Chapter 232

## Family

**Family** (家族, *Kazoku*) is the 232nd chapter of the *Golden Kamuy* manga.

## Synopsis

Tanigaki and Inkarmat looks over the newest addition to their family and Tanigaki mistakes the umbilical cord for a boy’s genitalias before realizing that he has a daughter with tears in his eyes. Tsukishima and Koito wakes up the soldier stationed to Asirpa’s kotan and promises not tell Tsurumi about him sleeping on the job in exchange for reporting that nothing is out of the ordinary. As Tanigaki heads out to explore the kotan, he spots Osoma who is initially overjoyed to see him again but immediately turns around to join an Ainu boy to play with.

Tsukishima confronts Koito about his conduct during their last conversation but Koito tells him to interpret his actions however he wishes and states that Tsurumi might have a different true goal, asking Tsukishima if he has any idea about what it is. Tsukishima believes that Tsurumi might not have a true goal before recalling seeing Tsurumi play around with some finger bones, which he asks Koito about. Koito is clueless about the finger bones, causing Tsukishima to dismiss the topic. Koito exclaims that as soldiers, they should put their lives on the line and fight for their comrades and that despite Tsukishima’s attitude towards Tsurumi being unhealthy, he will keep a positive outlook and believe in Tsurumi so that Tsukishima can believe in him instead.

One week has passed since the birth of Tanigaki and Inkarmat’s baby and Koito and Tsukishima says their farewells to them, stating that they will report to Tsurumi that the both of them escaped without a trace while giving caution to head south and to be careful not to run into any other soldiers. Inkarmat speaks to Tsukishima about what she had seen with her clairvoyance, but Tsukishima interupts her, saying that there is no need. As Tanigaki spots Huci and looks back on his baby, he notes that he has been saved by Huci again and that he is always on the receiving end.

In Sapporo, Kikuta warns Usami that they are only scouting around in town and that they should act discretely as possible by dressing up as civilians and blending into the crowd. However, Usami says that if they take it too slowly, then the convict will run away and also accounts for the possiblity of Hijikata’s Group being in town as well. Nearby, Kadokura exclaims to Kirawus that someone dropped their coin and Usami looks around, thinking he had heard Kadokura’s voice but states that he had died in Abashiri Prison. Elsewhere, Ogata and Hijikata talks about the activities within Sapporo and that it would not be a surprise if Tsurumi and his men showed up as well. Ogata suggests that they dress up like peddlers in order to hide themselves.

In an Ainu village in the Sorachi river valley, Sugimoto’s Group asks around about a suspicious man with tattoos talking about gold dust. An Ainu man tells them that while there has been no one fitting the description in his village, he has heard people talking about a man with strange tattoos near the coal mines in Utashinai. Upon hearing this, Sugimoto declares that they have found traces of Boutarou the Pirate. The Ainu man tells them that he had heard that the man was a peddler who sold candies. In Utashinai, a peddler calls out to a kid and gives him some coal, much to his dismay. The peddler begins to laugh at the look on the kid’s face before apologizing and promising to show him something much better, leading him into the woods nearby.

## Character Appearances

* Otonoshin Koito
* Hajime Tsukishima
* Tokushirou Tsurumi *(Flashback)*
* Asirpa
* Inkarmat
* Genjirou Tanigaki
* Saichi Sugimoto
* Yoshitake Shiraishi
* Vasily
* Toshizou Hijikata
* Shinpachi Nagakura *(cover)*
* Tatsuma Ushiyama *(cover)*
* Kantarou *(cover)*
* Kirawus
* Anji Toni *(cover)*
* Kadokura
* Rikimatsu Ariko *(cover)*
* Hyakunosuke Ogata
* Usami
* Kikuta
* Fusatarou Oosawa
* Osoma
* Huci
* Candy Peddler *(Debut)*