History Manga / GoldenKamuy

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Averted, as the characters having the best sex in this series are a pair of serial killers.

* IllGirl: Downplayed. Umeko, Sugimoto's {{Love Interest|s}}, is going blind but otherwise isn't in danger. It's just that he wants her to see her child grow up.

* RealisticHumansCartoonyAnimals: Inverted. Animals (especially bears) are drawn much more realistically and in more detail than humans.

** Yasaku Edogai takes it UpToEleven when he creates dozens of sets of clothing out of human skin. Tsurumi tasks him with making fake tattooed skins to spread confusion among his enemies.

** [[spoiler: Sugimoto gives his share of the gold to Umeko and her family, fulfilling his promise to Toraji and ensuring that they will be financially secured for life. Afterwards, he returns to Hokkaido with Asirpa and they live together in her village.]]
** [[spoiler: Asirpa uses the Ainu land deed as leverage to neogtiate with the Japanese government throughout her life. While unable to secure all the land in the deed, much of the remaining land given to the Ainu is preserved as national and quasi-national parks in Hokkaido. Her efforts ensured the continued survival of Ainu culture to this present day. The epilogue shows her and Sugimoto living together at her home.]]
** [[spoiler: Tanigaki marries Inkarmat and they return to his homeplace of Ani, Akita, where they'd go on to have fifteen children together, all but the eldest one being sons.]]
** [[spoiler: Vasily is revealed to have survived his duel with Ogata and returns to Russia where he becomes a famed artist. One of his paintings, a portrait of a dying wildcat clearly meant to symbolize Ogata, is not sold until years after his death. It's sold for 300 million.]]
** [[spoiler: Kadokura, alongside Kirawus and Mansur, moves to America and they enter the motion picture business, producing a movie based on the gold hunt that bombs at the box office, but later is regarded as a cult classic.]]
** [[spoiler: Koito and Tsukishima work to protect the surviving soldiers of the 7th Division that supported Tsurumi’s rebellion from Central's revenge. The narration reveals that Koito would eventually be promoted to Lieutenant General and would become the last commander of the 7th Division, with Tsukishima serving as his right hand man.]]
** [[spoiler: After parting ways with Sugimoto and Asirpa in Tokyo, Shiraishi would dig up the remainder of the Ainu gold that was buried in Goryōkaku, and would go on to become the king of an island off the coast of Burma. The last scene of the manga has Sugimoto and Asirpa receiving a blank letter from him with a royal coin minted with Shiraishi’s visage, much to their shock.]]

** [[spoiler: Sugimoto gives a portion of his share of the treasure to Umeko and her family, fulfilling his promise to Toraji and ensuring that they will be financially secured for life. Afterwards, he returns to Hokkaido with Asirpa and they live together in her village.]]
** [[spoiler: Asirpa uses the Ainu land deed as leverage to neogtiate with the Japanese government throughout her life. While unable to secure all the land in the deed, much of the remainder land given to the Ainu is preserved as national and quasi-national parks in Hokkaido. Her efforts ensured the continued survival of Ainu culture to this present day. The epilogue shows her and Sugimoto living together at her home.]]

** [[spoiler: Kadokura, alongside Kirawus and Mansur moves to America and they enter the motion picture business, producing a movie based on Sugimoto’s adventures thay bombs at the box office, but later becomes a cult classic.]]
** [[spoiler: Koito and Tsukishima work to protect the soldiers of the 7th Division involved with Tsurumi’s rebellion from Central's revenge. The narration reveals that Koito would eventually be promoted to Lieutenant General and would become the last commander of the 7th Division with Tsukishima serving as his right hand man.]]
** [[spoiler: After parting ways with Sugimoto and Asirpa in Tokyo, Shiraishi would dig up the remainder of the Ainu gold that was buried in Goryōkaku, and go on to become the king of an island off the coast of Burma. The last scene of the manga has Sugimoto and Asirpa receiving a blank letter from him with a royal coin minted with Shiraishi’s visage, to their shock.]]

** [[spoiler: Sugimoto gives a portion of his share of the treasure to Umeko and her family, fulfilling his promise to Toraji and ensuring that they will be financially secured for life. Afterwards, he goes to Hokkaido to live with Asirpa’s tribe.]]
** [[spoiler: Asirpa uses the Ainu land deed as leverage to begin negotiations with the Japanese government. While unable to secure all the land in the deed, much of the remainder land given to the Ainu is preserved as national parks in Hokkaido. Thus ensuring the continued survival of the Ainu’s culture to the present day.]]
** [[spoiler: Tanigaki settles down with Inkarmat where they have fifteen children together. All but the eldest being sons.]]
** [[spoiler: Vasily is revealed to have survived his duel with Ogata and returns to Russia where he becomes a famed artist. One of his paintings, a portrait of a dying wildcat clearly meant to symbolize Ogata, is not sold until years after his death.]]
** [[spoiler: Kadokura along with Kirawasu and Mansur moves to America and enters the motion picture business, producing a film based on Sugimoto’s adventures that goes on to become a cult classic.]]
** [[spoiler: Koito and Tsukishima work to defend the soldiers of the 7th Division involved with Tsurumi’s rebellion from government prosecution. The narration reveals that Koito would eventually be promoted to Lieutenant General and command the 7th Division with Tsukishima serving as his lieutenant.]]
** [[spoiler: After parting ways with Sugimoto and Asirpa, Shiraishi would find the remainder of the Ainu gold and go on to become the king of an island off the coast of Burma. The last scene of the manga has Sugimoto and Asirpa receiving a letter from him with a royal coin minted with Shiraishi’s visage.]]

Satoru Noda's award-winning manga ''Golden Kamuy'' has been serialized in [[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Young Jump]] magazine, 2014, concluding in 2022 with 314 chapters and 31 volumes. An anime adaptation currently spanning 4 seasons began airing in Spring 2018; it can be viewed on Website/{{Crunchyroll}} with the appropriate regional subtitles, with Creator/{{Funimation}} doing the English dub track.

Satoru Noda's award-winning manga ''Golden Kamuy'' has been serialized in [[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Young Jump]] magazine, 2014, concluding in 2022 with 314 chapters, 30 volumes. An anime adaptation began airing in Spring 2018; it can be viewed on Website/{{Crunchyroll}} with the appropriate regional subtitles, with Creator/{{Funimation}} doing the English dub track.

Satoru Noda's award-winning manga ''Golden Kamuy'' has been serialized in [[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Young Jump]] magazine since 2014 and is still ongoing. An anime adaptation began airing in Spring 2018; it can be viewed on Website/{{Crunchyroll}} with the appropriate regional subtitles, with Creator/{{Funimation}} doing the English dub track.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: The ''gulo gulo'', also known as '''the wolverine''', is an animal no bigger than a fox. But the locals call it even more ferocious than a bear because of its violent temperament.

** Sugimoto just wants to help Asirpa get the gold and pay for Ume's eye surgery, but he's ''fiercely'' protective of Asirpa and will cooperate with or take down either side to make sure she's safe.

** Chapter 286 [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] this, however, [[spoiler:as it's revealed that Hijikata's tattoo portion had a marking on it to specifically indicate an area within the fort where the Ainu land deed was buried, and when Kadokura opens the door to the room where Hijikata's studying the completed skin map, trying to figure out where half the remaining gold in buried on the property, the wind blows his skin section on top of the map, which seems to give Hijikata a EurekaMoment about where to find the buried gold, implying that it's his corresponding piece of the map that tells where the physically remaining portion of the gold is buried. Though as it turns out, this was only because [[ChekovsGunman Hijikata]] had been in the fort before and realised the marking was referring to the old water well where they used to feed the horses, long since covered up and forgotten about-- which was [[BatmanGambit precisely what Wilk was aiming for]] when he gave Kadokura the partial tattoo]].

** A short-term (but chronologically, ''really'' long-term one occurs in chapter 288. [[spoiler: Kimuspu's flashback explaining how he and resultingly the other Aniu became acquainted with Hijikata had the latter struggling to reach a certain spot on Mount Hakodate marked with a statue of the Goddess Kannon. 2 chapters later and it's revealed that behind the statue is a hidden room containing the Kaitenmaru’s main [[JustForPun cannon]], which Hijikata was planning to use as his last desperate gamble to prevent the loss to the Meji Government. Kadokura and some of Sofia's revolutionaries then proceed to use the hidden gun to unexpectedly blast the destroyers floating in the harbour, sinking at least 2 of them and accidently taking out the observation ballon vital to the precise bombardment Tsurumi was using to pressure the fort's defenders]].

** Chapter 286 [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] this, however, [[spoiler:as it's revealed that Hijikata's tattoo portion had a marking on it to specifically indicate an area within the fort where the Ainu land deed was buried, and when Kadokura opens the door to the room where Hijikata's studying the completed skin map, trying to figure out where half the remaining gold in buried on the property, the wind blows his skin section on top of the map, which seems to give Hijikata a EurekaMoment about where to find the buried gold, implying that they were placing Kadokura's skin section on the map incorrectly, and it's his corresponding piece of the map that tells where the physically remaining portion of the gold is buried]].

* MistakenForBadass: When Boutarou the Pirate and his gang attempt to rob a postal riverboat, the postmaster pulls out a gun and starts firing wildly right as Vasily, hiding in a different boat, snipes some of Boutarou's men. The postmaster assumes he's responsible and starts spouting a bunch of one-liners.

** Subverted in the Hakodate Arc. [[spoiler:Sugimoto and Hijikata's group learn that the gold has been turned into a deed for unused land in Hokkaido that was supposed to turn into the Republic of Ezo and give a lot of land, officially, to Ainu control. The contract was signed in front of multiple international powers through Ambassadors which forces Japan to oblige to it, Asirpa happily says that her father found a way to turn the evil golden kamuy into a kamuy actually beneficial to the Ainu, but everyone's legs give out in disappointment for a lack of gold. However, in the last minute, Hijikata realizes that only half the gold was used for the purchase of land, meaning that somewhere, there's still a lot of the gold for them to take.]]

* AuthorAppeal: In interviews, creator Satoru Noda has made clear that the reason for all the male-focused {{Fanservice}} in the series is because ''he'' likes it, even though it's a {{Seinen}} series.

** [[spoiler:Chapter 284 reveals that the location that Hijikata's skin marked within the Fort was actually the hiding spot of a concealed document: a land deed between the Ainu and the then-newly forming Republic of Ezo to secure vast swathes of land all over Hokkaido for the Ainu, with international witnesses to it's signing, such that the current Meji Government cannot declare it null and void due to being agreed with a previous government. This raises Asirpa's spirits as she realizes the 'cursed' Golden Kamuy has been transformed into a Kamuy that the Ainu truly need. Though everybody else is crushed by the revelation that [[AllForNothing the gold has already been used to buy that land]], Hijikata reads on to discover that only half of the Ainu gold was used to buy the land, meaning the other half is still around somewhere.]]

--> '''Tsurumi:''' For the Ainu, gold wasn't something they needed in their daily lives... '''[[WorthlessYellowRocks It was useless to them]].''' In fact, it was '''worse''' than useless. When the Ainu panned the rivers for gold, the rivers became polluted and the Ainu starved. You said that ''Kamuy'' reside in all things, correct? (...) So if '''gold''' were to have a ''Kamuy...!!'' Would it not be an evil god? One that brought misfortune to the Ainu people? Those who touch it meet a horrible death... It would be a ''Kamuy'' more hideous and brutal than any other... A ''Kamuy'' so beautiful as to be dazzling... One that shines with a golden light. What you could call... '''''A Golden Kamuy,''''' so to speak].

* AppleOfDiscord: In Chapter 268 we learn that [[spoiler:the deaths of the seven Ainu revolutionaries were caused by infighting after [[ManipulativeBastard First Lieutenant Tsurumi]] sowed dissent amongst their ranks. Upon learning that Wilk had become their unspoken leader, uniting [[WeAREStrugglingTogether the uncooperative group]] with his natural charisma, Tsurumi told one of the revolutionaries about Wilk's history as a guerilla in Russia, suggesting he wanted to steal their gold to fund a coup against the Russian Empire. The Ainu, split over whether or not they could trust Wilk anymore, turned on each other]].

* BlockingStopsAllDamage: Averted with Second Lieutenant Koito. His Jigen-Ryu sword style includes a brutal overhead strike which Japanese swordsmen agree mustn't be blocked, but dodged since the strength of the strike will just drive your own sword into your forehead. [[spoiler:The only one to successfully block him is Kiroranke, and the blade is still driven almost halfway through the stock of his rifle.]]

** It's more a ChekhovsGun ''by absence'', but in chapter 174, [[spoiler: when Kadokura is confronting Sekiya on the frozen lake and has stripped himself naked to prove he's unarmed, the paneling takes pains never to actually show Kadokura fully from the back, including when Sekiya points out that he's holding a concealed knife between his buttcheeks, it's given a close-up that obscured the upper half of Kadokura's back. It turns out that Kadokura is actually the 24th Tattooed 'inmate' that Noppera-Bou placed his clue onto in desperation when the time was running out for him, as revealed during the subsequent fight in the Sapporo brewery.]]
** Added to the volume version of Chapter 211 (but absent from the original magazine version) [[spoiler: is a scene wherein Tsurumi, upon seeing how Asirpa's eyes so greatly resemble her father's, has a minor [[VillainousBreakdown loss of composure,]] [[LaughingMad chuckling to himself]] as he flashes back to digging out the bullet that killed Fina and Olga out of their bodies, with an image of Wilk notably present as well. It's later revealed that he [[TragicKeepsake kept the bullet, alongside Olga and Fina's finger bones]] and shows it to Asirpa and Sophia as proof- based on the caliber of the bullet, and the firearms everybody was using during the shootout, Olga and Fina were likely killed by a stray shot from Wilk, for which he blames him and is implied to [[SinsOfTheFather be willing to take his vengeance out on his daughter]] [[RevengeByProxy as proxy, now Wilk is dead.]] His loss of composure, with brain fluid gushing from his wound during the same scene-- something he noted only happened when he was greatly agitated-- also unnerves all his men, hinting that none of them are aware of what truly drives Tsumuri during the gold hunt, nor what his actual intentions are once it's finally located.]]
** More applied to a location rather than any specific person or place, but [[spoiler: the location of the gold is eventually revealed to be Fort Koryokaku; the site of the last battle of the Boshin War, where Koito was taken by his [[FalseFlagOperation 'Russian' kidnappers]] during chapter 199-200. His facial expression during the reveal indicates he's not pleased by the irony. Indeed, it's later shown that Wilk and his various Ainu allies were in the city on the ''exact same day'' as Koito's kidnapping, and even visited the Russain Consulate on Mount Hakodate, which is where the Gold was originally hidden in preparation for the weapons deal with the warship Kalevala, narrowly missing [[MissedHimByThatMuch Tsurumi's]] ongoing drama in the same building at the time.]]

* TheChewToy: Nikaido [[TraumaCongaLine lost his twin brother at the hands of Sugimoto,]] [[MutilationConga had one ear torn off by a bear and the other one sliced off by Tsurumi,]] [[AnArmAndALeg lost a leg to Hijikata's katana, and had his hand blown away]] ''[[LegCannon with his own prosthetic leg]]'' (again by Sugimoto). Both the trauma and the opium addiction caused by the injuries are consistently PlayedForLaughs.

* CriticalResearchFailure: (No, not of the author. InUniverse example that the author uses as {{Foreshadowing}}.) In one chapter a man makes specific mention of the characteristic sound made by geta (''wooden'' platform sandals), while we're shown a detailed close-up of waraji (''straw'' sandals). [[spoiler:Turns out he was wrong: the sound was [[OutsideContextProblem something completely different]].]]

* DamnedByFaintPraise: When head jailer Kadokura reports to warden Inudou that he's disposed of a 7th Division spy (in reality, private Usami killed his would-be attackers and Kadokura ran away), Inudou somewhat praises him but decides to highlight that he's always thought of Kadokura as an incompetent cowardly subordinate.

* For the "cute animal" version, right in Chapter 1, when the big brown bear kills and eats the bear cub. Contrast with the straight usages of said opposite trope mentioned above.

* {{Determinator}}: Once the satsuma hayato Lieutenant Koito starts chasing you, he is ''very'' hard to stop.

* FaceFault: When [[spoiler: the treasure is finally located and unearthed, it turns out to be a land deed granting the Ainu ownership of the forests of Hokkaido, rather than the expected stash of gold]]. Upon seeing this, everyone in the room besides Asirpa collapses to the ground in sheer disappointment.

* HammerAndSickle: Just to remind us that the group is close to Russian territory, Sugimoto pulls a hammer and sickle off the wall in a brain damage-fueled rage at the end of his ''stenka'' fight with Gansoku Maiharu.
* AHandfulForAnEye: During the fight between Hijikata and Inudou, the warden slashes the old samurai's arm. Hijikata buys time by taunting Inudou but he's actually secretly collecting his blood in his palm. When Inudou attacks, Hijikata blinds him with the blood and cuts him down.

* IfIWantedYouDead: When Tsurumi reveals to Sofia [[spoiler:that it was Wilk, not her, who fired the shot that inadvertently killed his wife and daughter]], she asks if he's going to kill [[spoiler:Asirpa as a form of [[RevengeByProxy revenge on her father]]]]. Tsurumi responds that if that was his goal, he'd had plenty of opportunities to do so already. However, [[spoiler:killing her would jeopardize his plans to turn Japan into a military superpower, and he has no intention of throwing that away for the sake of his personal feelings]]. On the other hand, it's also implied afterwards that Tsurumi's claims were false, [[spoiler: since he was aware that Koito and Tsukishima were eavesdropping on the conversation and may have been putting on an act to maintain their loyalty to him after they started getting doubts about his true intentions. Additionally, it's implied that Tsurumi's {{Revenge}} against Wilk is dependant on finding the Gold he was so desperate to protect for Aspirta to find first, for both personal and pragmatic reasons]].

** Tsurumi cuts off Kouhei's remaining ear and threatens to play a game of fukuwarai[[labelnote:*]]a classic Japanese children's game that's like a combination of pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey and Mr. Potato Head[[/labelnote]] with his face.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: The gulo gulo, also known as '''the wolverine''', is an animal no bigger than a wolf. But the locals call it even more ferocious than a bear because of its violent temperament.

* RedHerring: After all of the tattooed convicts have been found, [[spoiler: Head Jailer Kadokura reveals that he also has the outline of a tattoo from Noppera-bou on his back, which he's kept a secret from everyone else. It sounds like it'll be the final, key piece of the puzzle, but when both Sugimoto and Tsurumi's groups attempt to crack the code, they're able to do so without it, and when Kadokura lines up a finished copy of his tattoo with the rest, it tells them absolutely nothing of value]].
** Chapter 286 [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] this, however, [[spoiler: as it's revealed that Hijikata's Tattoo portion had a marking on it to specifically indicate an area within the fort where the Ainu land deed was buried, and when Kadokura opens the door to the room where Hijikata's studying the completed skin map, trying to figure out where half the remaining gold in buried on the property, the wind blows his skin section on top of the map, which seems to give Hijikata a EurekaMoment about where to find the buried gold, implying that they were placing Kadokura's skin section on the map incorrectly, and it's his corresponding piece of the map that tells where the physically remaining portion of the gold is buried]].
---> '''Hijikata''': [[spoiler: [[UnluckilyLucky A very lucky man]] brought a fortunate wind along with him, and now that wind is trying to guide us to victory]].

** [[spoiler:Chapter 280 reveals the location of the Ainu gold: Fort Koryokaku; the site of the last battle of the Boshin War (to Hijikata Toshizou's amusement.) It's also the same place that Koito was taken during the FalseFlagOperation in 199-200, and his facial expression upon being told that shows he's not pleased with the {{irony}} of the situation.]]

** Asirpa thinking that miso is "osoma."

** Ogata refusing to say "citatap".

** After [[spoiler: Asirpa accidentally shoots Ogata in the eye with a poisoned arrow]], Sugimoto is willing to go to whatever lengths it takes to make sure he survives. He may want him dead, but [[spoiler: keeping his blood off of Asirpa's hands]] takes priority.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Invoked. [[spoiler: Koito and Tsukishima, both of whom are struggling with their secret doubts that [[ConflictingLoyalty Lieutenant Tsurumi's true goals in searching for the Ainu gold are not as benevolent for the war-ravaged comrades in arms of the Japanese army as he's claimed,]] and so they eavesdrop in on his private conversation with Asirpa and Sophia to get the truth of his intentions. They're overjoyed when Tsurumi apparently confirms that, despite having a personal issue with Wilk for the deaths of his wife and child and being indirectly responsible for the Ainu massacre that kicked off the story, he still holds the overall goals of his dream above his personal ones, claiming that all he wants is a personal memorial to Find and Olga on the path to their dream together. However, it's {{subverted}} afterward when Koito realizes that, thanks to him and Tsukishima getting soaked in beer during their sight with Sugimoto in the brewery, they were reeking of alcohol, but had become so used to the smell that they didn't notice, meaning it was entirely possible for Tsurumi to tell they were in the room he checked despite not actually seeing them, and he could have been putting on an act for both his captives and them at the same time. Regardless, since the 'confession' cemented Tsukishima's UndyingLoyalty to Tsurumi, Koito decides to bury his suspicions for his sake for the moment.]]

* IfIWantedYouDead: When Tsurumi reveals to Sofia [[spoiler:that it was Wilk, not her, who fired the shot that inadvertently killed his wife and daughter]], she asks if he's going to kill [[spoiler:Asirpa as a form of [[RevengeByProxy revenge on her father]]]]. Tsurumi responds that if that was his goal, he'd had plenty of opportunities to do so already. However, [[spoiler:killing her would jeopardize his plans to turn Japan into a military superpower, and he has no intention of throwing that away for the sake of his personal feelings]].

* AllForNothing: When Sugimoto, Asirpa, and Shiraishi have to fight a bear with a white pelt, they take extra care trying to kill the bear without damaging its fur because it could sell for a lot of money. When they do manage to kill it (via way of Sugimoto shoving his rifle up the bear's ass and shooting him from the inside), the bear's corpse is left on a piece of drift ice that floats away from them and they lose everything.

* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: Sugimoto miraculously survives being shot in the head by [[spoiler:Ogata]].
* TitleDrop: [[spoiler:First Lieutenant Tsurumi gives a ''bombastic'' one to Asirpa in Chapter 271]]:
--> '''[[spoiler:Tsurumi]]:''' [[spoiler:For the Ainu, gold wasn't something they needed in their daily lives... '''[[WorthlessYellowRocks It was useless to them]].''' In fact, it was '''worse''' than useless. When the Ainu panned the rivers for gold, the rivers became polluted and the Ainu starved. You said that ''Kamuy'' reside in all things, correct? (...) So if '''gold''' were to have a ''Kamuy...!!'' Would it not be an evil god? One that brought misfortune to the Ainu people? Those who touch it meet a horrible death... It would be a ''Kamuy'' more hideous and brutal than any other... A ''Kamuy'' so beautiful as to be dazzling... One that shines with a golden light. What you could call... '''''A Golden Kamuy,''''' so to speak]].

** Sugimoto looks up to Asirpa precisely because she isn't a killer, and among others seeks to preserve Asirpa's innocence and happiness. When he understands that Wilk has been secretly grooming Asirpa into becoming a soldier, he calls him out on it.
* TitleDrop: When Tsurumi talks with Asirpa and Sofia, he does this. He talks about how the Ainu consider everything that has power, influence, or is necessary for humans, is considered to have a Kamuy, and explains that this would make the lost gold a "Golden Kamuy", the most dangerous and evil of all kamuys due to how its very existence caused humans to kill each other in greed.

* MistakenForBadass: When Botaro the Pirate and his gang attempt to rob a postal riverboat, the postmaster pulls out a gun and starts firing wildly right as Vasily, hiding in a different boat, snipes some of Botaro's men. The postmaster assumes he's responsible and starts spouting a bunch of one-liners.

* WholePlotReference: Several.
** One lengthy arc is very similar to ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'', with Hijikata's group arriving at a town plagued by two warring gangs.
** After Sekiya Waichiro poisons Ushiyama and leaves him to die, Ushiyama emerges from his grave, delirious, and ends up befriending a bullied child in an homage to ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant''. One of the opening pages of this subplot even uses the movie's font.

** More applied to a location rather than any specific person or place, but [[spoiler: the location of the gold is eventually revealed to be Fort Koryokaku; the site of the last battle of the Boshin War, where Koito was taken by his [[FalseFlagOperation 'Russian' kidnappers]] during chapter 199-200. His facial expression during the reveal indicates he's not pleased by the irony.]]