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Eye witness accounts of the ceremonies undertaken in the ritual suicide by seppuku of the Samurai class. This is definitely not a 'How To' book!

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Tokyo, 1890. Toyo is caught up in the competitive world of boarding school, and must prove himself to make the team in a new sport called besuboru. But he griev