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*''Manga/OnePiece'': Wano Country is an isolationist island nation in the New World based on [[{{Jidaigeki}} Feudal Japan]] that heavily features both Samurai and Ninjas as the primary solider/warrior class in their society. These Samurai and Ninja are the primary reason that Wano has remained isolated from the rest of the world for centuries, as they are considered extremely powerful fighters to the point that even the globally dominant World Government is fearful of them.
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* The Land of Iron, unlike the other lands in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', has samurai (who look like [[Franchise/StarWars Stormtroopers]]) instead of Ninja. This makes the Land of Iron a useful neutral ground for the leaders of the ninja villages to hold a summit. The samurai are fairly competent, using Chakra to create energy blades and seem to possess the same superhuman feats as the Ninja (minus Elemental abilities) but the regular samurai suffer from wearing [[FacelessGoons face-concealing masks]] and [[NominalImportance lacking names]] [[spoiler:as can be seen by the few Sasuke encountered and killed]]. Their leader Mifune, however, is able to hold his own against [[spoiler: Hanzo, who was one of the most powerful ninja in the world]]. Mifune's specialty is using [[IaijutsuPractitioner iaijutsu]] to disrupt ninja hand seals (required for the majority of their superhuman techniques), and is so fast on the draw that [[spoiler:Hanzo]] concedes that attempting those techniques against him would be pointless.
** Much earlier, in the [[TheMagnificentSevenSamurai Land of Waves Arc]], Naruto and co face off against a bunch of ronin-mooks working for [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Gato]]. They're substantially less badass than the Land of Iron's samurai.
** Much earlier, in the [[TheMagnificentSevenSamurai Land of Waves Arc]], Naruto and co face off against a bunch of ronin-mooks working for [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Gato]]. They're substantially less badass than the Land of Iron's samurai.
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** In the [[TheMagnificentSevenSamurai Land of Waves Arc]], Naruto and co face off against a bunch of ronin-mooks working for [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Gato]]. They're pretty vastly inferior to the ninja featured in the arc, including the other ones Gato hired.
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** Much earlier, in the [[TheMagnificentSevenSamurai Land of Waves Arc]], Naruto and co face off against a bunch of ronin-mooks working for [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Gato]]. They're substantially less badass than the Land of Iron's samurai.
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** In the 13th episode, Mechamato makes himself a ninja-esque form while battling Sumorai.
--> '''Pian''': Whoa! Ninja vs. Samurai!
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** In the 13th episode, Mechamato makes himself a ninja-esque form (called Mechaninja) while battling Sumorai.
--> ---> '''Pian''': Whoa! Ninja vs. Samurai!
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* ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'': A variant.
** There is a ninja-themed robot, [[CyberCyclops Ninjamera]], and a samurai-themed robot, [[{{Portmanteau}} Sumorai]], both escaped convicts of the crash-landed prison spaceship.
** In the 13th episode, Mechamato makes himself a ninja-esque form while battling Sumorai.
--> '''Pian''': Whoa! Ninja vs. Samurai!
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* ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'': A variant.
** There is a ninja-themed robot, [[CyberCyclops Ninjamera]], and a samurai-themed robot, [[{{Portmanteau}} Sumorai]], both escaped convicts of the crash-landed prison spaceship.
** In the 13th episode, Mechamato makes himself a ninja-esque form while battling Sumorai.
--> '''Pian''': Whoa! Ninja vs. Samurai!
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* ''VideoGame/ShadowTacticsBladesOfTheShogun'' has Hayato, the [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold cold]] ProfessionalKiller who is only in it for the money [[spoiler:at first]], vs. Mugen, the big BoisterousBruiser NiceGuy {{Samurai}}. Mugen thinks little of Hayato's detached nature but respects his abilities, and Hayato thinks Mugen is a brash idiot [[spoiler:but takes his suicide poorly.]]
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** Played straight if you regard this as Jin's internal conflict. In the beginning he watches the {{Samurai}} be cut down on the beaches of Tsushima by the CombatPragmatist Mongols and suffers his own personal failure trying to rescue his uncle, after which he is humbled and reconsiders his approach. The narrative and rewards of the first act favour the Ghost, and Jin's allies will either approve or disapprove of the dishonourable tactics and persona he adopts. After rescuing Lord Shimura halfway through the game, the old man tries to lure Jin back to a return to the Samurai way and subsequently this playstyle becomes viable - but a player set in the ways of the Ghost can continue to use cloak and dagger if they wish. [[spoiler:With the conclusion of the second act and another embarrassing defeat caused by Shimura's [[LawfulStupid stubborn adherence]] to a mindset that the Mongols are all too clearly eager to exploit, Jin hits the GodzillaThreshhold and rebels against his uncle. At this point, Jin is determined to drive the Mongols back into the sea even if he has to publicly piss on the tenets of Bushido and so the negative stigma against Ghost tactics is removed; whether Jin adopts the Ghost only reluctantly, or as his go-to method, is the player's final decision.]]
* ''VideoGame/ShadowTacticsBladesOfTheShogun'' has Hayato, the [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold cold]] ProfessionalKiller who is only in it for the money [[spoiler:at first]], vs. Mugen, the big BoisterousBruiser NiceGuy {{Samurai}}. Mugen thinks little of Hayato's detached nature but respects his abilities, and Hayato thinks Mugen is a brash idiot [[spoiler:but takes his suicide poorly.]] There is also a female ninja named Aiko (whose skills are centered on subterfuge and misdirection rather than stealth), [[AvertedTrope but she is]] Mugen's ''lover''.
* ''VideoGame/ShadowTacticsBladesOfTheShogun'' has Hayato, the [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold cold]] ProfessionalKiller who is only in it for the money [[spoiler:at first]], vs. Mugen, the big BoisterousBruiser NiceGuy {{Samurai}}. Mugen thinks little of Hayato's detached nature but respects his abilities, and Hayato thinks Mugen is a brash idiot [[spoiler:but takes his suicide poorly.]] There is also a female ninja named Aiko (whose skills are centered on subterfuge and misdirection rather than stealth), [[AvertedTrope but she is]] Mugen's ''lover''.
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* The ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' and ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' cross over quite a bit. The titular Usagi is a {{Ronin}}, a wandering samurai without a master, while the turtles are...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well, guess]].
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* The ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' and ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' cross over quite a bit. The titular Usagi is a {{Ronin}}, a wandering samurai without a master, while the turtles are...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well, guess]].
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* As mentioned in the intro myths about ''UsefulNotes/IshikawaGoemon'' have the Ninja thief facing off against Samurai in service of evil lords.
* UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo is one of the most well known ninja in history. However, in reality, he's a {{Samurai}} first who just happened to command a battalion of ninja, he made his debut during the Battle of Anegawa and prefers to ride into battle with spear. His ninja battalion is from his homeland of Iga, therefore he's a literal example of the trope.
* UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo is one of the most well known ninja in history. However, in reality, he's a {{Samurai}} first who just happened to command a battalion of ninja, he made his debut during the Battle of Anegawa and prefers to ride into battle with spear. His ninja battalion is from his homeland of Iga, therefore he's a literal example of the trope.
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* As mentioned in the intro intro, myths about ''UsefulNotes/IshikawaGoemon'' have the Ninja thief facing off against Samurai in service of evil lords.
* UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo is one of the most well known ninja in history. However, in reality,he's he was a {{Samurai}} first who just happened to command a battalion of ninja, he ninja. He made his debut during the Battle of Anegawa and prefers preferred to ride into battle with a spear. His ninja battalion is was from his homeland of Iga, therefore he's a literal example of the trope.
* UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo is one of the most well known ninja in history. However, in reality,
