dithered a bit about answering this because ive covered it elsewhere in different form.
I'm pretty much of the opinion that Sakura was originally added as a bit of an after thought initially. An editorial suggestion to add ina love interest and a rival character.
She was some what shallow and girly but as the story progressed I believe the characters growth while a bit clumsy in spots was exponential.
I also remain firm in the belief that she was designed as the story progressed to move away from Sasukes arc and towards Narutos arc which is why the pair of them were shown together so often and why their growths paralleled each other so much., As well its why there were so many supported parallels with Minato and Kushina and Obito and Rin and Tsunade and Jiraiya,
ultimately her character was torpedoed do to editorial interference pushing a pairing agenda but prior to that I believe she was meant to be there as a stabilizing factor balancing the pair of main characters out.
I also believe she was meant to be our audience insert into the world, which is why her background was so basic, were able to see ourselves in her
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