There are very few anime, manga, or Japanese novels that acknowledge the Ainu. They've been in Japan longer then the Japanese and have a very different culture. They could've simply made this series about a Japanese man living with the Ainu and learning about their culture. (There are certainly quite a few American films about someone living with Native peoples and learning about their culture.) However, for better or for worse, they decided to go a different route. This series is about a Japanese man, Sugimoto, and an Ainu girl, Asirpa, looking for gold via a map tattooed on the backs of escaped prisoners. That is not as weird as it sounds. (…) The story is really engaging, and it ends on a cliff hanger. Good thing there's going to be a second season. If I must find one major gripe with the series, it would be the CGI on the bears and Rater (the white wolf), but you get used to it after a while.
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