Re: - So... who *is* Ronin? (NA#11 SPOILERS)


"Shawn H" <shill#@fas.harvard.edu> wrote in message
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> Brian Doyle <noone@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> : "Shawn H" <shill#@fas.harvard.edu> wrote in message
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> : > Patrick McClue <pmcclue@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> : >
> : > : Shot in the dark. So we are looking for someone with martial arts
> : abilities
> : > : and has ties to the Avengers....Hope it isn't another time-traveling
son
> : of
> : > : (insert hero's name here).
> : >
> : > Are there reasons it can't be Shang-Chi? Betsy's a Chinese ninja,
isn't
> : > she?
>
> : Japanese, not Chinese, AFAIK
>
> I was trying to recall all that, but wasn't the Mandarin involved in the
> Jim Lee/Seige Perilous stuff? And isn't he Chinese?

Yes, but he has a powerbase in Japan. The Yakuza was heavily involved too,
and they're definitely Japanese.



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