Comment by bondarchuk

from wiki:

>Tsujigiri (辻斬り or 辻斬, literally "crossroads killing") is a Japanese term for a practice when a samurai, after receiving a new katana or developing a new fighting style or weapon, tests its effectiveness by attacking a human opponent, usually a random defenseless passer-by, in many cases during night time.

I know it's tragic but this sounds so absurd it just made me laugh. They were on some good shit.