The Ninja Handbook
Equal parts ninja geekery and pop-cultural satire, The Ninja Handbook falls into that odd category of book that presents fiction as reality.
Branded as an “Official Product of the International Order of Ninjas,” it’s an exploration of the lessons a non-ninja, or nonja, needs to learn in order to become a ninja. Of course, the book is subtitled “This Book Looks Forward To Killing You Soon,” so one might expect that the lessons to be taught aren’t quite so easy, or ordinary.
The book offers introductory advice and information about ninja, including how to form a ninja clan and make a clan flag. It also teaches the Path to nearly ninja-hood, broken up into subsections that cover (in turn) the Nonja (non-ninja), those who are Ninjaish, the Ninjalike, the “Whooooooooo,” (the sound of a gentle breeze) and then the I.T.A.N. (”Is That A Ninja?”).
Take with a pinch of sashimi!
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