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=== Ninja Ninja represents Afro's repressed thoughts and personality. ===

This is especially prominent in ''Resurrection'', but in both movies, what he says could be considered Afro's thoughts on the situation-- hissituation—his self doubts, his silly side, all the things Afro isn't. Remember-- heRemember—he first appears at the midnight battle under the Bodhi tree when he gets the Number Two Headband back, after all his closest friends are killed. In ''Resurrection'', nearly all of Ninja Ninja's lines could be considered Afro (or any normal person, for that matter)'s thoughts on the matter-- Formatter—For example:

And so on. Any of these could be thought of as what Afro's thinking or feeling at the time-- Hetime—He doesn't really ''like'' killing, and he's questioning himself, he doesn't ''want'' to become the Number Two again, he wants a lap dance, he ''hates'' the food, he's questioning why he's using a formal stance rather than just kill Shichigoro normally, and he doesn't want to believe that Sio was holding Afro's father's head.

Another important part- whenever a battle begins, he never sticks around for long- Either he runs off to do other things, or he's incapacitated somehow. In addition, at the end of ''[[Afro Samurai (Anime)|Afro Samurai]]'', where he "dies", Afro's remark about the two handed grip being twice as powerful as Kuma's [[Dual-Wielding]] is thought to be said to Kuma, as though Ninja Ninja was never there. This is because during battles, Afro is focused- he has no time for doubts or jokes, just actions. A point of interest is the one battle he ''does'' speak in-- thein—the one between Afro and his father. His dialogue consists of telling Afro to kill his father, because it can't ''possibly'' really be him, and that Afro's crazy for thinking so. At this point, it becomes obvious that Ninja Ninja is not real, as he is not visible in any point during the battle, and the dialogue between Afro and him takes place in Afro's mind.