So...a mid chunin Kinoichi level can make antidotes to one of the most incureable poisons in the NV, has the battle experience to fight a jounin level ninja, see through Kakashi's tricks, and has the endurance to push a katana soaked in poison into her just to land a finishing blow? You have very big doubts for her u_u
She smashed it hard enough so that it broke the ceiling. You sure about your word choice? No offense of course.
That has literally nothing to do with this thread.
Sometimes you have to read between the lines. If she can punch a square made entirely of iron sand molded from chakra, she was holding back while punching through a mid layer of earth.
Again, off topic. Plus, Shikamaru's Jounin level.
Exactly my point! She knew she didn't have the speed, so she asked Chiyo to make up for that. Sakura was moving her body, but Chiyo was there for quick speed support. Chiyo states that she was already able to notice Sasori's attack pattern. Sasori notes that she's watching him like a hawk. All in all, she was still using her battle experience to fight Sasori.
Tsunade is the overall best medical ninja and taught Sakura everything Sakura knows about medical jutsus, Chiyo even said Tsunade was the only one to counter her poisons in the past. She looked at all sides to deduce that it only left below the ground, this shows her smarts but it doesn't mean she was Jounin level, it was Naruto's plan that ultimately won them the bells. They both display their own smarts is all, it's not like she constantly came up with plans, it was Kakashi or Yamato who took charge in that department.
You are incorrect, she did not smash the iron, she hit the iron which flew into the wall and smash the wall. Did the iron shattered? No. As for holding back, she focus her chakra to a single point and release it, do you think she will use all her chakra in 1 hit? No, so she was holding back in that sense. She doesn't have a large chakra reserve so it's not like she can use the same amount of chakra per hit, it would get less the more she fights unless she uses the Yin seal for more chakra.
As for Shikamaru, the only ones said to be jounins were Neji, Temari and Kankuro while Gaara was Kazekage
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. I'll put him at high Chunin though. If she was Jounin level then she wouldn't need Chiyo to control her for better speed and mobility. Look at Neji, Gai, Kakashi, Temari, Kurenai, Asuma. Also When Bee's friends went to Konoha after the Pain fight Sakura was the only one to get pushed back while base Naruto was handling the just fine. Base Naruto was high Jounin at that point (Kakashi said Naruto was equal or even surpassing him back when Naruto beat Kakuza).
Sakura's over all power wasn't said to be Jounin, her skills with medical jutsus and chakra control have been praised and she'll surpass Tsunade in those one day but not as close as she should be. Sakura hasn't hinted at training thru out Shippuden while Naruto has, Kakashi hasn't but we seen improvements. Kishi sucks at female character development. I saw a reviewer even talk about how Kishi said he forgot about Sakura in a questioning.