well .. I did say it was imagined .. and the history of the deaths of the Ronin was all changed by me to accomodate the story. While the smaller Blade was actually used to commit he initial cuts of the ritual, another Samurai was required to remove the head of the Samurai performing thier ritual. The final gesture of the dying samurai was to extend his neck in order to offer a clean cut to the assisting party.
The other question .. about the head chopping.. well. I tried to include that both men understood the force required to carry the Katana from inital cut to full removal and that they had exterted it ..
also .. to address that I would like to point out that the Katana used by samurai were astoundingly sharp and could likely, with the proper amont of force .. continue throught the neck just by the lateral motion of the swing.
other than that I appreciate your feedback .. and laugh that you didnt rip me apart further as I have NO information other than the research I performed tonight
. I havd never heard of Ronin, seppukku or this political issue prior to tonight.
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