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The Fashionable Ninja

The Fashionable Ninja

by Adam on January 3, 2012 at 12:00 am
Chapter: comics
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  1. euphgeek
    euphgeek
    January 3, 2012, 12:14 am | # | Reply

    There are 7 ninjas in the first panel. Two of them failed ninja school.

    • Rhea
      Rhea
      January 3, 2012, 2:02 pm | # | Reply

      Excellent comment.

    • Feed me infants
      Feed me infants
      October 17, 2013, 3:41 pm | # | Reply

      If there were a way to like these comments, I would unlike that just so I could like it again.

      • Izzie
        Izzie
        April 11, 2014, 8:28 pm | # | Reply

        I second you, Feed me infants. Also, I’m sorry your parents are horrible enough to name you Feed me infants. I would change my name in a heartbeat if my name was Feed me infants Jhonson. (not my real last name, kay?)

  2. Kazyyk
    Kazyyk
    January 3, 2012, 12:41 am | # | Reply

    Don’tcha think wearing those Ninja outfits all the time would get a little itchy anyway? It’s much better to dress comfortably with the added bonus of being discreet!

  3. Gz
    Gz
    January 3, 2012, 2:58 am | # | Reply

    Lol each panel are gold! especially the last one!Preppy twit haha

  4. Gz
    Gz
    January 3, 2012, 3:01 am | # | Reply

    Also, look at those mighty arms of Samurai Nerd-Bug!

  5. Kou
    Kou
    January 3, 2012, 3:18 am | # | Reply

    That was the first time I’ve ever seen “corroborate” used in a sentence.
    Nice job…you just took my word virginity.
    I hope you’re happy…

  6. 613 The Evil
    613 The Evil
    January 3, 2012, 5:11 am | # | Reply

    What are these “olden times” exactly?

    • crocswsocks
      crocswsocks
      March 23, 2013, 3:50 pm | # | Reply

      Uhh… Classical to medieval Japan?

  7. Althir
    Althir
    January 3, 2012, 5:22 am | # | Reply

    Actually, Ninjas never wore that kind of stuff. Because it’d be like the opposite of stealthy. They wore normal clothes so that they would not attract attention. The black clothes came from the theater, where people in black would stay in the background, move props and whatnot – they weren’t even there as far as the audience was concerned. So when one of them burst out of the background and knifed someone, they were incredibly surprised. Thus, the black ninja was born. Too bad.
    Cracked.com keeps destroying dreams. I weep. Just, not really, actually.
    Buzzkill, I know. Couldn’t stop myself.

    • Iforwhat
      Iforwhat
      January 3, 2012, 8:58 am | # | Reply

      Actually it is not a buzzkill, it supports the last panel.

  8. williamkattwilliams
    williamkattwilliams
    January 3, 2012, 5:47 am | # | Reply

    It don’t matter what they wear anymore. Their gig is up:
    quick-content.com/images/funny-random/nikon-ninja-fail.jpg

  9. Alessandro
    Alessandro
    January 3, 2012, 5:50 am | # | Reply

    Genius.

  10. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    January 3, 2012, 7:09 am | # | Reply

    By this logic, I am now scared to go to a grammar school or expensive college. There goes my education.

  11. Jeff
    Jeff
    January 3, 2012, 8:05 am | # | Reply

    Each panel DOES get funnier! “Preppy Twit” KILLED me! I’ve always thought that ‘sweater with arms tied around the neck’ look was about the stupidest thing ever!
    Positively awesome!

  12. LoKi
    LoKi
    January 3, 2012, 9:15 am | # | Reply

    The real secret is that this strip only has ninja in it. Every character is a ninja.

    (and technically most of the time ninja did their duties in simple peasant garb. Hiding in plain sight and all (at one point they were made the official gardeners of the shogun. Garden implements make great weapons.))

  13. J-L
    J-L
    January 3, 2012, 10:25 am | # | Reply

    Awesome Samurai in panel 2!

  14. Rhea
    Rhea
    January 3, 2012, 2:03 pm | # | Reply

    Panel 3 was favorite. I can see where everybody shouting, “Hey, look, a ninja!” could really interfere with the job.

  15. Rhea
    Rhea
    January 3, 2012, 2:11 pm | # | Reply

    And a video (3’48”) on the difference between ninjas and crazy people:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44LfqESVppc

  16. pjunk
    pjunk
    January 3, 2012, 3:07 pm | # | Reply

    I like how he keeps the mask on even when he’s disguised as a preppy twit. Either that or he has a rather unfortunate (or awesome?) cranial disfigurement.

  17. NXTangl
    NXTangl
    December 21, 2012, 2:54 pm | # | Reply

    Don’t be rediculous. Black clothing at the darkest hour of midnight is a great way to stay covered, but at the darkest hour of midnight, nothing short of bioluminescence is really going to get you noticed.

    No, what you want is something in dark green, with some mottled or striped patterns depending on the local vegitation. Or dark grey, if you live in a city.

    And, believe it or not, ninjas actually did wear anti-ninja clothing in the olden days–they’d strap on traditional farm clothes, complete with a floppy woven hat for keeping off the sun while you planted rice (which isn’t racist, but in fact really was [still is] a staple crop in the Eastern regions)…except, of course, that a real farmer wouldn’t have an all-purpose reed in his pocket (for blow-darts and snorkeling), nor would his hat have pennies under the rim (IDK if they really did that, but I would).

  18. Izzie
    Izzie
    May 28, 2013, 9:44 pm | # | Reply

    Ninjas never wear black P.J.’s… They were like olden time spies, or just plain assasians!

  19. Pinkie D. Pyrite
    Pinkie D. Pyrite
    September 3, 2013, 8:45 pm | # | Reply

    Either those are special edition, Samurai issued only glasses that disregard time, or glasses!bug has weird glasses-shaped growths.

  20. Steven Neiman
    Steven Neiman
    March 29, 2017, 2:15 pm | # | Reply

    Actually, real ninjas thought of that far in advance of the concern about image searches. They would wear bland peasant clothes that made the snooty nobles they were offing assume that they were beneath notice.
    The “ninja” garb you see is actually what Japanese stagehands would wear. Theater fans learned to just ignore the stagehands, so a stealthy ninja would dress the same and then it would seem like they came out of nowhere when they did something to identify themselves as actors.

  21. ahno neemus
    ahno neemus
    December 2, 2020, 12:56 pm | # | Reply

    Ninjas wear whatever clothing looks the least ninja-like.

    • Anne Onymous
      Anne Onymous
      December 8, 2020, 5:54 am | # | Reply

      Ah, so that’s why Naruto wears kill-me-orange.

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