Chapter 319 is pretty old, but I just read it again in volume 35 of the tankoubans. The following 4 pages from this chapter reminded me of why I hate Sakura so much.
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If you couldn’t be bothered to click on those thumbnails, Sakura is sitting in her room, having a cry over Sasuke while Naruto is training hard. This scene encompasses everything I hate about Sakura’s character.
1) She does jack shit.
2) She cries. A lot. While doing jack shit.
3) JACK SHIT AND CRYING ARE ALL SHE DOES.
Does she serve a purpose to the plot except for making it even more emo? No. For both Naruto and Sasuke, she’s less important to them than each other (remember Naruto spent two and half years training while thinking of Sasuke. If that’s not gay I don’t know what is). She doesn’t fight – in fact, she can’t. She didn’t beat Sasori, she acted as a puppet while the Sand Grandma did all the real work. Even in the beginning, in the Water Country , the Chuunin exam, and the ‘we’re a team but let’s split up and have five one on one fights aren’t I clever’ arcs she never did a single noteworthy thing.
Her personality isn’t even likeable. She says she’ll work hard, and according to Tsunade she did. But what results do we see form her hard work? Oh yay you healed a sub character! AWESOME. Let’s not mention her double-personality crap. It doesn’t make her interesting, it just makes her a bitch. And what happened to her supposed talent for genjutsu? Oh wait, that’s right. Nobody likes her, so why bother spending time actually developing her character and making her useful?
(I’m giving you a hint on what to do Kishimoto. If you somehow happen to stumble across this blog, I want to tell you that I love you for writing and drawing Naruto, but I hate you for creating Sakura. Either dump her or make her interesting. Actually, just dump her, you’ll probably fail at making her interesting anyway.)
Naruto disapproves. Actually, what is this guy trying to do?
I don’t know how Kishimoto failed to make the lead female character of Naruto likeable, when the Naruto world is filled with interesting and complex characters. Even the Akatsuki and the Sand Grandma, who only showed up for a short time, are better characters than Sakura, not to mention the numerous Leaf ninjas.
As far as I can tell, she’s only there to make Naruto and Sasuke not blatantly gay. Of course, that doesn’t stop the yaoi fangirls from making millions of NaruSasu slash doujins/pics/fics, which proves that she fails at her only purpose.
It’s about time Kishimoto killed off more characters, and I nominate Sakura for starting the blood rite.
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OK ne One who rly hates Sakura i will locate u and Kill You! im sorry but i can’t take it ne more!!! i liked Sakura from the beginning! and im like her actually, i like Sasuke the wa she does ( even if he is just a drawing) i feel the same feelings as she does to ino,,, and Naruto..blah blah blah.
ne way if u have a problem with Sakura KISS MY @$$!
AND BTW THE FOURTH HOKAGE (YONDAIME) IS NARUTO’S DAD AND HE’S THE LEADER OF AKATSUKI!
oh and here’s more HOW CAN NE ONE CALL HER USLESS the way i c itis if u can create landlides with a mere punch there should be no questions about her!
And YES she WAS originally a genjutsu type! thats why Kakashi says Sakura may become the next Tsunade, but stronger! so everyone who hates her just shut up! im so sick of ppl ripping on her!
oh and to those of u who think Sakura dosnt suck, ur cool
to those who thinks she does…
YA’LL SO STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (lol)
ok then…whew…sry about that..but in so sick and tired of ppl ripping on her all the time -_- u know how it is..to me it’s like someone ripping on ur best friend…or somthing like that
Sakura Owns!
OH AND SASUKE AND NARUTO ARENT GAY DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh and btw, i was serious about that huinting u down and killing u part. sure i know Sakua has her faultls but the resons u ppl stated why u hate sakura arent even good enough resons……i justy can’t get my pure hatred out for those who hate sakura -_-
sakura a gaara (cool)
love sakura
cool picture
Well, i don’t really agree with you, although sakura is kind of weak and does nothign at first after Sasuke left but she’s really strong underneath it all. In Part Two, she’s truly strong and i don’t think you should be so judgemental.
@ sasuke wife: ……well, i just wouldn’t be proud to admit to be “like her”…….
(I’m really sorry for you…….)
look every who says sakura suks is stupid i bet that if you guys were her you would do the same thing assholes bitches
OMG!!! Are you all insane? Sakura is AWSOME!!! I mean, yeah she is a sasuke-obsessed crybaby in the beginning, but she grew up. Now she’s a strong, independant, and loyal friend, teamate, and apprentice. Also, she loves Naruto-kun! Not that gay loser Sasuke! So xp!
(No offense to Sasuke-lovers! I just don’t like how he betrayed those who care most about him. I also know that he’s pretty hot! XD
I realize there are a LOT of Sakura fans in the Naruto fandom but please take note that there are also MANY people that support her. Writing all this crap about her is just unnecessary and is genuinely spam. Everyone has his or her faults (and Kishimoto did specify that he first wanted to Sakura to symbolize human weakness).
And, as ‘sakura_chan’ states, most of you would do the same in scenarios that are placed before her. She has the courage to do many things that most people would not be able to do (in fact, I don’t think that YOU would be able to react like she did no matter how much you want to say you would). Sure, she seems weak, but you need to put her in a better light. I am sure I (and other readers) can point out some flaws to any of your favorite charactors.
Like I said, your post is really spam. Your raging passion in your post really ticks me and other ppl off. It would have been fine if you gently laid out the fact you disliked Sakura. Then you wouldn’t get all these angry posts.
After reading your arguement, I would have to agree with you. Sakura was a horrible character overall in the beginning. Most of the time she did cry, whine, and bitch. Drama queen to the max. Personally, I despise those people that can’t accept the fact of life and let go. However, without that sort of character in place in the series, there wouldn’t be enough comedy relief. The whole plot of Naruto is rather depressing seeing how Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara lost their parents.
In the beginning she did start off as a weak character, and even though her fighting style was crap, she was a needed character in the sense that she added a bit of comedy relief, she provided a character that younger people can identify with when head over heels about someone, and the reason why Naruto tries so hard because of his affection for her. Post-time skip she does develope into a much stronger influencial character. I won’t spoil it for anyone who hasn’t read the manga and doesn’t know what happens, but she eventually becomes a reason for Naruto to push on. The fact that she becomes a medical Ninja fits her, and yes, that does mean that she important, because she makes it possible for the group to keep moving on faster.
I like her much better when they get older. NARUSAKU ALL THE WAY!!! YAY!!!
you dont have anything else to do? if you dont like sakura let her!
with this you’re showing us that you pay atention to her¬¬
mature plis!
she is a really good character with deffects like any other
you’re really anoying-.-
narusaku 4 ever!
i don’t know…
i really like Sakura. I feel she’s very humain-ish.
I’ve always had a knack for flawed characters
Actually i think Sakura has fallen in love with naruto. Though she wont admit it to herself.
I’d did not nok like her the most of the time, but sometimes she do things that i cant help like her alot. Like the time where naruto was badly injured and she healed him and cried when he woke up.
J’vois pas comment elle peut etre aussi faible…………ET PUIS:Si Sakura est devenue plus forte,il ne devrait pas avoir de probleme,non?Alors pourquoi a t-elle hésitée a combattre Sasori avec son propre physyque?Elle a besoin de jugeote…
I really like Sakura. When Sasuke and Naruto where unconcious and Lee was harmed, I believe that Sakura put her life into fighting those Sound ninjas in the Chuunin exams and she fought Ino too.I can’t remember the other times she fought.
I don’t believe that Sakura can’t fight.She can and she did.I think that when she cries,it makes her the person she is.(her personality is pretty interesting)
WHAT THE FUCK r u talkin about Sasuke is just a run away. All he says is “I want to be more strong I want to kill Itachi.” Aha like never happening!!!
He is so weak he just runs away for help from a guy thats even weaker then Itachi I mean what the Heck??? Its no use at all!!!!!! Anyway, you have some serious issues. If you have a problem with Sakura that much then OH WELL!!!
DEAL WITH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m Japanese and I hate it just can’t stand it when people are insulting Japan or whatever comes from Japan and I’m sorry if I’m being cruel but your being a jackass and not Sakura, your the biggest BITCH!!! Why? I’ll tell u why, because ur actually putting ur thoughts on the internet KEEP IT TO UR SELF, and actually tellin Kishimoto Sensei what to do. Its none of ur FUCKEN BUSINESS how he writes the story. I completely agree with the Khemical Jne 9th, 2007 10:31am person, thank you very much.OK well I can do this 4 ever but I don’t want to talk to a dude that is so retarded enough to insult others country SO, bye bye. Oh by the way is that picture of a dude wearing a Naruto costume and trying his best to be so “COOL” you? If so ur BUTUGLY!! And stop reading NARUTO if you cant stand Sakura anymore.
WOW, um this person above me sounds pist off 4 REALS and really getting scaryer each word….. Oh um hey but I kind of feel the same I mean I am from Japan as well and I do like manga like alot!! Ahaha…. but not actually have been a fan of anybody. And I do want Kishimoto to do somethin about her like make her stronger and less emotional or somethin like that but if he wants it that way oh well. At Japan right now Naruto is over and is on a second way different story and I pretty much like it becouse of how Sakura is. She’s the first Hokage since she was born in this strongest family like Huuga or Uchiha, but actually the Hokage’s are still the same and eventually Naruto is a Hokage as well because when thair grown to like 16 Sakura gets taken by Itachi to Akatsuki and is forced to be in the team because they need her power so Naruto does the work when she is gone and in this story she is way sronger than anybody possibly can be, her Chacura thingy is way too much because of the two beasts she contains; Dragon & Tiger. The dragon is her family beast that once in a wile chooses someone to be the master, & the tiger is the 8 tail beast. Well try and see if you can find it on YOUTUBE you’ll like it yourself and not only Sakura but Sasuke will come out more oftenly but he’s still the same as right now story.
YO people’s im not a big fan of sakura at all because i like sasuke and i want her to lay off sasuke!!! but……. nobody and i mean nobody has the right to be tellin the author what to do!!!! i may not be japanese but i sure as hell like japan alot…. so dont be bossin him around!!!!!!!!!!! i have a lot of friends that are japanese and they are the best people in the world… my friend Sakura_saver is ticked and so am i so CHA!!!! LEAVE THE AUTHOR ALONE… and sakura….(By the way even if the author passes this “BLOG” of urs he cant read English IDIOT!!!!!!!!! OMG THINK!!!!!!!!!)
oh and SASUKE IS NOT GAY!!!! NOR EMO!! and naruto isnt gay… ~kmaster17
The (Sakura Saver) is back!!!!! Ur gayer then they might be to u!!!! Sorry to be rude last time, I want 2 take back sth… who is that guy in the costume thats gheto then ever!? ~Sakura Saver
Why did that kid decide to dress up like a gay guy that disaproves?
I dont know if this is a bit random or not- but im just gonna let it out……. I HATE KIKYO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE HE I HATE HER U HATE HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…………….sorry…….oh yeah one more thing. Saskue is gay….very very gay…. Itachi is the best in the uchiha clan. I mean, its so clear that he can kick sakues ass. Who ever is in love with saskue or kikyo can go jump off a cliff(except for inuyasha or sakura-they are ok)
Yeah I mean wtf, why are you insulting sweden!?!?!?!?!?
Sarura saver, are you going balistic on every single person who nags at Japan?
And even though, how the fuck can you say that Lupus insulted Japan? He just stated some facts.
-_- Sakura is not usless! The only usless is ino you have no right to say about that to her and she did to worked and tarined for tow year’s if she haddn’t saved gaara then he wold be DEAD! it took her a long time to get were she is right now! you have no right’s to say that she’s usless and pluse she even show’n alot of curge for protacting naruto and sasuke in the exame’s so don’t go arond saying she’s usless! god your such and ass! >_
I agree with Khemical June 9th, 2007 10:31 am and Sakura saver! You have not right’s to tell the aruthor what do ! and there’s alot of sakura fan’s out there and I’m one of them and I think that sakuraxsasuke shold be togater! AND WTF IS YOUR DEAl HATING HER?!?!!!!!! and agine she helped gaara and sasuke is not gay he’s cool….and if you don’t like sakura nor sasuke or any other naruto charctor’s than what the hell are you read or whating it?! god your so annyoing! wold you stop with the “‘ omg I hate sakura,saske is so emo he’s weak’” crap you know you can get sued for having this stupied thing up here! And I don’t care who are what you are you need to stop your shit right now! sakura is the maine cahrctor I love*I’m a girl like I said I’m a sakura fan* So you don’t need to talk shit about her the onely person you need to talk shit is about your self and I know I’m not japanes but come on! and Yes I hate ino alot but don’t be going off and say shit about her ok? she’s ok i tink and pluse you have no idae how sakura fell’s about sasuke you know what? If you hate the show then stop wating it or reading it…god!
Sasuke wife Your the grate’st!!!! ^_^ I agree with all the sakura fan’s out there! and yes I have more to say then what i have posted If you were sakura what wold you do? if you leave like sakura have what wold you do then? huh? you can’t stop people from love to hate her she’s so I mena come on can’t you see it? she’s the beast person out there even tho i don’t like ino at all but I will put it this way I can be an ino-sakura-sasuke-naruto-gaara and all the othr’s charctor’s fan actoly I am and I am an sakura agine a fan omg you so god rude.
I didn’t read the other comments, so maybe I’ll repeat some stuff you guys wrote. I’m sorry for that
Girls are emotional – OK ?
I like the Shippuuden Sakura more cuz she knows so much now and she really wants to get Sasuke back.
And it’s definitely NOT true, that she didn’t improve at all, cuz it’s not only the thing with the healing she can do. Sakura is also good at saving chakra in one part of her body to crash stones or whatever.
Well .. I’m not that good at english and so I can’t tell you all the things I think about this, sry
esta muy chulo esto ya lo vi y en imagen real es mas bonito aunque sakura lora hasta cuando una pelusa buela pero es aceptable es muy sensible
y por si no lo sabiais al final sakura se queda con naruto
if you have a best friend that makes you gay.but of course i have no friends i live to destroy.
personally, sakura is a important character…if you ask me, naruto wouldnt even bother going after sasuke if it werent for her, shes his inspiration…and as time passes she does become a better person, shes 12 years old when the story starts, last i checked, ever 12 year old was a whiney brat, who should have been slapped upside the head a few times…its true, her constant treatment of naruto pissed me off and her constant SASUKE-KUN!!!’s made me want to rip my ears and eyes out…but as she gets older, she gets better, shes learning, just like all people do…shes down to eart and a true person who has to work hard to become what she wants, and that makes me admire her all the more then any other character , wel besides naruto that is… and as for sasuke, she dosent seem to have any romantic feelings for him…infact i’d say naruto is finally gonna get his wish…sakura-chan is definantly coming around….after all even yamato himself started saying it! yaoi can burt in the vast vast firey pits of hell. because theres no proof.
and one more thing…why do people have to argue about this junk? it dosent matter if you hate it..i you dont like her, then screw it…for every person there is that dosent like her, theres another that does…and i support kishimoto no matter what he does…even if i might not agree with somethings.
its his story and im lucky to read it, and i enjoy it, althouhgh my lie would be sooo much more meaningful is sasuke we’re dead and naruto and sakura we’re getting it on over his dead and bleeding corpse.
sorry if some people take offense to my, sasuke-dislike V.V its just after killing naruto, hes kinda unworthy of life.
-Sigh-
wow….ur post was really harsh. I know that many people likes and dislike Sakura, but to those who like her, this post might offend them as much as it did to me. From the beginning i thought Sakura was annoying but like most people say, she’s matured into a more grown up person. Sakura is supposed to represend human weakness after all. Sakura also had a different past from everyone. She mostly had a carefree life, unlike Sasuke who wants to avenge his clan and Naruto who wants to prove to everyone that he’s gonna be Hokage.
Even if you do hate her, i think its best to keep to yourself. Dont hate me for this post ~_~”
Tcha….i’d have to say you got your butt throughly kicked on this subject….tough luck. damn typo’s.
乜春春呀．
me encanta
amo el anime
la foto principal es hermosa amo
naruto
hiya all!! I’m not japanese or american or wateva. Nah i’m a kiwi, that is a New Zealander.land of the long white cloud, Aotearoa!! Yo!! Well i’ve always liked sakura.She has always been my favourite character. I’m completely up to date with the manga. Chapter 365 comes out in a few hours translated to english.i also watch the japanese shipudden wit subs and the english version. Watch it on youtube dailymotion etc: Well anyways i’ve hav a few characteristics of sakura.I used to say things but be thinking the complete opposite but now that im 14, i sorta express my self quite a bit better. I’m not whiny and i don’t outwardly express my self like sakura does to guys. i treat them like they’re my friends, not like i want to get down their pants if ya know what i mean.i’m considered quite a nice person and when i punch someone(always my brothers if they piss me off) it generally hurts. I have small hands but i can punch really hard. So i don’t really see what some people’s deal with sakura is.she’s not perfect but then who is and also the whole ino sakura thing-well ino helped sakura become a better person and more mentally strong but then sakura had to find her own style instead of just being ino’s shadow trying to form. wow that was poetic but sickening at the same time.also i like tsunade, except i don’t approve of the gambling thing but she’s really inependant and has a lot of confidence. Sakura matured a lot as she grew up as people tend to do and now she can’t represent human weakness when she’s finally a butt kicking medical kunoichi.Sorry to say this but i don’t think sakura will get with sasuke or naruto.naruto and her will be really great friends, and sasuke, i reckon in the end will die during a fight to protect sakura and naruto or something. Also the battle i’m waiting for is a one-one-one sakura vs sasuke. thatd be exciting!!! well sayonaara
die ruth meister!!!!
i have dazzy
hey fyi sakura is awesome!! she may have been useless at the begining, but she trained hard and got powerful!!you dont know anything. and besides….she could so kick ur ass!!!
oh and another thing, don’t be mad at her for missing sasuke!! i mean wat if someone you loved disapeared and you had no idea where that person was for years!? its not her fault for being emotional and not as strong as some of the others. lets see you become a ninja and see how useful you’d be. there is no reason for oyu to hate her that much.>:[
YOU ALL HAVE NO LIVES! Oh yeah, Sakura kicks ass most of the time, but sometimes she does act like a little kid who does nothing but cry.
Uhm, HELLO?! Are you blind, here? Sakura is beautiful and strong.
Girls are EMOTIONAL! What if someone you loved, someone you cared, just dissapeared? Hm, don’t even say, “Oh, I wouldn’t cry like a whiney bitch like Sakura!” Uhm, no. Cut the shit, you guys. Becuase YES you would cry if someone you love dissapeared. Besides, she trained HARD for 2 years with Tsunade. You say she did nothing? Go to hell, she went through alot.
Did you see she went from weak, to strong! Enough to surpass Tsunade.
You know, go fuck yourself. If you think Sakura is that stupid, hate her, stop reading. Jesus, it’s not that hard you know. Plus, leave her be. If you hate her, whatever! By posting on this, your just contributing to Sakura even if you’re saying bullshit about her.
About Ino, she did not break up with Ino about a boy, huns. She wanted to be her own fucking person. Not part of some Ino posse. Go and say all you want, I wouldn’t want to be a clone of someone either. Sure, they’re rekindling their friendship as it is. They’re not all, “SASUKE IS MINE!” anymore.
Say all you want, but you got your ass whipped on this sunject, hunny. ;D
Don’t mess with us Sakura fans, you see you get your ass whooped.
We’re just as strong as Sakura, mind you.
Say I have no life, just supporting Sakura.
Omg Bre, u totally owned this subject xD -glomps-
Damn right Bre, you fuckin OWN this page! Hell fuckin YEAH! I don’t think anyone else could have said like that! A-MAZING!!!!!!!!
Bow down to you and call you master!
Ah jeez, Sakura is mature, strong, smart, and hawt! She obviously gotten better over the past two years, no shit.
Wooo! Sakura is the most annoying charachter ever! Could she be any more clutsy or dumb? I mean she does great on all her tests but the real world beats the crap out of herself. Shes so useless!!!
HEY FALLENANGEL! Sakura is alot better now than she’s ever been. So yeah she is freaking annoyiying, but only sometimes and mostly because of naruto obviously cuz he pisses her off! But she’s VERY smart and now she kicks ASS! I HATED her in the past when she was all “Sasuke ur so cool!” But she’s different now! ACCEPT IT!! And she’s not useless anymore either! She SAVED Kankuro’s ass! And ahe’s got brute strength and healing powers! What more do you expect from her?!
shippuuden 25 is out!!!!! ooooooooo man it was good but it DRAGS! So yeah go watch the episode my fellow naruto fans!!!