Ninjas or Samurai

[Solid Lifters]

I'm not really a big fan of the whole Japanese warrior concept. I'm more of a Berserk warrior fan. Now those guys were tough! They could easily kick the crap out of some Japanese warrior.

These were the guys who were too intese for the Vikings, and they started their own little society. These guys were the legendary Scandinavian warriors that would induce a psychotic state, strip off all clothing and then go into battle with foaming mouths, sweaty bodies covered in dirt, and roaring like half-wolf, half-bear people. Too intense for Vikings! Think about that for a while. Think of where we get the word berserk from. Now that's a warrior to admire!

 

[Silverzone]

thats easy, Ninjas all the way, because the sneak up behind people and the can walk on walls.

 

[Cosmic]

Ninjas are cooler because they can dissappear in smoke powder !

 

[240Z]

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samurai could be masters of many weapons, not just katanas.
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The main weapon of the samurai was the katana. They also used wakasazi (sp?), a curved short sword, and the tanto, a curved dagger. These three swords are often sold in a set. Two other weapons used by samurai are the No-Dachi, and the Naginata. The No-Dachi was basically a long, two handed katana. The Naginata was a tall staff (4-5 feet) with a large blade on the top, usually used against calvary and swordsmen. Ninjas generally used smaller, straight-bladed 1-handed swords.

 

[Famine]

The ninja "katana" is a hand-and-a-half sword, not a true single or 2 hand sword at all.

And of course the samurai "myojinsoga" masters used two single handed swords.


No nijja would carry "swords, chains, small knives, ropes, poisens, spikes they dropped on the ground, shurikens, nunchukas (SP?) and many other things" as they would not only be unable to stand up, but also would rattle every time they moved. But they'd have had some of the items on the list.

 

[rollazn]

I'm not really a big fan of the whole Japanese warrior concept. I'm more of a Berserk warrior fan. Now those guys were tough! They could easily kick the crap out of some Japanese warrior.

These were the guys who were too intese for the Vikings, and they started their own little society. These guys were the legendary Scandinavian warriors that would induce a psychotic state, strip off all clothing and then go into battle with foaming mouths, sweaty bodies covered in dirt, and roaring like half-wolf, half-bear people. Too intense for Vikings! Think about that for a while. Think of where we get the word berserk from. Now that's a warrior to admire!

No your wrong mate, Ninja kick ass!

Teenage mutant ninja turtles can whoop anybody or anything. Bring on those Berserk warriors that you speak of and I bet one of those Ninja turtle can effortlessly whoop them all!

Turtle + Ninja... What can be better?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle >Berserk warriors !

 

[donbenni]

We had Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles here i believe. Ninja Turtles were considered too violent. Someone can confirm/flame me with that one.

Samurai are cool. Their battle armour, weapons, attitude and all are just sweet. Ninja are cool. But not quite as impressice as the Samurai imo.

 

[daan]

We had Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles here i believe. Ninja Turtles were considered too violent. Someone can confirm/flame me with that one.

As I said earlier...

We only got Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles here. Ninjas aren't allowed to be in children's cartoons due to an ancient Japanese law.

 

[ledhed]

Delta force would smoke all there butts ! Try my m60 on for size you ninja dude of doom ! Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha ! Ohhhhhhhh a Samuri guy with pretty red armor and a funny mask ....EAT LEAD you ugly bugger.......bwaaaaaaahahahaha !

 

[donbenni]

As I said earlier...

Yeah well sorry, this thread has many misc. comments. I tried to read them all.

 

[87chevy]

Delta force would smoke all there butts ! Try my m60 on for size you ninja dude of doom ! Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha ! Ohhhhhhhh a Samuri guy with pretty red armor and a funny mask ....EAT LEAD you ugly bugger.......bwaaaaaaahahahaha !

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ROLLING ON FLOOR LAUGHING MY ASS OFF!!!!!!


whew, that was awesome.


okay, well The REAL Ultimate Power website has made me change my views. NINJAS RULE!!! They get to pork hot babes whenever they want! What would be more cool than just flipping out and killing people ALL THE TIME!!!! I want to be a Ninja!! I'm gonna flip out right now!!!
**starts flipping out and breaking furniture over head, punching walls and throwing things threw windows..... then, realizes there is nothing left to decimate...... starts searching for a frisbee and some butter**

 

[animateria]

Samurai.......

TMNT........ Sheeeesh....... Those loud mouth morons who had no clue of what the word Ninja was....... Sneak up from behind? They just jump through the front door screaming or whatever........ Making complete asses of themselves...... But then Shredder was a complete idiot trying to act like some samurai anyways....... Vote for TMNT then..... (Well I've already voted for Samurais

 

[Victor Vance]

Let's put it this way:

Samurais are a riced Honda Civic with fart-can muffler and florescent yellow paint.
Ninjas are a white Buick Regal with GnX hardware.

The Honda makes its prescence well known.
The Buick sneaks up on you and kills you before you know what's happening.

The Civic is better suited to tight, twisty courses (hand to hand, close range)
The GnX-spec Regal is great for sniping on the straightaways (throw weapons and the like)
I'll take the Regal

 

[VIPFREAK]

Hmm... I don't think that's a good analogy but I can't think of any at the moment. I just think ninjas... fluid, dynamic, stealthy where as Samurais are brute force, intimitidation and aggression.

 

[Victor Vance]

Hmm I edited after you posted, read again maybe that'll help...

(BTW I love sleepers as well)

 

[VIPFREAK]

now that's just funny.

 

[Victor Vance]

Not only that but I'm (Domestic) GM and (Import) Toyota biased

 

[VIPFREAK]

I don't know why the hell you like GM but yeah I'm Toyota biased a little too... I hate Rice rockets though.

 

[Victor Vance]

Why GM? Let's see:

*I'm a Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Brian Vickers and Terry LaBonte fan
*If it wasn't for GM, we wouldn't have the Camaro, Monte Carlo (and its Buick/Pontiac/Oldsmobile cousins of the 80's) or Corvette
*My friend's father works at a Chevrolet dealer and he likes talking about Chevrolets with me. One of my favorite hobbys is talking about cars.
*I'm surrounded by GM loyalists
*Fords suck
*The Germans bought out Chrysler 🤬

Why Toyota?
*The AE86
*The RA60
*The SW20
*The JZA70
*The JZA80
* The ZZT231

Mazda is 2nd on import list, strictly for any of their two-rotor cars. Or two-rotor truck

 

[Blake]

The ninja "katana" is a hand-and-a-half sword, not a true single or 2 hand sword at all.

And of course the samurai "myojinsoga" masters used two single handed swords.


No nijja would carry "swords, chains, small knives, ropes, poisens, spikes they dropped on the ground, shurikens, nunchukas (SP?) and many other things" as they would not only be unable to stand up, but also would rattle every time they moved. But they'd have had some of the items on the list.

I didn't mean every ninja all at once. I meant some ninja's would have some thigns on that list and others would have other things. And they probably would leave some non-nessasary things a bit away from the actual assualt.

There was also a movie I saw when I was very young called "Shogun", I remember that had some ninja stuff but it was mostly centralised around the Samurai.

 

[rollazn]

Let's put it this way:

Samurais are a riced Honda Civic with fart-can muffler and florescent yellow paint.
Ninjas are a white Buick Regal with GnX hardware.

Samurai's wouldnt be a "Honda Civic with fart-can muffler and florescent yellow paint." Its just not right I tell you. Comparing a messed up civic to a Samurai is wrong.

Ninja wouldn't be white either. I think they would be black like the night. Therefore they can stalk better.

 

[Blake]

But they could be white like the snow for winter attacks.

 

[Famine]

Ninja wouldn't be white either. I think they would be black like the night. Therefore they can stalk better.

Unlikely. Even if it were night, night isn't black. Ninja would wear dark grey/blue/purple - black would stand out too much. They would tend to wear clothing to blend in with their surroundings. Walking through a shopping mall at noon in a black jumpsuit and hood would give yourself away a little.

 

[ledhed]

If they really wanted to stealthy they should dress like transvestites.

 

[240Z]

Anybody here read "Johnny Mneumonic" by William Gibson? It's a short story that tells what a futuristic Ninja might be like. If you find a short story book with it in it, it's well worth picking up.

 

[87chevy]

A Samuri would be a '69 Camaro with a blown 396. (that Honda rice rocket comparison was an insult to all Samuri and their descendents)

A ninja would be a '80s S10 with a LT1 stuffed under the hood.

 

[Victor Vance]

Would you prefer I said it was a Rosso Red-painted Monte Carlo SS with really loud exhaust? I was just making a comparison... I mean no offense to the samurai, their whole thing on honor and stuff, their fighting tactics. I was just making a ballpark comparison, alright?