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The Childhood of Issei Sagawa
01:27 - 06:49 (05:22)
Issei Sagawa, a famous criminal in Japan, had a tough childhood where his uncle engaged him in a disturbing game of pretending to be a giant who would eat him and his siblings, leading him to find solace in literature where he could escape reality and become the hero of the story.
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ChapterThe Childhood of Issei Sagawa
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Issei Sagawa's childhood was filled with imaginative play, including a game where his uncle would pretend to be a man-eating giant, and literature served as an escape for him.
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Issei Sagawa
Summary
Issei Sagawa's childhood was filled with imaginative play, including a game where his uncle would pretend to be a man-eating giant, and literature served as an escape for him. Despite being born small and premature, he found solace in becoming the hero of his own stories through imagination.