Seppuku and given a set time to commit seppuku, usually before sunset on a given day. On occasion, if the sentenced individuals were uncooperative or outright refused to end their own lives, it was not unheard of for them to be restrained and the seppuku carried out by an executioner, or for the actual execution to be carried out instead by decapitation while retaining only the trappings of seppuku; even the short sword laid out in front of the offender could be replaced with a fan. Unlike voluntary seppuku, seppuku carried out as capital punishment did not necessarily absolve, or pardon,
Samurai Warriors 2 series. However, Sasaki Kojirō and Shibata Katsuie, who were unplayable special bodyguards in the original "Samurai Warriors 2", are now playable characters in "Samurai Warriors 2 Empires" with special movesets. Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends (戦国無双2 猛将伝: Sengoku Musou 2 Moushouden) was first released on August 23, 2007 in Japan for the PlayStation 2. It is the fifth "Xtreme Legends" expansion by Koei, and also the first and only "Xtreme Legends" expansion since "" to be released after "Empires" (Other "Xtreme Legends" expansions are released shortly after the release of the original game). It shares the same achievements with the