i'm a bit shared about sasuke (shippuuden)...
i admire his powers and skills acquired through training with oro, and most of all his ingenuity that he has for himself, he really is badass and can walk his talk... but i hate his arrogance/overconfidence, wth he should by now be aware that he is not fighting konoha genins but other villages' higher ranked shinobis who have their own secret techniques that they have been hiding for wars... starting fights head-on every time instead of gathering intel first isn't what a sharp shinobi like him would do... he always brings out his best only when he and his team has already received damage and been caught off-guard, which has proven to be too late most of the time.
Taking the above as material to reply to the thread's title, I would go saying that if there's anything Sasuke is overrated for, it's for being someone intelligent... because he doesn't show enough brains until and unless he's caught up in a fight... then again, maybe it's Kishi's way of putting more thrill to his fights, like having him decrypt the opponent's attacks in real time rather than having him gather intel prior to starting the fight. But why put him against opponents that he shouldn't defeat for the sake of the story? I don't know why Kishi is doing this, maybe the number of Sasuke haters just keep increasing and he's looking for ways to please most of the audience lol.
Btw, I'm a sasuke hater but the reasons goes back to pre-shippuuden... if you think my opinion is not objective enough, please share, i'm open to discussion
