Imo, it was mostly Neji, Lee, and Shino.
Neji had such a great talent and potential as well as a great background. and tbh, his death was just wrong. at least if he was meant to die, then Kishi should have just killed him in the Kidoumaru fight. It would have been more meaningful as he had shown his true worth as a Genius unlike in the war, as he was ironically killed by a 'branch'.
Shino has a great potential as well.. But Kishi just neglected him throughout the manga, he couldn't even send him on Sasuke's retrieve mission despite it being a good opportunity for him to showcase more of his arsenal.
Lee was all about the 'dropout can beat a genius via hard work' theme, but never really lived up to it. Save for his confrontation with Sasuke, but later on he was shown to be jealous of his talent in the chuunin finales. He hasn't beat his rival, not even once. Where as he witnessed someone who was supposedly in the same situation as him get that chance-Naruto.
Neji had such a great talent and potential as well as a great background. and tbh, his death was just wrong. at least if he was meant to die, then Kishi should have just killed him in the Kidoumaru fight. It would have been more meaningful as he had shown his true worth as a Genius unlike in the war, as he was ironically killed by a 'branch'.
Shino has a great potential as well.. But Kishi just neglected him throughout the manga, he couldn't even send him on Sasuke's retrieve mission despite it being a good opportunity for him to showcase more of his arsenal.
Lee was all about the 'dropout can beat a genius via hard work' theme, but never really lived up to it. Save for his confrontation with Sasuke, but later on he was shown to be jealous of his talent in the chuunin finales. He hasn't beat his rival, not even once. Where as he witnessed someone who was supposedly in the same situation as him get that chance-Naruto.