( current sakura ) isn't yet at her prime

[Kages]

Of course not.. She's 16-17

 

[Honord Sage]

Sakura needs to get over Sasuke and do what must be done or She will never shine,It's not Sasuke nor anybody else Holding Sakura down ,but Sakura Herself.

 

[Meowazziel]

Sakura is already pretty strong.

People just dont notice this, cause of how insanely powerful her teammates, Naruto and Sasuke, and her Sensei, Kakashi, are, because of her low amount of screentime and because of her subtle power increases.

Sakura has no kekkei genkai, she didnt get spoonfed with jutsus, by being born in a special clan like Nara, Uchiha, Yamanaka, Aburame etc either. Sakura is born as a normal person. No special ninja power or ninja clan. She is intelligent though. She was born with that and that does help.

She learned perfect chakra control. Something only a few Shinobi are capable off. This allows her to use the CES 1 hit KO punches, the superhuman strength, that Tsunade has. Next to this, she has lots of medical skills and knowledge about all kinds of stuff, including poison and anti poison.

Compare her to people born in special clans, like Kiba, Ino, Chouji. She is better than them imo.
Compare her to someone in a similar situation like her, Tenten. Someone with no special clan or special power either.
Sakura is miles better than Tenten.

When she learns some of the next abilities (or all): Byakugo, Slug sage mode, some genjutsus (the area where she has talent, according to Kakashi), than she is right behind Naruto and Sasuke in her Konoha age group(not weird to be behind them either, cause they are like nearly the strongest characters in the show right now, with all kinds of powers like bijou's and uzumaki and uchiha heritage+brother sharingan implants).
Many jounins in konoha and other villages, would lose to her as well.
She will have reached that height, without any kekkei genkai and without being born in a special clan.

That is quite the achievement imo.

Sakura prime incomming.

Haters gonna like .

 

[Nami Usagi]

Some of you need to cut down on the bashing...

Anyway, I agree. She's still pretty young so we should be able to expect some more growth for her character, especially since it looks like team 7 is going to be reunited again pretty soon.

 

[Aim64C]

Sakura is still under developed and currently she's
Not on her prime ..

To be honest, I have a hard time envisioning Sakura in a "prime" when it comes to ninja skills.

Character wise, I could see her being along the lines of Erza, if she'd ever get her act together (though Erza has the epic to back up her character that just doesn't seem to be Sakura's forte).

I think in upcoming chapters, she will show us some
Of her new power ..

There's a lot of almost-dead people. She's a medical ninja.

She'd better be getting ready to take up a more important role in stitching people back together.

Though I could see Kishimoto trying to bring her out into a combat role where it makes no sense for her to be involved.

So please guys u have to wait and u will see so big
Develop and big change to sakura like she showed
Us in beginning of the series when she beat sasori
With chyio ..

She started the series off strong, and I was impressed.

However, her character has stalled in terms of ability (no progress being shown), and worse, her character has been sliding backward and into an imitation of twilight.

She is main character and she will have power up
Like all other characters

At this point, that would cheapen her character. She's not supposed to be a jinchuriki. She's not an Uchiha blessed with god's own plot armor ("I can rival the chakra levels of a bijuu even though they are supposed to dwarf the combined power of a nation. Why? Because even though I have eyes that are supposed to one-shot hypnotize anything into psychological ruin... I need to be able to stand toe-to-toe against a jinchuriki."). She's Sakura, a medical ninja who studied under Tsunade.

This show has had enough DBZ-like arbitrary power-ups. If Sakura gets any kind of "power up" - it should be in the form of abilities that function better in the support role (God Forbid she use a Genjutsu to try and help anyone on her team out... she's supposed to be skilled in stuff like that... no... we've got to give her super-strength and have our healer trying to melee DPS... sounds like a good strategy).

When she will be at her prime, she will be hardly
Unbeatable and slug sage mode will be one of her
Deadly weapon , i wished tsunade show us that mode
But i hope she survived somehow and sakura is just
Like mini tsunade and she's the processor of legendary
Sannin ( lady tsunade ) ..

I hope she does step up to inherit the role of a Sanin... but I'm not sure about "slug sage mode." But I hope she makes strides in terms of 'doing her job.' As a medical ninja - her role is to pull wounded allies out of the heat, get them back to fighting strength, and to handle "buffs" and "debuffs."

She's not really supposed to be cracking heads together. That's the job of people like Naruto, A, B, etc.

Finally, we can't judge any characters power unless they
Are at their prime and u have to be patient before u judge
Sakura"s power , just give her a time ...

Most of my qualms with Sakura are with her personality.

She's not a weak ninja or useless by any measure... except that her personality tends to render he as such. She is regularly freezing/choking at the most critical moments where her decisive action is necessary. She often tries to go for direct combat which should never be her primary means of dealing with a target (Shizune is a much better example of a sensible medical ninja). While Sakura's strength is useful - it should be a nasty surprise for anything that manages to punch through a punishing barrage of poison-laced senbon.

That... and her defacto response anymore seems to be to play the damsel in distress - the person to cry out "Things are bad! Save us!" When she more than has the intellect and the ability to make herself useful at the time, rather than stating the obvious for dramatic effect.

I really think Kishimoto has somewhat failed to 'be' Sakura - he has trouble 'getting in her head' - which is why we see her being used as an instrument of the situation so often, rather than being the head-strong character she is supposed to be. She's supposed to have a clear mind and sharp wit... but that's not what Kishimoto has her do... he often uses her merely to add dramatic effect to the scenario and tries to play her character off of Naruto's.

Which is in stark contrast to the female character Sakura is most often compared to: Hinata. Reason being is that Hinata is similar-enough to Naruto's in terms of goals and even some elements of personality that Kishimoto can portray her character very accurately and show her developing.

It's a failing of either Kishimoto's ability to properly express Sakura... or Sakura's character that has the fault (kind of difficult to tell).

For example, during the invasion of Pain - she starts wailing for Naruto to return... which seems to be purely a dramatic display by Kishimoto. She's supposed to have a clear mind and quick wit. She knows Naruto is coming back - and that's all the more reason she should be keeping as many people alive as possible... rather than collapsing and being dramatic about the magnitude of the situation.

Or, we can take the Kage Summit: Sakura starts out being head-strong and "I'm going to go make things happen." I don't think anyone knows what to make of her confession (even Sakura, herself) - but then she sets out to go kill Sasuke. Only to become fodder for a dramatic rescue scene. Again... she's supposed to have a clear mind and quick wit... while seeing Sasuke after so many years is going to understandably throw her a bit... for it to completely fodderize her seems like a cheapening of her character for use in a rescue scene.

Of course, that same clear mind and quick wit decided that a poison laced kunai was the instrument giving her the most likely chances of success against Sasuke - who she knows to have the Sharingan.

That's where I hope to see her character make the most improvement... for her to start acting like her character and to start making a little bit of sense.

 

[godzillard]

sakura is strong

 

[Sjhsgjhsgjshjshjsh]

Everyone understands her actions, sai clearly explains them, people dont like those actions and they dont like her resolve.

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they do misunderstood her actions saying she lied to naruto and knocked her team just to see sasuke face and portray konoha is not understanding at all she lied to naruto to protect him it was stupid action of her but she meant good
she knocked her team so no one get hurt expect of her she only took them with her so can kiba find sasuke for her the else just followed her she lied to sasuke about joining him to kill him or else why she have that poisoned kunai
she couldnt do it the last moment her love for sasuke stoped her


anyway kishimoto said i feel sad for making a honest girl like sakura to lie for the sake of plot but she did to protect the people she loves

 

[Currahee]

Hello guys, its me kooko (huge sakura & tsunade fan) in NB ..

I want to clear something about sakura ,

Sakura is still under developed and currently she's
Not on her prime ..

I think in upcoming chapters, she will show us some
Of her new power ..

So please guys u have to wait and u will see so big
Develop and big change to sakura like she showed
Us in beginning of the series when she beat sasori
With chyio ..

She is main character and she will have power up
Like all other characters

When she will be at her prime, she will be hardly
Unbeatable and slug sage mode will be one of her
Deadly weapon , i wished tsunade show us that mode
But i hope she survived somehow and sakura is just
Like mini tsunade and she's the processor of legendary
Sannin ( lady tsunade ) ..

Finally, we can't judge any characters power unless they
Are at their prime and u have to be patient before u judge
Sakura"s power , just give her a time ...

Thanks for reading

not another one of these threads their been done hundreds of times
nobody cares

 

[fayeon]

not another one of these threads their been done hundreds of times
nobody cares

if thers been hundreds of this thats mean thers people who care and if you dont no one force to read it and comment

 

[gatrevar]

:sy:

It's actually true. She had never been as powerful or capable as she is now, yet this is subject to evolve for the better.