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Those who did not belong to the samurai caste were never ordered or expected to carry out seppuku. Samurai could generally carry out the act only with permission. Sometimes a daimyō was called upon to perform seppuku as the basis of a peace agreement. This weakened the defeated clan so that resistance effectively ceased.
Nishizawa was known to his colleagues as 'the Devil' for his breathtaking, brilliant, and unpredictable aerobatics and superb control of his aircraft while in combat. [1] He was a member of the Tainan Kōkūtai's famous "clean up trio" with fellow aces Saburō Sakai and Toshio Ōta and would see action in the New Guinea campaign as well as in ...
The other Monkees engage in a court battle to save Peter's soul and convince the devil that Peter does not need magic to play the harp. [107] Reaper is about a young man, Sam Oliver, whose parents made a deal with the devil to save the father from a serious illness in exchange for the soul of their firstborn child. Oliver must now work as Satan ...
The hundred man killing contest (百人斬り競争, hyakunin-giri kyōsō) was a newspaper account of a contest between Toshiaki Mukai (3 June 1912 – 28 January 1948) and Tsuyoshi Noda (1912 – 28 January 1948), two Japanese Army officers serving during the Japanese invasion of China, over who could kill 100 people the fastest while using a sword.
The Tokyo Charter defines war crimes as "violations of the laws or customs of war," [22] which involves acts using prohibited weapons, violating battlefield norms while engaging in combat with the enemy combatants, or against protected persons, [23] including enemy civilians and citizens and property of neutral states as in the case of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The season is titled The Testament of Sister New Devil BURST and it adapts Uesu and Ōkuma's light novels from the fourth through the seventh volumes. The series follows Basara Tojo, Mio Naruse, Maria Naruse, Yuki Nonaka, Kurumi Nonaka, and Zest participating in a tournament in the Demon Realm to protect Mio.
Akira Fudo (Japanese: 不動明, Hepburn: Fudō Akira) is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Devilman manga series created by Go Nagai.A shy teenager living in Japan while his parents work abroad, Akira absorbs the powers of the devil Amon thanks to his friend Ryo Asuka.
Devilman (Japanese: デビルマン, Hepburn: Debiruman) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai.The manga focuses on a high school student named Akira Fudo who absorbs the powers of the demon called "Amon" with help of his friend Ryo Asuka in order to battle creatures hidden in human society, thus calling himself the "Devilman" in the process.