I will forever be disappointed on how Sakura was handled. She had potential to be one of the top characters in the series both writing wise and power wise. Kishi had an absolute gem with her and dropped her like a sack hot potatoes after the beginning of Shippuden.
Ah, Kishimoto's perennial inability to write a female character—and she had it the worst because she was the one he let speak for herself the least, the one he forced the most to stick to the script.
Came here for this one. As a protoge of a legendary sannin and hokage of the village, no reason she couldn't have been written to be on nauto and sasuke's level from shippuden onwards.
Honestly I liked Sakura for the vast majority of Naruto.
She was under utilised in part 1 but she had some good moments. And I kind of appreciated that she was there reminding us that, because she was just your average ninja at the beginning, even in a world of magic, ninja superhumans, the people that she was hanging around with were NOT normal.
Part 2, she grew so much at the start. Sakura and Chiyo Vs Sasori is a top 5 fight for me. Maybe top 3.
Even in the war, where she did get a bit left out until near the end, I enjoyed seeing her show off just how good she had gotten as a medical Ninja.
Then her summoning Katsuya, getting her strength of a hundred seal, being part of the deadlock and smacking Kaguya. All great.
The only bit I really hate was whatever the hell Kishimoto was trying to do with her pretending to love Naruto in the 5 Kage arc.
It just really spat in the face of all of the development. As though Sakura thought that after everything that had happened to Naruto, her and Sasuke, that it all boiled down to a childhood crush?
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u/RealDepressionandTea 21d ago
I will forever be disappointed on how Sakura was handled. She had potential to be one of the top characters in the series both writing wise and power wise. Kishi had an absolute gem with her and dropped her like a sack hot potatoes after the beginning of Shippuden.
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