Anyone else who...

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All that sneaky-stealthy stuff, beaten to death japanese cliches

Riiiiight... compared to all the mind-blowingly original classes we have so far. Let's see, there's Sword-and-Board Tank, Pet-Based DoT Caster, Glass Cannon Nuke Mage, Healer With Defensive Buff and Rez, Melee DPS Who Attacks From Behind... Yep, certainly never seen anything like those before! Ninja certainly has big shoes to fill when it comes to innovation.

and not to forget the naruto associations they bring along.

You may be surprised to learn that the Naruto manga/anime did not actually invent the concept of ninjas. They have been a thing for a while now. Believe it or not, there are, in fact, many people who do not think of Naruto at all when they see a ninja.
Also, did you know Twilight is not the first vampire novel? It's true!

Of all the classes they could implement this one is probably the one I'm least interested in. And I serously don't get the hype.

People... like... ninjas? I don't know what there is to "get," it's pretty simple. And Ninja has been a job in Final Fantasy for a while, so it makes sense to develop one for FFXIV. Or, you could view it as people just being excited for a new class/job in the game, no matter what it is.

Naruto is not a ninja... he's a loudmouthed dumbass that doesn't know the first thing about stealth or assassination, you know... the things Ninjas do. I cringe every time I hear the word ninja applied to anything at all having to do with Naruto... gawd I hate Naruto.

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