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The best thing about sakura is her potential. She had so many things to develop, so many things to show and problems to solve (issues with parents and family which narusasu had nothing to do with for understandable reasons, uchi naru sakura as her 2nd personality (really interesting inner conflict between disciplined and hot-tempered sakuras), genjutsu training with Kurenai for example, earth and water jutsus, creating her own one, usinf a slug sage mode or something like that, caring about being a shinobi but not about your appearance, loving the person who treats you well, representing the idea of hard-working and loving yourself). With naruto sakura definitely was herself (he was too; with hinata naruto is dumb and way calm) and, without a shadow of a doubt, he was a good couple for her. She had a lot of things to study. Sakura could not just copy tsunade but become somebody like Orochimaru who knows a lot and can do a lot. Being the smartest among kakashi students haruno could have been the brain of team 7. Shikamaru would have been a great teacher of strategy for her. She could have befriended Lee with Hinata and neji, asked them to teach her taijutsu that also would have improved their relationship. So many interesting fights were not shown with her (itachi - genjutsu type, kabuto - medical ninja, sasuke - 5 kage sammit arc, konan - a talented woman vs a hard-working girl). Her friendship with Ino had an opportunity to make them soulmates just like naruto and sasuke, represented a sisterhood in this story. The relationship with uchiha would have been interesting too: she could have moved from an obsessive girl not able to tell him off to a lady being herself with her comrade and ready to punch this boy to bring him to life if he starts freezing up like the mc sometimes. Not only naruto but she also could have helped him change for the better and been that person who forgave him but stayed his good friend and believed in him, saw the light in sasuke. My question: was it that difficult to write? Well, what am I talking about? Even her trainings and parents weren't shown in the manga, let alone something else. Sakura obviously is the biggest wasted potential of kishimoto
@@lucystardressqueen It was a short crack fic that was called "Goal oriented" i think. Its litterally sasuke Being a absolute idiot And still a good guy even thought he did everything the same as in the Canon up until the Itachi fight where he was just Like "Well i guess i should go back home now."
Sakura vs. Sound Ninja is probably my favorite moment in all of Naruto and I love part one Sakura. Sakura's entire character arc is about dealing with her deep self-hatred and overcoming her insecurities, which I related to a lot watching as a young girl. She acknowledged how hypocritical she'd been. None of her actions, up to this point, aligned with her words or how she wanted to carry herself. In that moment, she vowed to work hard to change herself, and she did. It takes a lot for someone to admit to their shortcomings. She had so many admirable qualities from the beginning, I really don't understand the flack she gets.
That was a really wonderful moment for Sakura, and my second-favourite after the Sasori fight. Even though she lost, she did *incredibly* well with a very limited skillset, and at one point was inches away from straight-up killing Zaku. It was the first flash of true inner strength we got from Sakura. The problem is... she actually didn't follow through. Not for a very long time, at least. There was a *MONTH* inbetween the preliminaries and the 3rd round of the chunin exams, and Sakura... did nothing? Even if all the Sensei's were busy training 3rd round candidates, there was zero mention of her doing any work on herself whatsoever - which was very jarring the first time I watched, because it flew right in the face of the resolve she found over the course of the prelims & forest of death. And EVEN AFTER she could barely help in the fight against Gaara, even when Sasuke was unconscious for weeks after his encounter with Itachi, even when Naruto went on a hunt for Tsunade to get Sasuke back on his feet and nearly died in the process, Sakura was still just sitting around in Konoha doing nothing. It's only when the timeskip started that Sakura FINALLY started training. I mean, I'm pretty certain at this point that Kishi was straight-up at a loss with what to do with the majority of the young female cast if he couldn't damsel them. It really feels like he panicked after Sakura's moment in the Forest of death going "Oh crap! Can't have her become self-reliant yet, need her as the damsel in the Gaara fight/crying at Sasuke's bedside/tearfully begging Sasuke not to leave/tearfully begging Naruto to bring Sasuke home".
@@ceridwenaeradwr8105 she did follow through though. She becomes the strongest kunoichi in the Hidden Leaf and the top medical ninja in the Naruto universe. I agree with you, it wasn't instantaneous growth, but can you blame her? I don't think she had any direction or focus until Tsunade came back to the village. She's not from a prominent ninja clan so she doesn't get any special jutsus passed down to her, and there weren't any teachers who took special interest in her. She's already skilled with ninja tools and basic ninjutsu, there's only so much she can do by herself without the direction of a teacher. It's not until Tsunade returns and heals Sasuke that Sakura realizes where her talents can be of use. She seeks Tsunade out and trains super hard during the blank period and we see it pay off in Shippuden. By the end of the series, she's accomplished everything that she set out to do and continues to grow throughout the blank period and into Boruto. She wavers and her growth isn't always linear, but it's realistic, and that's why I identify with her so much. I do agree that Kishimoto dropped the ball with almost all of his female characters, and as a female fan, it's frustrating to watch. There's so much more that could have been done with Sakura's character. Despite that, she's still my nostalgic, comfort character.
Okay. So, the joke is that Sakura is useless and some people take that joke too seriously. I mean, early on in the story, I can actually absolutely agree with that, but she grows, gains new abilities and definitely has her moments later on in the story. Of course, she also has plenty of moments where she completely drops the ball, but that's beside my point. In all honesty, over time, she becomes a kunoichi of very respectable strength and I genuinely think Granny Chiyo and Sakura vs. Sasori is one of the best battles in the entire anime franchise. The problem with Sakura isn't that she's truly useless. The problem with Sakura is that Kishimoto is self-admittedly bad at writing female characters in general, worse yet, teenage girls. As a result, her character was mainly focused on two things throughout the entire story. One being Sasuke, and two, getting stronger in order to be near Sasuke and Naruto. What completely ruined her character was a single-minded obsession with Sasuke that persisted even when he was trying to kill her. Which happened more than once, iirc. They never had anything in common, they never had any reason to be anywhere near each other beyond being part of the same squad, and Sasuke's reaction to her excessive unwanted attention was entirely justifiable when they were kids. No matter what happened, all she ever focused on wss Sasuke. It was extremely annoying and generally disgusting the way it consumed her. To the point where all she could do was swoon, even when he was about to stab her with intent to kill. Effectively making her nothing but a hindrance to the people who cared about her. Then, they capped off the story with her marrying her abuser. Something that pretty much encapsulate the entire problem with her character. Sasuke x Sakura wasn't a love story. It was a tragedy and it was painful to watch. She was nigh-unbearable in pretty much any scene where she wasn't fighting. Like, straight-up, she got less charisma than a potato and it's exhausting. Oh, and it was absolutely revolting when she pretended to be interested in Naruto to try to stop him from going down the path he was on. Genuinely some of the most repulsive and reprehensible behavior in the series. All of that is why she is very possibly the worst Naruto character. Also, there's virtually nothing interesting about her character. She pretty much doesn't have a backstory or much of a story at all until she becomes Tsunade's pupil. Due to Kishimoto's aforementioned lack of aptitude when it comes to writing female characters, he didn't put any energy into her at all. So, she's pretty much just an actually near-useless third wheel until she decides to become Tsunade's student.
@@laney1267 She does become a kunoichi of very respectable strength, but that's ruined by the fact that her personality is a complete dumpsterfire. Debatable whether she's the strongest kunoichi though. Since she pretty much just becomes young Tsunade. Edit: My mistake. For some reason I thought you were saying that she's the strongest kunoichi in the world. She probably is the strongest kunoichi in the Hidden Leaf at this point, but I wouldn't say she's the smartest and her personality is still terrible.
Shes the only one who didn't come from a ninja family right? If I'm not mistaken she's LITEREALLY the only one from the main cast that is basically a normal person in a world of police ninjas, and she help her own for the most part I'd say. Especially since her two teammates were gods.
Had Sakura been given a little more character development earlier and a chance to shine properly, I think she would have been recede better. In Shippuden, I came to like her as a character. Her fight with Sasori is me oft my favorite arcs in the series.
That Riley Reid line killed me😂. Sakura on her own is quite formidable as well as on a tram being the best assist/healer a team could have. Great video
I wish that Sakura had more fights like the one with Sasori. Sooner in the series. I think she’s still an underutilized character all things said & done. I also would have also liked to see her get over Sasuke & have him chase her. It would have been nice to see her intimidate him more power wise & personality wise.
I don't have issues with Sakura, but this guy (like many others) is telling lies about naruto being a reincarnation. Lies he shouldn't tell you because it's highly disrespectful of japanese and asian beliefs If you want to know the reincarnation point is actually a cultural problem that Naruto has. This comes from the fact that the Japanese have a very different view of seeing these concepts. I'm sorry if this is a bit long and complicated. This reincarnation, like this story of child of the prophecy are actually Buddhist concepts (the samsara and karma) which are well known in Japan and Asia. Rinnegan literally means "the samsara eye" and karma you generally know what it is (as a reminder if you do good/bad things, good/bad things happen to you). The main concept of this reincarnation is that each person's basic situation is caused by the karma of the actions of their past lives (in this case the basic situations of Naruto and Sasuke were greatly influenced by the actions of Hashirama and Madara) but despite everything they can react in the present by their own actions (which explains the end, and yes this thing is the logical continuity with Neji). Page 70 of Naruto databook 4 also confirms that the cycle of reincarnation in which Naruto and Sasuke are is the samsara. Naruto who is the reincarnation of Ashura is nothing special, it's just a natural phenomenon on how many people view life in Japan (and Asia). Globally, there are between 1 and 1.6 billion people in the world who believe in samsara (Hinduism and Buddhism combined). It's just that here Kishimoto tries to deal with this aspect by showing that even if what happens to you is similar it doesn´t mean that you will make the same choices (as the rikudo says) For the story of the child of the prophecy, the prophecies also exist in his religions. It´s actually the actions specific only to Naruto because what Gamamaru sees is the karma of individuals (page 83 of databook 4 explains that gamamaru has the power to see the karma of individuals, in Buddhism it´s the divine eye power from what I have read). This is again a problem of cultural conception Naruto also has a third level reading on religion (which is basically its main subject if you look deeper) since the conflicts between the Uchiha and the Senju are in terms of beliefs a big representation of the conflicts that exist between Shintoism and Buddhism (which are the 2 main religions of Japan, besides susano, amaterasu, izanami/izanagi etc… come from Shinto folklore), and the manga ends on the fact that it´s by overcoming hatreds and divisions and by advancing together that it will be possible to bring peace and build a better world (moreover for the anecdote, in Japan it´s possible to be believers of the 2 religions). I get these informations from several searches on the internet (wikipedia, interviews and forums), in term of video I recommend the video of Korean Dost on Naruto and also the video, Naruto's Complex Subtext and Themes: Buddhism, Shintoism, and Hinduism if you are interested . Pay attention to what you hear on the internet. The case with kimba and the lion king is already a big proof, but this case is even worse
@@hc.117 That was a fascinating read, but I wonder if you mistyped a part of it. Your first sentence states; "I don't have issues with Sakura, *but this guy (like many others) is telling lies about naruto being a reincarnation* ." However the beginning of your fifth sentence in the third paragraph states; " *Naruto who is the reincarnation of Ashura* is nothing special, ..." I'm confused as those two statements completely contradict each other, which is why I thought you may have mistyped. Unless this is one of those, "Well yes, but actually no." situations, in which case I am more than open to hear you elaborate on it. I'll definitely check out those vids you recommended, because that sounds just as fascinating as what you shared today.
Okay. So, the joke is that Sakura is useless and some people take that joke too seriously. I mean, early on in the story, I can actually absolutely agree with that, but she grows, gains new abilities and definitely has her moments later on in the story. Of course, she also has plenty of moments where she completely drops the ball, but that's beside my point. In all honesty, over time, she becomes a kunoichi of very respectable strength and I genuinely think Granny Chiyo and Sakura vs. Sasori is one of the best battles in the entire anime franchise. The problem with Sakura isn't that she's truly useless. The problem with Sakura is that Kishimoto is self-admittedly bad at writing female characters in general, worse yet, teenage girls. As a result, her character was mainly focused on two things throughout the entire story. One being Sasuke, and two, getting stronger in order to be near Sasuke and Naruto. What completely ruined her character was a single-minded obsession with Sasuke that persisted even when he was trying to kill her. Which happened more than once, iirc. They never had anything in common, they never had any reason to be anywhere near each other beyond being part of the same squad, and Sasuke's reaction to her excessive unwanted attention was entirely justifiable when they were kids. No matter what happened, all she ever focused on wss Sasuke. It was extremely annoying and generally disgusting the way it consumed her. To the point where all she could do was swoon, even when he was about to stab her with intent to kill. Effectively making her nothing but a hindrance to the people who cared about her. Then, they capped off the story with her marrying her abuser. Something that pretty much encapsulate the entire problem with her character. Sasuke x Sakura wasn't a love story. It was a tragedy and it was painful to watch. She was nigh-unbearable in pretty much any scene where she wasn't fighting. Like, straight-up, she got less charisma than a potato and it's exhausting. Oh, and it was absolutely revolting when she pretended to be interested in Naruto to try to stop him from going down the path he was on. Genuinely some of the most repulsive and reprehensible behavior in the series. All of that is why she is very possibly the worst Naruto character. Also, there's virtually nothing interesting about her character. She pretty much doesn't have a backstory or much of a story at all until she becomes Tsunade's pupil. Due to Kishimoto's aforementioned lack of aptitude when it comes to writing female characters, he didn't put any energy into her at all. So, she's pretty much just an actually near-useless third wheel until she decides to become Tsunade's student.
@@premiumheadpats4150 bro hands down you have said it all👌🏿That's just the same way I feel about this character. And that feeling hasn't changed even after her and Sasuke got married. There's just nothing to there relationship. The way she constantly thirsted over Sasuke was just soo annoying. It's like kishimoto has no way in redeeming this character.
@@mosesmkandawire3032 There really isn't any way at this point. He kind of locked her into a shjt standing by having her marry an edgelord who used to enjoy trying to stab her. lol iirc, doesn't Sasuke even try to kill his daughter the first time that he meets her? I can't remember for sure, but I believe what happens is him trying to stab Sarada like he's having flashbacks about his "wife". 🤣
I think of Naruto & Sasuke's relation to Sakura is like how soccer/football is portrayed (and sports in general, really), the offense is much more popular and glorified since they score the goals and usually are the ones doing the flashy plays, but no one can object to the defense being just as important. The defense's job is to stop the opponents from scoring, but that's not as exciting and therefore defenders are less popular overall, and subjected to more criticism as their mistakes pave the way for goals and losses more often than when the offense makes a mistake. Naruto and Sasuke definitely portray the offense, but Sakura is much like the defense, both just as important as the other but Naruto and Sasuke get to live in the spotlight and Sakura's really only paid attention to when she makes a mistake (lying to Naruto at the end of the Kage Summit arc). Sakura does have offensive power, but as a medical ninja her role as a defensive and protective character is better suited for her.
Nah... the issue isn't that no one cares about Sakura, it's the fact that she's actively hated. Like, no one talks about defenders because the strikers are doing ronaldo chops and bicycle kicks, but no one says "Yeah that defender is useless" or "That defender is annoying". So, comparing football to this doesn't really work.
Damn I always though “what does Sakura get!?” Or “how is she keeping up with these powerhouses around her” and this video perfectly sums it up! Love it man
I LOVE THIS!! I'm glad Sakura is getting the recognition she deserves. She's the smartest out of Konoha 12 after Shikamaru and she's the one who didn't come from a clan and worked her a** off to help the people she loves. She deserves all the love.
@@furiousfusion7890Check the stats books it literally states that Sakura got the best test scores it’s why she was placed on a team with Naruto and Sasuke…
Thank you. I always think Sakura doesn't get enough respect. Of COURSE she was fairly useless at 12, coming from a nonninja family in a time of peace. She can't be needed and she EARNED everything she has. She is the "work hard enough and you can do it " along with rock lee.
@@Rebel-bl6eq Sakura spend the entire series thirsting and chasing over Sasuke which was absolutely disgusting and pathetic. Naruto had a lot of meaningful relationships and moments, can't say the same for Sakura
People call Sakura trash based on a misinterpretation of her actions (well, lack of action) during the early Naruto days when she completely froze up during the Zabuza arc and not doing much to help her team. You absolutely were meant to view her as weak and useless during that arc because the Zabuza arc was made to show that ninjas are not mindless invincible tools but they are complex fragile humans, so her breaking down and crying in the middle of battle while doing nothing of use for the mission actually emphasises the fragility of her humanity in a cruel ninja world. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura on that day learned that being a ninja (a child soldier) is a horrifically cruel experience. Zabuza and Haku shaped them into the adults they eventually became. During the 4th Ninja War, when Kakashi fought the reanimated version of Zabuza and Haku he thanked them both for being his students' first opponents. Team 7 realised just how awful the ninja world was, how weak they were and the importance of friendship between one human and another. This is why Naruto cried for Zabuza and Haku even though they were his enemies, it was because both of them were human victims of a cruel world.
I couldn't have said it better myself. For many years, it was long awaited for Sakura's dynamic growth. But... *Kishimoto be like* : Let's buff Naruto and Sasuke as hell and make it seem like Sakura is actually catching up to them... (Whisper) "Psst, she actually doesn't but let's give her insane abilities". *Happy Celebration of the Female Child* everyone 🎉🎉👍👍
I don't have issues with Sakura, but this guy (like many others) is telling lies about naruto being a reincarnation. Lies he shouldn't tell you because it's highly disrespectful of japanese and asian beliefs If you want to know the reincarnation point is actually a cultural problem that Naruto has. This comes from the fact that the Japanese have a very different view of seeing these concepts. I'm sorry if this is a bit long and complicated. This reincarnation, like this story of child of the prophecy are actually Buddhist concepts (the samsara and karma) which are well known in Japan and Asia. Rinnegan literally means "the samsara eye" and karma you generally know what it is (as a reminder if you do good/bad things, good/bad things happen to you). The main concept of this reincarnation is that each person's basic situation is caused by the karma of the actions of their past lives (in this case the basic situations of Naruto and Sasuke were greatly influenced by the actions of Hashirama and Madara) but despite everything they can react in the present by their own actions (which explains the end, and yes this thing is the logical continuity with Neji). Page 70 of Naruto databook 4 also confirms that the cycle of reincarnation in which Naruto and Sasuke are is the samsara. Naruto who is the reincarnation of Ashura is nothing special, it's just a natural phenomenon on how many people view life in Japan (and Asia). Globally, there are between 1 and 1.6 billion people in the world who believe in samsara (Hinduism and Buddhism combined). It's just that here Kishimoto tries to deal with this aspect by showing that even if what happens to you is similar it doesn´t mean that you will make the same choices (as the rikudo says) For the story of the child of the prophecy, the prophecies also exist in his religions. It´s actually the actions specific only to Naruto because what Gamamaru sees is the karma of individuals (page 83 of databook 4 explains that gamamaru has the power to see the karma of individuals, in Buddhism it´s the divine eye power from what I have read). This is again a problem of cultural conception Naruto also has a third level reading on religion (which is basically its main subject if you look deeper) since the conflicts between the Uchiha and the Senju are in terms of beliefs a big representation of the conflicts that exist between Shintoism and Buddhism (which are the 2 main religions of Japan, besides susano, amaterasu, izanami/izanagi etc… come from Shinto folklore), and the manga ends on the fact that it´s by overcoming hatreds and divisions and by advancing together that it will be possible to bring peace and build a better world (moreover for the anecdote, in Japan it´s possible to be believers of the 2 religions). I get these informations from several searches on the internet (wikipedia, interviews and forums), in term of video I recommend the video of Korean Dost on Naruto and also the video, Naruto's Complex Subtext and Themes: Buddhism, Shintoism, and Hinduism if you are interested . Pay attention to what you hear on the internet. The case with kimba and the lion king is already a big proof, but this case is even worse
I respect your decision however as someone who doesn't like Sakura us "Sakura-haters" don't just hate Sakura for her lack or usefulness we hate Sakura cuz she was a complete asshole to Naruto the entirely of Naruto part 1
@@hc.117 while what you said is true based on my understanding of the Buddhist beliefs surrounding reincarnation I believe that Kishimoto did incorporate at least a degree of inheriting power etc into the system within naruto given how all the known reincarnation of Indra and ashura (Naruto, sasuke, hashirama and Madara) are all ridiculously powerful
I love this. Sakura is my fav female character in Naruto and people need to understand that she is more useful than other female characters in Naruto 85% percent of the time.
I get that Sakura is by far the strongest and most hardworking female in Naruto, but honestly my favorite female character is Sarada. She's like if Sakura as a kid had chances to show off like Rock Lee, during his fight against Gara
@@jayhawk2628 I'm sorry dude, but she became a house wife who's biggest feat is marrying Naruto. I don't actually mean it; her biggest feat is helping to defeat a moon god, with Naruto-kun.
Let's talk about the fact that no one ninja village should be willing to go to war with Konoha, they have 6 (7 if you want to count orochimaru) kage level people in the village. It honestly makes 0 sense to want to fight that, you're almost destined to lose.
Assuming you talking current Boruto: Naruto Sasuke Sakura Orochimaru Old ass Tsunade ? Lee? If you give him gates and call him war guy? Boruto/Kawaki?? Konohamaru and Sai o_O Which are the 7
Sakura has one of the most infinity useful abilities in the entire series. Chakra control and her ability to use it make her one of the deadliest ninja of all time, if we ever see her use all those chakra affinities :)
I don't have issues with Sakura, but this guy (like many others) is telling lies about naruto being a reincarnation. Lies he shouldn't tell you because it's highly disrespectful of japanese and asian beliefs If you want to know the reincarnation point is actually a cultural problem that Naruto has. This comes from the fact that the Japanese have a very different view of seeing these concepts. I'm sorry if this is a bit long and complicated. This reincarnation, like this story of child of the prophecy are actually Buddhist concepts (the samsara and karma) which are well known in Japan and Asia. Rinnegan literally means "the samsara eye" and karma you generally know what it is (as a reminder if you do good/bad things, good/bad things happen to you). The main concept of this reincarnation is that each person's basic situation is caused by the karma of the actions of their past lives (in this case the basic situations of Naruto and Sasuke were greatly influenced by the actions of Hashirama and Madara) but despite everything they can react in the present by their own actions (which explains the end, and yes this thing is the logical continuity with Neji). Page 70 of Naruto databook 4 also confirms that the cycle of reincarnation in which Naruto and Sasuke are is the samsara. Naruto who is the reincarnation of Ashura is nothing special, it's just a natural phenomenon on how many people view life in Japan (and Asia). Globally, there are between 1 and 1.6 billion people in the world who believe in samsara (Hinduism and Buddhism combined). It's just that here Kishimoto tries to deal with this aspect by showing that even if what happens to you is similar it doesn´t mean that you will make the same choices (as the rikudo says) For the story of the child of the prophecy, the prophecies also exist in his religions. It´s actually the actions specific only to Naruto because what Gamamaru sees is the karma of individuals (page 83 of databook 4 explains that gamamaru has the power to see the karma of individuals, in Buddhism it´s the divine eye power from what I have read). This is again a problem of cultural conception Naruto also has a third level reading on religion (which is basically its main subject if you look deeper) since the conflicts between the Uchiha and the Senju are in terms of beliefs a big representation of the conflicts that exist between Shintoism and Buddhism (which are the 2 main religions of Japan, besides susano, amaterasu, izanami/izanagi etc… come from Shinto folklore), and the manga ends on the fact that it´s by overcoming hatreds and divisions and by advancing together that it will be possible to bring peace and build a better world (moreover for the anecdote, in Japan it´s possible to be believers of the 2 religions). I get these informations from several searches on the internet (wikipedia, interviews and forums), in term of video I recommend the video of Korean Dost on Naruto and also the video, Naruto's Complex Subtext and Themes: Buddhism, Shintoism, and Hinduism if you are interested . Pay attention to what you hear on the internet. The case with kimba and the lion king is already a big proof, but this case is even worse
@@hc.117 Your points make sense, but the problem is the Kishimoto also goes out of his way to make it clear a large amount of the power these characters gained is BECAUSE of their reincarnate status. Do you think Naruto and Sasuke would've been visited by Hagoromo if they weren't reincarnations of Indra and Asura? If that were the case, how come the first thing Hagoromo tells them about is their reincarnated past lives? Why is that his main focus before moving onto Kaguya? And the fact that the entire storyline of the war arc revolved around these reincarnates (Hashirama, Madara, Naruto and Sasuke) lends more credence to the idea that in Naruto, your power is moreso dictated by your connections than your own strength. That's not to say that one's own power doesn't help at all, but even a 50/50 split between genes and hard work spits in the face of original Naruto's message and considering the level of power Naruto got from Hagoromo alone (not even including the power given to him by his bloodlines and parents [Kurama, Uzumaki chakra pool, Sage Mode compatibility]), it's almost a joke to say that Naruto is entirely made by his own decisions. and 'just influenced by the karma of his past lives'. I get what you mean, Naruto's plot draws heavily from the mythology and religious pretext of Japan, but the execution of those ideas was morphed over the 15 years (1999 - 2014) that it ran and the story went from "Naruto is heavily disadvantaged by his family life and his past and so his own strength is what decides what he is capable of" to "Yeah his parents are ninja Flash and the worlds strongest chakra battery, he's a reincarnate of Ninja Jesus 1 and 2, his dad (ninja Flash) gave him the most powerful chakra generator in the world, and Ninja God gave him power so that he could fight Ninja Satan". The amount of powers Naruto uses during the final fight that was entirely his own can be summarized as: Shadow Clone, Rasengan and Rasenshuriken. Everything else was given to him either by genetic compatibility or because of his family connections. He wouldn't have gained 80% of the power he did if it werent for the fact that his dad was Minato, since that was the reason Jiraya took care of him and Kakashi watched over him. His compatibility with Sage Mode was genetic, his ability to use KCM was because Minato put Kurama inside of him, and his use of Six Paths Sage Mode was because he's a reincarnate of Asura. What it comes down to is Neji was just right at the start when he said fate determines everyone's lot in life and no one can escape it, Naruto was fated to become the strongest and fight Sasuke. The only thing he changed was that he didn't kill Sasuke but the prophesy was that they would fight not that one would win so even that's fairly loose.
@@drakefisher6317 "Your points make sense, but the problem is the Kishimoto also goes out of his way to make it clear a large amount of the power these characters gained is BECAUSE of their reincarnate status. Do you think Naruto and Sasuke would've been visited by Hagoromo if they weren't reincarnations of Indra and Asura?" Hagoromo visits Naruto because he received a part of each tailed beast "If that were the case, how come the first thing Hagoromo tells them about is their reincarnated past lives? Why is that his main focus before moving onto Kaguya?" because his situation is influenced by karma, like the ninja world. but naruto shows that this is not what is important, the important thing is the choices made despite the situation "And the fact that the entire storyline of the war arc revolved around these reincarnates (Hashirama, Madara, Naruto and Sasuke) lends more credence to the idea that in Naruto, your power is moreso dictated by your connections than your own strength. That's not to say that one's own power doesn't help at all, but even a 50/50 split between genes and hard work spits in the face of original Naruto's message and considering the level of power Naruto got from Hagoromo alone (not even including the power given to him by his bloodlines and parents [Kurama, Uzumaki chakra pool, Sage Mode compatibility]), it's almost a joke to say that Naruto is entirely made by his own decisions." kurama is its reason for being weak at the base. being an uzumaki does not give him any advantage either since kyubi absorbs his chakra and if he controls it badly it is because of him it is sure that hagoromo gives him his powers at some point, but anyway naruto has proven against neji, gaara, and pain that a failure can surpass a genius. this is not the case here, here the message is to say that the mistakes of the past are not what freezes the future "and 'just influenced by the karma of his past lives'." it is a natural phenomenon, it is the main belief in asia. nothing special "I get what you mean, Naruto's plot draws heavily from the mythology and religious pretext of Japan, but the execution of those ideas was morphed over the 15 years (1999 - 2014) that it ran and the story went from "Naruto is heavily disadvantaged by his family life and his past and so his own strength is what decides what he is capable of" to "Yeah his parents are ninja Flash and the worlds strongest chakra battery, he's a reincarnate of Ninja Jesus 1 and 2, his dad (ninja Flash ) gave him the most powerful chakra generator in the world, and Ninja God gave him power so that he could fight Ninja Satan". The amount of powers Naruto uses during the final fight that was entirely his own can be summarized as: Shadow Clone, Rasengan and Rasenshuriken. Everything else was given to him either by genetic compatibility or because of his family connections. He wouldn't have gained 80% of the power he did if he werent for the fact that his dad was Minato, since that was the reason Jiraiya took care of him and Kakashi watched over him. His compatibility with Sage Mode was genetic, his ability to use KCM was because Minato put Kurama inside of him, and his use of Six Paths Sage Mode was because he's a reincarnate of Asura. What it comes down to is Neji was just right at the start when he said fate determines everyone's lot in life and no one can escape it, Naruto was fated to become the strongest and fight Sasuke. The only thing he changed was that he didn't kill Sasuke but the prophesy was that they would fight not that one would win so even that's fairly loose." I repeat it but kyubi is a disadvantage (it's not because he has a ton of chakra in him that he knows how to control it, controlling his chakra requires training) you overestimate tail beast because of the fact their large size and great chakra, but fighting them is possible for any well-trained ninja in the naruto universe (like jiraya or tsunade for example). being an uzumaki doesn't help since he has kyubi in him. and I let you reread my first message on reincarnation and the child of prophecy this part of your comment "ninja jesus" shows more how the misinformation stems from a cultural problem
Y’all Sakura already kinda has sage mode with that seal. She gets a power boost, regeneration , and more chakra . What she really needs is to use Gen…. . Low key she could be one of the strongest in genjustsu.
something ive always thought about. Given sakura's borderline immunity to genjutsu how easly would she break out of a genjutsu by say itachi? Sakura has been shown capable or resisting genjutsu from otsosuki in The Last movie when they went to the moon. Shikamaru said they wouldn't have gotten so far if it wasnt for her resistence to genjutsu. So how strong exactly is this resistence?
It's wild to me how much people will hate her for her mistakes when so many of the characters make mistakes or were cruel at some point. She is probably one of the most realistic and believable characters as someone who learns and changes. She grows a lot and it's admirable.
I think its funny she is hated for things she did in the past, but other people like gara and sasuke who tried to kill so many people are loved even tho they also made mistakes. Not saying I hate gara.
As a girl whose faverotive character was always Sakura and would defend her to death as a child, it feels really great to have someone see her story and potential too. You're awesome :)
She's ass bro she healed Naruto and got carried by granny chio and would've got killed if it wasn't for her that's all she's done and she's fucked up numerous times like with obitos eye which would be changed everything
I never hated Sakura (actually I hated her one time when she confessed her "love" to Naruto) or thought she was useless, because she had medical ninjutsu and just thought she was mid and now after seeing this guy video @NCHammer 23 he changed my mind about her. Yes, Sakura is great!
I'm happy you understand her better now, but NCHAMMER 23 has been leading at this for such a long time, that I accepted her over Sasuke really long ago. *HAPPY CELEBRATION OF THE FEMALE CHILD*🎉🎉👍👍
She got a big helping of Ahsoka treatment. Started out as an annoying brat, became stronger, actually became useful to the other main characters, fans actually like when she shows up now because she's part of the ol' gang and also much more mature & respectable as an adult.
When I was a child on a weekly basis watching flashbacks from last episode hearing Sakura felt like a drag because I was enamoured by what was Naruto or Sasuke up to. Rewatching and binging the series was much better than waiting the whole week and at one point every month 😂 My whole opinion on Sakura changed while binging
All what you said and more. With the abilities that Sakura learned from Tsunate, she could apply them for who knows how many years. I'm more than confident in saying that she is effectively IMMORTAL. A feat by the way that Orochimaru has technically not achieved as he has t switch bodies every 3 years, where Sakura does not.
@@gabrielbrooks336 ok point taken, what ment was that Sakura did it in her own body, while Orochimaru had to keep swapping bodies until he got his white zetsu one. No steeling or swapping bodies to prolong her lifespan.
It’ll be dope if Sakura got Slug Sage Mode. Since she has Earth Release Kishimoto should’ve shown Kakashi training her using this like he trained Naruto using Wind Release.
Kakashi literally just tossed her aside. He taught sasuke and naruto and didn’t do a single thing for her but the bell exercise and that’s just teamwork smh.
@@tevinwilliams6661 why would he ? There are plenty of talented Kunoichi so it would make more sense for one of them to train her. I personally like that she trained with Tsunade I wish she would’ve also trained with kurenai
@@illwait__ that’s true but as her sensei he should’ve taught her something before she idolized tsunade and asked to be her pupil. He took an interest in sasuke first then assisted naruto in shippuden with the rasen shuriken. I’m just stating he could’ve been a better sensei toward her.
Neji's point of view on destiny was missing the bull's eye but he was ultimately proven right by Naruto. What Neji was missing is that you can dictate every step that carries you towards where you're supposed to be and outsiders making commentary on your fate are very often wrong, only you know where you're supposed to end up.
This guy (like many others) is telling lies about naruto being a reincarnation. Lies he shouldn't tell you because it's highly disrespectful of japanese and asian beliefs If you want to know the reincarnation point is actually a cultural problem that Naruto has. This comes from the fact that the Japanese have a very different view of seeing these concepts. I'm sorry if this is a bit long and complicated. This reincarnation, like this story of child of the prophecy are actually Buddhist concepts (the samsara and karma) which are well known in Japan and Asia. Rinnegan literally means "the samsara eye" and karma you generally know what it is (as a reminder if you do good/bad things, good/bad things happen to you). The main concept of this reincarnation is that each person's basic situation is caused by the karma of the actions of their past lives (in this case the basic situations of Naruto and Sasuke were greatly influenced by the actions of Hashirama and Madara) but despite everything they can react in the present by their own actions (which explains the end, and yes this thing is the logical continuity with Neji). Page 70 of Naruto databook 4 also confirms that the cycle of reincarnation in which Naruto and Sasuke are is the samsara. Naruto who is the reincarnation of Ashura is nothing special, it's just a natural phenomenon on how many people view life in Japan (and Asia). Globally, there are between 1 and 1.6 billion people in the world who believe in samsara (Hinduism and Buddhism combined). It's just that here Kishimoto tries to deal with this aspect by showing that even if what happens to you is similar it doesn´t mean that you will make the same choices (as the rikudo says) For the story of the child of the prophecy, the prophecies also exist in his religions. It´s actually the actions specific only to Naruto because what Gamamaru sees is the karma of individuals (page 83 of databook 4 explains that gamamaru has the power to see the karma of individuals, in Buddhism it´s the divine eye power from what I have read). This is again a problem of cultural conception Naruto also has a third level reading on religion (which is basically its main subject if you look deeper) since the conflicts between the Uchiha and the Senju are in terms of beliefs a big representation of the conflicts that exist between Shintoism and Buddhism (which are the 2 main religions of Japan, besides susano, amaterasu, izanami/izanagi etc… come from Shinto folklore), and the manga ends on the fact that it´s by overcoming hatreds and divisions and by advancing together that it will be possible to bring peace and build a better world (moreover for the anecdote, in Japan it´s possible to be believers of the 2 religions). I get these informations from several searches on the internet (wikipedia, interviews and forums), in term of video I recommend the video of Korean Dost on Naruto and also the video, Naruto's Complex Subtext and Themes: Buddhism, Shintoism, and Hinduism if you are interested . Pay attention to what you hear on the internet. The case with kimba and the lion king is already a big proof, but this case is even worse
Excellent video about Haruno Sakura. Always Glad to see some Respect put on Her name. She was an unfortunate casualty of short sightedness in the Fan base and Shonen tropes. By the second Naruto movie, I was a fan of Sakura and Loved seeing Her Grow as a Shinobi and Character. Thanks for Your views on this subject.
she disappeared. she is not even in the Boruto manga at all. she only had less than 3 pages of mentioned. she has no shot against any Otosuski member as well, including the new Androids.
@@Beerzy4444 Sakura is NOT important to the story though. also there was no nerfing on her since she is no match against the main villains to begin with.
@@Danny-mg1hu I'm pretty sure basically. None of the original main villains(from the Akaski to Kagura) could take on the new ones, but Sakura could take them on. In other words, Naruto/Boruto has a powerscaling problem that has gotten out of hand.
@@daring6983 well i think if you dont have alien DNA in you, you stand no chance. Sarada already has Sakura's powers and activated her sharingan, seems she advanced it as well....yet needed to be saved by Boruto in the latest chapter.
I swear to god I love you for this vid. I always loved Sakura from the beginning. I used to be a 12-year old Girl myself, when I started watching Naruto and she completly blew my mind. She has always been a role model for me, still to this day I think about her daily just because I love the concept so much that she was that one generic, almost invisible girl with all those insecurities and she overcame ALL of them, Just like me!! and she reached all of her goals through hard work, she even got to marry Sasuke. This makes me grow and bloom and working hard myself and I'm 29 now. You cant imagine the Impact she has had on me, I really dont know where I would be without her.
The best thing about sakura is her potential. She had so many things to develop, so many things to show and problems to solve (issues with parents and family which narusasu had nothing to do with for understandable reasons, uchi naru sakura as her 2nd personality (really interesting inner conflict between disciplined and hot-tempered sakuras), genjutsu training with Kurenai for example, earth and water jutsus, creating her own one, usinf a slug sage mode or something like that, caring about being a shinobi but not about your appearance, loving the person who treats you well, representing the idea of hard-working and loving yourself). With naruto sakura definitely was herself (he was too; with hinata naruto is dumb and way calm) and, without a shadow of a doubt, he was a good couple for her. She had a lot of things to study. Sakura could not just copy tsunade but become somebody like Orochimaru who knows a lot and can do a lot. Being the smartest among kakashi students haruno could have been the brain of team 7. Shikamaru would have been a great teacher of strategy for her. She could have befriended Lee with Hinata and neji, asked them to teach her taijutsu that also would have improved their relationship. So many interesting fights were not shown with her (itachi - genjutsu type, kabuto - medical ninja, sasuke - 5 kage sammit arc, konan - a talented woman vs a hard-working girl). Her friendship with Ino had an opportunity to make them soulmates just like naruto and sasuke, represented a sisterhood in this story. The relationship with uchiha would have been interesting too: she could have moved from an obsessive girl not able to tell him off to a lady being herself with her comrade and ready to punch this boy to bring him to life if he starts freezing up like the mc sometimes. Not only naruto but she also could have helped him change for the better and been that person who forgave him but stayed his good friend and believed in him, saw the light in sasuke. My question: was it that difficult to write? Well, what am I talking about? Even her trainings and parents weren't shown in the manga, let alone something else. Sakura obviously is the biggest wasted potential of kishimoto
@@baonguyenxuanthai711 You know you don't have to answer my second reply. Asking if you really did this multiple times by the third time? I am fully aware that you copy and pasted your original reply many times likely.
I would of rather Gaara been the main character. I feel the leaf is kinda..... boring The sand has so much potential to show the struggle of just surviving. The leaf always has great starting points for everyone. The sand would be gritty and darker
That’s literally why I have been saying that they fucked up Naruto’s story. To proclaim that he had to work hard, when he was already at Chunin level in the first episode, is crazy. He should have never been a reincarnation.
Ohh yeah. She's able to make a crater in the ground with one punch and you're telling me she can't even kill one dude who's already GOING BLIND?? Wait, the blind dude's Sasuke. Nevermind, my bad. Yeah, no. She could lay him out with one pimp-slap and, stop me if you heard this before, *HE'S ALREADY GOING BLIND.*
Thats the weird thing about yall, the creator made the show how he pleased and she is what she is, which is a great Shinobu but no where near the levels of Sasuke and Naruto, and nowhere near the level of importance.
My favorite part about Sakura is that she actually throws hands. None of those fancy ninja magic. If she also chose to train under Might Guy in the 8 gates, in combination with mitotic regeneration and her ability to put chakra into her strikes, she'd be the most deadly taijutsu user in Team 7, on top of being the best healer ninja in the world.
I wonder how many people went into this with an open mind enough to actually listen to what you’re saying compared to all the people who went into it refusing to listen to your arguments because they just refuse to give her any credit? Anyway you could make a poll for that lol
The best thing about sakura is her potential. She had so many things to develop, so many things to show and problems to solve (issues with parents and family which narusasu had nothing to do with for understandable reasons, uchi naru sakura as her 2nd personality (really interesting inner conflict between disciplined and hot-tempered sakuras), genjutsu training with Kurenai for example, earth and water jutsus, creating her own one, usinf a slug sage mode or something like that, caring about being a shinobi but not about your appearance, loving the person who treats you well, representing the idea of hard-working and loving yourself). With naruto sakura definitely was herself (he was too; with hinata naruto is dumb and way calm) and, without a shadow of a doubt, he was a good couple for her. She had a lot of things to study. Sakura could not just copy tsunade but become somebody like Orochimaru who knows a lot and can do a lot. Being the smartest among kakashi students haruno could have been the brain of team 7. Shikamaru would have been a great teacher of strategy for her. She could have befriended Lee with Hinata and neji, asked them to teach her taijutsu that also would have improved their relationship. So many interesting fights were not shown with her (itachi - genjutsu type, kabuto - medical ninja, sasuke - 5 kage sammit arc, konan - a talented woman vs a hard-working girl). Her friendship with Ino had an opportunity to make them soulmates just like naruto and sasuke, represented a sisterhood in this story. The relationship with uchiha would have been interesting too: she could have moved from an obsessive girl not able to tell him off to a lady being herself with her comrade and ready to punch this boy to bring him to life if he starts freezing up like the mc sometimes. Not only naruto but she also could have helped him change for the better and been that person who forgave him but stayed his good friend and believed in him, saw the light in sasuke. My question: was it that difficult to write? Well, what am I talking about? Even her trainings and parents weren't shown in the manga, let alone something else. Sakura obviously is the biggest wasted potential of kishimoto
The best thing about sakura is her potential. She had so many things to develop, so many things to show and problems to solve (issues with parents and family which narusasu had nothing to do with for understandable reasons, uchi naru sakura as her 2nd personality (really interesting inner conflict between disciplined and hot-tempered sakuras), genjutsu training with Kurenai for example, earth and water jutsus, creating her own one, usinf a slug sage mode or something like that, caring about being a shinobi but not about your appearance, loving the person who treats you well, representing the idea of hard-working and loving yourself). With naruto sakura definitely was herself (he was too; with hinata naruto is dumb and way calm) and, without a shadow of a doubt, he was a good couple for her. She had a lot of things to study. Sakura could not just copy tsunade but become somebody like Orochimaru who knows a lot and can do a lot. Being the smartest among kakashi students haruno could have been the brain of team 7. Shikamaru would have been a great teacher of strategy for her. She could have befriended Lee with Hinata and neji, asked them to teach her taijutsu that also would have improved their relationship. So many interesting fights were not shown with her (itachi - genjutsu type, kabuto - medical ninja, sasuke - 5 kage sammit arc, konan - a talented woman vs a hard-working girl). Her friendship with Ino had an opportunity to make them soulmates just like naruto and sasuke, represented a sisterhood in this story. The relationship with uchiha would have been interesting too: she could have moved from an obsessive girl not able to tell him off to a lady being herself with her comrade and ready to punch this boy to bring him to life if he starts freezing up like the mc sometimes. Not only naruto but she also could have helped him change for the better and been that person who forgave him but stayed his good friend and believed in him, saw the light in sasuke. My question: was it that difficult to write? Well, what am I talking about? Even her trainings and parents weren't shown in the manga, let alone something else. Sakura obviously is the biggest wasted potential of kishimoto
Sakura truly had it rough because she was a main character that got treated like a glorified side one. She was average, not special in any way, lacked the resources like chakra to perform at the same level as most ninjas, yet got bodied by writing and those around her taking all the attention. Sakura hardly got trained at all before the time skip because naruto was getting training from jiraiya and sasuke was being the favorite child for kakashi who btw didnt teach sakura ANYTHING like literally. Kakashi before the 3rd round of the chunin exams focused entirely on sasuke. He didnt give sakura any direction to improve herself, teach her any basic jutsu or genjutsu (like he said shed be good at), or even send her to anybody to get some special training. He completely abandonded her growth for sasuke and naruto. Sakura didnt really know her strengths at all and only until just before shippuden comes around that she finally gets trained. But this only happened because SHE took the initiative not kakashi or tsunade. Sakura had to make the move because nobody else pointed her in the right direction.Her strength before the 3rd round was completely stagnated because of how shitty of a sensei kakashi was to her. He never made time for her personally and only trained her when it also involved naruto and sasuke. Sakura could have been so much greater if her growth wasnt totally stunted by those in charge of helping her grow completely ignoring her existence and playing favorites. She would have been WAY better off with might guy because while he played favorites with rock lee (and that was understandable rock lee really needed it anyway) he still made plenty of time for neji and tenten both as a team and 1 on 1 training.
Found your channel like 3 days ago honestly I had this argument how Sakura literally came from regular background to become strongest chick aside from Kaguya to many feats and leveled up nicely
I completely agree with everything you said about Sakura character. Honestly i don't know why people diss on her so much. Without her most people in the main plot of Naruto wouldn't survive. I honestly think though she didn't need to pair up with Sasuke just only have a kid by him and have them just be co-parents, there personalities, goals, emotional compatibility is not compatibility at all, how the relationship was and the past trauma they both went through its all trama bonding and that's not healthy EVER. I think it would have been more realistic for Sarada parents co-parent her instead and she still would have grew up in a healthy home.
I still think Naruto did rise above the circumstances of his birth but yeah totally agree that Shipudden kinda....murks the message. Also among the Hokage, Minato is the only one who was not born into a bloodline with special talent or secret skill set, even if he was taught by Jiraiya....who also kinda rose above his birth now that I think about it....huh..... And yes Sakura, Lee and Guy are honestly the only ones who truly come from nothing to become something through hardwork
100% love the Sakura advocacy. The fact that she was the definition of a literal nobody and came out of the series stronger than anyone who wasn’t canonically given power by god is definitely true main character strength
@@willdiesel8431 if you are so aggressively saying other characters can “stomp out” Sakura because I had a typo (now corrected) that made my comment say she was the strongest character in the Naruto universe, sorry. If not then why are you taking time to naysay a character in the comment section of a video showing her appreciation?
@@amelieshuman3324 well for starters I never even paid much attention to some "typo". Secondly if you viewed that as an aggressive act then I don't know what to tell you other than gaining more perspective. I take this view with everyone in the previous Konoha 12 generation when a claim is made about their perceived power. Apparently she now has the power and speed of all 8 Gates released and none of the severe drawbacks. I am allowed to question that until she takes out a big bad all on her own. Plus without "God" powers Naruto is still very formidable. Rest assured I would come with the same skepticism if NChammer was a Rock Lee fanboy. Thanks.
I love this video so much, Sakura is actually an incredible character. Sure she could have been written better to have cooler moments and fights scenes so she wasn't always viewed as the damsel in distress, but ultimately just Sakura being present saved so many characters lives throughout the series. Heck Sakura saves Naruto from Zabuza's thrown sword by tackling him to the ground, preventing him from getting cut in half or decapitated. Then in the forest of death when Naruto is made unconscious by Orochimaru and about to fall to his likely death, she throws a kunai with pinpoint accuracy pinning his jacket to the tree. These are both before the Sound 3
She would be a part uzumaki,senju,namikaze so she would have even better light speed mobility. Even though shes alrdy light speed by the kaguya fight BUT if she was an uzumaki she would have more chakra than any uzumaki so that wouldve been cool
I couldn’t help it but to giggle and get goosebumps every time u spit a fact. I might have trash her once or twice in Part 1 but she def earned my respects. I would love to see her step up as Hokage, I just hope her character then wont be done dirty as a Tsunade 2.0. See, it would be more interesting to see her do things that outfit her master’s achievements. Thanks for the video. 🙌🏻
Agree to all of this! Though it also does bring up something about my favorite character Kakashi. I really wish Kishimoto had had him stay true to how he was portrayed at the very beginning. That his sharingon was a huge benefit, but that it was more his mind and skill that made him dangerous even to people more powerful than him. That the Sharingon was just a tool that gave him more, as opposed to what it became later on and his using like 3 other jutsu
The sensory thing isn't Canon. It contradicts the manga. This guy was just listing fillers and non canon novels instead of using what kishimoto actually wrote
You nearly killed me with this video. I was watching it during my lunch break and the "black rods" comment made me choke and nearly die. Was NOT ready for that.
I like when Sakura actually gets the love she deserves. She is actually my favorite character (only second to Itachi). Orochimaru is actually my 3rd favorite character.
I really admire NCHammer 23 and his work. Making a video about the most misunderstood yet the most immensely powerful kunoichi in Naruto history (after Kaguya, my fourth favorite female (: And on the *CELEBRATION OF THE FEMALE CHILD DAY* to really make a statement. But please I'm a kid who wants to start a UA-cam page to repay this man. I've got a wonderful team. We've got content and an amazing script. But we don't have other resources like an adequate editor or editing software. And I could really do with some advice to start up, please you guys🙏🙏. *HAPPY CELEBRATION OF THE FEMALE CHILD DAY* everyone
I don't have issues with Sakura, but this guy (like many others) is telling lies about naruto being a reincarnation. Lies he shouldn't tell you because it's highly disrespectful of japanese and asian beliefs If you want to know the reincarnation point is actually a cultural problem that Naruto has. This comes from the fact that the Japanese have a very different view of seeing these concepts. I'm sorry if this is a bit long and complicated. This reincarnation, like this story of child of the prophecy are actually Buddhist concepts (the samsara and karma) which are well known in Japan and Asia. Rinnegan literally means "the samsara eye" and karma you generally know what it is (as a reminder if you do good/bad things, good/bad things happen to you). The main concept of this reincarnation is that each person's basic situation is caused by the karma of the actions of their past lives (in this case the basic situations of Naruto and Sasuke were greatly influenced by the actions of Hashirama and Madara) but despite everything they can react in the present by their own actions (which explains the end, and yes this thing is the logical continuity with Neji). Page 70 of Naruto databook 4 also confirms that the cycle of reincarnation in which Naruto and Sasuke are is the samsara. Naruto who is the reincarnation of Ashura is nothing special, it's just a natural phenomenon on how many people view life in Japan (and Asia). Globally, there are between 1 and 1.6 billion people in the world who believe in samsara (Hinduism and Buddhism combined). It's just that here Kishimoto tries to deal with this aspect by showing that even if what happens to you is similar it doesn´t mean that you will make the same choices (as the rikudo says) For the story of the child of the prophecy, the prophecies also exist in his religions. It´s actually the actions specific only to Naruto because what Gamamaru sees is the karma of individuals (page 83 of databook 4 explains that gamamaru has the power to see the karma of individuals, in Buddhism it´s the divine eye power from what I have read). This is again a problem of cultural conception Naruto also has a third level reading on religion (which is basically its main subject if you look deeper) since the conflicts between the Uchiha and the Senju are in terms of beliefs a big representation of the conflicts that exist between Shintoism and Buddhism (which are the 2 main religions of Japan, besides susano, amaterasu, izanami/izanagi etc… come from Shinto folklore), and the manga ends on the fact that it´s by overcoming hatreds and divisions and by advancing together that it will be possible to bring peace and build a better world (moreover for the anecdote, in Japan it´s possible to be believers of the 2 religions). I get these informations from several searches on the internet (wikipedia, interviews and forums), in term of video I recommend the video of Korean Dost on Naruto and also the video, Naruto's Complex Subtext and Themes: Buddhism, Shintoism, and Hinduism if you are interested . Pay attention to what you hear on the internet. The case with kimba and the lion king is already a big proof, but this case is even worse
@@hc.117 dude chill its fucking NON-FICTION ITS NOT REAL. AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT CREATOR OF NARUTO IS A JAPANESE PERSON WHO WAS INSPIRED MY MYTHOLOGY. GET.THAT.THROUGH.YOUR.HEAD.
Geez, when you talked about the fight against Kaguya... My body shivered entirely. What an amazing video. Thanks bro, you enlighted me on this "truthness" that Sakura is indeed """just""" a normal kunoichi and was side by side with gods.
Love this take! And clearly a significant amount of people agree with you because out of the hundreds and hundreds of Naruto fanfiction I've read, hands down, the best written ones are Sakura-centric where she is the MC.
The best thing about sakura is her potential. She had so many things to develop, so many things to show and problems to solve (issues with parents and family which narusasu had nothing to do with for understandable reasons, uchi naru sakura as her 2nd personality (really interesting inner conflict between disciplined and hot-tempered sakuras), genjutsu training with Kurenai for example, earth and water jutsus, creating her own one, usinf a slug sage mode or something like that, caring about being a shinobi but not about your appearance, loving the person who treats you well, representing the idea of hard-working and loving yourself). With naruto sakura definitely was herself (he was too; with hinata naruto is dumb and way calm) and, without a shadow of a doubt, he was a good couple for her. She had a lot of things to study. Sakura could not just copy tsunade but become somebody like Orochimaru who knows a lot and can do a lot. Being the smartest among kakashi students haruno could have been the brain of team 7. Shikamaru would have been a great teacher of strategy for her. She could have befriended Lee with Hinata and neji, asked them to teach her taijutsu that also would have improved their relationship. So many interesting fights were not shown with her (itachi - genjutsu type, kabuto - medical ninja, sasuke - 5 kage sammit arc, konan - a talented woman vs a hard-working girl). Her friendship with Ino had an opportunity to make them soulmates just like naruto and sasuke, represented a sisterhood in this story. The relationship with uchiha would have been interesting too: she could have moved from an obsessive girl not able to tell him off to a lady being herself with her comrade and ready to punch this boy to bring him to life if he starts freezing up like the mc sometimes. Not only naruto but she also could have helped him change for the better and been that person who forgave him but stayed his good friend and believed in him, saw the light in sasuke. My question: was it that difficult to write? Well, what am I talking about? Even her trainings and parents weren't shown in the manga, let alone something else. Sakura obviously is the biggest wasted potential of kishimoto
Sakura honestly should’ve been hokage, she was the greatest choice amongst the three of them. She worked for her strength down to everything in her Arsenal, is superior to them in every way, and has the perks, dedication and ideology to be a good hokage 🫶🏽💗 sakura >>>
The best thing about sakura is her potential. She had so many things to develop, so many things to show and problems to solve (issues with parents and family which narusasu had nothing to do with for understandable reasons, uchi naru sakura as her 2nd personality (really interesting inner conflict between disciplined and hot-tempered sakuras), genjutsu training with Kurenai for example, earth and water jutsus, creating her own one, usinf a slug sage mode or something like that, caring about being a shinobi but not about your appearance, loving the person who treats you well, representing the idea of hard-working and loving yourself). With naruto sakura definitely was herself (he was too; with hinata naruto is dumb and way calm) and, without a shadow of a doubt, he was a good couple for her. She had a lot of things to study. Sakura could not just copy tsunade but become somebody like Orochimaru who knows a lot and can do a lot. Being the smartest among kakashi students haruno could have been the brain of team 7. Shikamaru would have been a great teacher of strategy for her. She could have befriended Lee with Hinata and neji, asked them to teach her taijutsu that also would have improved their relationship. So many interesting fights were not shown with her (itachi - genjutsu type, kabuto - medical ninja, sasuke - 5 kage sammit arc, konan - a talented woman vs a hard-working girl). Her friendship with Ino had an opportunity to make them soulmates just like naruto and sasuke, represented a sisterhood in this story. The relationship with uchiha would have been interesting too: she could have moved from an obsessive girl not able to tell him off to a lady being herself with her comrade and ready to punch this boy to bring him to life if he starts freezing up like the mc sometimes. Not only naruto but she also could have helped him change for the better and been that person who forgave him but stayed his good friend and believed in him, saw the light in sasuke. My question: was it that difficult to write? Well, what am I talking about? Even her trainings and parents weren't shown in the manga, let alone something else. Sakura obviously is the biggest wasted potential of kishimoto
I love when you spill the tea on her cuz i aas bullied for liking her character in middle school when this started airing on toonami and didnt know enough about the series to appropriately defend her
Could you do a video explaining all of the hidden villages? Not just the 5 major villages, but like all of the smaller ones. Or even just one that focuses on the smaller ones only.
Sakura was my first anime crush 😁😁, and i always saw her MORE than useful but i don't know why most of the fans hate her, I guess they don't know her except who watched this video of course
I was just thinking but the point that she is so good a chakra control is working against her. I mean it's probably the most important/powerful ability in the show. so, what you can use creation of all things your control is trash you're not doing much. if Sasuke and Naruto had even similar control i.e., the seal and the healing they would actually be unstoppable right? even rock lee the whole point is he can't control his chakra very well but if he could as an 8 gates user he is soloing some Otsukis we have seen. The strongest point imo though is genjutsu if you take control of someone's chakra, they're done in the fight. To me Naruto was always just about not giving up, believing that you can do it and by doing so you don't let your potential squander. I feel all the strong characters in the show Inbody that in some way.
Its really a shame how Kishimoto handled Sakura, right after the Kazekage retrieval arc she was sidelined like all the other characters and for no reason at all started to underperform.
The same sakura who people called useless was one of the very few people who resist kabuto genjutsu and they say she's useless in the end she also save two of the most powerful ninja in konoha yet people continues to say she's useless
It's impressive that when other characters got damage x10 buffs if not more, Sakura did fight even as strong as them without the buffs, and if Sakura hadn't been there in the war, Naruto and Sasuke both would have died before they even could fight Kaguya, making the argument that Tsunade was in the war too is dumb since she can't be everywhere at the same time and heal everyone at the same time constantly throughout the war.
Most people who says sakura is trash haven’t watched shippuden All they saw was her doing almost nothing in the chunin exams before she got her strength or healing
I don't have issues with Sakura, but this guy (like many others) is telling lies about naruto being a reincarnation. Lies he shouldn't tell you because it's highly disrespectful of japanese and asian beliefs If you want to know the reincarnation point is actually a cultural problem that Naruto has. This comes from the fact that the Japanese have a very different view of seeing these concepts. I'm sorry if this is a bit long and complicated. This reincarnation, like this story of child of the prophecy are actually Buddhist concepts (the samsara and karma) which are well known in Japan and Asia. Rinnegan literally means "the samsara eye" and karma you generally know what it is (as a reminder if you do good/bad things, good/bad things happen to you). The main concept of this reincarnation is that each person's basic situation is caused by the karma of the actions of their past lives (in this case the basic situations of Naruto and Sasuke were greatly influenced by the actions of Hashirama and Madara) but despite everything they can react in the present by their own actions (which explains the end, and yes this thing is the logical continuity with Neji). Page 70 of Naruto databook 4 also confirms that the cycle of reincarnation in which Naruto and Sasuke are is the samsara. Naruto who is the reincarnation of Ashura is nothing special, it's just a natural phenomenon on how many people view life in Japan (and Asia). Globally, there are between 1 and 1.6 billion people in the world who believe in samsara (Hinduism and Buddhism combined). It's just that here Kishimoto tries to deal with this aspect by showing that even if what happens to you is similar it doesn´t mean that you will make the same choices (as the rikudo says) For the story of the child of the prophecy, the prophecies also exist in his religions. It´s actually the actions specific only to Naruto because what Gamamaru sees is the karma of individuals (page 83 of databook 4 explains that gamamaru has the power to see the karma of individuals, in Buddhism it´s the divine eye power from what I have read). This is again a problem of cultural conception Naruto also has a third level reading on religion (which is basically its main subject if you look deeper) since the conflicts between the Uchiha and the Senju are in terms of beliefs a big representation of the conflicts that exist between Shintoism and Buddhism (which are the 2 main religions of Japan, besides susano, amaterasu, izanami/izanagi etc… come from Shinto folklore), and the manga ends on the fact that it´s by overcoming hatreds and divisions and by advancing together that it will be possible to bring peace and build a better world (moreover for the anecdote, in Japan it´s possible to be believers of the 2 religions). I get these informations from several searches on the internet (wikipedia, interviews and forums), in term of video I recommend the video of Korean Dost on Naruto and also the video, Naruto's Complex Subtext and Themes: Buddhism, Shintoism, and Hinduism if you are interested . Pay attention to what you hear on the internet. The case with kimba and the lion king is already a big proof, but this case is even worse
They did kinda break the immersion when you find out Naruto has like the strongest genes possible 😂 Konoha royalty is a great summary. I thought he was supposed to be a somebody that started out as a nobody but I guess he was cracked from the start. Whoops 😂
I wish someone would make a rewrite or a what-if series of natuto where they make the female characters live up to the potential they had rather than get sidelined
Finally someone who actually know about sakura 🌸 you know what it's true Naruto has really toxic fan base some people like morons like just pass their time shading on a character who is far more useful they will just skip the time and see for just for timepass they will not actually pay attention and know the actual truth
The best thing about sakura is her potential. She had so many things to develop, so many things to show and problems to solve (issues with parents and family which narusasu had nothing to do with for understandable reasons, uchi naru sakura as her 2nd personality (really interesting inner conflict between disciplined and hot-tempered sakuras), genjutsu training with Kurenai for example, earth and water jutsus, creating her own one, usinf a slug sage mode or something like that, caring about being a shinobi but not about your appearance, loving the person who treats you well, representing the idea of hard-working and loving yourself). With naruto sakura definitely was herself (he was too; with hinata naruto is dumb and way calm) and, without a shadow of a doubt, he was a good couple for her. She had a lot of things to study. Sakura could not just copy tsunade but become somebody like Orochimaru who knows a lot and can do a lot. Being the smartest among kakashi students haruno could have been the brain of team 7. Shikamaru would have been a great teacher of strategy for her. She could have befriended Lee with Hinata and neji, asked them to teach her taijutsu that also would have improved their relationship. So many interesting fights were not shown with her (itachi - genjutsu type, kabuto - medical ninja, sasuke - 5 kage sammit arc, konan - a talented woman vs a hard-working girl). Her friendship with Ino had an opportunity to make them soulmates just like naruto and sasuke, represented a sisterhood in this story. The relationship with uchiha would have been interesting too: she could have moved from an obsessive girl not able to tell him off to a lady being herself with her comrade and ready to punch this boy to bring him to life if he starts freezing up like the mc sometimes. Not only naruto but she also could have helped him change for the better and been that person who forgave him but stayed his good friend and believed in him, saw the light in sasuke. My question: was it that difficult to write? Well, what am I talking about? Even her trainings and parents weren't shown in the manga, let alone something else. Sakura obviously is the biggest wasted potential of kishimoto
Folks are constantly looking for feats in the main cast of shonen, most especially; and for good reason I admit; on-scene feats. The fact that Sakura hasn't been the focal point for things happening on screen is why folks immediately dismiss her contributions. Her fight with Lady Chiyo vs. Sasori in one occasion is written off as low impact in regards; I guess; moving the story along.....nevermind the fact that she took on an Akatsuki member at all, one who apparently was in league with Kabuto while he was still under Orochimaru *who at this point has Sasuke.* After which to my recollection her role is reduced to put the "god kids" in the spotlight more. Couple that with the entire reason for her lying to Naruto about loving him in the war arc being completely overshadowed by the mere fact that she dared to lie to him about something he's sensitive about at all and then calling her useless when she so much as breaks mid-clean shot to the one she loves in spite of himself because of who he was. Which neither of the 2 protags do. Apparently, or when they do, *OO LOOK AT THEM OH IT REALLY AFFECTED THEM SO MUCH* or some crap. Even saying that the orphan comment and her general demeanor in P1 is heavier than the improvements she makes in P2 which on-screen were fewer and farther. Neither is the reason for the "ill" she does in the 2nd enough to remove the title of dog and useless from her. Even the Kaguya finale that she partook in shoulder to shoulder with 2 "gods" she's slighted. "Kakashi's madter killed Sasori's parents so it makes way more sense for him to be the one to fight Sasori" with Deidara moving at the speed of an IBM while literally riding one himself, implying that we leave Naruto alone with him so the fox can take him and subsequently get nabbed by the Akatsuki cuz they were dumb enough to leave him alone. Cuz Sakura is not catching up to an emotionally charged Kyuubi orange boy and to this audience she might as well not exist. "Kakashi could've literally been the one to punch Kaguya and be the 3rd one in that scene, Sakura ain't special." So rather than give the teacher the opportunity to witness *his students FINALLY displaying teamwork and coordination in the most climactic fight of this entire series* nah, he still has to step in cuz he can't trust all of them to do the job. Just from a writing perspective that basically leaves a void that had been made apparent from the beginning: Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura don't really like each other. Kakashi puts them to the test and has them try to take some bells from him, they fail miserably. Since then he has been working to get them to learn to work together and have them grow, bit by bit. Then Sasuke is lost. Team 7 now comprises 2 students. But following the same test with intent of assessing their progress since then, they succeed and get the bells from him. But they are still incomplete, Team 7 still isn't quite Team 7 without Sasuke, and in spite of finding and facing him multiple times, he refuses to return, at first nearly killing them and then letting them go "on a whim," then actually going out of his way to kill them for turning up to stop him. But finally, after all that and the conflict that should have ended with a final confrontation with their prodigal member, finally after so much time has past, Team 7 reunites to fight "a god." And they succeed. WHAT NARRATIVE SENSE DOES IT MAKE TO PASS UP ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
after seeing the video. I agree that Sakura was best character hence she was blessed or gifted like Naruto and Sasuke. We should not compare her to MC like Naruto and Sasuke. I just think that if she was written as Tamari as bad s character with less obsession towards Sakura think that people would have recognized her feats.
Sakura is a god. I feel that they could have made her a human version of the chakra tree. She has uncanny chakra control and haxxed mental abilities. Tbh her chakra control is on the same level as Kurama or Uchiha eyes
I really wish Kishimotot had shown Sakura more like how you're describing her. I think some Sakura focused episodes where she just focuses on herself and her talents would have really helped her character. It's really sad that we have to go to stand alone character focused story books in order to get to see Sakura being more grown up and independent. Did she have important moments in Shippuden? Yes. Did she show some impressive skills? Yeah. But those glimmers are really small and far between eachother when most scenes Kishimoto have Sakura in shows her either thinking/fantacyzing about Sasuke yet again, or needing aid/having to be rescued yet again (and that's if she isn't put on the sideline while Naruto/Sasuke show off flashy moves). You mentioned her fighting Kaguya while Naruto and Sasuke is talking to ninja god, but that unfortunetly isn't really gonna stick in people's memories as it's happening between scenes, and when Kishimoto does! show her fighting, it's at the end after he has given Sasuke/Naruto a bunch of oppertunities to show off (yes, her contribution was important as it sealed the win, but it's really disappointing that most/all of the other on screen scenes she shared with Kaguya showed her being in need of help or on the sideline unable to join in. If I remember correctly, it's been many years since I read the ending). Also, having Sakura run/pine after a guy who has tried to axe her off multiple times? Seriously Kishimoto? He really thought that would make a good character/role model?
Sakura truly had it rough because she was a main character that got treated like a glorified side one. She was average, not special in any way, lacked the resources like chakra to perform at the same level as most ninjas, yet got bodied by writing and those around her taking all the attention. Sakura hardly got trained at all before the time skip because naruto was getting training from jiraiya and sasuke was being the favorite child for kakashi who btw didnt teach sakura ANYTHING like literally. Kakashi before the 3rd round of the chunin exams focused entirely on sasuke. He didnt give sakura any direction to improve herself, teach her any basic jutsu or genjutsu (like he said shed be good at), or even send her to anybody to get some special training. He completely abandonded her growth for sasuke and naruto. Sakura didnt really know her strengths at all and only until just before shippuden comes around that she finally gets trained. But this only happened because SHE took the initiative not kakashi or tsunade. Sakura had to make the move because nobody else pointed her in the right direction.Her strength before the 3rd round was completely stagnated because of how shitty of a sensei kakashi was to her. He never made time for her personally and only trained her when it also involved naruto and sasuke. Sakura could have been so much greater if her growth wasnt totally stunted by those in charge of helping her grow completely ignoring her existence and playing favorites. She would have been WAY better off with might guy because while he played favorites with rock lee (and that was understandable rock lee really needed it anyway) he still made plenty of time for neji and tenten both as a team and 1 on 1 training.
I was always annoyed about that. The show is like, if you work hard then you can do it too! Then it turns out the main character is a special boy with special DNA and a special destiny inherited from a millennia ago etc etc
Sakura Haruno is the true underdog. She was the only person in the Rookie 9 to be a civilian, the only one. She didn't have a hidden jutsu, a flashy jutsu or physical strength but just her intelligence and she did great things with it that are left unnoticed or overlooked by haters. She used jutsu she learnt at the Academy and became the only ninja-like ninja in there. She then struggled to be in the samd team with 3 depressed and orphan boys, even though Sakura was truly written like an orphan: stupid commets, no a single image of her parents, no backstory etcetera. She knew she didn't have anybody to give her strength so she turned to Tsunade, who became a whole clan teaching their new generation their secret jutsu. She didn't realize she was carrying the legacy of the Senju (chakra) and the Uzumaki (seals) with her despite not having a reowned name. She became the strongest girl from her generation with the help of the Hokage alone and her true innate talent. Then she unlocked her full power, she went through really awesome growing processes, made mistakes, learnt from them and faced her fears. But you know, she's a female so people will always talk trash. She's not your average mc's love interest with big boobs, shy and with no personality. She rejects the "god mc" that everybody is supposed to worship and people get mad like a woman is obligued to love the man that moves mountains for you. "She simped for somebody else while Naruto loved her" but she's not entitled to love who she doesn't want. People love to talk about her all the time. Good things or bad things, Sakura Haruno is the most talked about female animanga character in the world. "I hated when shebsaid she loved Naruto" is like she said that to the reader instead of to Naruto who got enough braincells to understand why she said that. She grew from an "orphan bully" in a matter of 3 manga panels, and as an adult she, alone, thought about building a mental health hospital ward for orphans and she succeeded. Surpassed her master, became the Head of the Medical Department, directs Konoha Hospital, is the main doctor of the series, teaches medical ninjutsu and still goes on missions. Hell she's the only jonin kunoichi of her year alongside Temari. That's the growth of a "kunoichi with no particular talent" to "the strongest kunoichi in the world". She doesn't have your average vanilla and boring marriage. She has a story, full of angst and trust, friendship and loss. Not your bad movie where the mc is gaslighted cause "everybody loves this female except you man". She understands her husband's role and accepts it, even if it causes pain to herself, there's always a moment for redemption and forgiveness. "She's flat chested" oh for fcks sake this is why nobody likes otakus. The fsct that the animation studio made Sakura as unappealing as possible so dudes can hate on her more, the diametre of her breasts doesn't determine her worth as a character. Sakura Haruno is truly the strongest kunoichi, best medic and most useful female character in that series called Naruto. But I guess everybody prefers the shy, big boob and no personality woman that hentai has brought to us.
@@sarveshnathan7559 "Useless throughout out part 1" nope friend, you read the manga and she did more ta expected for a ninja with no shinobi background and that learnt everything in the Academy. She even got others copying her because of her intelligence and praising her all the time you just selectvely choose to ignore it to make this idiotic comment for likes. "Obsesses about Sasuke" damn you just described Naruto. In fact, Sakura tells Naruto to stop obsessing over Sasuke and the boy couldn't open his mouth cause she was right. "Bitches about Sasuke not loving her" absolutely no panels of that ever happening you watched Naruto on Tiktok. "Ended her friendship with Ino over a boy" nope. She ended it because she didn't want to be in Ino's shadow nor her tag along anymore. Ino was getting to comfy and always talked about Sakura being inferior so she had to punch the blonde in the face to tell her she was growing on her own. Not to mention Ino always made fun of her and never once told Sakura to be friends again. "Emotionally blackmailed him" you think Sasuke Uchiha can be blackmailed? You just thrashed his character to hate on Sakura you suck man. Sasuke killed people he didn't want but didn't kill Sakura when he got over the curse of hatred because he loved her. "Recklessly makes stupid decisions in an effort to prove she's Naruto and Sasuke's equal" when? When she destroyed over a hundred biju clones in the War? Queen shit she did so much. When she attacked Madara? Bought time before Madara could kill them and then transformed into Kaguya so either way nobody could have done anything. You're just blaming her cause she didn't get any power ups but look at how she was the only one to survive being stabbed and now is immortal unlike your friendly nerfed characters Sasuke and Naruto. "No backstory" she was bullied and her relationship as Ino's pet prompted her to grow. More than the average side character. "No ambition" yeah of course cause wanting to help Naruto help Sasuke so she turned to Tsunade is no ambition at all you just made a fool of yourself. "Destroyed character development" yeah sure cause becoming the best medic ,the strongest kunoichi, Head of the Medical Department, director of Konoha Hospital, sole founder of therapy Centers for children, teacher of medical ninjutsu and jonin (the only jonin woman with Temari of her generation!) isn't character development? You made a fool of yourself buddy hope the likes make you feel better with yourself and enjoy all the Sakura Haruno content that Japan is giving us cause she's the most popular female character and very much loved. Your dudebro comment won't stop Japan from releasing content for their Japanese directed public and you will be tired of seeing he until you accept how great she is when you do 50 years of brain growing. Bye you're so not worth it anymore.
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Thank you for this video, people don't give Sakura credit that she deserve.
your positivity on sakura is one of the many reasons i love your channel and all the naruto content you make
The best thing about sakura is her potential. She had so many things to develop, so many things to show and problems to solve (issues with parents and family which narusasu had nothing to do with for understandable reasons, uchi naru sakura as her 2nd personality (really interesting inner conflict between disciplined and hot-tempered sakuras), genjutsu training with Kurenai for example, earth and water jutsus, creating her own one, usinf a slug sage mode or something like that, caring about being a shinobi but not about your appearance, loving the person who treats you well, representing the idea of hard-working and loving yourself).
With naruto sakura definitely was herself (he was too; with hinata naruto is dumb and way calm) and, without a shadow of a doubt, he was a good couple for her.
She had a lot of things to study. Sakura could not just copy tsunade but become somebody like Orochimaru who knows a lot and can do a lot. Being the smartest among kakashi students haruno could have been the brain of team 7. Shikamaru would have been a great teacher of strategy for her. She could have befriended Lee with Hinata and neji, asked them to teach her taijutsu that also would have improved their relationship. So many interesting fights were not shown with her (itachi - genjutsu type, kabuto - medical ninja, sasuke - 5 kage sammit arc, konan - a talented woman vs a hard-working girl). Her friendship with Ino had an opportunity to make them soulmates just like naruto and sasuke, represented a sisterhood in this story. The relationship with uchiha would have been interesting too: she could have moved from an obsessive girl not able to tell him off to a lady being herself with her comrade and ready to punch this boy to bring him to life if he starts freezing up like the mc sometimes. Not only naruto but she also could have helped him change for the better and been that person who forgave him but stayed his good friend and believed in him, saw the light in sasuke.
My question: was it that difficult to write? Well, what am I talking about? Even her trainings and parents weren't shown in the manga, let alone something else. Sakura obviously is the biggest wasted potential of kishimoto
Sameeee
"Sasuke was out here getting hickies from orochimaru" LMAOO 💀 your not wrong
Same energy as something i read in a fanfic
Sasuke just refers to Orochimaru as "Some snake guy who tried to molest me or something"
@@matijasostojic4288 Don't be shy tell me the name of the fic if you found it
@@lucystardressqueen It was a short crack fic that was called "Goal oriented" i think. Its litterally sasuke Being a absolute idiot And still a good guy even thought he did everything the same as in the Canon up until the Itachi fight where he was just Like "Well i guess i should go back home now."
@@matijasostojic4288 There's also the _Orochimama_ nsfw comic Snake's Pit by 0lightsource.
Italicized to emphasize that spelling is intentional.
😂😂
Sakura vs. Sound Ninja is probably my favorite moment in all of Naruto and I love part one Sakura. Sakura's entire character arc is about dealing with her deep self-hatred and overcoming her insecurities, which I related to a lot watching as a young girl. She acknowledged how hypocritical she'd been. None of her actions, up to this point, aligned with her words or how she wanted to carry herself. In that moment, she vowed to work hard to change herself, and she did. It takes a lot for someone to admit to their shortcomings. She had so many admirable qualities from the beginning, I really don't understand the flack she gets.
That was a really wonderful moment for Sakura, and my second-favourite after the Sasori fight.
Even though she lost, she did *incredibly* well with a very limited skillset, and at one point was inches away from straight-up killing Zaku. It was the first flash of true inner strength we got from Sakura.
The problem is... she actually didn't follow through. Not for a very long time, at least. There was a *MONTH* inbetween the preliminaries and the 3rd round of the chunin exams, and Sakura... did nothing? Even if all the Sensei's were busy training 3rd round candidates, there was zero mention of her doing any work on herself whatsoever - which was very jarring the first time I watched, because it flew right in the face of the resolve she found over the course of the prelims & forest of death.
And EVEN AFTER she could barely help in the fight against Gaara, even when Sasuke was unconscious for weeks after his encounter with Itachi, even when Naruto went on a hunt for Tsunade to get Sasuke back on his feet and nearly died in the process, Sakura was still just sitting around in Konoha doing nothing. It's only when the timeskip started that Sakura FINALLY started training.
I mean, I'm pretty certain at this point that Kishi was straight-up at a loss with what to do with the majority of the young female cast if he couldn't damsel them. It really feels like he panicked after Sakura's moment in the Forest of death going "Oh crap! Can't have her become self-reliant yet, need her as the damsel in the Gaara fight/crying at Sasuke's bedside/tearfully begging Sasuke not to leave/tearfully begging Naruto to bring Sasuke home".
@@ceridwenaeradwr8105 she did follow through though. She becomes the strongest kunoichi in the Hidden Leaf and the top medical ninja in the Naruto universe.
I agree with you, it wasn't instantaneous growth, but can you blame her? I don't think she had any direction or focus until Tsunade came back to the village. She's not from a prominent ninja clan so she doesn't get any special jutsus passed down to her, and there weren't any teachers who took special interest in her. She's already skilled with ninja tools and basic ninjutsu, there's only so much she can do by herself without the direction of a teacher.
It's not until Tsunade returns and heals Sasuke that Sakura realizes where her talents can be of use. She seeks Tsunade out and trains super hard during the blank period and we see it pay off in Shippuden. By the end of the series, she's accomplished everything that she set out to do and continues to grow throughout the blank period and into Boruto. She wavers and her growth isn't always linear, but it's realistic, and that's why I identify with her so much.
I do agree that Kishimoto dropped the ball with almost all of his female characters, and as a female fan, it's frustrating to watch. There's so much more that could have been done with Sakura's character. Despite that, she's still my nostalgic, comfort character.
Well said and I completely agree with you
Okay. So, the joke is that Sakura is useless and some people take that joke too seriously. I mean, early on in the story, I can actually absolutely agree with that, but she grows, gains new abilities and definitely has her moments later on in the story. Of course, she also has plenty of moments where she completely drops the ball, but that's beside my point. In all honesty, over time, she becomes a kunoichi of very respectable strength and I genuinely think Granny Chiyo and Sakura vs. Sasori is one of the best battles in the entire anime franchise.
The problem with Sakura isn't that she's truly useless. The problem with Sakura is that Kishimoto is self-admittedly bad at writing female characters in general, worse yet, teenage girls. As a result, her character was mainly focused on two things throughout the entire story. One being Sasuke, and two, getting stronger in order to be near Sasuke and Naruto.
What completely ruined her character was a single-minded obsession with Sasuke that persisted even when he was trying to kill her. Which happened more than once, iirc. They never had anything in common, they never had any reason to be anywhere near each other beyond being part of the same squad, and Sasuke's reaction to her excessive unwanted attention was entirely justifiable when they were kids. No matter what happened, all she ever focused on wss Sasuke. It was extremely annoying and generally disgusting the way it consumed her. To the point where all she could do was swoon, even when he was about to stab her with intent to kill. Effectively making her nothing but a hindrance to the people who cared about her. Then, they capped off the story with her marrying her abuser. Something that pretty much encapsulate the entire problem with her character. Sasuke x Sakura wasn't a love story. It was a tragedy and it was painful to watch. She was nigh-unbearable in pretty much any scene where she wasn't fighting. Like, straight-up, she got less charisma than a potato and it's exhausting.
Oh, and it was absolutely revolting when she pretended to be interested in Naruto to try to stop him from going down the path he was on. Genuinely some of the most repulsive and reprehensible behavior in the series. All of that is why she is very possibly the worst Naruto character.
Also, there's virtually nothing interesting about her character. She pretty much doesn't have a backstory or much of a story at all until she becomes Tsunade's pupil. Due to Kishimoto's aforementioned lack of aptitude when it comes to writing female characters, he didn't put any energy into her at all. So, she's pretty much just an actually near-useless third wheel until she decides to become Tsunade's student.
@@laney1267 She does become a kunoichi of very respectable strength, but that's ruined by the fact that her personality is a complete dumpsterfire.
Debatable whether she's the strongest kunoichi though. Since she pretty much just becomes young Tsunade.
Edit: My mistake. For some reason I thought you were saying that she's the strongest kunoichi in the world. She probably is the strongest kunoichi in the Hidden Leaf at this point, but I wouldn't say she's the smartest and her personality is still terrible.
Shes the only one who didn't come from a ninja family right? If I'm not mistaken she's LITEREALLY the only one from the main cast that is basically a normal person in a world of police ninjas, and she help her own for the most part I'd say. Especially since her two teammates were gods.
Eh I can a few like lee, guy, tenten etc
Shid naruto came from nothing lmao he was solo 1st half of his life
“Held her own” is a strong term. At least not until late shippuden
Not even close
minato
Had Sakura been given a little more character development earlier and a chance to shine properly, I think she would have been recede better.
In Shippuden, I came to like her as a character. Her fight with Sasori is me oft my favorite arcs in the series.
That Riley Reid line killed me😂. Sakura on her own is quite formidable as well as on a tram being the best assist/healer a team could have. Great video
Im shocked you're the only one who commented about that line lol
@@ofox716 culture🤌🏾
Very cultured
I see.
@@ThatTonyGuy47 Man of Culture🤌🏿
I wish that Sakura had more fights like the one with Sasori. Sooner in the series. I think she’s still an underutilized character all things said & done. I also would have also liked to see her get over Sasuke & have him chase her. It would have been nice to see her intimidate him more power wise & personality wise.
Honestly. Forget Sasuke
She's perfect enough to be the toxic one
@@greatikechukwu4032 man, if it weren’t for Sakura neither Naruto nor Sasuke would have made it to where they are now.
I don't have issues with Sakura, but this guy (like many others) is telling lies about naruto being a reincarnation. Lies he shouldn't tell you because it's highly disrespectful of japanese and asian beliefs
If you want to know the reincarnation point is actually a cultural problem that Naruto has. This comes from the fact that the Japanese have a very different view of seeing these concepts.
I'm sorry if this is a bit long and complicated.
This reincarnation, like this story of child of the prophecy are actually Buddhist concepts (the samsara and karma) which are well known in Japan and Asia. Rinnegan literally means "the samsara eye" and karma you generally know what it is (as a reminder if you do good/bad things, good/bad things happen to you). The main concept of this reincarnation is that each person's basic situation is caused by the karma of the actions of their past lives (in this case the basic situations of Naruto and Sasuke were greatly influenced by the actions of Hashirama and Madara) but despite everything they can react in the present by their own actions (which explains the end, and yes this thing is the logical continuity with Neji). Page 70 of Naruto databook 4 also confirms that the cycle of reincarnation in which Naruto and Sasuke are is the samsara. Naruto who is the reincarnation of Ashura is nothing special, it's just a natural phenomenon on how many people view life in Japan (and Asia). Globally, there are between 1 and 1.6 billion people in the world who believe in samsara (Hinduism and Buddhism combined). It's just that here Kishimoto tries to deal with this aspect by showing that even if what happens to you is similar it doesn´t mean that you will make the same choices (as the rikudo says)
For the story of the child of the prophecy, the prophecies also exist in his religions. It´s actually the actions specific only to Naruto because what Gamamaru sees is the karma of individuals (page 83 of databook 4 explains that gamamaru has the power to see the karma of individuals, in Buddhism it´s the divine eye power from what I have read). This is again a problem of cultural conception
Naruto also has a third level reading on religion (which is basically its main subject if you look deeper) since the conflicts between the Uchiha and the Senju are in terms of beliefs a big representation of the conflicts that exist between Shintoism and Buddhism (which are the 2 main religions of Japan, besides susano, amaterasu, izanami/izanagi etc… come from Shinto folklore), and the manga ends on the fact that it´s by overcoming hatreds and divisions and by advancing together that it will be possible to bring peace and build a better world (moreover for the anecdote, in Japan it´s possible to be believers of the 2 religions). I get these informations from several searches on the internet (wikipedia, interviews and forums), in term of video I recommend the video of Korean Dost on Naruto and also the video, Naruto's Complex Subtext and Themes: Buddhism, Shintoism, and Hinduism if you are interested .
Pay attention to what you hear on the internet. The case with kimba and the lion king is already a big proof, but this case is even worse
@@hc.117
That was a fascinating read, but I wonder if you mistyped a part of it. Your first sentence states;
"I don't have issues with Sakura, *but this guy (like many others) is telling lies about naruto being a reincarnation* ."
However the beginning of your fifth sentence in the third paragraph states;
" *Naruto who is the reincarnation of Ashura* is nothing special, ..."
I'm confused as those two statements completely contradict each other, which is why I thought you may have mistyped. Unless this is one of those, "Well yes, but actually no." situations, in which case I am more than open to hear you elaborate on it. I'll definitely check out those vids you recommended, because that sounds just as fascinating as what you shared today.
This NEEDS to be shared with ALL the Sakura naysayers in the world!
Its actually pretty nice to see Sakura get some of the respect she deserves.
Respect she doesn't deserve at all.
@@mosesmkandawire3032 🤡
Okay. So, the joke is that Sakura is useless and some people take that joke too seriously. I mean, early on in the story, I can actually absolutely agree with that, but she grows, gains new abilities and definitely has her moments later on in the story. Of course, she also has plenty of moments where she completely drops the ball, but that's beside my point. In all honesty, over time, she becomes a kunoichi of very respectable strength and I genuinely think Granny Chiyo and Sakura vs. Sasori is one of the best battles in the entire anime franchise.
The problem with Sakura isn't that she's truly useless. The problem with Sakura is that Kishimoto is self-admittedly bad at writing female characters in general, worse yet, teenage girls. As a result, her character was mainly focused on two things throughout the entire story. One being Sasuke, and two, getting stronger in order to be near Sasuke and Naruto.
What completely ruined her character was a single-minded obsession with Sasuke that persisted even when he was trying to kill her. Which happened more than once, iirc. They never had anything in common, they never had any reason to be anywhere near each other beyond being part of the same squad, and Sasuke's reaction to her excessive unwanted attention was entirely justifiable when they were kids. No matter what happened, all she ever focused on wss Sasuke. It was extremely annoying and generally disgusting the way it consumed her. To the point where all she could do was swoon, even when he was about to stab her with intent to kill. Effectively making her nothing but a hindrance to the people who cared about her. Then, they capped off the story with her marrying her abuser. Something that pretty much encapsulate the entire problem with her character. Sasuke x Sakura wasn't a love story. It was a tragedy and it was painful to watch. She was nigh-unbearable in pretty much any scene where she wasn't fighting. Like, straight-up, she got less charisma than a potato and it's exhausting.
Oh, and it was absolutely revolting when she pretended to be interested in Naruto to try to stop him from going down the path he was on. Genuinely some of the most repulsive and reprehensible behavior in the series. All of that is why she is very possibly the worst Naruto character.
Also, there's virtually nothing interesting about her character. She pretty much doesn't have a backstory or much of a story at all until she becomes Tsunade's pupil. Due to Kishimoto's aforementioned lack of aptitude when it comes to writing female characters, he didn't put any energy into her at all. So, she's pretty much just an actually near-useless third wheel until she decides to become Tsunade's student.
@@premiumheadpats4150 bro hands down you have said it all👌🏿That's just the same way I feel about this character. And that feeling hasn't changed even after her and Sasuke got married. There's just nothing to there relationship. The way she constantly thirsted over Sasuke was just soo annoying. It's like kishimoto has no way in redeeming this character.
@@mosesmkandawire3032 There really isn't any way at this point. He kind of locked her into a shjt standing by having her marry an edgelord who used to enjoy trying to stab her. lol iirc, doesn't Sasuke even try to kill his daughter the first time that he meets her? I can't remember for sure, but I believe what happens is him trying to stab Sarada like he's having flashbacks about his "wife". 🤣
when he said “Sakura pulled out more black rods out of Sasuke than Riley Reid” I spit out my tea 💀
Had to pause the whole video for a minute 😭💀
Lmao 🤣
@@nayfpauly9910 for real! He called my boy sasuke a thot 😭
@@crclapss He do be getting hoe'd out alot by these villains though, giving him all the hands 😂
bruuuuuhhh💀💀
I think of Naruto & Sasuke's relation to Sakura is like how soccer/football is portrayed (and sports in general, really), the offense is much more popular and glorified since they score the goals and usually are the ones doing the flashy plays, but no one can object to the defense being just as important. The defense's job is to stop the opponents from scoring, but that's not as exciting and therefore defenders are less popular overall, and subjected to more criticism as their mistakes pave the way for goals and losses more often than when the offense makes a mistake.
Naruto and Sasuke definitely portray the offense, but Sakura is much like the defense, both just as important as the other but Naruto and Sasuke get to live in the spotlight and Sakura's really only paid attention to when she makes a mistake (lying to Naruto at the end of the Kage Summit arc). Sakura does have offensive power, but as a medical ninja her role as a defensive and protective character is better suited for her.
Nah... the issue isn't that no one cares about Sakura, it's the fact that she's actively hated.
Like, no one talks about defenders because the strikers are doing ronaldo chops and bicycle kicks, but no one says "Yeah that defender is useless" or "That defender is annoying".
So, comparing football to this doesn't really work.
i like this idea
This should be made at April fools :(
Damn I always though “what does Sakura get!?” Or “how is she keeping up with these powerhouses around her” and this video perfectly sums it up! Love it man
I LOVE THIS!! I'm glad Sakura is getting the recognition she deserves. She's the smartest out of Konoha 12 after Shikamaru and she's the one who didn't come from a clan and worked her a** off to help the people she loves. She deserves all the love.
Dude, shino exists. Mans said it himself that shino is the 2nd smartest of the konoha 12.
@@furiousfusion7890 Sakura's IQ is literally 174, and im pretty sure if you're seeing any media of Shino saying that it's most definitely filler lol
@@ind1raa_ Whats the source for that iq statement?
@@furiousfusion7890data books
@@furiousfusion7890Check the stats books it literally states that Sakura got the best test scores it’s why she was placed on a team with Naruto and Sasuke…
Thank you. I always think Sakura doesn't get enough respect. Of COURSE she was fairly useless at 12, coming from a nonninja family in a time of peace. She can't be needed and she EARNED everything she has. She is the "work hard enough and you can do it " along with rock lee.
Let's be real, she never earned anything. Kishimoto just decided she should have it. But there was no growth with her character.
@@mosesmkandawire3032 damn, we can say the same for Naruto ngl.
@@Rebel-bl6eq Sakura spend the entire series thirsting and chasing over Sasuke which was absolutely disgusting and pathetic. Naruto had a lot of meaningful relationships and moments, can't say the same for Sakura
@@mosesmkandawire3032 someone with sense
@@mosesmkandawire3032 I agree
People call Sakura trash based on a misinterpretation of her actions (well, lack of action) during the early Naruto days when she completely froze up during the Zabuza arc and not doing much to help her team. You absolutely were meant to view her as weak and useless during that arc because the Zabuza arc was made to show that ninjas are not mindless invincible tools but they are complex fragile humans, so her breaking down and crying in the middle of battle while doing nothing of use for the mission actually emphasises the fragility of her humanity in a cruel ninja world. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura on that day learned that being a ninja (a child soldier) is a horrifically cruel experience. Zabuza and Haku shaped them into the adults they eventually became. During the 4th Ninja War, when Kakashi fought the reanimated version of Zabuza and Haku he thanked them both for being his students' first opponents. Team 7 realised just how awful the ninja world was, how weak they were and the importance of friendship between one human and another. This is why Naruto cried for Zabuza and Haku even though they were his enemies, it was because both of them were human victims of a cruel world.
I couldn't have said it better myself. For many years, it was long awaited for Sakura's dynamic growth. But...
*Kishimoto be like* : Let's buff Naruto and Sasuke as hell and make it seem like Sakura is actually catching up to them...
(Whisper) "Psst, she actually doesn't but let's give her insane abilities".
*Happy Celebration of the Female Child* everyone 🎉🎉👍👍
I don't have issues with Sakura, but this guy (like many others) is telling lies about naruto being a reincarnation. Lies he shouldn't tell you because it's highly disrespectful of japanese and asian beliefs
If you want to know the reincarnation point is actually a cultural problem that Naruto has. This comes from the fact that the Japanese have a very different view of seeing these concepts.
I'm sorry if this is a bit long and complicated.
This reincarnation, like this story of child of the prophecy are actually Buddhist concepts (the samsara and karma) which are well known in Japan and Asia. Rinnegan literally means "the samsara eye" and karma you generally know what it is (as a reminder if you do good/bad things, good/bad things happen to you). The main concept of this reincarnation is that each person's basic situation is caused by the karma of the actions of their past lives (in this case the basic situations of Naruto and Sasuke were greatly influenced by the actions of Hashirama and Madara) but despite everything they can react in the present by their own actions (which explains the end, and yes this thing is the logical continuity with Neji). Page 70 of Naruto databook 4 also confirms that the cycle of reincarnation in which Naruto and Sasuke are is the samsara. Naruto who is the reincarnation of Ashura is nothing special, it's just a natural phenomenon on how many people view life in Japan (and Asia). Globally, there are between 1 and 1.6 billion people in the world who believe in samsara (Hinduism and Buddhism combined). It's just that here Kishimoto tries to deal with this aspect by showing that even if what happens to you is similar it doesn´t mean that you will make the same choices (as the rikudo says)
For the story of the child of the prophecy, the prophecies also exist in his religions. It´s actually the actions specific only to Naruto because what Gamamaru sees is the karma of individuals (page 83 of databook 4 explains that gamamaru has the power to see the karma of individuals, in Buddhism it´s the divine eye power from what I have read). This is again a problem of cultural conception
Naruto also has a third level reading on religion (which is basically its main subject if you look deeper) since the conflicts between the Uchiha and the Senju are in terms of beliefs a big representation of the conflicts that exist between Shintoism and Buddhism (which are the 2 main religions of Japan, besides susano, amaterasu, izanami/izanagi etc… come from Shinto folklore), and the manga ends on the fact that it´s by overcoming hatreds and divisions and by advancing together that it will be possible to bring peace and build a better world (moreover for the anecdote, in Japan it´s possible to be believers of the 2 religions). I get these informations from several searches on the internet (wikipedia, interviews and forums), in term of video I recommend the video of Korean Dost on Naruto and also the video, Naruto's Complex Subtext and Themes: Buddhism, Shintoism, and Hinduism if you are interested .
Pay attention to what you hear on the internet. The case with kimba and the lion king is already a big proof, but this case is even worse
I respect your decision however as someone who doesn't like Sakura us "Sakura-haters" don't just hate Sakura for her lack or usefulness we hate Sakura cuz she was a complete asshole to Naruto the entirely of Naruto part 1
@@hc.117 true
@@hc.117 while what you said is true based on my understanding of the Buddhist beliefs surrounding reincarnation I believe that Kishimoto did incorporate at least a degree of inheriting power etc into the system within naruto given how all the known reincarnation of Indra and ashura (Naruto, sasuke, hashirama and Madara) are all ridiculously powerful
I love this. Sakura is my fav female character in Naruto and people need to understand that she is more useful than other female characters in Naruto 85% percent of the time.
I get that Sakura is by far the strongest and most hardworking female in Naruto, but honestly my favorite female character is Sarada. She's like if Sakura as a kid had chances to show off like Rock Lee, during his fight against Gara
Happy celebration of the female child 🎉🎉
In the words of sasuke, “my wife is not weak”
What about hinata
@@jayhawk2628 I'm sorry dude, but she became a house wife who's biggest feat is marrying Naruto. I don't actually mean it; her biggest feat is helping to defeat a moon god, with Naruto-kun.
Let's talk about the fact that no one ninja village should be willing to go to war with Konoha, they have 6 (7 if you want to count orochimaru) kage level people in the village. It honestly makes 0 sense to want to fight that, you're almost destined to lose.
Agree to disagree all really depends on the era.
Not really a good point since other villages lost at least 2 kage in the war and all the hokages died in ambushes
Assuming you talking current Boruto:
Naruto
Sasuke
Sakura
Orochimaru
Old ass Tsunade ?
Lee? If you give him gates and call him war guy?
Boruto/Kawaki??
Konohamaru and Sai o_O
Which are the 7
Shit I forgot the movie buff Hinata got, and technically Kabutops
@@funderburke43 you only need team 7 the rest can be in the reserves
Sakura improved so much once Shippuden started but she never reached the levels of writing I wish she did
Yeah but for me she did
Sakura has one of the most infinity useful abilities in the entire series. Chakra control and her ability to use it make her one of the deadliest ninja of all time, if we ever see her use all those chakra affinities :)
She's also mostly useless
I don't have issues with Sakura, but this guy (like many others) is telling lies about naruto being a reincarnation. Lies he shouldn't tell you because it's highly disrespectful of japanese and asian beliefs
If you want to know the reincarnation point is actually a cultural problem that Naruto has. This comes from the fact that the Japanese have a very different view of seeing these concepts.
I'm sorry if this is a bit long and complicated.
This reincarnation, like this story of child of the prophecy are actually Buddhist concepts (the samsara and karma) which are well known in Japan and Asia. Rinnegan literally means "the samsara eye" and karma you generally know what it is (as a reminder if you do good/bad things, good/bad things happen to you). The main concept of this reincarnation is that each person's basic situation is caused by the karma of the actions of their past lives (in this case the basic situations of Naruto and Sasuke were greatly influenced by the actions of Hashirama and Madara) but despite everything they can react in the present by their own actions (which explains the end, and yes this thing is the logical continuity with Neji). Page 70 of Naruto databook 4 also confirms that the cycle of reincarnation in which Naruto and Sasuke are is the samsara. Naruto who is the reincarnation of Ashura is nothing special, it's just a natural phenomenon on how many people view life in Japan (and Asia). Globally, there are between 1 and 1.6 billion people in the world who believe in samsara (Hinduism and Buddhism combined). It's just that here Kishimoto tries to deal with this aspect by showing that even if what happens to you is similar it doesn´t mean that you will make the same choices (as the rikudo says)
For the story of the child of the prophecy, the prophecies also exist in his religions. It´s actually the actions specific only to Naruto because what Gamamaru sees is the karma of individuals (page 83 of databook 4 explains that gamamaru has the power to see the karma of individuals, in Buddhism it´s the divine eye power from what I have read). This is again a problem of cultural conception
Naruto also has a third level reading on religion (which is basically its main subject if you look deeper) since the conflicts between the Uchiha and the Senju are in terms of beliefs a big representation of the conflicts that exist between Shintoism and Buddhism (which are the 2 main religions of Japan, besides susano, amaterasu, izanami/izanagi etc… come from Shinto folklore), and the manga ends on the fact that it´s by overcoming hatreds and divisions and by advancing together that it will be possible to bring peace and build a better world (moreover for the anecdote, in Japan it´s possible to be believers of the 2 religions). I get these informations from several searches on the internet (wikipedia, interviews and forums), in term of video I recommend the video of Korean Dost on Naruto and also the video, Naruto's Complex Subtext and Themes: Buddhism, Shintoism, and Hinduism if you are interested .
Pay attention to what you hear on the internet. The case with kimba and the lion king is already a big proof, but this case is even worse
@@hc.117 Your points make sense, but the problem is the Kishimoto also goes out of his way to make it clear a large amount of the power these characters gained is BECAUSE of their reincarnate status. Do you think Naruto and Sasuke would've been visited by Hagoromo if they weren't reincarnations of Indra and Asura? If that were the case, how come the first thing Hagoromo tells them about is their reincarnated past lives? Why is that his main focus before moving onto Kaguya? And the fact that the entire storyline of the war arc revolved around these reincarnates (Hashirama, Madara, Naruto and Sasuke) lends more credence to the idea that in Naruto, your power is moreso dictated by your connections than your own strength. That's not to say that one's own power doesn't help at all, but even a 50/50 split between genes and hard work spits in the face of original Naruto's message and considering the level of power Naruto got from Hagoromo alone (not even including the power given to him by his bloodlines and parents [Kurama, Uzumaki chakra pool, Sage Mode compatibility]), it's almost a joke to say that Naruto is entirely made by his own decisions. and 'just influenced by the karma of his past lives'.
I get what you mean, Naruto's plot draws heavily from the mythology and religious pretext of Japan, but the execution of those ideas was morphed over the 15 years (1999 - 2014) that it ran and the story went from "Naruto is heavily disadvantaged by his family life and his past and so his own strength is what decides what he is capable of" to "Yeah his parents are ninja Flash and the worlds strongest chakra battery, he's a reincarnate of Ninja Jesus 1 and 2, his dad (ninja Flash) gave him the most powerful chakra generator in the world, and Ninja God gave him power so that he could fight Ninja Satan". The amount of powers Naruto uses during the final fight that was entirely his own can be summarized as: Shadow Clone, Rasengan and Rasenshuriken. Everything else was given to him either by genetic compatibility or because of his family connections. He wouldn't have gained 80% of the power he did if it werent for the fact that his dad was Minato, since that was the reason Jiraya took care of him and Kakashi watched over him. His compatibility with Sage Mode was genetic, his ability to use KCM was because Minato put Kurama inside of him, and his use of Six Paths Sage Mode was because he's a reincarnate of Asura. What it comes down to is Neji was just right at the start when he said fate determines everyone's lot in life and no one can escape it, Naruto was fated to become the strongest and fight Sasuke. The only thing he changed was that he didn't kill Sasuke but the prophesy was that they would fight not that one would win so even that's fairly loose.
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"Your points make sense, but the problem is the Kishimoto also goes out of his way to make it clear a large amount of the power these characters gained is BECAUSE of their reincarnate status. Do you think Naruto and Sasuke would've been visited by Hagoromo if they weren't reincarnations of Indra and Asura?"
Hagoromo visits Naruto because he received a part of each tailed beast
"If that were the case, how come the first thing Hagoromo tells them about is their reincarnated past lives? Why is that his main focus before moving onto Kaguya?"
because his situation is influenced by karma, like the ninja world. but naruto shows that this is not what is important, the important thing is the choices made despite the situation
"And the fact that the entire storyline of the war arc revolved around these reincarnates (Hashirama, Madara, Naruto and Sasuke) lends more credence to the idea that in Naruto, your power is moreso dictated by your connections than your own strength. That's not to say that one's own power doesn't help at all, but even a 50/50 split between genes and hard work spits in the face of original Naruto's message and considering the level of power Naruto got from Hagoromo alone (not even including the power given to him by his bloodlines and parents [Kurama, Uzumaki chakra pool, Sage Mode compatibility]), it's almost a joke to say that Naruto is entirely made by his own decisions."
kurama is its reason for being weak at the base. being an uzumaki does not give him any advantage either since kyubi absorbs his chakra and if he controls it badly it is because of him
it is sure that hagoromo gives him his powers at some point, but anyway naruto has proven against neji, gaara, and pain that a failure can surpass a genius. this is not the case here, here the message is to say that the mistakes of the past are not what freezes the future
"and 'just influenced by the karma of his past lives'."
it is a natural phenomenon, it is the main belief in asia. nothing special
"I get what you mean, Naruto's plot draws heavily from the mythology and religious pretext of Japan, but the execution of those ideas was morphed over the 15 years (1999 - 2014) that it ran and the story went from "Naruto is heavily disadvantaged by his family life and his past and so his own strength is what decides what he is capable of" to "Yeah his parents are ninja Flash and the worlds strongest chakra battery, he's a reincarnate of Ninja Jesus 1 and 2, his dad (ninja Flash ) gave him the most powerful chakra generator in the world, and Ninja God gave him power so that he could fight Ninja Satan". The amount of powers Naruto uses during the final fight that was entirely his own can be summarized as: Shadow Clone, Rasengan and Rasenshuriken. Everything else was given to him either by genetic compatibility or because of his family connections. He wouldn't have gained 80% of the power he did if he werent for the fact that his dad was Minato, since that was the reason Jiraiya took care of him and Kakashi watched over him. His compatibility with Sage Mode was genetic, his ability to use KCM was because Minato put Kurama inside of him, and his use of Six Paths Sage Mode was because he's a reincarnate of Asura. What it comes down to is Neji was just right at the start when he said fate determines everyone's lot in life and no one can escape it, Naruto was fated to become the strongest and fight Sasuke. The only thing he changed was that he didn't kill Sasuke but the prophesy was that they would fight not that one would win so even that's fairly loose."
I repeat it but kyubi is a disadvantage (it's not because he has a ton of chakra in him that he knows how to control it, controlling his chakra requires training) you overestimate tail beast because of the fact their large size and great chakra, but fighting them is possible for any well-trained ninja in the naruto universe (like jiraya or tsunade for example). being an uzumaki doesn't help since he has kyubi in him. and I let you reread my first message on reincarnation and the child of prophecy
this part of your comment "ninja jesus" shows more how the misinformation stems from a cultural problem
Bro she ain't that good lmfao "one of the deadliest ninjas of all time"🤣🤣
So many people needed this video I’m so glad you made this.
Ever since i found nchammer I’ve learned so much about my number 1 anime and absolutely love the theories
Y’all Sakura already kinda has sage mode with that seal. She gets a power boost, regeneration , and more chakra . What she really needs is to use Gen…. . Low key she could be one of the strongest in genjustsu.
something ive always thought about. Given sakura's borderline immunity to genjutsu how easly would she break out of a genjutsu by say itachi? Sakura has been shown capable or resisting genjutsu from otsosuki in The Last movie when they went to the moon. Shikamaru said they wouldn't have gotten so far if it wasnt for her resistence to genjutsu. So how strong exactly is this resistence?
Especially to keep up with her family like something to stun the enemy so she can heal or land a 1 hit blow
It's wild to me how much people will hate her for her mistakes when so many of the characters make mistakes or were cruel at some point. She is probably one of the most realistic and believable characters as someone who learns and changes. She grows a lot and it's admirable.
Facts
People hate her because of misogyny. Weebs project women that rejected them for guys like Sasuke onto her
And also because of Studio Pierrot. Their filler content made her look terrible exaggerating all her flaws and minimizing her good sides
@@ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗΣΛΑΧΑΝΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ lol people hate her becuase its the trend. NPC FR
I think its funny she is hated for things she did in the past, but other people like gara and sasuke who tried to kill so many people are loved even tho they also made mistakes. Not saying I hate gara.
As a girl whose faverotive character was always Sakura and would defend her to death as a child, it feels really great to have someone see her story and potential too. You're awesome :)
She's ass bro she healed Naruto and got carried by granny chio and would've got killed if it wasn't for her that's all she's done and she's fucked up numerous times like with obitos eye which would be changed everything
I never hated Sakura (actually I hated her one time when she confessed her "love" to Naruto) or thought she was useless, because she had medical ninjutsu and just thought she was mid and now after seeing this guy video @NCHammer 23 he changed my mind about her. Yes, Sakura is great!
To be completely honest, this video actually has changed the way I look at Sakura now. I never thought about it like that.
4k
I suggest to read the manga for further confirmation
Like the anime adaptation sucks
I'm happy you understand her better now, but NCHAMMER 23 has been leading at this for such a long time, that I accepted her over Sasuke really long ago.
*HAPPY CELEBRATION OF THE FEMALE CHILD*🎉🎉👍👍
@@timmy4926 dude I wanna get all the manga and light novels but that shit is MAD expensive. Lol.
Same
She got a big helping of Ahsoka treatment.
Started out as an annoying brat, became stronger, actually became useful to the other main characters, fans actually like when she shows up now because she's part of the ol' gang and also much more mature & respectable as an adult.
When I was a child on a weekly basis watching flashbacks from last episode hearing Sakura felt like a drag because I was enamoured by what was Naruto or Sasuke up to.
Rewatching and binging the series was much better than waiting the whole week and at one point every month 😂
My whole opinion on Sakura changed while binging
All what you said and more. With the abilities that Sakura learned from Tsunate, she could apply them for who knows how many years. I'm more than confident in saying that she is effectively IMMORTAL. A feat by the way that Orochimaru has technically not achieved as he has t switch bodies every 3 years, where Sakura does not.
Not really he technically is a white zetsu clone for like or more years in boroto
@@gabrielbrooks336 ok point taken, what ment was that Sakura did it in her own body, while Orochimaru had to keep swapping bodies until he got his white zetsu one. No steeling or swapping bodies to prolong her lifespan.
@@jaredschumaker5346 ah I thought you were talking about after war orchimaru not shippenden orchimaru
It’ll be dope if Sakura got Slug Sage Mode. Since she has Earth Release Kishimoto should’ve shown Kakashi training her using this like he trained Naruto using Wind Release.
I used to be not on board with Sakura learning Sage Mode but I'm down for it now
Kakashi literally just tossed her aside. He taught sasuke and naruto and didn’t do a single thing for her but the bell exercise and that’s just teamwork smh.
@@quentinjones6877 she isn’t learning it anyway so 🤙🏾
@@tevinwilliams6661 why would he ? There are plenty of talented Kunoichi so it would make more sense for one of them to train her. I personally like that she trained with Tsunade I wish she would’ve also trained with kurenai
@@illwait__ that’s true but as her sensei he should’ve taught her something before she idolized tsunade and asked to be her pupil. He took an interest in sasuke first then assisted naruto in shippuden with the rasen shuriken. I’m just stating he could’ve been a better sensei toward her.
Neji's point of view on destiny was missing the bull's eye but he was ultimately proven right by Naruto. What Neji was missing is that you can dictate every step that carries you towards where you're supposed to be and outsiders making commentary on your fate are very often wrong, only you know where you're supposed to end up.
This guy (like many others) is telling lies about naruto being a reincarnation. Lies he shouldn't tell you because it's highly disrespectful of japanese and asian beliefs
If you want to know the reincarnation point is actually a cultural problem that Naruto has. This comes from the fact that the Japanese have a very different view of seeing these concepts.
I'm sorry if this is a bit long and complicated.
This reincarnation, like this story of child of the prophecy are actually Buddhist concepts (the samsara and karma) which are well known in Japan and Asia. Rinnegan literally means "the samsara eye" and karma you generally know what it is (as a reminder if you do good/bad things, good/bad things happen to you). The main concept of this reincarnation is that each person's basic situation is caused by the karma of the actions of their past lives (in this case the basic situations of Naruto and Sasuke were greatly influenced by the actions of Hashirama and Madara) but despite everything they can react in the present by their own actions (which explains the end, and yes this thing is the logical continuity with Neji). Page 70 of Naruto databook 4 also confirms that the cycle of reincarnation in which Naruto and Sasuke are is the samsara. Naruto who is the reincarnation of Ashura is nothing special, it's just a natural phenomenon on how many people view life in Japan (and Asia). Globally, there are between 1 and 1.6 billion people in the world who believe in samsara (Hinduism and Buddhism combined). It's just that here Kishimoto tries to deal with this aspect by showing that even if what happens to you is similar it doesn´t mean that you will make the same choices (as the rikudo says)
For the story of the child of the prophecy, the prophecies also exist in his religions. It´s actually the actions specific only to Naruto because what Gamamaru sees is the karma of individuals (page 83 of databook 4 explains that gamamaru has the power to see the karma of individuals, in Buddhism it´s the divine eye power from what I have read). This is again a problem of cultural conception
Naruto also has a third level reading on religion (which is basically its main subject if you look deeper) since the conflicts between the Uchiha and the Senju are in terms of beliefs a big representation of the conflicts that exist between Shintoism and Buddhism (which are the 2 main religions of Japan, besides susano, amaterasu, izanami/izanagi etc… come from Shinto folklore), and the manga ends on the fact that it´s by overcoming hatreds and divisions and by advancing together that it will be possible to bring peace and build a better world (moreover for the anecdote, in Japan it´s possible to be believers of the 2 religions). I get these informations from several searches on the internet (wikipedia, interviews and forums), in term of video I recommend the video of Korean Dost on Naruto and also the video, Naruto's Complex Subtext and Themes: Buddhism, Shintoism, and Hinduism if you are interested .
Pay attention to what you hear on the internet. The case with kimba and the lion king is already a big proof, but this case is even worse
@@hc.117 You can go ahead and delete that wall of text because no one's reading it.
@@hc.117 Naruto is a reincarnation of Ashura though.
Excellent video about Haruno Sakura. Always Glad to see some Respect put on Her name. She was an unfortunate casualty of short sightedness in the Fan base and Shonen tropes. By the second Naruto movie, I was a fan of Sakura and Loved seeing Her Grow as a Shinobi and Character. Thanks for Your views on this subject.
she disappeared. she is not even in the Boruto manga at all. she only had less than 3 pages of mentioned. she has no shot against any Otosuski member as well, including the new Androids.
@@Danny-mg1hu no shit you are correct lol boruto is just getting rid of and nerfing the more "important" cast
@@Beerzy4444 Sakura is NOT important to the story though. also there was no nerfing on her since she is no match against the main villains to begin with.
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I'm pretty sure basically. None of the original main villains(from the Akaski to Kagura) could take on the new ones, but Sakura could take them on. In other words, Naruto/Boruto has a powerscaling problem that has gotten out of hand.
@@daring6983 well i think if you dont have alien DNA in you, you stand no chance. Sarada already has Sakura's powers and activated her sharingan, seems she advanced it as well....yet needed to be saved by Boruto in the latest chapter.
Idk why i was crying while watching this video thank you so much for recognizing her hardwork 😭
I swear to god I love you for this vid. I always loved Sakura from the beginning. I used to be a 12-year old Girl myself, when I started watching Naruto and she completly blew my mind. She has always been a role model for me, still to this day I think about her daily just because I love the concept so much that she was that one generic, almost invisible girl with all those insecurities and she overcame ALL of them, Just like me!! and she reached all of her goals through hard work, she even got to marry Sasuke. This makes me grow and bloom and working hard myself and I'm 29 now. You cant imagine the Impact she has had on me, I really dont know where I would be without her.
Right, I agree with you.
She was also my role model and my fav character in Naruto.
The best thing about sakura is her potential. She had so many things to develop, so many things to show and problems to solve (issues with parents and family which narusasu had nothing to do with for understandable reasons, uchi naru sakura as her 2nd personality (really interesting inner conflict between disciplined and hot-tempered sakuras), genjutsu training with Kurenai for example, earth and water jutsus, creating her own one, usinf a slug sage mode or something like that, caring about being a shinobi but not about your appearance, loving the person who treats you well, representing the idea of hard-working and loving yourself).
With naruto sakura definitely was herself (he was too; with hinata naruto is dumb and way calm) and, without a shadow of a doubt, he was a good couple for her.
She had a lot of things to study. Sakura could not just copy tsunade but become somebody like Orochimaru who knows a lot and can do a lot. Being the smartest among kakashi students haruno could have been the brain of team 7. Shikamaru would have been a great teacher of strategy for her. She could have befriended Lee with Hinata and neji, asked them to teach her taijutsu that also would have improved their relationship. So many interesting fights were not shown with her (itachi - genjutsu type, kabuto - medical ninja, sasuke - 5 kage sammit arc, konan - a talented woman vs a hard-working girl). Her friendship with Ino had an opportunity to make them soulmates just like naruto and sasuke, represented a sisterhood in this story. The relationship with uchiha would have been interesting too: she could have moved from an obsessive girl not able to tell him off to a lady being herself with her comrade and ready to punch this boy to bring him to life if he starts freezing up like the mc sometimes. Not only naruto but she also could have helped him change for the better and been that person who forgave him but stayed his good friend and believed in him, saw the light in sasuke.
My question: was it that difficult to write? Well, what am I talking about? Even her trainings and parents weren't shown in the manga, let alone something else. Sakura obviously is the biggest wasted potential of kishimoto
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You know you don't have to answer my second reply. Asking if you really did this multiple times by the third time? I am fully aware that you copy and pasted your original reply many times likely.
I would of rather Gaara been the main character. I feel the leaf is kinda..... boring
The sand has so much potential to show the struggle of just surviving. The leaf always has great starting points for everyone. The sand would be gritty and darker
That’s literally why I have been saying that they fucked up Naruto’s story. To proclaim that he had to work hard, when he was already at Chunin level in the first episode, is crazy. He should have never been a reincarnation.
Sakura just needs her character to be fixed. Especially when around Sasuke.
Ohh yeah. She's able to make a crater in the ground with one punch and you're telling me she can't even kill one dude who's already GOING BLIND??
Wait, the blind dude's Sasuke. Nevermind, my bad. Yeah, no. She could lay him out with one pimp-slap and, stop me if you heard this before, *HE'S ALREADY GOING BLIND.*
Thats the weird thing about yall, the creator made the show how he pleased and she is what she is, which is a great Shinobu but no where near the levels of Sasuke and Naruto, and nowhere near the level of importance.
You woke up and chose violence this day it seems. I sincerely appreciate your analysis of Sakura and always giving her props.
You make the most comprehensive thoughtful Naruto videos and I thank you for your services
Finally some Sakura appreciation ❤🎉
Sakura is the reason why I started watching Naruto in the first place + the hair be looking great!!! 💛
Exactly same
Sakura CRAWLED so modern females like nobara could RUN.
EVERY strong female character after 2010....owes thanks to Sakura.
I think shes the first anime witb pink hair.
Nobara is Dead and useless what?
My favorite part about Sakura is that she actually throws hands. None of those fancy ninja magic. If she also chose to train under Might Guy in the 8 gates, in combination with mitotic regeneration and her ability to put chakra into her strikes, she'd be the most deadly taijutsu user in Team 7, on top of being the best healer ninja in the world.
I wonder how many people went into this with an open mind enough to actually listen to what you’re saying compared to all the people who went into it refusing to listen to your arguments because they just refuse to give her any credit? Anyway you could make a poll for that lol
Theres alot of hatin ass niggas who dont care and are indenial its sad
I fell in love with your channel holy this is such factual, logical and good content
The best thing about sakura is her potential. She had so many things to develop, so many things to show and problems to solve (issues with parents and family which narusasu had nothing to do with for understandable reasons, uchi naru sakura as her 2nd personality (really interesting inner conflict between disciplined and hot-tempered sakuras), genjutsu training with Kurenai for example, earth and water jutsus, creating her own one, usinf a slug sage mode or something like that, caring about being a shinobi but not about your appearance, loving the person who treats you well, representing the idea of hard-working and loving yourself).
With naruto sakura definitely was herself (he was too; with hinata naruto is dumb and way calm) and, without a shadow of a doubt, he was a good couple for her.
She had a lot of things to study. Sakura could not just copy tsunade but become somebody like Orochimaru who knows a lot and can do a lot. Being the smartest among kakashi students haruno could have been the brain of team 7. Shikamaru would have been a great teacher of strategy for her. She could have befriended Lee with Hinata and neji, asked them to teach her taijutsu that also would have improved their relationship. So many interesting fights were not shown with her (itachi - genjutsu type, kabuto - medical ninja, sasuke - 5 kage sammit arc, konan - a talented woman vs a hard-working girl). Her friendship with Ino had an opportunity to make them soulmates just like naruto and sasuke, represented a sisterhood in this story. The relationship with uchiha would have been interesting too: she could have moved from an obsessive girl not able to tell him off to a lady being herself with her comrade and ready to punch this boy to bring him to life if he starts freezing up like the mc sometimes. Not only naruto but she also could have helped him change for the better and been that person who forgave him but stayed his good friend and believed in him, saw the light in sasuke.
My question: was it that difficult to write? Well, what am I talking about? Even her trainings and parents weren't shown in the manga, let alone something else. Sakura obviously is the biggest wasted potential of kishimoto
The best thing about sakura is her potential. She had so many things to develop, so many things to show and problems to solve (issues with parents and family which narusasu had nothing to do with for understandable reasons, uchi naru sakura as her 2nd personality (really interesting inner conflict between disciplined and hot-tempered sakuras), genjutsu training with Kurenai for example, earth and water jutsus, creating her own one, usinf a slug sage mode or something like that, caring about being a shinobi but not about your appearance, loving the person who treats you well, representing the idea of hard-working and loving yourself).
With naruto sakura definitely was herself (he was too; with hinata naruto is dumb and way calm) and, without a shadow of a doubt, he was a good couple for her.
She had a lot of things to study. Sakura could not just copy tsunade but become somebody like Orochimaru who knows a lot and can do a lot. Being the smartest among kakashi students haruno could have been the brain of team 7. Shikamaru would have been a great teacher of strategy for her. She could have befriended Lee with Hinata and neji, asked them to teach her taijutsu that also would have improved their relationship. So many interesting fights were not shown with her (itachi - genjutsu type, kabuto - medical ninja, sasuke - 5 kage sammit arc, konan - a talented woman vs a hard-working girl). Her friendship with Ino had an opportunity to make them soulmates just like naruto and sasuke, represented a sisterhood in this story. The relationship with uchiha would have been interesting too: she could have moved from an obsessive girl not able to tell him off to a lady being herself with her comrade and ready to punch this boy to bring him to life if he starts freezing up like the mc sometimes. Not only naruto but she also could have helped him change for the better and been that person who forgave him but stayed his good friend and believed in him, saw the light in sasuke.
My question: was it that difficult to write? Well, what am I talking about? Even her trainings and parents weren't shown in the manga, let alone something else. Sakura obviously is the biggest wasted potential of kishimoto
Sakura truly had it rough because she was a main character that got treated like a glorified side one. She was average, not special in any way, lacked the resources like chakra to perform at the same level as most ninjas, yet got bodied by writing and those around her taking all the attention.
Sakura hardly got trained at all before the time skip because naruto was getting training from jiraiya and sasuke was being the favorite child for kakashi who btw didnt teach sakura ANYTHING like literally. Kakashi before the 3rd round of the chunin exams focused entirely on sasuke. He didnt give sakura any direction to improve herself, teach her any basic jutsu or genjutsu (like he said shed be good at), or even send her to anybody to get some special training. He completely abandonded her growth for sasuke and naruto. Sakura didnt really know her strengths at all and only until just before shippuden comes around that she finally gets trained. But this only happened because SHE took the initiative not kakashi or tsunade. Sakura had to make the move because nobody else pointed her in the right direction.Her strength before the 3rd round was completely stagnated because of how shitty of a sensei kakashi was to her. He never made time for her personally and only trained her when it also involved naruto and sasuke. Sakura could have been so much greater if her growth wasnt totally stunted by those in charge of helping her grow completely ignoring her existence and playing favorites. She would have been WAY better off with might guy because while he played favorites with rock lee (and that was understandable rock lee really needed it anyway) he still made plenty of time for neji and tenten both as a team and 1 on 1 training.
@@baonguyenxuanthai711 perfectly said. Kakashi is the worst sensei in naruto, change my mind
@@annett5 Indeed he is.
Found your channel like 3 days ago honestly I had this argument how Sakura literally came from regular background to become strongest chick aside from Kaguya to many feats and leveled up nicely
Not hard to stay to the end of the video when it’s well thought out and delivered correctly.
I completely agree with everything you said about Sakura character. Honestly i don't know why people diss on her so much. Without her most people in the main plot of Naruto wouldn't survive.
I honestly think though she didn't need to pair up with Sasuke just only have a kid by him and have them just be co-parents, there personalities, goals, emotional compatibility is not compatibility at all, how the relationship was and the past trauma they both went through its all trama bonding and that's not healthy EVER.
I think it would have been more realistic for Sarada parents co-parent her instead and she still would have grew up in a healthy home.
I have to say Sakura is really good at defense she's able to buy people time which is so important as a ninja she serves a purpose for team 7
I still think Naruto did rise above the circumstances of his birth but yeah totally agree that Shipudden kinda....murks the message. Also among the Hokage, Minato is the only one who was not born into a bloodline with special talent or secret skill set, even if he was taught by Jiraiya....who also kinda rose above his birth now that I think about it....huh.....
And yes Sakura, Lee and Guy are honestly the only ones who truly come from nothing to become something through hardwork
lmaoo “congratulations you’re a well adjusted adult”
100% love the Sakura advocacy. The fact that she was the definition of a literal nobody and came out of the series stronger than anyone who wasn’t canonically given power by god is definitely true main character strength
Physically stronger only. That doesn't mean she couldn't or can't get stomped out.
She's a tank now I guess but not necessarily an interesting one.
@@willdiesel8431 Naruto ain’t beating her😘
@@moon3267 lol he wouldn't try because he would gut her.
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@@willdiesel8431 if you are so aggressively saying other characters can “stomp out” Sakura because I had a typo (now corrected) that made my comment say she was the strongest character in the Naruto universe, sorry. If not then why are you taking time to naysay a character in the comment section of a video showing her appreciation?
@@amelieshuman3324 well for starters I never even paid much attention to some "typo". Secondly if you viewed that as an aggressive act then I don't know what to tell you other than gaining more perspective. I take this view with everyone in the previous Konoha 12 generation when a claim is made about their perceived power.
Apparently she now has the power and speed of all 8 Gates released and none of the severe drawbacks. I am allowed to question that until she takes out a big bad all on her own. Plus without "God" powers Naruto is still very formidable.
Rest assured I would come with the same skepticism if NChammer was a Rock Lee fanboy. Thanks.
I love this video so much, Sakura is actually an incredible character. Sure she could have been written better to have cooler moments and fights scenes so she wasn't always viewed as the damsel in distress, but ultimately just Sakura being present saved so many characters lives throughout the series. Heck Sakura saves Naruto from Zabuza's thrown sword by tackling him to the ground, preventing him from getting cut in half or decapitated. Then in the forest of death when Naruto is made unconscious by Orochimaru and about to fall to his likely death, she throws a kunai with pinpoint accuracy pinning his jacket to the tree. These are both before the Sound 3
Exactly why Rock Lee and Sakura are two of my favorite characters! Took every bit of hard work to get where are!👊🏻
@massage-Nicopage?
Imagine if Sakura was Naruto's sister.
Sweet Home Alabama🤣
She would be a part uzumaki,senju,namikaze so she would have even better light speed mobility. Even though shes alrdy light speed by the kaguya fight BUT if she was an uzumaki she would have more chakra than any uzumaki so that wouldve been cool
Thank you for continuing to produce such incredibly well articulated, researched and entertaining content
I couldn’t help it but to giggle and get goosebumps every time u spit a fact. I might have trash her once or twice in Part 1 but she def earned my respects. I would love to see her step up as Hokage, I just hope her character then wont be done dirty as a Tsunade 2.0. See, it would be more interesting to see her do things that outfit her master’s achievements. Thanks for the video. 🙌🏻
Agree to all of this! Though it also does bring up something about my favorite character Kakashi.
I really wish Kishimoto had had him stay true to how he was portrayed at the very beginning. That his sharingon was a huge benefit, but that it was more his mind and skill that made him dangerous even to people more powerful than him. That the Sharingon was just a tool that gave him more, as opposed to what it became later on and his using like 3 other jutsu
15:50 - Apparently Shikamaru was not Naruto's friend in the manga.
18:30 - She's not a sensory type, yet she was able to do all that. Impressive.
The sensory thing isn't Canon. It contradicts the manga. This guy was just listing fillers and non canon novels instead of using what kishimoto actually wrote
Could you do a What If video on if the Sasuke Retrieval Mission had been successful and gotten Sasuke back to the village?
His what ifs usually have this in them
Thank you for putting respect on Sakura's name.
You nearly killed me with this video. I was watching it during my lunch break and the "black rods" comment made me choke and nearly die.
Was NOT ready for that.
I’ve always liked her since the granny chiyo sasuri arc
I now have a different view of Sakura. And of the story as a whole
I like when Sakura actually gets the love she deserves. She is actually my favorite character (only second to Itachi). Orochimaru is actually my 3rd favorite character.
I really admire NCHammer 23 and his work. Making a video about the most misunderstood yet the most immensely powerful kunoichi in Naruto history (after Kaguya, my fourth favorite female (:
And on the *CELEBRATION OF THE FEMALE CHILD DAY* to really make a statement.
But please I'm a kid who wants to start a UA-cam page to repay this man. I've got a wonderful team. We've got content and an amazing script. But we don't have other resources like an adequate editor or editing software. And I could really do with some advice to start up, please you guys🙏🙏.
*HAPPY CELEBRATION OF THE FEMALE CHILD DAY* everyone
I don't have issues with Sakura, but this guy (like many others) is telling lies about naruto being a reincarnation. Lies he shouldn't tell you because it's highly disrespectful of japanese and asian beliefs
If you want to know the reincarnation point is actually a cultural problem that Naruto has. This comes from the fact that the Japanese have a very different view of seeing these concepts.
I'm sorry if this is a bit long and complicated.
This reincarnation, like this story of child of the prophecy are actually Buddhist concepts (the samsara and karma) which are well known in Japan and Asia. Rinnegan literally means "the samsara eye" and karma you generally know what it is (as a reminder if you do good/bad things, good/bad things happen to you). The main concept of this reincarnation is that each person's basic situation is caused by the karma of the actions of their past lives (in this case the basic situations of Naruto and Sasuke were greatly influenced by the actions of Hashirama and Madara) but despite everything they can react in the present by their own actions (which explains the end, and yes this thing is the logical continuity with Neji). Page 70 of Naruto databook 4 also confirms that the cycle of reincarnation in which Naruto and Sasuke are is the samsara. Naruto who is the reincarnation of Ashura is nothing special, it's just a natural phenomenon on how many people view life in Japan (and Asia). Globally, there are between 1 and 1.6 billion people in the world who believe in samsara (Hinduism and Buddhism combined). It's just that here Kishimoto tries to deal with this aspect by showing that even if what happens to you is similar it doesn´t mean that you will make the same choices (as the rikudo says)
For the story of the child of the prophecy, the prophecies also exist in his religions. It´s actually the actions specific only to Naruto because what Gamamaru sees is the karma of individuals (page 83 of databook 4 explains that gamamaru has the power to see the karma of individuals, in Buddhism it´s the divine eye power from what I have read). This is again a problem of cultural conception
Naruto also has a third level reading on religion (which is basically its main subject if you look deeper) since the conflicts between the Uchiha and the Senju are in terms of beliefs a big representation of the conflicts that exist between Shintoism and Buddhism (which are the 2 main religions of Japan, besides susano, amaterasu, izanami/izanagi etc… come from Shinto folklore), and the manga ends on the fact that it´s by overcoming hatreds and divisions and by advancing together that it will be possible to bring peace and build a better world (moreover for the anecdote, in Japan it´s possible to be believers of the 2 religions). I get these informations from several searches on the internet (wikipedia, interviews and forums), in term of video I recommend the video of Korean Dost on Naruto and also the video, Naruto's Complex Subtext and Themes: Buddhism, Shintoism, and Hinduism if you are interested .
Pay attention to what you hear on the internet. The case with kimba and the lion king is already a big proof, but this case is even worse
@@hc.117 dude chill its fucking NON-FICTION ITS NOT REAL. AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT CREATOR OF NARUTO IS A JAPANESE PERSON WHO WAS INSPIRED MY MYTHOLOGY. GET.THAT.THROUGH.YOUR.HEAD.
Thank you for showing respect to Sakura i need to share this
Geez, when you talked about the fight against Kaguya... My body shivered entirely. What an amazing video. Thanks bro, you enlighted me on this "truthness" that Sakura is indeed """just""" a normal kunoichi and was side by side with gods.
Love this take! And clearly a significant amount of people agree with you because out of the hundreds and hundreds of Naruto fanfiction I've read, hands down, the best written ones are Sakura-centric where she is the MC.
I wanna know where I can find these fan fics, if you won't mind.
The best thing about sakura is her potential. She had so many things to develop, so many things to show and problems to solve (issues with parents and family which narusasu had nothing to do with for understandable reasons, uchi naru sakura as her 2nd personality (really interesting inner conflict between disciplined and hot-tempered sakuras), genjutsu training with Kurenai for example, earth and water jutsus, creating her own one, usinf a slug sage mode or something like that, caring about being a shinobi but not about your appearance, loving the person who treats you well, representing the idea of hard-working and loving yourself).
With naruto sakura definitely was herself (he was too; with hinata naruto is dumb and way calm) and, without a shadow of a doubt, he was a good couple for her.
She had a lot of things to study. Sakura could not just copy tsunade but become somebody like Orochimaru who knows a lot and can do a lot. Being the smartest among kakashi students haruno could have been the brain of team 7. Shikamaru would have been a great teacher of strategy for her. She could have befriended Lee with Hinata and neji, asked them to teach her taijutsu that also would have improved their relationship. So many interesting fights were not shown with her (itachi - genjutsu type, kabuto - medical ninja, sasuke - 5 kage sammit arc, konan - a talented woman vs a hard-working girl). Her friendship with Ino had an opportunity to make them soulmates just like naruto and sasuke, represented a sisterhood in this story. The relationship with uchiha would have been interesting too: she could have moved from an obsessive girl not able to tell him off to a lady being herself with her comrade and ready to punch this boy to bring him to life if he starts freezing up like the mc sometimes. Not only naruto but she also could have helped him change for the better and been that person who forgave him but stayed his good friend and believed in him, saw the light in sasuke.
My question: was it that difficult to write? Well, what am I talking about? Even her trainings and parents weren't shown in the manga, let alone something else. Sakura obviously is the biggest wasted potential of kishimoto
I completely agree with everything you say, thanks for giving Sakura the respect she deserves.
Sakura honestly should’ve been hokage, she was the greatest choice amongst the three of them. She worked for her strength down to everything in her Arsenal, is superior to them in every way, and has the perks, dedication and ideology to be a good hokage 🫶🏽💗 sakura >>>
The best thing about sakura is her potential. She had so many things to develop, so many things to show and problems to solve (issues with parents and family which narusasu had nothing to do with for understandable reasons, uchi naru sakura as her 2nd personality (really interesting inner conflict between disciplined and hot-tempered sakuras), genjutsu training with Kurenai for example, earth and water jutsus, creating her own one, usinf a slug sage mode or something like that, caring about being a shinobi but not about your appearance, loving the person who treats you well, representing the idea of hard-working and loving yourself).
With naruto sakura definitely was herself (he was too; with hinata naruto is dumb and way calm) and, without a shadow of a doubt, he was a good couple for her.
She had a lot of things to study. Sakura could not just copy tsunade but become somebody like Orochimaru who knows a lot and can do a lot. Being the smartest among kakashi students haruno could have been the brain of team 7. Shikamaru would have been a great teacher of strategy for her. She could have befriended Lee with Hinata and neji, asked them to teach her taijutsu that also would have improved their relationship. So many interesting fights were not shown with her (itachi - genjutsu type, kabuto - medical ninja, sasuke - 5 kage sammit arc, konan - a talented woman vs a hard-working girl). Her friendship with Ino had an opportunity to make them soulmates just like naruto and sasuke, represented a sisterhood in this story. The relationship with uchiha would have been interesting too: she could have moved from an obsessive girl not able to tell him off to a lady being herself with her comrade and ready to punch this boy to bring him to life if he starts freezing up like the mc sometimes. Not only naruto but she also could have helped him change for the better and been that person who forgave him but stayed his good friend and believed in him, saw the light in sasuke.
My question: was it that difficult to write? Well, what am I talking about? Even her trainings and parents weren't shown in the manga, let alone something else. Sakura obviously is the biggest wasted potential of kishimoto
She is coward she can't even protect herself 😂how she fight villain.
ive alway thought this growing up so heartwarming to hear this 15 years later
I once had a conversation battle with 30 people when I says Sakura might be next Hokage if something happens to Naruto suddenly
I love when you spill the tea on her cuz i aas bullied for liking her character in middle school when this started airing on toonami and didnt know enough about the series to appropriately defend her
Sakura is the reason why I stay and continue to love the series. 🌸👊
Could you do a video explaining all of the hidden villages? Not just the 5 major villages, but like all of the smaller ones. Or even just one that focuses on the smaller ones only.
"THE main character" is very interesting wording to say the very least.
Sakura was my first anime crush 😁😁, and i always saw her MORE than useful but i don't know why most of the fans hate her, I guess they don't know her except who watched this video of course
Sakura is the queen. We need to never stop reminding the world that Sakura is absolutely insane and deserves respect
Queeen r u kidding me
Wat respect she when all she did was was obsessed over sauske * the main one who treated her like kakaa and tried to merc her ahh.
@@elijahwalker-chery2643 did you even watch the video? Lmao
I was just thinking but the point that she is so good a chakra control is working against her. I mean it's probably the most important/powerful ability in the show. so, what you can use creation of all things your control is trash you're not doing much. if Sasuke and Naruto had even similar control i.e., the seal and the healing they would actually be unstoppable right? even rock lee the whole point is he can't control his chakra very well but if he could as an 8 gates user he is soloing some Otsukis we have seen. The strongest point imo though is genjutsu if you take control of someone's chakra, they're done in the fight. To me Naruto was always just about not giving up, believing that you can do it and by doing so you don't let your potential squander. I feel all the strong characters in the show Inbody that in some way.
Its really a shame how Kishimoto handled Sakura, right after the Kazekage retrieval arc she was sidelined like all the other characters and for no reason at all started to underperform.
That Riley Ried comment was golden. Laughed real hard at that one.
The same sakura who people called useless was one of the very few people who resist kabuto genjutsu and they say she's useless in the end she also save two of the most powerful ninja in konoha yet people continues to say she's useless
How could anyone dislike her after the scene where she pumps Naruto's heart with her hand, that one got me back in the day
It's impressive that when other characters got damage x10 buffs if not more, Sakura did fight even as strong as them without the buffs, and if Sakura hadn't been there in the war, Naruto and Sasuke both would have died before they even could fight Kaguya, making the argument that Tsunade was in the war too is dumb since she can't be everywhere at the same time and heal everyone at the same time constantly throughout the war.
I lost it at the Riley joke!!! But you didn’t lie though🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Keep up with the good videos. I understand your point.
I love yow you take the time to understand the character and don't just dump on her unnecessarily.
Yeah unlike toxic animie "fans"
Most people who says sakura is trash haven’t watched shippuden
All they saw was her doing almost nothing in the chunin exams before she got her strength or healing
I don't have issues with Sakura, but this guy (like many others) is telling lies about naruto being a reincarnation. Lies he shouldn't tell you because it's highly disrespectful of japanese and asian beliefs
If you want to know the reincarnation point is actually a cultural problem that Naruto has. This comes from the fact that the Japanese have a very different view of seeing these concepts.
I'm sorry if this is a bit long and complicated.
This reincarnation, like this story of child of the prophecy are actually Buddhist concepts (the samsara and karma) which are well known in Japan and Asia. Rinnegan literally means "the samsara eye" and karma you generally know what it is (as a reminder if you do good/bad things, good/bad things happen to you). The main concept of this reincarnation is that each person's basic situation is caused by the karma of the actions of their past lives (in this case the basic situations of Naruto and Sasuke were greatly influenced by the actions of Hashirama and Madara) but despite everything they can react in the present by their own actions (which explains the end, and yes this thing is the logical continuity with Neji). Page 70 of Naruto databook 4 also confirms that the cycle of reincarnation in which Naruto and Sasuke are is the samsara. Naruto who is the reincarnation of Ashura is nothing special, it's just a natural phenomenon on how many people view life in Japan (and Asia). Globally, there are between 1 and 1.6 billion people in the world who believe in samsara (Hinduism and Buddhism combined). It's just that here Kishimoto tries to deal with this aspect by showing that even if what happens to you is similar it doesn´t mean that you will make the same choices (as the rikudo says)
For the story of the child of the prophecy, the prophecies also exist in his religions. It´s actually the actions specific only to Naruto because what Gamamaru sees is the karma of individuals (page 83 of databook 4 explains that gamamaru has the power to see the karma of individuals, in Buddhism it´s the divine eye power from what I have read). This is again a problem of cultural conception
Naruto also has a third level reading on religion (which is basically its main subject if you look deeper) since the conflicts between the Uchiha and the Senju are in terms of beliefs a big representation of the conflicts that exist between Shintoism and Buddhism (which are the 2 main religions of Japan, besides susano, amaterasu, izanami/izanagi etc… come from Shinto folklore), and the manga ends on the fact that it´s by overcoming hatreds and divisions and by advancing together that it will be possible to bring peace and build a better world (moreover for the anecdote, in Japan it´s possible to be believers of the 2 religions). I get these informations from several searches on the internet (wikipedia, interviews and forums), in term of video I recommend the video of Korean Dost on Naruto and also the video, Naruto's Complex Subtext and Themes: Buddhism, Shintoism, and Hinduism if you are interested .
Pay attention to what you hear on the internet. The case with kimba and the lion king is already a big proof, but this case is even worse
They did kinda break the immersion when you find out Naruto has like the strongest genes possible 😂 Konoha royalty is a great summary. I thought he was supposed to be a somebody that started out as a nobody but I guess he was cracked from the start. Whoops 😂
I wish someone would make a rewrite or a what-if series of natuto where they make the female characters live up to the potential they had rather than get sidelined
Same ikr
Finally someone who actually know about sakura 🌸
you know what it's true Naruto has really toxic fan base some people like morons like just pass their time shading on a character who is far more useful they will just skip the time and see for just for timepass they will not actually pay attention and know the actual truth
The best thing about sakura is her potential. She had so many things to develop, so many things to show and problems to solve (issues with parents and family which narusasu had nothing to do with for understandable reasons, uchi naru sakura as her 2nd personality (really interesting inner conflict between disciplined and hot-tempered sakuras), genjutsu training with Kurenai for example, earth and water jutsus, creating her own one, usinf a slug sage mode or something like that, caring about being a shinobi but not about your appearance, loving the person who treats you well, representing the idea of hard-working and loving yourself).
With naruto sakura definitely was herself (he was too; with hinata naruto is dumb and way calm) and, without a shadow of a doubt, he was a good couple for her.
She had a lot of things to study. Sakura could not just copy tsunade but become somebody like Orochimaru who knows a lot and can do a lot. Being the smartest among kakashi students haruno could have been the brain of team 7. Shikamaru would have been a great teacher of strategy for her. She could have befriended Lee with Hinata and neji, asked them to teach her taijutsu that also would have improved their relationship. So many interesting fights were not shown with her (itachi - genjutsu type, kabuto - medical ninja, sasuke - 5 kage sammit arc, konan - a talented woman vs a hard-working girl). Her friendship with Ino had an opportunity to make them soulmates just like naruto and sasuke, represented a sisterhood in this story. The relationship with uchiha would have been interesting too: she could have moved from an obsessive girl not able to tell him off to a lady being herself with her comrade and ready to punch this boy to bring him to life if he starts freezing up like the mc sometimes. Not only naruto but she also could have helped him change for the better and been that person who forgave him but stayed his good friend and believed in him, saw the light in sasuke.
My question: was it that difficult to write? Well, what am I talking about? Even her trainings and parents weren't shown in the manga, let alone something else. Sakura obviously is the biggest wasted potential of kishimoto
Finally, I’m so Sick of everyone hating on Sakura
Folks are constantly looking for feats in the main cast of shonen, most especially; and for good reason I admit; on-scene feats.
The fact that Sakura hasn't been the focal point for things happening on screen is why folks immediately dismiss her contributions. Her fight with Lady Chiyo vs. Sasori in one occasion is written off as low impact in regards; I guess; moving the story along.....nevermind the fact that she took on an Akatsuki member at all, one who apparently was in league with Kabuto while he was still under Orochimaru *who at this point has Sasuke.* After which to my recollection her role is reduced to put the "god kids" in the spotlight more. Couple that with the entire reason for her lying to Naruto about loving him in the war arc being completely overshadowed by the mere fact that she dared to lie to him about something he's sensitive about at all and then calling her useless when she so much as breaks mid-clean shot to the one she loves in spite of himself because of who he was. Which neither of the 2 protags do. Apparently, or when they do, *OO LOOK AT THEM OH IT REALLY AFFECTED THEM SO MUCH* or some crap.
Even saying that the orphan comment and her general demeanor in P1 is heavier than the improvements she makes in P2 which on-screen were fewer and farther. Neither is the reason for the "ill" she does in the 2nd enough to remove the title of dog and useless from her. Even the Kaguya finale that she partook in shoulder to shoulder with 2 "gods" she's slighted.
"Kakashi's madter killed Sasori's parents so it makes way more sense for him to be the one to fight Sasori" with Deidara moving at the speed of an IBM while literally riding one himself, implying that we leave Naruto alone with him so the fox can take him and subsequently get nabbed by the Akatsuki cuz they were dumb enough to leave him alone. Cuz Sakura is not catching up to an emotionally charged Kyuubi orange boy and to this audience she might as well not exist.
"Kakashi could've literally been the one to punch Kaguya and be the 3rd one in that scene, Sakura ain't special." So rather than give the teacher the opportunity to witness *his students FINALLY displaying teamwork and coordination in the most climactic fight of this entire series* nah, he still has to step in cuz he can't trust all of them to do the job.
Just from a writing perspective that basically leaves a void that had been made apparent from the beginning:
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura don't really like each other. Kakashi puts them to the test and has them try to take some bells from him, they fail miserably. Since then he has been working to get them to learn to work together and have them grow, bit by bit. Then Sasuke is lost. Team 7 now comprises 2 students. But following the same test with intent of assessing their progress since then, they succeed and get the bells from him. But they are still incomplete, Team 7 still isn't quite Team 7 without Sasuke, and in spite of finding and facing him multiple times, he refuses to return, at first nearly killing them and then letting them go "on a whim," then actually going out of his way to kill them for turning up to stop him. But finally, after all that and the conflict that should have ended with a final confrontation with their prodigal member, finally after so much time has past, Team 7 reunites to fight "a god." And they succeed.
WHAT NARRATIVE SENSE DOES IT MAKE TO PASS UP ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
after seeing the video. I agree that Sakura was best character hence she was blessed or gifted like Naruto and Sasuke. We should not compare her to MC like Naruto and Sasuke. I just think that if she was written as Tamari as bad s character with less obsession towards Sakura think that people would have recognized her feats.
Sakura is a god. I feel that they could have made her a human version of the chakra tree. She has uncanny chakra control and haxxed mental abilities. Tbh her chakra control is on the same level as Kurama or Uchiha eyes
I really wish Kishimotot had shown Sakura more like how you're describing her. I think some Sakura focused episodes where she just focuses on herself and her talents would have really helped her character. It's really sad that we have to go to stand alone character focused story books in order to get to see Sakura being more grown up and independent. Did she have important moments in Shippuden? Yes. Did she show some impressive skills? Yeah. But those glimmers are really small and far between eachother when most scenes Kishimoto have Sakura in shows her either thinking/fantacyzing about Sasuke yet again, or needing aid/having to be rescued yet again (and that's if she isn't put on the sideline while Naruto/Sasuke show off flashy moves). You mentioned her fighting Kaguya while Naruto and Sasuke is talking to ninja god, but that unfortunetly isn't really gonna stick in people's memories as it's happening between scenes, and when Kishimoto does! show her fighting, it's at the end after he has given Sasuke/Naruto a bunch of oppertunities to show off (yes, her contribution was important as it sealed the win, but it's really disappointing that most/all of the other on screen scenes she shared with Kaguya showed her being in need of help or on the sideline unable to join in. If I remember correctly, it's been many years since I read the ending). Also, having Sakura run/pine after a guy who has tried to axe her off multiple times? Seriously Kishimoto? He really thought that would make a good character/role model?
Sakura truly had it rough because she was a main character that got treated like a glorified side one. She was average, not special in any way, lacked the resources like chakra to perform at the same level as most ninjas, yet got bodied by writing and those around her taking all the attention.
Sakura hardly got trained at all before the time skip because naruto was getting training from jiraiya and sasuke was being the favorite child for kakashi who btw didnt teach sakura ANYTHING like literally. Kakashi before the 3rd round of the chunin exams focused entirely on sasuke. He didnt give sakura any direction to improve herself, teach her any basic jutsu or genjutsu (like he said shed be good at), or even send her to anybody to get some special training. He completely abandonded her growth for sasuke and naruto. Sakura didnt really know her strengths at all and only until just before shippuden comes around that she finally gets trained. But this only happened because SHE took the initiative not kakashi or tsunade. Sakura had to make the move because nobody else pointed her in the right direction.Her strength before the 3rd round was completely stagnated because of how shitty of a sensei kakashi was to her. He never made time for her personally and only trained her when it also involved naruto and sasuke. Sakura could have been so much greater if her growth wasnt totally stunted by those in charge of helping her grow completely ignoring her existence and playing favorites. She would have been WAY better off with might guy because while he played favorites with rock lee (and that was understandable rock lee really needed it anyway) he still made plenty of time for neji and tenten both as a team and 1 on 1 training.
I was always annoyed about that. The show is like, if you work hard then you can do it too! Then it turns out the main character is a special boy with special DNA and a special destiny inherited from a millennia ago etc etc
Sakura Haruno is the true underdog.
She was the only person in the Rookie 9 to be a civilian, the only one. She didn't have a hidden jutsu, a flashy jutsu or physical strength but just her intelligence and she did great things with it that are left unnoticed or overlooked by haters. She used jutsu she learnt at the Academy and became the only ninja-like ninja in there. She then struggled to be in the samd team with 3 depressed and orphan boys, even though Sakura was truly written like an orphan: stupid commets, no a single image of her parents, no backstory etcetera.
She knew she didn't have anybody to give her strength so she turned to Tsunade, who became a whole clan teaching their new generation their secret jutsu. She didn't realize she was carrying the legacy of the Senju (chakra) and the Uzumaki (seals) with her despite not having a reowned name. She became the strongest girl from her generation with the help of the Hokage alone and her true innate talent.
Then she unlocked her full power, she went through really awesome growing processes, made mistakes, learnt from them and faced her fears.
But you know, she's a female so people will always talk trash. She's not your average mc's love interest with big boobs, shy and with no personality. She rejects the "god mc" that everybody is supposed to worship and people get mad like a woman is obligued to love the man that moves mountains for you. "She simped for somebody else while Naruto loved her" but she's not entitled to love who she doesn't want.
People love to talk about her all the time. Good things or bad things, Sakura Haruno is the most talked about female animanga character in the world. "I hated when shebsaid she loved Naruto" is like she said that to the reader instead of to Naruto who got enough braincells to understand why she said that.
She grew from an "orphan bully" in a matter of 3 manga panels, and as an adult she, alone, thought about building a mental health hospital ward for orphans and she succeeded.
Surpassed her master, became the Head of the Medical Department, directs Konoha Hospital, is the main doctor of the series, teaches medical ninjutsu and still goes on missions. Hell she's the only jonin kunoichi of her year alongside Temari.
That's the growth of a "kunoichi with no particular talent" to "the strongest kunoichi in the world".
She doesn't have your average vanilla and boring marriage. She has a story, full of angst and trust, friendship and loss. Not your bad movie where the mc is gaslighted cause "everybody loves this female except you man". She understands her husband's role and accepts it, even if it causes pain to herself, there's always a moment for redemption and forgiveness.
"She's flat chested" oh for fcks sake this is why nobody likes otakus. The fsct that the animation studio made Sakura as unappealing as possible so dudes can hate on her more, the diametre of her breasts doesn't determine her worth as a character.
Sakura Haruno is truly the strongest kunoichi, best medic and most useful female character in that series called Naruto.
But I guess everybody prefers the shy, big boob and no personality woman that hentai has brought to us.
🌸🙏
Eyo can I copy that comment? Because You just spoken the truth.
@@sarveshnathan7559 LOL then gtfo out of this video 🤡
@@sarveshnathan7559
"Useless throughout out part 1" nope friend, you read the manga and she did more ta expected for a ninja with no shinobi background and that learnt everything in the Academy. She even got others copying her because of her intelligence and praising her all the time you just selectvely choose to ignore it to make this idiotic comment for likes.
"Obsesses about Sasuke" damn you just described Naruto. In fact, Sakura tells Naruto to stop obsessing over Sasuke and the boy couldn't open his mouth cause she was right.
"Bitches about Sasuke not loving her" absolutely no panels of that ever happening you watched Naruto on Tiktok.
"Ended her friendship with Ino over a boy" nope. She ended it because she didn't want to be in Ino's shadow nor her tag along anymore. Ino was getting to comfy and always talked about Sakura being inferior so she had to punch the blonde in the face to tell her she was growing on her own. Not to mention Ino always made fun of her and never once told Sakura to be friends again.
"Emotionally blackmailed him" you think Sasuke Uchiha can be blackmailed? You just thrashed his character to hate on Sakura you suck man. Sasuke killed people he didn't want but didn't kill Sakura when he got over the curse of hatred because he loved her.
"Recklessly makes stupid decisions in an effort to prove she's Naruto and Sasuke's equal" when? When she destroyed over a hundred biju clones in the War? Queen shit she did so much. When she attacked Madara? Bought time before Madara could kill them and then transformed into Kaguya so either way nobody could have done anything. You're just blaming her cause she didn't get any power ups but look at how she was the only one to survive being stabbed and now is immortal unlike your friendly nerfed characters Sasuke and Naruto.
"No backstory" she was bullied and her relationship as Ino's pet prompted her to grow. More than the average side character.
"No ambition" yeah of course cause wanting to help Naruto help Sasuke so she turned to Tsunade is no ambition at all you just made a fool of yourself.
"Destroyed character development" yeah sure cause becoming the best medic ,the strongest kunoichi, Head of the Medical Department, director of Konoha Hospital, sole founder of therapy Centers for children, teacher of medical ninjutsu and jonin (the only jonin woman with Temari of her generation!) isn't character development?
You made a fool of yourself buddy hope the likes make you feel better with yourself and enjoy all the Sakura Haruno content that Japan is giving us cause she's the most popular female character and very much loved. Your dudebro comment won't stop Japan from releasing content for their Japanese directed public and you will be tired of seeing he until you accept how great she is when you do 50 years of brain growing.
Bye you're so not worth it anymore.
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