Plot You Only Live Twice (novel)

blofeld s samurai armour have protected him poisonous plants.

bond introduced tanaka—and japanese lifestyle—by australian intelligence officer, dikko henderson. when bond raises purpose of mission tanaka, transpires japanese have penetrated british information source , bond has nothing left bargain with. instead, tanaka asks bond kill dr. guntram shatterhand, operates politically embarrassing garden of death in ancient castle; people flock there commit suicide. after examining photos of shatterhand , wife, bond discovers shatterhand , wife tracy s murderers, ernst stavro blofeld , irma bunt. bond gladly takes mission, keeping knowledge of blofeld s identity secret can exact revenge wife s death. made , trained tanaka, , aided former japanese film star kissy suzuki, bond attempts live , think mute japanese coal miner in order penetrate shatterhand s castle. tanaka renames bond taro todoroki mission.

after infiltrating garden of death , castle blofeld spends time dressed in costume of samurai warrior, bond captured , bunt identifies him british secret agent , not japanese coal miner. after surviving near execution, bond exacts revenge on blofeld in duel, blofeld armed sword , bond wooden staff. bond kills blofeld strangling him bare hands in fit of violent rage, blows castle. upon escaping, suffers head injury, leaving him amnesiac living japanese fisherman kissy, while rest of world believes him dead; obituary appears in newspapers.

while bond s health improves, kissy conceals true identity keep him forever herself. kissy sleeps bond , becomes pregnant, , hopes bond propose marriage after finds right time tell him pregnancy. bond reads scraps of newspaper , fixates on reference vladivostok, making him wonder if far-off city key missing memory; tells kissy must travel russia find out.