Atcually I found that part of the novel that was translated, and what are they trying to do to Sakura? Are they purposely ruining her character just to make Hinata look better, or is it those ass clowns Studio Perriot up to no good again?
This is now far beyond just pushing Sakura to the background for Hinata's sake. It's like they are trying to wipe her from the storyline altogether.
I've been reading some on gender inequality issues in Japan, and I've started to wonder if the Sakura hate isn't rooted in the fact that she is so far out of the mold for traditional Japanes roles for women. Sakura now has to face being an adult woman in a modern Konoha, and she can no longer be the same woman she was and have a child. She has to give it all up. It's a problem women are facing in modern Japan as well — keep your career or give it up for a family? You cannot have both. (It's looked down on being a working mother, they're called "devil wives," and daycares are hard to come by for mothers and looked down upon by non-mothers.)
So I'm starting to wonder if wiping Sakura from the storyline is just laying the foundation for her to become the happy little housewife and be forgotten about.
I know this is deeper thinking about this topic, but really, why is this going on?? Sakura is the main heroine, who has done nothing but support the main hero. Why would this kind of treatment be allowed? Writing her off should be as wrong as writing Naruto off and replacing him with Sasuke as the de facto main hero.
I'm beginning to think that for the people/editors/handlers/animators that surround Kishimoto, Sakura's role in the story has become a problem. She is not the submissive, voluptuous, inoffensive girl that Hinata is. And since Sakura has had so much develpoment in the story towards her goals, she is automatically expected to do something with her life other than give up all her hopes and dreams to be a babymaker for Sasuke.
I'm beginning to wonder if the people around Kishimoto (most likely all male) are uncomfortable with a character like Sakura and don't know what to do with her except write her out of relevancy. She is put into a more traditional role and neutralized.
This isn't just bad writing. This is abject sexism.
And these kind of gender role issues are a big problem in Japan right now. I'm beginning to wonder is Sakura is getting such awful treatment because the people who are writing/animating have a bigger problem with her than just a Tsundere character.
I would like to think that maybe Sakura has awakened some gender role issues for some people. That would be so fitting for a character who never excepted the status quo in the Naruto storyline either.