.

Tanigaki is out here just having a good time taking in the sights and the fresh air. He's happy to be there with his loved ones even if they're a chaotic bunch. He ends up meeting with some locals who tell him about the place.

Ogata has already been separated from the group after spotting a cat. Tanigaki let him wander off without a child leash just as long as he's back at the car by a certain time.

Shiraishi and Sugimoto are already arguing about where they should eat for lunch. Saichi insists they should go to this really crowded restaurant cause "it must be popular if theres a crowd". Meanwhile Shiraishi is like "nono its gonna be pricey, we should go to the small places, the small hole in the wall places with the best and cheapest food."

Sometimes their conversation is interrupted by Asirpa showing them a photo she took, asking for feedback of her photography, then getting excited and talking about the photo and things she learned about Otaru until they've all forgotten about the photos.

Tanigaki sees Ogata carrying around a cat, and gives him a look of "we are not taking it with us".

They catch sight of some brunet sitting on a bench with a paint set out. Shiraishi walks up to the guy and just starts talking with no hesitation - "hey what're you painting? Oh, the canal, i guess you would be ! Are you a tourist too ? The sights here are great ! Yknow, i met a pretty girl at a store earlier.."

The guy (cough, vasily) doesnt mind the company, but he really doesnt have much to say. He finds this random stranger interesting.

Asirpa eventually drags shiraishi away. Ogata parts his ways with the cat and everyone hops back into the car. The lunch plans were not pursued considering it was like 10 in the morning.

Under Ogata's request, the next stop is east to Asahikawa

Ogata wants to go to the Hokuchin memorial museum. Nobody in the group understands why he's so fascinated to see stuff from the war, but sure :)

And Asahikawa has something else of interest - the Asahiyama Zoo, with Saichi and Shiraishi are going crazy imagining all the cute animals.

Ogata, sadistically, goes "I'm sure there won't only be cute animals. There will be plenty of dangerous ones too that could hurt you if they got out." Honestly he's just trying to fuck with them for shits n giggles but ends up warming everyones hearts when they go "awww, so you do care !"

So begins the drive there. Shiraishi gets bored and starts a game of I-spy. Asirpa chooses the hardest to find shit and nobody wants to let her choose the thing to spy anymore.

EXCEPT ogata, who somehow manages perfectly to find everything asirpa is talking about with little effort.

Everyone hates when tanigaki does it cause he chooses the most obivious shit. Like "ok I'll try :) hmm i-spy a red car" and everyone finds it in zero seconds. He insists he can do a better job, it's just that he has to keep an eye on the road. Which is fair.

Ogata and asirpa are like "y'all have a skill issue the stuff we point out isnt that hard to find".

Oh yeah and Asirpa learns the term "skill issue" from Ogata and finds it really funny and wont stop saying it to sugimoto and shiraishi at any chance she gets.

Saichi slaps Ogata from the backseat just for the funnies.

Ogata glares and goes "do that again and i'll swerve the wheel." Meanwhile tanigaki at the wheel is like "ogata do not."

Things calm down when shiraishi is scrolling thru memes on his phone and laughs hysterically at them, then shows them to the others in the car, who then also laugh.

Ogata is annoyed at first by the obnoxious laughter in the backseat and doesn't understand what's so funny about the things Shiraishi is showing the others. But he laughs at the grim ones that Shiraishi doesn't find funny, much to his concern.

The ones they all can appreciate are cat memes though.

They dictate the pictures to tanigaki who also doesn't find it quite as funny but he's happy everyone's enjoying themselves.

Ogata and sugimoto try not to laugh challenge ends up in disaster as Saichi laughs at everhthing first and then gets into slapfights with Ogata after getting pissed at how he keeps losing every time.

Tanigaki (dad, bless him) gets everyone to calm down again by saying "keep arguing and we won't stop for ice cream" and suddenly everyone is silent.

In Asahikawa !

They visit the memorial museum first, Ogata has already wandered off, and the others are calling out to him like he's a lost cat.

Asirpa laughs and suggests they bell him.

Ogata magically is summoned just to reject the idea.

He makes a good tourist guide for this, he knows way too much about the exhibits in the museum and is able to give extra explanations that arent written on the plaques. Tanigaki asks lots of questions and it's an engaging conversation, they attract a crowd actually to Ogata's dismay.

Shiraishi laughs like "maybe this guy fought a war in his past life". Ogata does not laugh.

Sugimoto and Asirpa wander off together after a while, and get told off for trying to take pictures in the museum.

They both try and make sense of the plaques without getting help from Ogata or Tanigaki, before eventually getting distracted by snacks in the gift shop.

Shiraishi got separated from the others after taking time to read a plaque but the others had already walked off. He eventually found them but with terror in his eyes - not out of fear of getting left behind, but because "holy shit war is scary".

Next stop ! Asahiyama zoo !

THEY TAKE SO MANY DAMN PICTURES

Actually they make a beeline for the cafeteria first, and the pictures are all blurry because everyone is so hungry so they're all speedwalking.

Sugimoto, with the utmost distress in his voice, asks if the penguin nuggets are made from the penguins at the zoo.

Tanigaki calmly tells him "no, they're just shaped that way. Why are you ordering from the kids menu anyway?"

Oh but Shiraishi shamelessly orders from the kids menu, but he orders a lot. Everything there is so cute and bite sized but the proportions are way too small.

Tanigaki leans down a little to eat when the button pops off and smacks Ogata square in the jaw. His phat tits attract many stares. He is embarassed. Sugimoto and Shiraishi almost get them all kicked out after wolf whistling at tanigaki's tits and heterosexually flirting with him a little too loudly.

Ogata scoots away slightly and pretends not to know them.

Asirpa eats the biggest damn meal on the menu and finishes it with no problem. Shiraishi is like "wow Asirpa, you're already done and I'm still eating !"

Asirpa says, very satisfied, "skill issue."

Once they've eaten, it's time to actually go see the animals.

Sugimoto and Shiraishi cooing at every tiny animal they see. Trying to start a dignified conversation with the hippos, then getting terrified when Ogata tells them about how lethal hippos can be.

They almost get kicked out again when they go to the polar bear exhibit and Asirpa and Tanigaki talk about methods to kill bears, and wondering how different it would be since these are polar bears.

At the capybara exhibit, the group observes how chill the capies are and how well they get along with other species. Saichi comments on how he's a little envious that they're able to have such peaceful interactions all the time. Asirpa understands, and restrains herself from saying "skill issue".

Asirpa sees an owl and excitedly talks about its importance in Ainu culture. She does this for a lot of other animals. Tanigaki participates excitedly in these conversations, bring up his own culture as a Matagi as well.

Oh god where did Ogata disappear to this time.

Last stop, Abashiri

Tbh at this point everyone is tired and some are dozing off in the car. Tanigaki is glad to have some peace and quiet. He turns on the radio, not realising its on like 69420% volume, and accidentally gives everyone a heart attack.

It's a little later than the afternoon, but not quite evening yet. It seems they'll only be able to make one stop in Abashiri. Can you guess where ?

Dumroll please,,,

The Prison !

When Tanigaki was doing research, it seemed to be the most historically impactful place that one could experience in Abashiri in like 2 hours or less, so he figured it would be a perfect final stop to conclude this field trip.

Shiraishi, after playing way too much GTA, insists in the car, "inescapable prison ? Come on, the prisoners just weren't trying hard enough".

Asirpa dares Shiraishi to tell them when they get there how he would escape the prison, to which he agrees to take her up on that.

Tanigaki informs the others that there actually was one person in the past who could escape, and the golden trio yell OOOOOOOO waking ogata up in the process and earning glares which scared nobody.

Sugimoto going "youre not even scary when you glare. Youre like a cat who thinks he didnt get enough snacks".

Shiraishi giggles profusely at this comment before immediately getting serious like "cats are fucking scary sometimes man, i was bitten by one and my head was inflamed for a few days."

Sugimoto and asirpa are like ??? Cats can cause brain swelling ???

Shiraishi is like "no it just bit my head"

Ogata laughs, "you have to have really fucked up for a cat to bite your head!" - A surprisingly wholesome thing for him to be laughing about. The others agreed much to Shiraishi's dismay.

At Abashiri

They finally arrive and park the car, with everyone on alert for parking spots and staring out the windows like meerkats.

They disembark and cross the Mirror Bridge to the prison, admiring the river and the pretty trees. They're also in shock at how fucking huge the place is.

Tanigaki calmly shares the things he researched, such as the prison's highest prisoner count as well as facts behind the bricks used in the building of the walls.

He earns some "ooh"s of interest from Sugimoto and Asirpa

Meanwhile Shiraishis like "ok awesome but wheres the bathroom ?"

Everyone gets a little map pamphlet and saichi giggles and tells him to use the prisoners bathroom.

They meet a familiar brunet, sugimoto is like "hey didnt we meet you in otaru ?"

The familiar man nods and introduces himself as Vasily, and when shiraishi comes back he goes "hey its the artist guy !! Hey artist guy, im gonna prove to asirpa here that i could escape this prison if i wanted to, wanna watch ?"

Vasily is like ?? "How can i watch you escape the prison if you arent a prisoner ?"

Ogata suggests they tie him up.

Sugimoto giggles quietly like a highschool boy and goes "that sounds kinda,,"

Vasily stares at Sugimoto knowing exactly what hes thinking about but none of them say anything.

Tanigaki wants to visit the guard houses first, and out of respect for the driver who busted his ass the whole day, they all follow him. They actually feel very appreciative about how much effort Tanigaki put into the trip for them, even Ogata who would never admit it.

Vasily sometimes wanders off but keeps comimg back to the group. Tanigaki is very impressed by his drawings of Abashiri Prison - so far of the bridge, front gate, and one of the guard posts.

When they finally enter the prison part of the prison, asirpa tells shiraishi that she'll give him some of her stash of sweets if he runs in circles around the central watchpost thing like a dog.

Shiraishi was really about to say yes but ended up declining because there were people around. "I'm not making a fool of myself," he says through gritted teeth.

Sugimoto and ogata tried to play a game where they guessed what the story behind the prisoners in each cell were, but quickly stopped because it got grim really fast.

Asirpa points at a wax sculpture near the skylight windows like "is that the escaped guy tanigaki was talking about ?" And sugimoto throws himself between shiriashi and the plaque that explains how the prisoner escaped, and tells shiraishi to tell them how he wouldve done it without looking at the plaque for answers.

Tanigaki has to pull vasily to the side after he accidentally blocked the road while drawing.

Anyways shiraishi nails the explanation on the head and everyone is like fuck damn this guy can actually escape if he tried ??

They also visit the prison bathhouse and the group expresses pity on the prisoners who barely had any bathtime.

Vasily eagerly tries to sketch out one of the yakuza tattoos that he saw on a wax model.

They also visited the lecture hall which vasily had a field day drawing the architecture of.

Tbh at this point most of the group was gradually realising *hey maybe we shouldnt bicker here lets show some respect* but still have a good time and learn stuff nonetheless.

Finally, on the way back to Otaru

Vasily keeps on following them, and tanigaki is like ? Do you not have some kind of transport ?

He shakes his head, saying he's just been hitching rides

"Well," Tanigaki answers, taking a moment to look at the group, "we'd love to help you but-" he gestures to the car and then to his group of kids friends, "we wont have enough space for you."

Ogata starts chuckling, going "no, we have space".

Everyone is like ?? And sugimoto remarks "last time i checked, shrink rays havent been invented yet."

Ogata suggests they just go grab some rope from the prison and tie vasily to the roof of the car.

Vasily looks a little less certain about riding in this car.

The others reassure him that, no, we are not tying you to the roof, ogata is just like that, please dont call the cops.

Asirpa ends up sitting on saichis lap on the way back, which shiraishi thought would end in disaster but they are actually very comfortable with it.

On the way back tanigaki is so tired actually, hes tempted to let shiraishi or even vasily drive. He decides not to suggest it to them, but shiraishi was actually willing to lend a hand, he just didnt feel like it unless tanigaki asked himself.

They end up stopping for gas and after refilling, tanigaki parks off to the side and takes a powernap in the car. The golden trio unload out of the car and are like "ok we're gonna need enough snacks to last us not only the road trip but also the airplane ride" and scurry off like the goblins they are.

They blow the rest of their budget on snacks and fast food.

Vasily buys a burger from a fast food joint connected to the gas station and brings it to the car for tanigaki. He noticed how exhausted the man was and was like yknow what. Take this.

In the car its just tanigaki, ogata, and vasily now. Vasily shows them the art he made during his trip here - the finished painting of the canal, sketches of all sorts of different architecture, coloured pencil drawings of landscapes, and of course the drawings from abashiri.

Its honestly nice and quiet and relaxing. Ogata quite enjoys the drawings, which only comes out as a disinterested sounding "it's detailed". Vasily is happy to share his art with someone, and tanigaki praises vasilys drawings and is glad to see different places that the group didnt get to see in their limited time there.

When the golden trio get back into the car, they're laughing and talking about something that the car folk don't understand and arent bothering to ask. Ask the trio in 5 minutes and they wont remember either.

Tanigaki didnt really care that they were being noisy, he was just happy he was able to enjoy this trip along with them.

As they continue to drive back to Otaru, Shiraishi comments, "man ive heard stories of hitchhikers yknow ? Sometimes the person you pick up ends up being a murderer, or even the driver is a murderer."

Ogata asks tanigaki with full seriousness "are you a murderer ?"

The golden trio laughs like "nahh hes the biggest sweetheart !"

Shiraishi adds, "I mean, he could in theory, have you seen his muscles?"

Saichi, in a tired stupor, yells "GAY" in Shiraishi's ear, to which Asirpa on his lap smacks him lightheartedly and tells him to quiet down.

Tanigaki just. Chuckles awkwardly.

Saichi adds "nah its not the hitchhiking part im worried about. I just dont know who would want to be in the same car as ogata." Ogata grabs the wheel and tanigaki slaps his hand away and is like dont fucking do that.

The golden trio is like OOOOO TANIGAKI SWORE AT OGATAAA HES IN TROUBLEEE !!!!

Vasily just chuckles along, he isnt part of the chaos gang but he finds their shenanigans amusing. He comments that theyre all like a family.

At some point Vasily pulls out a bag of peanut M&Ms, and Shiraishi immediately yells at the others "SEE ! HE HAS TASTE !"

Saichi is like "Well im SORRY that you like NUTS IN YOUR MOUTH"

Asirpa and Sugimoto pull out their bag of "normal" M&Ms and stare at Shiraishi like he'd just betrayed them.

Ogata would have told them to pipe down but he got free M&Ms so he was just munching away.

Shiraishi also funnels peanut M&M's into Tanigaki's mouth from the backseat, dropping several onto his lap in the process, then going "no dont worry i got it" and trying to grab them off his lap but his heart drops in horror when his hand brushes against Tanigaki's dick and learns of his magnum dong.

He is snapped out of his newfound wave of envy when Vasily offers him more M&Ms.

Shiraishi clings to vasily for snacks. "Pleeeease can i finish the peanut m&ms pretty please ?"

Vasily offers other snacks he brought and pats Shiraishi's bald head. He's like a bald cat. Yosh yosh

Yet another I-spy showdown, this time between vasily and ogata. None of them want to let up and it gradually gets very competitive. Even Asirpa had decided to sit out after a while.

Ogata ended up winning, but not because he was better, but because the golden trio pulled out more snacks and Shiraishi airplaned chips to him like "open wide vasily~~"

At this point the sun has fully set. The car is peaceful. Asirpa is playing wordle and goes "hmm theres the letters p, u, theres also s"

Shiraishi, way too excited, immediately yells "PUSSY" so fucking loudly goddamn.

Ogata wakes up from his dissociative trance and isnt even mad, he then yells pussy.

Asirpa asks what pussy is and sugimoto sweats like oh umm. Well it um. Cat its cat.

Meanwhile at the same time ogata says vagina.

Asirpa yells pussy. Saichi yells pussy. Vasily yells pussy. They wait expectantly for tanigaki. Tanigaki mumbles pussy. They peer pressure him until he yells pussy at the top of his lungs

Then it turns out the fucking window was open.

Anyways. The word was pumas.

Finally, they arrive back in Otaru, and drop Vasily off who then thanks them for the ride. And now the gang heads back to the airport :)

It's a little bittersweet parting ways with him, but they made sure to take lots of photos with Vasily befire they did, and he even left them with a drawing he did of the gang bickering at some point at Abashiri.

Overall, everyone is quite happy with how the trip turned out. They got to spend quality time with each other and experience new things.

But now, they can't wait to get back on the plane and get some rest. :]