| Being an unemployed ninja, I shouldn't vote for ninja but nevertheless I feel obligated. =) Play Tenchu Z if you doubt that ninja kick ass! |
| Samurai! |
BakaWarsh said: And BTW that katana wielding ninjas argument is stupid, same as "a ninja can through stuff from afar". Agreed. Sword fighting is an art. Gah, I love katanas <3 |
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| lmao. One of my brothers and I were recently having this debate. I like both, but my vote has to go with ninjas. |
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| Samurai for sure. Swords are cool, and samurai.. well, they're just impressive. |
| Kenshin FTW he can whoop any other ninja! |
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| Jubei (Ninja Scroll) could kick that sissy's ass... so could a lot of Basilisk characters. And Ninja's I guess, it was instilled upon me from an early age that Ninjas>all. |
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| i like samurai,because they are so cool |
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| Samurai ftw. Ninjas are cool, but samurai are much cooler. Even if ninjas could actually create fire and lightning and shit (...Naruto), samurai would still be much cooler. |
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| well it's hard, ninja are all-rounders, fighting with stealth and various weapons...doing mostly covert ops, operating in the shadows, like assasination... whilst samurai have an appealing code of honor, a great status within the community, and of course, the sweetness of a katana... my preference goes to samurai though |
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| voted for Samurai .. obviously. IMO,samurai swordsmanship is beautiful and elegant in a bloody/gory way ^_^ ... and Samurai are way bad-ass than ninja. |
| I also think samurai beat ninjas because they're very honourable and don't act behind people's backs :S |
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| Samurais <3 |
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kei-clone said: If you can kill with honor, that makes you better. Samurai for that exact reason. |
| Well, when it comes down to who scares me most, ninjas do. But thats also why I consider Ninja's superior ... they can do so much more than samurai in terms of reconnaissance, assassinations and espionage. They strike fear into your heart and if you knew very well that you're 'castle' or 'palace' was targeted, I'd be much more afraid of having a ninja kill me in my bed than a samurai charging through the door. Samurai are cool and all, but ninja are in my eyes, superior. |
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| Hmmm touch choice indeed. Although Ninjas are like murderers when compared to the Samurai, I think I like them better in terms of physical ability. I guess they appeal to me because they seem more agile which makes it more fun to watch. And ninjas can dual wield in FF Tactics hahaha |
| Ninja+Naruto= A hate fan of naruto So no for ninja. |
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| Samurai's for me. Although I do find assassinations and the likes of espionage pretty awesome, I would prefer someone who fights under nobility than of people who used unorthodox arts of war. And samurai's of the late past in particular more often use swords than ninja's , who uses kurenais or whatever those lil daggers are called, that comes with some kind of lethal poison, leading to a silent death which Im not very fond of, Im not a sadist, just a guy who likes to see people get rip apart =) Plus, Naruto ruined the whole image of ninja's for me. |
| In principle I like samurais more but right now I'm feeling more of the Ninja-liking type. |
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| Ninjas because, Samurais would mostly die from ninjas surprise attack! :O |
| I voted for Samurai. Actually I like both, but when it comes to fights I prefer to watch the elegant action of swords. nostalgicronin said: IMO,samurai swordsmanship is beautiful and elegant in a bloody/gory way ^_^ ... and Samurai are way bad-ass than ninja. My thoughts exactly! ;) |
| Samurai! |
| Samurai's all the way baby. |
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Saks said: Samurai! <3 |
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| Based on facts, the samurai were the most awesome. In a fight, I guess it would be close, but the samurai would have an advantage, because their xbox hueg armors would hold off most of the sharp little objects a stealthy-healthy ninja uses. If a ninja were to use a katana against a samurai, I still think the samurai would win, because while the ninja might be skilled, the samurai is a specialist. Vikings ftw? |
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| Vikings ftw means you need to go read Vinland Saga. I need to go find more good samurai manga. D: |
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kasumisama said: Vikings ftw means you need to go read Vinland Saga. I need to go find more good samurai manga. D: Lone Wolf and Cub and Blade of the Immortal for you! |
| When I find torrents and the time to plow through long manga... |
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kasumisama said: When I find torrents and the time to plow through long manga... So... Samurai Executioner! Only 10 vols and it has torrent XD |
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kasumisama said: Vikings ftw means you need to go read Vinland Saga. I need to go find more good samurai manga. D: Yes, I know! I did some research months ago, and came up with a read-online site, but this time I've found it for sure. Hey, let's not get off topic, people! If ninja don't use the same blades from the same super smiths, they will lose. |
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Raidanzoup said: Based on facts, the samurai were the most awesome. In a fight, I guess it would be close, but the samurai would have an advantage, because their xbox hueg armors would hold off most of the sharp little objects a stealthy-healthy ninja uses. If a ninja were to use a katana against a samurai, I still think the samurai would win, because while the ninja might be skilled, the samurai is a specialist. Vikings ftw? Yeah, vikings are the best warriors in the world and would have won this voting, if they had been in it. The reason why viking can kick the ass of any ninja or samurai in the world is because 1: As raidanzoup mention, a samurai would have an advantage to a ninja because the samurai has a hueg armor. The same thing goes with the viking, because all the battles and cold winters has made the viking skin tough and hard, so that is works as an armor. 2: The viking would kick ass againts a samurai because, even do samurais are specialist with a katana, the vikings have something the samurais dont. PURE madness. And in a fight between skill and madness i think madness would have won. 3: Beer! The norwegian vikings actually had warriors they called berserkers. This was men who would spend the day before battle getting really drunk so that when they went into war, they would just run in and kill everything in sight. vikings rule!! |
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| While samurais may well be "better" or "more skilled" A ninja is likely to kill a samurai before he even saw it coming. Ninjas win. |
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| Ninja..... may be influenced by Naruto and Nabari no Ou, lol Except Samurai Deeper Kyo, I don't know any other samurai anime or manga |
Allek said: I don't know any other samurai anime or manga check my list ... loaded w/ samurai goodness ^_^ |
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| Ninja's obviously! |
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| Ninjas because they kick ass with their silent assassin techniques, but samurais ain't bad too.. they just like to pose =P |
| imo, ninjas kick more ass and are way cooler with their sneaky stealth tactics ^.^ |
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| Ninja vs. Samurai I’m confused whenever the OP means, if the ninja fighting against X random groups and kicks more ass compared to a samurai or vice versa, OR that the ninja kicks samurai’s ass hands down or vice versa. *Chuckles* after reading a few post I can’t help to think most are biased because they are fan of some kind of anime show or manga, then we go more in depth into each individual person’s taste of fighting style. The honor bound samurais; We all know samurais are servants they served their lord and they were granted authority over civilians, either by their lord or through marriage to gain political power. Samurais were the only ones that were allowed to wear any sort of weapons. We all know Bushido? In case some didn’t know, Bushido is the way of the warrior it’s samurai’s rule of conduct. Loyalty was absolutely the most importance to the samurai, it only requires the samurai to do one act of disgrace to his superior to be executed by performing a seppuku a self ritual execution and if the samurai was exalted he could ask his friend to decapitate the samurai’s head in his moment of excruciating pain. Samurai also adopted spiritual guidance mostly Zen Buddhism, while in that branch there were defects and later became Buddhist monks. Their armor is consisting of leather and iron and a prestige helmet to strike fear into their enemies. Samurais often used various weapons, as for swords they used Tachi and Uchigatana until it got replaced with the Katana In the end Samurai is not a person with free will and will always honor the way of the warrior and lives by his sword to serve his master. The assassins, ninja; Early development of the Ninjutsu had little to do with martial arts, it wasn’t till later they incorporated martial arts to stand a chance against the samurai and fight off raiders and robbers from their villages. Ninja’s works almost the exact opposite of the way of the warrior; their activities were guerilla warfare, ninja’s are assassins, saboteurs, and did espionage. They used stealth tactics to infiltrate and to execute their objectives. Ninja’s are also tricksters using gunpowder to create smoke bombs and firecrackers to create a diversion or to flee. Weapon they used was something shorter than the katana, but bigger than the wakizashi which is what samurai would use when they are residing in a house. Conclusion: A ninja is free to use any advantage to kill a samurai; a samurai can kill a ninja, but the samurai always has to honor the code which can restrict him to kill a ninja. As well as it all depends on the fighter, tactics, training, environment and situation. I think that should cover the whole ninja vs. samurai. Somebody mentioned Vikings, Vikings were brutes they would normally eat specific type of herbs and they usually weren’t sober during combats, thus not enduring any pain during combat hence the reason being called brutes and has recieved quite a fierce reputation but, Vikings also had gods they worshipped their own Æsirs (gods). For instance, Odin which had great wisdom and knowledge, he was the all-knowing, Tyr god of war, Thor god of thunder and protector and there are many more; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_myth Of course these gods affected the Vikings in many ways than just war but, I’m going to focus on the war aspect, of course the thought of the fallen ones also known as Einherjars would influence their mentalities during battles as well, you could say they were quite spiritual fighters at that era. Vikings had poor armory and weapons compared to samurai’s, only the wealthiest Vikings would wear chainmail’s, exotic animal leather coats, armaments and horned Vikings helms and usually wooden or iron buckler and a sword. A less unfortunate could only afford a sword and perhaps a shield. This is a major disadvantage against any eastern weapon. However Vikings were formidable opponent and fierce fighters. Vikings aren’t honorable fighters though, compared to samurais and even ninjas, granted Vikings were adventurers but, they often pillaged and did much worse things and did quite a lot of piracy. |
LillJun 8, 2008 4:29 AM
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| I voted for Samurai, cause they are stronger in my opinion. Can someone name two ninja's who could beat two samurai's (Nanash and Rarou from Sword of the Stranger) if they were fighting side by side? |
| Altair the Hashshashin from Assassin's Creed. |
In sterquiliniis invenitur. |
ArcXIII said: Altair the Hashshashin from Assassin's Creed. he is an assasin not a ninja. All Ninjas are Assassins but not all Assassins are Ninjas. |
| this one's hard, because i like both, but since i'm required to choose between the two. i'd probably go with the ninja. that will be because i loved the concept of assassination, espionage and what-not, also i like the idea of being free, free to use whatever tactic or strategy you have in a fight, mission etc. |
| Destroy. Destroy. Destroy. Slowly, completely, gently beyond comparison, cruelly to the point of numbness, I'll violate your life. That's right. The instant I rip off your limbs, tear open your rib and pull out your intestines, biting into your neck as you scream in agony, chewing through your eyes as I ignore your pleas for mercy and spreading your brains on the ground like butter! |
| ninjas. im afraid to even think what what happen to me if i said otherwise. |
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