

There's so much emphasis on being there for your team members, I don't
understand why Sakumo Hatake was looked down on for saving his comrades and
abandoning his mission, to the point he committed suicide. It's a part of the
story I find inconsistent.


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If Konoha was all about the Will of Fire, team work and never leaving behind comrades in need, why was Sakumo Hatake punished so bad?


It wasn't the fact that [Sakumo](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Sakumo_Hatake)
chose to save his comrades that lead to his disgrace. His decision to
abandoned the mission caused the mission to fail, which was supposedly very
critical for Konoha for it to succeed. His allies (Konoha and those who he
saved) blamed him for the loss, which lead to his suicide.

This is covered in _Naruto Chapter 240_.

[![Naruto chapter 240
snippet](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Aqe1Dl.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Aqe1Dl.png)


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I think that Konaha village at the time was not so forgiving. Missions were
given top priority. If he had abandoned his comrades to complete the mission,
he would have been praised as a hero, of course except by the family and
friends of his comrades he abandoned.

Even if Konaha village emphasis on being there for your team members and the
will of fire, there are very few people who in actuality carries this will,
most of who end up dead. This speculation is before the Naruto's time. Think
about it, there was Dan Kato (Tsunade's lover), Nawaki (Tsunade's brother),
Hiruzen Sarutobi, Asuma Sensei, Jiraya, Itachi and the list goes on.

Konaha might seem like a bright place at the first glance, but there were so
many bad things hidden in the shadows, like Anbu black ops lead by Danzo,
Orochimaru's secret experiments, even people who viewed naruto as a monster.
Only after Naruto began to accumulate some achievements did people began to
recognize that yeah! we should have each others back.

In most of these cases, Naruto worked exceptionally hard and always remained
optimistic, and managed to save his comrades and was able to either complete
the mission or achieve acceptable results. I hate to admit it, but in many
cases he got lucky, either he received help from nine tails or someone barged
in at the right moment or something or another. But this was not true in case
of Sakumo Hatake, because of him the mission did end in failure and there were
heavy losses.

Sakumo Hatake just got unlucky to be born at the time or not receiving help at
right time and many other things. Lastly, although his decision to save his
comrades was right, his decision to commit sucide and living behind young
kakashi sensei was incorrect.


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