Sakura's Importance

[Madara Uzumaki Uchiha]

Sakura is a main protagonist of naruto.

Of course she is important to the story, some of its key themes involve Sakura.

However, currently- compared to her fellow protagonists ( naruto and Sasuke )
She is relatively useless. team seven doesnot need medic

Note: very few people actually believe she isnot a important element in the story.... The reason why most people dislike her has nothing to do with being useless or weak

People dislike Sakura because she is annoying, self- absorbed, delusional, *****.

Sakura pt 1 was annoying because she always blamed others and never did anything herself, she always called naruto stupid, even though pt 1 naruto was a 100x better ninja than her by the zabuza arc. ( compare Chunin exams naruto to Sakura)Sakura is self-absorbed because she is thinking about Sasuke not Caring about her, even though naruto just saved her life, and Rikudomadara is literally 10 feet away. Sakura is delusional because currently she thinks she caught up to naruto and Sasuke... Seriously?? That's messed up and retarded. Everybody knows curren Sasuke and naruto neg diff Sakura.

Sakura is a ***** because she tried to abuse Naruto's feelings for her. She lied to her friends, poisend naruto, and abused his feelings
And!! After all that, she could not resolve herself to stab a blind/exhausted Sasuke.

The only version of Sakura that I find impressive and worthy of being the female lead is during the sasori fight.

Hundreds of chapters and only 10-15 pages was she worthy?? That's pathetic.

 

[Brusky]

This guy got it all

 

[The Paradox]

I'm not sure why people get so pissed off when people call her useful. She has her moments of uselessness, so does every character; most recent example is Kakashi. If we go off by feats since 1999 to 2014 and take away all the insignificant stuff in between, all main characters who people call fodder... well aren't really fodder since their actions do play role to the plot (even if they seem like stupid actions such as "yelling to teammates rather than contributing". Maybe she didn't want to get in the way of people physically stronger than her, but wanted to support them anyway?

Now she is a top notch medic, and a possible sage. She also has been a good team supporter, good tactical thinker, courageous at times, stubborn (in a good and bad way).

Considering Sakura is meant to represent a "normal girl" according to Kishi, she is blown those "normal" standards out of the water. Sure she might look weak (and in comparison, is weak) when it comes to her original team, but she had to have been placed there for a reason. And that is the voice of reason between both Naruto and Sasuke (the most powerful out of the Leaf youth.. and possibly most powerful in all of NV if you take Madara out). She is the rock of the group, the support, the real brains.

Now, I'm not a huge fan of her personality because she's a bit cut and dry, when it's not that, she's annoying. However, that doesn't make me hate her as a character. I am on a neutral standing with her. I notice what she has accomplished, I notice what Kishi intended her to be since 1999, and I notice that she has potential to become at least head medic or a sage after the war. That said, stop the illogical hate, stop the ass-pulls of when she was useless when she wasn't actually needed.. If we go by haters logic, Kakashi now = Sakura despite his feats before he even got sharingan and when he didn't even use it. He's still powerful without it and will have much more chakra to pull off much larger attacks. See what I mean? You all sound so stupid when it comes to Sakura and also other characters. Just enjoy the story, have fun, and don't obsess with things that are out of your control (it's up to Kishi).

There is my morning rant/essay thing.

 

[mohdzarif]

Sakura is a main protagonist of naruto.

Of course she is important to the story, some of its key themes involve Sakura.

However, currently- compared to her fellow protagonists ( naruto and Sasuke )
She is relatively useless. team seven doesnot need medic

Note: very few people actually believe she isnot a important element in the story.... The reason why most people dislike her has nothing to do with being useless or weak

People dislike Sakura because she is annoying, self- absorbed, delusional, *****.

Sakura pt 1 was annoying because she always blamed others and never did anything herself, she always called naruto stupid, even though pt 1 naruto was a 100x better ninja than her by the zabuza arc. ( compare Chunin exams naruto to Sakura)Sakura is self-absorbed because she is thinking about Sasuke not Caring about her, even though naruto just saved her life, and Rikudomadara is literally 10 feet away. Sakura is delusional because currently she thinks she caught up to naruto and Sasuke... Seriously?? That's messed up and retarded. Everybody knows curren Sasuke and naruto neg diff Sakura.

Sakura is a ***** because she tried to abuse Naruto's feelings for her. She lied to her friends, poisend naruto, and abused his feelings
And!! After all that, she could not resolve herself to stab a blind/exhausted Sasuke.

The only version of Sakura that I find impressive and worthy of being the female lead is during the sasori fight.

Hundreds of chapters and only 10-15 pages was she worthy?? That's pathetic.

Sakura is useless currently, that's correct. Everybody except Naruto and Sasuke (the 2 main protagonists) are useless not just Sakura. And Kakashi included.

"People dislike Sakura because she is annoying, self- absorbed, delusional, *****."

This is just another attempt to only look at someone's flaw and denying entirely the good qualities of someone. It is a bias view on Sakura.

She being annoying was mostly in Part 1. And it was the beginning of Part 1 when she called Naruto stupid. But still she acknowledged that Naruto was stronger. Anyway, Naruto was truly stupid anyway, even Sasuke admitted the idiocy of Naruto and called him an idiot many times. Sakura calling him stupid was for comedic relief anyway. Hitting Naruto were only for just a few times, it was in the anime that Naruto got hit by Sakura a lot. And still, that's comedic relief.

Sakura showed how she cared about Naruto as a comrade in Part 1. One really big example is when she was willing to forfeit the written test of the Chuunin exam for not wanting Naruto's dream of becoming Hokage got crushed, when she knew that Sasuke and her would definitely scored the written test.

She believed and admired Naruto's strength throughout the Part 1. For example, during his fight with Kiba, she along with Kakashi and Hinata were the only people who were optimistic and believed in Naruto's capability. Others were looking at Naruto as a loser and won't stand a chance to win.

When she thought of catching up with them, it means that she could fight back to back with pre-Hagoromo's-powered-up Naruto and Sasuke. It's not that she literally on the same level with them.

Of course, she had done a few things wrong, but that doesn't deny the fact that she had done many useful and significant things. Her lying to Naruto was her way of wanting to protect Naruto from harm when he was pursuing Sasuke. And she wanted to try to release the burden of his promise to her of saving Sasuke. Her way of doing that was wrong, but her intention was noble.

And there were lots of other moments showing how she cares for Naruto throughout the Part 2. Even though she loves Sasuke, she cares more about Naruto.

Oh and one last thing, Sakura wasn't born with any special bloodline and don't have any given or borrowed powers. Her achievement was purely 100% his own effort. While Naruto and Sasuke was born special and had obtained power-ups throughout Part 2.

 

[BLAZE]

i missed a war here
damn

 

[Sageflash]

If only she destroyed Obito's eye when she had the chance...

 

[Conspirator.]

Didn't I solo this thread already?

 

[Madara Uzumaki Uchiha]

Sakura is useless currently, that's correct. Everybody except Naruto and Sasuke (the 2 main protagonists) are useless not just Sakura. And Kakashi included.

People dislike Sakura because she is annoying, self- absorbed, delusional, *****.

This is just another attempt to only look at someone's flaw and denying entirely the good qualities of someone. It is a bias view on Sakura.

She being annoying was mostly in Part 1. And it was the beginning of Part 1 when she called Naruto stupid. But still she acknowledged that Naruto was stronger. Anyway, Naruto was truly stupid anyway, even Sasuke admitted the idiocy of Naruto and called him an idiot many times. Sakura calling him stupid was for comedic relief anyway. Hitting Naruto were only for just a few times, it was in the anime that Naruto got hit by Sakura a lot. And still, that's comedic relief.

Sakura showed how she cared about Naruto as a comrade in Part 1. One really big example is when she was willing to forfeit the written test of the Chuunin exam for not wanting Naruto's dream of becoming Hokage got crushed, when she knew that Sasuke and her would definitely scored the written test.

She believed and admired Naruto's strength throughout the Part 1. For example, during his fight with Kiba, she along with Kakashi and Hinata were the only people who were optimistic and believed in Naruto's capability. Others were looking at Naruto as a loser and won't stand a chance to win.

When she thought of catching up with them, it means that she could fight back to back with pre-Hagoromo's-powered-up Naruto and Sasuke. It's not that she literally on the same level with them.

Of course, she had done a few things wrong, but that doesn't deny the fact that she had done many useful and significant things. Her lying to Naruto was her way of wanting to protect Naruto from harm when he was pursuing Sasuke. And she wanted to try to release the burden of his promise to her of saving Sasuke. Her way of doing that was wrong, but her intention was noble.

And there were lots of other moments showing how she cares for Naruto throughout the Part 2. Even though she loves Sasuke, she cares more about Naruto.

Oh and one last thing, Sakura wasn't born with any special bloodline and don't have any given or borrowed powers. Her achievement was purely 100% his own effort. While Naruto and Sasuke was born special and had obtained power-ups throughout Part 2.

I can concede to these points and I respect that the fact despite her shortcomings, you look at her as a whole, not positive or negative.
You have to understanding that everybody makes
Mistakes, I am not able to just "overlook" her negatives " manipulating Naruto's love"

In my opinion, overall Sakura's negatives out way her positives. Sure, she has pros and cons, but I would argue that she has
More cons.

Cons ( subjectively) my opinion of what I don't like
Part 1
Was useless in most fights- zabuza- demon brothers
Ranted on naruto- even though naruto was ahead of her, massively ahead.

Pros pt 1
Took care of naruto and Sasuke after orochimaru
Beat ino

Cons pt 2
cried for naruto to come and save her- didnot even try, she was just frozen watching naruto fight.
Thought she was equal to naruto and Sasuke
Manipulated Naruto's feelings
Failed to follow through and hurt Sasuke
Bull rushed madara, even when madara is right in front of her, naruto just saved her life, she is worried about Sasuke not caring.

I understand that Sakura meant she could fight on equal grounds pre-sage power up. But!
Sakura cannot even fight with sage naruto and Ms Sasuke.....
Sakura has not even caught up to kage summit arc naruto and Sasuke.
Sakura gets neg diffed by EMS Sasuke and RM naruto.
She is wrong, she cannot fight with EMS Sasuke and RM Naruto, she would only get in the way, which is why she stayed out of the way when they fought obito.


Here is the thing, I understand that Everbody is pretty much irrelevant in this fight, I understand that Everbody just stood and watched naruto fight Nagato. The problem is that Sakura isnot shino. she is the female lead. Sakura has so much more panel time than the k11 that you expect more of her. I expect Sakura to be more relavent than hinata because hinata has like 30 panels dedicated to her and Sakura has over 100.

Sakura is a shitty lead, I personally dislike her character, and she hasnot even gotten close to accomplishing her dream ( fighting on par with naruto and Sasuke)

 

[BLAZE]

manipulating naruto's love
wasn't she trying to put the burden of ff naruto.
where does this manipulation goes when people r hating on sasuke becoz by these logics he is fully justified to kill.
smh

 

[Conspirator.]

@Madara Uzumaki Uchiha
Exactly. Given that sakura's the lead female, you expect quite a bit from her, and she has been a big disappointment character wise.

 

[The Sach]

GenkiDama is soloing this thread with ease I see xD

He isn't soloing anything but rather proving how pathetic he is, with his inability to stay on topic and discuss Sakura related topics seriously.*_*

Sakura is a main protagonist of naruto.

Of course she is important to the story, some of its key themes involve Sakura.

However, currently- compared to her fellow protagonists ( naruto and Sasuke )
She is relatively useless. team seven doesnot need medic

I don't get this idea of team 7 doesn't medic idea. Just because Naruto started regenerating limbs doesn't mean he can found antidote on poison, at that moment Sakura is certainly needed.

Note: very few people actually believe she isnot a important element in the story.... The reason why most people dislike her has nothing to do with being useless or weak

People dislike Sakura because she is annoying, self- absorbed, delusional, *****.

She was like that in part-1, but before few chapters she tried to kill the very person she loved, and that's why one has to say she 'changed'.

Sakura pt 1 was annoying because she always blamed others and never did anything herself, she always called naruto stupid, even though pt 1 naruto was a 100x better ninja than her by the zabuza arc. ( compare Chunin exams naruto to Sakura)Sakura is self-absorbed because she is thinking about Sasuke not Caring about her, even though naruto just saved her life, and Rikudomadara is literally 10 feet away. Sakura is delusional because currently she thinks she caught up to naruto and Sasuke... Seriously?? That's messed up and retarded. Everybody knows curren Sasuke and naruto neg diff Sakura.

Sakura isn't delusional, but rather that statement is misinterpreted.

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Sakura actually think that she 'caught up' with them and the panel behind that statement is the panel when she was fighting alongside Naruto and Sasuke against Juubi clones, if you go back to few chapters behind you will find her saying 'same thing' when they were fighting against Juubi clone(when she got Byakugou power up).
Then before arriving to that panel, we have one more panel on right hand side, where she sees Naruto and Sasuke in their current situation standing in front of her, and she compares it with previous situation, clearly an indication that she 'knows' she isn't at their level at this moment.

Sakura is a ***** because she tried to abuse Naruto's feelings for her. She lied to her friends, poisend naruto, and abused his feelings
And!! After all that, she could not resolve herself to stab a blind/exhausted Sasuke.

I can also interpret it as she tried to kill her own crush, but if you have to blame someone for she not doing 'so' then blame Kishi and his inability to develop female characters, and that doesn't make her useless.

The only version of Sakura that I find impressive and worthy of being the female lead is during the sasori fight.

Hundreds of chapters and only 10-15 pages was she worthy?? That's pathetic.

Who said that female lead has to be super OP or badass like Mikasa to become female lead?
Who made the rule that she has to be of fighting type?
She is different from others because she is medical nin, and if you ask me she as came and became one of the best medical nins in the world, so she is sure worthy of being main character.u.u

 

[BLAZE]

He isn't soloing anything but rather proving how pathetic he is, with his inability to stay on topic and discuss Sakura related topics seriously.*_*

I don't get this idea of team 7 doesn't medic idea. Just because Naruto started regenerating limbs doesn't mean he can found antidote on poison, at that moment Sakura is certainly needed.

She was like that in part-1, but before few chapters she tried to kill the very person she loved, and that's why one has to say she 'changed'.

Sakura isn't delusional, but rather that statement is misinterpreted.

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Sakura actually think that she 'caught up' with them and the panel behind that statement is the panel when she was fighting alongside Naruto and Sasuke against Juubi clones, if you go back to few chapters behind you will find her saying 'same thing' when they were fighting against Juubi clone(when she got Byakugou power up).
Then before arriving to that panel, we have one more panel on right hand side, where she sees Naruto and Sasuke in their current situation standing in front of her, and she compares it with previous situation, clearly an indication that she 'knows' she isn't at their level at this moment.

I can also interpret it as she tried to kill her own crush, but if you have to blame someone for she not doing 'so' then blame Kishi and his inability to develop female characters, and that doesn't make her useless.

Who said that female lead has to be super OP or badass like Mikasa to become female lead?
Who made the rule that she has to be of fighting type?
She is different from others because she is medical nin, and if you ask me she as came and became one of the best medical nins in the world, so she is sure worthy of being main character.u.u

u r soloing most opinions though
XD

 

[Honord Sage]

People continuesly go on about Sakura's uselessness.. So here are some things which directly contradicts her uselessness.
So she is one of the most useful characters in Naruto.

Thought I would let the base know that Sakura is indeed a very important and key character.

Despite her healing and moral support throughout the entire manga, Naruto Uzumaki would not be the man we see today. She has a very great impact on who he is and he would be dead if it wasnt for her.



During Sasuke's fight with Gaara, Sasuke became immobilized. This would allow Gaara to completely annihilate Sasuke, but Sakura stood over him and made Gaara snap and grab her. Thus allowing Naruto to scoop Sasuke up.

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Sakura was able to save Kankuro's life, which in turn he was able to give them information on the two Akatsuki who took Kazekage Gaara.

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The combined powers of Sakura and Chiyo was enough to overcome Sasori and as a reward he gave Sakura very important information about a spy. This spy is spying on Orochimaru, which would lead closer to Sasuke however the spy was a double spy.

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She was able to find and figure out an assassin in the medical camp. This assassin was a Zetsu transformed into Neji. She figured out the Zetsu's power and had it relayed to HQ. Very important being there is a whole army of Zetsu.

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-Along with this is Alliance wide healing, healing mostly everyone at least once.
-Healing Naruto and boosting alliance morale.

And now you know for fact she isn't useless.

I'm sure there are many more, these are just quick things I thought of.
Thanks for reading!

Boy you got it backward. Sakura started as a self center,know it all Sasuke Fan club President, Her change is due to Naruto and Tsunade's influence on Her. Without Naruto and Tsunade Sakura would still be the annoying Girl She used to be.

 

[mohdzarif]

I can concede to these points and I respect that the fact despite her shortcomings, you look at her as a whole, not positive or negative.
You have to understanding that everybody makes
Mistakes, I am not able to just "overlook" her negatives " manipulating Naruto's love"

In my opinion, overall Sakura's negatives out way her positives. Sure, she has pros and cons, but I would argue that she has
More cons.

Cons ( subjectively) my opinion of what I don't like
Part 1
Was useless in most fights- zabuza- demon brothers
Ranted on naruto- even though naruto was ahead of her, massively ahead.

Pros pt 1
Took care of naruto and Sasuke after orochimaru
Beat ino

Cons pt 2
cried for naruto to come and save her- didnot even try, she was just frozen watching naruto fight.
Thought she was equal to naruto and Sasuke
Manipulated Naruto's feelings
Failed to follow through and hurt Sasuke
Bull rushed madara, even when madara is right in front of her, naruto just saved her life, she is worried about Sasuke not caring.

I understand that Sakura meant she could fight on equal grounds pre-sage power up. But!
Sakura cannot even fight with sage naruto and Ms Sasuke.....
Sakura has not even caught up to kage summit arc naruto and Sasuke.
Sakura gets neg diffed by EMS Sasuke and RM naruto.
She is wrong, she cannot fight with EMS Sasuke and RM Naruto, she would only get in the way, which is why she stayed out of the way when they fought obito.


Here is the thing, I understand that Everbody is pretty much irrelevant in this fight, I understand that Everbody just stood and watched naruto fight Nagato. The problem is that Sakura isnot shino. she is the female lead. Sakura has so much more panel time than the k11 that you expect more of her. I expect Sakura to be more relavent than hinata because hinata has like 30 panels dedicated to her and Sakura has over 100.

Sakura is a shitty lead, I personally dislike her character, and she hasnot even gotten close to accomplishing her dream ( fighting on par with naruto and Sasuke)

Okay, that's your opinion. I believe her contributions outweighed all the negatives.

First, keep in mind that I only consider canon material - MANGA. NOT ANIME.

I said once again, ranting on Naruto was so insignificant, it's not she always did that. She acknowledged Naruto's strength throughout Part 1. What she ranted about Naruto was his stupidity not his strength. She always knew that she was always behind Naruto and Sasuke.

Pein invasion's, what could she do when others couldn't even stand a chance even the jounin. During the invasion, she healed and took care of lots of villagers in the hospital. She immobilized Pein's centipede summon with one punch to save a little girl and some other people.

If you wanted for her to do what Hinata did, mind you, Hinata was one-shotted by Pein IN THE MANGA. She literally didn't do anything except confessing her love. It's the anime that made Hinata look someone heroic. When in fact, it's utterly not in the manga.

When did she manipulated Naruto's feelings? She failed to do something like that so you are wrong.

It's not that she literally thought she was equal to them..... :| I explained that before.

She was trying to prove that she was no longer the weak teammate who was always overshadowed by her 2 teammates when she attacked Madara. She wanted to distract Madara. At least she managed to "snatch away the bell" from Madara, she separated the last Gudoudama from him if you haven't noticed it. Her thinking of Sasuke was just a random thought of merely 3 seconds or so.

Hinata is more relevant than Sakura you say? :|:|:|
What kind of logic is this? :| Hinata is one of the worst character Kishi created. She lacks depth and one-dimensional. Her life is too much revolves around her "Naruto-kun", "Naruto-kun", "Naruto-kun". She is nothing without Naruto and will become completely irrelevant without him. Her panel time was almost always related to Naruto only.

Sakura had done her things during Pein invasion, I've explained above.

And yes, I agree to an extent, she doesn't deserve the title of a main character. Major supporting character title is more appropriate for her. Kishi messed up.

 

[MinaButt]

She aint useless that's for sure. :heh:

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[Poptart]

Im facing the strongest person to have ever existed. LET ME MAKE MY HANDS GLOW!!

 

[sindi1997]

Just read it i hope you enjoy it

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[A v i]

As a character no,she is not useless but as a main character she is utterly useless.

 

[Mikasa Hagaromo]

676 chapters. 15 years running. And the OP came up with 4 examples. LAAAWD!

Sakura had nothing to do with what Naruto has become. He got his motivation to advance from Sasuke. His ninja way from the Zabuza and Haku fight. His will of fire from Sasuke talking about not letting his comrades die. Sakura was just the benefactor of this new found will of fire.

Sakura was never anywhere to be found during Naruto's important moments. When he doubted his ability to beat Neji who gave him a pep talk? Hinata. When he was about to be captured by Pain who stepped in? Hinata. When he was about to give in to Obito in the war that first time who got him back to his senses? Hinata. When the tree grew and he lost his will to fight who got his nerve back up? Sasuke when he cut down the tree and asked Naruto if that was all he had.

Also, didn't Naruto and Sasuke actually DIE when they met the sage? If that's the case then Sakura didn't save him then either. She failed at that too. Obito saved Naruto NOT Sakura.

 

[mohdzarif]

676 chapters. 15 years running. And the OP came up with 4 examples. LAAAWD!

Sakura had nothing to do with what Naruto has become. He got his motivation to advance from Sasuke. His ninja way from the Zabuza and Haku fight. His will of fire from Sasuke talking about not letting his comrades die. Sakura was just the benefactor of this new found will of fire.

Sakura was never anywhere to be found during Naruto's important moments. When he doubted his ability to beat Neji who gave him a pep talk? Hinata. When he was about to be captured by Pain who stepped in? Hinata. When he was about to give in to Obito in the war that first time who got him back to his senses? Hinata. When the tree grew and he lost his will to fight who got his nerve back up? Sasuke when he cut down the tree and asked Naruto if that was all he had.

Also, didn't Naruto and Sasuke actually DIE when they met the sage? If that's the case then Sakura didn't save him then either. She failed at that too. Obito saved Naruto NOT Sakura.

Yeah the shy girl Hinata shouted and yelled at Naruto very much when he was fighting Kiba and Neji.
When it was Sakura that really did that, supported him as a teammate with all her heart. Hinata just believed in her "Naruto-kun" yet always stay silent and didn't really show much efforts in supporting him in Part 1. Most of the time, she just stayed there doing nothing, just looking at Naruto from far without uttering any word.

Please, Sakura > Hinata, it's not even close.

Hinata didn't help when she went to Naruto during Pein fight. She got one-shotted before she could do anything IN THE MANGA. The anime extended the scene and made Hinata to fight to make her look heroic when canonically she literally didn't do anything except confessing her love, that's it. That's canon.

I see you are trying to argue that Hinata is a better heroine when her character is one of the worst. She lacks depth, she is just one-dimensional. Her life is just mostly about her "Naruto-kun","Naruto-kun","Naruto-kun". Her panel times always filled with Naruto. Without Naruto, Hinata is nothing. And she might even not change at all, remain with her childhood characteristics.

Sakura got variety of panel times, not just with Naruto. And she had done a lot and showed how much she cared about Naruto since the start. She even was willing to forfeit the Chuunin exam written test because she didn't want Naruto's Hokage dream got crushed. While Hinata was always just stalking Naruto doing nothing.

Sakura delayed Naruto's death long enough so that Obito could save him. If Naruto's heart was stopped, then he would be no more. This is more significant that what Hinata had done when she gained back Naruto's senses.

It's pathetic to compare Sakura with Hinata when Hinata is nothing better than Sakura at all.

Kishi just sucked at writing female characters. But still, Sakura >>>> Hinata.