Hi people, new guy here. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

I'd agree with lots of what's been said:

Hinata has huge potential, especially with the (possible) death of Neji. She could turn into something of a badass if she developed properly.

Shino and his bug thingies are unspeakably cool. I think his summoning technique would be something to see.....

Sakura is irritating at the moment. She needs to actually DO something other than stand around and burst into tears several times a minute. I had an idea - during the Race story, she got given some healing gunk stuff by Tsunade. I thought that might've been the start of Sakura turning into a medic (like Tsunade was), which could be interesting. Likewise Ino - she doesn't even come close to the bigger characters in terms of strength or development.

Tenten could be very interesting, because she's a weapons user (as opposed to most other characters who use bare-hands, "magic" or shuriken). We tend to only see serious use of weapons with the ANBU squads, the Orochimaru vs Sarutobi battle and Itachi's massacre of the Uchihas. This says to me that they're used more by the most powerful ninja - which would imply that Tenten could be seriously powerful? I dunno - it could be interesting to see more armed duels rather than endless hand-to-hand/ninja technique fights we've seen so far.

Just some of my thoughts. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]