I don't know if it's been played out in other manga\anime, but the Sakura character development from useless tag-along to vital squad member is brilliant and part of what makes Kishimoto a genius. That is, if he actually makes her an integral part of the storyline with her healing abilities. Since I haven't read the manga, I can't say for sure yet.
Except she's still a useless tag-along only now she can heal people.Originally Posted by Animeniax
Jesus Fing Christ, you really are insane. (nothing new there actually, but you just keep on amazing me)
Yeah, a "useless tag-along that can heal". Is that an oxymoron or a paradox? Oh wait, you're just a moron. I've played enough RPGs to know a group isn't complete without a healer. Just like DarthEnder said, she's now the senzu bean of Naruto. Does someone need to explain what that means to you?
I don't think you understand what makes a character useful or not..
I guess he (she?) means a character is useful if they are likeable or has some cool power or something. Personally, I think he (she?) has an issue with women, which is weird since his (her?) avatar is somewhat effeminate.
Kabuto and Shizune are useful squad members that can heal. Sakura would need three things to reach the next level: Gain good healing skills, gain mediocre combat skills (so that the other members could concentrate on beating the enemies and not defending her), and get rid of the Sasuke obsession. Now, as she obviously loves Sasuke very much, it would be unreasonable to imagine she would forget him, but as she is right now, there's nothing she could do for him.
I think her feelings for Sasuke is puppy love, or first love, and she will grow out of it. I haven't read the manga to see if this is true or not, but I think it'd be a good way for Kishimoto to develop the character.
She's already on her way to becoming a good healer and has excellent genjutsu skills. All she needs is more confidence, which she will also gain with age and experience.
They've also already established that she's very intelligent, so learning new techniques will help her become a stronger fighter. If you mean just taijutsu skills, then yes, she needs to improve there, but that's asking a lot of one character.
With these conditions in mind, do you guys not think someone like Rock Lee is a good team member? After all, all he has is great taijutsu skills, but no ninjutsu or genjutsu.
i would like to know what genjutsu skills does sakura has? all i can remember is doing kai during the konoha invasion
this mayb j0r best post ever. Idea bout Sakura not drooling for Sasuke's wang grow her character is good one. Rock Lee ownz joo though, ownz most Naruto people. May be one-sided, but same for Gai, Tenten, Chouji. Sakura = useless, maybe get better, but now she only look good on my floor.
Sakura smart, but book smart only. She often fail at adapting to tough skeet in her face, fail at restrain PMS "Inner", crying woman emotions.
Take two of these muchachos and call us in the morning. Yeah, call us, we'll be drunk.
@uchessmaster: Sorry, I forgot Genjutsu was use of illusion, not just recognizing that you were being tranced. So she has the basics down, and can at least recognize when genjutsu is being used against her (and her team).
@suckitdry: You freakin' rule, man! And not just because you're an alien spore from another planet. You actually speak logic like none of these other squares. Funny thing is, Ino is my favorite female character, not Sakura.
You're so cool, please teach me how to call people names because of a Japanese cartoon. I could never dream of being that hip.
"They call it 'The American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin
I don't see how your post contributes to this thread. Please refrain from off-topic discussion and flaming.
Take a vacation redcat.
shouldnt you be cross dressing or something?
I don't really see how calling someone a moron contributes to this thread, but whatever.
(I watched Naruto episode 202)
"They call it 'The American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin
And turning Sakura into "the senzu bean of Naruto" (truly an honorable title), after 130 episodes of uselessness, makes Kishimoto a genius?
I'm beginning to think you actually are the car in your avatar IRL, having somehow gained the ability to type using your wheels or something (funny thought actually, but not too far-fetched).
@Animeniax: If you have to bring up how you haven't read the manga twice within 5 posts and you think Kishi is such a genius why don'y you just read the damn thing and be done with it.
@heretic: way to get your post count up. I especially like how you post two flames and don't get banned, and redcat gets banned for one. Btw, sorry if saying "moron" offends you. I know it's a very harsh slander. I'll try to be nicer next time.
@Terra: Dude, that would make me a Transformer! That would be freakin wicked. Transformers... more than meets the eye... Transformers... robots in disguise...
About Sakura, since she's really just a side character, waiting for that many episodes to develop her character isn't anything to leak mascara about.
@yuki: I like to reiterate my points for those here with short attention spans. Kids often have that problem.
It looks like the release of the 90 mins special might take a little longer:
For one reason or another I was actually a bit looking forward to this (be it for the fact that you can't beat red eyes or for some other even more obscure reason), so for my own part I hope the delay won't be too long. It seems like the usual raw providers compressed more heavily or something, but you would think somebody would have recorded a nicer one as well, somewhere out there.
Sakura will only be good like 5th Hokage in strength, seeing through genjutsu and healing powers. Apart from that she is pretty much a tagger. Through most episodes she hasn't done much compared to the other Naruto characters. I just think the writers need to make Sakura a better character in the upcoming episodes. Would you guys and girls agree?
Sakura annoys the hell out of me. All she does is scream for sasuke and hit naruto, when sasuke doesn't give a damn about her and naruto repeatedly saves her life. Oh well, maybe the filler writers will take matters into their own hands and kill sakura off in the fillers.
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