Naruto: Shippuuden Episode 3

[JaySee]

HyourinMaru-, your logic is so messed up, it's beyond belief. Just because you're taught by someone doesn't mean you learn everything they know and surpass them. In fact, most often the opposite is true. You learn but a fraction of what the teacher knows and stay inferior to him. It's already been stated Yondaime was the best Ninja Konoha ever had. That means Kakashi doesn't measure up to him. That means he's inferior. That makes it HIGHLY unlikely he makes a superior jutsu. DarthEnder's theory is much more sound.

Anyway, who cares about Sakura's boom punch. I want to see her have the scalpel technique that Kabuto uses.

[XanBcoo]

Anyway, who cares about Sakura's boom punch.

That was pretty much my point when I brought it up. I always thought Tsunade was insanely strong, which was cool. Now that I know she's basically doing the Rasengan/Chidori without releasing the chakra, it makes it less impressive. Kind of a letdown imo.

[Yukimura]

@Hyourinmaru: Just because the fourth was the leader of their team doens't mean he taught anyone anything. What techniques has Kakashi taught Sakura or Naruto. He taught them skills he thought they should have like chakra sticking and genjutsu breaking, but he only passed on the chidori to Sasuke, and nothing to Sakura. There were three people in the fourths team, who's to say he didn't take a liking to to that chick or the kid with the goggles instead of Kakashi (who doesn't seem like much of a team player anyway).

As to Sakuras strength, I was thinking that once the show got back on track and Sakura's growth was revealed people would recognize that she wasn't a useless crybaby anymore, but lo and behold now Sakura's super strength is being talked down to a cheap imitation of Chidori and Rasengan. While I disagree, it's funy from an objective perspective since it appears that the Sakura hate runs deeper than the simple 'she sucks' reasoning.

From the way Kakashi described it, I doubt Sakura is restricted in the way in which she can apply this new skill, unlike chidori or rasengan which a) are massively telegraphed, and b) have more limited usefulness (Chidori being more limited than Rasengan) but Sakura's power isn't a technique as much as a skill, as evidenced my her destroying everything in that forest with no negative effects on herself. If you're going to compare her punch to a Rasengan or Chidori then you must admit she has out classed both Naruto and sasuke in that she can use her skill much more easily, frequently and quickly than either of them.

[JaySee]

They hate Sakura because she represents the pretty, stuck up girl that they either got rejected by or didn't have the guts to talk to in school.

[XanBcoo]

If you're going to compare her punch to a Rasengan or Chidori then you must admit she has out classed both Naruto and sasuke in that she can use her skill much more easily, frequently and quickly than either of them.

Also a point I made earlier. Her punch is an more easily accessible version of Rasengan/Chidori. Seems kinda useless that Naruto would have to go through the trouble of creating a Bunshin and forming a Rasengan just to knock through a tree.

I'm not knockin' Sakura (I never was much of a Sakura hater at any rate). I love how she's improved, I just wish Masashi Kishimoto had thought of something new besides another technique that focuses chakra in the hand.

[Assertn]

Does it really matter? The point is that Tsunade passed on her combat and medial techniques to Sakura.

[Idealistic]

Give Sakura a break already... Isn't it enough that she can't perform those super cool ninjutsus like Naruto and Sasuke? All she has is her henge and other minor things.... So now she has something that would actually be useful during combat.

So what if Sakura's regular punch is better than Naruto's Rasengan or Sasuke's Chidori.... she has SUPER STRENGTH (Well maybe that's the wrong term, but that's pretty much what her chakra focusing gives her)... Naruto and Sasuke don't have that so therefore they rely on skills such as Rasengan and Chidori...

Can Sakura do some mass shadow clones or fire element attacks? No she can't.... Or at least not yet...

[Terracosmo]

They hate Sakura because she represents the pretty, stuck up girl that they either got rejected by or didn't have the guts to talk to in school.

I'd rather drive a fork up my own ass than lower myself to talking to someone who even slightly resembles Sakura, who I am convinced is among the biggest bitches in anime history.

[redcat]

redcat, you continue to amaze me.
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[DarthEnderX]

we just dont know which needs more chakra..

Yes we do. Jiraya specifically said that Chidori wastes more chakra than rasengan when he was teaching it to Naruto.

[anime nomad]

new naruto episodes are freaking awesome. they almost make me forget the atrocities that they have been calling naruto for the past ~2years (? who's counting?)
but back on topic...

i've never been a Sakura hater per say, except for that bit when she tries to stop sasuke leaving.... but i think sakura could actually be a really great fighter now, i mean look @ oro's minion the glasses dude (forget his name, ~kabushi?) he uses medical jitsu, and the guys deadly. i think the combination of medical jitsu and super strength can be awesome. alas for sakura her role seems destined to be the useless character, despite the awesome potential of her skills.

here's some food for your immagination: we've seen the chidori cut thru Garaa's ultimate defense, i wonder if sakura's puch could smash thru it? or how well the rasangan would do against it. personally i think the chidori would perform better in that kind of test.

[Narasho]

i've never been a Sakura hater per say, except for that bit when she tries to stop sasuke leaving.... but i think sakura could actually be a really great fighter now, i mean look @ oro's minion the glasses dude (forget his name, ~kabushi?) he uses medical jitsu, and the guys deadly. i think the combination of medical jitsu and super strength can be awesome. alas for sakura her role seems destined to be the useless character, despite the awesome potential of her skills.

I've never cared whether or not Sakura could contribute to the fighting, I've only cared whether or not she could contribute to the story as a major character should. (Which, thus far, she has not) It remains to be seen whether or not her apparent growth in ninja abilities will mirror her growth in importance to the story.

[fifafreak18]

Narasho -
From what they've done so far it seems she will play a much more major role in the story now that she can actually fight, before she couldn't be by the others because she would just get her butt kicked, but now she can defend herself. Besides I don't think they would have given her Tsunades SUPER CHAKRA STRENGTH and medical jutsus if they didn't intend on implementing her more..just some thoughts ^_^

[Narasho]

From what they've done so far it seems she will play a much more major role in the story now that she can actually fight, before she couldn't be by the others because she would just get her butt kicked, but now she can defend herself. Besides I don't think they would have given her Tsunades SUPER CHAKRA STRENGTH and medical jutsus if they didn't intend on implementing her more..just some thoughts ^_^

Yeah, I hope so. It seems to me that Kishimoto originally intended her to be one of the main characters, but somehow that got sidetracked.