9th March 2005, 4:20 PM
I don't just the coolness based on which one's stronger, just by which one is more entertaining to watch in the movies, on TV, and in video games. Shadow from Final Fantasy VI, for example, is awesome and he's a ninja. Samurai are still awesome (Rurouni Kenshin is the only anime I've been watching lately, and the manga is even better than that dubbed crap) and I realize that they're actually more powerful, but ninjas put on a better show in fiction, if only slightly.