ANBU members

[Yaba]

everybody says those ANBU members are very strong and powerful, but Kabuto kills them like sheep http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/huh.gif


I mean... is Kabuto that powerful or are those ANBU members overrated?

[MegaMika]

What do you think by yourself?

[itachi_]

There have already been a thread like this one, Use Search.

[Krbadass]

Anbu members are simply overrated, because kabuto is strong, i think its a bit of both actually.

[Toruxxx]

i would agree with krbadass abit of both. http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Grey_wolf]

I think ANBU is good at healing stuff and also intelligent. But when it comes to real fighting i dont think they do great..

[-ANBU-Sasuke-]

ANBU memembers are special Assisination guys. So im thinking there not good with direct attacks. PLUS. Kabuto is working for Oro and hes not normal. So alot of things are the variable.

[hiroshi]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Grey_wolf @ Jan 6 2004, 09:15 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I think ANBU is good at healing stuff.. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
You&#39;re referring to that episode where an ANBU member holds his hand over Hinata and heals her arn&#39;t you?

Ok, not definite, but i&#39;m pretty sure that ANBU member is probably Kabuto himself. For one, they mentioned Kabuto was the son of the chief medical guy in the ninja war or something. Also in the episode before that, you saw Kabuto holding an ANBU mask and saying how Naruto should put up a good show for him. Also around the time he healed Hinata his hair was the same colour if you looked carefully, as Kabuto&#39;s.

Thing that confuses me is, why did Kabuto jump into that dust cloud and then jump back out again so fast? (During that last attack against Neji and two crators were made as a result. Before he dug underground and left a fake version of himself behind.).

Did he apply another seal on Naruto&#39;s chest or something? or take it away? meh, guess i will find out sooner or later.

Anyway, as for the ANBU members.
I think they are not overrated, just that Kabuto is much much more powerful. When he fought against Kakeshi, i don&#39;t think he used his full force at all, and you remember whilst they were in the forest he got hurt, and his eyes went blood red but he held it back? Well, he&#39;s obviously hiding a much more powerful side to him that we simply haven&#39;t seen yet.

[Krbadass]

What are you talking about jumped in and jumped out?

[hiroshi]

If you look carefully during the dustcloud, someone jumps in on the right side, and back out again on the left side.

Of course i could have this totally wrong, but i still think that specific ANBU member was Kabuto.

[Krbadass]

I think your seeing things, or its a bad drawing cause it wasn&#39;t ment to have anyone jumping in or out.

[Vagabond]

hm intresting thought about the whole dust cloud thing. Well for some reason I think Anbu members are lower level jounins. The higher more powerfull jounins seem to be the squad leaders.

Oh and the ANBU who healed Hinata is Kabuto. You can tell because his voice is the same.

[rEkKaShInObI]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Krbadass &#064; Jan 6 2004, 03:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Anbu members are simply overrated, because kabuto is strong, i think its a bit of both actually. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
true man, hella over rated. i mean cmon&#33;&#33; a three on 1 and kabuto rapes them all&#33;&#33; what is that?&#33;?&#33; i think that konoha doesnt have as many talented people as i thought...

[Krbadass]

And his hair is the same.

[rEkKaShInObI]

ANBU, special tactics and assassination. why do anbu members always get beat? the first anbu member died in the hands of orochimaru? and kabuto beats 3? i bet kakashi can kick the crap out of 3 anbu members if he wanted to. if konoha have poor unskilled anbu members, the invasion of konoha will be a piece of cake for the village of the sand, because arent anbu members supposed to protect the village from invasions as well?

[Vagabond]

Also Kabuto is on the same level as Kakashi (oro says it) who is one of the strongest shinobi in Konoha.

[Baka-chan]

hm... kabuto jumping into that dust cloud http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/blink.gif i see two people jump into the dust, but what brings you to the conclusion that it is kabuto? i myself have no idea.. but i&#39;m just curious

[Orion Guardian]

I have no idea who was the two guys jumping into the cloud maybe in the manga there it is cleaere but i dont read it so....

[Death BOO Z]

this theard brings me back to one of my first days around here... there was a similiar theard and someone said something like this:

people with no faces are bound to get beaten up by other people with faces and names...

and

the anbu are there to show us how strong other people are



that was a bit of nostalgia, anyway, ANBU are supposed to be jounins, and are supposed to kick ass, Kakashi was the Anbu leader, and now Ankho is, and before both of them ****** was, so it&#39;s safe to say anbu aren&#39;t supposed to be such a pushovers, they just have the bad luck of serving as dead bodies in Naruto...

The scene of the two people jumping out of the dust is just a mistake, we see a similar shot in the manga, and it&#39;s also a bit confusing, so i guess that Kishimonto was just tired when he drew that.

Kabuto was the masked ANBU, voice + hair + flashback of stealing the mask should have tipped you off.

[Legendary Nin]

Anbu overrate..psh...you guys have yet to see Kabuto.

Hiroshi,sometimes you are too smart,seriously.Not saying that in a badway,but your very clever,and pick up on everything.Well,I have nothing more to say,too risky.

[The_Fourth]

I think that was just a mistake of the animator. For the Anbu, you can see the ranks of leaf in narutoguide.com, but I just dont think the Anbu are that weak.

[RaZzy]

no not the animator... it&#39;s the same in the manga

it&#39;s just so you can see naruto en neji had such great powers en they both flew away and were thrown into the ground...
or maybe they fall into the ground and extra dust comes up... (so they fall into the ground)

[The_Fourth]

It comes in the manga as well? http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/huh.gif

[hiroshi]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Legendary Nin @ Jan 6 2004, 10:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Anbu overrate..psh...you guys have yet to see Kabuto.

Hiroshi,sometimes you are too smart,seriously.Not saying that in a badway,but your very clever,and pick up on everything.Well,I have nothing more to say,too risky. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
aheh.... *goes red*
thanks.. http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/smile.gif

ahh.. i see. So that&#39;s the reason for that. I thought it was Kabuto jumping in and back out again. The reason for this ine of thought was...

What reason did Kabuto have on being there in the first place? Perhaps he is simply there to evaluate Sasuke, and because he quit and probably dosn&#39;t want to pay a ton to get in, he dressed up as an ANBU member... however...

Why did he say in the episode before about Naruto giving him a good show? It&#39;s obvious he has considerable interest for Naruto, but for what reason? He&#39;s smart enough to know that the fox is probably buried inside Naruto, besides he specilies in espionage and must know that, otherwise what kind of a spy would he be?

So i thought that perhaps that cloud part was Kabuto doing something to Naruto. Perhaps he&#39;s going to use Naruto for his own reasons by releasing the power. Or perhaps he wishes to make sure the power dosn&#39;t leak anymore so that obo&#39;s plan will be more successful or easier.

However i think Kabuto has plans against obo sometime or another because of that strange face he pulled when obo said he would have to kill Sasuke to stop him. Sure obo said that in a joking way, but Kabuto thought he had found him out perhaps? Or picked up on something? Thus the shock? I don&#39;t think it was the idea of fighting Sasuke at all, especially seeing as he was bed ridden and had the power sealed away.

Ok... so this is a guess. But if Obo is going to use Sasuke for a war, perhaps Kabuto plans on using Naruto as another major piece against Obo. Thus later you might perhaps get Naruto vs Sasuke.

This build up might of been hinted by the animators when Sasuke said he wanted to fight against Naruto as well. But i don&#39;t think they realise as to the scale they will end up fighting.

Well... it&#39;s all a theory. But i guess i will have to wait and see. But it&#39;s also my reason as to the cloud thing. Even if it&#39;s wrong, the idea that Kabuto might use Naruto somehow might not be =P

[*kibakun*]

Like Krbadass said before i also think its a little bit of both. they are strong but Kabuto is stronger i guess.

[SaSuKeRuLeS]

i dont think they&#39;re weak its just kabuto is much better and has much more experience

[Legendary Nin]

Your getting too far ahead,to even answer any of your questions,it would have to be taken to Open Discussion.

[Vagabond]

All I can say is that I think Kabuto is very loyal to Orochimaru.

[-ANBU-Sasuke-]

Yes this will end up being a spoiler so please dont take it that far. Im a manga reader i know the FUTURE&#33;

[DemonRyu]

Anbu are very strong its just that Kabuto is very strong too. Never disrespect the Anbu-nins (look at my sig).

[Raven]

This is getting just a little bit too risky so I&#39;m moving this to Naruto Open Discussion.

[hiroshi]

Meh.. sorry =/
Don&#39;t really want anything answered, i&#39;m just theorising.

And yeah, ANBU members are just very strong, but Kabto is stronger =P

[gaara]

He likes Naruto because he makes Kabuto laugh at how someone can be so determined but Kabuto thinks he is weak..

Chichi is very right.. and no that wasn&#39;t kabuto going in and out, That was Naruto and Neji.

[The_Fourth]

Kabuto is very strong.

[Insomniac]

its not that ANBU are weak its just at those certain points in the story they were the unimportant characters who could be killed off

we dont exactly know any ANBU members so none of them are missed when they die

[Chi Chi]

A. Anbu aren&#39;t weak, Kabuto is strong. He fought against one of the sennin and it ended about equal.
B. I don&#39;t think Kabuto is the one jumping in and out. Why would he?
C. That masked Anbu is certainly Kabuto.

[Legendary Nin]

Finally... http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif ....Yes indeed that is Kabuto.For some reason he has taken a liking in Naruto,that&#39;s why he pushed him when him and Orochimary were fighting Jiraiya and Tsunade.

[Aegeon]

It is not the fact that ANBU are weak it is the fact that Orochimaru, Kakashi and Kabuto are all at a different level then them. As mentioned they are used to be hired as gaurds for V.I.P&#39;s or assasins for them or special recon... not taking on super tough ninja genius&#39;s.

[NarutoOtaku]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (VagabondLBD @ Jan 6 2004, 09:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> All I can say is that I think Kabuto is very loyal to Orochimaru. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Kabuto may be loyal to Orochimaru but he is not very loyal to him.

[hiroshi]

lol. cool. thanks ^^

[Mut]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (itachi_ @ Jan 6 2004, 03:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> There have already been a thread like this one, Use Search. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
you&#39;re kidding me right, itachi_?

[Raven]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (dazzz @ Jan 8 2004, 02:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (itachi_ &#064; Jan 6 2004, 03:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> There have already been a thread like this one, Use Search. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
you&#39;re kidding me right, itachi_? </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
LMAO http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/laugh.gif

[Vagabond]

meh I mean he is willing to give up his body for him.

[NarutoOtaku]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Insomniac @ Jan 7 2004, 07:12 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> its not that ANBU are weak its just at those certain points in the story they were the unimportant characters who could be killed off

we dont exactly know any ANBU members so none of them are missed when they die </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Yes... you are right. And the reason why Kabuto can eliminate ANBU members so easily is just to show his strength.

[Takenoko]

I thought Kakashi commented on how Kabuto was able to trick him, so wouldn&#39;t Kabuto be a higher level then Kakashi?

ANBU are the &quot;Red Shirts&quot; of Naruto. If they&#39;re around when the main characters are fighting then they&#39;re probably just there to take a phaser blast to the chest.

If you take a look you&#39;ll notice a lot of the genius nins were at some point in time part of ANBU.

If any of the main characters is to be compared with to the ANBU, I&#39;d have to say Sakura is the only one that&#39;s on equal footing, or maybe even lower, with an ANBU.

edit - since this is spoiler forum, Kabuto is the one that puts everyone to sleep. That&#39;s why he&#39;s there.

[Legendary Nin]

Only one result,and that is this thread.

[woofcat]

ANBU are assasins not fighters they are the splinter cells of Naruto they use hiding and sneaking as there best weapon not kickass moves with swords

[dimsum]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (hiroshi @ Jan 6 2004, 04:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> If you look carefully during the dustcloud, someone jumps in on the right side, and back out again on the left side.

Of course i could have this totally wrong, but i still think that specific ANBU member was Kabuto. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
it wus the bodys of naruto and neji hitting the ground.

after naruto says &#39;I&#39;ll change Hyuuga for you&#39;
there is an expolsion, they get thrown up into the air. then they fall back down hitting the ground making those crators.

no one jumps in or out. it just them falling back down to earth.

[NarutoOtaku]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (woofcat @ Jan 8 2004, 11:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ANBU are assasins not fighters they are the splinter cells of Naruto they use hiding and sneaking as there best weapon not kickass moves with swords </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
ANBU members jobs&#39; are not necessarily assassinations. If they have to, they will fight face to face.

[hiddenpookie]

anbu suk http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/tongue.gif

[gaara]

ANBU aren&#39;t weak just because Kabuto can take some on..He is capable of taking on Tsunade...So I wouldn&#39;t hate on the ANBU....The kids are just lucky in their own right because they happen to be the next generation of real strong nin...Otherwise we&#39;d have more insight on the ANBU and their powers..But the story is about these kids.

[Nautek]

Is he ?? I thought he was some torture captain or something.

[NarutoOtaku]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (hiddenpookie @ Jan 8 2004, 11:56 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> anbu suk http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/tongue.gif </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Gah&#33; I&#39;ll slap you&#33; http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif Just kidding. http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/smile.gif
But seriously, ANBU members receive less credit than they truly deserve.

[Pyr0]

Just to correct there isn&#39;t anyone going in and coming out but two &#39;things&#39; going in. I looked that episode and checked that part. Dunno what those two are, maybe Neji and Naruto flew to the sky from the blast and luckily falled on the same dust cloud by great speeds http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/mf_laughbounce2.gif

I think ANBU was formed because if you have a dozen of geniuses who think they can beat each other up, you need someone to keep the herd calm if something happens, and that&#39;s when ANBU comes to play http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif So they&#39;re just cool looking babysitters http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/mf_w00t1.gif

[Reason]

BTW, Isn&#39;t Ibiki the head of the Anbu atm?

- Reason -

[DemonRyu]

I agree with you people who think the anbu are weak. http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/mf_laughbounce2.gif
They are not weak they are the best my sig say it all even though its actually Kabuto under that mask but o wel http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif

[rasengan]

i dont think anbu members r that good.... http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/huh.gif

[NarutoOtaku]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DemonRyu @ Jan 10 2004, 02:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I agree with you people who think the anbu are weak. http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/mf_laughbounce2.gif


They are not weak they are the best my sig say it all even though its actually Kabuto under that mask but o wel http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
You are a hypocrite. http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/tongue.gif

Look again at your post. http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/smile.gif

[holangi]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Yaba @ Jan 6 2004, 03:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> everybody says those ANBU members are very strong and powerful, but Kabuto kills them like sheep http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/huh.gif


I mean... is Kabuto that powerful or are those ANBU members overrated? </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Orochimaru does mention that Kabuto is as strong as Kakashi...
But we haven&#39;t seen ANBU so much anyway.. even in the manga..
I don&#39;t wanna get too off-topic but I wonder why Kabuto heals Hinata...

[DemonRyu]

I was joking when I said I agree with you people who think the anbu are weak. http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif

[Mut]

anbu aren&#39;t weak. they are like regular jounins. kabuto can kill them easily cuz he a better shinobi than they are. it&#39;s nothing special.

and kabuto heals hinata cuz either he has hidden motives (against orochimaru) or just a misguided ninja like how haku is.

[.akai]

Well, according to the PS2 game Naruto Narutimett, you&#39;d upgrade in this manner when you progress from rank D missions to rank S mission.

Academy Student ----&#62; Genin ----&#62; Chuunin ----&#62; Special Jounin ----&#62; Jounin ----&#62; Anbu ----&#62; Hokage



I didn&#39;t make this out myself... this is from the game. In fact, I don&#39;t really understand why it is so. http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/dry.gif