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Autopsies are also rare in Japan. Few police departments have medical examiners, and autopsies are performed on only 9% of “unnatural death,” according to one statistic, compared to 100% in many other developed countries. So of course a fictional medical examiner may find flowers potted in a murder victim’s brain, or a rope flossed through someone’s entire digestive system. The insides of murder victims are practically science fiction in Japan. In fact, if you throw up, we have the next installment of a sci-fi shonen serial called Blech! (via Medical Manga in the House - 6/9/2008 2:21:00 PM - Publishers Weekly)