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He is the writer on the problem of "hardness of living" in Japanese society. It was first published on July 4, , and sold more than one million copies. So by distributing this book, I want to make this stifling society an easier place to live.

That is the goal of this book. And I never intend to encourage readers to commit suicide. Although this book is a manual, the author explains his philosophy throughout, and opposes the social pressure to live strong. And in every suicide method, he rates different aspect of suicide such as painfulness, gruesomeness of the body, probability of failure and costs in event of failure, and so on.

The fact that one can easily identify the least painful and easiest method of suicide was controversial at the time of the publication.

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. 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. This page book provides explicit descriptions and analysis on a wide range of suicide methods such as overdosing , hanging , jumping , and carbon monoxide poisoning. 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.

It covers 11 suicide methods:. Each of these matters is rated by skulls, with 5 skulls indicating the highest rating. Because the Japanese criminal code censors only graphical depictions of the sexual organs, this book was not censored by the government.

Some prefectures designated the book as yuugaitosho book harmful to youth , which restricts the sale of books to minors, while some prefectures, such as Tokyo , decided against doing so. There are many suicides where the book was found along with the body, including several cases of the suicides of junior high school students. The book neither encourages nor discourages suicide, and as well does not tell those considering suicide to seek help, though wordings such as "completely painless" and "marvelous experience" are used to indicate that certain methods are less painful and more fatal than others.

Moreover, the book shows that certain popular methods of suicide have very low success rates. For this reason, some argue that since its publication the book has made suicide attempts more fatal. Some attribute Japan's high suicide rate not just to the number of people who attempt suicide but also to the fact that people use more fatal methods, [1] though to what extent the book has contributed to this trend is unknown.

This book became popular among under thirties. This second book somewhat helped shift the public attention to the various reasons some people commit suicide, and the controversy died down eventually. The book is still widely available. Jump to content Navigation. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Go to top. Contents move to sidebar hide.

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