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Sorry for being naive and offtopic. What does successful seppuku mean? I had to do a search for this word when I read the post and didnt quite get what a moral

• silentbicycle 18y ago
  I would assume it means not just leaving yourself wounded and slowly bleeding to death.
  • LogicHoleFlaw 18y ago
    In a traditional seppuku you plunge the ritual dagger into your abdomen and cut from left to right. This is an incredibly painful procedure, and to finish the ceremony successfully you can't visibly admit to your pain. To accomplish this you have a trusted lieutenant decapitate you swiftly after the act is accomplished. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku will tell you more than you ever wanted to know about this ritual >.>
• iamwil 18y ago
  When you want to die, you want to make sure you die 'right'. Or quickly. Apparently, a knife to the gut, then slicing across is very painful. To end the pain, there's someone else that beheads you after you do that. Imagine if that person didn't make a clean cut, and went into your shoulder instead. Now, not only are you suffering a slow and painful death, you have blades sticking out of you.