#shikotsuko

[lovecathcatherine]

10 years Anniversary 🥰 10 年前已經想嚟北海道 10 年前原定渡蜜月地方 10 年前我兩選擇了對方 10 年後我們終於來到了 北海道的冬天是最美的 #北海道 #北海道観光 #水之謌 #溫泉酒店 #十週年 #結婚 #hokkaido #hokkaido_lovers #anniversary #weddinganniversary #hkinfluencer #hkkol #hkigers #hokkaidotrip #shikotsuko #japantravel #travelblogger #beautifulhokkaido #girlsssstory （在 支笏湖 水の謌） https://www.instagram.com/p/CmywhiJyOmq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[hotelbooking]

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[trivia-jp]

支笏湖温泉（しこつこおんせん） 北海道の名所

支笏湖温泉（しこつこおんせん）は、北海道の支笏湖周辺に点在する温泉地で、自然豊かな湖畔に湧く温泉が魅力です。以下に、支笏湖温泉の特徴と魅力を紹介します。 1. 透明度の高い湖水 支笏湖はその透明度が高く、その美しい湖面が自然を象徴しています。 2. 湖畔の温泉施設 湖畔にはホテルや旅館が点在し、豊富な種類の温泉が楽しめます。泉質は硫黄泉やナトリウム-塩化物泉などがあります。 3. 景観とアウトドアアクティビティ 湖畔の散策や自然を楽しむトレッキングコースが整備されており、四季折々の美しい景色を楽しむことができます。 4. 支笏洞爺国立公園 支笏湖周辺は支笏洞爺国立公園に指定されており、自然保護区域として多様な生態系が保護されています。 5. 釣りやカヌー 湖での釣りやカヌーなどの湖水レジャーが楽しめます。

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Lake Shikotsu Onsen Famous places in Hokkaido

Lake Shikotsu Onsen (Shikotsuko Onsen) is a hot spring resort dotted around Lake Shikotsu in Hokkaido, and is famous for its hot springs that gush out on the shores of the lake, which are rich in nature. Below, we will introduce the characteristics and charms of Lake Shikotsu Onsen. 1. Highly transparent lake water Lake Shikotsu is highly transparent and its beautiful surface symbolizes nature. 2. Lakeside hot spring facility Hotels and inns are dotted around the lake, and you can enjoy a wide variety of hot springs. The spring quality includes sulfur springs and sodium-chloride springs. 3. Landscape and outdoor activities There are lakeside walks and trekking courses to enjoy nature, allowing you to enjoy the beautiful scenery of each season. 4. Shikotsu-Toya National Park The area around Lake Shikotsu is designated as Shikotsu-Toya National Park, where a diverse ecosystem is protected as a nature conservation area. 5. Fishing and canoeing You can enjoy lake leisure activities such as fishing and canoeing.

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ayu @ayu_rf112 · 2023/10/01 (日) 22:37:07 Replying to @ShikotsukoCamp and @Ryota_Fujimaki 支笏湖の写真ずーっと待ってました🥺 嬉しいですありがとうございます！！！☺️ まおママ♪ @maoricomama · 2023/10/01 (日) 20:14:48 Replying to @ShikotsukoCamp and @Ryota_Fujimaki 写真UPありがとうございます😊まだかなまだかな〜って楽しみに待ってました！藤巻さん目当てで行きましたが、他の方々のステージも楽しかったし友達とのキャンプも楽しかったし、翌朝見た景色は素晴らしかったし、とても良い思い出になりました♪ ありひろちゃん @arihiro_CHAN · 2023/10/01 (日) 19:35:05 Replying to @hiroko_fujimaki and @Ryota_Fujimaki ２日間セトリ変えるの初めての試みという事は、去年まではどんな感じだったのでしょうか？ 裕子(ﾋﾛｺ)🌸 @hiroko_fujimaki · 2023/10/01 (日) 19:26:24 Replying to @Ryota_Fujimaki 今日は山梨からの帰り道で聴きました🎵笑 今はとにかく何よりもマウントフジマキですね❗ 目前にご出演のイベントも無事に終わり、あとはこ��らもマウフジまっしぐらの心境です‼️２日間でセトリを変えるという初めての試み、ファンとの交流を考えてくださっているという中夜祭も本当に楽しみです❗😊🎶 さとさん @8aPvyDlRFk0lx5f · 2023/10/01 (日) 18:57:13 Replying to @FC_FUJIZAKURA and @Ryota_Fujimaki 素敵な歌をありがとう❗️ SHIKOTSUKO BLUE CAMP STAFF @ShikotsukoCamp · 2023/10/01 (日) 18:45:58 「SHIKOTSUKO BLUE CAMP 2023」 ライブステージのフィナーレを飾っていただいたのは藤巻亮太さん( @Ryota_Fujimaki )🌼

陽が落ちたタイミングで聴く「粉雪」は切なく、胸がキュッとなりました。

アンコールにも応えていただき、ありがとうございました！⭐️

Photo：原田直樹（n-foto） FCふじざくら山梨 @FC_FUJIZAKURA · 2023/10/01 (日) 16:26:55 ／ 10/1ホームゲーム情報 スペシャルゲストにご来場いただきました！ ＼

ハーフタイムに、 #藤巻亮太 さんによるスペシャルショー( @Ryota_Fujimaki )が行われました！！🎵 歌唱いただいた曲は #3月9日 。 力強くも心地よい歌声に引き込まれました😌 素敵な歌声をありがとうございました！！🙏 pompom＊藤巻っこ @remi_pompom · 2023/10/01 (日) 16:23:37 Replying to @kazu40159073

@Ryota_Fujimaki and @fumiremi ありがとう❣️ フェスの思い出と言ったら、送るしかない‼️と思ってメールしました〜 kazu @kazu40159073 · 2023/10/01 (日) 16:21:11 Replying to @remi_pompom

@Ryota_Fujimaki and @fumiremi メール読んでもらえてよかったですね！ 私もpompomさんの想いが伝わって嬉しかったです😊 pompom＊藤巻っこ @remi_pompom · 2023/10/01 (日) 14:56:10 Replying to @Ryota_Fujimaki and @fumiremi ファンになった頃のこと 読んでもらえて嬉しいです マウントフジマキ今年も行けるの楽しみにしてます ありひろちゃん @arihiro_CHAN · 2023/10/01 (日) 14:37:21 Replying to @Ryota_Fujimaki and @remi_pompom いつも楽しくてあっという間に番組終わってしまうんだけど、今日はいつもより早かったです マウフジが楽しみすぎてどうしよう😆 アアソメ　ニッポンジュソときあかし　おなごキンセイ @AASOME_ · 2023/10/01 (日) 14:02:51 Replying to @Ryota_Fujimaki なにだか　そのかお、 【公式】ふじっピ｜富士観光開発宣伝部長🗻 @fujippi223 · 2023/10/01 (日) 13:04:32 0対1で前半終了！

サポーターの声援を受けて 後半逆転だっピ⚽

そしてなんと👀✨

ハーフタイムに スペシャルゲストの藤巻亮太さん( @Ryota_Fujimaki )が 応援に駆けつけてくれたっピ🙌

たくさんの後押しを受けて 今日も白星もぎ取ろうっピ😤

#FCふじざくら山梨 #GOWITHYOU モーリー @EkuCm7RlB4uQba1 · 2023/10/01 (日) 13:02:44 Replying to @Ryota_Fujimaki キラキラがついたこのシャツ久しぶりに見て���んと似合ってます😊 マウントフジマキ1週間きりましたね🤗 楽しみすぎます🥰 ありひろちゃん @arihiro_CHAN · 2023/10/01 (日) 12:23:21 Replying to @Ryota_Fujimaki 髪も肌もつやっつやだ！ ありひろちゃん @arihiro_CHAN · 2023/10/01 (日) 12:22:01 Replying to @Ryota_Fujimaki 今日はシャツ羽織って秋らしい装いですね 今日も楽しく聞かせていただきます マウフジまで後１週間を切りましたね！ はあ、ﾜｸﾜｸする😆 n。 @39_RF_223_030 · 2023/10/01 (日) 12:01:16 Replying to @Ryota_Fujimaki (  ｰ̀֊ｰ́)و♡ nobuu @guriguranobu · 2023/10/01 (日) 11:37:55 Replying to @Ryota_Fujimaki マウントフジマキ、楽しみです～❗😆 裕子(ﾋﾛｺ)🌸 @hiroko_fujimaki · 2023/10/01 (日) 11:11:02 Replying to @Ryota_Fujimaki 今日は富士銘水スタジアムでのハーフタイムショーですね❗ キックオフ⚽がちょうど12時からなのでTFで聴かせていただきます😊📻🎵 ayu @ayu_rf112 · 2023/10/01 (日) 11:10:10 Replying to @Ryota_Fujimaki あと1週間…🥺いよいよですね🥺 今日のラジオも楽しみです！！ ピコ @picoron_n · 2023/10/01 (日) 11:08:42 Replying to @Ryota_Fujimaki 直前放送回🙌🏼✨ いよいよ来週〜☺️ ﾄﾞｷﾄﾞｷします♪ アアソメ　ニッポンジュソときあかし　おなごキンセイ @AASOME_ · 2023/10/01 (日) 11:06:24 Replying to @Ryota_Fujimaki どうも。 モーリー @EkuCm7RlB4uQba1 · 2023/10/01 (日) 11:02:53 Replying to @Ryota_Fujimaki Mt.FUJIMAKIいよいよですね🤗2days楽しみにしてます🎵 なおඊ @milk_tre114 · 2023/10/01 (日) 11:02:42 Replying to @Ryota_Fujimaki いよいよマウントフジマキまで1週間！今日も楽しみにしています⛰️♪ 裕子(ﾋﾛｺ)🌸 @hiroko_fujimaki · 2023/10/01 (日) 07:15:03 Replying to @zip_special

@Ryota_Fujimaki and 2 others ZIP-FM30周年おめでとうございます✨ この度は素敵なイベントをありがとうございました❗ ラシックでの公開放送との往復でちょっと大変でしたが笑、他のファンの方々と助け合い、両方をバッチリ楽しむことができて最高に嬉しかったです‼️😆🎶 またイベントで名古屋に行ける機会を楽しみにしています🎵

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SHIKOTSUKO BLUE CAMP STAFF @ShikotsukoCamp · 2023/10/01 (日) 18:45:58 「SHIKOTSUKO BLUE CAMP 2023」 ライブステージのフィナーレを飾っていただいたのは藤巻亮太さん( @Ryota_Fujimaki )🌼

陽が落ちたタイミングで聴く「粉雪」は切なく、胸がキュッとなりました。

アンコールにも応えていただき、ありがとうございました！⭐️

Photo：原田直樹（n-foto）

https://twitter.com/ShikotsukoCamp/status/1708417964477943981

[diveterrys]

8/4 お昼から！支笏湖＆積丹ツアー出発！

8/4 お昼から！支笏湖＆積丹ツアー出発！ 今日はお昼から営業。 北海道支笏湖＆積丹ダイブツアーの出発です。 まずは中部国際空港から新千歳空港へ。 ご用の方はLINEの公式アカウントからお問い合わせください。 #PADI #JAPAN #ダイブテリーズ Open from 12:00 pm today. We are leaving for Hokkaido Shikotsuko & Shakotan Dive Tour.

金曜日。 今日はお昼から営業。 北海道支笏湖＆積丹ダイブツアーの出発です。 まずは支笏湖。 お天気はイマイチですが。 ご用の方はLINE公式アカウントからお問い合わせください。

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藤巻亮太_official@Ryota_Fujimaki

2023/06/30 (金) 12:05:10 【出演情報📢】 北海道千歳市の支笏湖畔で開催の "SHIKOTSUKO BLUE CAMP" 2023に出演決定!

📅 9月9日(土) 🏟️#美笛キャンプ場

始まる前より、終わった後をきれいに。 永遠の青を感じる1日🏞️

お楽しみに！

詳細は公式サイトをチェック👇 https://shikotsuko-bluecamp.jp

https://twitter.com/Ryota_Fujimaki/status/1674615029642199040

[0812mw]

2023.04.01

shikotsuko, Hokkaido

[ardiedoes]

📍Lake Shikotsu 支笏湖 — Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan

[mbainsuranceman]

北海道の誇る不凍湖 支笏湖 近くではヒグマが出たり チップ(おいしい魚)解禁したり 避暑地として最高だったりな the観光地 ランチは野菜中心で女性に人気なのがわかる スイーツは品揃えが弱めなので札幌へ帰る途中に真駒内の有名なジェラート屋さん立ち寄りが我が家の定番 #ヘルシーブッフェアマム#ヘルシービュッフェアマム #支笏湖 #不凍湖 #水の詩 #森の詩 #healthybuffetamam #shikotsuko #shikotsukolake #makomanai #mbainsuranceman #hokkaidolikers #hokkaido #japan (at しこつ湖鶴雅リゾートスパ水の謌) https://www.instagram.com/p/B13vxR9ACVb/?igshid=mj7tgv4kqwkn

[hiro-1979]

マイナスイオン満喫♪(ｏ・ω・)ノ)) #支笏湖 #支笏湖ブルー #lakeshikotsu #shikotsuko #shikotsulake #hokkaidotravel #hokkaido #hokkaidotrip #хоккайдо #япония #япония🇯🇵 #озеро (支笏湖) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0P8PLnFS2L/?igshid=1tv2nj96o7qc4

[lysgracieux-blog]

支笏湖氷濤まつりに初めて行きました。 支笏湖の水をホースで撒いて作るそう。根気のいる作業ですね。 ライトアップされていて綺麗。 思ったより広くて人も沢山。 凍える寒さで、氷の建物の中は外より暖かく感じました。 1度観てみるのも楽しいと思います♪ #氷濤まつり2019 #ちとせの観光 #支笏湖 #スキーウェアで来ると滑り台が楽しめます #icefestival #chitose #shikotsuko #frozen https://www.instagram.com/p/BtvGIBiHC9i/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=szhkol9gkdvc

[yamamottt]

#支笏湖 #支笏湖氷濤まつり #氷濤まつり #氷爆まつり じゃなくて #shikotsuko #hokkaido #北海道 #ライトアップ #lightup #illumination (Lake Shikotsu, Chitose, Hokkaido) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtaUSbMl09B/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ve6en2h19ew

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SHIKOTSUKO BLUE CAMP STAFF@ShikotsukoCamp 2023/09/10 (日) 16:00:27 ------------------------------------- 🏕️SHIKOTSUKO BLUE CAMP 2023🏕️ -------------------------------------

お越しくださった皆様 ありがとうございました！！！ 楽しんでいただけましたでしょうか？🫧

また次回の開催をお楽しみに・・・⭐️！

https://twitter.com/ShikotsukoCamp/status/1700766164975325507

https://twitter.com/hiroko_fujimaki/status/1700796963904802911

[goldenkamuyhunting]

Ramblings and crazy theory time about GK chap 224 “On The Shores Of Lake Shikoku”

So we’ve a new chapter... and a new fairy tale character to meet.

Meet the new awesome guy who joins the cast and introduces himself in his elegant tattooed birthday suit, pirate Boutarou, real name Oosawa Fusatarou finally delighting our eyes with his awesome look!

But well, let’s not run ahead.

The chapter starts with the promised Ogata colour cover.

The awesome Tsurumineko discovered the text written on it is probably a reference to the Japanese postal service Kuroneko Yamato with ‘Sā ikau! Yamaneko Ogata no hitchū-bin’ (さあ行かう！ ヤマネコ尾形の必中便! “Con on, let’s go! Wildcat Ogata sure-hit service!”) being a put on their courier service (宅急便 “Takkyūbin”). Even the small text ‘Ippotemae e!’ (一歩手前へ! “One step ahead!”) should be a reference to Yamato’s slogan ‘Ippomae e!’ (一歩前へ “One step forward!”).

Of course, twisting the reading a little and adding the chapter’s title ‘Shikotsuko no hotori de’ (支笏湖のほとりで “On the shores of Lake Shikotsu”) to the writing you can have “Come on, let’s go! On the shores of Lake Shikotsu”) which can hint this will be where our characters will converge.

The sentence is also used as a meme due to this commercial ‘Sā ikau ikka o agete Nanbei e’ (さあ行かう一家をあげて南米へ “Come on, let’s go to south America”)

Now… the visual.

The art at first made me think this cover was meant to be part of a series of ‘Golden Kamuy’ early covers presenting the characters and their equipments, then discharged because Ogata’s equipment wasn’t really as noteworthy as the others (I mean, we got from Sugimoto’s presentation the info about the rifle, the bayonet and the belt with the ammunition so the most we could get from Ogata were new info about his uniform and nothing more).

The style of the colouring, has many have noticed, reminds of old manga from ‘60/’70… and, more specifically, reminded me of ‘Cyborg 009’ (サイボーグ009) a beautiful manga series from the great Ishinomori Shōtarō (石ノ森 章太郎) transposed in various anime and movies.

The series is about 9 cyborgs whose uniform is similar to Ogata’s but commonly in a red colour with an extremely long yellow scarf (in some transpositions the uniform is white or blue but the red uniform is the most iconic). Ishinomori has also some covers in which he couloured in yellow the characters, further connecting the visual of this cover to his works.

What’s more as I said ‘Cyborg 009’ is a manga about 9 cyborgs of the ‘00’ series (001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008 and the titular character 009) who were originally people kidnapped and forcefully turned into cyborgs by the evil Black Ghost organization, led by its tyrannical leader Skull (スカール) whose name can also be translitterated as Scar,

to undergo experiments that would allow him to use them as human weapons to promote the production of cyborg warfare. The cyborgs however escaped and rebelled to the Black Ghost organization.

Next to Ogata’s image there’s his name written in a peculiar way. Ogata Hyakunosuke’s name is normally written in kanji as 尾形 百之助 but this time Noda wrote it in Roman letters except for the kanji 百 which means “100”, and in short contains ‘00’ as if to joke he’s part of the ‘00’ series of cyborgs… and from this point is easy to see the parallelism between the Shinigami Tsurumi (whose face can resemble a skull) who’s planning to produce weapons and drugs to gain from war and Skull and his evil organization.

Of course, if we’ve to assume Noda wanted to establish a parallelism between Ogata and the 00 cyborgs we would assume he compared him to the titular character, 009, real name Shimamura Jō (島村 ジョー), a half Japanese, half American boy who was shunned by his peers because he was a half-breed, became a delinquent, escaped from a juvenile detention facility before being captured by Black Ghost.

However as @raggiodilunablr suggested, it’s also possible that Noda is thinking to a parallelism not with 009 but with 001 (100 in reverse).

001, real name Ivan Whisky (イワン·ウイスキー), Russian, a baby born with a severe illness on whom his father Gamo, a famous brain surgeon, performed numerous brain enhancement processes which allowed his mental capacity to far exceed that of a normal human. The implants were inserted against the wishes of Ivan's mother, Erika (who he even kills in the manga). Later on though his father went mad and discharged him in the care of the Black Ghost as he focused on creating other cyborgs. Due to all this Ivan is a highly intelligent, genius level child, talented in scientific analysis and can telepathically converse at an adult level, often working as the other leader of the cyborgs. He has an "ends justify the means" type of nature and he is willing to sacrifice the title character 009 to save the world (though 009 is okay with it). Considering how Noda likes to parallel Ogata to a child, it can be it’s 001 he had in mind.

Anyway I recommend everyone to go read the manga or watch the Cyborg 009 anime series as it’s awesome and a great classic (never mentioning the other characters in it can vaguely parallel our cast of characters in Golden Kamuy).

But now let’s move to the plot.

Ironically Asirpa too decides, same as Ogata, they would have swans for dinner and explains to Sugimoto how they would hunt him. When she explains they use the light of a fire to draw it close Sugimoto, whose arm is still in a sling, worry they would hit the swan.

Honestly the contrast between Sugimoto not hesitating in the slightest to maim or kill people for his goals but yet being shocked by how Asirpa would do the same to animals in order to eat them to survive never fails to impress me. Asirpa first says they wouldn’t hit them but grab them geeently, to then admit they would just bash them in the neck with a piece of wood… because really, Sugimoto, how would you expect just gently grabbing them would cause them to die so that you can eat them?

There’s a minor gag about a swan and Shiraishi both being lead there by the light then noticing each other, the swan about to attack Shiraishi (swans are pretty aggressive despite their beautiful look) before Asirpa clubbed the swan. The group then eat the swan, with another recurring gag of Asirpa offering the head to Sugimoto and Sugimoto not really eating it before we’ll move to the real plot of the story.

Shiraishi had been checking the gold dust that Heita was carrying and had noticed something. Heita had kept samples of the gold dust from every river he went. It turns out gold dust from different rivers have different looks so a skilled gold panner can tell where the gold dust was found just by looking at it.

Now, credits when it’s due, for most of the Heita arc I was assuming Heita was a charlatan, using the lie he found all that gold dust and all his talks about knowing how to find gold to draw there unsuspecting victims and robs them of their money.

It turned out the guy was genuinely an expert and his aims and problems were of different nature and this chapter remarks it.

Anyway we now get a summary of the whole gold story.

A long time ago the Ainu gathered up the gold dust in a single place, feared it would cause disaster and hid it. Time went by and eventually only few men knew about it. Shiraishi assumes those men were the ones killed in what he labels as the ‘Nopperabō jiken’ (のっぺらぼう事件 “Noppera-bou incident”).

Now… originally the men murdered and chopped to the point they were reduced to lump of flesh were assumed to have been 7, one of whom should have been Asirpa’s father. We know Asirpa’s father managed to escape but Shiraishi assumes 7 men were still killed. It’s possible the men were 7… albeit it’s also possible, since those Ainu were chopped into pieces, their remains scattered, that the men murdered were 6. I don’t know. I don’t even know if it’s relevant how many were killed, we only know Ariko’s father was among the deceased.

Shiraishi suggests that it’s possible though that other people (in additions to the ones who died) knew were the gold was, which is why Noppera-bou and Co wanted to move the gold, so as to better hide it.

Shiraishi points out in the end it seems Noppera-bou did all the work by himself… which is a huge assumption. They could have moved the gold together and then those men could have been killed so as to keep the secret on where the gold was.

Anyway, no matter if the moving was done by 1 people or 8, Shiraishi’s theory that it shouldn’t have been moved far is solid enough as moving all that gold would be troublesome even for 8 people.

Shiraishi suggests if there’s Ainu who knew where the gold previously was, those Ainu should have ben residing near the previous hideout for the gold. Shiraishi says if they could find out which type of gold dust was hidden there they could figure out from where the gold came.

Sugimoto points out either way they can’t do it as the gold is HIDDEN, meaning they can’t check it to figure out where it was taken from and Asirpa agrees he’s being an idiot but Shiraishi proves again he’s all but that.

Shiraishi is awesome people, please, remember about it!

In fact Shiraishi remembers that Tanigaki told them Noppera-bou ran away with part of the gold but then his boat capsized and the gold dusk sank.

Sugimoto remembers this happened in Lake Shikotsu.

Asirpa wonders if Shiraishi is suggesting to drop searching for the skins as they had always done and start searching for the sunken gold dust.

Shiraishi points out since getting the skins might be completely impossible this could be another way to approach the problem but when Sugimoto sums up their new course of action...

Sugimoto states he thinks each step is too hard and, as to make matter worse Asirpa points out the very first step is impossible for them as Lake Shikotsu is the deepest lake in Hokkaido so they can’t dive in it and recover the gold Noppera-bou lost… and here it’s were Asirpa is missing a tiny yet extremely relevant detail.

In fact a flashback starts, reporting what happened one year ago at Lake Shikoku, hinting the convicts escaped around one year ago.

Heita went on a boat on Lake Shikoku with someone else. That someone else wants to dive in the lake and is employing Heita to get some help. Said someone else is the Pirate Boutarou, mentioned by Kadokura in the previous chapter and whose real name is Ōsawa Fusatarō.

We get some explanations on how this guy is an amazing diver, who can stay underwater for 30 minutes, has giant feet and palmed hands. As a child he was employed as one of the workers who ferries lumber down the rivers refining his skill in the water then moved to just pull people into the water, drown them and strip them of valuables, which later caused Ōsawa Fusatarō to gain the nicknames of ‘Kanbō no kaizoku’ (監房の海賊 “Pirate of the prison”) and ‘Kaizoku Bōtarō’  (海賊 房太郎 “Pirate Bōtarō”), taking advantage of how the kanji 房 which in his name is read as ‘Fusa’ can also read as ‘Bō’ when meaning “prison cell”.

As Boutarou surpasses the current world record for longer immersion and deepest diving Heita considers escaping, hoping he dies as he thinks it would be impossible to accomplish such a feat, a clear hint he wasn’t with him out of his own will.

We go back to our trio and what Shiraishi knows and spurred him to make such a theory and that Asirpa was missing.

Asirpa was wrong into thinking no one could dive deep into lake Shikoku and find the lost gold as, among the samples of could dust Heita possessed, there’s one belonging to ‘Kaizoku-san’ (海賊さん “Mister Pirate) coming from Lake Shikoku.

While the images show us Boutarou finding the boat Noppera-bou used in the deep of the lake, Shiraishi explains this ‘Kaizoku-san’ is one of the escaping convicts, a particularly tough guy… and then Shiraishi shows, turning around the package containing the sample, that Heita had already identified the gold. It came from Toppu River (徳富川), Saru River (沙流川), Sorachi River (空知川) and Shiriuchi River (知内川).

Long story short, what Shiraishi is suggesting is not that they’ll change their modus operandi, but that they’ll hunt that guy by checking those rivers.

The last page is cut in two panels, one shows Sugimoto, with his eyes white the way they whiten when he thinks at murdering someone saying they could catch a pirate if they’ll go to those rivers and, in the other panel, the flashback of the face of Boutarou, smiling underwater as he had found Noppera-bou’s boat, hinting to how Sugimoto and Boutarou will likely fight.

It’s worth to note Sugimoto’s arm is still broken so there’s to wonder if we’ll have a time skip in which it’ll heal or Sugimoto will have to face Boutarou while being at disadvantage. Hijikata also might be converging on him so we’ll see.

It’s also noteworthy how, through all the chapter, Vasily was nowhere to be seen.

I don’t really get Noda’s plans for him.

I take Vasily and Ogata will have a shoot down, but so far Vasily merely seems a character forcefully added to the group just for this, his contribute to the plot too small to be noteworthy (yeah, Vasily did something useful here and there, but it could be easily removed by the plot with very minor changes without anyone noticing) so his presence seems mostly forced.

Anyway as I’m a visual person let’s analyze the situation through a map.

You can see the 4 rivers Toppu River (徳富川), Saru River (沙流川), Sorachi River (空知川) and Shiriuchi River (知内川) Heita noted down in blue. Shiriuchi river is pretty far from the others even if, notably, the gold fever in Hokkaido started there. My guess would be the hideout for the gold should have been located around one of the other three rivers as they’re closer and it would easier to bring the gold there.

Now the river closer to Tomakomai (苫小牧市) which you can see in red and where the Noppera-bou incident took place, is Saru river so maybe the previous hideout was there.

Lake Shikotsu (支笏湖), in pale blue, is not so far from Tomakomai.

Now I left always in blue Uryu river (雨竜川), where the Sugimoto’s group is, while I coloured in red the other cities/places which are relevant for us.

Otaru (小樽市), where Asirpa’s Kotan is but also where Hijikata’s group is and where Tsurumi’s headquarters are located, Barato (茨戸), the last place in which Tsurumi was seen, Noboribetsu (登別市), the place near which Ariko’s village is (Ariko’s father was one of the men who died in the Noppera-bou’s incident) and in which Toni Anji’s men were, Asahikawa (旭川市), where the 7th division headquarters are located, Kabato Prison (樺戸監獄), which is actually located in Tsukigata (月形町) and from which Pirate Boutarou’s men come, Kushiro (釧路市), near which Kirawus’ village is and, although I think by now it won’t be relevant anymore, Abashiri (網走市).

I’m not really sure if all this can turn to be useful but I think it’s a good thing to have an idea of where everything is.

Now… unless the next chapter will deal with Tsurumi, the transitional chapters might have ended and the next one could start the Boutarou’s arc. As Hijikata has just learnt he’s on the move, he might try to converge on him. Now… there’s to wonder if Heita managed to pass the info about where the gold could be to Boutarou. I’ll go and speculate he did so, which would mean Boutarou would try and inspect one of the rivers Heita mentioned. As Toppu river is the closest to Kabato prison and, conveniently to Uryu’s river (where Sugimoto is), there are chances Boutarou and Sugimoto will meet there. It’s hard to say if Hijikata’s group will manage to get there before or after Sugimoto. We don’t exactly know where they’re on Uryu river but the distance both groups have to go through to get on Toppu river could be similar and if Hijikata equips himself and his men with horses they could get there faster… though Sugimoto could try to use a boat to run down the river so… hard to say who’ll get there sooner.

Tsurumi is currently the closer to Kabato prison, so there are high chances if he was informed about Boutarou’s moves he might reach him before the other two.

We’ll see.

What’s noteworthy though is that although Boutarou seems a vicious criminal he’s also one with a working brain and with a group of them below him. I honestly doubt he can become the leader of another group chasing the gold, it’s more likely he’ll end up joining one of the pre-existent groups searching the gold… if he and his men survive the meeting with one of those over mentioned groups.

This chapter also remarks who’s the other person who has a working brain.

Shiraishi.

Although assumed to be dumb right from the start, Shiraishi is actually quite intelliget and the proof is he’s the ‘Escape King’ a guy capable to invent always new and succesfull ways to escape from prison.

The trick that caused people to think Shiraishi is dumb wasn’t Shiraishi inability to think but Shiraishi’s tendency not too worry too much about things, causing him to act in a dumb way most of the time.

When Shiraishi thinks things through he’s actually amazingly smart and Noda hinted at it in many subtle ways. In addition to the various escape plans Shiraishi came up with, we see how Shiraishi came up with the plan to locate Hijikata and how he managed to trick him by handing him a fake copy of a tattooed skin, how well he can collect info (he’s the one discovering about Nihei and Henmi), when Wakayama proposes betting with dices he’s the one wanting to check the dices, he is the one to realize the nonsense of Tsurumi’s plan (it would be better to share the gold,), how Sugimoto has a person he loves back at home, how Hijikata planned to use Asirpa to promote his war by having a newspaper write an article about her, how he understood in Abashiri Kiro might have harmed Inkarmat and Ogata might have shoot Sugimoto, how Kiro lied to them, how Asirpa grew through her travel in Karafuto and what she planned to do when she escaped and how they do need a plan if they want to take part to the gold hunt.

While Sugimoto was just ‘let’s wait for Hijikata and Tsurumi to argue and then snatch the skins from them’ Shiraishi went and thought up to a strategy they could put into action.

Although Shiraishi can still act silly and careless, he’s starting to think things more and more, and proving he has a fine brain, a brain fine enough he could be a strategist.

Really, Shiraishi is awesome! I can’t wait what he’ll do next!