

Why are the ANBU agents the easiest to kill off in Naruto and Naruto
Shippuuden?

Naruto's team was shown to be stronger than a team of ANBUs.

I'm just so confused why would they say that the ANBU are the best of the best
when they are the easiest to kill off


CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-02-14T07:21:12.417
29795
2020-05-06T23:49:22.860
2016-02-14T09:33:46.073
27
21097
question
naruto
Confused as to why ANBU agents are so easy to kill off


**In simple words because the enemy forces were seriously STRONG that ANBU
agents were not able to defeat them (as said by Happy Face in the comments).**

According to me, Naruto's team is an exceptionally very strong.

Kyuubi's Chakra + Sharingan + Healing = STRONGEST

So there is no doubt that they are stronger. They are exceptionally strong, so
we might say that they are stronger than ANBU agents.

When some strong enemies come to their village let's say Nagato, aka Pain,
then it's quite obvious that ANBU agents won't be able to defeat him because
Nagato is really strong, but Naruto did because he is exceptionally stronger
than the ANBU agents.

According to [wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Anbu) :

> One of the Fifth Hokage's ANBU bodyguards attributed his chakra supply to
> the Rinnegan. Nagato could also constantly alter the nature of his chakra to
> prevent him from being located by sensory type ninjas.

This is also written in [wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Anbu_Commander)
that:

> ANBU commander is very observant, seen when he recognises that Pain's
> chakra-levels must be immense and that he is controlling the bodies used to
> destroy Konoha by chakra alone.

But that doesn't mean that all anbu agents are nothing. For example
[Yamato](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Yamato) is also an ANBU agent, and if
you have seen him then you may have know that he is not easy to be defeated by
enemies just because he is strong.

There are many ANBU agents which differ from each other. They are responsible
for carrying out assassinations, tracking, surveillance, and missions
requiring specially trained ninja. Also some ANBU serve as interrogators. All
ANBU agents have their own skills.

But there's a point that we must note:

**ANBU are expected to destroy their bodies when they are badly injured on a
mission like that they won't be captured.**

Which might explain why they kill themselves every time they are badly hurt.
[Source](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Anbu)


CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-02-14T09:54:21.887
29796
2016-02-16T06:47:51.427
2016-02-16T06:47:51.427
20270
19221
29795
answer


The problem with the Anbu is that because they all wear masks, they are always
essentially anonymous. They have a reputation for being very strong, but
because no-one wants to see five anonymous men beat up one budding villain,
they never win any fights, only ever being defeated, sometimes by the dozens,
to show how strong some other ninja who actually has a name really is.

Comparing Naruto's team to the Anbu doesn't really make a lot of sense, at the
beginning of the series their power is basically Kakashi, one of the top jonin
in the leaf village, and Naruto sometimes being pretty helpful when his fox
chakra comes out. Sasuke is very talented, but is still just a kid, and
significantly weaker than any named jonin. As time goes on, Naruto becomes far
more powerful, first defeating Nagato which the entire Leaf Village was unable
to do, and then becoming basically a God by the end of the series.


CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-02-14T10:55:41.093
29799
2016-02-14T10:55:41.093
4515
29795
answer


One word, **Teamwork** , AMBU agents are able to eliminate their comrades if
the mission requires them to, The other teams work together & protect each
other, this simple aspect makes any team stronger than AMBU.


CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-05-04T20:06:09.967
57455
2020-05-04T20:06:09.967
53150
29795
answer


Whilst Light Yagami's answer makes the plot hold itself together, I believe
he's being naive.

Is more likely that they suffered the same fate as Stormtroopers did in Star
Wars. They're the elite squad, but they can't take away the protagonists
chance to save the day.


CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-05-06T23:49:22.860
57473
2020-05-06T23:49:22.860
22922
29795
answer