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We all have in mind this image of a formidable ninja armed with a sword, dressed in black, hiding his face and able to use his grappling hook to access impregnable fortresses. And yet, if this figure may well have its roots in the history of feudal Japan, most of the characteristics of the fearsome warrior could only be late inventions to justify a lucrative tourism trade ... In this new episode we plunge into the bowels of ninjutsu and ninjas to see more clearly!
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