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User blog comment:AssassinRome/Assassins in Japan?/@comment-3058930-20120805212727/@comment-3058930-20120807104150
Considering how well trained the Samurai were and how close the shinobi's training is to that of an Assassin, I would say yes. It would make for hard and interesting enemy archetypes.