History Main / SamuraiInNinjaTown

* The Land of Iron, unlike the other lands in ''{{Naruto}}'', has samurai (who look like [[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 seems to posses 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.

* ''MuramasaTheDemonBlade'' has both ninja and samurai as enemies and allies at various points. The protagonists are a ninja and a princess who's possessed by the spirit of a samurai.

* In ''SamuraiChamploo'' one of the main characters is a {{Ronin}}, a masterless samurai. Several ninja-like characters make appearances during the show and generally give the characters a fair run for their money, but the only person outright stated to be one is the baseball-loving, sunglass-wearing ninja in episode 21, who ends up shanghaing the main characters to play a game of baseball against a US invasion of Japan. [[AnachronismStew In the 17th century]].

* Many samurai in ''SengokuBasara'' have ninjas who serve them, so both types of character turn up as playable characters and enemies.

* The SixthRanger in ''PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' is the Green Samurai Ranger (his Sentai predecessor was a ninja like the rest of the team).

* MusashiSamuraiLegend has Musashi, the heroic samurai, against endless {{Mooks}} of Ninjaroids, which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin; [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Ninja]] ''[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Androids]].''

* Many samurai in ''SengokuBasara'' have ninjas who serve them, so both types of character turn up as enemies.

* The Land of Iron, unlike the other lands in {{Naruto}}, has samurai (who look like [[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 seems to posses 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.
* In NabariNoOu, most of the main characters are ninja, but Raimei and Raiko identify themselves as samurai.

* In {{Samurai 7}}, a group of ninjas live under the city that the main characters visit, and threaten to destroy said city if not appeased with bribes.
* This trope takes inspiration from RealLife (and not just Japanese history) as it makes sense for warrior leaders (samurai) to send assassins (ninja) against their rivals before or in lieu of facing them on the battlefield.

A specific trope focused on the popular concept that if Samurai are present within a given story, chances are that ninjas will follow, or vice-versa.

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* This trope arguably takes inspiration from RealLife (and not just Japanese history) as it makes sense for warrior leaders (samurai) to send assassins (ninja) against their rivals before or in lieu of facing them on the battlefield.

* In Samurai 7, a group of ninjas live under the city that the main characters visit, and threaten to destroy said city if not appeased with bribes.

* In Samurai7, a group of ninjas live under the city that the main characters visit, and threaten to destroy said city if not appeased with bribes.

When the samurai is the protagonist, more often than not is (s)he a master swordsman who is either humble, or the silent type, able to slice a speeding bullet in two without even so much giving a snarl, as (s)he cuts armies of ninja down with a single swipe. As a mook? Usually the samurai is just a loud dumbass with a sword...live and learn.

Rare, but not impossible however, is the concept of both samurai and ninja protagonists working double-team, helping each other balance out weaknesses, but usually arguing about principles and combat stratagem. Regardless, when combined, armies tend to fall faster than sakura petals beneath a full moon.

* The Land of Iron, unlike the other lands in {{Naruto}}, has samurai (who look like [[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 seems to posses 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]].

* The SixthRanger in ''PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' is the Green Samurai Ranger.

Rare, but not impossible however, is the concept of both samurai and ninja protagonists working double-team, helping each other balance out weaknesses, but usually arguing about principals and combat stratagem. Regardless, when combined, armies tend to fall faster than sakura petals beneath a full moon.

* ''MuramasaTheDemonBlade'' has both ninja and samurai as enemies and allies at various points. The protagonists are a ninja and a princess who's posessed by the spirit of a samurai.

* ''[[MuramasaTheDemonBlade Muramasa: The Demon Blade]]'' has both ninja and samurai as enemies and allies at various points. The protagonists are a ninja and a princess who's posessed by the spirit of a samurai.

* The Land of Iron, unlike the other lands in {{Naruto}}, has samurai (who look like [[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 seems to posses the same superhuman feets 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]].

* The Land of Iron, unlike the other lands in {{Naruto}}, has samurai (who look like [[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 seems to posses the same superhuman feets as the Ninja (minus Elemental abilities) but the regular samurai suffer from wearing [[FacelessGoons face-concealing masks]] and [[NominalImportance lacking names]][[spoiler: for which Sasuke slaughtered without problem]]. Their leader Mifune, however, is able to hold his own against [[spoiler: Hanzo, who was one of the most powerful ninja in the world]].

* The Land of Iron, unlike the other lands in {{Naruto}}, has samurai (who look like [[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 seems to posses the same superhuman feets as the Ninja (minus Elemental abilities) but the regular samurai suffer from wearing [[FacelessGoons face-concealing masks]] and [[NominalImportance lacking names]][[spoiler: for which Sasuke slaughtered without problem]]. Their leader Mifune, however, is able to hold his own against [[spoiler:[[WallBanger Hanzo]], who was one of the most powerful ninja in the world]].

* The Land of Iron, unlike the other lands in {{Naruto}}, has samurai (who look like [[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 (as good as the ANBU or so), but the regular samurai suffer from wearing [[FacelessGoons face-concealing masks]] and [[NominalImportance lacking names]]. Their leader Mifune, however, is able to hold his own against [[spoiler:Hanzo, who is one of the most powerful ninja in the world]].

* The Land of Iron, unlike the other lands in {{Naruto}}, has samurai (who look like [[StarWars Stoormtroopers]]) 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 (as good as the ANBU or so), but suffer from wearing face-concealing masks and lacking names.
** However, their leader Mifune is able to hold his own against [[spoiler:Hanzo, who is one of the most powerful ninja in the world]].
* In NabariNoOu, most of the main characters are ninja, but Raimei and Raiko identify themselves as samurai.