On the other hand, seeing his stubborn conviction to samurai tradition also lets the player know how much he wants to follow through with traditions such as the honorable death. Ghost of Tsushima ...

However, can punishing transgressors who curse or fail to dismount really be an honorable practice ... say that this was once seen as a death worthy of a samurai. And there were cases in which ...

A gory set of manuals, one dating to the 17th century, advised Japanese warriors in the secret ways of seppuku.

a now-disgraced samurai, had vowed to end not only his life but also his entire family line. Death by seppuku was supposed to be painful and slow, and it was meant to be perceived as an honorable ...

honorable death, the sanctity of tradition, the nebulousness of fate. On a more fundamental level, Ghost of Tsushima is, well, a game, and lets you become a samurai yourself via Jin, slicing and ...

Inside the temple, a Black samurai named Yasuke has a tense conversation ... “All that is left for me is an honorable death,” Nobunaga tells Yasuke. The daimyo pierces a sword through his ...

Legacy of Jin Sakai may inspire less honorable samurai to become Ghosts, potentially creating new gameplay challenges. Atsu in Ghost of Yotei may face regular attacks from other Ghosts inspired by ...

This is the essence of the Way of the Samurai: you must die anew every morning and every night. If you continually preserve the state of death in everyday life, you will understand the essence of ...

After his sudden death, the Hōjō clan ... Church in contemporaneous Europe. Samurai who were members of the Bakufu were called gokenin, or honorable housemen. Only they could bring suit in ...