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This is the fifth novel by David Mitchell, author of ''[[Cloud Atlas]]''. It was published in 2010 and is a current New York Times Hardcover Bestseller. Well worth reading.
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* [[All Asians Are Alike]]: Completely subverted by the narrative, but the more ignorant white characters tend to view them this way
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Could also be a [[Downer Ending]], depending on how the reader views it.
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* [[Out Gambitted]]: {{spoiler|Ogawa}}.
* {{spoiler|[[People Farms]]}}
* [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]: Jacob again
* [[Seppuku]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Enomoto}} thinks that {{spoiler|Shiriyama}} is intending to commit seppuku. Instead, {{spoiler|Shiriyama}} poisons himself, his chairman and {{spoiler|Enomoto}}
* [[Smug Snake]]: Peter Fischer
* [[Tear Jerker]]
* [[This Is Unforgivable!]]: {{spoiler|The magistrate Shiriyama}} says this to {{spoiler|Enomoto}} as they're both dying.
* [[Touch of Death]]: {{spoiler|Enomoto}} has the unnerving ability to remove the "ki" from lesser creatures, effectively killing them instantly.
* [[Villain With Good Publicity]]: {{spoiler|Unico Vorstenbosch}} by the end of part one and {{spoiler|Lord Abbot Enomoto}} until his [[Karmic Death]]
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