Tokyo Historical Parade-The 47 Ronin

[avelinojunie78]

47 ronins? how come there's like hundreds of them? lol

[extondude]

i would turn up, dressed as a templar knight and see how many ppl i piss off

[macrick]

@extondude Yr Head probably will be on a platter according to Japanese tradition.

[extondude]

@macrick now thats not very nice :'( i just want to be special D'x

[pnickel000]

@extondude yeah but the templar knights were a bunch of fags who raped children

[extondude]

@pnickel000 Thats priests and gary gliter that does that, not kights

[duongngocvuminh]

Ronin is the samurai whose master was dead and he doesnt suicide after the dead of his master.

[TheThomasto123]

these are naginata warrior monks, i think they didnt wear armor for they had much morale and would fight till death

[elesararwos]

@TheThomasto123 I think actually these are men dressed as the legendary 47 Ronin of Japanese history

Why do you think they're naginata warrior monks?

[TheThomasto123]

@elesararwos They look like monks, the monks that I've seen near the mountains.

[elesararwos]

@TheThomasto123 fair point

but they're definitely not carrying naginata

[TheThomasto123]

@elesararwos sorry xD I'm blind and i've lost my glasses for 2 years now........ wierdly I'm surviving it!

[elesararwos]

@TheThomasto123 it's alright that's understandable

the yari and the naginata have the same basic construction after all

[TheThomasto123]

@elesararwos Wierdly I wonder how the naginata was not as well respected as the katana.....

[elesararwos]

@TheThomasto123 Not sure about that

I'd guess it's because the naginata is seen as a feminine weapon nowadays and the katana-wakizashi combo was the mark of the Samurai

plus the sword is seen as a sacred symbol, but then so are other weapons

[strangedays16]

i have a question. did they fight without armor??

[JUKIO01]

@strangedays16 ninjas didnt have armor

[strangedays16]

@JUKIO01 but they were ronin samurai, not ninjas

[ManabeRokuro]

@JUKIO01 You have no idea of wath is feudal japan...

[Armando7654]

weird culture

[mtgood]

日本三大仇討ちｗ

[DarronTehBeast]

wow i am learning about the samurai at school

[Arikisei]

kira-shit. god bless 47 ronins.god bless eternal nippon

[ahmed1985]

There's always, ALWAYS, a cunt trying to screw things.

The Chuushingura Legend is really awesome. =]

[ptlofts]

The Ronin should have tried to avange their master right after he was killed. Not waiting for revenge a year after.

[hongbao]

They would have failed then.

Their acceptance of censure for not acting to facilitate their eventual deed was virtue beyond impulsive and simple revenge

[WhiteTheTruth]

@hongbao revenge is honorable, a fool thinks otherwise.

[Bluehawk2008]

Ha ha, if Kira had died before they struck, they would be forever remembered as failures and cowards. But luckily for them, that was not the case.

[Deutschbanzai4735]

これ大河のテーマじゃｗ

[RoninDave]

nice. I went in 2005. I was standing on the corner near the subway exit so I missed the announcements.