The Complete Manual of Suicide

the long version

Is a Japanese book written by Wataru Tsurumi. It was first published on July 4, 1993 and sold more than one million copies. This book provides explicit descriptions and analysis on a wide range of suicide methods. The author did not spend too much space on discussing the reasons and philosophy behind suicide. Although he does rhetorically pose the question "Why must one live?" Wataru simply lays out the methods of suicide one by one and then analyzes each of them in detail.