Wataru Tsurumi is a Japanese writer who, according to the book’s foreword, wrote this manual to address the "problem of the 'hardness of living'" in Japanese society. Following the intense controversy after its release, Tsurumi published a second book in 1993 titled "Bokutachi no 'Kanzen Jisatsu Manyuaru'" (Our 'Complete Manual of Suicide'), where he published letters, both of support and hate, that he received in response to the original.
Unlike most literature on the subject, the book is written as a matter-of-fact "how-to" manual rather than a philosophical or psychological study. Clinical Approach: Wataru Tsurumi is a Japanese writer who, according