Should Hinata Have Been Team 7s Replacement Member?

[Melanin]

Sakura solos everything about Hinata, what you think of their characters is based on opinion not facts.

 

[Ambivalence]

Replace one brainless fangirl with another one. What exactly does that change, again?

 

[~Ethereal~]

Yes, I would enjoy it greatly...the tension would be so good in many ways...so many things boiling up inside my brain. :yayy:

 

[Mari Makinami]

Seeing as how your sign has three characters involved is your fanfic about a threesome?

I'm gonna consider this :th:

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Not really, it's just that I'm adding additional main characters to that only when they actually join the action in my story :lol For instance, Naruto wasn't making appearances there very often until recently, and now he's a full-time main character just like the other two.

 

[FemmeFatale]

Hell to the no, Sakura is the only woman who fit in the team, she is the only one with the power , brains, and raw talent to balance out narutos raw power and stupidity , and sasukes keen observation skills, and natural skill. Sakura , if kakashi trained her , would've been the prodigy in team 7. Hinata lacks everything Sakura possesses , but she is strong in her own right

 

[Natsu Shazneel]

I'm gonna consider this :th:

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Not really, it's just that I'm adding additional main characters to that only when they actually join the action in my story :lol For instance, Naruto wasn't making appearances there very often until recently, and now he's a full-time main character just like the other two.

That sounds interesting.

I like the fact you chose a sexy version(No homo version) of Naruto. He looks a lot better than what Kishay made of him.

 

[6thHokage]

I rather have a rock on team 7.

 

[Mari Makinami]

That sounds interesting.

I like the fact you chose a sexy version(No homo version) of Naruto. He looks a lot better than what Kishay made of him.

Hehe, thank you

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Yeah, I'm going to develop him a bit differently on his way to becoming Hokage. Let's say a bit more badass, calculating and a bit less forgiving. Without ruining the canon main concept and with a good backstory leading to the changes, of course

 

[Bling Kai]

This is the kind of shit Hinata could have had

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One of Sakura's most egregious flaws as a main character, especially as a heroine, is that, she lacks her own agency as a character. She's a satellite, revolving around Sasuke, Naruto, and "Team 7". She has no content as a character outside of pairings and what relates to Team 7. It got to the point where she can barely be considered an actual written character, she's just an accessory to counter all the testosterons and masculinity--and she couldn't even do these two purposes correctly. And when we speak about main characters who are supposed to move the plot, you'd assume them to have a story of them own, some reason why we're expected to want to read about the life of this character. Like Hinata dord.

Hinata would have been so compelling. A girl who's just as dedicated to hard-work and being a ninja as the boys. A girl with no talent busting her ass to get better. This kind girl pushing herself beyond her limits, through blood and sweat, honestly trying to become a person she herself can like. This terribly honest, insightful girl who doesn't blame others for her problems, mope around constantly, or use her situation to justify something about herself. Who's suffered so much yet bears no ill will toward her family despite having every reason to. She is a character with flaws, and she's aware that she has them (though far, far too hard on herself), and is honestly trying her absolute hardest to get better-to prove something, most of all, to herself.

I mean, would you rather the kunoichi protagonist be a neglected heiress spilling blood and tears to prove her worth, or a normal every-girl who has no backstory, no real internal struggle, and is basically clueless to the term "true love"?

Like I do declare Sakura should be a support, Hinata should've been one of the pinnacles that kept the story going. If Hinata was the female protagonist, we would've seen what's within the Hyuuga clan, we would've learned what happened to her mother, the relationship she probably had with her father before her mother's death, and we would definitely had seen more of Hanabi-who would have no doubt risen to fandom favorite status (her two episode special got great reception, and was one of the few well written and introspective fillers that SP wrote). Putting Hinata as a main character would definitely balance the team as each have a reason to work their way to their goals, and with her charity, they would've helped each other more, they'd come to understand each other more as a unit, they've had connected deeper - so deep Sasuke would've been even more conflicted about leaving the village, I guarantee it.

Hell, she's already displayed these skills in Team 8 with Shino and Kiba, the ability to be objective and have a mind of her own.


The middle ground is where Hinata could truly connect to both Naruto and Sasuke.

Ultimately, Hinata has personal issues like the men on the team: Naruto is the village pariah with no family, Sasuke's trauma of the night he lost his family, and Kakashi losing one loved one after another; Hinata's mother isn't around, so obviously the woman's dead of unknown causes, her father disregards her existence in favor of her little sister, her cousin mocks her kindness as weakness, and basically she was unwanted by her own clan. You cannot ignore the match-ups.

Naruto- No need to explain the connection part here. You read the manga, so we all know why Hinata admires Naruto so much. The thing I'd really like to say about this, is that she would be someone in his life he never had before-a peer that likes him without reservations. By this I mean, Hinata is truly interested in being his friend, and supporting him. She wouldn't make fun of him or put him down in favor of Sasuke. She would listen to him talk big, she would accept him, she would believe in him. Naruto would have his first friendly friend, if that makes sense (Sasuke and Naruto are best friends, but their general day-to-day relationship is riddled with a lot of annoyance with one another). It would mean so much to Naruto, and he would give all the friendship she gives him in return. The two would be such a positive influence on one another, and they would be true best friends. I mean, they already have such a real bond in the manga, and they barely even interact. Imagine what it could be if they were on the same team...

Sasuke- Sasuke too, would make his very first "friendly" friend. Sasuke would be put on a team with the only kunoichi in his class who doesn't have romantic feelings for him. Right off the bat, Sasuke can interact with her with no ulterior motive from Hinata. Not only do they have so much in common (being the second best to their fathers, trying to strive to earn their acknowledgement, kekkei genkai, older and superior brothers, coming from powerful clans), but she retains many qualities that Sasuke has a respect for. She's a very hard-worker, and she's truly dedicated to improving herself as a ninja. She's also quiet, a thinker, and an insightful person. She's not only someone he could train with, she's someone who he could truly connect to.

Poor Kakashi got riddled with some problematic students. A knucklehead ninja, an antisocial with serious issues, and a girl more concerned with romance than a ninja career. People always give Kakashi a hard time for not training Sakura. I agree about 50% of the way. Kakashi is a sensei to pre-teens who aspire to be ninja. He's not a babysitter. As such, why doesn't Sakura ever come to Kakashi and ask him to train her? Why doesn't she display the same pro-activism that Naruto and Sasuke do, despite the fact that she desires to improve? Yes, Kakashi should have tried harder with her, but Sakura needs to have the drive too. With Hinata as his kunoichi, he'll have a girl on the squad who not only gets along with the boys and truly understands them , but is committed to being a better ninja.

I mean, the more one thinks about it, the more it just works. Its so natural, so fitting. And not even just for Hinata but for Sakura too.

Sakura was stated to have an affinity for genjutusu (which, incidentally, isn't something everyone can learn). Amazingly, Sakura would be taking Hinata's spot on a team where the sensei is one of the best genjutus users of their village.

Not only that, but this fits right in with Team 8. Shino being the ultimate tracker (Kishi severly underused Shino, them bugs were efficient as ****), Kiba and Akamaru being support trackers as well as prime offense (that there's two of them is a bonus) and Sakura fits in as the decoy/distraction. On a tracking/subterfuge team, Shino finds the enemy, Kiba beats them back, and Sakura serves as an enticing distraction that gives opportunity to offense.

Not only will Sakura have something that defines her besides "smashysmashy", but she'd be a true master in something she excels in. In fact, being around Kurenai, a strong, dedicated woman whose obviously not about sitting back and letting the boys do all the hard work, would do wonders for Sakura, who needs someone to seriously help her with character growth considering she doesn't have the self awareness nor capacity to stimulate it herself. Kurenai could be exactly what Sakura needs in a sensei.

That's to say nothing of how this can still work with her being a medic, bettter even. Kiba's sister, Hana, is a medic. Perhaps, through getting to meet/know her, Sakura develops a genuine interest in medical jutsu, then asks to be Tsunade's apprentice when she finds she has an affinity for it? Which is a way better reason than "the boy I liked left, and it finally sparked me to get serious about my ninja career once my cushy Sasuke-kun/Team 7 boat was rocked".

Hinata is already the most popular female character in the manga, and she has, what, less than 100 pages of panel time in a 700 chapter series? I'm not saying her character doesn't have issues (it does), but her development has been decent until the War Arc.

This isn't even scratching the surface of the issue. Its clear to me that Kishi did a real disservice to his manga when he sidelined Hinata, and even he knows it to an extent (in one interview he even plainly states that Hinata would make a better heroine than Sakura)

So from what I can gather from the comments on this thread and this one is that hinata should have replaced Sakura because they personally would like the story better that way.

What's wrong with Sakura other than that she isn't the way people WANT her to be? Sakura is quite an underappreciated character. She isn't as bad as she is frequently made out to be. A lot of Sakura analysis's are fueld by emotions and their dislike of the character and you can tell when people keep bringing up shit they don't like about her and not what is wrong with her as a character in the story. Besides sakuras ridiculous infatuation with sasuke not much is wrong with her character. She is basically just trying to prove herself. And there I no way she can really be on par with her teamates so
The fact that she isn't very useful compared to her teamates is inevitable when the author was just handing them power ups damn near every chapter of the war arc.

And it soent make her a bad character the point of her character isn't yo be as usefull as possible or as perfect as possible it' pretty much the opposite. She isn't a perfect person and she is trying to deal with that fact.


And while we are on the topic team 7 in general is flawed in terms of direction in the story, the team members were only supposed to be foil to narutos character. Other than that kishi never new what to really do with them team 7 was never gonna be the perfect team people seem to have wanted. And I don't think hinata would have helped them be because yous till have sasuke who's whole purpose of being created in the story was to be an obstical for Naruto which is why they are always at odds. Hinata would just kinda be that submissive person that's just there and doesn't really do much. May as well not even be there in the first place.

And I don't know what's up with the obsession of development in the anime community. Development is limited to how relevant a character is in a story and there development doesn't even matter when regarding how well they are written. Some characters don't ever change in a story because they aren't suppose to and the lack of development doesn't make them bad characters.

 

[Dark Sonic]

Hell to the no, Sakura is the only woman who fit in the team, she is the only one with the power , brains, and raw talent to balance out narutos raw power and stupidity , and sasukes keen observation skills, and natural skill. Sakura , if kakashi trained her , would've been the prodigy in team 7. Hinata lacks everything Sakura possesses , but she is strong in her own right

I have a mangascan that proves your point.

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[Natsu Shazneel]

Hehe, thank you

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Yeah, I'm going to develop him a bit differently on his way to becoming Hokage. Let's say a bit more badass, calculating and a bit less forgiving. Without ruining the canon main concept and with a good backstory leading to the changes, of course

You welcome.

Honestly I can feel the badassness already. Can you give me a summary of his personality some other time? I would like to know what changes you make of him. I feel like ever since Naruto grew older he became more of a dictator than a hero. A hero still needs to have that edge to him that makes him stand out. Maybe you could create that version of him that was missing?

 

[LoZelda101]

The others in this thread and the video I shared speak on the why. Kishi had a chance for something great with this. I'll start a flame war, but from what I saw so far, Oda wouldn't have made a gaffe like this. It isn't about replacing Sasuke outright. Just as a fill in member. It really brings into question was Sai needed.

No, people need to stop with the dumb what ifs just because they like hinata. if they so desperately want her to be in team 7 like the original idea, then they have to accept that naruto wouldn't have a rival (sasuke) in team 7. the inclusion of sakura and sasuke were from the editors choice, not kishi's. why cherry pick it. besides it's a dumb idea anyways, the reason naruto was so popular in it's debut wasn't even because of naruto and hinata, it was actually sasuke and sakura. dun duuun DUUUUUN.

 

[Itachi Edo]

I think that would of been a great idea!!!!!!!!!!! This way Kishimoto could of grew naruto and Hinatas relationship and gave them true development.


If this had happened then people like me who were Narusaku wouldn't have been completely SHOCKED AND ABSET ABOUT THE ENDING.

Cosign. Foreshadows and development of characters. Only Kubo has done a worse job with modern shonen secondary characters

 

[Mari Makinami]

You welcome.

Honestly I can feel the badassness already. Can you give me a summary of his personality some other time? I would like to know what changes you make of him. I feel like ever since Naruto grew older he became more of a dictator than a hero. A hero still needs to have that edge to him that makes him stand out. Maybe you could create that version of him that was missing?

Sure. I'll PM it to you shortly

 

[Nick01]

Seeing as she is more relevant than Sakura, she should've been a member of team 7 since part one. Definitely more relevant than Sai. Big mistake for Kishi right there.

 

[Itachi Edo]

No, people need to stop with the dumb what ifs just because they like hinata. if they so desperately want her to be in team 7 like the original idea, then they have to accept that naruto wouldn't have a rival (sasuke) in team 7. the inclusion of sakura and sasuke were from the editors choice, not kishi's. why cherry pick it. besides it's a dumb idea anyways, the reason naruto was so popular in it's debut wasn't even because of naruto and hinata, it was actually sasuke and sakura. dun duuun DUUUUUN.

You can check my posts, I'm no Hinata fan. I'm just being critical and playing devil's advocate. There still could have been a rivalry between Naruto and Sasuke. There have been plenty of shonen that have taken a different approach. Like others have said, there would have been better development for both Sakura and Hinata if they switched teams.

 

[gerizzyYMcrew]

The others in this thread and the video I shared speak on the why. Kishi had a chance for something great with this. I'll start a flame war, but from what I saw so far, Oda wouldn't have made a gaffe like this. It isn't about replacing Sasuke outright. Just as a fill in member. It really brings into question was Sai needed.

that's right...Oda would have rehashed the same shit over and over again

 

[Bling Kai]

Seeing as she is more relevant than Sakura, she should've been a member of team 7 since part one. Definitely more relevant than Sai. Big mistake for Kishi right there.

Aside from shitty romance with Naruto and bullshit pairings she has no relevance in the overall story whatsoever. Name one major thing she did besides getting her ass.kicked by pain? Which even that has no relevance aside from bullshit pairing romance.

 

[QueenPrincess Legendary]

No...

 

[Exaar]

Yes, Or simply of made Sakura a hyuga from the start.

Hyuga are knwon for their extremely good chakra control, So it would've went hand in hand with her becoming tsunades student. Then you would have representations of both kaguya and her sons, Nartuo & Sasuke (sage & his sons) Hyuga (Hamura/Kaguya).

More devlopment for the hyuga, Possibly giving either Sakura (if she were hyuga) or Hinata some of Hamura's power so it could've a proper fight with all 3 team members Vs Kaguya/Madara.

I Personally think it would've made the story better.