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At that moment the kaishaku, who, still crouching by his side, had been keenly watching his every movement, sprang to his feet, poised his sword for a second in the air; there was a flash, a heavy, ugly thud, a crashing fall; with one blow the head had been severed from the body.
Kiri-sute gomen translates literally as "authorization to cut and leave [the body of the victim]." [ 2 ] Contrary to popular belief, this exact term did not originate in the Edo period . The real name used in historical sources is either uchi-sute ( 打捨 , "to strike and abandon") or burei-uchi ( 無礼打 , "to offend and strike") .
The jisei, or death poem, of Kuroki Hiroshi, a Japanese sailor who died in a Kaiten suicide torpedo accident on 7 September 1944. It reads: "This brave man, so filled with love for his country that he finds it difficult to die, is calling out to his friends and about to die".
— Diogenes, Greek Cynic philosopher (323 BCE), asking for his body to be thrown outside the city wall for animals to eat "To the strongest." [8] [19] [note 7] ("Τῷ κρατίστῳ") — Alexander the Great, conqueror and king of Macedonia (c. 11 June 323 BCE), when asked to whom his vast empire should belong after his death
A Note to a Certain Old Friend (或旧友へ送る手記, Aru Kyūyū e Okuru Shuki) is the title of the suicide note left by the famed Japanese short story writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. [1] This was the last thing Akutagawa wrote before he committed suicide at the age of 35 in 1927. [ 1 ]
says Pasadena-based game developer Greg Batha of the early gatherings he had with a small team that developed the game. "The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog" was surprise-released on March 31 for PCs ...
However, Disney made an impact in another (little-known) way, as well. Legend has it that he wrote one last message before being hospitalized prior to his death, says Disney historian Jim Korkis ...
The hero whose accidental death forces the necromancer Anri to extract Touka's soul and put it in his body. It was eventually revealed that his death was suicide due to massive trauma throughout his journey, and committed the worst crime by incompletely sealing the Gates of Hell to save Anri.