I didn't really mean when it comes to romance. Also, I'm trying to compare to her to the average person, not really the average girl if you understand what I'm trying to say.
And, yeah, you're right, some aspects, not most aspects. For the most part, I was wondering if the average person would risk their life for someone else, or if the average person would break down if they faced some of the difficulties Sakura faces. That's all.
Ya know, if Sakura is supposed to be like the average person, and most fans seem to hate her and bash everything about her, does that mean that most fans hate the average person? Or does that mean they just hate reading about the average person? Or it might be just that they hate her for one reason (Part 1, pairings, etc), and then they try to come up with as much reasons as possible to justify their hate?
Oh goodness, we talked about this in phycology class in college. That was a long discussion and too much to get into.
Honestly, I think the way most fans view Sakura is different than how Kishimoto views her. When he first created Sakura, he did say that he was bad at drawing females and his best "heroine" characteristic is a girl who does not understand men. He admits his first Sakura sketches were not an attractive female and on top of that her attitude at the beginning was not exactly pleasing but he stated she had a good head on her shoulder but Sasuke was her selfish love. He was her downfall. I think I remember reading that the reason Hinata is viewed more of a heroine than Sakura is because Hinata has a sad story and people can pity her.
Sakura has a normal family life and even degrades Naruto because he plays pranks for attention and didn't have parents to punish him and blamed his lack of parents for his immaturity.There is a small part of me that believes that Kishimoto wanted to give Sakura a sad story in Road to Ninja but still wanted to keep Naruto the main character. He wanted Sakura to feel Narutos sadness and learn from it. He wanted her to realize how lucky she is to have a family, even if they are picky and tease her, she at least have a family. Maybe to finally feel what it was like to care about someone (Sasuke) and them not care about you the way you wish they did (Naruto with Sakura). There is also a small part of me that believes that maybe Sakura feels bad for saying what she did about Narutos parents after realizing who they are and why they were not around when Naruto was playing pranks.
The underline is where I had the most issue with young Sakura. Though we do not know who his true parents were back then but you see how sad Naruto is that he doesn't have parents, have to carry such a burden along and you can't help but be mad at Sakura for saying what she did. Looking back after realizing it is Minato and Kushina, if I was in Sakruas spot, I would be apologizing to Naruto and to his parents. Maybe that is why she didn't want to leave the AU world, for Naruto. Again, Sakura likes to put the baggage on her shoulder for Naruto.