Isn't Hinata supposed to be a Yamato Nadeshiko, aka a traditional Japanese ideal woman? I don't know, I don't mind her.
Dosu taking on Gaara was a really cheap way for Kishi to get rid of him :| I feel the same way about Fu and Torune - he just needed to pit them in a fight against the most hax ninja ever with no intel on a flat surface with no room for maneuvers.. And then have them used as test subjects. Thanks for wasting the two best ninjas in Root, Kishi.