Aang is without question the most powerful character in Avatar: The Last Airbender. As the Avatar, he is a master of all four elements, and an incredibly skilled martial artist. But being at the top of the world in his own series doesn’t mean the 13-year-old powerhouse would be able to overcome opponents from outside of it.

Avatar Aang is the greatest Bender in his world, but how would he survive in other anime universes? His prowess in combat, and mastery of air, water, earth, and fire would certainly give him a chance at survival but, in some cases, it may not be enough. Aang would be far stronger than those around him in worlds like Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood’s, but he’d be helpless against the cast of Dragon Ball.

Naruto’s Chakra System is Heavily Influenced by the Elements

The Greatest Shinobi in Naruto are Masters of Multiple Elemental Releases

The world of Naruto is brutal and unforgiving. Inhabited by stealthy shinobi who show no hesitation in killing their opponents, there are few notable characters who wouldn’t find Aang’s complete aversion to murder laughable. Most shinobi utilize a combination of Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and Taijutsu, with the former largely composed of elemental attacks. While Aang only has access to air, water, earth, and fire, shinobi can use all of these elements to attack, as well as lightning, wood, lava, and more, and even manipulate space and time.

Genjutsu would allow them to mentally assault Aang, while their Taijutsu would make the strongest among them far superior to the Avatar in hand-to-hand combat. This is all without mentioning rarer powers and power sources, such as family-exclusive jutsus, summons, the Eight Gates, the Sharingan, the Rinnegan, and the Tailed-Beasts.

Even without acknowledging the characters and events of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Aang would struggle heavily in the world of Naruto. The vast majority of shinobi only have a single specialty, and do little to stand out as fighters, meaning Aang could defeat the vast majority of Chunin and Jonin. But against any Kage-level fighter, let alone those with even greater firepower, Aang wouldn’t stand a chance. He’s simply slower, weaker, and less versatile by leaps and bounds than villains he’d have to face like Kabuto, Obito, and Madara. Aang’s greatest disadvantage is how Naruto characters are far more durable than normal humans, while Aang is no less vulnerable than an ordinary pre-teen.

Code Geass Centers Around Global Warfare

Aang May Be Able to Bring Peace to the World of Code Geass

Aang spends the entirety of Avatar: The Last Airbender fighting to end a 100-year war. This would make him right at home in the world of Code Geass, which has been engulfed in war for centuries. Save for the special few who possess Geass, which are primarily non-combative powers, most humans in this world are completely normal. But along with traditional means of war being utilized, every political faction makes heavy use of giant mecha known as Knightmare Frames.

Regardless of who he fought alongside, taking down Knightmare Frames wouldn’t be easy for Aang. That doesn’t mean it would be impossible, as the power of the Avatar State might be enough to bypass their forcefields, but there is already canon evidence of how well an Avatar performs against a giant robot. In The Legend of Korra, the eponymous Avatar is able to stop Kuvira’s Colossus, but only with the help of all her allies, and by going inside the machine to fight Kuvira directly. Ultimately, Aang’s key to survival in this world would be his pacifist nature. Aang hates having to hurt people, and with there not being a singular figure he could topple to end the fighting, a la the Fire Lord, he would get by through playing the political game.

Hunter X Hunter’s Nen is a Much More Complex Power System Than Bending

Aang Would Need to Think on His Feet to Overcome Nen Masters

Compared to those found in many anime, Bending is a very basic power system. No power system highlights this quite like Hunter X Hunter’s Nen, which is arguably the most complex power system in any Shōnen series. Nen users make use of the four principles: Ten, Ren, Zetsu, and Hatsu, as well as more advanced techniques based on them. With these powers, Nen users can increase their physical strength, amplify their aura to the point it can kill non-Nen users who are exposed to it, hide their presence, and create their own unique Nen abilities based on their personalities. For the most part, Hunter X Hunter’s main villains rank among the strongest Nen masters in the world. These include Hisoka Morrow, Illumi Zoldyck, Chrollo Lucilfer, Meruem, and Prince Tserriednich Hui Guo Rou.

Aang’s biggest edge in the world of Hunter X Hunter would be his offensive output. While every Nen user is physically stronger than him, most lack the aura, the drive, and the creativity to match the attack power of Aang’s Bending. Aang is also far wiser than he seems, and could find the path to victory against those with more esotertic hatsus. Unfortunately for Aang, the archenemies of Gon Freecss, Killua Zoldyck, and Kurapika Kurta are a different story. Even assuming their malicious Nen didn’t shatter Aang’s mind the moment he was exposed to it, all of them are capable of killing him with a single blow. He’d fare better against Chrollo, who has the least direct fighting style, Tserriednich, who has only known Nen for a few days, and Meruem, who he might be able to negotiate with, but Hisoka and Illumi wouldn’t hesitate to kill him.

RWBY Characters Are Far Faster Opponents Than Aang is Used to Fighting

Aang’s Skills Would Be the Key to Surviving Remnant

It’s undeniable that RWBY takes a great deal of influence from Avatar: The Last Airbender. For all its similarities, however, characters in RWBY don’t fight like any opponents Aang has ever faced. Every character has their own unique weapon, which often serves multiple purposes, and their own one-of-a-kind superpower, known as a Semblance. Only the most powerful heroes and villains in the series can use magic, with four of them, the Maidens, fighting in a manner similar to Aang in the Avatar State.

As the Maiden comparison suggests, Aang would easily be among the most powerful characters in Remnant. The only villains who’d be able to pose a threat to him would be Salem, the series’ main antagonist, Cinder Fall, the Fall Maiden, and Raven Branwen, the Spring Maiden. Sadly for Aang, even with the Avatar State, he isn’t beating any of them. Salem is immortal and, on the off chance he was able to overpower her, he would eventually run out of energy, while Salem never would. Cinder and Raven, meanwhile, would be able to match Aang blow for blow in terms of strength, while benefiting from RWBY characters being significantly faster than those in The Last Airbender, and from having aura to protect them.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood’s World is One in Which Aang Would Excel

Aang is More Powerful Than Nearly Every Character in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

The world of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood has one of the lowest power ceilings of any battle Shōnen anime. The vast majority of prominent characters in the series have access to the same potential powers through the principles of transmutation, and possess the durability of normal humans. The only exceptions to this are characters who can’t wield alchemy at all, and Father and his Homunculus.

Aang, as a fully realized Avatar, would defeat the main villains of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Strong and fast as they may be, Sloth and Gluttony’s lack of intelligence and inability to fly would give Aang any number of ways to take them down. Lust and Envy are far craftier, but they lack the firepower their dumber brothers possess, and would never be able to touch Aang before he burned them with greater ease than Mustang did.

Pride, Wrath, and Greed, as well as Father himself, would push Aang even harder than Fire Lord Ozai did during their iconic battle, but they wouldn’t be able to kill him. Aang could exploit Pride’s weakness to darkness by trapping him in a dome of earth, and he would only need to keep his distance from Wrath as he attacked him to put him down. Neither Father nor Greed would be able to withstand the full power of the Avatar State.

Aang’s greatest advantage in any anime universe would be how intelligent a combatant he is. While the raw power of the Avatar may not be enough to defeat certain opponents, Aang is extremely creative, and is known for finding ways to indirectly beat his enemies. It wouldn’t be enough for him to survive in any anime world, but none of his friends or villains would fare any better.