@Crimson
Figured as much. Alright now when it comes down to character strength there are two specific aspects:
Physical and Mental
In terms of Physical Sakura is one of the strongest Physical female characters in Naruto.
She can take a beating and still fight past her limit
http://www.onemanga....to_manga/271/2/She has incredible strength as she lifted a boulder off of Chiyo
She has incredible evasion and analysis skills not needing Chiyo
http://www.onemanga....o_manga/270/11/Her strength is further amplified by her incredible chakra control which can allow her to smash giant boulders and even Iron jutsu caused by the third Kazekage
http://www.onemanga....o_manga/269/19/Note that this strength increasing ability has only been used by two characters throughout the entire series. The only other character being Everyone's favorite blonde Bombshell Tsunade: A.K.A. Hokage and Sannin who Sakura is believed to be able to surpass
She has incredible intelligence demonstrated numerous times throughout the series, and is the only Female to actually win or tie in a direct one on one confrontation besides Tenten and Tsunade.
She has incredible prowess with Med-Ninjutsu being able to heal damage caused by the Nine-Tailed fox and developing antidotes for Sasori's poison. She can also develop poisons that will put Naruto on his butt.
Emotional:
Sakura is an emotionally unstable character due to her feelings for Sasuke and Naruto. However, one aspect where she stands alone is her plot point of developing into a strong woman.
Sakura's feelings for Sasuke are clear. However, she struggles because throughout part 1 she fell in love with a person who never truly existed. She thought that he was cool and strong, without realizing that his main goal was power and revenge. However, there are signs of her slowly overcoming this Due to chapter 540.
In 540, a man approaches Sakura saying that he wants to give her a love-letter. Sakura turns him down saying that she already has feelings for another man. The man then says, "He must be a great man." To which Sakura looks very unhappy as she thinks of Sasuke surrounded by black fire. This shows that she has accepted her feelings as wrong which is the first step to moving on.
She also realizes this here
http://www.onemanga....to_manga/483/8/The other point I would like to make about Sakura in terms of Sasuke is that she never had any effect on him. Sasuke from the start has only cared about one person from team 7: Naruto. The same counts for part 1, when Sakura pleaded with him about his mark and to stay in Konoha, both times she was ignored. However, the main point to pay attention to is that she has never had a strong bond with Sasuke. In the first team 7 reunion, Sasuke even admitted this when he said his only bond was with Naruto.
In terms of Naruto however, Sakura has always been emotionally strong. Resolving to kill Sasuke despite her feelings for him for two reasons.
Reason one: To prevent Sasuke from falling deeper
Reason Two: To spare Naruto anymore pain
http://www.onemanga....o_manga/459/16/Other times are asking Chiyo if the Jinchurriki can be removed, then claiming that she wanted to do it because she was worried about him
Though she has also lost control of her emotions many times as well. However, in terms of weakness that can be considered relative. For example, Though she allowed two Zetsu to approach her, this was done out of Kindness in order to heal what appeared to be a husband and wife.
In terms of emotional control, there have been other times where she has controlled her emotions. During the Pain Arc, Naruto ordered all ninja to leave Pain to him. After the battle was over, Sakura walks up to Naruto and clearly says, "You always push yourself too hard." punching him in the process, classic Tsundere style. But then she hugs him with a worried look on her face.
http://www.onemanga....to_manga/450/9/This shows two things, one that she was able to control her emotions despite clearly worrying about him. But also that she respects Naruto to care about what he wants.
Other evidence of this respect include the Land of Iron Reunion where Naruto requests to fight Sasuke alone, and Sakura respects this and trusts him to do this.
In short, Physically, Sakura's power cannot be questioned. Emotionally she is a strong caring character who is only weak when directly confronting Sasuke.
Edited by Shadow1275, 12 April 2013 - 01:45 AM.
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