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Originally Posted by CrimsonNataku
I thought I would point out that some of the information you have posted is inaccurate. Although ninja originated from samurai to some extent, there is no such thing as a samurai-ninja. They are seperate types of warriors, whose philosophies conflicted each other so strongly that there was a significant feeling of animosity between them. Also, the ninja's greatest weapon was indeed the sword, but it was NOT double-edged; that is a myth. The ninja-to (or shinobi-gatana) was actually a katana that was almost straight and slightly shorter than the katana.
As for Himura Kenshin from Samurai X (and Rurouni Kenshin), Nobuhiro Watsuki, the creator of Rurouni Kenshin, has said himself that the model for his protagonist was a man named Kawakami Gensai, not Uesugi Kenshin. Like Kenshin in the anime and manga, Kawakami Gensai was a hitokiri, or assassin. He also was said to be one of the most feared among the four-man hitsquad who used the alias of "hitokiri," and was rumored to be rather effeminate (sound familiar? ^_^; ). Unlike Kenshin, however, Gensai was arrested on alleged charges and executed several years before the story of Rurouni Kenshin takes place.
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i never said samurai-ninja...i said samurai who took missions similar to those a ninja would have taken. and i am indeed accurate as far as the sword. because a ninja does NOT use a katana. their sword is entirely different. as for the kenshin thing, that's interesting...i had been told it was based on a man with the same last name