To me, Sakura started out as an average girl -- giggly, worried about her looks (dieting and taking care of her hair), concerned mostly with the cool, hot guy, competing jealously with her old girl friend over that guy, etc.
But I think from the chuunin exams onward, if not before, Sakura changed. She is a child soldier. Think of all the stuff she had to go through -- the violent, bloody, painful things she's had to witness, endure, and commit herself before she even turned 13. The Land of Waves wasn't so bad for her as it was for Naruto and Sasuke, but she had her hands full in the FoD onwards. The genjutsu of dying from Orochimaru, the fear of being hunted down, the kunais and hair pulling and taunting from the Sound 3, the attack from Gaara, being betrayed by a comrade and seeing another seriously hurt physically and emotionally feeling helpless to help anyone.
She is realistic in the sense of her feelings for both herself and others -- she is not so straight forward as many other characters. Her emotions are far more complicated than others, and I think that it where a lot of her realism comes in.
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As for those scenes with Sakura being chained up and Naruto coming to her rescue, its a great scene on its own. There does seem to be a lot of similarity to the scene with Kushina and Minato... I can't wait to the whole scene at the end -- hell the entire movie.
The interesting thing is, I find myself shipping narusaku even when I'm reading crack pairings like itasaku. XD The other thing I hate about itasaku fanfics is that they usually have too much Sasuke. I can only read narusaku fanfiction now.
Never could bring myself to read fics that paired Sakura up with anyone other than Naruto, Lee, or Ino. I just cannot see her romantically with anyone else, much less Itachi. (though I have nothing against the pairing, per say, it's just not my thing).
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The most common complaints I hear about Sakura (other than being a fangirl) is that she hits Naruto too much, or she's a liar (as if leaving him to die was the better option >_>).
The anime exacerbates Sakura's hitting a ridiculous amount -- if you count it up in the actual manga, she's hit Naruto all of mabye 5 or 6 times in all of part two (which is over what - around 400 chapters?). And the lying - as if no other character in this entire manga has ever lied; lord forbid Sakura does it for purposes of trying to protect another person.
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For some reason Kushina gets a pass though.
Of course Kushina gets a pass -- she's not a romantic rival; rather, she's a potential shipper on board (depending on how people view her comment to Naruto in 503(?).
Edited by Paptala, 05 August 2012 - 02:59 AM.
