"Bull-shido", Way to Die #965, is the second death to be featured in "Death Takes A Vacation", which aired on November 14, 2011.
Plot[]
Kioshi (Basho) was a despondent musician. One of his bandmates, Tinaka, had perished in a previous episode and ever since then, he had been in a rut.
One day, Kioshi reached the conclusion that his rock band stunk, and he had no talent, so he decided to commit a form of samurai suicide called Seppuku with the help of his bandmates, who were crazier and stupider than him. First, he recites a poem apologizing for his apparent lack of talent, and then he takes a Tanto sticks it in his stomach, and cuts his organs, which causes hemorrhaging that kills him and sends him to Purgatory to be judged.
Then one of his bandmates decapitates him with a Katana in the traditional style.
Transcript[]
Narrator: Kioshi is a very misguided young man.
Band member: Today is a good day to die.
Narrator: He’s finally realized his heavy metal band sucks, and that he has zero talent. He’s decided to do the music world a favor and do himself in by committing the samurai ritual form of suicide known as seppuku.
Narrator: He clearly would've made a better samurai than rock star. Showing no emotion, as he ripped his guts wide open.
Narrator: Kioshi was a bad musician. but as a samurai, he could really... cut it.
Cast and Interviewees[]
- Yoshi Takanmure - Kioshi (lead: intended victim)
- Kazu Nagahama - Seppuku Lord (Also Portrayed Iyoki In Teri-Yucky And Yoshi In Bowed Out)
- Alpha Takahashi - Seppuku Goddess
- Sifu Todd Shawn Tei - Japanese Historian
- Dr. Khyber Zaffarkhan - Interventional Pain Physician
Trivia[]
- There have been 2 deaths caused by intentional suicide not done out of stupidity.
- The other one is Spyanide.
- Kioshi's band, the Nips, is described as being terrible, but in Coffin to Death not only were they very popular with the audience, but even the narrator illustrated them as being an exceptional band. However, it was 13 years earlier, so it is likely that they have gotten rusty after 13 years.
- Then again, they could have lost their touch instantly after Tinaka's death.
- Had Kioshi not sat on the coffin, Tinaka's death wouldn't have happened.
- Then again, it might have been that Kioshi had blamed himself for his dream of being the lead guitarist resulting in Tinaka's death, which led to him arriving at this conclusion.
- Another reason could be that their toxic relationship behind the scenes finally came to light and people could've stopped supporting them.
- In the previous segment, Kioshi was called "Basho". This implies that the latter was his stage name.
- The narrator mispronounced "Tanto" as "Tarento".
- Also Called “Urning Japanese” on the Spike TV website.
- Vatel killed himself the same way.
- This is based on the deaths of a Japanese playwright and another man.
- Coincidentally, this death is similar to the film by Yudai Yamaguchi, J is for Jidai-Geki, where the samurai committing it was making bizarre facial expressions until he was executed.
Segment Nicknames[]
- Urning Japanese (Spike TV)
- Kiosh-Died
- Coffin to Death 2: Katanacide
- Hara-killing
Foreign Names[]
- Samurái Estúpido (Stupid Samurai) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Destripado (Disemboweled) - Spanish dub
- Muerte metálica, Jaí! (Metallic Death, Hai!) - Pluto TV Spanish dub
- Saudado Diminio (Pirate Fight) - Brazilian Portuguese dub
- Der Weg des Samurai (The Way of the Samurai) - German dub
- Metal-kiri [Wordplay on "Harakiri" and "Metal"] - Turkish dub
- Samurai utama ta korte (Samurai must go cut) - Lazoran dub
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