Flashbacks

[Neji-Aniki-sama]

Originally posted by: Mut@t@
flash backs such as sakura's are stupid, but there are some cool ones.

Not really. If you pay attention, you will realize how she screwed up her best friend, the person who help her out gaining some self-confidence... And over what? A boy and one like Sasuke?
Obviously, in the long run, Ino's care for her didn't help, she was as useless as a kid as she is now. But that goes to show that, besides being lame, she has no character at all.
I saw those chapters yesterday, Ino can be annoying but she is smarter than Sakura and has a much better character than her.

[Rek]

actually, I think they were trying to show how Sakura was in Ino's shadow for a while, and had a mad inferiority complex (so she had to develop an inner personality... made of chalk no less) and in the end, she over came that... and it kinda seems as if they are friends again... and sasuke's becoming a little less desireable...

And I dun like Ino so much, because she's so controlling... she commanded Sakura around for so long, took control of her group... even tho she's pretty weak, and specializes in a jutsu that controls people. What a first rate biatch no?

[Mut]

no, some flash backs are still stupid.

[gokudagreat]

yea the flashbacks give the characters more depth, but its just getting boring at this point

[Neji-Aniki-sama]

Originally posted by: Konoha Rek


And I dun like Ino so much, because she's so controlling... she commanded Sakura around for so long, took control of her group... even tho she's pretty weak, and specializes in a jutsu that controls people. What a first rate biatch no?

Well, Ino is not my fav character, by far, still, a hundred times better than Sakura.
Shika's jutsu is about controlling people, when all of them are, if you think that beaten people into a pulp is a way to control them. But I digress.
Yeah, Sakura was living in Ino's shadow, but in order to avoid that, she didn't have to end her friendship.
Losing a friend at that age can be a painful experience, if anything. Besides, I don't really see Ino controlling Sakura. Basically she told her that she was beautiful, defended her against that Amy jerk and told her that she should blossom... I think that's being a good friend.
What did Sakura do? She said, oh you like Sasuke, too so I am not your friend anymore...sheesh even for a kid it's a bit of an outrageus behavior. And, *all* the girls liked Sasuke, wasn't that a clue for Sakura to *like* some other guy? I mean, let's be realistic...
In any case, I think Sakura was ungrateful and most likely hurt Ino a lot.

[Rek]

...yeah, I agree with you, but I do think Ino was controlling Sakura... just not directly, willingly or unwillingly.

Sakura just really looked up to Ino and emulated her... which probably is why she is so used to controlling people.

but, now I think about it... Shika does have a contolling technique... thats really weird of the powers that be to team them up like that...

[Neji-Aniki-sama]

Originally posted by: Konoha Rek
...yeah, I agree with you, but I do think Ino was controlling Sakura... just not directly, willingly or unwillingly.

Sakura just really looked up to Ino and emulated her... which probably is why she is so used to controlling people.

but, now I think about it... Shika does have a contolling technique... thats really weird of the powers that be to team them up like that...

I think their jutsus can work together. First, you imobilize the enemy then you enter in his mind. They're perfect for espionage.
And, Shika *does* need a woman to boss him around...like it or not.
If Ino grew up and stop running after Sasuke, she'd be a way different person, IMO. And if Ino is a hundred times better than Sakura, Shika is like a thousand times better than Sasuke.
They should show more of their team. Shika paralizes them, Ino enters their minds and Chouji finishes the job by steam rolling them... Yeah, when you come to think Ino-Shika-Cho *is* a very intersting formation

[Zansatsu]

Originally posted by: Mut@t@
more flash backs of the 4th plz.

yes plz me is wanting those too

[BigMac]

so there are flashbacks..wat r u gonna do about it??

[Destiny]

Not like u can do much about it. Like it or not, it's there

[chaos4ever4]

I can only think of only three flashbacks that were worth the time that they occupied in the series

1> Haku's history
2> Gaara's history
3> Naruto in ep 78 realizing what 'true strength' is. However, it wasn't the content that was so good, but more of a very fast scene sequence that accumulated, basically, the whole series, all the way from episode 1.

Though they may be obvious, they are also integral to the whole series and the arcs that they were involved in. A lot of other flashbacks were just useless, and just ended up being time fillers, especially those in the preliminary fighting matches. My god. Those were painful to sit through