![]() ![]() ![]() There are many suicides where the book was found along with the body, including several cases of the suicides of junior high school students. Some prefectures designated the book as yugaitosho (book harmful to youth), which restricts the sale of books to minors, while some prefectures, such as Tokyo, decided against doing so. Each of these matters is also rated by skulls, with 5 skulls indicating the highest rating.īecause the Japanese criminal code only censors graphical depictions of the sexual organs, this book was not censored by the government. He covers 11 categories of suicide methods:Įach chapter begins with a graph assessing the method in question in terms of: the pain it causes, effort of preparation required, the appearance of the body, the disturbance it may cause for others and its deadliness. Although he does rhetorically pose the question "Why must one live?" Wataru simply lays out the methods of suicide one by one and then analyzes each of them in detail. Since the book was intended to be a manual, the author did not spend too much space on discussing the reasons and philosophy behind suicide. The book provides matter-of-fact assessment of each method in terms of the pain it causes, effort of preparation required, the appearance of the body and lethality. There is no preference shown for painless or dignified ways of ending one's life. It is not a suicide manual for the terminally ill. This 198 page book provides explicit descriptions and analysis on a wide range of suicide methods such as overdosing, hanging, jumping, and carbon monoxide poisoning. It was first published on Jand sold more than one million copies. Complete Suicide Manual?) is a Japanese book written by Wataru Tsurumi. The Complete Manual of Suicide (完全自殺マニュアル, Kanzen Jisatsu Manyuaru, lit. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |