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Why Sakura is the "best" ninja and how can she become the "strongest" ninja
I think the problem with her was that she took too long to become emotionally mature. But now that she is so, she is a fierce, stable and powerful individual. I think, we often fail to realize, but sakura is arguably better than naruto and sasuke, because unlike the two of them, sakura can, fundamentally, SURVIVE. Usually, the one that is chosen to become the medical ninja must be the strongest in their abilities to SURVIVE. Naruto and Sasuke are the attackers, but Sakura is the tank that refuels them, and when they fail, she saves their asses, and when she saved their asses, she gets into battle mode and actually destroys everything and everyone. Don't hold her accountable for her incompetencies in the past, she's matured and more capable now. It's just that she IS NOT READILY NEEDED because Naruto and Sasuke are literally beasts. Sakura would only, therefore, be used as a last resort to defend Konoha and that's why she appears to be taking a back seat, when really she isn't.
Unlike Tsunade, Sakura is probably so advanced right now that she could revive the entire Shinobi Alliance, if needed. She's the last resort to protecting everyone, but she is probably spending a lot of her time in chakra withdrawal and control. This is all in her mind and body and it takes perfect balance to get it right which is why she is doing simple chores when really, she's always getting more and more powerful in case of a catastrophe.
She's a walking, living, breathing NUCLEAR WARHEAD.
Sakura does not just do a lot but actually TOO MUCH; the catch is we don't see it.
Sakura is not at all incompetent anymore, she just is NOT READILY NEEDED because Sasuke and Naruto are already doing ENOUGH.
Literally, Sakura is just messed up because puberty hit her really badly ever since she was a 13 year old kid in part 1.
Sakura literally only fell for Sasuke because Sasuke has amazing emotional independence, and Sakura hated Naruto because Naruto was needy and didn't have any emotional independence at all.
Just look at how difficult it was for Naruto to motivate himself in part 1 and accept himself. He only accepted himself in part 2 lol.
Sakura suffered from conditional self acceptance and conditional emotional independence. She had a fragile identity and couldn't really stand for herself, but neither could she abandon herself. So Sakura in a way, had to attain perfect balance to survive. And that balance allowed her to build on perfect chakra control, which is why she didn't learn any jutsus. Naruto and Sasuke have opposing elemental jutsus because they are literal yin and yang. They are unbalanced, and therefore fall onto one part of the elemental chakra nature spectrum in their natures.
Sakura is a pure nature, and perfect balance at that too, so she deals with chakra in its pure form where it takes no elemental variance, and that's why, I argue that she is the most powerful.
I think a useful ability for Sakura to learn would be to manipulate energy and chakra externally, such as energy bending. Sakura should learn to develop "Pure Chakra Jutsu" where she develops a defensive tactic with incoming jutsu such that she can balance in whatever elemental nature or combination they assert over her and basically absorbs it, rendering useless any incoming attack. If she absorbs it and turns it into pure nature energy, the intention of the opposing attack will be changed such that the energy/chakra associated with the jutsu will become "pure" and therefore can be absorbed.
I would therefore argue, that Sakura is the chosen medical ninja because she is BETTER than both Naruto and Sasuke as it has been highlighted above.
Kishimoto has been able to ensure that Sakura is an offensive BEAST. Once she develops the defensive capacity of chakra manipulation and absorption, she will be able to surpass both Naruto and Sasuke.
In a sense, it is her purity that is her power and why she appears so bi polar at times. Sakura must maintain perfect balance in order to survive. And maintaining perfect balance means being able to manipulate outer and inner energies.
Think of it this way, in Avatar Last Airbender, there are the various elemental bending abilities, these are attributed to various types of energy which we could also call chakra. Each nation is associated with certain traits. Look at the video below:
Notice how he says, "the water tribe are a versatile and agile people, they are calm" etc.
I speak from memory so that might not be true, but we can understand the nature of where this conversation is going right?
Remember how Aang meets the Lion Turtle which is the original energy bender. The lion turtle is wise, has survived for generations, powerful and yet not quite needed as it remains silently intact floating the seas and traversing seemingly mindlessly.
Well, that Lion Turtle is Sakura.
Sakura is now emotionally stable because she has learned to defend herself by "Pure Energy" manipulation, but also attack as well. The problem is her defense is her offense. Lashing out is the only way she knows to defend herself.
But I would argue that Sakura should definitely be invested in further and literally learn the "Pure Energy" manipulation "Jutsus".
It doesn't matter how many fancy jutsus Naruto and Sasuke throw at her when she simply perceives it as pure energy that can be brought into balance and therefore simply absorb or redirect it.
Learning how to use her unique abilities on "Pure Energy Balance" in an intelligent defensive tactic that does not harm others or herself would allow her to become the "strongest" ninja as well as truly embody her true nature as a humanitarian; "purity."
She would not be harming others and would be humanitarian because that's her nature.
Sakura is simply pure and balanced.
In a way, the fault is not her own. Kishimaru did not see her potential.
She's crabby and lashes out at Naruto who is needy and always wants to be given because she protects herself from giving to him by lashing out at him. She doesn't know any other way to defend herself. Like I said, her offense is her defense - even at an emotional level. She therefore, admires Sasuke that always gets for himself and does not depend on anyone. This indicates the truth that Sakura is insecure because she doesn't know how to defend herself, and that's why she's a crabby and bratty/prickly person and so is her fighting technique.
The day she learns how to defend - which can only be by external chakra manipulation - she will be able to manipulate external chakra forms into pure chakra energy and dispel it or absorb it.
This is when Sakura will reach her state of NIRVANA.
And then she will go a step higher, when she realizes she can manipulate pure chakra energy into its various energy types and use at her will and basically be able to fully manipulate all forms of energy and learn all jutsu. Hiruzen Sarutobi achieved this and pure Senju tend to have this ability.
We know this is possible because in theory (her exams during her time at the academy) she attained very good scores and was able to mentally decipher the mechanisms of all jutsu. She is simply lacking in her capacities to do so in practice for no reason at all except that Masashi Kishimoto, her creator, intentionally limited her for God knows whatever reason.
She will thus be able to learn any elemental jutsu by mastering the manipulating of pure energy into its derivatives.
But to reach this level, she needs to learn to defend first, to reach mental and spiritual nirvana. Nirvana or supreme balance is her foundation of action and living. Once she develops this foundation, she will be at "peace" and only then will she be able to start experimenting with the "Pure Energy" derivatives which are the elements as well as the forms of "Pure Energy" which are the three types: ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu.
It makes sense why Sakura scored highest, because she is able to attain this mastery of chakra control and decipher the various derivatives - in theory. But in practice, it is difficult to do "Pure Chakra" manipulation DEFENSIVELY.. or Kishimoto just didn't want to allow her this technique because... why? lol I don't understand...
And unfortunately, Kishimoto missed out this opportunity to understand her potential?
Think of Sakura as the prism through which all the colors flow. She is the prism, but she is broken intentionally by her creator - Kishimoto - to limit her from being basically the most powerful character in Naruto.
The fault is her creator's for not giving her the capacity to effectively defend using external pure energy manipulation, which is why she is so crabby and annoyingly breaking down emotionally all the time as well. She literally was never taught to BELIEVE she can defend herself. Maybe Kishimoto has an ego problem and need to raise his daughters with this belief so they are dependent on them (like my misogynistic and insecure father, thanks dad. good job ****ing my head up).
Perhaps kishimoto by passed her capacities because they are so infinite, so he intentionally gave her that one major drawback which was that she basically can't defend herself, because she doesn't know how to decipher, interpret and manipulate external energy into its derivatives and is therefore always insecure which is reflected in her character which is *****y and annoying as well as crabby and unexpectedly bashful. She's quite evidently bi-polar as well because she doesn't know how to defend herself, hence why sometimes she cries and other times she gets angry.
CONCLUSION
Kishimoto, Sakura's creator, is misogynistic af for not allowing Sakura to attain her full scale of abilities or he's just really stupid for not noticing her potential or just insecure and won't intentionally let women be as powerful as men even though they evidently have that potential. And I believe this because of my religious biases (men are equal to women) but men have been placed above women because they are to protect and maintain them.
Literally, men are just supposed to be protecting women from others and making sure they're well, not intentionally limiting them from their God-given capacities and rights like my stupid father.
I think the problem with her was that she took too long to become emotionally mature. But now that she is so, she is a fierce, stable and powerful individual. I think, we often fail to realize, but sakura is arguably better than naruto and sasuke, because unlike the two of them, sakura can, fundamentally, SURVIVE. Usually, the one that is chosen to become the medical ninja must be the strongest in their abilities to SURVIVE. Naruto and Sasuke are the attackers, but Sakura is the tank that refuels them, and when they fail, she saves their asses, and when she saved their asses, she gets into battle mode and actually destroys everything and everyone. Don't hold her accountable for her incompetencies in the past, she's matured and more capable now. It's just that she IS NOT READILY NEEDED because Naruto and Sasuke are literally beasts. Sakura would only, therefore, be used as a last resort to defend Konoha and that's why she appears to be taking a back seat, when really she isn't.
Unlike Tsunade, Sakura is probably so advanced right now that she could revive the entire Shinobi Alliance, if needed. She's the last resort to protecting everyone, but she is probably spending a lot of her time in chakra withdrawal and control. This is all in her mind and body and it takes perfect balance to get it right which is why she is doing simple chores when really, she's always getting more and more powerful in case of a catastrophe.
She's a walking, living, breathing NUCLEAR WARHEAD.
Sakura does not just do a lot but actually TOO MUCH; the catch is we don't see it.
Sakura is not at all incompetent anymore, she just is NOT READILY NEEDED because Sasuke and Naruto are already doing ENOUGH.
Literally, Sakura is just messed up because puberty hit her really badly ever since she was a 13 year old kid in part 1.
Sakura literally only fell for Sasuke because Sasuke has amazing emotional independence, and Sakura hated Naruto because Naruto was needy and didn't have any emotional independence at all.
Just look at how difficult it was for Naruto to motivate himself in part 1 and accept himself. He only accepted himself in part 2 lol.
Sakura suffered from conditional self acceptance and conditional emotional independence. She had a fragile identity and couldn't really stand for herself, but neither could she abandon herself. So Sakura in a way, had to attain perfect balance to survive. And that balance allowed her to build on perfect chakra control, which is why she didn't learn any jutsus. Naruto and Sasuke have opposing elemental jutsus because they are literal yin and yang. They are unbalanced, and therefore fall onto one part of the elemental chakra nature spectrum in their natures.
Sakura is a pure nature, and perfect balance at that too, so she deals with chakra in its pure form where it takes no elemental variance, and that's why, I argue that she is the most powerful.
I think a useful ability for Sakura to learn would be to manipulate energy and chakra externally, such as energy bending. Sakura should learn to develop "Pure Chakra Jutsu" where she develops a defensive tactic with incoming jutsu such that she can balance in whatever elemental nature or combination they assert over her and basically absorbs it, rendering useless any incoming attack. If she absorbs it and turns it into pure nature energy, the intention of the opposing attack will be changed such that the energy/chakra associated with the jutsu will become "pure" and therefore can be absorbed.
I would therefore argue, that Sakura is the chosen medical ninja because she is BETTER than both Naruto and Sasuke as it has been highlighted above.
Kishimoto has been able to ensure that Sakura is an offensive BEAST. Once she develops the defensive capacity of chakra manipulation and absorption, she will be able to surpass both Naruto and Sasuke.
In a sense, it is her purity that is her power and why she appears so bi polar at times. Sakura must maintain perfect balance in order to survive. And maintaining perfect balance means being able to manipulate outer and inner energies.
Think of it this way, in Avatar Last Airbender, there are the various elemental bending abilities, these are attributed to various types of energy which we could also call chakra. Each nation is associated with certain traits. Look at the video below:
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Notice how he says, "the water tribe are a versatile and agile people, they are calm" etc.
I speak from memory so that might not be true, but we can understand the nature of where this conversation is going right?
Remember how Aang meets the Lion Turtle which is the original energy bender. The lion turtle is wise, has survived for generations, powerful and yet not quite needed as it remains silently intact floating the seas and traversing seemingly mindlessly.
Well, that Lion Turtle is Sakura.
Sakura is now emotionally stable because she has learned to defend herself by "Pure Energy" manipulation, but also attack as well. The problem is her defense is her offense. Lashing out is the only way she knows to defend herself.
But I would argue that Sakura should definitely be invested in further and literally learn the "Pure Energy" manipulation "Jutsus".
It doesn't matter how many fancy jutsus Naruto and Sasuke throw at her when she simply perceives it as pure energy that can be brought into balance and therefore simply absorb or redirect it.
Learning how to use her unique abilities on "Pure Energy Balance" in an intelligent defensive tactic that does not harm others or herself would allow her to become the "strongest" ninja as well as truly embody her true nature as a humanitarian; "purity."
She would not be harming others and would be humanitarian because that's her nature.
Sakura is simply pure and balanced.
In a way, the fault is not her own. Kishimaru did not see her potential.
She's crabby and lashes out at Naruto who is needy and always wants to be given because she protects herself from giving to him by lashing out at him. She doesn't know any other way to defend herself. Like I said, her offense is her defense - even at an emotional level. She therefore, admires Sasuke that always gets for himself and does not depend on anyone. This indicates the truth that Sakura is insecure because she doesn't know how to defend herself, and that's why she's a crabby and bratty/prickly person and so is her fighting technique.
The day she learns how to defend - which can only be by external chakra manipulation - she will be able to manipulate external chakra forms into pure chakra energy and dispel it or absorb it.
This is when Sakura will reach her state of NIRVANA.
And then she will go a step higher, when she realizes she can manipulate pure chakra energy into its various energy types and use at her will and basically be able to fully manipulate all forms of energy and learn all jutsu. Hiruzen Sarutobi achieved this and pure Senju tend to have this ability.
We know this is possible because in theory (her exams during her time at the academy) she attained very good scores and was able to mentally decipher the mechanisms of all jutsu. She is simply lacking in her capacities to do so in practice for no reason at all except that Masashi Kishimoto, her creator, intentionally limited her for God knows whatever reason.
She will thus be able to learn any elemental jutsu by mastering the manipulating of pure energy into its derivatives.
But to reach this level, she needs to learn to defend first, to reach mental and spiritual nirvana. Nirvana or supreme balance is her foundation of action and living. Once she develops this foundation, she will be at "peace" and only then will she be able to start experimenting with the "Pure Energy" derivatives which are the elements as well as the forms of "Pure Energy" which are the three types: ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu.
It makes sense why Sakura scored highest, because she is able to attain this mastery of chakra control and decipher the various derivatives - in theory. But in practice, it is difficult to do "Pure Chakra" manipulation DEFENSIVELY.. or Kishimoto just didn't want to allow her this technique because... why? lol I don't understand...
And unfortunately, Kishimoto missed out this opportunity to understand her potential?
Think of Sakura as the prism through which all the colors flow. She is the prism, but she is broken intentionally by her creator - Kishimoto - to limit her from being basically the most powerful character in Naruto.
The fault is her creator's for not giving her the capacity to effectively defend using external pure energy manipulation, which is why she is so crabby and annoyingly breaking down emotionally all the time as well. She literally was never taught to BELIEVE she can defend herself. Maybe Kishimoto has an ego problem and need to raise his daughters with this belief so they are dependent on them (like my misogynistic and insecure father, thanks dad. good job ****ing my head up).
Perhaps kishimoto by passed her capacities because they are so infinite, so he intentionally gave her that one major drawback which was that she basically can't defend herself, because she doesn't know how to decipher, interpret and manipulate external energy into its derivatives and is therefore always insecure which is reflected in her character which is *****y and annoying as well as crabby and unexpectedly bashful. She's quite evidently bi-polar as well because she doesn't know how to defend herself, hence why sometimes she cries and other times she gets angry.
CONCLUSION
Kishimoto, Sakura's creator, is misogynistic af for not allowing Sakura to attain her full scale of abilities or he's just really stupid for not noticing her potential or just insecure and won't intentionally let women be as powerful as men even though they evidently have that potential. And I believe this because of my religious biases (men are equal to women) but men have been placed above women because they are to protect and maintain them.
Literally, men are just supposed to be protecting women from others and making sure they're well, not intentionally limiting them from their God-given capacities and rights like my stupid father.
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