Why does shikamaru only fight women?

[Frankenstein]

Ninjas where not the type of fighters to throw punches or go on any kind of all-out attacks.
Their ideal would be to manage to come behind the opponents back unnoticed and slice his neck so that he is killed silently.
So Shikamaru's cunning tactics are not to be criticized.

 

[Wik]

Shikamaru has punched Tayuya And Hidan.

Doesn't count Tayuya is female and Hidan talked as much as a female does.

 

[Kikki]

Don't you badmouth one of my favorite characters BRO! ^_^

Shikamaru is baws. He fights kunoichi soo we get the whole "Why do i have to fight a girl?" routine. this was partly for comic relief at the time. He could never be serious, he could never go ALL OUT. Being a complaining slacker was his role. We were supposed to think of him as a background character. It added to the mystery that was shikimaru.

Until he avenged Asuma sensei; we never really knew the extent of what he could accomplish before--because he refused to go all out. Almost everyone can agree Shikamaru turned into a badass. What happened at the end of series one? he vowed to never mess up again.. His comic relief routine was over.
He fought Kin/Temari/Tayuya in the original series.
He fought Kakuzu---somewhat, Hidan, and Asuma in shipuuden. That's it.

Shikamaru got paired with girls at the beginning to add to the comedy and sense of his lame-ness, but I also think it was to underscore his maturity and growth potential.

I couldn't agree more. Rep man. I like how not every character is the same way. He is a strategist. People here talk crap about the healers too and say they are useless. I don't like how many people here only find the muscle man or tank useful in battle. Shika has a brain, he is decent and damn important for the war and Konoha.