You could argue that Sakura had the most character development out of all the Konaha 13... she started as the most useless, and became one of the most important.
Sakura had no clan previlage like all of her friend she is just a daughter of Random Genin. She doesn't have Uzumaki's infinite Chakra, Uchiha's Sharingan, Hyuga's Byakugan, Yamanaka' Mind penetration Technique, Nara's Shadow Binding, or Akimichi's Body enlargement. she didn't have Inuzuka's Dog or Aburame's Insect either. All she got from her family is his father Pink Hair
But she was still trained by the granddaughter of Hashirama and Hundred Seal is quite the power up. The only random citizen is Lee and might guy as both were literally normal people without great chakra control or chakra
Her Byakugou Seal was a convenient asspull to show off in front of Sasuke. Very convenient timing for a Team 7 moment in the war. Why didn’t Sakura pull out the Seal sooner in the war or when Konoha was invaded by the Six Paths of Pain? Oh right, she’s storing it up which makes it lazy writing by Kishimoto. Normal shinobis who are actually better than Sakura who became legends in their own right with no Clan, KG or powerups are: Minato, Sakumo, Chiyo, Hiruzen, Konan, Rock Lee and Might Guy.
Sakura is and has ALWAYS been my favorite. From the beginning as a 12-year-old girl to now that I'm 27, I see SO MUCH of myself in her, as well as things I admire in her. I have never understood the hate she gets from the fandom. She's intelligent, DEEPLY devoted and loving, hard working to a fault, self-aware of her flaws, super strong, has PERFECT chakra control, and is the best medic in the entire universe! Yes, she has made mistakes. Yes, she's done a few things that are shitty. But that just makes her more human! She learns from her mistakes, and grows from her earlier toxic behavior. She never stopped loving Sasuke and always believed there was good in him, which some may call naïve, but I found her devotion and patience inspiring. NOT TO MENTION she has to work hard and EARN every power up she gets. She doesn't have kekkei genkai and she isn't a Jinchuriki or a reincarnation of a super-powerful demigod, so none of her power was genetically handed to her. She had REALISTIC character development. I'm beyond proud of how far she has come, and I'd even go so far as to say Sakura is my favorite anime character of all time.
I’m convinced most people that criticize Sakura see themselves as her, especially her flaws. They read/watch escape from reality so they look up to either heroes that can achieve anything or cold hearted villains that are loved for their specific role in the story, that they got no time to think about how Sakura feels like a real person. She’s a reflection of their mistakes and slow development to adulthood, so they feel threatened by the harsh reality.
Feel free to enjoy and connect with Sakura, but on top of how she treats Naruto, the orphan main character, early on, her petty rivalry with Ino, who was very nice to her, over a boy, and her romantic love for Sasuke being poorly substantiated, (my point being that these are all surface level but bound to piss off viewers) the greatest problem with Sakura that probably upsets people is her role in the story. She is great at the beginning of Shippuden where she shows all the fruits of her time skip training with her poison curing and Sasori fighting, then basically irrelevant for so long outside of being a medic (which is fine but still sexist of Kishi). Kishimoto keeps feeling the need to include her as the female character and member of Team 7, but she's aimless for the vast majority of the story because she was created only to show Sasuke is popular and Naruto is unpopular even with the girl he likes, he didn't think ahead. I do think she's fine in Boruto though, since she isn't a main character anymore and yet is both relevant, basically the strongest woman, and a decent mom.
People also forget Sakura is the main reason why Kaguya didn't come back, as Kaguya was going to ESCAPE from the seal until Sakura punched her back into it.
@@nathanmorgan3457 WDYM 💀 if it wasn't for her Sasuke and Naruto wouldn't even be ALIVE. He even says that in the video. And being "important" is different from being "useful". She wasn't "important" because the story was focused on Naruto and Sasuke at the time, but that doesn't mean she wasn't the entire reason they even won. For example Kiba wasn't "important" in the Sasuke Retrieval Arc, but he was "useful" for stalling Sakon/Ukon for the Sand Siblings to come. If he didn't Sakon/Ukon would have probably caught up to the other Sound Ninjas and killed the Konoha 12 off. The simple FACT that a shinobi like Sakura who was born to 2 non-shinobi parents became the strongest human unassisted by LITERAL god is insane.
I really like when Nick stumbles upon his words and the editor just keeps it in the video. Just feels so real and it’s cool to see how he responds to a stutter or mistake.
I don’t mind Ino being the new head of interrogations but I actually used to really love Ibiki’s design/role as the leader of that unit. He was super intense and intimidating it just felt perfect
I feel like her being the new Head is interesting. She looked to be the typically type of teen that would definitely be into gossip and finding the right tea/combat intel then grows up to be an agent of extracting information to be quite fitting. Also it would be pretty off-putting and would definitely catch a lot of people off-guard. People assume their interrogator to be intense and intimidating but then are met with Ino's beauty and charm. Taking advantage of their underestimation paired with Ino's intense personality and pride, she'd be able to get the job done. All she needs is hard experience. (Didn't Ibiki go through torture including having a DRILL through the head???)
@@bamonkam6183 yes and Shikamaru has saved him, so has choji, Hinata, lee, garra, sasuke, guy, kakashi, tusade, jiriaya, the 1st,2nd,3rd,4th hokage/raikage, killer bee,and pretty much everyone else has done it more than once, soo good for her?
@@jkslmshady80 the most meaningful things TenTen has ever said in the anime is when she was hyping up Neji during the Chunin Exam fight with Naruto lol. Kinda sad really…
Sasuke will always be up there in importance. Him going out to the store to buy milk drove Naruto's need to get stronger, more than wanting to be Hokage did. 😂🤣
Solid list, although, I think Ino is above Shikamaru. Her usefulness as an adult is craaazy. She's responsible for turning Leaf into an impenetrable fortress. And her clan served as a walkie talkie during the war, which was invaluable.
Sakura was always my favorite character growing up, and I’m so glad that she got such a good role and character development. I really love her in Boruto too 💖
Still baffles me to this day that there's tons of Sakura haters out there especially ones that think she's weak when there's multiple characters in the Naruto universe that is either written even worse than her! Hypothetically Both in power scaling wise & written personality-wise Kiba & Tenten as two of them
Actually, Hinata is not the head of the Hyuga Clan, her father Hiashi is and her sister Hanabi is the heiress so she will take that position after him.
@@ShwztaaaShe's a housewife and just a chuunin, while her sister is a jounin. It would have been more appropiate for Hanabi to be the head, Hinata is not even a working as a ninja anymore by her own choice.
I feel like shikamaru preventing a world war twice, making sure the entire village is actually functional and playing a huge part in keeping an eye on amado and kawaki makes him deserve a higher spot on the list. I might be a bit biased but I feel like sasuke got a huge boost because of his power.
A lot of people don't realize how scary Sai was. Simply because his techniques were subtle and wont cause godly amount of destruction(some of his techniques can do it, but those again were not his primary attacks anyway). Plus Kankuro's squad's defeating Deidara and Sasori was so instrumental, as they both specialized in combat against multiple enemies. Specially Deidara. If deidara had reached the battle field, there would have been C4 karura everywhere.
The suicide core is such a dope concept..... yeah lets train a bunch of kids or whatever to get super strong in taijutsu so if push comes to shove open the 8th gate go nuts and die! Dope might not be the right wording, but it sure is killer.
They're crying because one of her biggest fans made a listing video and put in the second place even though she hasn't done any feats to put her own second place. I think I'm definitely done with this fandom a lot you are just braindead it's not that hard to pay attention to a series
Your Grind is appreciated Nick! Its crazy how its stated multiple times that 'The next generation will always surpass the previous' edit: But every generation we get prodigies that make this show an absolute gem
It’s amazing that Boruto has made Ino and Sakura valuable and interesting characters and simultaneously keeps most of the interesting ideas a sequel series specific to Naruto could use in spin-off novels. I’ll always be fascinated by what could have been if the Naruto IP carried more of its themes forward and examined how the Konoha 13 defined their new generation, as the final arcs of several characters in Shippuden pushed as the main message, instead of skipping to the next one and introducing virtually completely new ideas and themes.
God bless you once again, putting Sakura so high. I feel like this list was 1000% accurate. I mean, I love Sakura being at #2, because I believe it as well. But I could also see her being put at #3.
@CteNoyu That was not the question though. He was ranking them in terms of USEFULNESS. Not attractiveness, not story relevance, and not popularity. Besides, Kakashi isn't really any better than her. His plot with his dad wasn't at all important to the story. And he even left the team for a while for Yamato to sub in.
Naruto Kakashi and Guy Saving everyone during the war arc. Sakura: Being called useless despite the only reason they're alive to be saved now is because of her.
To be fair if guy had and showed up, madara would have got the kamui and killed Naruto and Sakura easily guy is the real mvp. Remember before Naruto and sasuke were dying and got their ass pull power up guy was already holing time for them
Sakura is the coolest character in my opinion. No special bloodline, no ninja family members, and did one thing so well that she broke the verse. Team 7 has absurd characters and no other team in history compares to it, and Sakura deserves her spot. She could not have been represented worse in og Naruto, but she is the most impressive ninja given her lack of background. I'm sure people are dying to tell me why my opinion isn't valid, but I assure you that I have had almost two decades to think about this. Also, she's the hottest adult (which I am willing to hear arguments for, provided it comes with sources)
@craigyeah1052 If I had to guess, they literally died before they could tell me. I think this is the first comment section that I've seen pro-Sakura sentiment that wasn't immediately shit on by toxic fans. Also, I must have been drunk when I was typing that last part
So you said that Ino "created" the barrier around Konoha, but I'm pretty sure that the same thing is mentioned in shipuuden when Pein goes to invade konoha. So it's not exactly new, though Ino may have recreated it or made it new and improved
@@kevaughnrichardson2216 That's why I made sure to point out the possibility of it being a recreation. The point of my comment is just to claim that despite it being recreated, it was not exactly a new thing.
Always makes me sad to see Tenten at the bottom of these lists. I actually really like that she you something that everyone else uses but in a unique way and that she has the proficiency to use high-level weapons. Be honest that's actually really cool
This video also makes you realize that although Neji is at the bottom of the list, his role was one of the most significant. It helps argue that his death wasnt "pointless" or an "ass pull" by Kishimoto. It helps you realize that Neji actually put Naruto AND Sasuke in their place, and gave them BOTH someone to strive to be stronger than.
His death still is all of that I don't see how this changes that, Lee was doing Neji's job better in putting them in their place. And all the genius vs hard work falls flat at the end.
I think his death signifies the death of a lot of the lessons that old Naruto was running with, because hard to say “hard work conquers talent” when Naruto is well on the way to becoming Jesus 😂
Kishimoto originally wanted to kill Neji and Lee in the sasuke retrieval arc to the sound village 4 and Kimimaro. So actually all of Neji and Lee after that point was an ass pull. Only reason they stayed was cause Kishimotos editors said people liked them to much. Frankly I think Neji should’ve died then as much as I loved him
Honestly, it's not about her being useful or not. Marrying someone who tried to kill you isn't a good look. Even my daughter is like nah there are better female role models 😅 and she's a child.
@@ladybluelotus yah but you must ship mikasa and eren..... And you say naruto and sasuke's friendship is wholesome 😍if you rewatch the OG you'll understand that sasuke loved sakura since the beginning she and naruto were his weakness... She was the one who could stop oruchimaru from taking over his body,he cared about her feelings whenever she was down he used to praise her and thx her... Sasuke(because of itachi) was a psycho who tried killing the closest people to his heart in order to become stronger..if you hate sasuke then that's not a reason to hate a character who cared about her village and saved millions She prefers being in the village and helping others, working 24 hours, built orphanages and mental health hospitals, healed and is healing everyone and managed to go from zero to the strongest kunoichi That should be a role model in my opinion A woman preferred to work instead of being with her beloved husband and managed to raise a daughter with amazing manners
@@ladybluelotusand remember in this case they are on shonen genre fighting is there main role if you want lovely dofly love story go watch shojo...Sasuke on the deeper and darker hatred at that time his mental state not on the right place.he not evil without reason, their love story have time line and development and sadly anime not capture their Bond right..Sasuke is not idiot to know his feeling to sakura his not like Naruto who must be guide to fine wife...
@@diallo1347 no they'll be literally no Sakura without Naruto especially when Obito gave Naruto Ninetails. Especially Naruto and plot armor they still be here so yeah I'm done with this fandom.
@@diallo1347 Tell me how sakura would have survived the pain arc? retrieval arc? war arc? No Naruto and Sasuke without Sakura? Yeah mate that does both ways but Naruto and Sasuke has saved her more than she did. The entire War arc has dozens of times where both of them saved her
@@imnotakingimnotagodiam..ab9455 you've made the most common rookie mistake, you don't appreciate the white mage (healer). If you're narrow-minded and only consider raw strength, then Sakura isn't as high as Naruto/Sasuke, except now she's even again. She literally brings them both back from death several times in the war arc, Boruto, and the light novels. That is why she is important.
I really wish the 13 all got at least a little more focus, like have Tenten use some of the 7 swords of the mist. And my real dream idea would have had the final battle be the other 10 keep Madara (who would be a little less broken) busy before our three mains are able to come and end it once and for all.
Kishimoto gave Sakura speed to parallel sasuke and Naruto. This is evident when she fights alongside sasuke in their travels and keeps up flawless until she got pregnant
@@jackgonahieu4999 your right it did Bec I still don’t understand if I’m getting the wrong idea cause i don’t really think Sakura gained allot of power in a short time lol. Her power was very gradual and consistent compared to characters who got handed power at every other manga page
Being that Sasuke basically single-handedly (no pun intended) saved Konoha in “The Last” on top of everything mentioned above (which was not mentioned) I’m gonna place him above Sakura 🤷🏾♂️
Sakura🌸 is important in the realm of all Medical where she is op at this being her particular skillset and healers that save are very important to Konoha Village and I adore her but she's #3 still love my Blossom💖
Honestly team 7 along with ino and shikamaru are probably the only ones that would affect the current story in boruto if they died sad to say even tho my favorite of the 13 is Kiba
I would love a video on what IF orochimaru actually successfully absorbed Kimimaro instead of trying to take over sasukes body and the illness wasn't a factor, how strong could a kimimaro orochimaru become, his wide range of jutsu, his ability to use hashirama etc by resurrecting them and controlling them, combined with the hardened steel bones and snake abilities, coupled with a four tailed hydra with bone protection how strong could he have been and who could he take down if itachi hadn't got him with the totsuka blade 1 shot how much of a threat could he have been, considering he took out one of the kazekage and gaara was hitting kimimaro with a full battlefield full of sand full power sand burial he has some insane durability feats
Wouldn't he lost the body after 3 years? He has to switch bodies even if he doesn't want to also, Does Orochimaru keep the Kekkei Genkais of previous bodies after he switches to a new one? I don't know since he always uses only snakes and his sword to fight, maybe he could install the Kekkei Genkais like Kabuto did but that doesn't need the switching bodies part so maybe it wouldn't make any difference at all if he took his body, he just needed to install his Kekkei Genkai into the newest body to use it.
Neji was important because of his arc where he learned that Naruto, Son of the fourth Hokage, vessel for 9 tailed fox, and reincarnation of the son of the god of ninjas, was not a weak ninja, due to the circumstances of his birth. Which, alright, he didn't know he was fighting NINJA JESUS, but the other bits still made that a bit silly when you think about it.
Do not disrespect house wives. A mother who values her home, children, and husband over personal achievements is a sacrificial woman who lays down her potential in the community in order to invest in her childrens' potential in the community. Hinata, "a literal housewife," may in fact lay the necessary foundations for a more prosperous village than Konoha has ever been by raising her children better than her own generation was raised.
I love your channel so much and the love you gave Sakura. Without her Kankuro wouldn’t be alive. She saved so many people and lead the entire medical squad during the war. Like she is badass and went from being useless and a late bloomer to unstoppable. She is my inspiration and favorite character in the whole anime universe. 🙏
If TenTen has mastery over ninja tools, she should have mastery over scientific ninja tools to and be fascinated by them. She could be so good having diverged from being a ninja and using her innate mastery of scientific ninja tools to be at the forefront of scientific development
Well as KISHITMOTO is a sexist shit, it’s obvious he wouldn’t ever give Tenten this much needed character development. Instead he created a whole new character instead. POS.
People don't get mad about putting hinata at number 10 😐 I mean come on what did she do to the village? Did she ever do anything useful beside helping naruto vs pain and that was the only useful thing she did in 900 episodes 😐she never saved or cared about anyone in her village beside naruto and she left the ninja world after becoming a mum 😐np with that of course but you can't compare with other characters who worked and are working for the sake of their village 😐cause sleeping with naruto doesn't make u useful you gotta work and help others
At least one of my favorites (Shikamaru) has a good role in the new era. Shino & Tenten are just as shafted as they've always been, with Shino still being too badass that they hold him back and Tenten holding the record for best hide-and-seek player.
I mean yeah Hinata did it, but only cause she was the only one that really saw what was going on because of her Byakugan. Naruto didnt go mad cause it was Hinata, but rather because it was one of his friends, legit if Choji wouldve jumped in, or Shikamaru he would have reacted the exact same way. And saying "but they didnt do it", yes Hinata had the courage to do it, but also was she pretty much the only one knowing what was going on. If Shikamaru knew that naruto was on the verge of dying right there he wouldve interfered aswell.
@@merryrodriguez1172 nah. She had to get Naruto back on his own damn path several times as well. Chunin exams - proud failure, slapping his ass post Neji's death, and she did restore his chakra pretty instantly vs Toneri...
@@housestarkmvs6087 people always say this and it is not verifiable and leans towards unlikely. It's like trying to erase Kishimoto's intentions from the manga. Naruto physically hurt Sakura who he claimed to love messing around with the Ninetail's cloak He knew Jiraiya had fallen to Pain. He learned that Kakashi had just died. So if Naruto would have done that for everyone why didn't he? Why didn't his eyes even go red learning about Kakashi? Going into full 9 tails mode, he/ Kurama is also shown/drawn stepping to the side of Hinata's body when charging at Pain (even though previously with less tails he hurt Sakura). Then Kishimoto again brings up Naruto specifically saying Hinata getting stabbed by Pain was the worst pain of his life. Not losing Sasuke. Not hurting Sakura. Not the loss of Kakashi. Not the loss of Jiraiya. Hinata getting stabbed. The writer wrote that specifically. The writer put Hinata there specifically... Not any other character. So to say he'd do it for anyone is just people projecting their interpretations of Naruto on the manga which was specifically written to show him doing it for Hinata which is emphasized by Naruto doubling down on the pain he felt watching it happen later on. We need a video on the most common head canons people pass off as fact in this series.
You know what...Tenten could have been a weapon sensei for the next generation in boruto. Konaha could have had swordsman or weapon specialists that could have made borutos generation so much stronger.
To be fair to Kiba, it's not main character worthy or anything, but as basically just a guy, being able to go 2 v 1 with a path of pain is pretty impressive. That's 1/12 th strength of pain, one of the strongest dudes in the verse
while Neji is not one of my favorite characters in Naruto, I will add that in Shippuden he came in handy when locating the seals around the akutsuki hideout during the Gaara retrieval mission...it's not much but he still helped lol
It would have been really funny if there was just like one character from their class who just was like an average njnja and not one of the best their clan has ever seen. Like one dude who is alright, took him quite a while to become a chunin and just goes on low rank missions.
Here are my rankings as of present day in Boruto: 1) Shikamaru (the world doesn’t function without that man) 2) Sakura 3) Ino (I know it’s controversial, but her role is incredibly important) 4) Naruto 5) Sasuke 6) Sai 7) Shino 8) Lee 9) Choji 10) Kiba 11) Hinata 12) Tenten 13) Neji 🪦
As someone who’s favorite female character in Naruto is Hinata, this hurts, but it’s true. In anime the main character love interest always becomes a housewife once they get married and have kids. Y’all think they gonna do Ochako like that?
UHM! Doing Neji dirty! Dude was integral in ending discrimination between the main and branch families. Without him, Hinata would never have moved to right those wrongs.
9:31 I also really liked kiba, tsuga looked very strong on early naruto, marking enemies by pissing on them is gross but in a way it's very smart, and transforming in a two headed dog was also dope.
You said you would rank characters off of what their role is right now and not by theirs achievements, but your whole argument about Sakura being number 2 was purely about achievements and you kinda throw in there that she is the medical expert in Konoha (which is her only role). Sasukes and Shikamarus role are by far more important than Sakuras (objectively speaking, no doubt about it), and in my opinion Inos role too. Sakura should be number 4 or 5, the rest of the list is perfect obviously. If we consider achievements, then yeah of course she is number 2 by a long shot
I AGREE 100 PERCENT!! Love all perspectives and I love the honesty but I would put sauske 4th and Shikamaru 3rd XD but keep up the info i feel like i learn something new evertime you post on Naruto Info!!
I personally think that if you talked about currently in the Boruto manga, Sakura is the most useful character because she is most likely the person that will be the eighth hokage cause Naruto is in a timeless dimension and sasuke is a rouge ninja and she is the strongest in the village currently
Okaaaaaaay. This is the exact kind of list Tenten should've been a hint higher on. I mean hell she runs a shop in the village and has in her possession multiple mythical weapons. I'd say running a weapons shop is pretty useful. Annnnnnnnd the Tenten/Tonton screentime thing isn't true anymore...hasn't been for a long while. It was true way back in the day, but became untrue over time as Tenten got more screentime. The swing tho? Absolutely way more screen time, that thing needs a spot in the credits! Lol.
Tenten is still an active shinobi as well, she was a proctor at the chunin exams and she participated in the hunt of urashiki in Boruto. So i guess she's more useful for the village than Hinata in the Boruto era
I always enjoy the logic and reasoning behind the explanation you apply to your lists. Keep it up, you got this and my full support. Also where did you get the half gold half pearl necklace from?
Sakura is too high on the list and mostly because of manga feats she did after the war. Not the anime. Obviously the specific manga towards her are going to be better
@@imnotakingimnotagodiam..ab9455 Uh Yeah dude, she was there too. She saved lives, helped people, helped saved the world (without her Sasuke and Naruto would've died) opened hospitals specifically for orphaned children and even went travelling the world with Sasuke helping people as part of Sasuke's redemption.
@@jameelagill5408 None of that comes close to what naruto and sasuke did for the world. She saved him? Okh. Did she save him more than he saved her? She would have been dead way back in the land of waves arc.Sasuke saved naruto in the momoshiki arc.Without him naruto would have stayed captured and the world would have been destroyed. But nope running a hospital is more important. Great job genius
@@imnotakingimnotagodiam..ab9455 Here's the thing, they both are doing a lot but I don't think you realize how significant Sakura's actions are. Sakura came to the realization after the war that most of their adversaries were war orphans who were traumatized by the events of war and whose trauma caused them to lash out against the world. The Ame Orphans, Madara, Obito and even Orochimaru all lost a lot because of war and were traumatized and tormented by it. She realized that the best way to prevent that from happening again was to create a hospital dedicated to giving orphaned children the psychological help and support they need. Kakashi approved it, Tsunade advised and Ino funded it but Sakura created it and is the head of this special hospital. That I'd phenomenal. She recognized the issue. That tons of children were going through this heart ache without any help and so she decided to be the help they needed. She cuts the problem at the root. Instead of just waiting for another traumatized orphan to start a war she took it upon herself to prevent, to the best of her abilities, someone like them starting another world wide apocalypse. So Sakura saved the world, saved hundreds of lives, went around the world helping people and saving lives with Sasuke and created a hospital to help orphan children and give them the support they need.
I'm pretty sure when you save someone's life every achievement they make after that is kind of owed to you a little bit, so I'm not sure I'd put Neji last
Shikamaru is my favorite and can't wait for his son to surpass him. 2ed is orochimaru. Orochimarua is a twisted mad scientist so to speak but i love that about him plus if it wasn't for him the alliance would've lost the 4th war...think about it and youll understand
I feel nick is over compensating sakura's usefulness because of all the hate she gets. She not useless but she is not as useful, you can't say running a hospital is the same as running a village
@Billie4billions I literally just subscribed to him TODAY and I think Sakura should be first, so no not a fanboy. His takes are just better cause his not driven by hate like most Naruto fanboys when it comes to Sakura
@Roma oh I didn't know, you not a fanboy then. You are right a lot of his takes are right, but no all of them are. I don't hate her either, although she is not that high on my list of usefulness
Shino.... The reason they didn't send him on the Sasuke retrieval squad is because he would have gotten Sasuke back. XD
I was looking for this comment 😭😭
OG Shino was better in terms of swag
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I’m saying they would’ve been able to find the exit to they chakra cave so much faster and he would’ve been eating tf out that chakra
Shino needs more love 😭
Sakura also opened mental health care after the war! Love that development
Ino and Sakura
Sakura: It wasn't a chicken, it was a baby!
You could argue that Sakura had the most character development out of all the Konaha 13... she started as the most useless, and became one of the most important.
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Sakura had no clan previlage like all of her friend she is just a daughter of Random Genin. She doesn't have Uzumaki's infinite Chakra, Uchiha's Sharingan, Hyuga's Byakugan, Yamanaka' Mind penetration Technique, Nara's Shadow Binding, or Akimichi's Body enlargement. she didn't have Inuzuka's Dog or Aburame's Insect either. All she got from her family is his father Pink Hair
And became less useless 👍
Reminder that sakura was a random citizen of konoha with no clan kekkei genkai or power ups
But she was still trained by the granddaughter of Hashirama and Hundred Seal is quite the power up. The only random citizen is Lee and might guy as both were literally normal people without great chakra control or chakra
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Her Byakugou Seal was a convenient asspull to show off in front of Sasuke. Very convenient timing for a Team 7 moment in the war. Why didn’t Sakura pull out the Seal sooner in the war or when Konoha was invaded by the Six Paths of Pain? Oh right, she’s storing it up which makes it lazy writing by Kishimoto.
Normal shinobis who are actually better than Sakura who became legends in their own right with no Clan, KG or powerups are: Minato, Sakumo, Chiyo, Hiruzen, Konan, Rock Lee and Might Guy.
@@VanLe-gk3ie Lee is fodder now
@@Xeno574 Everyone in Boruto is a fodder.
Sakura is and has ALWAYS been my favorite. From the beginning as a 12-year-old girl to now that I'm 27, I see SO MUCH of myself in her, as well as things I admire in her. I have never understood the hate she gets from the fandom. She's intelligent, DEEPLY devoted and loving, hard working to a fault, self-aware of her flaws, super strong, has PERFECT chakra control, and is the best medic in the entire universe! Yes, she has made mistakes. Yes, she's done a few things that are shitty. But that just makes her more human! She learns from her mistakes, and grows from her earlier toxic behavior. She never stopped loving Sasuke and always believed there was good in him, which some may call naïve, but I found her devotion and patience inspiring. NOT TO MENTION she has to work hard and EARN every power up she gets. She doesn't have kekkei genkai and she isn't a Jinchuriki or a reincarnation of a super-powerful demigod, so none of her power was genetically handed to her. She had REALISTIC character development. I'm beyond proud of how far she has come, and I'd even go so far as to say Sakura is my favorite anime character of all time.
Hell yeah! Glad to see some love for Sakura.
I’m convinced most people that criticize Sakura see themselves as her, especially her flaws. They read/watch escape from reality so they look up to either heroes that can achieve anything or cold hearted villains that are loved for their specific role in the story, that they got no time to think about how Sakura feels like a real person. She’s a reflection of their mistakes and slow development to adulthood, so they feel threatened by the harsh reality.
I feel the same way
Feel free to enjoy and connect with Sakura, but on top of how she treats Naruto, the orphan main character, early on, her petty rivalry with Ino, who was very nice to her, over a boy, and her romantic love for Sasuke being poorly substantiated, (my point being that these are all surface level but bound to piss off viewers) the greatest problem with Sakura that probably upsets people is her role in the story.
She is great at the beginning of Shippuden where she shows all the fruits of her time skip training with her poison curing and Sasori fighting, then basically irrelevant for so long outside of being a medic (which is fine but still sexist of Kishi). Kishimoto keeps feeling the need to include her as the female character and member of Team 7, but she's aimless for the vast majority of the story because she was created only to show Sasuke is popular and Naruto is unpopular even with the girl he likes, he didn't think ahead.
I do think she's fine in Boruto though, since she isn't a main character anymore and yet is both relevant, basically the strongest woman, and a decent mom.
It's pretty funny that Sakura a civilian born kunoichi actually achieved all from legit training hard work/Talent.
Yeah, i love her for that
@@Alar.Lillevali I mean I like how mature she's become. Plus she has natural power. No special eyes or tail beast or being a reincarnation.
Don't forget that Ino is also the reason Konoha can discuss without being watched by Ada.
People also forget Sakura is the main reason why Kaguya didn't come back, as Kaguya was going to ESCAPE from the seal until Sakura punched her back into it.
She literally was not the main reason in the slightest. She literally was the least important of the 3 Team 7 members
@@nathanmorgan3457 LOL at your comment considering she saved them multiple times.
@@danilotatum1042 that literally does not make her the main reason. Her punching Kaguya means nothing if neither Naruto or Sasuke were there
@@nathanmorgan3457 WDYM 💀 if it wasn't for her Sasuke and Naruto wouldn't even be ALIVE. He even says that in the video. And being "important" is different from being "useful". She wasn't "important" because the story was focused on Naruto and Sasuke at the time, but that doesn't mean she wasn't the entire reason they even won. For example Kiba wasn't "important" in the Sasuke Retrieval Arc, but he was "useful" for stalling Sakon/Ukon for the Sand Siblings to come. If he didn't Sakon/Ukon would have probably caught up to the other Sound Ninjas and killed the Konoha 12 off. The simple FACT that a shinobi like Sakura who was born to 2 non-shinobi parents became the strongest human unassisted by LITERAL god is insane.
@@TheTrueKashi if it weren’t for Sasuke she would in the Infinite Tsukuyomi
I really like when Nick stumbles upon his words and the editor just keeps it in the video. Just feels so real and it’s cool to see how he responds to a stutter or mistake.
Agreed, funny being abled to pick up what he was about to say & seeing how it ties in better (sometimes, not a fuckin wizard)
Word I was playing the game when watching the video and hurd it I had to play it back 😭 it felt so real shoutout Cody the editor !!
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@@mr.animeviewer2294 we making this a thing?
What if the stumbles are scripted?
Not gonna lie Sakura really is useful. And I’d bet Rin would’ve been useful too if she didn’t catch a kakashi style Hadoken to the chest
Brutally put but true
Definitely....
😂 hadoken
Rin was an inuzuka and taught Kakashi the ninja dogs technique
@@freshjnew no she wasn't
I don’t mind Ino being the new head of interrogations but I actually used to really love Ibiki’s design/role as the leader of that unit. He was super intense and intimidating it just felt perfect
Yeah he fit the role well
Not to mention his techniques
Kinda begs the question why her father wasn’t the head of the interrogation unit himself
Forget everything just looking at the man tells you that he knows things you don’t😭😭
I feel like her being the new Head is interesting. She looked to be the typically type of teen that would definitely be into gossip and finding the right tea/combat intel then grows up to be an agent of extracting information to be quite fitting.
Also it would be pretty off-putting and would definitely catch a lot of people off-guard. People assume their interrogator to be intense and intimidating but then are met with Ino's beauty and charm. Taking advantage of their underestimation paired with Ino's intense personality and pride, she'd be able to get the job done. All she needs is hard experience. (Didn't Ibiki go through torture including having a DRILL through the head???)
Sakura also saved Naruto’s life twice when they were kids
And naruto has saved her….. oh yea too many times to count
@@therealbnasty3719 of course he has he’s the main character & the strongest guy in Naruto
@@bamonkam6183 yes and Shikamaru has saved him, so has choji, Hinata, lee, garra, sasuke, guy, kakashi, tusade, jiriaya, the 1st,2nd,3rd,4th hokage/raikage, killer bee,and pretty much everyone else has done it more than once, soo good for her?
@@therealbnasty3719 yup
@@therealbnasty3719 canonly she saved him more and she saved him first
Let's be real, tenten is really number 13, neji is a pretty good pencil holder!
I hate how much I love this comment
Lmao as soon as he said like the first 5 sentence I knew TenTen would be catching strays this entire video.
Even as a pencil holder Neji is still more useful than TenTen… really goes to prove that Kishimoto was terrible writing female characters
@@jkslmshady80 the most meaningful things TenTen has ever said in the anime is when she was hyping up Neji during the Chunin Exam fight with Naruto lol. Kinda sad really…
@@CMiY0 and Neji still lost 😂
Sasuke will always be up there in importance. Him going out to the store to buy milk drove Naruto's need to get stronger, more than wanting to be Hokage did. 😂🤣
😂🤣😂😂😅
Solid list, although, I think Ino is above Shikamaru. Her usefulness as an adult is craaazy. She's responsible for turning Leaf into an impenetrable fortress. And her clan served as a walkie talkie during the war, which was invaluable.
Sakura was always my favorite character growing up, and I’m so glad that she got such a good role and character development. I really love her in Boruto too 💖
Still baffles me to this day that there's tons of Sakura haters out there especially ones that think she's weak when there's multiple characters in the Naruto universe that is either written even worse than her! Hypothetically Both in power scaling wise & written personality-wise Kiba & Tenten as two of them
Honestly, it's not about the writing.
@@ladybluelotus when learning to look at things from a different perspective was mainly saying hypothetically
@@ladybluelotus was mainly saying hypothetically if the writing or power scaling wise which one of the flawed criteria
Because she makes dumb decisions and nchammer23 is Sakura simp
She hella annoying in part 1 Making her hella hard to root for .
Actually, Hinata is not the head of the Hyuga Clan, her father Hiashi is and her sister Hanabi is the heiress so she will take that position after him.
It's clearly mentioned in the databook, Hinata - Head of hyuga clan, mother of boruto and Himawari
Idk why people ignore it when it is clearly stated
@@ShwztaaaShe's a housewife and just a chuunin, while her sister is a jounin. It would have been more appropiate for Hanabi to be the head, Hinata is not even a working as a ninja anymore by her own choice.
Shino is the only character I care about. I wish they put him in more.
Omg yes he had so much potential!
I just wish they didn’t make him look like cyclops from the x-men that became a monk and now works in the secret service.
@@GiraffeKing04 Same. His first two looks were perfect.
he's so overrated, dry-ass character, he's just drippy
All I have to say is that Shino and Kakashi need to find someone before it's to late
ino & sai are my favorite characters so it's nice to see them having their moments 🪻🖌
I feel like shikamaru preventing a world war twice, making sure the entire village is actually functional and playing a huge part in keeping an eye on amado and kawaki makes him deserve a higher spot on the list. I might be a bit biased but I feel like sasuke got a huge boost because of his power.
Sasuke has the advantage of being able to do what only he could but I agree. Shikamaru is instrumental for Konoha.
what a drag
Ino's biggest accomplishment is using mind transfer jutsu on obito and even made a beast bomb miss
A lot of people don't realize how scary Sai was. Simply because his techniques were subtle and wont cause godly amount of destruction(some of his techniques can do it, but those again were not his primary attacks anyway). Plus Kankuro's squad's defeating Deidara and Sasori was so instrumental, as they both specialized in combat against multiple enemies. Specially Deidara. If deidara had reached the battle field, there would have been C4 karura everywhere.
The suicide core is such a dope concept..... yeah lets train a bunch of kids or whatever to get super strong in taijutsu so if push comes to shove open the 8th gate go nuts and die! Dope might not be the right wording, but it sure is killer.
"Killer"
Ha, I see what you did there.
@@rockinrootbeer1795 Yah fool🎶
Sakura haters are in shambles. They are Crying in the corners at this video
They're crying because one of her biggest fans made a listing video and put in the second place even though she hasn't done any feats to put her own second place. I think I'm definitely done with this fandom a lot you are just braindead it's not that hard to pay attention to a series
She’s still terribly written
Your Grind is appreciated Nick!
Its crazy how its stated multiple times that 'The next generation will always surpass the previous'
edit: But every generation we get prodigies that make this show an absolute gem
PREACH! Totally agreed.
Who do you guys think was the most underrated character from the Konoha 13?
@@peterobrianson4382 Shino.Wasted Potential
It's called power creep buddy
Even though the more people there are the less charka per person, meaning every generation should be getting weaker
@@peterobrianson4382 Shino, Sakura, Tenten, Choji, and don't get me started on Lee
It’s amazing that Boruto has made Ino and Sakura valuable and interesting characters and simultaneously keeps most of the interesting ideas a sequel series specific to Naruto could use in spin-off novels. I’ll always be fascinated by what could have been if the Naruto IP carried more of its themes forward and examined how the Konoha 13 defined their new generation, as the final arcs of several characters in Shippuden pushed as the main message, instead of skipping to the next one and introducing virtually completely new ideas and themes.
God bless you once again, putting Sakura so high. I feel like this list was 1000% accurate. I mean, I love Sakura being at #2, because I believe it as well. But I could also see her being put at #3.
@Ystrday You're right. Story wise, the only important characters are Naruto, Boruto and Kawaki. But that wasn't solely what was being weighed here.
@CteNoyu That was not the question though. He was ranking them in terms of USEFULNESS. Not attractiveness, not story relevance, and not popularity. Besides, Kakashi isn't really any better than her. His plot with his dad wasn't at all important to the story. And he even left the team for a while for Yamato to sub in.
I truly appreciate and love beautiful Blossom Queen Sakura🌸 I am a stan but she should've been #3 but he loves her too❤️
Naruto Kakashi and Guy Saving everyone during the war arc.
Sakura: Being called useless despite the only reason they're alive to be saved now is because of her.
To be fair if guy had and showed up, madara would have got the kamui and killed Naruto and Sakura easily guy is the real mvp. Remember before Naruto and sasuke were dying and got their ass pull power up guy was already holing time for them
Sakura is the coolest character in my opinion. No special bloodline, no ninja family members, and did one thing so well that she broke the verse. Team 7 has absurd characters and no other team in history compares to it, and Sakura deserves her spot. She could not have been represented worse in og Naruto, but she is the most impressive ninja given her lack of background.
I'm sure people are dying to tell me why my opinion isn't valid, but I assure you that I have had almost two decades to think about this. Also, she's the hottest adult (which I am willing to hear arguments for, provided it comes with sources)
Evidently people were not dying to tell you why your opinion wasn't valid.
@craigyeah1052 If I had to guess, they literally died before they could tell me. I think this is the first comment section that I've seen pro-Sakura sentiment that wasn't immediately shit on by toxic fans. Also, I must have been drunk when I was typing that last part
So you said that Ino "created" the barrier around Konoha, but I'm pretty sure that the same thing is mentioned in shipuuden when Pein goes to invade konoha. So it's not exactly new, though Ino may have recreated it or made it new and improved
the third hokage also told itachi he wouldnt change the barrier so he could sneak in.
Its a new barrier
@@kevaughnrichardson2216 That's why I made sure to point out the possibility of it being a recreation. The point of my comment is just to claim that despite it being recreated, it was not exactly a new thing.
I agree with ya, I’d say if neji was alive he’d be Naruto’ second adviser to counter Balance Nara
Always makes me sad to see Tenten at the bottom of these lists. I actually really like that she you something that everyone else uses but in a unique way and that she has the proficiency to use high-level weapons. Be honest that's actually really cool
This video also makes you realize that although Neji is at the bottom of the list, his role was one of the most significant. It helps argue that his death wasnt "pointless" or an "ass pull" by Kishimoto. It helps you realize that Neji actually put Naruto AND Sasuke in their place, and gave them BOTH someone to strive to be stronger than.
His death still is all of that I don't see how this changes that, Lee was doing Neji's job better in putting them in their place. And all the genius vs hard work falls flat at the end.
I think his death signifies the death of a lot of the lessons that old Naruto was running with, because hard to say “hard work conquers talent” when Naruto is well on the way to becoming Jesus 😂
Neji didn't do shit to sasuke but get mad cause sasuke wouldn't tell him his name, Rock lee put sasuke in his place
Kishimoto originally wanted to kill Neji and Lee in the sasuke retrieval arc to the sound village 4 and Kimimaro. So actually all of Neji and Lee after that point was an ass pull. Only reason they stayed was cause Kishimotos editors said people liked them to much. Frankly I think Neji should’ve died then as much as I loved him
Neji was a joke and a waste unfortunately
half of Naruto's plot armor is Sakura saving his life and people still think she's useless
Honestly, it's not about her being useful or not. Marrying someone who tried to kill you isn't a good look. Even my daughter is like nah there are better female role models 😅 and she's a child.
@@ladybluelotus yah but you must ship mikasa and eren..... And you say naruto and sasuke's friendship is wholesome 😍if you rewatch the OG you'll understand that sasuke loved sakura since the beginning she and naruto were his weakness... She was the one who could stop oruchimaru from taking over his body,he cared about her feelings whenever she was down he used to praise her and thx her... Sasuke(because of itachi) was a psycho who tried killing the closest people to his heart in order to become stronger..if you hate sasuke then that's not a reason to hate a character who cared about her village and saved millions
She prefers being in the village and helping others, working 24 hours, built orphanages and mental health hospitals, healed and is healing everyone and managed to go from zero to the strongest kunoichi
That should be a role model in my opinion
A woman preferred to work instead of being with her beloved husband and managed to raise a daughter with amazing manners
@@ladybluelotusstop the cap😅
@@merryrodriguez1172 Well said
@@ladybluelotusand remember in this case they are on shonen genre fighting is there main role if you want lovely dofly love story go watch shojo...Sasuke on the deeper and darker hatred at that time his mental state not on the right place.he not evil without reason, their love story have time line and development and sadly anime not capture their Bond right..Sasuke is not idiot to know his feeling to sakura his not like Naruto who must be guide to fine wife...
Ino's greatest accomplishment is SHE FIXED SAI
Ino's greatest accomplishment is getting over Sasuke.
**COUGH** AH-AHEM **COUGH**
I would rank Ten Ten a bit higher she is the operator in charge of the modern Chunin exams and watching over the tests
Very accurate list, especially with Sakura at number 2.
@@SSkekunra hard disagree. There'd be no Naruto or Sasuke without her
@@diallo1347 no they'll be literally no Sakura without Naruto especially when Obito gave Naruto Ninetails. Especially Naruto and plot armor they still be here so yeah I'm done with this fandom.
@@diallo1347 Tell me how sakura would have survived the pain arc? retrieval arc? war arc? No Naruto and Sasuke without Sakura? Yeah mate that does both ways but Naruto and Sasuke has saved her more than she did. The entire War arc has dozens of times where both of them saved her
@@imnotakingimnotagodiam..ab9455 you've made the most common rookie mistake, you don't appreciate the white mage (healer). If you're narrow-minded and only consider raw strength, then Sakura isn't as high as Naruto/Sasuke, except now she's even again. She literally brings them both back from death several times in the war arc, Boruto, and the light novels. That is why she is important.
Had she not saved them again after that last fight👁️ NO SASUKE NO NARUTO REAL SERIOUS FACTS👀
I really wish the 13 all got at least a little more focus, like have Tenten use some of the 7 swords of the mist.
And my real dream idea would have had the final battle be the other 10 keep Madara (who would be a little less broken) busy before our three mains are able to come and end it once and for all.
Tenten should've had that weapon creation ability that Kinshiki has
god, she'd be so badass as the next Mangetsu Hozuki.
I wish Sakura had explored Genjutsu and had a story arc based around rediscovering Ninshuu.
Kishimoto gave Sakura the power scale speed run just to parallel the Sannin.
Kishimoto gave Sakura speed to parallel sasuke and Naruto. This is evident when she fights alongside sasuke in their travels and keeps up flawless until she got pregnant
@@Clearskies3848it went over your head lol.
@@jackgonahieu4999 your right it did Bec I still don’t understand if I’m getting the wrong idea cause i don’t really think Sakura gained allot of power in a short time lol. Her power was very gradual and consistent compared to characters who got handed power at every other manga page
@@Clearskies3848 im not going to engage in a debate with a clear Sakura fan, obviously you're biased, have a nice day.
No because it was already hinted at that she was storing chakra for the thousand healings.
Being that Sasuke basically single-handedly (no pun intended) saved Konoha in “The Last” on top of everything mentioned above (which was not mentioned) I’m gonna place him above Sakura 🤷🏾♂️
Sakura🌸 is important in the realm of all Medical where she is op at this being her particular skillset and healers that save are very important to Konoha Village and I adore her but she's #3 still love my Blossom💖
@@Skuraablossomyes I adore Sakura🌸but my GOAT Sasuke is #2
Honestly team 7 along with ino and shikamaru are probably the only ones that would affect the current story in boruto if they died sad to say even tho my favorite of the 13 is Kiba
You have Naruto Sasuke and Sakura who are very very important to Sarada. Losing them in Boruto would crush her spirit
@@rinuchiha6961 it was a typo I meant to say they are the only ones that would hurt the story
@@uchiha_itachi1507 ah
I would love a video on what IF orochimaru actually successfully absorbed Kimimaro instead of trying to take over sasukes body and the illness wasn't a factor, how strong could a kimimaro orochimaru become, his wide range of jutsu, his ability to use hashirama etc by resurrecting them and controlling them, combined with the hardened steel bones and snake abilities, coupled with a four tailed hydra with bone protection how strong could he have been and who could he take down if itachi hadn't got him with the totsuka blade 1 shot how much of a threat could he have been, considering he took out one of the kazekage and gaara was hitting kimimaro with a full battlefield full of sand full power sand burial he has some insane durability feats
I've wanted to know that for years
Wouldn't he lost the body after 3 years? He has to switch bodies even if he doesn't want to also, Does Orochimaru keep the Kekkei Genkais of previous bodies after he switches to a new one? I don't know since he always uses only snakes and his sword to fight, maybe he could install the Kekkei Genkais like Kabuto did but that doesn't need the switching bodies part so maybe it wouldn't make any difference at all if he took his body, he just needed to install his Kekkei Genkai into the newest body to use it.
@@Rei-Maon he probably would lose the body but maybe keep the Kekkei Genkai
@@Rei-Maon I believe "perfect vessels" were said to last more akin to 10 years?
@@SirSkyro Really? I don't remember hearing or reading about it anywhere but to be fair i forget a lot of things so maybe is true.
Neji was important because of his arc where he learned that Naruto, Son of the fourth Hokage, vessel for 9 tailed fox, and reincarnation of the son of the god of ninjas, was not a weak ninja, due to the circumstances of his birth.
Which, alright, he didn't know he was fighting NINJA JESUS, but the other bits still made that a bit silly when you think about it.
Do not disrespect house wives. A mother who values her home, children, and husband over personal achievements is a sacrificial woman who lays down her potential in the community in order to invest in her childrens' potential in the community. Hinata, "a literal housewife," may in fact lay the necessary foundations for a more prosperous village than Konoha has ever been by raising her children better than her own generation was raised.
When Nick said Tonton had more screen time then Tenten I died
I love your channel so much and the love you gave Sakura. Without her Kankuro wouldn’t be alive. She saved so many people and lead the entire medical squad during the war. Like she is badass and went from being useless and a late bloomer to unstoppable. She is my inspiration and favorite character in the whole anime universe. 🙏
If TenTen has mastery over ninja tools, she should have mastery over scientific ninja tools to and be fascinated by them. She could be so good having diverged from being a ninja and using her innate mastery of scientific ninja tools to be at the forefront of scientific development
Well as KISHITMOTO is a sexist shit, it’s obvious he wouldn’t ever give Tenten this much needed character development. Instead he created a whole new character instead. POS.
People don't get mad about putting hinata at number 10 😐 I mean come on what did she do to the village? Did she ever do anything useful beside helping naruto vs pain and that was the only useful thing she did in 900 episodes 😐she never saved or cared about anyone in her village beside naruto and she left the ninja world after becoming a mum 😐np with that of course but you can't compare with other characters who worked and are working for the sake of their village 😐cause sleeping with naruto doesn't make u useful you gotta work and help others
At least one of my favorites (Shikamaru) has a good role in the new era. Shino & Tenten are just as shafted as they've always been, with Shino still being too badass that they hold him back and Tenten holding the record for best hide-and-seek player.
Without Hinata stepping in against pain the nine tails wouldn’t have came out
And that was the only thing she did in 900 episodes.... No hate tho she's a side character and the thing she did vs pain even choji could do it
I mean yeah Hinata did it, but only cause she was the only one that really saw what was going on because of her Byakugan. Naruto didnt go mad cause it was Hinata, but rather because it was one of his friends, legit if Choji wouldve jumped in, or Shikamaru he would have reacted the exact same way. And saying "but they didnt do it", yes Hinata had the courage to do it, but also was she pretty much the only one knowing what was going on. If Shikamaru knew that naruto was on the verge of dying right there he wouldve interfered aswell.
Without Minato, that would have been the day that Kuruma broke the seal also resulting in Minato's death
@@merryrodriguez1172 nah. She had to get Naruto back on his own damn path several times as well. Chunin exams - proud failure, slapping his ass post Neji's death, and she did restore his chakra pretty instantly vs Toneri...
@@housestarkmvs6087 people always say this and it is not verifiable and leans towards unlikely.
It's like trying to erase Kishimoto's intentions from the manga.
Naruto physically hurt Sakura who he claimed to love messing around with the Ninetail's cloak
He knew Jiraiya had fallen to Pain.
He learned that Kakashi had just died.
So if Naruto would have done that for everyone why didn't he? Why didn't his eyes even go red learning about Kakashi?
Going into full 9 tails mode, he/ Kurama is also shown/drawn stepping to the side of Hinata's body when charging at Pain (even though previously with less tails he hurt Sakura).
Then Kishimoto again brings up Naruto specifically saying Hinata getting stabbed by Pain was the worst pain of his life.
Not losing Sasuke.
Not hurting Sakura.
Not the loss of Kakashi.
Not the loss of Jiraiya.
Hinata getting stabbed.
The writer wrote that specifically.
The writer put Hinata there specifically... Not any other character.
So to say he'd do it for anyone is just people projecting their interpretations of Naruto on the manga which was specifically written to show him doing it for Hinata which is emphasized by Naruto doubling down on the pain he felt watching it happen later on.
We need a video on the most common head canons people pass off as fact in this series.
I still find it hilarious that Naruto’s idea of father-son bonding is “Nah, son, I’ll give you some energy, you murder this man”
I’m joking of course but it’s a pretty funny moment when you look at it that way 😂
Bro, we gon fight, Shino's design in Boruto is excellent, he looks like a daddy.
I never understood why Neji would just take the hit and not use Palm Revolving Heaven to at least try to deflect the attack.
Bro wanted to have a cool death😂
They didn't want Hyuga to be strong during the war arc
@@bignoob2726 i hate that they didn't want the Hyuga to be viable in general.
You know what...Tenten could have been a weapon sensei for the next generation in boruto. Konaha could have had swordsman or weapon specialists that could have made borutos generation so much stronger.
What weapons tho.
Boruto has a sword and most ninja just use kunai
A reason why Hinata is in that position is that she was kababed by a rod but survived unlike Neji who died to some sticks
Well he died to protect her and her freaking crush ☺️neji was the strongest hyuga and he actually did something useful
@@merryrodriguez1172 agreed. Plus Sakura healed Hinata
@@Alar.Lillevali sakura healed literally everyone multiple times she's that good 🔥
@@merryrodriguez1172 yeah she is amazing 😊
To be fair to Kiba, it's not main character worthy or anything, but as basically just a guy, being able to go 2 v 1 with a path of pain is pretty impressive. That's 1/12 th strength of pain, one of the strongest dudes in the verse
I think Konoha had a barrier before the Ino. Pain mentions it. She has enhanced it I think.
Ye true but she enhanced it and makes it more effective
I love how him saying Sasuke is the "Shadow Hokage" just means that he's the "Shadow Fire Shadow"
Don’t forget, lee threw monstrous kunai to intercept madaras truthseeker orbs
1. That necklace might the cleanest piece of jewelry I’ve seen in a minute.
2. We need a daily upload of the podcast. I speak for all 😂
while Neji is not one of my favorite characters in Naruto, I will add that in Shippuden he came in handy when locating the seals around the akutsuki hideout during the Gaara retrieval mission...it's not much but he still helped lol
It would have been really funny if there was just like one character from their class who just was like an average njnja and not one of the best their clan has ever seen. Like one dude who is alright, took him quite a while to become a chunin and just goes on low rank missions.
Here are my rankings as of present day in Boruto:
1) Shikamaru (the world doesn’t function without that man)
2) Sakura
3) Ino (I know it’s controversial, but her role is incredibly important)
4) Naruto
5) Sasuke
6) Sai
7) Shino
8) Lee
9) Choji
10) Kiba
11) Hinata
12) Tenten
13) Neji 🪦
Shikamaru really does run Konoha technically
I cannot forget that Technically the biggest 360 was Kabuto, he now has hundreds of shin uchihas with MS in his care and we haven't seen him since😭😭
As someone who’s favorite female character in Naruto is Hinata, this hurts, but it’s true. In anime the main character love interest always becomes a housewife once they get married and have kids. Y’all think they gonna do Ochako like that?
They're already kinda doing it to her rn.
UHM! Doing Neji dirty! Dude was integral in ending discrimination between the main and branch families. Without him, Hinata would never have moved to right those wrongs.
That's more of a Huyga thing then a village thing
That's why i love so much this guy , HE IS REALISTIC!
9:31 I also really liked kiba, tsuga looked very strong on early naruto, marking enemies by pissing on them is gross but in a way it's very smart, and transforming in a two headed dog was also dope.
Before I watch this my guess is that shikamaru and Sakura will be at the top of list knowing how fond nick is of them
You said you would rank characters off of what their role is right now and not by theirs achievements, but your whole argument about Sakura being number 2 was purely about achievements and you kinda throw in there that she is the medical expert in Konoha (which is her only role). Sasukes and Shikamarus role are by far more important than Sakuras (objectively speaking, no doubt about it), and in my opinion Inos role too. Sakura should be number 4 or 5, the rest of the list is perfect obviously. If we consider achievements, then yeah of course she is number 2 by a long shot
I AGREE 100 PERCENT!! Love all perspectives and I love the honesty but I would put sauske 4th and Shikamaru 3rd XD but keep up the info i feel like i learn something new evertime you post on Naruto Info!!
I personally think that if you talked about currently in the Boruto manga, Sakura is the most useful character because she is most likely the person that will be the eighth hokage cause Naruto is in a timeless dimension and sasuke is a rouge ninja and she is the strongest in the village currently
I personally gotta put Shikamaru as number 1 in usefulness to the village, as he is the one who's truly running it
The kage doesn't even truly run a village. Behave yourself
@BMCKINN of course the kage doesn't, at least not the hokage, because Shikamaru does
Without Naruto there is no village
@@allfungus8127 I moreso meant that there exists a bureaucracy
@@imnotakingimnotagodiam..ab9455 still doesn't make him more useful
As soon as I heard the description of the video, I was like "Poor Tenten"
Okaaaaaaay.
This is the exact kind of list Tenten should've been a hint higher on. I mean hell she runs a shop in the village and has in her possession multiple mythical weapons. I'd say running a weapons shop is pretty useful. Annnnnnnnd the Tenten/Tonton screentime thing isn't true anymore...hasn't been for a long while. It was true way back in the day, but became untrue over time as Tenten got more screentime.
The swing tho? Absolutely way more screen time, that thing needs a spot in the credits! Lol.
He literally explains why her store is useless. Shes a civillian. She is entirely useless
Why so much hate for house wife, raising kids is a very useful and important.
Meh
I wonder who would of won if konoha 12 (beside Naruto) decided to kill Sasuke after he attacked killer B
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Tenten is still an active shinobi as well, she was a proctor at the chunin exams and she participated in the hunt of urashiki in Boruto. So i guess she's more useful for the village than Hinata in the Boruto era
I always enjoy the logic and reasoning behind the explanation you apply to your lists. Keep it up, you got this and my full support.
Also where did you get the half gold half pearl necklace from?
Sakura is too high on the list and mostly because of manga feats she did after the war. Not the anime. Obviously the specific manga towards her are going to be better
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She saved thousands of lives and is useful for that feat alone.
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Uh Yeah dude, she was there too. She saved lives, helped people, helped saved the world (without her Sasuke and Naruto would've died) opened hospitals specifically for orphaned children and even went travelling the world with Sasuke helping people as part of Sasuke's redemption.
@@jameelagill5408 None of that comes close to what naruto and sasuke did for the world. She saved him? Okh. Did she save him more than he saved her? She would have been dead way back in the land of waves arc.Sasuke saved naruto in the momoshiki arc.Without him naruto would have stayed captured and the world would have been destroyed. But nope running a hospital is more important. Great job genius
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Here's the thing, they both are doing a lot but I don't think you realize how significant Sakura's actions are. Sakura came to the realization after the war that most of their adversaries were war orphans who were traumatized by the events of war and whose trauma caused them to lash out against the world. The Ame Orphans, Madara, Obito and even Orochimaru all lost a lot because of war and were traumatized and tormented by it. She realized that the best way to prevent that from happening again was to create a hospital dedicated to giving orphaned children the psychological help and support they need. Kakashi approved it, Tsunade advised and Ino funded it but Sakura created it and is the head of this special hospital.
That I'd phenomenal. She recognized the issue. That tons of children were going through this heart ache without any help and so she decided to be the help they needed. She cuts the problem at the root. Instead of just waiting for another traumatized orphan to start a war she took it upon herself to prevent, to the best of her abilities, someone like them starting another world wide apocalypse.
So Sakura saved the world, saved hundreds of lives, went around the world helping people and saving lives with Sasuke and created a hospital to help orphan children and give them the support they need.
I'm pretty sure when you save someone's life every achievement they make after that is kind of owed to you a little bit, so I'm not sure I'd put Neji last
Shikamaru is my favorite and can't wait for his son to surpass him. 2ed is orochimaru. Orochimarua is a twisted mad scientist so to speak but i love that about him plus if it wasn't for him the alliance would've lost the 4th war...think about it and youll understand
Tbh, if you dug up Neji and used his bones as paper weights he still might be more useful than Tenten…
I can't believe Chōji's Clan specializes in diabetes.
I find the idea of the Earth Daimyo trying to start a 5th Great Shinobi War hilarious.
When you said Ten Ten got less screen time than Narutos swing I lost it 😭😭😭
“clandestine operations” 😂 I feel like I’m talking to Pavel during Cayo Perico Heist
Sakura is very useful
152,639 in 1 month someone loves what this guy is saying and keeps coming back🤭
FINALLY. Also, amenotejikara vs flaying raijin explained....please..?
Ino was useful in helping me reach maturity.
I thought Hanabi was head of the Hyuga clan?
*smiles at seeing Sakura ranked so high* She is unfairly slept on, and I will die on that hill.
couldnt hinata like... at least go to the village border and use her byakugan to search for boruto
Kidomaru is the spider dude my guy 😂 I only remember cuz I used to get his name confused with kimimaru
The ranking I've been waiting for
Why it’s actually point less cause they get no screen time lol
Had a what of Q. If the 13 had The Mask (the green one), so no inhibitions, no reasoning why they shouldn’t, what would they go do?
I feel nick is over compensating sakura's usefulness because of all the hate she gets. She not useless but she is not as useful, you can't say running a hospital is the same as running a village
No, Nick is just smarter than the rest of you
@Roma honestly you sound like a fan boy, like you don't believe he can be wrong about somethings
@Billie4billions I literally just subscribed to him TODAY and I think Sakura should be first, so no not a fanboy. His takes are just better cause his not driven by hate like most Naruto fanboys when it comes to Sakura
@Roma oh I didn't know, you not a fanboy then. You are right a lot of his takes are right, but no all of them are. I don't hate her either, although she is not that high on my list of usefulness
@@billie4billions116 and like I said, Nick is smarter than the rest of you
Just glad Ino made top 5, however I’d have Sasuke at 4, Sakura at 3, and Shikamaru at 2, but hey I’m a biased Shikamaru fan boy