𝖆𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖘 𝖜𝖊𝖊𝖇

Looking back, we truly live uneventful, cowardly lives, and when we are close to dying, we rot away in the hospital like honeybees. What a miserable existence.

The text on the right side of the flag reads "七生報國" (Shichishō Hōkoku), which translates to "I wish for seven lives to give for my country!" The phrase originates from the Battle of Minatogawa in 1336. The legendary samurai general Kusunoki Masashige and his younger brother, Masasue, were fighting a hopeless reordered stand to defend Emperor Go-Daigo against overwhelming rebel forces. Faced with certain defeat and heavily wounded, the brothers prepared to commit ritual suicide (seppuku). Before doing so, Masashige asked his brother what his final wish was for his next incarnation.