see how many girls that would reply to this lol

[wargear]

I did not understand a single thing you were blabbering about.

Could you repeat it in actual English?

Eaaasy there hotstuff! Lol!

 

[AP2k]

Naruto need to be more like winx club or power puff girls

Totally spies is where it's at.

 

[tenten fan]

i am telling you next arc is gonna be sakura getting op, i was right about all my other guesses... awesome sakura is on the way

 

[InoastrooGeek]

None of the girls are useless, some of the female fans or guys probably hate the other character just so that they defend their own character like say you like sakura and hate ino just because the rivalries for love and sakura against hinata...u guys get it. if you really pay attention to each character and stop bashing on them about how they really look then actually watch all the episodes! I hate when how everyone compares ino and sakura esp they're BFF. the would be mortifed seeing their besties die in front of die. So stop with the dumb girls bashing bs.

 

[Pervy Wrath]

Kishi is a bit sexist

 

[Sasunarufan13]

Japan is still mostly set in the traditional roles - the man being the fighter (so to speak) and the woman being the caretaker.

Now, Naruto is a shinobi world and the main character is male. Of course some male characters will be powered up more, simply because the focus lays on them more than on the others.

That doesn't mean the female cast is useless or weak. They each have their own strength.

We have Tsunade and Mei who are Kages - and considering one of the qualities a Kage needs to have is strength so they can defend their village, it should be clear that these two women aren't weak - and Tsunade is considered one of the best medic nins. So they aren't weak or useless.

Tenten is based on the traditional image of the ninja - only fighting with weapons and none of the fancy jutsu others use. She can be deadly with her weapons, so she isn't useless.

Hinata is part of the Hyuuga clan and I should think that she proved herself during the war that she isn't useless or weak. She got Naruto back to fighting again to give an example and she has been shown fighting during the war.

Ino was part of the plan and had to use her mind controlling jutsu. Again not really useless, despite the fact that she barely gets any screentime.

Konan was part of the Akatsuki and I think we can safely say that she was very strong as well.

Kushina managed to survive the extraction of the Kyuubi and she didn't seem the type to give up quickly.

Now Sakura. I dislike her and clearly am not a fan of her, but she isn't that useless. She's a great medic nin and obviously has a future in that field. Hell, she even managed to create an antidote for Sasori's poison which nobody was able to do. And her strength was necessary to be able to defeat Sasori (yes, she had help, but her brute strength was needed in the fight).

So all in all, the female cast isn't useless or weak. But most of them seem to focus themselves in the medical field, which isn't stupid. Without someone able to heal the others, many shinobi would have died. Look at Tsunade - without her healing abilities, the Kages would have fallen sooner and even now, cut in half, she seems to have a plan.

You also have to take into consideration the Japanese culture regarding the roles of men and women. You can't compare it to the Western view, because there are obviously differences (though in Japan women aren't confined to being a housewife anymore and have started to work as well).

So, while indeed some male characters are very powerful, because they get the most attention in this manga, that doesn't mean that most female characters are weak. They are either fighters as well like Mei and Konan or are more experienced in the medical field like Sakura and Tsunade. Does being a medical ninja make them weak? No, it doesn't. It makes them useful in another area than fighting.

 

[JIRAIYA perv]

Kishi is a bit sexist

wow .... in a fantasy (that HE wrote) .... what about other anime's that are only about female characters .... should we care or say the the same about them (the writers) ?? loool seriously it's just an anime that has characters that doesn't exist (created by the writer) so he writes what he wants and we either watch it or we don't.

 

[Nami Usagi]

You've got some grammar problems in your life man.

I'm not sure what you're asking, but I think this counts as character bashing

 

[Pervy Wrath]

wow .... in a fantasy (that HE wrote) .... what about other anime's that are only about female characters .... should we care or say the the same about them (the writers) ?? loool seriously it's just an anime that has characters that doesn't exist (created by the writer) so he writes what he wants and we either watch it or we don't.

Hasn't he said it himself that he isn't good with female characters? And how many big animes/mangas are there with mostly female characters, compared to male characters?

 

[Melanee]

All the characters have a usefulness but female character development does lack in Naruto, however, Naruto is Shonen, so the focus is on young male readers, and things like Winx Club, etc already mentioned in this topic is not considered something a young boy would be interested in watching.

 

[Jin Hayami]

Its a shounen manga. Its main demographic is boys between 10-17. That's why the stronger females like Tsunade and Mei have the uh "assets" they do.

 

[Redhothabanero]

I dont see any useless thimg on any female character :|

 

[L Lawliet]

In this world my son, either you prove your usefulness through bouncing boobs, or you prove your uselessness through flat chests. That is a universal truth in Shonen Jump. Flat chested women seem to be discriminated... Or perhaps they find a way to have boobs later on and save themselves from oblivion? Who knows...


Anyway, the most badass woman I've ever seen is not even in this series. It's in Sword Art Online and she's called Asuna. Hell ya.

 

[shelke]

Other than Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell, all anime chicks are usually useless.

 

[Lana Del Taka]

That grammar though.