ANBU

Character Group
Name:	ANBU
Type:	Elite ninja organization
Fandom:	Naruto, Boruto
Members:	Uchiha Shisui (deceased) Uchiha Itachi (formerly) Orochimaru Hatake Kakashi (anime only) Yamato Sai
Other:
Related:	Akatsuki, BAMF
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In the manga Naruto, ANBU (暗部), which stands for Ansatsu Senjutsu Tokushu Butai (暗殺戦術特殊部隊) are an elite force (the black ops) who take on special high-level missions. ANBU members typically wear nondescript uniforms and full-face masks, and are exclusively referred to by code names. Within Konohagakure's Anbu is an even more clandestine subdivision known as Root.

• ANBU are a frequent source of inspiration for fanfiction writers and fanartists, as placing a character in ANBU makes for good darkfic, angst, mission sex, anonymous sex, or identity porn. Many people also find the ANBU uniform sexier than the standard gear the ninja wear, which can lead to uniform kink stories. Fanfic may deal with characters who were canonically ANBU, there are also stories about characters who are revealed to have been secretly ANBU all along. The younger characters may be promoted to ANBU as soon as they are old enough.

Example Fanworks

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fanfic

• Apart by Think Tanker Meeksman - NaruHina, AU, incomplete, posted 2006-2007
• Shadows on the Moon, by Aviss - KakaIru, smut, oneshot, posted 2010
• The Raven, by Gryvon - KakaIru, smut, oneshot, posted 2011
• ANBU Code Name: Kit by TheHokageNaruto - gen, AU, BAMF! Naruto, incomplete, posted 2011-2012
• Water Runs Red by scribblesinthemargins is a Kakashi/Iruka fic that subverts many ANBU tropes by largely ignoring Kakashi's history in ANBU and instead focusing on Iruka's involvement with a covert branch of ANBU called MABU, posted 2018
• Daughter of Fire by justjstuff - KakaSaku, smut, AU, BAMF!Sakura, incomplete, posted 2019-2022
• The Things We Find in the Fire by chakrafruit - NaruSasu, AU, fix-it, character study, complete - posted 2020

Fanart

• Anbu Itachi by eagiel - posted 2008
• naruto anbu by sioule - posted 2014
• Naruto Anbu girls - Sakura by Amenoosa - posted 2015
• ANBU's best by @not-nearly-sane - posted 2021
• Hyuuga Neji Birthday 2022 by Oisvyo - posted 2022

Doujinshi

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  KakaIru doujinshi with Kakashi in ANBU gear.

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  ItaSasu doujinshi

Cosplay

• Naruto - Anbu Uchiha Itachi 3 by rukawagf - posted 2008
• Anbu Cosplay by xXN1KK0Xx - posted 2012
• ANBU Black Ops Cosplay by NadiaBys - posted 2014
• Yamato by Gaioz - posted 2018
• "Naruto will always hold a special place in my heart..." by @twinfools - posted 2020
• Anbu Kakashi Cosplay from Naruto by @EzinneJPG - posted 2022

Links

• Works containing "ANBU" in their summaries on Fanfiction.net
• Works tagged "ANBU" on AO3
• Art tagged "ANBU" on deviantART.
• Art tagged "ANBU" on Pixiv