It's not that Kishimoto can't write women, it's that he refuses to. He just uses them to develop male characters, he never puts any real effort into giving them proper story arcs. The exception to this is Tsunade, who he did write a good arc for. This proves that he can if he wants to.
It's weird. I would make the argument that pre-time skip Sakura had more potential than post-time skip Sakura. I would like to explain that with a few examples. Example 1: The Forbidden Forest Naruto and Sasuke is on the ground unconscious. Sound Nin jump her group. She knows for a fact that she can't beat them and that if she doesn't run she will die. Yet, what does she do? She stays and fights to protect her friends, knowing that ultimately she will fall. However, that doesn't matter to her. What matters is that she stands her ground to protect those she cherishes. This is a far cry from Sakura during the Pain Arc. That Sakura's reaction to the Village being destroyed was to cry out for Naruto. She never attempted to fight the Pains as they began their assault on the Village. Meanwhile, we see Kakashi, Kohamaru, and others engage against them. Post-time skip Sakura may have had the greater powerset, but pre-time skip Sakura had the stronger mindset. Example 2: Written Test That test was designed to be so difficult that it was expected that the only way a person could pass was to cheat. And Sakura knew all the answers. And finished it before anyone else. She may not have had the battle IQ of Sasuke, or the out of the box thinking of Naruto, but in terms of raw knowledge she was aces. That could have been translated into her becoming a Conan (Case Close) type character. She can look at a jutsu and go "Hmmm...that looks like an X jutsu. If I'm right it likely works by doing Y. Performs Z to test out her theory and develop a counter to her foe." To follow this up, and to further emphasize her intellect, she might know a large number of ninjutsu. This would give each member of Team 7 their own specialty. Naruto is the Brick with hia strong physical stats, regen, and high chakra. Sasuke is the Guile Hero with his use of Genjutsu and trickery. Sakura is the Smart Guy with her raw intellect and academic knowledge symbolized through her mastery of all the elemental chakra natures.
You make a fair observation and I agree with many of your points! Sakura showed much potential at first, then took a couple drastic steps back in Shipudden (for 2/3rds of the series) then became what she was supposed to be in the original Naruto, currently in Boruto. It’s like a huge flip flop that eventually worked itself out just cuz it had to. It is what it is at least she’s where she needs it be.
I really feel that Sakura would have benefitted as a character if Kishimoto ever showed her falling out of love with Sasuke, considering all the times he looked down on her. I really don't know how he justified in his head to have Sakura keep loving Sasuke, even after Sasuke tried to axe her off multiple times with 0 regret/care. Just imagine a version of Naruto where Sakura realices how toxic Sasuke is, and how down right dangerous he has become after the timeskip, and then focus on having her improve herself/her other skills, instead of just having her be the cliche "person in love" trope whom, because of said cliche/trope, ignores all the massive, red flags thrown her way! Sakura could have been such a good opponent to Sasuke, using her own battle analytics skills against Sasuke's, using her earth and water elemental jutsus to counter his Chidori and fire based jutsus, along with her genjutsu skills to counter his Sharingan, and keeping herself and Naruto healed as Sasuke tracks their punches/kicks. Kishimoto gave her all these advantages, and then throws it all to the side so that he can have her go "Oooo Sasuke, have my babies" whenever she's around Sasuke instead! I wish there had been a Sakura focused arc between the 1st periode and shippuden where she 1) stops having feelings for Sasuke and becomes her own person whoms whole identity/existence doesn't revolve around him, and 2) realices she's going to have to rely/focus on herself as her teacher is busy only focusing on her team mates, and said team mates are always off getting stronger on their own. It would have been so satisfying to see Sakura roll up her sleeves, say "f you all" to her team mates and teacher, and grow strong on her own and become a respectable, independent ninja in her own way using her IQ, observation skills, quick thinking/reaction, battle analytics skills, genjutsu talent, water and earth based jutsus and chakra control. An arc such as that could also have served to show how characters in this world who doesn't come from any spesific clan, and also doesn't have anything unique about them that makes them stand out as an individual, have to struggle more and isn't as recogniced, but instead ignored/put to the side as they don't have anything flashy about them that promises them a great future. Also, Kishimoto saying he can't write female characters is such a weak excuse. Just think about what you need/what you want to add, add personality and basic look, then draw the body. Kishimoto thinking that's only possible with male characters, and that he, apperently by the look of it, needs! to write in "in love/boy focused/healer" , "shy/gentle/meek/emotional support/side character" and "weak/damsel/the team's underdog" as part of their personality/background in order for their characters to make sense/fit in into the story and for them to have a complete/fulfilling story just because they have breasts. As a story creator he should be able to be more diverse regardless of gender (and honestly more realistic about how real life women actually are) , instead of thinking that those old cliches, tired, sexist traits and drawing them pretty are the two only required things he has to do before calling it a day regarding those characters.
You raise alot of fair points, and honestly you're right. If we saw an arc where Sakura comes to the realization that she doesn't need to become hyperfocused on Sasuke and just needs to focus on her own self improvement, she would've truly been an unstoppable force to be reckoned with (and imo, would've passed Tsunade in terms of potential and strength much quicker than anticipated). This didn't happen though, but at least we're getting to see that powerful version of Sakura in Boruto!
The best thing about sakura is of course her potential. She had so many things to develop, so many things to show and problems to solve (issues with parents and family which narusasu had nothing to do with for understandable reasons, uchi naru sakura as her 2nd personality (really interesting inner conflict between disciplined and hot-tempered sakuras), genjutsu training with Kurenai for example, earth and water jutsus, creating her own one, caring about being a shinobi but not about your appearance (an opportunity to inspire tsunade to accept her looks too), loving the person who treats you well, representing the idea of hard-working and loving herself). I don't think giving sakura AT LEAST the motivation was that hard. Even tenten had one (despite not achieving it😒), so why not haruno, the female lead? Just make her want to glorify haruno family thanks to becoming the strongest medic ninja and surpassing tsunade. About chemistry with others: With naruto sakura was herself (him too; with hinata naruto is dumb and way calm), so they becoming a couple is a good idea. She had a lot of things to study and not just copy tsunade but become somebody like Orochimaru who knows a lot and can do a lot (much more chances to catch up with narusasu or at least get closer to them). Being the smartest among kakashi students haruno could have become the brain of team 7. Shikamaru would have been a great teacher of strategy for her. She could have befriended Lee, Tenten, Neji, Hinata and ask them to teach her taijutsu that also would have improved their relationship. So many interesting fights were not shown with her (itachi - genjutsu type, kabuto - medical ninja, sasuke - trying to bring him back to lead village, konan - a talented woman vs a hard-working girl). Her friendship with Ino had an opportunity to make them soulmates just like naruto and sasuke, represented a sisterhood in this story. The relationship with uchiha would have been interesting too: she could have moved from an obsessive girl not able to yell at him to a lady being herself with her comrade and ready to punch this boy to bring him to life if he starts freezing up like mc sometimes. Not only naruto but she also could have helped him change for the better and been the girl who forgave him but stayed his good friend and believed in him. My question: was it that difficult to write? Well, what am I talking about? Even her trainings and parents weren't shown in the manga, let alone something else. Sakura's arc obviously is the biggest Kishimoto's mistake. To rewrite her one has to rewrite the whole story
I can't agree sakura ALWAYS treated naruto like a shit. She was the first person to save him on their mission, she was the only one who was going to give up on her dream for his sake. Only she stood up for him publicly during the fight with kiba. After defeating neji she acknowledged mc's power. She thanked him for supporting her while fighting with ino, thanked him for trying to bring sasuke back. Sakura worried about naruto when found out that jinchuriki dies after losing the power of biju. Naruto was her role model, she wanted to catch up with him, relied on him in pain arc (yeah a bad example but anyway) and trusted him. She wanted to protect mc (the exam, 5 kages summit arc, the war). I know the way it was executed is bad but still we saw it. She could have ended up with him if only kishi wanted her to. It's good for both naruto and sakura cause be gets acknowledged by her as he always dreamed and she is really loved treated like a normal, a dear person for someone. I'm not saying she didn't insult naruto at all. I just want others to understand she did good things for him too
Sakura NEVER has saved Naruto. I have the anime at home. I do acknowledge that Sakura has a few good things about her, sadly the bad outweighs the good
I "like" the fact kishi made konan and sakura trashy when it came to destroying rinnegan. Konan knew how much it was important for "madara" and had WEEKS for stopping him. She could have prevented thousands of deaths, ruined uchiha's plan and helped the world but she DIDN'T cause nagato's DEAD body is a memory, her friend MeAnT a LoT to her, he's too valuable. Common, just do it and you won't have to come up with a mind-blowing plan to defeat your former leader, won't have to waste your chakra and die... miserably! It's a plot hole or just a bad writing. Both are stupid! The same thing is for sakura. I understand she's a medical shinobi whose duty is to HEAL not to kill or damage something but that scene with her doubting getting rid of the eye was just for plot moving and proving (for the 100th time) she is a bAd kunoichi and character. That scene only broke the rules of shinobu system, added another contrived coincidence, made madara cool and invincible but sakura dumb, weak and pathetic. Kishimoto did everything to humiliate his women and show his men as perfect human beings in comparison with them.
Same with kushina. Her story simply became minato because one guy accepted her. Her entire story was about being disconnected and being an outcast within the village and one guy accepts her and she sucked his balls drier and creamed her panties for him. People say Kushina was a good female character but honestly, no. Her story of being an Uzumaki, her own childhood became nothing more than a stepping stone for minato and simply falling in love with him. If I’m being honest, even that love interest, even if it was good, was forced. How does acceptance within a home turn to love because one person accepted her?
@@lapplandkun9273 nothing but facts. I don't see any reason why kushina couldn't control kurama, why she refused to become a hokage, why she left naruto alone, why her character didn't help to explore uzumaki clan for the plot, why kurama didn't tell the mc anything about her and why naruto himself didn't ask him how his parents died. Where the hell are kushina's parents? Where was she during world war 3? Why didn't naruto inherit anything from her or minato? So many unanswered questions
I would love sakura still to be feminine because media usually feminine in negative light and has girl i would see feminine girl be represented in a positive light. No offense there nothing wrong with woman doing makeup , having feeling , staying a stay home mom and many more things expect if it’s abuses or the women actually did something really bad. Honestly she could have been a good feminine character if SP didn’t mess her up and people actually did their research by actually looking at official sources 2 kishimoto kept some of his idea SO BASICALLY YOU CAN BE STRONG ,FEMININE AND STILL HAVE FEELING FOR SOMEONE Let me get out the way sakura is not obsessed with sasuke June28july How Swagkage's video got it wrong: Sakura and Sasuke ruclips.net/video/N2lImNybSeY/видео.html I forgot the username N-Blog Ep #2: Is Sakura's development bad? From ruclips.net/video/snnfZri8kBo/видео.html 10:26 to 17:47 SHE GENUINELY START TO HAVE FEELING FOR HIM IT WAS EVEN STATED IN Databook YOU GOT TO REMEMBER THEY ACTUALLY HUNGED OUT WITH EACH OTHER FOR A YEAR.
Sakura might have had inferiority complex I think would be interesting in manga sakura was not only verbally bullied she was also physically bullied because in the manga she would have bruises The second reason is her parent because when we are first introduced they insulted here and I still don’t like their design. Besides, you're a bit of a pig compared to most girls. Even if you get promoted, won't you just get in the way of the top brass? Sakura You didn't have to tell the whole village... @karinakamichi This was during the moment other parents were praising their kids, talking about celebrating. Mibuki and Kizashi decided to HUMILIATE her in front of the entire village, bringing up her flaws at the most possible times. Something that should've been taken up at home, calling her a pig, and saying she'd just get in the way if she promoted and were invalidating all her hard work as a Ninja. Which is horrible if you realise all the insecurities and self-blame Sakura has experienced, by even calling herself a burden on more than one occasion in the past. And there was an anecdote where someone said: "She reminds me of my mother, actually, who I love but she has not been that supportive of my accomplishments at all and has made jokes and degraded me in a way that actually really hurt. Just like bullies in a class will joke about people but it doesn't mean the jokes are funny." What Sakura's parents said about her obviously made her uncomfortable and embarrassed her. What they said was really insensitive and she honestly doesn't give me that great vibes. Kishomoto once even said that arguments are a common occurrence between them, but imagine taking an opportunity that you should be praising your child, but you decide to insult and humiliate them instead. Imagine saying that to your daughter/ son? It can damage their self esteem I know this movie is filler but Naruto road to ninja interview kishimoto mentions that even though he would have liked to write some scenes with them, he hasn't had the chance to include Sakura's parents until now. In his mind, he had the image for Sakura's parents, which include back-and-forth arguing matches, but he just never could find the right time to do so. Her parent sense during the movie was thought out by Kishimoto. They didn't appear in the manga to help, they just appeared here to annoy their 15 yo daughter who helped to defeat Sasori... insulting her
Someone saying they can't write women simply internalized the thoight that women are the other and completely different from males. It's sexism, thinking that she should want this or end up like that due to being female. Writing good females is simply, write good female CHARACTERS, not good FEMALE characters.
Kishimoto did do a good job writing Temari, and Hinata, but he missed the mark with most of the other female characters. It’s a hit or miss and Sakura just so happens to be a miss that was written much better in Boruto.
I did actually see that poll. Most people hate Sakura because of how she treats Naruto (constantly punching him mostly for no reason) but her in Boruto currently is what she should’ve developed into during and by the time Shippuden ended.
@@Benty20_she punched him 14 times in the manga, and all of those times were comedic relief. In the anime more than half the time she punches him is non manga canon
@@Benty20_it's very misleading to say people hate sakura for punching Naruto. It's just a point loud haters gripe about. That narrative overwrites the real major problem almost as if to make people questioning her character decisions seem absurd. A lot of people were neutral on Sakura till 2 or 3 points. First, the arc where she tried to emotionally manipulate Naruto. Second, the dumbass plan she made to attack sasuke, everyone knew it was going to flop. Third, Sakura's romantic emotions never evolving even after the sparky sparky in her chest moment. She begged for crumbs of Sasuke's affection. This was not the strong willed, free speaking character we had come to know. Yes, yes, the romance was terribly written, but that last point is what made lots of people give up on her. A lot of the fan base couldn't give her respect after that. It's not about being "useless". Tenten, Hinata, Ino barely do anything in the show but still get acknowledged for their skill.
@@rhuonaChanel You raise some fair points and I agree. U gotta admit though, Sakura hitting Naruto repeatedly (in the anime) is annoying, very unnecessary and immature Kushina would slap Sakura silly had she been alive lol
Lets not sit here n completely write off the moments in which Sakura has Cared for naruto even when they were genin. Also lets not sit here and act like sakura was the only person to completely put the world at danger because of her personal feelings. Naruto has done it plenty of times n his most noticeable one is dealing with sasuke. If naruto didn’t have the power to stop Sasuke then he would have killed everyone. So lets not be hypocrites cuz Naruto faught for his obsession for friendship and sakura fought for the person she loved even going to the extent of trying to get rid of sasuke because he was a major threat to the village. Now the whole “I hate sakura cuz she always hitting naruto etc etc.” that is simply childish. If any of you men actually had female bestfriends then u would know that they hit there male friends all of the time. The clip of her punching naruto was simply cuz she was embarrassed nothing more.
Most people got a problem with Sakura hitting Naruto for no reason, even when he didn’t deserve it. Imo, I just wish Sakura had the development she has in Boruto, being fixed into Shippuden.
Fun fact Sasusaku has 168 moments in manga since the beginning of Naruto plus there the light novels, THEY TRAVELED TOGETHER, BORUTO NOVEL, Naruto GAIDEN , BORUTO THE MOVIE, ANIME CANON I found this by person called Sakura_bloom7 Yes! The Boruto anime IS CANON!! There is no denying this fact. This is clear from Ikemoto's interview with Lucca Comics in 2018. Ikemoto's and Kodachi's editor, Taguchi stated how Kodachi himself is responsible for the screenplay of the boruto anime and that Kodachi heavily supervises the boruto anime. In order to prevent the anime to overtake the manga, the anime adds stories PARALLEL to the manga. The anime and manga follow the same path and then intersect in the same point in the end. All of this, obviously, after the creative and editorial control of Kodachi. In the Boruto series, the manga is canon, the novels are canon, and the anime is also canon. Boruto manga is like a concise version of the series and the anime covers the whole series in full detail. I know there are some contradictions in the anime but that can be brought to light using the manga since the manga and the novels remain superior. But the anime still remains canon!! WHICH SP NERFED
You know what annoyed me perfectly explain by madara_fate and credit goes to him too All of his words just know he only put three I have way more 3. Having Sakura doubt who she’d save first between Sasuke and Naruto This was of course an anime only filler, but it was so stupid and made absolutely no sense when considering Sakura’s very obvious allegiances to the village despite her endeavour to save Sasuke from the darkness. It occurred during Shippúden episode 222 (which adapts chapter 491 of the manga), and it was during a scene where Sakura was being tutored by a medical ninja. During this scene, Sakura has flashbacks of their reunion with Sasuke in The Land of Iron. That’s when she wondered to herself who she’d save first between him and Naruto if they were both seriously injured. The scene occurs shortly after Naruto is transported back to Ichiraku Ramen: In the manga however, after Naruto returns to Ichiraku Ramen from Mount Myóboku, the scene goes straight to Tsunade being pissed during the 5 Kage Summit because the general consensus was to hide Naruto and Killer Bee during the war, rather than to use them. Sakura having those thoughts never happened in the manga. Canonically, despite her love for Sasuke, she would of course save Naruto first, not only because Naruto was also striving to save Sasuke anyway so it was really a no-brainer, but also because Sasuke was a rogue ninja who was aiming to destroy the village; Sakura isn’t stupid. SP decided to include those absurd scenes in the anime because apparently, canon material just isn’t good enough for them sometimes. Goodness, If they only knew how “good” their fillers truly were…
2. Portraying Sakura as being ignorant of Sasuke’s darkness during Pt.1 During episode 212 of Shippúden, the whole long scene of Sakura remembering her times with Sasuke on her way to confront him after his battle with Danzo, didn’t happen at all in the manga, and it didn’t do anything positive for SS either. All it did was wrongfully imply that Sakura was ignorant of the darkness that Sasuke carried, whereas Naruto apparently knew all along: That’s just pure Studio Pierrot bullshit. Sakura was canonically the very first person to know of Sasuke’s darkness; she knew about it ever since he was bitten by Orochimaru in the Forest of Death, and was shown to constantly worry about it throughout the remainder of Pt.1, up to when Sasuke eventually left the village to seek Orochimaru. Which again, was something that only Sakura was shown to have foreseen, because unlike Naruto and Kakashi, she was indeed very much aware of the darkness inside Sasuke’s heart. She was shown worrying about Sasuke’s darkness again: •••• EVENTUALLY, SASUKE WILL BE FORCED TO SEEK ME OUT... ...SASUKE... WHERE IN THE WORLD DID YOU GO...? And again: And It was because Sakura knew how deep Sasuke’s darkness ran that she was the only one who was able to predict that he would leave, and she even predicted when he would leave, despite Naruto and Kakashi’s reassurances that he would stay and everything would be alright. On the other hand, Naruto was the one who was completely ignorant of Sasuke’s darkness up until he fought him at the Valley of the End, and was made to see his Curse Seal and the way he acted first hand; it was just purely a rivalry thing to Naruto prior to that, and Kakashi was none the wiser:
And It was because Sakura knew how deep Sasuke’s darkness ran that she was the only one who was able to predict that he would leave, and she even predicted when he would leave, despite Naruto and Kakashi’s reassurances that he would stay and everything would be alright. On the other hand, Naruto was the one who was completely ignorant of Sasuke’s darkness up until he fought him at the Valley of the End, and was made to see his Curse Seal and the way he acted first hand; it was just purely a rivalry thing to Naruto prior to that, and Kakashi was none the wiser: NARUTO AND SASUKE ARE BOTH FRIENDS AND RIVALS... THEIR COMPETITION KEEPS THEM GOING. I'M GUESS ING... NARUTO COULDN'T TOLERATE SASUKE'S CHEAP PROVOCATIONS... HE'S WANTED TO BE AS STRONG AS SASUKE.. ...SINCE THEIR ACADEMY DAYS. NARUTO WANTS TO BE RECOGNIZED... Naruto just wanted to be acknowledged by Sasuke, and it was due to this that Kakashi likened their relationship and rivalry to that of Jiraiya and Orochimaru. That’s literally all either of them thought was up with Sasuke at the time. So despite both Naruto and Kakashi essentially telling Sakura that she didn’t have to worry about Sasuke, and that everything would be alright because of their own ignorance of Sasuke’s darkness:
Kakashi DON'T WORRY! IT'LL BE LIKE IT WAS BEFORE! Naruto SASUKE WON'T BE TEMPTED BY HIM! HE'S SUPER STRONG TOO! IPROMISE Sakura still knew that Sasuke would leave, because she was the one who was privy to the depth of Sasuke’s darkness and understood it better than anyone else did at the time. That’s why she anticipated his departure and intercepted him while he was making his way to the village gates: Sasuke shocked ! Sakura … And yet Studio Pierrot decided to feed the gullible viewers with more bullshit about how it was actually Sakura who was ignorant of Sasuke’s darkness, whereas Naruto had apparently noticed all along… What a load of fake nonsense, seriously. It was literally just a complete lie 1. Actually changing Sakura’s thoughts, from thinking about Sasuke, to thinking about Naruto Watching this butchered scene from Shippúden episode 074 made me physically ill; it was just so awful to watch. When Sakura was looking at her photo of team 7 and getting sad over it, in the manga it was purely a SS moment (Chapter 319) due to the huge emphasis on the crescent moon (which was highly prominent during Sakura’s first confession). She was obviously thinking of Sasuke, missing him dearly, and longing for the days and the good times they used to share together as part of Team 7: That much was obvious. However, what SP decided to do with this scene in all of their wisdom, was just wrong, so so wrong… Out of all the times in which SP downplayed SS moments, this was by far the worst in my opinion, because at least for the other examples, they were still identifiable as SS moments. In this instance however, they changed it into a NS moment in its entirety. In the anime, SP made Sakura have these random Naruto flashbacks which had nothing to do with anything. They made her think about how hard he’s worked, how far he’s come, and about how she can help him from now on: They even had the audacity to make Sakura recall how someone said that what really mattered were her feelings for Naruto, (despite the fact that this scene was supposed to depict her being upset over Sasuke’s absence): What really matters are your feelings for Naruto”? What feelings? What did that have to do with anything? Another SS moment completely ruined, and that was absolutely terrible by SP. They didn’t even have Sakura think about Sasuke at all. The only thing she thought about was Naruto’s journey, and how she could help him from now on. Why couldn’t they even remotely stick with the manga? This scene was downright awful. It almost makes me angry just remembering it.
@@Benty20_ Tsunade would be disappointed on Sakura because she taught Sakura to grow up and Sakura still hasn’t gotten out of her fan girl stage. I think the reason why Sakura wanted to be Tsunade student is that to gain Sasuke’s attention.
@@shaileshpotula2870 I also believe that as well, but Sakura wasn't willing to put her feelings aside in order to do the right thing and to progress even further in life in regards to her progression as a kunoichi (female ninja).
@@Benty20_ All that training was wasted even though I watched the clips not the full episodes I am still at the beginning. I watched the last as well and the writing was so insulting and that’s why I’ve lost my respect to Naruto franchise and Sakura would be responsible for Naruto’s death. Women suck in Naruto because they threw it away due to their fangirlism and Tsunade would be disappointed on Sakura and Tsunade should strip Sakura from her apprenticeship because she didn’t grow up at all, Sakura broke Naruto’s heart into thousand of pieces and she had to sacrifice her feelings to Naruto to help Hinata and she had to let him go because of Hinata. If Sakura died instead of Neji it would’ve made Sarada more powerful if she was Karin’s daughter or Hinata should’ve died and they killed Neji dirty.
@@shaileshpotula2870 If Neji had survived the war, he would’ve married Hinata, I believe that’s actually one of the reasons why he was killed. If you wanna know my opinion on some of the female characters in Naruto, check this vid right here: The Death of Female Arcs in Naruto ruclips.net/video/TaNnJhKeXzA/видео.html
Ten-ten is the real waste of potential , she has basically never won a fight . Her justsu never hits . the only time ten-ten is useful is in the video games, but on screen she is just a lost cause .
@@Benty20_ What confuses me the most about Sakura's character was back in her fight with Ino , Ino managed to possess Sakura with mind control jutsu but Sakura was able to break free of Ino's Hold where Ino had revealed that Sakura has two spirits inside her . but that concept was never explored any further than just that. What was the relevance of introducing this aspect of her to the plot if it served no purpose and could have been developed into something more sinister if it was explored more . That was just bad writing on the writers part
@@javiermontaque683 I’d like to imagine that the other part of Sakura (the angry one) was used for the purposes of comedic effect. My guess is that if it weren’t used for comedic effect, then that part of Sakura where she does get angry is channeled into her ability to fight as she got older, and learned to control that angry side of her better.
@@Benty20_ I was thinking that it was the same kind of inner demon energy like sasuke and naruto where as she got older she would learn to control it as a fighting tool such a waste of a good character development .
It's weird that she seems to be the only one in her generation to shown with using fuinjutsu. Sealing utility tools in the scrolls sounds like basic fuinjutsu and should be one of the subjects taught in the academy. Her chakra affinities also never mentioned. If go by her arsenal, she should be Wind and Earth, Lightning if you really want to buff her up.
Don’t get me wrong she is wasted potential however I do kind of wish Naruto anime watcher do read the manga, Light novel, databook, fanbook,Guidebook, moviebook because it explian stuff, character plus NEED to becarful of wrong translation, and lastly interview again people need be careful of mistranslation and fake interview also just kishimoto also role playing as some character to answer questions. If people wondering why this important here why Studio Pierrot did not like sakura so they add fillers to make her seem bad person, basically they made her do thing that genuinely did not happen in the manga, they cut many of her moments or removed her completely, downplayed her feats, changed her personality, relationship and appearance. To better understand her character The order of canon in Naruto Manga Interview Databook Light novel Second introduced HER PARENTS EARLY ON which kishimoto actually did planned to do but it got removed. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT IS THEM IS THAT THEY ARE CIVILIAN . The other thing MAYBE WITH Better DESIGN. sorry they look SpongeBob and Patrick star Plus have people seen how sakura looks likes MANGA WISE Third ADD THING THAT WAS REMOVED FROM HER CHARACTER. Lot people don’t know but sakura was going to have her own arc with like Naruto, Sasuke and Shikamaru but Kishimoto editor said don’t it This video ruclips.net/video/fjNyeDlqgqE/видео.html ruclips.net/p/PLzrQzdpiCGbEg9EYzkuQblTVlsz9Rk09x This account called @never-mess-with-the-uchihas @primnroses If anyone went the link of the order I can send the link.
sakura could’ve been an extremely goated character if she wasnt written as a full of bs , blind and no common sense character but i guess her husband is also like that. both of them i hated.
Fr and you know what annoyed me this too. Was that in sasuke shiden that Sakura compared Sasuke protecting konoha to the uchiha police force which made Sasuke happy when he got to know about it. his childhood. Sasuke understands how Sakura understands him and so decides to return to Konoha. -And when Sasuke return to Konoha, he meets Sakura and says "I'm back, Sakura", keeping the silent promise he made to her when leaving the village. But they made it seem like Naruto wrote the letter.
I kind of wished kishimoto showed more sakura intelligence Intelligence Source primnrose How the canon describes Sakura’s intelligence: her feats and her accomplishments THIER WORDS PRIMNROSES This informative post will explain how the creator highlights Sakura Haruno’s intelligence and the different ways she displays it. I will use information present in the novels and the Boruto manga because it includes character development within canon compliance. I do not support the anime or the work of Studio Pierrot in regards to Naruto because I consider it over exaggerated and beyond biased. Furthermore, these fillers include some actions that these characters are unable to do in the canon according to official sources and they also generate unnecessary debate. In order to talk about Sakura’s intelligence, first the term “intelligence” or “mind” present in the skill set of the characters must be explained. According the the databooks, 賢 (Ken) comprehends the level of knowledge, IQ and wisdom. Databook Mind Symbolizes wisdom. Indicates the level of knowledge and IQ. This means that there is no difference between battle intelligence, IQ and being a “bookworm”, and it is all included inside a 1 to 5 scale. On the other hand, the Boruto manga statistics use the same base but, instead of a scale, they use a number. Masashi Kishimoto encapsulates the knowledge displayed during a battle against an enemy, how a ninja comes up with different strategies, which moves and equipment to use or analysis of the situation; and the general knowledge about theory or information about certain concepts, in that “mind (賢, Ken)” scale. The perfect examples of characters that are known for being both intelligent and for their analytical skills are Sakura Haruno and Shikamaru Nara. Shikamaru’s description during the Chūnin Exams finals confirms that the “mind” stat and the IQ is directly related to analytical abilities and strategies, aside from being already explained in the databooks. According to Asuma Sarutobi, Shikamaru’s sensei, his IQ of over 200 allows him to come up with different strategies in the midst of a confrontation. ONE TIME... ...I WAS SO BAFFLED BY HIS PROFICIENCY AT STRATEGY GAMES THAT I... ...I GAVE HIM AN I.Q. TEST. I CONVINCED HIM IT WAS JUST ANOTHER PUZZLE. I KIND OF DID IT JUST TO MESS WITH HIM, BUT... HE'S A SHARP ONE, ALL RIGHT! HIS I.Q. IS OVER 200... HE'S A FREAKIN' GENIUS!
According to the first databook (Rin no Sho), authored by Masashi Kishimoto, the statistic of Sakura in “mind” is 3.5 out of 5 points, very above the rest of the genin of her generation, whose points vary from 0.5 to 2.5. Shikamaru is the only genin to surpass her. Databook 1 statistics Ninjutsu 1.5 Taijustu 1 Genjustu 3 INTELLIGENCE 3.5 strength 1 Speed 1 stamina 1 Hand seal 4 Masashi Kishimoto described Sakura as a kunoichi whose [chakra control and] intelligence shall not be looked down upon. He mentions it a few times in her profile from the first databook. These statistics cover from chapter 1 to 119 approximately. Ability: 2 .Latent Potential: 4 • Luck: 3 • As one might expect from a young girl, she doesn't have much in the way of phys ical strength. Her chakra control and intelligence however, are nothing to look down upon. "This time, you take a backseat and have a good look at me!!" First-rate chakra control and brainpower!! Braver than any man, charming as a maiden!! As a ninja, she still doesn't have any remarkable feats under her belt, but even Kakashi acknowledges her latent ability. Chakra control, Genjutsu, her display of knowledge during the Chuunin Exams: she's shown shining potential in a fairly wide array of com petences. Should she develop them, she might become a threat even to the great Sasuke! She's also the one in Kakashi's team who reins in the two hot-headed types that are Sasuke and Naruto, like an older sister looking after a mischievous little boy. She easily clears the tree thanks to her chakra! She breaks through even through super difficult paper tests with her own strength. Even Kakashi acknowledges her ability with genjutsu. Will she become able to use first-class genjutsu sooner or later...? In the manga, Sakura is introduced as a kunoichi that displays a vast amount of knowledge, for example, about concepts like chakra, and is able to explain it in great detail. This feat makes Sakura somehow like an encyclopedia for her teammates, who can benefit from her information. In the manga her explain things FINE !! SAKURA LISTEN, NARUTO!! I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN IT SIMPLY. SOMEHOW, TRY TO REMEMBER IT WITH THAT SLOW BRAIN OF YOURS. SIMPLY PUT, CHAKRA IS THE ENERGY A SHINOBI NEEDS WHEN PERFORMING A JUTSU. THAT ENERGY HAS TWO PARTS. THE BODY ENERGY THAT IS IN EACH OF THE BIL LIONS OF YOUR CELLS. AND THE SPIRITUAL ENERGY GAINED THROUGH TRAINING AND OTHER EXPERIENCES. THESE TWO PARTS ARE COMBINED. SO BY BRINGING OUT AND RELEASING CHAKRA, YOU CAN USE A JUTSU. THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PER FORMING SEAL WITH THE HANDS. Inside BODY and SPIRIT SEAL JUTSU Considering he is a rather “lazy” character and knowing that he has seen his students' ninja profiles, in the case of Sakura, off-screen, Kakashi knows that she is a very intelligent and knowledgeable kunoichi, and uses her to elaborate concepts that he should do as the sensei. OK. BEFORE THAT... I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE SHINOBI ABILITY, CHAKRA. FINE SAKURA LISTEN, NARUTO!! I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN IT SIMPLY. SOMEHOW, TRY TO REMEMBER IT WITH THAT SLOW BRAIN OF YOURS. EXACTLY. IRUKA SENSEI HAS SOME GOOD STUDENTS
This range of knowledge is displayed during the written exam of the Chūnin Exams. Upon seeing the difficulty of the questions, Sakura concludes that almost nobody in the room would be able to answer them, except for her. ...BUT I'VE GOT TO CONCENTRATE ON MY OWN I'VE GOT TO HANG ONTO ALL MY POINTS TO MAKE UP FOR HIM.. UM... QUESTION NUMBER TWO... "THE PARABOLA MARKED BY REPO RESENTS THE GREATEST EFFEC TIVE DISTANCE THE ENEMY SHINOBIA COULD THROWA SHURIKEN START FROM THE TOP OF 23.3-FOOT-TALL TREE... "CALCULATE THE SPE CIFIC FEATURES OF THE SCENARIO AND DEDUCE THE RANGE OF THE SHURIKEN'S EF FECTIVENESS, ASSUM ING A CONSISTENT SPEED FOR SHINOBI A'S ASSAULT UPON ANY ENEMY SHINOBI OP ERATING WITHIN THE ARCTHAT THE FLIGHT OF THE SHURIKENDE SCRIBES, SHOW YOUR WORK." THIS IS... THIS IS AN INTEGRATED PROBLEM BASED ON PREDICTIONS OF UNCERTAIN CONDITIONS AND DYNAMIC ENERGY ANAL YSIS APPLICA TION. THERE'S NO WAY NARUTO CAN SOLVE THIS. I MEAN, HARDLY ANYONE CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM... Except me course. The ninja responsible for the first round of the exams, Ibiki Morino, the Head of the Intelligence Division and captain of T&I Force, confesses that the level of the questions is beyond the knowledge of a genin. The fact that Sakura is able to answer them proves that her intelligence is above average. HOWEVER... THE QUESTIONS ARE BEYOND THE LEVEL THAT JUNIOR NINJA COULD BE EXPECTED TO HANDLE. SO MOST OF YOU... Despite realizing that the exam is forcing the ninja in the room to cheat, Sakura shows no problems finding the answer to every question and finishes before the last one is announced. THE SYSTEM IS SET UP SO THAT YOU'D CHEAT! I JUST HOPE SASUKE-KUN AND NARUTO WOULDN'T DO THAT OR ELSE IT'D BE PROBLEMATIC FOR US... Answering the question THAT'S IT! I'VE ANSWERED THEM ALL! THERE'S NOTHING LEFT FOR ME TO DO BUT WAIT FOR THE TENTH QUESTION. Ino Yamanaka, regarded as the top kunoichi in the Academy, uses Sakura to answer her own questions. Despite being the top among the girls, Ino does not know any of the answers of the test. Even the top-rated rookie, Sasuke Uchiha, cannot answer any of the questions presented in the sheet. Despite both girls being rivals, Ino respects Sakura’s intelligence, regarding it as superior to hers, and trusts her to have answered correctly, following the narrative of scoring 100/100 on her tests. IT LOOKS LIKE SAKURA HAS FINALLY STOPPED WRITING. TIME TO MAKE MY MOVE! SAKURA... YOUR BROAD BROW AND BIG BRAIN HAVE EARNED MY RESPECT... ...SO You OUGHT TO FEEL HONORED...
3 She tells her teammates that the number of scrolls left, especially now that their Heaven Scroll had been burnt by Orochimaru, and calculates them in relation with the number of teams and the time passed since the start. Sakura deduces that those factors have reduced their possibilities of success. This outcome prompts the team to get more serious in their pursue of the Heaven Scroll and their future fights with enemies. I'M WORRIED THAT... ...THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANY MORE HEAVEN SCROLLS LEFT. ? Sasuke : : WHICH MEANS THAT... ...AT THAT POINT... THE NUMBER OF TEAMS THAT COULD POSSIBLY PASS THE TEST DROPPED TO 12. WELL, THE SECOND EXAM IS ONLY DUE TO LAST FIVE DAYS... AND FOUR DAYS HAVE ALREADY ELAPSED. THAT'S 80 PERCENT OF THE TEST TIME. THERE ARE 26 TEAMS OF THREE COMPETING... AND ONLY 13 OF EACH SCROLL, HEAVEN OR EARTH. SINCE YOU NEED BOTH SCROLLS TO PASS, A MAXIMUM OF 13 TEAMS WILL SUCCEED. ? AND... THAT WAS BEFORE... ...THAT OROCHIMARU GUY WHO ATTACKED US... ...BURNED OUR HEAVEN SCROLL. AND WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING IF ALL 25 OF THE OTHER SCROLLS SURVIVED, EITHER. ONE SET HEAVEN WHICH IS X OUT AND EARTH AS SOON AS ONE OF EITHER TYPE OF SCROLL IS DESTROYED... ...ONE SCROLL OF THE OTHER TYPE AUTOMATICALLY BECOMES USELESS. Later, in the final stage of the exams, during Naruto’s battle against Kiba, Sakura explained what Naruto’s strategy was in great detail. Despite being confused at the beginning, Sakura discovered that Naruto planned to trick Kiba with a Transformation Jutsu, eventually succeeding. !! I GET IT! AFTER KIBA'S NOSE EXPOSED NARUTO'S DECEIT, NARUTO WAITED UNTIL KIBA PUNCHED HIM... AND THEN TRANSFORMED HIMSELF INTO AKAMARU!! I GET IT! AFTER KIBA'S NOSE EXPOSED NARUTO'S DECEIT, NARUTO WAITED UNTIL KIBA PUNCHED HIM... AND THEN TRANSFORMED HIMSELF INTO AKAMARU!! KIBA HE HIT ME NARUTO AS KIBA NOW'S MY CHANCE! TRANS FORM!! AKAMARU AS KIBA KIBA HUNH I HIT AKAMARU?! IMMEDIATELY TRANSFORMED INTO AKAMARU BAM NARUTO AS AKAMARU BY TIMING IT PRECISELY, NARUTO TRICKED KIBA INTO THINKING THAT THE MAN-BEAST TRANSFORMATION HAD COME UNDONE, AND THAT HE'D TAKEN OUT AKAMARU INSTEAD! NARUTO REALLY THOUGHT THIS ONE OUT! THE REAL Kiba AKAMARU AS KIBA KIBA CAN'T ATTACK NARUTO AS KIBA KIBA CAN ATTACK IF NARUTO TRANS FORMS INTO KIBA, THEN THE REAL KIBA WON'T KNOW WHICH FAKE KIBA IS AKAMARU AND WHICH ONE IS NARUTO... IF HE ATTACKS EITHER ONE, HE RISKS TAKING OUT HIS PARTNER. AKAMARU AS KIBA THE REAL, KIBA CAN'T ATTACK NARUTO AS KIBA AKAMARU CAN ATTACK LIKEWISE, AKAMARU DOESN'T KNOW WHICH "KIBA" IS HIS MASTER AND WHICH ONE IS NARUTO, SO AKAMARU CAN'T ATTACK. NARUTO AS KIBA KIBA And AKAMARU AS KIBA NARUTO CAN ATTACK NARUTO IS THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS FOR SURE THAT BOTH OF THE OTHERS ARE HIS ENEMIES, SO HE CAN ATTACK EITHER ONE WITH IMPUNITY!!
As a ninja devoid of any shinobi background, Sakura lacked many battle abilities, such as special jutsu or taijutsu. However, she is able to put to use any of the simple techniques that she was taught in the Academy when she requires it. Her strategies consist of fooling her enemies with simple jutsu such as Body Replacement and Clone Technique. She tricks the Sound Ninja and Ino Yamanaka with both jutsu and delivers a hit on both of them, taking them by surprise. OBVIOUSLY... ...YOU'RE OVER HEAD! !! TRY IT TWICE, TRY IT THRICE... THAT TRICK WILL NEVER WORK ON ME! MY SMALLEST SKILL IS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR YOU!! WHAT THE ?! THIS TIME... ...IT'S REAL!! THIS ISN'T AN ACADEMY GRADUATION EXAM, YOU KNOW. YOU CAN'T BEAT ME WITH CLASSIC, TEXTBOOK MOVES! SPOTTING THE REAL ONE FROM THE FAKES WILL BE AT PIECE OF CAKE... AIEE!! Later in the series, this strategy will become one of Sakura’s most used battle styles. After the experience in the Chūnin Exams, Sakura’s intelligence stat rises to 4 points out of 5 according to the second databook, authored by Masashi Kishimoto, which covers from chapter 120 to 244 approximately. That is 0.5 points more than the first databook. Ninjutsu 2 Taijustu 1 Genjustu 3 Intelligence 4 Strength 1 Speed 1 Stamina 1 Hand seal 4
5 During the 2 and a half year gap, Sakura decides to train under the Fifth Hokage and Sannin, Tsunade. She learns the way of medicine, medical ninjutsu, which is a branch of ninjutsu that is quite hard to master due to the extensive knowledge the user must possess. MEDICAL NINJAS REQUIRE DIFFERENT SKILLS COMPARED TO NINJAS WHO FOCUS ON FIGHTING... YOU MUST HAVE EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR CHAKRA CONTROL REFINED TO PERFECTION... STUDY A LARGE AMOUNT OF SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE... HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPLY THAT KNOWLEDGE AND NEVER GIVE UP... Databook At the time of the Great Ninja War, Tsunade advocated the assignment of a medic ninja to every platoon. However, this recommendation was rejected on the basis that it would require an enormous amount of time to train such personnel. Medic ninja are required to possess many skills including delicate control of chakra and knowledge of the human body and medicines. Side note Medic ninja must also posses the knowledge and skill to prepare Although it has been confirmed that mastering medical ninjutsu requires more chakra control than knowledge, and that there are different types of medics depending on their level of knowledge and skills.
oh hell yeah sakura had TONS of potential but all that potential got traded for USELESS energy you say "wasted potential" and there's many characters people think of you say "poorly written" and even more characters come to mind BUT you say "USELESS" and image of sakura instantly comes up to mind
Fun fact did you know sakura justu arsenal is more diverse then hinata and Ino if anyone want proof I can write it or send a link in the community tab because every time I try to send link my comment get removed Shortest version sakura has ninjustu which are theses Source primnroses shorten by me SHURIKENJUTSU BODY REPLACEMENT TECHNIQUE TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUE BARRIER BOOBY TRAPS CLONE TECHNIQUE FIRE RELEASE CHAKRA TRANSFER TECHNIQUE SENSING TECHNIQUE SUMMONING TECHNIQUE Immense Network Healing Slug Great Division Tongue Tooth Sticky Acid MEDICAL NINJUTSU BE MEDICAL NINJA IS HARD HOWEVER BE MEDICAL NINJA WITH MEDICAL NINJUTSU IS HARDER Mystical Palm Technique Healing Power Transmutation Technique there is no information about this technique despite being present in her Boruto: Naruto Next Generations manga statistics, Delicate Illness Extraction KINJUTSU CREATION REBIRTH GENJUTSU GENJUTSU RELEASE (?-rank, ?): FŪINJUTSU BYAKUGŌ NO IN (S-rank, ?): YIN SEAL:RELEASE CREATION REBIRTH - SEALING TECHNIQUE (?-rank, ?): TAIJUTSU ŌKASHŌ Sakura analyzation, memorization, and evasion Skill. Let me explain Sakura was trained by Tsunade to memorize an opponent movements and adjust to their style as it means to pervert being hit in combat. Medical ninja are vital in the shinobi world and need to remain out of harm way so running and countering them is essential. COLLABORATION TAIJUTSU-NINJUTSU: Puppet Performance: Human Puppet Sakura is an all-around ninja and the most versatile kunoichi of the series. She is also the strongest kunoichi, able to use multiple jutsu styles, among them are ninjutsu, genjutsu, taijutsu, kinjutsu and fūinjutsu. IF ANYONE WANT WITH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS I CAN SEND LINK TO COMMUNITY TAB IF WANTED
Hinata FUN FACT DID YOU KNOW HINATA DOESN’T HAVE ANY YIN AND YANG RELEASE Source primnroses shorten by me KEKKEI GENKAI - DŌJUTSU: BYAKUGAN TAIJUTSU GENTLE FIST Eight Trigrams Sixty Four Palms Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm Derived jutsu - Eight Trigrams Vacuum Wall Palm: Palm Bottom Twin Lion Fists Derived jutsu - Twin Lion Fists Crumbling Attack: COLLABORATION JUTSU Ninjutsu-Dōjutsu - Byakugan-aided Mind Body Switch Taijutsu-ninjutsu - Spiraling Twin Lion Fists NINJUTSU Chakra Transfer Technique Hinata does the same thing she did when she performed the Spiraling Twin Lion Fists. In order to save him from the draining effects of the Tenseigan, Hinata merges her chakra with Naruto so Toneri cannot extract more power. Contrary to popular belief, Hinata does not replenish Naruto’s reserves because received chakra did not augment her natural pool of stamina. PLUS TONERI NEVER ACTUALLY STEALS NARUTO CHAKRA Hinata is not a very versatile ninja in terms of jutsu styles, being only proficient in taijutsu, but she can perform different styles of taijutsu, which add to her combat variety. Although she is taijutsu oriented only, she can merge her chakra with others, a common form of ninjutsu. IF ANYONE WANT MORE INFORMATION I CAN SEND THE LINK TO THE COMMUNITY TAB
Source primnroses shorten by me Ino NINJUTSU SHURIKENJUTSU BARRIER BOOBY TRAPS EARTH RELEASE: PRACTICE BRICK TECHNIQUE HAIR TRAP TECHNIQUE SENSING TECHNIQUE MEDICAL NINJUTSU: Mystical Palm Technique YAMANAKA HIDEN JUTSU: Mind Body Switch Technique Ino is not a very versatile ninja in terms of jutsu styles, being only proficient in ninjutsu, but she has a wide range of them. Due to not being a ninja indicated for battle, she counts with her teammates and their cooperative attacks to support her in the battlefield If FOR MORE INFORMATION I CAN SEND LINK IN THE COMMUNITY TAB. Derived jutsu - Mind Body Clone Technique: Mind Transmission Technique Sensing Transmission COLLABORATION JUTSU Formation E: Human Bullet Yo-Yo Ninjutsu-Dōjutsu Byakugan-aided Mind Body Switch
She also had the ability to develop wood style like hashirama, bc she’s the only person in the verse to have been born with the same traits as him. BUT then they gave wood style to a random girl
Medics help sustain fighters for as long as possible, and in the case of Sakura (combat medic) she is supposed to know how to heal as great as she can neutralize targets
It's not that Kishimoto can't write women, it's that he refuses to. He just uses them to develop male characters, he never puts any real effort into giving them proper story arcs. The exception to this is Tsunade, who he did write a good arc for. This proves that he can if he wants to.
Fair point I can see that being a good reason.
Nahh tsunade in that arc was mid cuz she got bitchslapped by kabuto who was the STUDENT of her own teammate and she was considered.
@@Sakustanshe had hemophobia without it kabuto whould have died
I love Anko Miterashi, Temari, Guren and Tsunade . This proves that Kishimoto can write good female characters. Oh and I forgot about Lady Chiyo.
it all starts with the author and writer
Indeed it does!
It's weird. I would make the argument that pre-time skip Sakura had more potential than post-time skip Sakura.
I would like to explain that with a few examples.
Example 1: The Forbidden Forest
Naruto and Sasuke is on the ground unconscious.
Sound Nin jump her group.
She knows for a fact that she can't beat them and that if she doesn't run she will die.
Yet, what does she do?
She stays and fights to protect her friends, knowing that ultimately she will fall. However, that doesn't matter to her. What matters is that she stands her ground to protect those she cherishes.
This is a far cry from Sakura during the Pain Arc.
That Sakura's reaction to the Village being destroyed was to cry out for Naruto.
She never attempted to fight the Pains as they began their assault on the Village. Meanwhile, we see Kakashi, Kohamaru, and others engage against them.
Post-time skip Sakura may have had the greater powerset, but pre-time skip Sakura had the stronger mindset.
Example 2: Written Test
That test was designed to be so difficult that it was expected that the only way a person could pass was to cheat.
And Sakura knew all the answers.
And finished it before anyone else.
She may not have had the battle IQ of Sasuke, or the out of the box thinking of Naruto, but in terms of raw knowledge she was aces.
That could have been translated into her becoming a Conan (Case Close) type character.
She can look at a jutsu and go "Hmmm...that looks like an X jutsu. If I'm right it likely works by doing Y. Performs Z to test out her theory and develop a counter to her foe."
To follow this up, and to further emphasize her intellect, she might know a large number of ninjutsu.
This would give each member of Team 7 their own specialty.
Naruto is the Brick with hia strong physical stats, regen, and high chakra.
Sasuke is the Guile Hero with his use of Genjutsu and trickery.
Sakura is the Smart Guy with her raw intellect and academic knowledge symbolized through her mastery of all the elemental chakra natures.
You make a fair observation and I agree with many of your points! Sakura showed much potential at first, then took a couple drastic steps back in Shipudden (for 2/3rds of the series) then became what she was supposed to be in the original Naruto, currently in Boruto. It’s like a huge flip flop that eventually worked itself out just cuz it had to. It is what it is at least she’s where she needs it be.
I really feel that Sakura would have benefitted as a character if Kishimoto ever showed her falling out of love with Sasuke, considering all the times he looked down on her. I really don't know how he justified in his head to have Sakura keep loving Sasuke, even after Sasuke tried to axe her off multiple times with 0 regret/care. Just imagine a version of Naruto where Sakura realices how toxic Sasuke is, and how down right dangerous he has become after the timeskip, and then focus on having her improve herself/her other skills, instead of just having her be the cliche "person in love" trope whom, because of said cliche/trope, ignores all the massive, red flags thrown her way! Sakura could have been such a good opponent to Sasuke, using her own battle analytics skills against Sasuke's, using her earth and water elemental jutsus to counter his Chidori and fire based jutsus, along with her genjutsu skills to counter his Sharingan, and keeping herself and Naruto healed as Sasuke tracks their punches/kicks. Kishimoto gave her all these advantages, and then throws it all to the side so that he can have her go "Oooo Sasuke, have my babies" whenever she's around Sasuke instead!
I wish there had been a Sakura focused arc between the 1st periode and shippuden where she 1) stops having feelings for Sasuke and becomes her own person whoms whole identity/existence doesn't revolve around him, and 2) realices she's going to have to rely/focus on herself as her teacher is busy only focusing on her team mates, and said team mates are always off getting stronger on their own. It would have been so satisfying to see Sakura roll up her sleeves, say "f you all" to her team mates and teacher, and grow strong on her own and become a respectable, independent ninja in her own way using her IQ, observation skills, quick thinking/reaction, battle analytics skills, genjutsu talent, water and earth based jutsus and chakra control. An arc such as that could also have served to show how characters in this world who doesn't come from any spesific clan, and also doesn't have anything unique about them that makes them stand out as an individual, have to struggle more and isn't as recogniced, but instead ignored/put to the side as they don't have anything flashy about them that promises them a great future.
Also, Kishimoto saying he can't write female characters is such a weak excuse. Just think about what you need/what you want to add, add personality and basic look, then draw the body. Kishimoto thinking that's only possible with male characters, and that he, apperently by the look of it, needs! to write in "in love/boy focused/healer" , "shy/gentle/meek/emotional support/side character" and "weak/damsel/the team's underdog" as part of their personality/background in order for their characters to make sense/fit in into the story and for them to have a complete/fulfilling story just because they have breasts. As a story creator he should be able to be more diverse regardless of gender (and honestly more realistic about how real life women actually are) , instead of thinking that those old cliches, tired, sexist traits and drawing them pretty are the two only required things he has to do before calling it a day regarding those characters.
You raise alot of fair points, and honestly you're right. If we saw an arc where Sakura comes to the realization that she doesn't need to become hyperfocused on Sasuke and just needs to focus on her own self improvement, she would've truly been an unstoppable force to be reckoned with (and imo, would've passed Tsunade in terms of potential and strength much quicker than anticipated). This didn't happen though, but at least we're getting to see that powerful version of Sakura in Boruto!
@@Benty20_ That's true. And I heard she's also shown to be much stronger and battlewise in the novelas.
The best thing about sakura is of course her potential. She had so many things to develop, so many things to show and problems to solve (issues with parents and family which narusasu had nothing to do with for understandable reasons, uchi naru sakura as her 2nd personality (really interesting inner conflict between disciplined and hot-tempered sakuras), genjutsu training with Kurenai for example, earth and water jutsus, creating her own one, caring about being a shinobi but not about your appearance (an opportunity to inspire tsunade to accept her looks too), loving the person who treats you well, representing the idea of hard-working and loving herself).
I don't think giving sakura AT LEAST the motivation was that hard. Even tenten had one (despite not achieving it😒), so why not haruno, the female lead? Just make her want to glorify haruno family thanks to becoming the strongest medic ninja and surpassing tsunade.
About chemistry with others:
With naruto sakura was herself (him too; with hinata naruto is dumb and way calm), so they becoming a couple is a good idea. She had a lot of things to study and not just copy tsunade but become somebody like Orochimaru who knows a lot and can do a lot (much more chances to catch up with narusasu or at least get closer to them). Being the smartest among kakashi students haruno could have become the brain of team 7. Shikamaru would have been a great teacher of strategy for her. She could have befriended Lee, Tenten, Neji, Hinata and ask them to teach her taijutsu that also would have improved their relationship. So many interesting fights were not shown with her (itachi - genjutsu type, kabuto - medical ninja, sasuke - trying to bring him back to lead village, konan - a talented woman vs a hard-working girl). Her friendship with Ino had an opportunity to make them soulmates just like naruto and sasuke, represented a sisterhood in this story. The relationship with uchiha would have been interesting too: she could have moved from an obsessive girl not able to yell at him to a lady being herself with her comrade and ready to punch this boy to bring him to life if he starts freezing up like mc sometimes. Not only naruto but she also could have helped him change for the better and been the girl who forgave him but stayed his good friend and believed in him.
My question: was it that difficult to write? Well, what am I talking about? Even her trainings and parents weren't shown in the manga, let alone something else. Sakura's arc obviously is the biggest Kishimoto's mistake. To rewrite her one has to rewrite the whole story
I can't agree sakura ALWAYS treated naruto like a shit. She was the first person to save him on their mission, she was the only one who was going to give up on her dream for his sake. Only she stood up for him publicly during the fight with kiba. After defeating neji she acknowledged mc's power. She thanked him for supporting her while fighting with ino, thanked him for trying to bring sasuke back. Sakura worried about naruto when found out that jinchuriki dies after losing the power of biju. Naruto was her role model, she wanted to catch up with him, relied on him in pain arc (yeah a bad example but anyway) and trusted him. She wanted to protect mc (the exam, 5 kages summit arc, the war). I know the way it was executed is bad but still we saw it.
She could have ended up with him if only kishi wanted her to. It's good for both naruto and sakura cause be gets acknowledged by her as he always dreamed and she is really loved treated like a normal, a dear person for someone.
I'm not saying she didn't insult naruto at all. I just want others to understand she did good things for him too
Sakura NEVER has saved Naruto. I have the anime at home. I do acknowledge that Sakura has a few good things about her, sadly the bad outweighs the good
@@DarthVoxyn wanna know a secret? Canonically (in the manga), sakura saved Naruto even more times than he saved her😌
I "like" the fact kishi made konan and sakura trashy when it came to destroying rinnegan. Konan knew how much it was important for "madara" and had WEEKS for stopping him. She could have prevented thousands of deaths, ruined uchiha's plan and helped the world but she DIDN'T cause nagato's DEAD body is a memory, her friend MeAnT a LoT to her, he's too valuable. Common, just do it and you won't have to come up with a mind-blowing plan to defeat your former leader, won't have to waste your chakra and die... miserably! It's a plot hole or just a bad writing. Both are stupid!
The same thing is for sakura. I understand she's a medical shinobi whose duty is to HEAL not to kill or damage something but that scene with her doubting getting rid of the eye was just for plot moving and proving (for the 100th time) she is a bAd kunoichi and character. That scene only broke the rules of shinobu system, added another contrived coincidence, made madara cool and invincible but sakura dumb, weak and pathetic.
Kishimoto did everything to humiliate his women and show his men as perfect human beings in comparison with them.
Same with kushina. Her story simply became minato because one guy accepted her. Her entire story was about being disconnected and being an outcast within the village and one guy accepts her and she sucked his balls drier and creamed her panties for him. People say Kushina was a good female character but honestly, no. Her story of being an Uzumaki, her own childhood became nothing more than a stepping stone for minato and simply falling in love with him. If I’m being honest, even that love interest, even if it was good, was forced. How does acceptance within a home turn to love because one person accepted her?
@@lapplandkun9273 nothing but facts. I don't see any reason why kushina couldn't control kurama, why she refused to become a hokage, why she left naruto alone, why her character didn't help to explore uzumaki clan for the plot, why kurama didn't tell the mc anything about her and why naruto himself didn't ask him how his parents died. Where the hell are kushina's parents? Where was she during world war 3? Why didn't naruto inherit anything from her or minato? So many unanswered questions
I would love sakura still to be feminine because media usually feminine in negative light and has girl i would see feminine girl be represented in a positive light.
No offense there nothing wrong with woman doing makeup , having feeling , staying a stay home mom and many more things expect if it’s abuses or the women actually did something really bad.
Honestly she could have been a good feminine character if SP didn’t mess her up and people actually did their research by actually looking at official sources
2 kishimoto kept some of his idea
SO BASICALLY YOU CAN BE STRONG ,FEMININE AND STILL HAVE FEELING FOR SOMEONE
Let me get out the way sakura is not obsessed with sasuke
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SHE GENUINELY START TO HAVE FEELING FOR HIM IT WAS EVEN STATED IN Databook
YOU GOT TO REMEMBER THEY ACTUALLY HUNGED OUT WITH EACH OTHER FOR A YEAR.
Sakura might have had inferiority complex
I think would be interesting in manga sakura was not only verbally bullied she was also physically bullied because in the manga she would have bruises
The second reason is her parent because when we are first introduced they insulted here and I still don’t like their design.
Besides, you're a bit of a pig compared to most girls.
Even if you get promoted, won't you
just get in the way of the top brass?
Sakura
You didn't have to tell the whole village...
@karinakamichi
This was during the moment other parents were praising their kids, talking about celebrating. Mibuki and Kizashi decided to HUMILIATE her in front of the entire village, bringing up her flaws at the most possible times.
Something that should've been taken up at home, calling her a pig, and saying she'd just get in the way if she promoted and were invalidating all her hard work as a Ninja.
Which is horrible if you realise all the insecurities and self-blame Sakura has experienced, by even calling herself a burden on more than one occasion in the past.
And there was an anecdote where someone said: "She reminds me of my mother, actually, who I love but she has not been that supportive of my accomplishments at all and has made jokes and degraded me in a way that actually really hurt.
Just like bullies in a class will joke about people but it doesn't mean the jokes are funny."
What Sakura's parents said about her obviously made her uncomfortable and embarrassed her. What they said was really insensitive and she honestly doesn't give me that great vibes.
Kishomoto once even said that arguments are a common occurrence between them, but imagine taking an opportunity that you should be praising your child, but you decide to insult and humiliate them instead.
Imagine saying that to your daughter/ son?
It can damage their self esteem
I know this movie is filler but Naruto road to ninja interview kishimoto mentions that even though he would have liked to write some scenes with them, he hasn't had the chance to include Sakura's parents until now. In his mind, he had the image for Sakura's parents, which include back-and-forth arguing matches, but he just never could find the right time to do so. Her parent sense during the movie was thought out by Kishimoto.
They didn't appear in the manga to help, they just appeared here to annoy their 15 yo daughter who helped to defeat Sasori... insulting her
Someone saying they can't write women simply internalized the thoight that women are the other and completely different from males. It's sexism, thinking that she should want this or end up like that due to being female. Writing good females is simply, write good female CHARACTERS, not good FEMALE characters.
Kishimoto did do a good job writing Temari, and Hinata, but he missed the mark with most of the other female characters. It’s a hit or miss and Sakura just so happens to be a miss that was written much better in Boruto.
You can't say "everyone hates Sakura" when she's literally in the top 10 international poll right now at number 9 and the only female in it at that.
It's Americans who hate on Sakura the most and have a big misunderstand of her and Sasuke.
I did actually see that poll. Most people hate Sakura because of how she treats Naruto (constantly punching him mostly for no reason) but her in Boruto currently is what she should’ve developed into during and by the time Shippuden ended.
@@Benty20_she punched him 14 times in the manga, and all of those times were comedic relief. In the anime more than half the time she punches him is non manga canon
@@Benty20_it's very misleading to say people hate sakura for punching Naruto. It's just a point loud haters gripe about. That narrative overwrites the real major problem almost as if to make people questioning her character decisions seem absurd. A lot of people were neutral on Sakura till 2 or 3 points. First, the arc where she tried to emotionally manipulate Naruto. Second, the dumbass plan she made to attack sasuke, everyone knew it was going to flop. Third, Sakura's romantic emotions never evolving even after the sparky sparky in her chest moment. She begged for crumbs of Sasuke's affection. This was not the strong willed, free speaking character we had come to know. Yes, yes, the romance was terribly written, but that last point is what made lots of people give up on her. A lot of the fan base couldn't give her respect after that.
It's not about being "useless". Tenten, Hinata, Ino barely do anything in the show but still get acknowledged for their skill.
@@rhuonaChanel You raise some fair points and I agree. U gotta admit though, Sakura hitting Naruto repeatedly (in the anime) is annoying, very unnecessary and immature Kushina would slap Sakura silly had she been alive lol
Lets not sit here n completely write off the moments in which Sakura has Cared for naruto even when they were genin. Also lets not sit here and act like sakura was the only person to completely put the world at danger because of her personal feelings. Naruto has done it plenty of times n his most noticeable one is dealing with sasuke. If naruto didn’t have the power to stop Sasuke then he would have killed everyone. So lets not be hypocrites cuz Naruto faught for his obsession for friendship and sakura fought for the person she loved even going to the extent of trying to get rid of sasuke because he was a major threat to the village. Now the whole “I hate sakura cuz she always hitting naruto etc etc.” that is simply childish. If any of you men actually had female bestfriends then u would know that they hit there male friends all of the time. The clip of her punching naruto was simply cuz she was embarrassed nothing more.
Most people got a problem with Sakura hitting Naruto for no reason, even when he didn’t deserve it. Imo, I just wish Sakura had the development she has in Boruto, being fixed into Shippuden.
@@Benty20_a lot of those times were filler and not canon to the manga 🙄
Fun fact Sasusaku has 168 moments in manga since the beginning of Naruto plus there the light novels, THEY TRAVELED TOGETHER, BORUTO NOVEL, Naruto GAIDEN , BORUTO THE MOVIE, ANIME CANON I found this by person called Sakura_bloom7
Yes! The Boruto anime IS CANON!!
There is no denying this fact. This is clear from Ikemoto's interview with Lucca Comics in 2018. Ikemoto's and Kodachi's editor, Taguchi stated how Kodachi himself is responsible for the screenplay of the boruto anime and that Kodachi heavily supervises the boruto anime.
In order to prevent the anime to overtake the manga, the anime adds stories PARALLEL to the manga. The anime and manga follow the same path and then intersect in the same point in the end. All of this, obviously, after the creative and editorial control of Kodachi.
In the Boruto series, the manga is canon, the novels are canon, and the anime is also canon. Boruto manga is like a concise version of the series and the anime covers the whole series in full detail.
I know there are some contradictions in the anime but that can be brought to light using the manga since the manga and the novels remain superior. But the anime still remains canon!!
WHICH SP NERFED
You know what annoyed me perfectly explain by madara_fate and credit goes to him too
All of his words just know he only put three I have way more
3. Having Sakura doubt who she’d save first between Sasuke and Naruto
This was of course an anime only filler, but it was so stupid and made absolutely no sense when considering Sakura’s very obvious allegiances to the village despite her endeavour to save Sasuke from the darkness. It occurred during Shippúden episode 222 (which adapts chapter 491 of the manga), and it was during a scene where Sakura was being tutored by a medical ninja.
During this scene, Sakura has flashbacks of their reunion with Sasuke in The Land of Iron. That’s when she wondered to herself who she’d save first between him and Naruto if they were both seriously injured.
The scene occurs shortly after Naruto is transported back to Ichiraku Ramen:
In the manga however, after Naruto returns to Ichiraku Ramen from Mount Myóboku, the scene goes straight to Tsunade being pissed during the 5 Kage Summit because the general consensus was to hide Naruto and Killer Bee during the war, rather than to use them. Sakura having those thoughts never happened in the manga. Canonically, despite her love for Sasuke, she would of course save Naruto first, not only because Naruto was also striving to save Sasuke anyway so it was really a no-brainer, but also because Sasuke was a rogue ninja who was aiming to destroy the village; Sakura isn’t stupid.
SP decided to include those absurd scenes in the anime because apparently, canon material just isn’t good enough for them sometimes. Goodness, If they only knew how “good” their fillers truly were…
2. Portraying Sakura as being ignorant of Sasuke’s darkness during Pt.1
During episode 212 of Shippúden, the whole long scene of Sakura remembering her times with Sasuke on her way to confront him after his battle with Danzo, didn’t happen at all in the manga, and it didn’t do anything positive for SS either. All it did was wrongfully imply that Sakura was ignorant of the darkness that Sasuke carried, whereas Naruto apparently knew all along:
That’s just pure Studio Pierrot bullshit. Sakura was canonically the very first person to know of Sasuke’s darkness; she knew about it ever since he was bitten by Orochimaru in the Forest of Death, and was shown to constantly worry about it throughout the remainder of Pt.1, up to when Sasuke eventually left the village to seek Orochimaru. Which again, was something that only Sakura was shown to have foreseen, because unlike Naruto and Kakashi, she was indeed very much aware of the darkness inside Sasuke’s heart.
She was shown worrying about Sasuke’s darkness again:
••••
EVENTUALLY, SASUKE WILL BE FORCED TO SEEK ME OUT...
...SASUKE...
WHERE IN THE WORLD DID YOU GO...?
And again:
And It was because Sakura knew how deep Sasuke’s darkness ran that she was the only one who was able to predict that he would leave, and she even predicted when he would leave, despite Naruto and Kakashi’s reassurances that he would stay and everything would be alright.
On the other hand, Naruto was the one who was completely ignorant of Sasuke’s darkness up until he fought him at the Valley of the End, and was made to see his Curse Seal and the way he acted first hand; it was just purely a rivalry thing to Naruto prior to that, and Kakashi was none the wiser:
And It was because Sakura knew how deep Sasuke’s darkness ran that she was the only one who was able to predict that he would leave, and she even predicted when he would leave, despite Naruto and Kakashi’s reassurances that he would stay and everything would be alright.
On the other hand, Naruto was the one who was completely ignorant of Sasuke’s darkness up until he fought him at the Valley of the End, and was made to see his Curse Seal and the way he acted first hand; it was just purely a rivalry thing to Naruto prior to that, and Kakashi was none the wiser:
NARUTO AND SASUKE ARE BOTH FRIENDS AND RIVALS...
THEIR COMPETITION KEEPS THEM GOING.
I'M GUESS ING...
NARUTO COULDN'T TOLERATE SASUKE'S CHEAP PROVOCATIONS...
HE'S WANTED TO BE AS STRONG AS SASUKE..
...SINCE THEIR ACADEMY DAYS.
NARUTO WANTS TO BE RECOGNIZED...
Naruto just wanted to be acknowledged by Sasuke, and it was due to this that Kakashi likened their relationship and rivalry to that of Jiraiya and Orochimaru. That’s literally all either of them thought was up with Sasuke at the time.
So despite both Naruto and Kakashi essentially telling Sakura that she didn’t have to worry about Sasuke, and that everything would be alright because of their own ignorance of Sasuke’s darkness:
Kakashi
DON'T WORRY!
IT'LL BE LIKE IT WAS BEFORE!
Naruto
SASUKE WON'T BE TEMPTED BY HIM!
HE'S SUPER STRONG TOO! IPROMISE
Sakura still knew that Sasuke would leave, because she was the one who was privy to the depth of Sasuke’s darkness and understood it better than anyone else did at the time. That’s why she anticipated his departure and intercepted him while he was making his way to the village gates:
Sasuke shocked
!
Sakura …
And yet Studio Pierrot decided to feed the gullible viewers with more bullshit about how it was actually Sakura who was ignorant of Sasuke’s darkness, whereas Naruto had apparently noticed all along… What a load of fake nonsense, seriously. It was literally just a complete lie
1. Actually changing Sakura’s thoughts, from thinking about Sasuke, to thinking about Naruto
Watching this butchered scene from Shippúden episode 074 made me physically ill; it was just so awful to watch. When Sakura was looking at her photo of team 7 and getting sad over it, in the manga it was purely a SS moment (Chapter 319) due to the huge emphasis on the crescent moon (which was highly prominent during Sakura’s first confession). She was obviously thinking of Sasuke, missing him dearly, and longing for the days and the good times they used to share together as part of Team 7:
That much was obvious. However, what SP decided to do with this scene in all of their wisdom, was just wrong, so so wrong…
Out of all the times in which SP downplayed SS moments, this was by far the worst in my opinion, because at least for the other examples, they were still identifiable as SS moments. In this instance however, they changed it into a NS moment in its entirety.
In the anime, SP made Sakura have these random Naruto flashbacks which had nothing to do with anything. They made her think about how hard he’s worked, how far he’s come, and about how she can help him from now on:
They even had the audacity to make Sakura recall how someone said that what really mattered were her feelings for Naruto, (despite the fact that this scene was supposed to depict her being upset over Sasuke’s absence):
What really matters are your feelings for Naruto”? What feelings? What did that have to do with anything? Another SS moment completely ruined, and that was absolutely terrible by SP. They didn’t even have Sakura think about Sasuke at all. The only thing she thought about was Naruto’s journey, and how she could help him from now on. Why couldn’t they even remotely stick with the manga? This scene was downright awful. It almost makes me angry just remembering it.
She healed n save both at the end so
The thing about Sakura is that I don't hate her (or Sasuke), I just love to hate on her (and Sasuke).
Sakura should’ve just moved on from
Sasuke and fulfill her dream. She threw it away to be with Sasuke, honestly she shouldn’t forgive Sasuke at all.
True
@@Benty20_ Tsunade would be disappointed on Sakura because she taught Sakura to grow up and Sakura still hasn’t gotten out of her fan girl stage. I think the reason why Sakura wanted to be Tsunade student is that to gain Sasuke’s attention.
@@shaileshpotula2870 I also believe that as well, but Sakura wasn't willing to put her feelings aside in order to do the right thing and to progress even further in life in regards to her progression as a kunoichi (female ninja).
@@Benty20_ All that training was wasted even though I watched the clips not the full episodes I am still at the beginning. I watched the last as well and the writing was so insulting and that’s why I’ve lost my respect to Naruto franchise and Sakura would be responsible for Naruto’s death. Women suck in Naruto because they threw it away due to their fangirlism and Tsunade would be disappointed on Sakura and Tsunade should strip Sakura from her apprenticeship because she didn’t grow up at all, Sakura broke Naruto’s heart into thousand of pieces and she had to sacrifice her feelings to Naruto to help Hinata and she had to let him go because of Hinata. If Sakura died instead of Neji it would’ve made Sarada more powerful if she was Karin’s daughter or Hinata should’ve died and they killed Neji dirty.
@@shaileshpotula2870 If Neji had survived the war, he would’ve married Hinata, I believe that’s actually one of the reasons why he was killed.
If you wanna know my opinion on some of the female characters in Naruto, check this vid right here:
The Death of Female Arcs in Naruto
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Ten-ten is the real waste of potential , she has basically never won a fight . Her justsu never hits . the only time ten-ten is useful is in the video games, but on screen she is just a lost cause .
I agree
@@Benty20_
What confuses me the most about Sakura's character was back in her fight with Ino , Ino managed to possess Sakura with mind control jutsu but Sakura was able to break free of Ino's Hold where Ino had revealed that Sakura has two spirits inside her . but that concept was never explored any further than just that. What was the relevance of introducing this aspect of her to the plot if it served no purpose and could have been developed into something more sinister if it was explored more . That was just bad writing on the writers part
@@javiermontaque683 I’d like to imagine that the other part of Sakura (the angry one) was used for the purposes of comedic effect. My guess is that if it weren’t used for comedic effect, then that part of Sakura where she does get angry is channeled into her ability to fight as she got older, and learned to control that angry side of her better.
@@Benty20_
I was thinking that it was the same kind of inner demon energy like sasuke and naruto where as she got older she would learn to control it as a fighting tool such a waste of a good character development .
It's weird that she seems to be the only one in her generation to shown with using fuinjutsu. Sealing utility tools in the scrolls sounds like basic fuinjutsu and should be one of the subjects taught in the academy. Her chakra affinities also never mentioned. If go by her arsenal, she should be Wind and Earth, Lightning if you really want to buff her up.
Don’t get me wrong she is wasted potential however I do kind of wish Naruto anime watcher do read the manga, Light novel, databook, fanbook,Guidebook, moviebook because it explian stuff, character plus NEED to becarful of wrong translation, and lastly interview again people need be careful of mistranslation and fake interview also just kishimoto also role playing as some character to answer questions.
If people wondering why this important here why
Studio Pierrot did not like sakura so they add fillers to make her seem bad person, basically they made her do thing that genuinely did not happen in the manga, they cut many of her moments or removed her completely, downplayed her feats, changed her personality, relationship and appearance.
To better understand her character
The order of canon in Naruto
Manga
Interview
Databook
Light novel
Second introduced HER PARENTS EARLY ON which kishimoto actually did planned to do but it got removed. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT IS THEM IS THAT THEY ARE CIVILIAN . The other thing MAYBE WITH Better DESIGN. sorry they look SpongeBob and Patrick star Plus have people seen how sakura looks likes MANGA WISE
Third ADD THING THAT WAS REMOVED FROM HER CHARACTER. Lot people don’t know but sakura was going to have her own arc with like Naruto, Sasuke and Shikamaru but Kishimoto editor said don’t it
This video
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This account called @never-mess-with-the-uchihas
@primnroses
If anyone went the link of the order I can send the link.
sakura could’ve been an extremely goated character if she wasnt written as a full of bs , blind and no common sense character but i guess her husband is also like that. both of them i hated.
At least Sakura and Sasuke became so much better in Boruto, especially when it came to their demeanors.
04:42 filler, it doesn't count and make sense
Fr and you know what annoyed me this too. Was that in sasuke shiden that
Sakura compared Sasuke protecting konoha to the uchiha police force which made Sasuke happy when he got to know about it.
his childhood. Sasuke understands how Sakura understands him and so decides to return to Konoha. -And when Sasuke return to Konoha, he meets Sakura and says "I'm back, Sakura", keeping the silent promise he made to her when leaving the village.
But they made it seem like Naruto wrote the letter.
I love Sakura, but you make hella good points, bro👍
I kind of wished kishimoto showed more sakura intelligence
Intelligence
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How the canon describes Sakura’s intelligence: her feats and her accomplishments
THIER WORDS PRIMNROSES
This informative post will explain how the creator highlights Sakura Haruno’s intelligence and the different ways she displays it. I will use information present in the novels and the Boruto manga because it includes character development within canon compliance.
I do not support the anime or the work of Studio Pierrot in regards to Naruto because I consider it over exaggerated and beyond biased. Furthermore, these fillers include some actions that these characters are unable to do in the canon according to official sources and they also generate unnecessary debate.
In order to talk about Sakura’s intelligence, first the term “intelligence” or “mind” present in the skill set of the characters must be explained. According the the databooks, 賢 (Ken) comprehends the level of knowledge, IQ and wisdom.
Databook
Mind
Symbolizes wisdom. Indicates the level of knowledge and IQ.
This means that there is no difference between battle intelligence, IQ and being a “bookworm”, and it is all included inside a 1 to 5 scale. On the other hand, the Boruto manga statistics use the same base but, instead of a scale, they use a number.
Masashi Kishimoto encapsulates the knowledge displayed during a battle against an enemy, how a ninja comes up with different strategies, which moves and equipment to use or analysis of the situation; and the general knowledge about theory or information about certain concepts, in that “mind (賢, Ken)” scale.
The perfect examples of characters that are known for being both intelligent and for their analytical skills are Sakura Haruno and Shikamaru Nara.
Shikamaru’s description during the Chūnin Exams finals confirms that the “mind” stat and the IQ is directly related to analytical abilities and strategies, aside from being already explained in the databooks.
According to Asuma Sarutobi, Shikamaru’s sensei, his IQ of over 200 allows him to come up with different strategies in the midst of a confrontation.
ONE TIME... ...I WAS SO BAFFLED BY HIS PROFICIENCY AT STRATEGY GAMES THAT I...
...I GAVE HIM AN I.Q. TEST. I CONVINCED HIM IT WAS JUST ANOTHER PUZZLE.
I KIND OF DID IT JUST TO MESS WITH HIM, BUT...
HE'S A SHARP ONE, ALL RIGHT!
HIS I.Q. IS OVER 200... HE'S A FREAKIN' GENIUS!
According to the first databook (Rin no Sho), authored by Masashi Kishimoto, the statistic of Sakura in “mind” is 3.5 out of 5 points, very above the rest of the genin of her generation, whose points vary from 0.5 to 2.5.
Shikamaru is the only genin to surpass her.
Databook 1 statistics
Ninjutsu 1.5
Taijustu 1
Genjustu 3
INTELLIGENCE 3.5
strength 1
Speed 1
stamina 1
Hand seal 4
Masashi Kishimoto described Sakura as a kunoichi whose [chakra control and] intelligence shall not be looked down upon. He mentions it a few times in her profile from the first databook. These statistics cover from chapter 1 to 119 approximately.
Ability: 2
.Latent Potential: 4
• Luck: 3
• As one might expect from a young girl, she doesn't have much in the way of phys ical strength. Her chakra control and intelligence however, are nothing to look
down upon.
"This time, you take a backseat and have a good look at me!!"
First-rate chakra control and brainpower!! Braver than any man, charming as a maiden!!
As a ninja, she still doesn't have any remarkable feats under her belt, but even Kakashi acknowledges her latent ability. Chakra control, Genjutsu, her display of knowledge during the Chuunin Exams: she's shown shining potential in a fairly wide array of com petences. Should she develop them, she might become a threat even to the great Sasuke! She's also the one in Kakashi's team who reins in the two hot-headed types that are Sasuke and Naruto, like an older sister looking after a mischievous little boy.
She easily clears the tree thanks to her chakra!
She breaks through even through super difficult paper tests with her own strength.
Even Kakashi acknowledges her ability with genjutsu. Will she become able to use
first-class genjutsu sooner or later...?
In the manga, Sakura is introduced as a kunoichi that displays a vast amount of knowledge, for example, about concepts like chakra, and is able to explain it in great detail.
This feat makes Sakura somehow like an encyclopedia for her teammates, who can benefit from her information.
In the manga her explain things
FINE !!
SAKURA
LISTEN, NARUTO!! I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN IT SIMPLY.
SOMEHOW, TRY TO REMEMBER IT WITH THAT SLOW BRAIN OF YOURS.
SIMPLY PUT, CHAKRA IS THE ENERGY A SHINOBI NEEDS WHEN PERFORMING A JUTSU. THAT ENERGY HAS TWO PARTS. THE BODY ENERGY THAT IS IN EACH OF THE BIL LIONS OF YOUR CELLS. AND THE SPIRITUAL ENERGY GAINED THROUGH TRAINING AND OTHER EXPERIENCES. THESE TWO PARTS ARE COMBINED.
SO BY BRINGING OUT AND RELEASING CHAKRA, YOU CAN USE A JUTSU. THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PER FORMING SEAL WITH THE HANDS.
Inside
BODY and SPIRIT
SEAL
JUTSU
Considering he is a rather “lazy” character and knowing that he has seen his students' ninja profiles, in the case of Sakura, off-screen, Kakashi knows that she is a very intelligent and knowledgeable kunoichi, and uses her to elaborate concepts that he should do as the sensei.
OK. BEFORE THAT...
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE SHINOBI ABILITY, CHAKRA.
FINE
SAKURA
LISTEN, NARUTO!! I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN IT SIMPLY.
SOMEHOW, TRY TO REMEMBER IT WITH THAT SLOW BRAIN OF YOURS.
EXACTLY.
IRUKA SENSEI HAS SOME GOOD STUDENTS
This range of knowledge is displayed during the written exam of the Chūnin Exams. Upon seeing the difficulty of the questions, Sakura concludes that almost nobody in the room would be able to answer them, except for her.
...BUT I'VE GOT TO CONCENTRATE ON MY OWN
I'VE GOT TO HANG ONTO ALL MY POINTS TO MAKE UP FOR HIM..
UM... QUESTION NUMBER TWO...
"THE PARABOLA MARKED BY REPO RESENTS THE GREATEST EFFEC TIVE DISTANCE THE ENEMY SHINOBIA COULD THROWA SHURIKEN START FROM THE TOP OF 23.3-FOOT-TALL TREE...
"CALCULATE THE SPE CIFIC FEATURES OF THE SCENARIO AND DEDUCE THE RANGE OF THE SHURIKEN'S EF FECTIVENESS, ASSUM ING A CONSISTENT SPEED FOR SHINOBI A'S ASSAULT UPON ANY ENEMY SHINOBI OP ERATING WITHIN THE ARCTHAT THE FLIGHT OF THE SHURIKENDE SCRIBES, SHOW YOUR WORK."
THIS IS... THIS IS AN INTEGRATED PROBLEM BASED ON PREDICTIONS OF UNCERTAIN CONDITIONS AND DYNAMIC ENERGY ANAL YSIS APPLICA TION.
THERE'S NO WAY NARUTO CAN SOLVE THIS.
I MEAN, HARDLY ANYONE CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM...
Except me course.
The ninja responsible for the first round of the exams, Ibiki Morino, the Head of the Intelligence Division and captain of T&I Force, confesses that the level of the questions is beyond the knowledge of a genin. The fact that Sakura is able to answer them proves that her intelligence is above average.
HOWEVER... THE QUESTIONS ARE BEYOND THE LEVEL THAT JUNIOR NINJA COULD BE EXPECTED TO HANDLE.
SO MOST OF YOU...
Despite realizing that the exam is forcing the ninja in the room to cheat, Sakura shows no problems finding the answer to every question and finishes before the last one is announced.
THE SYSTEM IS SET UP SO THAT YOU'D CHEAT!
I JUST HOPE SASUKE-KUN AND NARUTO WOULDN'T DO THAT OR ELSE IT'D BE PROBLEMATIC FOR US...
Answering the question
THAT'S IT! I'VE ANSWERED THEM ALL!
THERE'S NOTHING LEFT FOR ME TO DO BUT WAIT FOR THE TENTH QUESTION.
Ino Yamanaka, regarded as the top kunoichi in the Academy, uses Sakura to answer her own questions. Despite being the top among the girls, Ino does not know any of the answers of the test. Even the top-rated rookie, Sasuke Uchiha, cannot answer any of the questions presented in the sheet.
Despite both girls being rivals, Ino respects Sakura’s intelligence, regarding it as superior to hers, and trusts her to have answered correctly, following the narrative of scoring 100/100 on her tests.
IT LOOKS LIKE SAKURA HAS FINALLY STOPPED WRITING.
TIME TO MAKE MY MOVE!
SAKURA... YOUR BROAD BROW AND BIG BRAIN HAVE EARNED MY RESPECT...
...SO You OUGHT TO FEEL HONORED...
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She tells her teammates that the number of scrolls left, especially now that their Heaven Scroll had been burnt by Orochimaru, and calculates them in relation with the number of teams and the time passed since the start. Sakura deduces that those factors have reduced their possibilities of success.
This outcome prompts the team to get more serious in their pursue of the Heaven Scroll and their future fights with enemies.
I'M WORRIED THAT...
...THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANY MORE HEAVEN SCROLLS LEFT.
?
Sasuke :
:
WHICH MEANS THAT...
...AT THAT POINT...
THE NUMBER OF TEAMS THAT COULD POSSIBLY PASS THE TEST DROPPED TO 12.
WELL, THE SECOND EXAM IS ONLY DUE TO LAST FIVE DAYS... AND FOUR DAYS HAVE ALREADY ELAPSED.
THAT'S 80 PERCENT OF THE TEST TIME.
THERE ARE 26 TEAMS OF THREE COMPETING...
AND ONLY 13 OF EACH SCROLL, HEAVEN OR EARTH.
SINCE YOU NEED BOTH SCROLLS TO PASS, A MAXIMUM OF 13 TEAMS WILL SUCCEED.
?
AND... THAT WAS BEFORE...
...THAT OROCHIMARU GUY WHO ATTACKED US...
...BURNED OUR HEAVEN SCROLL.
AND WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING IF ALL 25 OF THE OTHER SCROLLS SURVIVED, EITHER.
ONE SET
HEAVEN WHICH IS X OUT AND EARTH
AS SOON AS ONE OF EITHER TYPE OF SCROLL IS DESTROYED...
...ONE SCROLL OF THE OTHER TYPE AUTOMATICALLY BECOMES USELESS.
Later, in the final stage of the exams, during Naruto’s battle against Kiba, Sakura explained what Naruto’s strategy was in great detail. Despite being confused at the beginning, Sakura discovered that Naruto planned to trick Kiba with a Transformation Jutsu, eventually succeeding.
!!
I GET IT! AFTER KIBA'S NOSE EXPOSED NARUTO'S DECEIT, NARUTO WAITED UNTIL KIBA PUNCHED HIM... AND THEN TRANSFORMED HIMSELF INTO AKAMARU!!
I GET IT! AFTER KIBA'S NOSE EXPOSED NARUTO'S DECEIT, NARUTO WAITED UNTIL KIBA PUNCHED HIM... AND THEN TRANSFORMED HIMSELF INTO AKAMARU!!
KIBA
HE HIT ME
NARUTO AS KIBA
NOW'S MY CHANCE! TRANS FORM!!
AKAMARU AS KIBA
KIBA
HUNH
I HIT AKAMARU?!
IMMEDIATELY TRANSFORMED INTO AKAMARU
BAM
NARUTO AS AKAMARU
BY TIMING IT PRECISELY, NARUTO TRICKED KIBA INTO THINKING THAT THE MAN-BEAST TRANSFORMATION HAD COME UNDONE, AND THAT HE'D TAKEN OUT AKAMARU INSTEAD!
NARUTO REALLY THOUGHT THIS ONE OUT!
THE REAL Kiba
AKAMARU AS KIBA
KIBA CAN'T ATTACK
NARUTO AS KIBA
KIBA CAN ATTACK
IF NARUTO TRANS FORMS INTO KIBA, THEN THE REAL KIBA WON'T KNOW WHICH FAKE KIBA IS AKAMARU AND WHICH ONE IS NARUTO... IF HE ATTACKS EITHER ONE, HE RISKS TAKING OUT HIS PARTNER.
AKAMARU AS KIBA
THE REAL, KIBA
CAN'T ATTACK
NARUTO AS KIBA
AKAMARU CAN ATTACK
LIKEWISE, AKAMARU DOESN'T KNOW WHICH "KIBA" IS HIS MASTER AND WHICH ONE IS NARUTO, SO AKAMARU CAN'T ATTACK.
NARUTO AS KIBA
KIBA And AKAMARU AS KIBA
NARUTO CAN ATTACK
NARUTO IS THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS FOR SURE THAT BOTH OF THE OTHERS ARE HIS ENEMIES, SO HE CAN ATTACK EITHER ONE WITH IMPUNITY!!
As a ninja devoid of any shinobi background, Sakura lacked many battle abilities, such as special jutsu or taijutsu. However, she is able to put to use any of the simple techniques that she was taught in the Academy when she requires it.
Her strategies consist of fooling her enemies with simple jutsu such as Body Replacement and Clone Technique. She tricks the Sound Ninja and Ino Yamanaka with both jutsu and delivers a hit on both of them, taking them by surprise.
OBVIOUSLY...
...YOU'RE OVER HEAD!
!!
TRY IT TWICE, TRY IT THRICE... THAT TRICK WILL NEVER WORK ON ME!
MY SMALLEST SKILL IS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR YOU!!
WHAT THE ?!
THIS TIME...
...IT'S REAL!!
THIS ISN'T AN ACADEMY GRADUATION EXAM, YOU KNOW.
YOU CAN'T BEAT ME WITH CLASSIC, TEXTBOOK MOVES!
SPOTTING THE REAL ONE FROM THE FAKES WILL BE AT PIECE OF CAKE...
AIEE!!
Later in the series, this strategy will become one of Sakura’s most used battle styles.
After the experience in the Chūnin Exams, Sakura’s intelligence stat rises to 4 points out of 5 according to the second databook, authored by Masashi Kishimoto, which covers from chapter 120 to 244 approximately. That is 0.5 points more than the first databook.
Ninjutsu 2
Taijustu 1
Genjustu 3
Intelligence 4
Strength 1
Speed 1
Stamina 1
Hand seal 4
5
During the 2 and a half year gap, Sakura decides to train under the Fifth Hokage and Sannin, Tsunade. She learns the way of medicine, medical ninjutsu, which is a branch of ninjutsu that is quite hard to master due to the extensive knowledge the user must possess.
MEDICAL NINJAS REQUIRE DIFFERENT SKILLS COMPARED TO NINJAS WHO FOCUS ON FIGHTING...
YOU MUST HAVE EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR CHAKRA CONTROL REFINED TO PERFECTION...
STUDY A LARGE AMOUNT OF SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE...
HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPLY THAT KNOWLEDGE AND NEVER GIVE UP...
Databook
At the time of the Great Ninja War, Tsunade advocated the assignment of a medic ninja to every platoon. However, this recommendation was rejected on the basis that it would require an enormous amount of time to train such personnel. Medic ninja are required to possess many skills including delicate control of chakra and knowledge of the human body and medicines.
Side note
Medic ninja must also posses the knowledge
and skill to prepare
Although it has been confirmed that mastering medical ninjutsu requires more chakra control than knowledge, and that there are different types of medics depending on their level of knowledge and skills.
oh hell yeah
sakura had TONS of potential
but all that potential got traded for USELESS energy
you say "wasted potential" and there's many characters people think of
you say "poorly written" and even more characters come to mind
BUT you say "USELESS" and image of sakura instantly comes up to mind
Fun fact did you know sakura justu arsenal is more diverse then hinata and Ino if anyone want proof I can write it or send a link in the community tab because every time I try to send link my comment get removed
Shortest version sakura has ninjustu which are theses
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SHURIKENJUTSU
BODY REPLACEMENT TECHNIQUE
TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUE
BARRIER BOOBY TRAPS
CLONE TECHNIQUE
FIRE RELEASE
CHAKRA TRANSFER TECHNIQUE
SENSING TECHNIQUE
SUMMONING TECHNIQUE
Immense Network Healing
Slug Great Division
Tongue Tooth Sticky Acid
MEDICAL NINJUTSU BE MEDICAL NINJA IS HARD HOWEVER BE MEDICAL NINJA WITH MEDICAL NINJUTSU IS HARDER
Mystical Palm Technique
Healing Power Transmutation Technique there is no information about this technique despite being present in her Boruto: Naruto Next Generations manga statistics,
Delicate Illness Extraction
KINJUTSU
CREATION REBIRTH
GENJUTSU
GENJUTSU RELEASE (?-rank, ?):
FŪINJUTSU
BYAKUGŌ NO IN (S-rank, ?):
YIN SEAL:RELEASE
CREATION REBIRTH -
SEALING TECHNIQUE (?-rank, ?):
TAIJUTSU
ŌKASHŌ
Sakura analyzation, memorization, and evasion Skill.
Let me explain Sakura was trained by Tsunade to memorize an opponent movements and adjust to their style as it means to pervert being hit in combat. Medical ninja are vital in the shinobi world and need to remain out of harm way so running and countering them is essential.
COLLABORATION TAIJUTSU-NINJUTSU:
Puppet Performance: Human Puppet
Sakura is an all-around ninja and the most versatile kunoichi of the series. She is also the strongest kunoichi, able to use multiple jutsu styles, among them are ninjutsu, genjutsu, taijutsu, kinjutsu and fūinjutsu.
IF ANYONE WANT WITH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS I CAN SEND LINK TO COMMUNITY TAB IF WANTED
Hinata FUN FACT DID YOU KNOW HINATA DOESN’T HAVE ANY YIN AND YANG RELEASE
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KEKKEI GENKAI - DŌJUTSU:
BYAKUGAN
TAIJUTSU
GENTLE FIST
Eight Trigrams Sixty Four Palms
Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm
Derived jutsu - Eight Trigrams Vacuum Wall Palm:
Palm Bottom
Twin Lion Fists
Derived jutsu - Twin Lion Fists Crumbling Attack:
COLLABORATION JUTSU
Ninjutsu-Dōjutsu - Byakugan-aided Mind Body Switch
Taijutsu-ninjutsu - Spiraling Twin Lion Fists
NINJUTSU
Chakra Transfer Technique
Hinata does the same thing she did when she performed the Spiraling Twin Lion Fists. In order to save him from the draining effects of the Tenseigan, Hinata merges her chakra with Naruto so Toneri cannot extract more power.
Contrary to popular belief, Hinata does not replenish Naruto’s reserves because received chakra did not augment her natural pool of stamina. PLUS TONERI NEVER ACTUALLY STEALS NARUTO CHAKRA
Hinata is not a very versatile ninja in terms of jutsu styles, being only proficient in taijutsu, but she can perform different styles of taijutsu, which add to her combat variety. Although she is taijutsu oriented only, she can merge her chakra with others, a common form of ninjutsu.
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Ino
NINJUTSU
SHURIKENJUTSU
BARRIER BOOBY TRAPS
EARTH RELEASE: PRACTICE BRICK TECHNIQUE
HAIR TRAP TECHNIQUE
SENSING TECHNIQUE
MEDICAL NINJUTSU:
Mystical Palm Technique
YAMANAKA HIDEN JUTSU:
Mind Body Switch Technique
Ino is not a very versatile ninja in terms of jutsu styles, being only proficient in ninjutsu, but she has a wide range of them. Due to not being a ninja indicated for battle, she counts with her teammates and their cooperative attacks to support her in the battlefield
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Derived jutsu - Mind Body Clone Technique:
Mind Transmission Technique
Sensing Transmission
COLLABORATION JUTSU
Formation E: Human Bullet Yo-Yo
Ninjutsu-Dōjutsu
Byakugan-aided Mind Body Switch
Fire? Doesn't she have earth and water style?
She also had the ability to develop wood style like hashirama, bc she’s the only person in the verse to have been born with the same traits as him. BUT then they gave wood style to a random girl
Great video
Thank you Lerone glad you enjoyed it!
I don’t thing being a medic helps in fighting.
Medics help sustain fighters for as long as possible, and in the case of Sakura (combat medic) she is supposed to know how to heal as great as she can neutralize targets
Ok .
"Death or healing: I care not which you seek." - Space Marine Apothecary, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War.
Temari
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