In a message dated 98-07-26 06:58:00 EDT, rhialto@neko.cablenet.co.uk writes:

<< perhaps Ukyou got to him first after the suicide attempt, and decided to
 hide him from his mother for a while. OTOH, death by slit wrists
 probably does not count as an honourable death of the kind that would be
 required by Nodoka.
  >>

               The only type of acceptable suicide in Japan is Sepuku when it
is done very properly. Otherwise, suicide is considered unhonorable and
cowardly. Though the attitudes towards Sepuku are changing rapidly and I think
within a few years people will not accept that either.