The pattern I've seen is:
1. Females like Female Characters (Sakura one of the first introduced)
2. Females love drama (Naruhina BS, so they hate Hinata)
3. Sakura was useless for the longest, got power-ups, now they have a reason to defend her with no hesitation (whether right or wrong).
4. Pity.. She is just another fodder compared to her partners. They have to see something in her to make it more then what it is.
Those are the main 4 reasons' I've seen on this site. Any more I might be missing?
1. To an extent yea.
2. Oh come on.. * Insert eyeroll here * Guys love drama too, they just may want their own. Sasuke was introduced to add drama to the plot. Hell, most of your posts and threads are made to look for or to create some.
Hinata is an OK character. It's just that she is kind of traditional wife material that many guys prefer and thus make her popular. But accept it if Naruto marries her it's mostly because she loves him and he would understand what it's like to like someone ( because of Sakura). Also Neji died and kind of gave something to mutually relate to etc. Otherwise the way she stalked him for a long time was awkward if not creepy. At first she didn't stalk him because she admired him but because she thought he was a loser like her and thus related with him. Inspired by Naruto bit came a later when she saw that was not the case. So while it's ok to pair them, I see nothing to go crazy about it.
3. Sakura played quite an important role in Gara saving arc and proved her skills as a medic and was the reason why Chhiyo even began to trust Konoha and later on saved Gara. She has been useful in the war too providing medical aid and that's what medics do. She was not given any KG or special clan tech ever and still she made a place for herself at a young age. For someone without a flashy back ground in shinobi world that's quite good.
What was the last thing Shikamaru the genius did? last fight he had on his own was with Hidan. Frankly the insane power houses called Naruto and Sasuke make her look week even when that's not the case. She just landed in a team of OP duo with special clans and blood lines. What would Hinata do in it? Kakashi never taught much to Sakura despite being the team sensei and Sakura had to seek another teacher deciding for herself. I find it funny when people think HInata would have been useful in this team. Hinata didn't have much of her own initiavice even till recently. Ino could be to an extent but her combo works best with her own team with Shika and Choji. Not really many better options for team Kakashi.
Her recent power up was expected seeing how Kishi already hinted that Sakura was good medic. The best you can say is that she was ignored for a long time and Kishi didn't do much keeping her in mind. But he has been barely able to satisfy fans of Naruto and Sasuke even.
Shonnens as a rule do not cater much to female characters. They are always secondary or end up as one as the series progresses. The publishers are not looking for female audience. They actually do not want them to be reading that stuff lest it deters their target audience. Shows may get cancelled if they think the other *** is watching it more than their targeted one.
4. Pity is what I feel for Hinata. Her only inspiration was Naruto without much of 'self'. What if Naruto would have fallen instead of Sasuke? She is a nice character and all but her best moment was only her declaration of love for Naruto. It got me hyped too at the time but yeah that was it.
Love her or hate her Sakura is. She is not really my all time favourite or anything but she has more use than the 30000004000000400000 + pointless threads you guys made in her name. Every-time a guy gets ignored or rejected or a girl finds the object of her admiration looking at another girl instead of her we get another Sakura bash thread.
