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ANBU
#1
Posted 22 May 2011 - 08:55 AM
It's about ANBU, they're supposed to be the elite ninja right? Well tbh I don't recall one time when they haven't been owned. They always seem to get owned to show how grave the situation is, but as the elite isn't it their purpose to take down all the strong bad guys?
It's most of the time this scenario:
The elites get owned so we send the regular ninja? Imo and probably a whole other people's to, this just doesn't make sense. And still everyone is afraid/respects their strength. I don't understand
any thoughts about this?
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#3
Posted 23 May 2011 - 01:03 AM
So I say ANBU are elite, they just get pwned by the former ANBU and S rank baddies which pwn all. (Besides certain orange clad ninja lol)
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#4
Posted 23 May 2011 - 10:58 AM
About the S-class ninja never noticed that before but I guess this would be another one of those the next generation exceeds the previous kind of thing.
Like ANBU couldn't handle Akatsuki but Sakura (with Chijo's help) and Shikamaru each took one down, Naruto even 7 (if you count all Pains body's as one wich is basically like that, because most ninja's were barely a match for one of them).
(I don't count Nagato but Kakuzu)
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#5
Posted 23 May 2011 - 12:22 PM
Also consider that I belive that Yamato and Sai are still currently ANBU members and that Anko and Ibiki are part of ANBU intergation and torture unit. So there seems to be a broad range of skills and talents in ANBU that suggest its more of a unit than creme ala creme of Konaha.
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#6
Posted 23 May 2011 - 04:30 PM
(Sai is a decent example, as he was completely under Danzo's thumb before Naruto's talk-no-jutsu.)
Edited by RedDelicious, 23 May 2011 - 04:31 PM.
#7
Posted 23 May 2011 - 06:46 PM
I don't ever recall any of the Sannin being ANBU...Would anyone confirm whether they were ANBU, because personally, apart from Orochimaru, I can't see either Jiraiya or Tsunade as ANBU (cold assissine, stealth) ninja type.
Neither do I see Naruto or Sakura as ANBU type, but that's just me.
#8
Posted 24 May 2011 - 07:14 AM
I think ANBU look weak to show how strong the main characters (protagonists and antagonists) are. As long as you accept the axiom that they are elite, it shows that Naruto, Akatsuki, Sasuke, etc, are even more ridiculous. This is a difficult thing to accept though when Kishi hasn't really done much to show that ANBU are the elite compared to the masses.
The same thing happened in Ruroni Kenshin. Kaoru was supposedly on a national level according to the author, but she paled in comparison to Kenshin, Zano, and the baddies.
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#9
Posted 24 May 2011 - 04:37 PM
I did not express myself properly, by stealth I meant something in the direction of cold and emotionless.
Logically, from how I see it, the requisites of being ANBU would be power, total control of emotions (thus the mask, to wipe all emotions clean while on missions), ability to carry out orders (such as assissinations etc) without any questions and ruthlessness to carry out these assassinations.
That's why I fail to see Naruto/Sakura/Jiraiya/Tsunade as ANBU...but of course I may be wrong...
I would very much like to have confirmation about whether the Sannin were ANBU though, because I cannot find this info anywhere.
#10
Posted 24 May 2011 - 09:04 PM
And everyone pales even more in front of Hiko Seijuro. The man is a beast.
#11
Posted 26 May 2011 - 12:31 AM
#12
Posted 29 June 2011 - 01:18 PM
#13
Posted 07 July 2011 - 01:50 PM
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#14
Posted 08 July 2011 - 03:07 AM
Edited by shadow_Uzumaki, 08 July 2011 - 03:08 AM.
#15
Posted 08 July 2011 - 03:42 AM
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#16
Posted 08 July 2011 - 05:40 PM
So I guess that we can assume all ANBU are at least Jounin level.
At least the ones that go do field missions.
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