Pirates - they last longer. If a ninja makes a mistake in a fight he kills himself due to the shame, if a pirate makes a mistake in a fight he cries ‘yarrrr’, puts a knife between his teeth and leaps back into the fray…
aside from being totally sweet, ninjas are just quicker and smarter. I dont think its a coincidence that most pirates have missing limbs or eyes (its cos they are shit).
Ninja Turtles would beat just about anything, but I maintain that Pirates would win out over ordinary Ninjas. Of course the setting could make a difference, in a darkened warehouse the dark clothing of the Ninjas (especially with the limited eyesight of pirates) would lend them an advantage but put them in a football stadium and the anarchic invincibility of the pirates would triumph…
why dont you just ask one? I just asked my ninja friends if they were samurai and they chopped my freakin head off. evidence like that should be good enough even for you.
on a more historical note, ronin (masterless samurai) did become ninja, but there were also dedicated ninja families who kept the traditions alive (in secret of course).
Most ninja, from all the historical information we can garner, were peasants. There were some ronin, discontented samurai and the like, but most were peasants.
This gave them a chance to hone skills and practice, but had to remain hidden because exposure as any of the above was dishonorable. Hence why ninja weapons are peasant weapons. The ninja-to is severely weaker than the katana. It is weak, brittle, and easily hidden and discardable. Not made to withstand the test of time. Blowguns are simply reeds. Sai, tonfa, and kama are all farming implements that were adapted in certain ways to be useful while fighting.
They formed families more out of paranoia than anything else. If you ratted on a family, you had a problem. Much like the mob now. If all ninja were loners and one got found out, he could rat one or two other ones individually and may be offered some recourse, like seppuku. An honorable death. But, if part of a family, and you even think about ratting them out, you die. No more honor. Plus, you never knew if that samurai you just ratted your ninja buddies out to, was in fact a ninja, doing his day job.
But enough of this history crap, we’re talking real ninjas here.
And real ninjas could totally decapitate you without you even knowing and then when your mom is like “Whoa, he doesn’t have a head”, she gets decapitated too. Then the ninja makes coffee and has a cup as he leaves. Thus entering the wailing guitars.
bull crap. of course i’m a ninja. pirates don’t get expelled and then sit around all day making weapons (real weapons), inventing ways to open locked doors, sneaking around, practicing walking without making noise, hiding things all over the house, etc, etc.
and i totally know that whole poem. edgar allan poe rocks.
and no, i dont want to talk about why i’m expelled.