@goldenarm
I don't think sakura is great heroine, but she's a unique heroine.
She's more a shoujo heroine than shonen one.
I think that's exactly it. If Naruto was a shojo title, Sakura would be perfect.
I think you are being too radical
Sakura's character didnt need to be rewrited from scrap
She just needed to have a constant influx of development towards her...and this only really happened in early part 2
IMO put a good writer on Sakura early part 1 character and she can become a likable char quite easily
I mean not all characters need to begin useful and with estabilished dreams early on in a story
Maybe not all characters, but a MAIN character does. Otherwise, why should we care about them? If they don't have a goal or purpose, they're forgettable waste of space.
Also, as I noted, we had constant influx of development about Sakura in Part One from Chapter three and throughout the Chunin Exams -- and as a result, her popularity sank to its lowest. In those 100+ chapters, the readers should have been behind Sakura, wanting to know more, cheering her onward to make her dream come true, etc. Instead, they cared more about a PICTURE FRAME OF A DEAD MAN WHO MAY NEVER APPEAR IN-SERIES OUTSIDE OF THAT PICTURE FRAME than one of our main characters. That's a sign something is fundamentally wrong with the foundations upon which she was built. If it were me, I would start by blowing up the old structure and rebuilt from scratch because, as I see it, Sakura needs a better character. If I have intention of her being a main character, it's not only necessary, but vital, or else, she might as well be replaced by someone with better lead characteristics, ie, Hinata.
Exactly.
If kishi can't write character like sakura, then why he didn't write character like rin. Who I deem as old school heroine.
Offhand, I say he learned from his mistakes made and applied them to Rin. Of course, I'm assuming you meant to say "Why DID he write characters like Rin?"
Edited by goldenarms, 22 April 2015 - 10:34 PM.