Seven years after its debut, adventure manga Golden Kamuy has officially entered its final arc!
While a specific end date hasn't been announced, the manga's official Twitter account confirmed that the series' conclusion began with Chapter 285, published in Weekly Young Jump on July 29.
【最終章開幕戦言!!】皆様、お待たせいたしました。本日発売の週刊ヤングジャンプ35号、クライマックス突入センターカラーで『https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A0%E3%82%A4?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ゴールデンカムイ』第285話掲載中です!!さらに本日7/29(木)から9/17(金)まで、空前絶後の全話無料大開放決定!!詳細は下記よりご確認を！↓https://t.co/5jrT0IbLiM">https://t.co/5jrT0IbLiM https://t.co/So74sxHZTi">pic.twitter.com/So74sxHZTi
— ゴールデンカムイ(公式) (@kamuy_official) https://twitter.com/kamuy_official/status/1420580002983153672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2021
In an official comment, original author Satoru Noda stated that he hopes to reach the end of the story with everyone, including both new and old readers.
【特別コメント公開!!】最終章開幕＆全話無料大開放にあたり、野田先生から皆様へスペシャルコメントが到着いたしました！杉元たちをずっと応援してくださっている方も、これから初めて『https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A0%E3%82%A4?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ゴールデンカムイ』の世界に触れる方も、ぜひ金塊を巡る戦いの物語に、最後までご伴走くださると幸いです。 https://t.co/bsLv6Igdnm">pic.twitter.com/bsLv6Igdnm
— ゴールデンカムイ(公式) (@kamuy_official) https://twitter.com/kamuy_official/status/1420580483319033860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2021
Golden Kamuy has been serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump since 2014, picking up the Manga Taisho award in 2016 and the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 2018. The first and second seasons of the TV anime adaptation aired in 2018 while a third season followed in 2020.
Set in early 20th century Hokkaido, the series follows former soldier Saichi Sugimoto as he searches for hidden Ainu gold with a young Ainu girl named Asirpa, who is on a quest to avenge the death of her father.
©Satoru Noda / Shueisha