![]() ![]() Ninja stars? Nope, according to Man there couldn’t be a dumber weapon. Black suits? Nah, dark blue, sometimes other colours. So we discover most popular thinking on them is bullshit. The result is a book more on what ninjas aren’t. ![]() ‘Shadow’ is the operative word in this whole ninja business. I hope you’re hungry for slow-baked legend in wild embellishment sauce, because that’s about the only thing on the menu when it comes to shadow warriors. It turns out there’s a good reason why all we know of ninjas, or shinobi as they’re known in colloquial Japanese, is myth. ![]() Just who were these shuriken-flinging bad-ass spy dudes, anyway? I certainly wanted to know I expect many others will too.īut there’s a catch. “Damn, why didn’t I think of that?” It’s a great subject, both because ninjas are so popular - from Connery-era Bond films to YouTube phenomenon Ask A Ninja - and because everything people know about them is fluff. A product of the ninja-turtle age and a long-time consumer of other shrouded assassin fare, I had to stop when I saw Ninja in the bookshop. Seriously though, these days ninjas are important, and I admire John Man for writing this. As a person with deep convictions in democracy, I think it’s important we, as a people, take the time every once in a while to step back and reflect on ninjas. ![]()
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