Apologies for the re-upload everyone, the original was taken down due to copyright (despite it just having some silent footage in the background). With my strikes now finally removed, I can start uploading again, and I put this up as a new non-copyright infringing version! I hope you all still enjoy my thoughts, and forgive me for the re-upload! More videos (new ones!) will be coming out steadily again now! Nice to finally be back!
I disagree narratively. Spoiler: A character's death does not render the impact they had on a narrative null. If done well it *adds* to that impact, which Nobara's most assuredly did exactly that. Gege made it narratively clear throughout the story that it wasn't a normal shonen "Everybody Lives" after all.
@@HeartLockHex Sakura Haruno has had a more developed arc compared to Nobara Kugisaki from mainly due to the difference in the amount of screen time and character development each has received. Sakura starts out as a character with her own weaknesses and insecurities, but over the course of the series, she undergoes significant growth, both in terms of her abilities as a ninja and her emotional maturity. She trains under Tsunade, one of the legendary Sannin, and gradually becomes a skilled medical ninja with formidable strength. In contrast, Nobara's potential as a character wasn't fully explored. She had a strong introduction and showed promise with her unique cursed technique and personality. However, her development was cut short by her abrupt death, which occurred before she could experience significant growth or showcase the full extent of her abilities. The impact of her death on the plot and other characters was also limited. This was especially true since Yuji, was already dealing with a lot after Nanami died. Nanami's death hit Yuji hard, making him question himself and what he was doing. When Nobara died shortly after, it didn't really change Yuji’s situation-it didn’t add anything new to what he was going through. So, her death seemed unnecessary because the story could have continued with Yuji dealing with the impact of losing Nanami alone.
Really, Team 7 as a whole sucked and the main group in JJK is fantastic. Team 7 spent much more time both in-universe and irl split apart than together, and even the Toonami announcer summed them up with, "There are too many I's in this team." Comparatively, I have seen very little of Jujutsu Kaisen so far but already feel so much more chemistry within the main team. Kakashi was a lousy teacher; mainly focusing on Sasuke, foisting Naruto off on Ebisu before he found Jiraiya, and just completely neglecting Sakura. Gojo's goofiness makes him come off more like a senpai than a sensei, but at least closer to his own students. As for the kids themselves, one trio just seems so much healthier than the other. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura looked the most like actual friends in a literal filler episode about Kakashi's mask. Naruto and Sasuke's rivalry escalated and actively egged Sasuke into defecting and becoming a villain; and the other two's obsession with getting him back even seemed unhealthy to many readers/viewers. Whereas Yuuji, Megumi and Nobara do seem to have some actual banter and more fun playful moments.
JJK is definitely the superior series in my opinion as well. Though Naruto will always hold a special place in my heart as one of the three anime that introduced me to japanese animation. But the most notable difference to me was just Sakura and Nobara. At least the other characters in Naruto got some measure of development (aside from the side characters). Poor Sakura just got left in the dust. Thanks for the comment and your thoughts! Hope you watch more!
I really wanted to see Inner Sakura make an appearance in shippuden and have it been a second personality that could cast genjutsu while sakura was doing something else. Like she could be healing someone, and the other personality would use genjutsu to support her allies or hide herself and the person that she was healing. I agree that both of those things seemed like missed opportunities that were completely forgotten about in shippuden and they could have made her a really interesting and unique character. Since almost every other character can only cast one jutsu at a time (without clones) it would have helped her to stand out more and make her seem more significant ability wise
There was quite a few options to go with for her in Shippuden and the War Arc. It's unfortunate what it turned into by the end though. At least I'm told in Boruto she's alright, but I won't ever be watching that to clarify those opinions for my own! Thanks for the comment!
Something JJK does quite well honestly is that all their characters feel fantastic for the most part. Though the latest chapters have felt a bit... rough.
Sakura haruno had every ingredient to be the blue print of how to write a shonen female character and this is coming from a proud and a hardcore sakura haruno hater
Hah! Wouldn't go that far, but it was certainly a disappointment seeing all that potential go to waste in a character! Thanks for the comment, hope you enjoyed the video!
@@HeartLockHex Well I personally like Orihime Inoues character for example because it fits in the story, the phylosophy and the symbolism of Bleach. And well... Tamaki is special case so I'm not gonna talk about her for now. Yeah Sakura is a disappointment especially in Naruto classic. But my point here is, I don't think Nobara is superior to every other shonen jump girls. And... You're welcome.
@@Kuudere_Fanboy I feel that for Orihime to rise Rukia got shafted. Mainly because she can defend herself more with is sad because she's the reason the MC got his powers. Plus, Orihime just was "the healer" after a point. she had powers to be able to fight but they were never developed (if she combined the shield and blast, she could make a sword or umbrella) as much. Her abilities can affect matter and time but she's usually in the back. Not as bad as Chad though fr the amount of people who forgot he was in the show is wild.
@@Kuudere_Fanboy "shonen jump" is far too varied a spectrum for anyone to say any one character is better than any all others IMO, so yes I'd assuredly agree. Not a fan of most bleach characters despite enjoying the series, none of them impressed me personally.
Unfortunately, the lovely TH-cam overlords took down the original, despite it being my most popular video! Gotta love it. It's been re-edited to avoid any copyright issues and should be up for good now. The other videos (mostly new builds, a few lets-roleplay, and some more character discussions!) should be out soon. Now that I can upload again with my strikes removed!
@@hype5456 I honestly greatly prefer the writing style of "the protagonist and main crew aren't as important as you thought". It's utilized in quite a few western writing styles for novels. Nice to see it integrating into eastern media as well. Love when styles of writing mix together.
Sakura; protected Tazuna without getting scared while Naruto froze. She was willing to give up on exam for Naruto's sake so that he wouldn't be forever stuck as genin. She didn't want his dream of being Hokage crushed. So basically, Sakura was one of the first people to support Naruto's dream. While Naruto and Sasuke were unconsious Sakura proctected them both. Sakura protected Sasuke from Gaara's attacks, risking her life to put herself between him and danger. Gaara used his sand to immobilise her, and as the sand slowly suffocated Sakura. Naruto fought to defeat Gaara using Sakura as inspiration to not give up, and save her. Sakura was the only one among the Genin and a few other ninja's to be able to release the Genjutsu on herself and others. Sakura gave Naruto the advice that he needed to be able to walk up the trees. Sakura threw the kunai that kept Naruto from falling in the Forest of Death. In Sasuke's databook it is said that the one that filled his lonely existence was Sakura. (some claim that databook's are false, no! They're cannon it's like an encyclopedia for Naruto series and it is written by no one else than author himself/herself, naruto.wiki writes most of info about characters from databook), Jumped in and risks her life for Naruto who could've ended beheaded by Zabusa. Sakura saved Kankuro's life and easily created an antidote, which even best sand med-nins would never be able to make. Sakura faces Sasori together with Chiyo, Sakura shows us her incredible regenaration, immunity to poisons, strenght,evasion and tactics. Together they defeat Sasori. Sakura heals Naruto after fight with Orochimaru. Sakura found out about Sasuke's and Orochimaru's hideout. In Hidan and Kakuzu arc, Sakura healed the damage to Naruto's arm from the use of his new technique. Because this made it difficult for him to eat, she even offered to feed him. Sakura tried to comfort both Naruto and Tsunade. When Naruto blamed Tsunade for the death of Jiraiya, Sakura scolded him. She was then shocked to hear Naruto declare that he would get his revenge. She later tried to help decipher Jiraiya's dying message to find out more about the Akatsuki leader, Pain, but was interrupted by Pain's attack on the village. After saving some villagers and killing Pain's Giant Centipede, Sakura went to the Konoha hospital, where she was quickly asked to lead the medical front defending the building and healing what injuries she could, impressing Chōji through her leadership and skills. She saves Hinata's life when she tried to save naruto from pain.She protects Karin from being killed by Sasuke and heals her afterwards. During Fourth Shinobi World War, Sakura healed many wounded people. Sakura defeated the Zetsu who was pretending to be 'Neji'. After being punched the transformation technique wears off and the White Zetsu clone resumes him original appearance. Sakura then interrogates the Zetsu about how he was able to get onto the compound undetected. Together with this information and a report Yamato had compiled on Zetsu, she pieces together the Zetsu's abilities and then leaves the clone in the hands of two shinobi to inform HQ of this latest discovery. After being informed by Inoichi from HQ that Naruto and B fought were fighting against "masked Madara", Sakura and the rest of the Konoha 11 rush to his aid. When Naruto was caught by Itachi's genjutsu, Sakura helped him by touching his body and inserting her chakra to him to stop the flow. Sakura was the first one to realize how Tobi's (Obito's) power works. Sakura and Naruto were the people that caused Sai to begin to understand Bond's/Feelings. But Sakura was the first one that started to explain to Sai what Bonds are. At war Sakura was the one to heal Kakashi, Guy and Shikamaru's wounds. She healed Naruto's wounds and helped him replenish his chakra multiple times With a single blow, Sakura made enough destruction to kill alot of clones of Ten Tails. Was storing up Chakra for 3 years to create a Byakugou sealing, which means in fight with Sasori she used only half of her chakra.She mastered Tsunade's healing Jutsu and Summoned Katsuyu, with this Sakura is able to heal hundreds of people at once. She saved Shikamaru. When Naruto's Kyuubi was extracted Sakura kept him alive, by giving him CPR and making his heart beat for him. She stood up against Madara for the sake to act as a diversion, shows that she has guts to fight her fears. Saved Sasuke by giving chakra to Obito and letting Sasuke get out of dimension that he had been lost in. Anime fandom: "Oh boy is Sakura useless"
It kinda feels like you didn't actually watch my video at all! So I suppose thank you for your opinion? I actually mention quite a few of the good things she did. This is a video essay talking about the narrative direction that was taken with Sakura. I even specifically state what I mean by sucks, quite quickly in the first few minutes of the video. I hope you have a lovely day!
@@HeartLockHex I'm watching the video now, I just made this comment about how Sakura is incredibly useful, but because she's not the powerhouse Sasuke and Naruto are, the anime community says she's useless. Personally, I like Sakura's character, even if there are some things she does I don't like.
@@Mario.1997 I'm uncertain of where it came from. Hopefully they got the negativity out of their system is all I can hope! Seems like they needed to get that off their chest. So maybe their venting will help them feel a bit better? I can only hope so!
@@SebasTian58323 I care little for whether she's "useful" honestly, the biggest disappointment (which I focus on quite a bit in this video, fittingly) is how badly her character development and growth are constantly hindered. I enjoy Sakura quite a bit, personally, which is why her lack of forward growth on any real scale was frustrating. It's also why I love Nobara so much. She feels very much like what I *wanted* from Sakura, and never really got. Thanks for the comments, and I hope after watching you understand my stance a bit better!
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Apologies for the re-upload everyone, the original was taken down due to copyright (despite it just having some silent footage in the background). With my strikes now finally removed, I can start uploading again, and I put this up as a new non-copyright infringing version! I hope you all still enjoy my thoughts, and forgive me for the re-upload! More videos (new ones!) will be coming out steadily again now! Nice to finally be back!
after i seen how nobara was treated in season 2 i can fully believe sakura was better written and contributed more to the story then nobara ever did😭
I disagree narratively. Spoiler:
A character's death does not render the impact they had on a narrative null. If done well it *adds* to that impact, which Nobara's most assuredly did exactly that. Gege made it narratively clear throughout the story that it wasn't a normal shonen "Everybody Lives" after all.
@@HeartLockHex Sakura Haruno has had a more developed arc compared to Nobara Kugisaki from mainly due to the difference in the amount of screen time and character development each has received. Sakura starts out as a character with her own weaknesses and insecurities, but over the course of the series, she undergoes significant growth, both in terms of her abilities as a ninja and her emotional maturity. She trains under Tsunade, one of the legendary Sannin, and gradually becomes a skilled medical ninja with formidable strength. In contrast, Nobara's potential as a character wasn't fully explored. She had a strong introduction and showed promise with her unique cursed technique and personality. However, her development was cut short by her abrupt death, which occurred before she could experience significant growth or showcase the full extent of her abilities. The impact of her death on the plot and other characters was also limited. This was especially true since Yuji, was already dealing with a lot after Nanami died. Nanami's death hit Yuji hard, making him question himself and what he was doing. When Nobara died shortly after, it didn't really change Yuji’s situation-it didn’t add anything new to what he was going through. So, her death seemed unnecessary because the story could have continued with Yuji dealing with the impact of losing Nanami alone.
as well as sakura had her contribution like saving the world nobara lost almost most of her fights or needed help
@@boomboom433 Welcome to your opinion, I simply was saying I don't agree lol
Really, Team 7 as a whole sucked and the main group in JJK is fantastic. Team 7 spent much more time both in-universe and irl split apart than together, and even the Toonami announcer summed them up with, "There are too many I's in this team." Comparatively, I have seen very little of Jujutsu Kaisen so far but already feel so much more chemistry within the main team.
Kakashi was a lousy teacher; mainly focusing on Sasuke, foisting Naruto off on Ebisu before he found Jiraiya, and just completely neglecting Sakura. Gojo's goofiness makes him come off more like a senpai than a sensei, but at least closer to his own students.
As for the kids themselves, one trio just seems so much healthier than the other. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura looked the most like actual friends in a literal filler episode about Kakashi's mask. Naruto and Sasuke's rivalry escalated and actively egged Sasuke into defecting and becoming a villain; and the other two's obsession with getting him back even seemed unhealthy to many readers/viewers. Whereas Yuuji, Megumi and Nobara do seem to have some actual banter and more fun playful moments.
JJK is definitely the superior series in my opinion as well. Though Naruto will always hold a special place in my heart as one of the three anime that introduced me to japanese animation. But the most notable difference to me was just Sakura and Nobara. At least the other characters in Naruto got some measure of development (aside from the side characters). Poor Sakura just got left in the dust.
Thanks for the comment and your thoughts! Hope you watch more!
The amount of ignorance regarding team 7 is ridiculous
I love this so much. Thank you for literally putting words to the feelings I felt about this comparison.
Thank you for watching!! I'm glad you enjoyed it so much. Let me know if there's anything else you'd like to hear my thoughts on!
I really wanted to see Inner Sakura make an appearance in shippuden and have it been a second personality that could cast genjutsu while sakura was doing something else. Like she could be healing someone, and the other personality would use genjutsu to support her allies or hide herself and the person that she was healing. I agree that both of those things seemed like missed opportunities that were completely forgotten about in shippuden and they could have made her a really interesting and unique character. Since almost every other character can only cast one jutsu at a time (without clones) it would have helped her to stand out more and make her seem more significant ability wise
There was quite a few options to go with for her in Shippuden and the War Arc. It's unfortunate what it turned into by the end though. At least I'm told in Boruto she's alright, but I won't ever be watching that to clarify those opinions for my own! Thanks for the comment!
People thought Nobara would champion female leads in shonen just for her to get outdone by even Kirara
Something JJK does quite well honestly is that all their characters feel fantastic for the most part. Though the latest chapters have felt a bit... rough.
This video is amazing! Thank you for sharing your thoughts. :D
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thank you very much for the compliments, hope you subscribe for more!
Sakura haruno had every ingredient to be the blue print of how to write a shonen female character and this is coming from a proud and a hardcore sakura haruno hater
It's really unfortunate how she ended up. Thanks for the comment!
All I can say is: every shonen jump girl is better then Sakura. (Even Tamaki)
Hah! Wouldn't go that far, but it was certainly a disappointment seeing all that potential go to waste in a character! Thanks for the comment, hope you enjoyed the video!
@@HeartLockHex
Well I personally like Orihime Inoues character for example because it fits in the story, the phylosophy and the symbolism of Bleach.
And well... Tamaki is special case so I'm not gonna talk about her for now.
Yeah Sakura is a disappointment especially in Naruto classic. But my point here is, I don't think Nobara is superior to every other shonen jump girls.
And... You're welcome.
@@Kuudere_Fanboy I feel that for Orihime to rise Rukia got shafted. Mainly because she can defend herself more with is sad because she's the reason the MC got his powers. Plus, Orihime just was "the healer" after a point. she had powers to be able to fight but they were never developed (if she combined the shield and blast, she could make a sword or umbrella) as much. Her abilities can affect matter and time but she's usually in the back. Not as bad as Chad though fr the amount of people who forgot he was in the show is wild.
@@Kuudere_Fanboy "shonen jump" is far too varied a spectrum for anyone to say any one character is better than any all others IMO, so yes I'd assuredly agree. Not a fan of most bleach characters despite enjoying the series, none of them impressed me personally.
Love the vid
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Damn aged like milk, I know what’s Nobara better than Sakura at…Dying 😂
Honestly rather a character die with narrative force and meaning than just... peter out sadly, so going to have to disagree on it aging poorly! :P
@@HeartLockHex what narrative and better yet what does she do
@@HeartLockHexkugisaki didnt even die and she was shoehorned in the last 5 chapters with almost no build up 😂😂 Sakura clears
Sakura still humiliates Nobara
😂 Hope you have a wonderful day!
@@HeartLockHex do not take offense at the truth
@@prostoyakira Hmm?
What's up with the re-upload
Unfortunately, the lovely TH-cam overlords took down the original, despite it being my most popular video! Gotta love it. It's been re-edited to avoid any copyright issues and should be up for good now. The other videos (mostly new builds, a few lets-roleplay, and some more character discussions!) should be out soon. Now that I can upload again with my strikes removed!
Build a character for yuno from black clover
I'll add him on to the patreon voting list! Thanks for the idea!
@@HeartLockHexcan you please make a video on Azula from ATLA?
42 views and 1k likes ? Is TH-cam broken ?
Honestly I'm kind of concerned since it bugged out last time, too lol. Thanks for watching though!! Hope you enjoyed!
I think it's fixed itself now. No idea what's going on but I think the old video likes and views got transferred over.
Kalau kalian buat seperti ini, bukankah ada unsur menghina untuk penulis manganya? 😌
Depends entirely on perspective and whether someone bothers to watch the full video, really!
Sakura d shippuden kyk gak kepake (cuma d akhir) padahal modal sangar semua
This didn't age well in the slightest
Curious since I think it stands just fine. Entitled to your opinion though of course! I'm sorry you feel JJK has disappointed you to such a degree.
@@HeartLockHex I personally feel it's still a fairly enjoyable series I just have a few issues with it but I still very much enjoy it overall
@@hype5456 I honestly greatly prefer the writing style of "the protagonist and main crew aren't as important as you thought". It's utilized in quite a few western writing styles for novels. Nice to see it integrating into eastern media as well. Love when styles of writing mix together.
@@HeartLockHex yeah same
i think the main reason is that GEGE is a better author
I love them both for very different reasons.
@@HeartLockHex
DnD character build, Gojo Satoru, please...
I bet he's an elf, his job would be sorcerer?
@@tasiashiraori Gojo is actually in the works yes!
@@HeartLockHex
Thanks!! I'm looking forward to it! I'll subscribe after you finished Gojo's build
@@tasiashiraori Glad you're so excited for it!
Sakura; protected Tazuna without getting scared while Naruto froze. She was willing to give up on exam for Naruto's sake so that he wouldn't be forever stuck as genin. She didn't want his dream of being Hokage crushed. So basically, Sakura was one of the first people to support Naruto's dream. While Naruto and Sasuke were unconsious Sakura proctected them both. Sakura protected Sasuke from Gaara's attacks, risking her life to put herself between him and danger. Gaara used his sand to immobilise her, and as the sand slowly suffocated Sakura. Naruto fought to defeat Gaara using Sakura as inspiration to not give up, and save her. Sakura was the only one among the Genin and a few other ninja's to be able to release the Genjutsu on herself and others. Sakura gave Naruto the advice that he needed to be able to walk up the trees. Sakura threw the kunai that kept Naruto from falling in the Forest of Death. In Sasuke's databook it is said that the one that filled his lonely existence was Sakura. (some claim that databook's are false, no! They're cannon it's like an encyclopedia for Naruto series and it is written by no one else than author himself/herself, naruto.wiki writes most of info about characters from databook), Jumped in and risks her life for Naruto who could've ended beheaded by Zabusa. Sakura saved Kankuro's life and easily created an antidote, which even best sand med-nins would never be able to make. Sakura faces Sasori together with Chiyo, Sakura shows us her incredible regenaration, immunity to poisons, strenght,evasion and tactics. Together they defeat Sasori. Sakura heals Naruto after fight with Orochimaru. Sakura found out about Sasuke's and Orochimaru's hideout. In Hidan and Kakuzu arc, Sakura healed the damage to Naruto's arm from the use of his new technique. Because this made it difficult for him to eat, she even offered to feed him. Sakura tried to comfort both Naruto and Tsunade. When Naruto blamed Tsunade for the death of Jiraiya, Sakura scolded him. She was then shocked to hear Naruto declare that he would get his revenge. She later tried to help decipher Jiraiya's dying message to find out more about the Akatsuki leader, Pain, but was interrupted by Pain's attack on the village. After saving some villagers and killing Pain's Giant Centipede, Sakura went to the Konoha hospital, where she was quickly asked to lead the medical front defending the building and healing what injuries she could, impressing Chōji through her leadership and skills. She saves Hinata's life when she tried to save naruto from pain.She protects Karin from being killed by Sasuke and heals her afterwards. During Fourth Shinobi World War, Sakura healed many wounded people. Sakura defeated the Zetsu who was pretending to be 'Neji'. After being punched the transformation technique wears off and the White Zetsu clone resumes him original appearance. Sakura then interrogates the Zetsu about how he was able to get onto the compound undetected. Together with this information and a report Yamato had compiled on Zetsu, she pieces together the Zetsu's abilities and then leaves the clone in the hands of two shinobi to inform HQ of this latest discovery. After being informed by Inoichi from HQ that Naruto and B fought were fighting against "masked Madara", Sakura and the rest of the Konoha 11 rush to his aid. When Naruto was caught by Itachi's genjutsu, Sakura helped him by touching his body and inserting her chakra to him to stop the flow. Sakura was the first one to realize how Tobi's (Obito's) power works. Sakura and Naruto were the people that caused Sai to begin to understand Bond's/Feelings. But Sakura was the first one that started to explain to Sai what Bonds are. At war Sakura was the one to heal Kakashi, Guy and Shikamaru's wounds. She healed Naruto's wounds and helped him replenish his chakra multiple times With a single blow, Sakura made enough destruction to kill alot of clones of Ten Tails. Was storing up Chakra for 3 years to create a Byakugou sealing, which means in fight with Sasori she used only half of her chakra.She mastered Tsunade's healing Jutsu and Summoned Katsuyu, with this Sakura is able to heal hundreds of people at once. She saved Shikamaru. When Naruto's Kyuubi was extracted Sakura kept him alive, by giving him CPR and making his heart beat for him. She stood up against Madara for the sake to act as a diversion, shows that she has guts to fight her fears. Saved Sasuke by giving chakra to Obito and letting Sasuke get out of dimension that he had been lost in.
Anime fandom: "Oh boy is Sakura useless"
It kinda feels like you didn't actually watch my video at all! So I suppose thank you for your opinion? I actually mention quite a few of the good things she did. This is a video essay talking about the narrative direction that was taken with Sakura. I even specifically state what I mean by sucks, quite quickly in the first few minutes of the video.
I hope you have a lovely day!
Wow just wow..
@@HeartLockHex I'm watching the video now, I just made this comment about how Sakura is incredibly useful, but because she's not the powerhouse Sasuke and Naruto are, the anime community says she's useless. Personally, I like Sakura's character, even if there are some things she does I don't like.
@@Mario.1997 I'm uncertain of where it came from. Hopefully they got the negativity out of their system is all I can hope! Seems like they needed to get that off their chest. So maybe their venting will help them feel a bit better? I can only hope so!
@@SebasTian58323 I care little for whether she's "useful" honestly, the biggest disappointment (which I focus on quite a bit in this video, fittingly) is how badly her character development and growth are constantly hindered. I enjoy Sakura quite a bit, personally, which is why her lack of forward growth on any real scale was frustrating. It's also why I love Nobara so much. She feels very much like what I *wanted* from Sakura, and never really got. Thanks for the comments, and I hope after watching you understand my stance a bit better!