Sakura is a rather controversial character in the Anime Naruto, as many fans believe she was useless throughout the entire story. However, here we present 3 reasons why she was not as useless as claimed.
Who is Sakura Haruno? Since the beginning of the series, Sakura has been present. Like Sasuke and Naruto, she belongs to Team 7 and is trained by Kakashi at a young age. She is mainly known for her unbridled love for Sasuke.
At the beginning of the story, she is quite nasty towards Naruto, but over time she develops a good friendship with him. Besides chakra control, she also learns many medical jutsu from Tsunade. Despite her seemingly useful abilities, she is a controversial character among fans, and it is said that she has been useless. In this article, however, we show 3 reasons and situations in which Sakura could demonstrate her strength.
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Sakura is always present in the Naruto games:
1. In the Suna Arc, she accomplished a lot
At the beginning of Naruto Shippuden, Team 7 must travel to Sunagakure because Gaara has been defeated and kidnapped by 2 members of Akatsuki. The team consisting of Sakura, Naruto, and Kakashi is sent to rescue Gaara.
Upon arriving in Suna, Sakura saves the injured and poisoned Kankuro, who lost the fight against the puppet master Sasori. Thus, Sakura saved Kankuro’s life here.
In the same arc, Sakura fought alongside Grandma Chiyo against Sasori. One could argue that she only succeeded with Chiyo’s help, but it is also thanks to Sakura’s strength and training that the battle could be won.
2. As silly as it sounds: Medics are simply needed
Through her training with Tsunade, Sakura gains extraordinary abilities in the medical field. Not only with Kankuro, but throughout the series, she shows how useful she can be as a medical ninja. Her combat skills also ensure she can defend herself when necessary on the battlefield.
Even in the great Ninja World War, she is an important factor in keeping the army and especially Naruto alive. She ensures multiple times that Naruto can continue fighting. For example, she heals Kakashi after his eye is removed. At one point, she has almost healed the entire battlefield.
To find Sasuke in the fight against Kaguya, she works together with Obito, whom she heals repeatedly during the search.
3. In Boruto, she is an important part of the village
Besides the fact that she has to raise Sarada alone because Sasuke is constantly on missions, she is an important part of the medical structure in Konoha. She is the head of the clinic and one of the top healers in the village. Similar to Tsunade back in the day, she also takes care of training future medical ninjas.
At the same time, she founded a clinic for children traumatized by the war after the war.
Why is she still so unpopular? The biggest criticism of Sakura lies in her approach to Sasuke. No matter what terrible things he has done, she has never given up her unconditional love. Some of her statements are often a big laugh as well. One example would be when she compares herself to Naruto and Sasuke in the war.
On paper, she was more useful
than most ninjas from Konoha. Sure, she is also part of the main cast, but all her problems are more narrative critiques than critiques of her abilities. And no matter how much people downplay it, through her medical skills, she has saved several characters from death. Unfortunately, aside from Sasori, she never received a good fight: The 7 most legendary fights in Naruto
