2012-02-18, 10:04 PM
Link Wrote:Well, actually... the black uniforms were for sneaking around at night, which is what Ninjas were for. They were like our Navy Seals (except WAY weaker) - they would sneak into towns/villages at night and take out their targets as swiftly and quietly as possible. The black clothing was so they would never be seen.
I have no freaking idea why these people think THEY should be clothed in black or even why they should call themselves Ninjas. They're quite the opposite of what a Ninja was.
hmm, intriguing. From my understanding, the stagehands in Noh theatre wore all-black to obscure them from the scenes, and thats where the whole "black clothes and invisibility" thing spawned from, and hollywood perpetuated the whole thing of them always wearing black and slinking about in the night because of the rule of cool. *shrug*
Granted not much is known for their historical origins and by no means am I an expert on the matter.
Either way, silly iranians playing ninja. =x