Ninjas

[SckizoBoy]

Because I'm in that frame of mind, I want to talk about ninjas... or rather 'shinobi-no-mono'.

Please feel free to bombard me with your random facts about the eponymous feudal Japanese assassin/saboteur/covert agent/mercenary. Or even what you'd kit them out with.

To get the ball rolling, they were rarely called 'ninja' and that is actually a modern interpretation of the Chinese pronunciation of the characters. And I personally believe the history behind the word kunoichi (ku in hiragana, no in katakana and ichi in kanji) is utter bullshit.

Spoiler: My ninja is better than yours!

Gotta love a guy who can use kusarigama!

PS - Mention of 'pirates' and 'forum ninjas/ninja'd' will be warmly greeted with a kunai to the crotch!

 

[Sethzard]

Ninja is actually both singular and plural.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Ninjas wish they were pirates but they're not badass enough.

Most of what ninjas did was setting fire to things.

 

[Jonluw]

Ninja are not actually human, but rather a distant relative in the homo family.
The ninja is born with a dark fur resembling a suit covering most of its body.

Ninja with black suits are bad, and ninja with white suits are good. The red ones can go either way. Blue suited ninja are merely yellow ninja in their guest team outfit.

Spoiler: And lastly:

OT: Umm, ninja wouldn't normally use the black outfit they are normally depicted with. Their intention was not to be noticed, so dressing like an inconspicuous farmer worked a lot better.

The ninja knife or tanto, with the angular point, that you probably think of when you're thinking of ninja was not actually used by ninja.

Spoiler: It is called an American tanto, and is American of origin.

 

[drbarno]

was this because of the thread I made was about the other kind of ninja?

 

[Dectomax]

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Ninjas

That is all.

 

[kane.malakos]

Ninja didn't actually wear a black costume. They wore whatever they needed to blend in with other people, generally very mundane clothing. The black suits thing comes from stage plays. The stage-hands wore those sorts of black costumes to move sets around, and you were supposed to ignore them. However, occasionally one of them would reveal themselves to be the traitorous ninja, blending in with the stage-hands. Kind of cool actually.

 

[DoctorPhil]

Ninjas were once cool, before Naruto came along. Now pirates are way cooler because One Piece came along.

 

[TheGingerr]

Dammm..ninjas..

 

[Cheesus333]

However, occasionally one of them would reveal themselves to be the traitorous ninja, blending in with the stage-hands. Kind of cool actually.

...Shit, that's such a clever device! I mean, we have all sorts of crazy stuff to break the fourth wall in modern plays, but that's bloody ingenious!

Anyway, I have very little to contribute, so...

Pirates.

I welcome your attempts to find and attack me, OP.

 

[-Drifter-]

Ninjas... No matter how many of the bastards I kill they just keep coming. There's too damn many! [http://www.foddy.net/Ninjas.html]

 

[Mr. Omega]

Ok, three obligatory things:
Ninjas... Damn...
Pirates > Ninjas *Prepared anti-kunai crotch plate*
Yes, the guys from Naruto are NOT ninjas.

Now that that's out of the way: The shuriken is designed so that no matter where it hits, it hits on a sharp point. Ninjas were aparently trained by crow-people...

 

[Tulks]

The ninja were originally a cabal of oppressed mimes who, tired of crushing taxes on street performers, took to a life of crime. After stealing from a particularly rich and powerful feudal lord, they were cursed by his demonic overlord to spend eternity bound to the shadow realm.
Centuries later, having mastered the dark magicks known as ki, they roam from village to village, setting right what once went wrong and rescuing small boys from wells and collapsed mine-shafts.

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

I'm more of a Samurai man myself, more the honorable warrior type. None of that sneaky bollocks here, the Samurai cut you in half to your face! Much more manly.