so... sakura's gonna be a healer now

[Uchiha Barles]

To Kakashi Gurl: Naruto is not the 4th. If you've seen pictures of him, you might think they look alike, because they do. But they're not the same person. I'm going to say some things so don't get lost here. Because both Naruto looks like the 4th, there have been some theories that Naruto is the reincarnation of the 4th (the fourth reborn). There's also another theory that Naruto is the 4th's son. NEITHER OF THOSE THEORIES HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIATED BY THE ANIME OR THE MANGA. This means that there's no reason to believe either one of those. As far we know, Naruto and the 4th are different people, and unrelated.

AngryGumball: I'm going to reserve judgement on the quality of the writers. They've surprised me amazingly on so many occasions I can't count. I'm expecting great things from the story. And they may not be able to, or I should say probably won't bother developing Sakura to be a main character, but maybe they'll develop her to the point that she's a bigger character than people like rock and neiji, even if she's not as powerful...but she'd better be powerful enough to justify the role. They've got it down perfectly for now.

Shinobi Neko: Come to think of it, since sakura is made up of as much living crap as a normal person is of water, Sasuke beating the living crap out of her would kill her. Interesting...Welcome back :-)

[Mut]

if you read the manga then you know that the writers for naruto are quite good.

[ShinobiNeko]

"Shinobi Neko: Come to think of it, since sakura is made up of as much living crap as a normal person is of water, Sasuke beating the living crap out of her would kill her. Interesting...Welcome back :-)[/quote]

You know what Uchiha Barles? I wouldreally like to see Sasuke beat the living crap out of Sakura...which is what I do every time I play naurto on my gamecube, never gets old ^_^ and thanks~ guess someone noticed i was gone for a week [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

[Masakari]

As the days go by I begin to realize I'm one of the few people who like Sakura's character [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img] Well most of the time, when she isn't all fangirllish over Sasuke (okay I guess that makes it some of the time). The rivalry between Ino and Sakura reminded me of Naruto and Sasuke as well. I'd say this though, I think Ino is the most useless character because she couldn't even beat Sakura.

[ShinobiNeko]

The rivalry between into and sakura and naruto and sasuke are quite different. Naruto and Sasuke have a good rivalry , but with ino and sakura, i think it's kind of obvious that the reason why ino is like that to sakura is because sakura pretty much 'betrayed' her and dumped her as a friend (and i mean ino was the one who actually because sakura's friend and everything) just because they both liked sasuke, so i can see why ino acts like that, she still cares for sakura as a friend, but still feels bitter that sakura would just stop being her friend just because of that...so that's a different rivalry there. And i still think that ino is more usefull than sakura, at least she has a jutsu, and works with her team to come up with a combo, unlike sakura, who really dosn't go anything and it's sasuke and naruto who do all the work

[Uchiha Barles]

Oh...hell no! Ino did NOT tie with Sakura. The way that match ended was a load of shit. Inner Sakura my ass. I was so mad. Ino won. Period. She has one technique to Sakura's 0, and cut her hair to use it as a tactic. It was brilliant. The writers did that just to give Sakura more importance, but it was equivalent in quality to the first naruto special: fecal quality. Ino is rules...well not really, but compared to Sakura, She's goku.

Her character as a whole sucks too. She's a stupid teenie bopper that listens avril lavigne, takes forever in the bathroom, and obsesses over boys that pay no attention to her. What she needs is a good kick in the ass. A god-kick that'll destroy her on contact. Die.

[Masakari]

What other character has a hidden second personality in their mind? Of all characters Sakura is the one to beat that technique. And the detalis behind their two relationships aren't the same, but they are more alike then you think they are.

Sakura and Naruto both chased after Ino and Sasuke. That much is the same, there are differences, such as Ino befriending Sakura at first, while Naruto and Sasuke took a while to hit it off. Sasuke acted as the start of Sakura and Ino's rivalry, because once Sasuke was introduced, they could no longer work together, more like Ino couldn't help Sakura anymore (Not like she would help Sakura get the guy she wanted).

The relationship between Ino and Sakura devloped and ended much faster than Naruto and Sasuke's (which is still devloping) but in both cases it's pretty much the typical "I can do anything better than you" rivalry. There aren't many different types of rivals you can have, either your friends you're not or you hate eachother. In both of these cases, it was more of a friendly rivalry (for the most part).

And no, I don't feel I'm being general about rivalry's, because there are only so many ways you can classify them (hostile, friendly, equal or one chasing after the other)

[ShinobiNeko]

I agree with Barles about how the sakura ino fight ending was stupid..it was, and so what that sakura has a inner personality, big deal. It was a little funny in the beginning, but it's gotten old. For me, i think that Ino didn't fight 100%, cause I mean, sakura is like the bottom ninja

^_^ and, I couldn't put it better, Uchiha Barles's second paragraph, that was great

[Krbadass]

Back on topic? thanks

[Masakari]

We are on topic, speculation was that Sakura would have a bigger role as a healer, then people began bashing Sakura as any thread that mentions her name turns into. In a thread with her name on it's assumed people are going to flame her to death.

Ino did fight at Sakura 100%, she would've won if Naruto wasn't such a loud noisy arse and gotten Inner Sakura's attention. Barles you pretty much described Ino and Sakura in that second paragraph, so do you hate Ino too? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

Anyway, if the writers made Sakura tie with Ino even though she shouldn't have. The same can be said with just about every fight. "Naruto can't have beaten Haku, there's now ay even with the nine-tails chakra" "Oh Naruto can't have beaten Gaara, I mean Sasuke could barely touch him and Naruto got him all pissed off and made him transform into his full demon form." "Kakashi should've lost to Zabuza, Naruto can't have figured out a brilliant strategy like that somehow got the plan across to Sasuke, whom figured it out just by noticing Naruto transformed into a shuriken."

The fact is, Sakura tied with Ino, you can speculate that Ino didn't fight at 100%, but the fact that she got knocked out afterwards can more or less throw that fact in the garbage. (Though I'll give you that she woke up like 30 seconds before Sakura, so if it had gone down to a "Whoever stands up first and says 'I win' will win (you know, like most animes end up having at some point or another)" Ino would've won.

But really now, one of the only times Sakura had the spotlight (growing up with no real friends until Ino, them fighting and forming a rivalry, Sakura chases her rival until their ultimate confrontation in which Ino still thinks Sakura is a no-body) you still try and take that from her. Be reasonable, she wasn't a natural at things like Ino was, Sakura admired her and rose up to her. It happens to Naruto all the time but very few people bash him everytime his name is heard [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

[ShinobiNeko]

Masakiri, unlike Naruto's situtation, with Sakura and Ino, Ino befriended Sakura, and the whole rivalry came about because sakura was a baka and decided to throw away the friendship because they both liked sasuke..and maybe ino can do thing better than sakura because she trians/practices a bit more than sakura... ... but anyways on subject, as for sakura being a healer, really don't see any real evidence that she would become a healer. I think if anything, sakura would fit most as a teacher, because more than anything she is just book smart, so she can be a teacher and teach future genin, seems fitting for someone like her

[Garlannd]

This sounds like some kind of bizzare RPG. Healer class, tank class, and some kind of damage class. Healer (sakura) Tank (Naruto) and well damage Sasuke.


This just scares me.

[AngryGumball]

Originally posted by: ShinobiNeko
but anyways on subject, as for sakura being a healer, really don't see any real evidence that she would become a healer. I think if anything, sakura would fit most as a teacher, because more than anything she is just book smart, so she can be a teacher and teach future genin, seems fitting for someone like her

Haha, I luv this idea!
Now onto the next question who is stronger Iruka or Sakura. *teehee* Iruka of course imo.
Speaking of teachers, do you think its funny that we see a scene where Asuma is a teacher in a class.
I do not picture him as a in class lecture teacher, strictly an in the field teacher. I can picture kurenai as an in class lecturer just because she hasn't proven herself as a good enough field ninja/fighter yet. To go further off topic I wish we could see Anko have a good complete fight scene and I hope its wow good, not weak and depressing. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

[Uchiha Barles]

Not only does Sakura not seem like she'd be a healer in the future, but I don't think she'd be a good teacher either. You have to respect your teachers, and since it's a ninja academy, gaining respect involves having strenght. I don't think the students would respect a teacher they know they can beat.

To Masakari: Yes I dislike Ino, but no way near as much as I hate Sakura. Ino's been an integral part in the success of her team (she's useful), whereas removing Sakura from Naruto's team would make no difference, except maybe to improve overall team performance (she's useless, possibly a detrimental). As far as bashing Naruto everytime his name comes up as I do Sakura, that's just not gonna happen and it shouldn't even be discussed as to why. Oooh, and you are correct about me being able to speculate all I want. So I will. I speculate that Inner Sakura the tie between Ino and Sakura is total manure.

[Knyteguy]

I disagree about Sakura being useless. She has actually been pretty important. Would Naruto be able to pull the strength he did without Sakura being in trouble (gaara / chuunin exam eps)?

"Your true ninja power comes out when you need to protect someone"

This quote (or something similar to it), has been said more than 10 times throughout the series.

Just a thought.

[ShinobiNeko]

Uchiha Barles, you make a good point that teachers should be respected and sakura isn't really that type..
Kny..that's pretty much all sakura is there for, but in terms of her, herself, she's useless
But on topic, besides sakura hot showing anything towards being a healer, it's not like she showed any interest so far in it either

[Masakari]

But she might realize she sucks at being a ninja doing regular missions, so she goes "Hey I can become a doctor!"

Why do I feel like someone said that before in this topic... I think this thread should die now.

[Masamune]

Originally posted by: Knyteguy
I disagree about Sakura being useless. She has actually been pretty important. Would Naruto be able to pull the strength he did without Sakura being in trouble (gaara / chuunin exam eps)?

"Your true ninja power comes out when you need to protect someone"

This quote (or something similar to it), has been said more than 10 times throughout the series.

Just a thought.

if gaara would'vee destroyed the ramen stand instead of holding down sakura.
Naruto would have decimated the entire sand village [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

[Omri]

if gaara would'vee destroyed the ramen stand instead of holding down sakura.
Naruto would have decimated the entire sand village [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img][/quote]

LOL, good one.

I think sakura will be a genjustu ninja like kurenai.

[AngryGumball]

[quote]
Originally posted by: Masamune

Originally posted by: Knyteguy
if gaara would'vee destroyed the ramen stand instead of holding down sakura.
Naruto would have decimated the entire sand village [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

If they woulda harmed a hair on Ayumi's head I woulda quit watching the show [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]
Go Ramen Stand! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] A very good reply Masamune. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]