Universal
adj. Of, relating to, extending to, or affecting the entire world or all within the world
The art that is Shinobi is universal. It is a dance of the most graceful death, a song of harmonic sacrifices, a play in which both acts end in tragedy. It is a watercolor of muted reds, both before and after blood is spilt. It is a sculpture of what once was flesh turned to stone.
It possesses a terrible beauty; something one cannot help but marvel at. Like a tree as its branches reach for the sky at dusk, a living statue, it soon loses its innocence at the peak of its flower.
Each time metal comes in contact with flesh, it is the beginning of a great symphony, the movement and footfalls of the opponent as the rhythm, the pulses of chakra and voices as the melody, the clang of weapon against weapon as the harmony and the heartbeats of flesh and bone and mind keeps the whole ensemble going.
And suddenly, the story has ended, the last page left blank. It represents everything we are, our sins, our virtues, our hopes, our fears, that of whom we live for, our births, deaths, and rebirths. For the art that is Shinobi is universal.