Sepuku Vs Harakiri -

Kenji’s hand moved to the hilt of the wakizashi . “Lady Chiyo. You are advocating disobedience.”

Kenji’s jaw tightened. “Old woman. This is not your place.” sepuku vs harakiri

The rain fell in sheets over the hills of Aizu, turning the clay paths to blood-colored slurry. Inside the manor of Lord Tadamasa, two men sat in silence, separated by a single candle. Kenji’s hand moved to the hilt of the wakizashi

Satoru blinked. “I thought they were the same.” two men sat in silence

Satoru’s hands, steady until now, began to shake.

“Seventeen.”

Kenji sheathed the wakizashi . “If you run,” he said quietly, “I will not pursue you. But I will tell the lord I saw you cut. I will lie.”