Harakiri Page #3

You mean...

about this?

Exactly.

You may set your mind at ease.

I came here

with every intention of dying.

Well, well.

A most admirable resolve.

In that case, Master Tsugumo...

perhaps I should recount for you

a little more of Motome Chijiiwa's story.

By all means.

Now then,

we must be aware of the time.

Please change into those robes.

All other arrangements

are already in place

for a harakiri ceremony

with all the proper formalities.

I have a request.

I must beg a brief respite.

Respite?

I will not run or hide.

I will return to this house.

But I beg you

for a day or two respite.

I'm afraid it's too late for that.

- But this is absurd!

- Absurd?

We made the harakiri arrangements

at your own request.

My most abject apologies!

Just a day or two respite.

I will return without fail.

A samurai's word is his bond.

There can be no delay!

Master swordsman Hayato Yazaki.

Fit and eager,

his skills honed to perfection.

One false step

and he'll slice you in two.

The others will descend on you as well.

Rather than being chopped up

like a dead fish,

perform harakiri

and die like a samurai.

Now, change into those robes.

O ancestors of the House of lyi...

I must beg your forgiveness

for defiling the mansion courityard

with unworithy ronin blood.

I do this to preserve

the honor of this house,

as well as that

of the Tokugawa family,

and of the samurai code itself.

I beg you to be witness

to my decision.

His shorit blade is the same.

Look at it.

It wouldn't cut tofu.

He sells off his soul as a samurai,

replacing his blades with bamboo,

and then shows up

saying he wants to perform harakiri?

The nerve of the man!

Everything is in place

for the ceremony to begin.

Master Motome Chijiiwa...

rather than sit and wait

for death in dire poverity,

you've declared your wish

to die honorably by harakiri.

It is a commendable decision.

You are an example for all samurai.

I am ashamed to admit

that even in this house known for maritial

valor since our ancestor Naomasa's day,

the resolve you've shown

is seen but rarely.

So that they may witness

the noble demise of a true warrior,

and engrave a lasting impression of it

upon their minds,

I've ordered all retainers

of this household to attend.

May your hearit be at peace.

I beg of you!

What is it?

I beg for a brief respite -

a day or two's grace!

I swear I will not run or hide.

I'll return to this spot without fail!

Please! I implore you!

This is most unexpected.

I've heard lately

of incidents all across Edo

in which ronin who don't deserve

to call themselves samurai

demand the use of a clan's forecourit

to commit harakiri

but are happy to walk away

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