Excellent.
I can't give this one enough praise. The amuse me box was a great addition. The lightening in the backround when he talked about his father creating the image of a man was great, as was the apperance of the bird, don't think people don't notice.
I Must say, I've never seen Ninja Gaidan, I'm rather ashamed to say. But the bird and his dreams made me thing of 'The Crow'.
I thought, 'What if the dreams were not some future vision, but something that happened already.' There was also the guidance of the bird, the Crow, if thats what it is, and the way it appared, the way he said he had become a Zombie as well.
The story was excellently done. Thanks for taking the time to make it and share it with us. It Obviously took a lot of effort and thoughts about details.