>>4731
>Can't believe he made it
It works off a principle that's obvious too me, which means since it's in a Ninja show it's a principle others see too; if you want "in", you have to make yourself known, and it doesn't matter how, as long as your intent is made clear. They showed it very clearly using some illogical discrepancies: the Russian speaks stilted but fluent Japanese, but he's unusually stupid thinking an "angry note" telling people not to pee in the alley is a secret message, and he mixes up hiragana and katakana when writing on the wall. If he had Japanese family he'd speak like a native but maybe not know kana. But if he studied it, which the stilted speech implies, the first thing he'd learn is kana, so this part is just dumb from any normal perspective.

Therein lies the real "ninja code".

The "stupid misunderstanding" however leads him to attempt a very violent act against an unrelated innocent person. That sends the message that he lacks certain limitations, which is a trait needed for ninjas. So it worked, for the wrong reason.

But that is the principle. He's a stupid foreigner who's a fan of the organization enough to go there and do what he did, and that makes him perfectly loyal. He doesn't understand anything, and that is even better for a useful spy.

The method will always work, but it won't work by the logic you applied. That is the secret. It's a kind of double-think; you will do something, while full knowing that what you do will not work for the reason you stated to yourself that it will work. But all the while you know deep inside that it will work, and that awareness is the thing they are looking for, the secret logic of the Ninja.