Prana is a technique used by Joe Musashi in the Shinobi series. As described in The Art of War, prana is "a kind of trance in which a ninja can slow his heartbeat and breathe shallowly to appear dead". Musashi used this when faced with a Neo Zeed obstacle course, feigning death at the hands of heavy nerve gas. The scheme actually helped him escape the death course and gain access to The Void's room, allowing him to rescue Naoko when he chose to come out of his trance. The Void noticed this quickly and berated his assassin underlings for not recognising the signs.
Prana was used quite differently in the following adventure. In a one-on-one battle with The Void, Musashi went into prana whilst standing, "drawing power from the Earth". When he awoke, the hero had some sort of magical power to rival his foe. The technique allowed him to win the battle and ended the Neo Zeed's hassling of him.
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External links
- Prana at Wikipedia
- Not to be confused with prAna, a United States clothing store.