English Dub Review: Golden Kamuy “The Cause of Everything”

He said it! He said the thing!!


Overview

While Sugimoto sets up a rescue mission to get Asirpa back, Lt. Tsrumi reveals the truth to Asirpa about her father’s dark past…




Our Take

Picking up from the previous episode, Asirpa and Sophia find themselves in Lt. Tsurumi’s custody as he presses Asirpa for answers about the hidden gold, using the opportunity to recount the chain of events that led her father, Wilk, to conceal it in the first place. What unfolds is less a standard interrogation and more a carefully staged psychological performance, as Tsurumi lays out a version of the past that reframes Wilk’s legacy and the fractured alliances surrounding the treasure. The episode leans heavily into dialogue, yet the tension never loosens, transforming a single setting into a riveting battleground of ideology, loyalty, and manipulation.

Through Tsurumi’s storytelling, Wilk emerges as a far more complex and hardened figure than previously understood, shaped by conflict and impossible choices. The layered monologue blurs truth and self-serving narrative in classic Tsurumi fashion, keeping both Asirpa and the audience questioning what is genuine and what is calculated theater. Even without large-scale action, the episode feels monumental, driven by world-building, emotional revelations, and one of the most striking symbolic moments the series has delivered, capped by a masterful title drop that redefines the meaning behind the hunt itself.

Overall, this chapter operates as a masterclass in character driven exposition, proving that layered motivations and moral ambiguity can be just as gripping as large-scale combat when handled with precision. By expanding the lore behind the gold and deepening the ideological divide at the heart of the conflict—while spotlighting Tsurumi’s magnetic yet unsettling presence the episode strengthens the narrative foundation for the final stretch without sacrificing suspense yet remains emotionally loaded, it transforms backstory into high-stakes drama, further elevates the endgame stakes, and sharpens the central conflict, leaving the moral landscape more uncertain than ever and the true cost of the so-called “Golden Kamuy” lingering long after the credits roll.