Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Ep 53: Two and a Half Ninjas — Ninjas in FFXIV
A routine investigation for the Rogue's Guild ends up with us entangled in Doman drama. These Shinobi from a distant imperial territory have picked our backyard to hash out their personal issues. Join us as we sort out friend from foe and learn a thing or two about ninja-ing along the way, during the Ninja job quest in Final Fantasy XIV.
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(Jen here) Dude, these comments were so enlightening! When we were playing through the quests, I felt like this was a ”tale as old as time” but couldn’t articulate why. And I love that the ”dim” descriptor was a play on words.
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Oh, fun fact about Karasu calling Oboro ”dim”: it’s a kinda ’lost in translation’ pun. The name Oboro in Japanese can mean ”haze, mist, or dim (as in light levels)” so it’s like calling someone you don’t like named Richard ”” very pointedly, and fits because Oboro isn’t exercising his critical thinking skills
Monday Jul 10, 2023
As a consumer of some ninja media (mostly anime and video games so...big ol’ grain of salt), Karasu is interesting. His arc is subversive, but it’s a subversion I’ve seen several times. The idea of a villain who intentionally with the ”hero” and is seemingly cruel/evil, but is actually helping said hero grow is definetly an anime trope. I still enjoyed it, because any story that says tradition sucks is OK in my book
Monday Jul 10, 2023
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