The samurai had many different grades and ranks. And at the top ranks, these are the guys whoere like running the country. But at the bottom rung of samurai, those people can be practically poor,. Just keeping their head above water. Now you put em into the japanese version of the d m v job and a nor life is tough for them. It doesn't feel so special to some of them to be samuri any more. They certainly often don't remember too much how to fight. The expectation level of conduct could be life or death. You'll see it on display in the second war war all the time, for suicide. This also can probably be traced back