Plot.
Denial.
OP knows what's up.
The entire village got shat on by Pain btw, yet Hinata did more than Sakura who just wept for Naruto's help as I recall
Something called love and selflessness. Not that Sakura fans would understand.
3: While I agree that at the very least in the Pain arc Hinata tried to help Naruto, that...really doesn't say much. She didn't demonstrate any feats against Pain that would have turned the tides of any argument. The biggest part of that interference was her confession to Naruto
Even while failing Hinata still showed more guts and will power to stand up to Pein. While Sakura cried for Naruto to save the day. Fact is she tried while the other did nothing but watch. Realisticslly she was never gonna hurt Pein. He was too powerful.
While I agree with this I think there are some things that aren't considered in this argument.
1: Effort =/= Strength. I think Shikamaru is a prime example of this. He put Hidan to shame, yet at the same time he doesn't really like being a ninja, and lazes about most of the time.
2: The Pain arc was a long time ago, and the characters that were in said arc have since then developed into stronger, more competent ninja, this includes both Hinata and Sakura.
3: While I agree that at the very least in the Pain arc Hinata tried to help Naruto, that...really doesn't say much. She didn't demonstrate any feats against Pain that would have turned the tides of any argument. The biggest part of that interference was her confession to Naruto
This is true, I completely agree. And I also agree that if it had been Sakura instead of Hinata at that time, the results would not have changed.
But what I'm saying is, in the context of the debate over who is stronger, Hinata jumping in alone doesn't say much, mainly because she didn't do much.
Nobody was a match for Pain though as Shaz explained. The characters have grown. How did Sakura grow since then? She got byaguko seal, which OP dealt with.
You can't be powerful and not useful.
Sakura blitz Shin, who has eyes all over his head, therefore Hinata gets blitzed.
That Bald Man was a joke, try again!
Edit: I read shaz's reply. I hadn't really thought about it in that way. I can agree with that. Ignore the bolded point XD unless you don't...in which case..proceed.
@bolded: Well that's the point. And I had also brought up that Sakura would have suffered the same fate if it were her. I was just saying that Hinata jumping in alone doesn't say too much about her overall prowess because there wasn't much for her to show off there. Sure she tried, though.
Ya got me on Hinata's Byakugan though. I can agree with that completely, Her eyes would give her a leg up in a match like this one. At the same time thoughasdfadsf < ok scratch that.
I was going to say Sakura has some impressive maneuver/dodge feats, and was going to point out the needles in her sasori fight, but then I cant quite remember if that was her, or if that was her being manipulated by chiyo. I dont remember when that was activated. agh. so much for that. Also sorry if I seem like I'm coming up with excuses, just giving the benefit of the doubt...if that makes any sense.