Hara‑Kiri n°136 (Janvier 1973) is a blunt, minimalist attack on moral hypocrisy, using censorship itself as the central visual device.

The cover presents a nude torso cropped frontally.

Black paint blocks out the chest and genitals in thick, crude rectangles, while the hands are carefully positioned in a gesture of false modesty. Across the body, the headline states:

“Spécial hypocrite”(“Hypocrite special”)

The joke is immediate and ruthless. Rather than hiding nudity, the black bars actively draw attention to it, turning censorship into spectacle. Hara‑Kiri exposes how moral outrage often operates: pretending to protect decency while obsessively framing what it claims to reject.

Unlike earlier covers that relied on theatrical scenes or characters, this one is almost abstract.

The body becomes a surface for ideology, and censorship becomes a graphic element. The irony is doubled: the attempt to erase sexuality only amplifies it, while the claim of virtue collapses into absurdity.

This cover reflects a moment when debates around obscenity, media control, and “good taste” were hardening — and Hara‑Kiri responds not with excess, but with graphic logic.