Quick outline of the changes in Golden Kamuy Vol 28
So I realize that I’ve fallen behind with this series, but as my liking of the story started to lower and my work instead, didn’t, I ended up neglecting it. Anyway, for who’s interested, here is a general outline of the more relevant changes that take place in Vol 28 compared to the magazine. Note that as usual I won’t dig into minor changes or redraws unless they seem to be relevant for the plot or characterization (or I really like them).
So now let’s start.
WARNING: I hadn’t had the chance to check all the dialogues yet. If I’ll find out there are changes in them that are relevant I’ll update this post as soon as I can. @piduai though, translated some of the new pages in which relevant changes took place, so I recommend checking this post. Said so, let’s start.
We spend a moment on the cover, which shows a character who has never appeared on covers in the past, Nikaidou Kouhei.
The pose is dynamic and put in evidence both his prosthetic leg (which is firing a shoot) and his prosthetic hand (which is letting chopsticks fall). Behind him there’s Arisaka with a machine gun and the unnamed guy we saw at the hospital, the implication being that Nikaidou isn’t fighting anyone but he’s still in the hospital.
We then move to the colour page.
which was used for chap 285.
A colour cover that was in the chapters included in this volume and that instead isn’t shown is the one of chap 272.
This volume includes an index page (which uses as image the one of the cover) and a 4 page summary.
This volume counts 9 chapters (normally a volume counts 10 chapters but the previous counted 11) with some changes, additions of extra pages and panels to expand scenes that already were in the magazine version so we can better understand what’s going on and of scenes that are redrawn, either to improve their quality, correct mistakes or add to the plot.
Note I’m not going to add them all but only those which are plot relevant (or that I particularly like). Also no scanlations this time.
Let’s start with chap 272.
Since originally this chapter had a color cover, Noda made for it a black and white cover with the image of the moon Kikuta and Ariko saw when they were trapped in a trench.
Noda then added Kikuta’s face, along with info on where and when the scene is taking place.
He then proceeded to expand Ariko’s tale
The image of the Makiri is also redrawn.
Noda expanded also the following scene which ends up including a flashback to when Ariko discovered the Makiri was in Tsurumi’s hands.
The result of this addition is that it seems that, in the following page, when we see Kikuta pondering, this seems to be because he remembered when Ariko found the Makiri... while in the magazine version we could hope it was because he was worried for Asirpa. As a result I’m not overly fond of the addition of this flashback as it means to add a page and a panel of scenes we’ve already seen.
A scene of Tsukishima and Koito tring to open the door alfter Sofia tossed the bench against it is added.
We also have a new panel of Asirpa, Sofia and Ariko running toward the bottlemobile which, here and there is better drawin. Ariko’s fall is a lot more dinamic and the scene in which he tells Asirpa to run is expanded and better drawn.
We continue with chap 273.
As he did in the previous volume, in this volume too Noda added the right shading to the firemen’s uniforms.
Noda enlarged the panels in the scene in which the soldiers point out how Nikaidou smelled of beer and Koito realizes due to this Tsurumi should have smelled him and Tsukishima while they were hiding under the desk.
The final page is changed so that Koito now doesn’t close the door.
Considering the idea is that, despite everything, Koito will never genuinely plan to cut ties with Tsurumi, the fact that Koito leaves the door open might remark what we will ultimately see in Vol 30, that despite everything Koito was willing to follow him and only wanted him to be sincere with him.
So no, I’ll say the idea Koito would part ways with Tsurumi as most of the fandom hoped was never on the table. Too bad.
To make up for it Noda includes a panel showing Koito under the rain outside the church, watching the door and, through it, Tsurumi.
This implies Koito is, in a way, closed out, not close to Tsurumi as he would like to believe. He doesn’t belong to Tsurumi’s little world, not him nor Tsukishima. For all his devotion, he’s just a henchman to be manipulated and, while it’ll turn out he doesn’t like this, ultimately he’ll still be at Tsurumi’s side because he’ll remain forever a Tsurumi fanboy despite everything.
It’s a pity Koito never grew out of this... but, well, since the story planned to make a leader out of it regardless, I guess it didn’t matter.
Then there’s chap 274.
Noda modified the panel in which Sofia talks with Hijikata so that now we can see her men are with her.
He also redrawn Boutarou and added an image of Hokkaido superimposed with the scenery.
Noda then moved here the scene from chap 279 in which Asirpa checks the skins in attempt to decode Wilk’s message, expanding it a little.
We move to chap 275.
Noda added 4 more pages that shows Sugimoto sleeping and then digs more into his dream/flashback of the past.
As I remember well enough this part, this flashback isn’t something I feel I needed (except for the part that shows Sugimoto wandering), but I understand others might have forgot and so Noda decided to include it.
Noda also expanded the scene in which Kikuta talks about Kaeko. I still find funny how Noda fundamentally refuses to draw Hanazawa in a position different from his death portrait.
Also he cut the part in which Kikuta said that it’s not rare for girls to search for marriage without involving their parents and placed the remaining dialogue in such a way it covered hald of Kaeko’s face.
He expanded the scene in which Sugimoto dresses up as Yuusaku.
The image of the imperial hotel is redrawn.
So we are at chap 276.
Noda adds a flashback image of Sugimoto, Umeko and Toraji...
...and expanded Kikuta’s scolding.
Then he added a scene showing where Sugimoto was standing and in which Kikuta explains the origins of his habit of loothing things.
He then drastically changes Sugimoto’s interaction with Yuusaku.
The remaining interaction goes as in the manga but now Yuusaku is sweating a lot more.
Noda changed things so that, fter receiving his hat from Tsurumi, Sugimoto doesn’t thank him with an admiring look but in a rushed manner and then escapes.
Then chap 277...
...shich is basically unchanged.
And here comes chap 278…
in which the only change seems to be that now Ogata doesn’t wear his hat when he crosses path with Yuusaku (also Yuusaku is now drawn on the right side).
We have chap 279.
In which Yuusaku’s face is heavily shaded when he opens ‘his’ eyes, the next panel basically showing Asirpa in his position, better implying Sugimoto is seeing Asirpa in Yuusaku.
Noda also added a spread showing the scenery.
As the bit of Asirpa was placed sooner, now it’s absent from this chapter and we just have Hijikata saying to wait as he seems to realize something.
And so we’ve reached chap 280.
Noda changed a little the features of the spy who should have received Kikuta’s message and added more details to the poor guy who collected it instead.
Overall scenery and characters are detailed better in the volume.
There’s even a tiny drawn of Ueji when the text in a box mentions him.
We finish with a tiny image of Kikuta and a young Sugimoto thanking the editor.
And that’s all for this volume.
I remember everyone this was a quick overview and I might have missed something, especially in the dialogues which I didn’t really check.
As usual Noda improved it in a relevant manner so, if you like “Golden Kamuy”, you might prefer buying it to the magazine version.
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