The Book
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.
He covers 11 categories of suicide methods:
- Overdosing
- Hanging
- Self-defenestration
- Slashing the wrist and carotid artery
- Car collision
- Gas Poisoning
- Electrocution
- Drowning
- Self-immolation
- Freezing
- Miscellaneous
Each 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. Each of these matters is also rated by skulls, with 5 skulls indicating the highest rating.
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