Doffy90

Mar 9 2007, 10:42 AM

Stardragon

Mar 9 2007, 07:57 PM

Since DOATEC was after her one would think she has hidden powers that are yet to surface. :kas:  Because why would they go after someone with only leadership qualities?

But they went after Hayate as well...

The only ninjas who havent been targeted by DOATEC is Ayane and Ryu and both of them have pretty destructive abilities, especially Hayabusa.

IMO it seems that they just wanted a Ninja, didnt care who just a ninja.

Victorthebattousai

Mar 9 2007, 01:17 AM

Not quite. The ninja were niether rebels nor heroes. Simply assasins. Powerful ones at that. They simply took on whatever contracts they took. If they took emotions into their work, they would NEVER have been able to keep themselves secret. Have you ever tried to do something while angry, or with some other strong emotion? It makes you sloppy. You get slower, and you don't respond well.

Martial artists(and Ninja were most DEFINATELY martial artists) strive to attain a state of Mushin, or "no mind". Why? Because thought distracts. You don't think "I hate him", or even "I have to punch now", they just do it. That's why they train for so long, to adapt the movements to muscle memory. It's the truth. When you are being hit at, reflex makes you throw your arm to block. But they train to make their arm parry. They don't think "I must parry", or they will be slower. Try it on DoA some time. Try parrying while thinking about it, then try without thinking.

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The stereotypical ninja that continually wears easily identifiable black outfits (shinobi shozoku) comes from the Kabuki theater. [2] Prop handlers would dress in black and move prop around on the stage. The audience would obviously see the prop handlers but would pretend they were invisible. Building on that willing suspension of disbelief, ninja characters also came to be portrayed in the theater as wearing similar all-black suits. This either implied to the audience that the ninja were also invisible, or simply made the audience unable to tell a ninja character from the many prop handlers until the ninja character distinguished himself from the other stagehands with a scripted attack or assassination in the action of the play.

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r) Just interesting trivia guys.

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The stereotypical ninja that continually wears easily identifiable black outfits (shinobi shozoku) comes from the Kabuki theater. [2] Prop handlers would dress in black and move prop around on the stage. The audience would obviously see the prop handlers but would pretend they were invisible. Building on that willing suspension of disbelief, ninja characters also came to be portrayed in the theater as wearing similar all-black suits. This either implied to the audience that the ninja were also invisible, or simply made the audience unable to tell a ninja character from the many prop handlers until the ninja character distinguished himself from the other stagehands with a scripted attack or assassination in the action of the play.

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r) But Hayate however....maybe he was captured when he was crippled by Raidou?

AurI0n

Mar 10 2007, 08:57 AM

About the bomb thing, in her doa3 ending Kasumi released an energy ball(whatever you like to call it) not a ninja granade like Hayate did in Ayane's ending.
We have not seen much of kasumi's or Hayate's ninpos because they didn't have the opportunity,it doesn't mean they can't do it like Kasumi in Helena's ending, Alpha is too fast, Kasumi couldn't have time to release the ninpo and get her before she teleported.
and like i said just look at Kasumi's oboro zukyio

Victorthebattousai

Mar 10 2007, 06:45 PM

Anyone really know WHAT Ninpo is anyway? I am 99% sure it is chi, and not some magic or mystical power from the gods or anything, but what is the meaning of the chanting? If there is any bit of truth(well, not truth, but whatever you want to say) to the way NG and DoA do things, it looks like something to help concentration(ryu didn't chat when he used to fireball or Inuzama, only when he started flying on the rock. Sadly, I still can't understand a bit of japanese, so I can't understand the chant. Any ideas?