Gold is the sixtieth chapter of the Made in Abyss manga series.
Synopsis[]
With The Village of Iruburu falling apart, an exhausted Faputa leans against a still stable rock while debris falls around her. As the environment crumbles, she is hit on the head by the debris just before the ground under her also breaks apart and she finds herself in a free fall.
Whilst falling, she has a flashback of her request to Maaa and Majikaja to bring Riko, Reg, and Nanachi out of the village. She wonders if she would still have some power left if she had eaten Maaa and Majikaja earlier, but she no longer cares, as her purpose for existence is complete. Suddenly, Reg’s arm extends from below to catch her fall, as more debris falls.
The scene shifts to Riko and Maaa. Riko, seemingly still weakened from the use of her White Whistle, hands Maaa a doll which resembles the one taken from Maaa during the Iruburu Balancing and apologizes to Maaa that the replacement doll she made for her is not finished yet. With tears in her eyes, Maaa takes the crude doll and embraces Riko and Meinya.
At this point, Majikaja's vessel has become completely immovable and, as they embrace their demise, they resolve themself to finish the Faputa's request. Majikaja's true, gaseous form evacuates the vessel and enters Faputa, who is still unconscious. This allows Majikaja to take control of Faputa's body and defend the group from the falling debris, as the village meets its final destruction.
Shortly after, a Turbinid-Dragon is shown trying to get up from the ruins of the outskirts of the village, but it is stomped to death by another of its kind.
The remaining members of the group have taken refuge nearby and as Faputa slowly wakes, she takes notice of Vueko. Nanachi asks Riko if she is doing alright, which Riko affirms while, holding the doll she had made for Maaa. Even though they have all perished, she will never forget the villagers for saving them, to which Nanachi agrees that they will remember, too.
Vueko tries to verbally communicate with Faputa, but Faputa tells her that there is no need for Vueko to try to speak, as she can hear her anyway. Faputa tells Vueko that she did not know of her existence until Belaf showed her in his memories. Faputa tells Vueko that she wants to learn more about her mother, Irumyuui, whom she never got to know. As Faputa questions whether she truly resembles her mother, Vueko assures her that while they have different dispositions, Faputa's smoothness and warmth are similar to her mother's.
Faputa tells Vueko that despite thinking that she had inherited everything from her mother, the memories of Vueko's existence were unknown to her. Faputa assumes that Irumyuui refused to part with the memory of Vueko; to the point of not even letting her daughter, Faputa, have them.
Vueko's final thoughts drift to old memories, recalling a conversation with Juroimoh in which he said that the City of Gold in the 6th Layer could turn even junk into gold. She remarks how ironic it is she recalls this now. As her consciousness becomes to grow weaker, Vukeo addresses Irumyuui and tells her how happy she was to have encountered her and how it had changed her. Vueko then passes away. Saddened by Vueko's death, Faputa becomes confused, as Vueko had belonged to her mother and not her.
Afterwards, the group ventures out once again, as there are no signs of the beasts nearby. Faputa prepares a grave for Vueko and a tombstone for those that had passed away, saying that Gaburoon told her to do this when someone dies. This saddens her even more, as she remembered that Gaburoon had also been destroyed. Reg asks her to come along with them, but she retorts by saying that he can't even remember their promise. Reg, saddened by this, apologizes that even after all this time he can't remember their promise. Getting frustrated, Faputa says it means that she basically has no relation with Reg anymore.
Reg responds by asking her if his former self ever saw this mopey side of her. He continues that his current self has seen how fearsome she was, her sadness, and her beauty and that he wants to go on an adventure together with her. Relieved by Reg's determination for her, she then turns to Riko, telling her that Prushka is saying Riko's role is to cherish those that she encounters, shocking Riko that Faputa can hear the voices of White Whistles.
Faputa begins to depart on her own and Reg, once again, questions whether she would come with them. She replies that she will think about it before holding on, one last time, to Reg's head.
As Faputa looks back, Vueko narrates: "Never to return beyond the yearning for home within the true darkness, there certainly was a light that no one could find. But not a single person could take hold of it. The gold that was born of you is free from the yoke called Value, and is now about to set off, despite knowing that love itself is a curse. Despite knowing that the path leads only to darkness. But that is probably why it is so very dazzling."
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- See also: Series Continuity
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| Chapters and Volumes | |
|---|---|
| Volume 1 | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 |
| Volume 2 | 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 |
| Volume 3 | 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 |
| Volume 4 | 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 |
| Volume 5 | 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 |
| Volume 6 | (1) • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • (2) • (3) |
| Volume 7 | 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 |
| Volume 8 | 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 |
| Volume 9 | 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 |
| Volume 10 | 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 |
| Volume 11 | 61 • 62 • (4) • 63 |
| Volume 12 | 64 • 65 • 66 |
| Volume 13 | (5) • 67 • 68 • 69 |
| Volume 14 | 70 • 71 |