How Cyber Shadow Teaches Ninja Philosophy! - Which Ninja
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- Опубликовано: 12 фев 2021
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While Cyber Shadow is amazing and being praised in a LOT of ways, gameplay, soundtrack, and visuals, a LOT of people are sleeping on another amazing aspect of the game. THE STORY! Which is a shame too because Cyber Shadow subtly teaches the dense and esoteric philosophy of the shinobi!
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The Ninja Shinobitte Nanja?
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When are Skylanders Ninja sensei class for Which Ninja
And When are you doing Yokai Hunters
Can you please cover Konoe Kikyo from Bravely Default as Bravely Default 2 is coming out soon.
You should make a video on paper Mario the origami king. They have a Japanese theme park called “shogun studios” with an attraction called “the house of tricky ninja”. Based on your videos it seems pretty accurate and authentic
I know its an old game but have you guys ever played Red Steel 2 ? I think you could find a good amount of content in there plus its actually really fun.(wish ubisoft would just port it to VR)
Please give us your reviews if the overwatch skins for halloween and chinese newyear you havent given us thise this time around and i always looked forwards to those videos
Kind of interesting has the Ninja beliefs discovered the fundamental laws of Science. "Matter is never created or Destroyed. It only changes forms."
True. Ancient people aren’t as advanced doesn’t mean they are not smart
@@MrNK1411 The Human Brain is the same size now as it was then so they were by no means stupid. However Saying they weren't advanced undercuts the achievements they did. The fact that many modern people believe that their achievements could only have been created by Aliens (god i hate that argument) shows how advanced they were and again how smart they were. It takes a lot of advanced math to do successful year after year farming.
@@alasiadarthe001actual9 I mean they weren’t as advanced as the modern era. Most of the inventions has been renovated, changed or completely removed. Even the inventions from the ancient time that we still use, i.e languages, writings, etc. have also been changed.
Except it isn't. Photons aren't considered to be matter. So matter can be destroyed and created.
@@goryn9660 Its called The Conservation Of Mass Or Conservation of Matter and its a Fundamental laws of Physics.
The whole "Ninja becoming Cyborgs" thing reminds me of the Cyber Initiative in Mortal Kombat
If there's one thing I've learned from this series, it's that shinobi will use the latest tech for their purposes. Pretty sure this will eventually include cybernetic augmentation.
Well there’s also Metal Gear Solid’s Raiden becoming borderline suicidal with his “I just don’t fear death” line fighting Vamp who called him an immortal.
Cyberninja were reasonably common before MK3, though MK3 made then *even more* common. XD
To achieve their cybernetic process they had to sacrafice individuality. They had to die to become physically everlasting, but according to characters like sub zero and cyrax it keeps them from reaching spiritual peace
@@Nostroman_Praetor Well yeah, that’s bound to happen when you go nearly full machine like RoboCop. You end up becoming a mindless drone that can be mass produced. If it were me, I’d honestly go a way similar to Metal Gear Solid’s Raiden being cybernetically enhanced verses going with a fully mechanical body. One single EMP and you could very likely be outright killed in a fully mechanical body.
Two things I've recently thought about with Ninjas.
1.You've often talked about how Ninjas weren't all about honor, and how annoying it is when Ninja try and have a far fight or other silly plans. BUT I had a thought of one situation where a concept like honor actually would probably mean a lot to the ninja, not revealing the secrets of the clan. If there is one situation that could be seen as their equivilent to honor its that you are dishonored by being caught and/or revealing information from the clan. I genuinely had this thought from watching TMNT where the shredder frames Yoshi for revealing clan secrets, and thats how he's able to get him out of the way (in varying different ways based on the version). Honor wasn't a fair fight, it was duty to the clan.
2. The belief that all things continue on, but change is shockingly close to the concept that "Matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed, just converted from one form to another". Like the Tao was really on to something there.
But he did mention many times that shinobi were more honorary then samurai. They only didn't focus on fair fights, because that wasn't they main objective.
@@TheRezro The only people that honor a "fair fight" are those, that know that their opponent is isn't able to win in one.
@@manticore6963 Yup. Though usually both sides think that way. Japanese also did have tradition where they send they champions to duel, before battle. Some ancient cultures also did that.
This is why I love this channel. You teach real life concepts about people in history and concepts about different cultures and religions through games and anime. It’s entertaining, it’s interesting, but most of all, it made me want to look deeper not just into Japanese culture, but other culture around the world. Gaijin if u see this comment, keep doing what your doing and have fun with it. Love your stuff dude keep it up
I totally agree with you. I want to learn more about different cultures around the world
This channel is more educational than school. And thaught me a lot about Japan.
@@SergioLeonardoCornejo the old lesson still remains if you make stuff enterntaning to learn people will learn it
Theres an old Japanese proverb that this reminds me of. And not just this video but all of the ones you've posted.
When the artist allows his work to impress upon him, that is true art. When the artist believes he can impress upon his work, that is delusion.
Never stop creating my friend, never stop learning, teaching, or dreaming. For it is these qualities that make you who you are. You are a true artist, and you have shown others the works of art that others have created. Go forth into the night dear friend, go forth and show the nightmares of ignorance that your blades have not dulled, and your armor has not cracked, show the world your art. Of all who have achieved it you are by far one of the most worthy of immortality, you've become effortless to remember.
-Umbranox, Bear of the Morningstar
Interesting. When I heard from the Reviews that the story was the weakest part of the game, I thought their could be more to it than they realized.
Grad you went down the rabbit hole and found the truth Gaijin! I’ll have to buy this game in the future now.
I think the people that reviewed it didn’t pay attention to the story. It is a lot of text for a non rpg game. It’s extra complicated, westerners like to have their hand held through everything.
No matter the era... The ninja might die but the knowledge will live on
Why do we always cross paths?
@@donovanhadley2209 Because we have good taste and a thirst for knowledge too.
@@WarmLillie and because you're very cute.
@@artoriapendragonidilfitri7414 You think I’m cute? Thxs ^^
Also can I tell you something?
@@WarmLillie Yes and you can tell me something.
I hope this game will have a physical release because it really needs one.
Why? Digital distribution means that the resources that would go into packaging and disks/cartridges don't get used up. The metals used to make computer components are getting rarer and rarer, and recovering them from old electronics is hard or outright impossible in most cases. Digital releases are one of the ways to cut down on using the planet's resources which are already being consumed faster than it can recover.
Imagine a ninja in the web actually purposely targrting a VPN to break it into shreds and make zillions of computers less secure in one mega swoop.
This gives me ideas for a new thing to work with.
VPN isn't anything new. We see that in the hacker movies of the 90's. It only become broadly available nowadays. But it is efficient mostly against script kiddies.
@@TheRezro New or not, imagine a web ninja targeting VPN.
Hey Gajin, I think the ninja from Ninjago could make an interesting Which Ninja, although as much as I love that show I doubt their gonna get a good ninja score 😅
Yeah.
I'd still like to see that, though.
The tmnts of the 2010s
Yes please
And that's what will make it interesting.
I agree with Marc Kuhn
Cyber shadow reminds me a lot of old school ninja gaiden, fast paced and hard as heck
The game is more like Strider than Gaiden
I love that you're talking about the philosophy right as I finished reading through the Seishin sections in the bansenshukai.
Life and Death... Is just like Yin and Yang, a constant flow and cycle.
Stoping the flow... It will no longer allow to change. Trying to prevent yourself from dying will also mean, you will no longer allow you to truly live and enjoy life.
If anything since there a need a balance... Your outer physical body live but it will come at the cost of your inner self death.
I’m becoming a better ninja and leaning even more
These principles can be used for more than just Ninja, though. From gaming (the Flow State) to writing (creation and block) and art (design to completion)
Everything flows from one to another. Either in a physical, spiritual or mental state.
Now I want to watch the soul movie now
I loved this game. And I'm grateful for the checkpoints otherwise I would've been having to resist throwing my PS4 controller in rage.
Thank you so much for this video guys. As a practitioner of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu and a lifelong fan of all things ninja, I have studied SO MUCH on ninja philosophy and religion and this instantly struck a chord with me.
Love this game and philosophy, like Taoism with states of flow
i'm actually a huge fan of philosophy, and psychology in some ways.
so watching people describe games with deeper subconscious meanings and descriptions, often gives me a chance to smile a relax. but knowing that these games are eventually played enough to instill memories and live on, makes me proud to be a fellow gamer myself. knowing that if these simple games can touch one soul, they can touch thousands more.
How to describe the game? One word: sadistic
I caught the tail end of the research stream for this and your reaction to the ending was priceless.
Wouldn't have come across this game without you, thank you for your work man!
Gaijin Goombah, thanks for always producing some awesome and well informed topics. :D
Some characters you could analyze:
Gray Fox (Metal Gear Solid)
Daredevil (Marvel)
Vega (Street Fighter)
Snake Eyes and/or Storm Shadow (GI Joe)
Ra's Al Ghul and the League of Assaasins/Shadows (DC)
As for if they good/bad: 1) I'm not sure? 2) Good, 3) Is he even a ninja? 4) Bad, 5) Not a ninja.
It would be nice to have on the show something like Pixel Shinobi, it's one of the few games that covers the ninja's crafting
I love this game so much i knew you were gonna make a video on it!
This quite an interesting experience, especially from a game who's premise involved cyborg ninjas. While visuals and good gameplay are somewhat vital for a good game, I believe that a good, developed story is also key for players to be in tune with the game, even if it's not always clear in the get go. I'm convinced to check out the story even more when I get the chance.
On a side note, how they potray the later two elementals is slightly confusing do to possible American localization (in my uninformed opinion, I could be wrong), but make sense in the broad aspect. Wood and plant life as element has an ambiguous identity, often viewed to be paired with either earth or air (depending on cultural views of the element). So the image of tree despite being an "earth elemental" could make sense to fit both th eastern and western POV of the game. On the other hand, metal as an element is a concept that is not fully grasp in compared to the other natural elements, especially in the west. This is probably due to the notion we often think of machines and made tools when thinking of metal, other than the natrual ores and minerals in the earth I assumed metal means to represent. So the "lightning" being the fourth elemental in place of metal is somewhat a stretch, but slightly understandable as electricity and metal are often associated with machines. Heck, it might mean the some sort of electro-magatism aspect between the two, but that's just my blind guess.
Overall, I thought it was an interesting story worth investing, and feels well crafted when looked at the large scale.
I really appreciate this video. I love the story of this game and wish there was more discussion surrounding it.
I always enjoy your videos, I learn new things and get new perspectives on things I've already heard about
Basically if you pay attention you might actually pick up something interesting and not just dismiss it immediately. Not every game was designed to be completely mindless.
Cool video, really interesting stuff i never considered about cyber shadow’s story! I think you were pronouncing Apparitor’s name wrong, but I mean so did I before I actually looked up what an apparitor was, lol.
Fascinating. Thank you as always for a great video.
Excellent Video bro! 🤙🏾
Here's a weird though: Samus Aran is a sci-fi rendition of Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
Like, both got taught by wise bird people the ways of combat, both got into trouble with their superiors.
Either it's a hell of a coincidence or there's some intentional parallels in there.
I love the game play and the story line. Very well done.
I knew it would be only time before you hit this gem of a game!
Thanks for another educational video!
Hooray, more Which Ninja? content. Although I like Yokai Watchers/Yokai Hunters better as a series, and you can't go wrong with the original Culture Shock and Gaijin Goombah Japanese culture examinations, I love these in-depth examinations of ninja clothing, weapons, disguises, techniques, and right here philosophy and the spiritual roots of ninjutsu in Taoism and Buddhism... and of course the classic jingle "Real ninja wear blue." never gets old.
Keep up the great work. I love it.
I was already down with this game based on game play but all this culture in there as well sounds really neat too
Im planing on geting the game soon, just becuse of your guy's video. Hopefully it is gonna be fun!
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Fun fact, an apparitor (which I pronounce ah-pair-it-ur) is a messenger, a subtle nod to "The Messenger" which is another 2D ninja game. Specifically an apparitor is a religious messenger.
Apparitor believes himself to be the incarnation of the Lightening Elemental and resents Shadow because Shadow is a late addition to the clan and because the Master chooses Shadow. Jealousy is Apparitor's underlying motivation, not a quest for power.
He believes that his clan was deceived by an anti-christ in the form of Shadow and so his slaughter of the caln in order to save The Master is an act of faith. He believes that a sentient AI copy of The Master is The Master herself --- indeed, even this AI doesn't know that she isn't actually The Master (I love the movie "Bicentennial Man" and I say there is no real difference between consciousness of the flesh and consciousness of the machine, they are the same; I digress). So he falsely believes that she is alive when in fact she is hidden away comatose and on life support, not alive and not dead.
I love the story in Cyber Shadow, I'm a big fan of Darren Aronofsky's "The Fountain" and my favorite Studio Ghibli movie is "Tales From Earthsea", both are heavily about the folly of seeking eternal life. I also really love "Spirited Away" which is a touchpoint for me when thinking about what the "Ethos" is in Cyber Shadow.
This only show if you truly love something let it go but if come back it’s yours.
Except that doesn't happen. Especially with people.
@@SergioLeonardoCornejo It happen to me a lot actually.
@@WarmLillie the opposite in my experience.
@@SergioLeonardoCornejo Wow.
The excitement between GG and my friend for this game was overwhelming, and I'm likely to pick it up real soon because of it.
This game and the story remind me of Mirai Ninja/Cyber Ninja and that make me really happy knowing that story is still very important i gaming and doing their research and you maye to bring it to light, Thank You 😊🤘🥷🧡💛💚💙❤
2077 might be deviceive, but Ninjutsu is in it because it was something you could do in Cyberpunk 2020. Yes you can build a full on cybershinobi in the tabletop rpg, and have multiple routes to do it. You will need three splat books to fully look at that form on top of the "Sourcebook" that 2077 gives you. Those books being Wildside(Prowler class), Pac Rim Sourcebook (info on Japan), and Firestorm: Stormfront(Covert Specialist Class). And also thank you for the 5e Tengu and Tanuki guides.
I love Gaijin’s Which Ninja series as I am a huge fan of Japanese culture and learning of the way of the ninja
Wow! I wasn't really interested this game at first, but after listening the story of Cyber Shadow. I'm going to check this out.
When you talked about the five elements and yin and yang it reminded me of the lunar new years where there are twelve animals the five elements and yin and yan for each lunar new year
There's a manga called Jigokuraku, that also says a lot about the philosophy of the ninja and even though it has supernatural elements, when it comes to ninja techniques they feel strangely authentic. Like the main character who is a top tier ninja, has legit superpowers, but whenever he calls out a technique it's something that is prety plausible, like throwing a bunch of rocks.
I'll try taking a look at this when I can
Just to leave the suggestion, I'd love to see you cover the actual histories of Masamune and Muramasa. Feels like there's a lot of confusing misdirects with that whole story and I'd love to hear somebody talk about the differences between myth and what could be the reality.
I want a movie made based on this game, but without losing its themes in adaptation this deserves to be adapted as it's presented plain and simple. Trust me the story of the game and this analysis is prove this can work as a my vie or even an anime movie.
Thanks for another amazing lesson gaijin big fan of the channel
This video was awesome and analytic, but one of the interesting people he could look at for a future video is Agent 47 from the Hitman franchise.
Which ninja that you review for this series so far surprised you the most?
Hold up youtube why isnt this on de als nieuw upload i dont even know how i got this video im subscribed and notified but
I highly recommend this game. It can be brutally hard at times, but it is really good.
I see all your points here and it kinda got me think potentially you could make a episode of which ninja on raven from the takken series just a suggestion I throwing out there
I’d love to see Gaijin try to make a ninja-style build in Cyberpunk 2077.
Lives systems aren't outdated in any way, they're just always horribly misused.
Lives should be an extension of health. Whilst health is a mechanic to ensure you understand what you're currently being tested on, lives is a mechanic that ensures you understand what you've been tested on recently. Many times I've played games and got to a part where it expects me to know something I should have learned previously but didn't, and die way, way too many times. If the game had a life system, I wouldn't have died anywhere near as many times because I would have been brought back to where I could properly learn that which I failed to learn the first time.
Saying a lives system is outdated is like saying a health system is outdated. Not every game needs it, but it massively helps reduce the extremity of game's difficulty spikes if implemented properly.
Handy that this kind of spiritualism also helps to make sure your agents of espionnage aren't afraid to give their lives for their work.
Cool video!
It’d be interesting to see what you could get out of Asaaj Ventress from “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”, being a Sith assassin and all.
This game was so good. Just awesome.
What about Sixshot from Transformers (specifically his Japanese Continuity appearance since that’s the one where he’s a ninja)? They don’t call him the ninja consultant for nothing
Yet another reason to love this game.
Now THAT is a story!
It's amazing what you can find when you re-orient the angle you are looking at. With that out of the way, Gaijin Goombah really hasn't touched on Digimon, to my knowledge, aside from that one time he did a cultural breakdown of Renamon. But here's the thing, that franchise has a lot more Japanese culture baked into it, and he did say he would like to revisit Digimon at some point. The 2020 reboot of Digimon Adventure really hammered home just how much Japanese culture is baked into the franchise, with one of their big opponents being Orchimon (who is clearly based on the Yamata no Orochi, as is evident by the name). But even so, Digimon has a few Digimon based on ninjas. Off the top of my head, there are Ninjamon (which should make it obvious), Shurimon (a humanoid plant with massive freaking shuriken for its hands and feet), the Falcomo( which has some clear shinobi inspirations). Ninjamon only showed up Digimon Adventure 02 a handful of times, and I'm unaware of what sort of presence it had in the games, but Shurimon did show up quite a bit in 02, Ravemon is a Digimon that didn't show up until the latter half of Digimon Savers (Digimon Data Squad in the English dub market) and is the final stage evolution of Falcomon. But here's the thing, Falcomon (a Rookie/child level Digimon) is basically a falcon that throws shuriken and has dark colors, and there's Peckmon (a Champion/Adult level Digimon) that is based on a ground-based bird, like an emu or ostrich or cassowary, but and it falls into the trope of throwing kunai. But things start to get a little different when it evolves into Crowmon (an Ultimate/Perfect level Digimon), it starts channeling the religious elements of shinobi you been talking about in a few videos. And finally, there's Ravemon (a Master/Ultimate level Digimon), who goes into being a sort of dark warrior that uses ambush tactics.
Yeah..I'll have to hit this vid back up after I play the game as it's on my 'to play' list. I'll be back for this vid later GG cause I don't wanna get spoiled.
I love your videos and the subjects you cover. I'm in love with Ninja Philosophy and am creating a character based on real Ninjustu. I would love to know the best place to study more of this and would love to know where would be the best place. Also, where could I find the Tree Art of Ninjutsu at 6:34 in your video? I will share my character with you if you are interested. Thanks for your time, Gaijin Goombah. :D
Also, what books do you recommend and sites, please.
Keep up the awesome videos. :)
I would like to see you check out some more of the characters from the Soul Calibar series.
I guess Shinobi philosophy would have been around. It was probably something similar to bushido, which was a philosophy or an idea that samurai had discussions about in the Edo period after Japanese warring states period. Of course, in the 1930s, was then written into an actual book. However, these would been discussed after warring states period. There probably wasn't a lot for samurai to set down and discuss philosophy. Probably dimyo or samurai lords, but that's because there lords.
man that sponsor segway was smooth
I hope you look at the Tenchu series in the future!
The game(s) art style looks really good.
Robo Ninja of the future is the long awaited lightning elemental. I see what they did there. Very clean cut.
Hey gaijin I was hoping you would do a culture shock on hellboy and the sword of storms. And see how much they got right and wrong. That would be interesting
wow that is surprinsingly deep
4:12 omg its v1!!!!!!
Basically; Cyber Shadow has a (really) deep story.
Might I suggest this game:
*Getsu Fuma Den*
Here's an interesting candidate for Which Ninja: Robin Hood from the Disney movie.
Interesting suggestion: how ninja can you be in skyrim?
With a focus on the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood
Always love those ninjas (:
I'm still waiting for a which ninja episode on Rikimaru, Ayame, or even the custom made character from the Tenchu series.
I'm definately getting this after beating sonic mania.
Can you do a which ninja episode on the ninja characters of League of Legends?
Like Akali, Shen, Zed, Kennen, etc.?
2:20 I wanna see how the dialogue will go from there :D
Y'know who I'd love to see him do a ninja analysis on? Corvo Attano from Dishonored.
Gaijin, could you make a video about Assassin's Creed Chronicles or ranking main assassins from least to most close to ninjas?
This game is so good,I even like the story.
08:50 Good thing I just finishied the game yesterday.
There is no death, there is only the force.
Nice study.
Hi Gaijin! I was wondering if you would look into Shadow San from Carmen Sandiego? It's a really good show and he's a really interesting character.
Here's a left field ninja to look at: The Ninja Monkey from the Bloons Tower Defense series. I think I've already seen enough of this show to already take a guess that this ninja is... less than accurate to real ninjas, but I do think the BTD6 iteration is the closest we get... even if it is a bit outlandish.
I have a couple suggestions for ninjanalysis.
First is Azami from Sakura Wars, a game I recently watched a good friend of mine play on Twitch.
The second (hear me out here) is Zorro. Yes, Zorro. The Spanish ninja.
hey gaijin i have a suggestion of a game to talk about on culture shock: Valheim it's a nordic inspired survival game that has a lot of content to talk about.
Has it occurred to anyone else that if you switch around the "which ones are good? which ones are bad?" to which ones are bad which ones are good, his intro not only rhymes throughout but the syllables match up with the jingle perfectly?
I think you should really do an episode on payday 2, not really a specific character, just the stealth mechanics. They have a skill tree literally called "Shinobi" they have a ninja weapon pack, with shuriken, and they actually use kunai properly. Answering pagers is on the fly trickery, much like what real ninja used. You steal Oda Nabunagas armour, which might not have to do a lot with ninja, but I thought it was cool. The skill "Sixth Sense" feels a lot like a form of jutsu. The Kuro Zukin is just a ninja mask. There isn't really a disguise system, but I feel like you could get a good video out of this game.
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AND DRIFT AWAYYYYY~!
Hey Gaijin! You should make a video on Paper Mario: The Origami King! There’s an area called shogun studios that is fully Japanese with an attraction called “the house of tricky ninjas”. Based on your videos it seems pretty accurate and authentic