Sakura's character development killed in one page

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Alright so I was browsing memecenter and I came across this:

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And it got me thinking that Sakura matured in part 1 after this battle:

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Now she realizes that she's always been a background character to these two and realizes that she must be stronger to protect her friends and aims to be better by being more like them and again, this is in part 1:

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And here we see Sakura have a giant turning point where she's infering that she'll become more like Sasuke and Naruto, be a tougher ninja, hold back the tears, and become strong enough to not have to depend on others:

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Okay so this is all in part 1 where we've seen some real character development and promise from Sakura. She's gonna change and become a powerful ninja that will handle things on her own.

So in part 2, after the time skip we see that Kishi has given Sakura some real character development. She's a lot stronger than before, a great medical ninja, and more importantly she can hold her own and isn't the same Sakura as before, right?

Nope, Kishi in this page, basically kills all the character development Sakura had built up over time and is more or less the same girl that would cry and fawn over Sasuke:

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Let me break this down for you, she still depends on other people like Naruto, she's still in love with Sasuke, she still cries instead of taking action herself, she still needs to be protected by other people, and she isn't even close to being like Naruto or Sasuke or any tough confident ninja.

All of Sakura's character development, killed in one page. I didn't even think it was possible to do that but somehow Kishi has turned his main female character back into the same girl she was back in the Zabuza saga.

So with all this being said, do you think that Kishi did a bad job giving Sakura actual character development? Because she actually had some great character development but Kishi took it all away. I mean if she says she's gonna change and get stronger in chapter 53 but is still the same 500 chapters later, that's just bad character development.

So I think Kishi did a terrible job by giving Sakura some good character development and then taking it all away in one page. But how do you feel, do you agree with my analysis or do you not like Sakura and think that she doesn't deserve character development?
 

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Yeah,she's like most people that try to improve them selves but always seems to fall back in the same path..
 

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Maybe if she had more battles like Sakura and Chiyo vs Sasori, people wouldn't hate her as much.
 

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Imo she is useless since episode 3 of naruto.
 

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Kishi did a shitty job with all of the female characters. Even the powerful ones suck.
 
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She would make for an awesome side character, but as a main one, she is pathetic
 

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I'm pretty sure Kishi did this on purpose though. There is an obvious lack of female characters in the manga, and most of them are weak or a lot weaker than their male comrades. I think the idea was to portray Sakura as this pathetic character who tries to become better but ultimately falls back into her original place. I dont think he even really planned to do any character development with Sakura originally and probably added it in to make it less annoying. She seems to be in this manga solely to act as the centre-piece of a love triangle between the two central characters. I don't think Kishimoto has any intention of putting any female characters in a decent position, especially not Sakura. Even Tsunade will be succeeded by Naruto. Name the most powerful female character and see where she would be ranked in skill, power and ability in the list of most powerful characters in Naruto.
 

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Maybe if she had more battles like Sakura and Chiyo vs Sasori, people wouldn't hate her as much.

Kishi hasn't given Sakura a chance to show off her new skills, he's basically forgotten about her. It's sad how she had so much promise and it was all crushed in one page.
 

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I agree dude it was perfect development and then were like "well back to this shit I guess"
 

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Why people hate her character is unknown..... Her development fits to the story which is relevant. Naruto is nothing without Sakura's emotions and actions. It whats drive him closer to Sasuke.
 
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another sakura hater huh?i don't understand why all those hates towards her,she is been a very independant character for me since part 2,she isn't the only character that gets saved time to time if that was ur point,it happens to naruto all the time as well.to me i think she is strongest than all the female around her age.so that's fine at least for a female character.not being sexist though.
 
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Why people hate her character is unknown..... Her development fits to the story which is relevant. Naruto is nothing without Sakura's emotions and actions. It whats drive him closer to Sasuke.

I think Kishi changed his mind when it came to the development of Sakura. I think she was supposed to be much stronger and confident but that didn't fit so later on so he changed her back to who she was over 500 chapters ago.
 

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I think Kishi changed his mind when it came to the development of Sakura. I think she was supposed to be much stronger and confident but that didn't fit so later on so he changed her back to who she was over 500 chapters ago.

I heard rumors that Kishi doesn't develop females well so you or anyone else would just have to accept it as it is. I understand all the development, but she is still being developed. Manga is not over yet.
 

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another sakura hater huh?i don't understand why all those hates towards her,she is been a very independant character for me since part 2,she isn't the only character that gets saved time to time i that was ur point,it happens to naruto all the time as well.to me i think she is strongest than all the female around her age.so that's fine at least for a female character.not being sexist though.

Me a Sakura hater? I'm one of the few people who defends her while others bash her. In this thread I'm merely pointing out that Kishi did a bad job developing her character. If you read the thread you would see that I merely stated facts and that I'm angry about it, I want her to have character development.
 

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None of the female characters had good character development at all and the only promising one was killed. That was the girl in my sig. Sakura was good especially at the beginning of part 2 but I agree with you. The only decent female in this show was konan but now she's dead. And the other females don't get a lot of screen time.
Btw (Hinata is good but we barely see her in action)
 

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I heard rumors that Kishi doesn't develop females well so you or anyone else would just have to accept it as it is. I understand all the development, but she is still being developed. Manga is not over yet.

Don't get me wrong I know Kishi can't develop a female character to save his life. But if you look at the beginning of part 2 she had some pretty good character development. But Kishi on purpose took it away when it was fine as it was. But hopefully you're right, I hope she gets better developed as a character before the series is over.
 

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None of the female characters had good character development at all and the only promising one was killed. That was the girl in my sig. Sakura was good especially at the beginning of part 2 but I agree with you. The only decent female in this show was konan but now she's dead. And the other females don't get a lot of screen time.
Btw (Hinata is good but we barely see her in action)

Agree with this 100% +1 Rep
 
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