An idea from Hagakure

Boys of 14 or 15 were once ordered to behead a condemned criminal, and one boy killed a dog at 5 on his father’s order. Letting that custom lapse is called extreme negligence. A man who tried beheading at the execution grounds reports an extremely good feeling.

From Hagakure by Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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