![]() In Higurashi: When They Cry, instead of having to cut her finger off, Shion Sonozaki has to rip her own fingernails off, one for each of her sins, to earn repentance from her family, who are the Hinamizawa equivalent of the Yakuza.The father calmly tells a horrified boy not to worry, because these guys cut their own fingers all the time. In Change 123, a Yakuza attacks one of Motoko's three badass fathers with a folding knife, but the blade folds down onto his thumb.He then points out that it'll be quite impossible to surgically reattach the finger now. In the seinen manga Wolf Guy - Wolfen Crest, Haguro Dou, the son of a yakuza boss, punishes a mook who seriously failed him by taking away his finger in a horribly bloody Fingore scene rather than using something sharp, Haguro uses a metal ring he is wearing, grinding the poor mook's finger against the floor until it comes off.It's all a fake show to keep the lower ranked members in line. If they screwed up, they never got their fingers cut off. Keep in mind, though, that within the Yakuza, many higher level members of the gang would bypass the punishment. The knuckle is then wrapped in the cloth like a nice "package" and delivered to his superior. With a short sharp knife (often a tanto), he then cuts off his pinky tip at the first knuckle. The offending yakuza spreads out a clean cloth and lays his hand palm-down on it. Yubitsume usually involves a specific ritual. And if a yakuza continues to screw up, it might not stop at one pinky tip, continuing in losing more joints and more fingers. If a yakuza were to dishonor himself or his superiors, he is required to cut off the tip of his left pinky finger and offer it up as an apology to the offended party. However, they take note that permitting characters to be offensive if enough money is paid is a form of extortion, and recognize the irony that although the burakumin liberation groups claim to be stamping out discrimination against descendants of meat workers, they have discriminated against Abe-who happens to be a meat worker.Yubitsume, also referred to as "yubi o tobasu" (meaning "finger flying"), is a ritual from yakuza tradition that is performed when groveling in apology just isn't enough. Oddworld Inhabitants were told that the Walt Disney Company pays five million dollars a year so their characters can keep their original four fingers3 (although this appears to be a myth), and were not prepared to pay that money, and instead adapted Abe’s image so that Abe would be inoffensive in Japan. Subsequent copies of Abe’s Oddysee were also altered to remove a finger from all Mudokon hands, including the one that appears on Abe’s Moon. Originally posted by Howye:In Abe’s Oddysee, Mudokons all had four fingers on each hand, but when Abe’s Exoddus was released, many people noticed Abe and his brothers now only had three fingers per paw, as they have done ever since. ![]() However, they take note that permitting characters to be offensive if enough money is paid is a form of extortion, and recognize the irony that although the burakumin liberation groups claim to be stamping out discrimination against descendants of meat workers, they have discriminated against Abe-who happens to be a meat worker.3 ![]() ![]() The eta typically worked in occupations relating to death, such as executioners, undertakers, butchers, and leather and abattoir workers, and Buddhist and Shinto views on killing meant the eta were seen as undesirables.4 A four‐fingered gesture came to be an insult for those that worked with animals (Oddworld Inhabitants suggested this because of work‐related accidents,3 but more likely it refers to the four legs of animals)2. In Japan there exists a social minority group, who are still discriminated against, know as the ‘burakumin’, descendants of an outcast caste called the ‘eta’. The reason for this change is that Oddworld Inhabitants were advised that it would be tough to sell four‐fingered characters to the Japanese market,1 as they would risk being threatened with legal action by certain liberation groups who do not want four‐fingered humanoid characters to appear in Japan.2 They claim it is a derogatory symbol comparable to the yellow badges Jewish people were forced to wear by various authorities throughout history.3 In Abe’s Oddysee, Mudokons all had four fingers on each hand, but when Abe’s Exoddus was released, many people noticed Abe and his brothers now only had three fingers per paw, as they have done ever since. ![]()
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