possible explanations for non-visit to hospital
- dull sword
- supremely sharp sword and perp healed instantly
- the cut landed and unbeknownst to the perp he is mortally wounded dude is just waiting for an appropriate time to bang his fist against the handle of the sword so the perp falls over and dies like maybe the day he gets out of prison
as far as middle ground whatever i'd register my katana and have a katana license if that makes everyone feel better we can even have organ donor discounts b/c how awesome would it be to have a liver from some dude that lost a duel over some perceived insult to his honor? pretty awesome i think