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Pop culture would have you believe that the samurai were a noble bunch of honorable warriors who served and protected their communities. In reality though, samurai were jerks of the highest order, who abused the power they were given in ways that would make a bloodsucking parasite think they were overstepping boundaries. For example, consider…

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1. The Kabukimono

Source/Further reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tameshigiri
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5w6QBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA488&dq=Tsujigiri&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXssCc-JPLAhXGcRQKHbBQDp0Q6AEIJDAB#v=onepage&q=Tsujigiri&f=false
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5w6QBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA229&dq=Kirisute+gomen&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF8N-0-ZPLAhXBWxQKHQSjAkwQ6AEIKjAC#v=onepage&q=Kirisute%20gomen&f=false
http://www.japanecho.com/sum/2003/300518.html
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v32oHSE5t6cC&pg=PA694&dq=jigai+seppuku&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLm5jHjZTLAhVkJ5oKHWO8DDYQ6AEINTAE#v=onepage&q=jigai%20seppuku&f=false
http://www.cracked.com/article_18510_6-supposedly-ancient-traditions-that-totally-arent.html
http://www.factfiend.com/samurai-used-shoot-padded-arrows-dogs/
http://www.tofugu.com/2015/09/30/gay-samurai/
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_o73NOjb4p4C&pg=PA87&dq=ronin++criminal+mercenaries&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwigu6z4pZTLAhXDJ5oKHYiaDF4Q6AEITzAJ#v=onepage&q=ronin%20%20criminal%20mercenaries&f=false
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6Kln-SUqKW0C&pg=PA4&dq=kabukimono+gang&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBv6arqZTLAhXod5oKHYUbD8QQ6AEILzAD#v=onepage&q=kabukimono%20gang&f=false
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz1rjq5emKY
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=L8HtAAAAMAAJ&q=kabukimono+gang&dq=kabukimono+gang&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBv6arqZTLAhXod5oKHYUbD8QQ6AEIPTAG