Nice to meet you. I love Golden Kamuy. I've been wondering why Wilk attracted women so much because I don't know what is his charm. Even though Asirpa says it's because of his skilled hands, Sofia is not even an Ainu. If you have some, what are your thoughts on this matter?

Hi thanks for your question.



I apologize for the slow response, I’ve had to ponder it for some time before coming up with an answer. I feel like we are still missing some key info about Wilk but I’ll with with what we’ve got so far.

First off, here is the youngest image of Wilk as an adult that we’ve seen so far

He looks very clean cut and simple, his dress is very sharp (albeit not upper class) and unlike Kiro, it looks like he never pierced his ears. This likely made him look a little more European and helped with him interacting with say Russian women.

He had a very similar hairstyle to Koito and he likely groomed his appearance to look as honest as possible.

Since Hasagawa [Tsurumi] explained about Okubo Toshimichi to the group and we are to learn that he is the Japanese historical figure that Wilk is most like.



It states that he would do whatever it takes, but someone with that level of dedication to a cause, must be a very persuasive person to get people to work with him or for him. This implies that Wilk was a very good public speaker and had excellent social skills; Tsurumi noticed he quickly picked up on Japanese proverbs/sayings and used them in situations to diffuse the situation or to connect with Tsurumi. This gift would imply that not only was he good with speaking with fellow revolutionaries but likely that it applied to his interactions with women.

Asirpa first told Sugimoto that women loved Wilk b/c he was good with his hands here. And for that women loved him.



But there is more to this, now that we know much more about Wilk’s background, being a Karafuto Ainu on the run from the Russian government hiding in Hokkaido, he was smart enough to do the action that would put him in the best position to ‘hide’ and ‘assimilate’ into the kotan. Wilk was a highly intelligent man who adapted quickly to new situations and then behaved in the most positive manner to win people over. He needs to find a wife? Ok, make a really nice menomakiri and become the talk of the kotan.

So going back to Sofia, of course she would also find him attractive, as when she met him he likely used is mixed race background to his advantage making him a little bit mysterious but still European. I think that shows when Sofia is telling Asirpa about how she met Wilk and she learned about his life, them walking in the woods eating berries etc. It is all innocent but it also is a way to woo her into his cause in this basic fashion.

But Wilk likely knew he was leading her on but not reciprocating her feelings completely as implied by this conversation between Wilk and Kiro.

She’s in part drawn to his non-Russian potential Ainu lifestyle but doesn’t want to give up her own cultural construct which is very safe for her. She needs to give on that point which means he’s in charge. We learned when the broke Sofia out of prison that she wasn’t wimpy rich girl and she has her own priorities and feelings and their separation in part is due to this, I think she would have preferred to fight in Russian for Russians.

After the shoot out with the police at Hasagawa’s studio, she is filled with guilt about Fina and Olga’s deaths. Even though she loves Wilk the one who tries to comfort her is Kiro not Wilk.

Wilk is thinking about his ultimate endgame and she cares deeply for people; like Asirpa she would like to avoid killing people while Wilk simply wants to push forward.



When they finally part ways, she states she can’t join them b/c she loves him.

Is this b/c she knows if she continued with him, they would have a family and that family would be as risk? Is it b/c she knows he won’t connect with his children the way she does? I have no idea here, but I think deep down she thought staying with Wilk would be like always dreaming of a family with him even though she knew it wouldn’t happen with him. This is me totally spitballing.

He’s so smooth, he tells her “until we meet again … sofia.” She blushes, it is as though he always knows the exact thing to say to emotionally motivate others. So he proved that he acted in such a way that he was seen as so attractive and beautiful that she fell in love with him.

Now, I’ll quickly jump to Inkarmat. My hypothesis is that Wilk is the rare type of person who can adapt to any situation to his advantage. When he arrives in Hokkaido, he befriends Inkarmat. The members of the kotan see this as she helps him “heal” even though he knows Karafuto Ainu and Japanese [secretly] to work his way into the kotan. He’s such a nice and lost man with that orphan the people whisper …



When Inkarmat decides to leave all of his actions are so calculated. He give her a precious item, his mother’s clothing, which keeps himself tied to her as though he thinks keeping a connection with her may help him in the future. Furthermore, by giving it away, he doesn’t have evidence that ties him to Karafuto and he looks more Hokkaido Ainu on the outside. It kills two birds with one stone. All that he says is so spot on, to make sure that she will take it and not feel guilty.



Wilk is portrayed as that rare ‘genius’ character who is very similar to Tsurumi. His actions likely always serve more than one purpose - the one on the surface that the other person can see and the one underneath that serves him. He’s been aligning and moving his way through his entire live in the most calculated fashion ever but on the surface it just looks like he’s drifting from here to there as a result of his involvement with the partisans.



A major element of his personality would be a type of charisma that attracts men and women alike. Therefore, I think this is why women loved him. Not b/c he was a soft, gentle and caring man but b/c he knew what to do to make women want to love him.

I hope this makes sense. You asked a really difficult question but thanks! It was fun to ponder.

