I know a lot about this. Basically this is the stereotype about ninjas. 1. They always wear this cool black outfit. 2. Idk they are cool assassins whatever. 3. (What happened to me) NINJA'S ARE FULL OUT AGAINST SAMURAI (Japanese) AND THEY ARE IN CHINA!! (I blame you magic tree house books) What ninja really are: The word ninja, I believe is a somewhat newer word that means "Practitioner of Bushido." Not assassin, the word assassin in Japanese is Shikaru. But ninja does apply to assassin. How do I say this? Okay, don't trust online websites about ninja's. Why? Because 1. They follow a lot of false leads and end up CITING EACH OTHER *Gasps* And 2. If ninja did exist, they would be almost invisible. If you know what bushido is, good for you, I love learning about this stuff so I know a lot ? Bushido means "The way of the warrior." (Basically deciding between life in death, you know that Samurai have Daimyo's (Lords) that they would die for (Commiting seppuku (Hara kiri))) Anyways, only Samurai were practitioner's of bushido. So ninja are actually Samurai (Mostly ronin (Lordless samurai) or the Tosa loyalist group.) There is one ninja group that I know of. They called themselves "Heaven's Revenge!" which is what they called out when they attacked mostly higher class samurai and officers. They are actually the Tosa loyalist's, a samurai rebel group that lasted 3 years and attacking over a 100 pep's. Pretty interesting. I do know that they also allowed ronin to join in their assassinations. After researching a little, Ninja did not, as far as I know, wear the typical ninja outfit, they did wear darker colors, a dark kimono and trousers. Dark red, I heard, to cover bl00dstains. I'm also pretty sure that they did not use Kunai XD. (I've never watch Naruto and I can't but I know that they use Kunai.) That's about it!! Don't be mad, I just know a lot because I'm curious about them okay? If you're curious about the samurai, katana's, and ninja. Talk to me. BOOM
Forgot to say, another stereotype thing about ninja-is that they are very like super humans or something. Maybe they are... My own research yay All true
