Animations and Expectations of Current/Future Jobs

[Tonkra]

The point I'm getting at is that ninja shouldn't have special emphasis on their aesthetics simply for being ninja.

I strongly disagree, because i dont see "special" movement animations for paladin and bard. First they dont have any iconic movements.
Their uniqueness comes from their combat skills. For White Mage these are spells like holy etc.

Ninja moves just differently when he draws his weapon, which means: being in combat.
Which means... that ninja movement is part of their combat style/martial arts.. paladin, warriors etc. dont have iconic movements which are part of their combat skills.