Well, most of the times it's obvious sarcasm.
Kindof like the people who say hitler was a good person.
And he was!
After all, he killed hitler.
Anyhoooow, I wonder if the shadow will look like a mass of paper strips, or if they will animate it to make him more like a mass of darkness...
And yes, Zouken and Assassin are good together.
If one can ever say good about zouken that is.