Oh, and I posted Chapter 2 tonight.
Pretty good and pretty close to canon characterization and detail except a couple of minor points that come from anime filler that contradicts manga canon.
1) In manga canon Sakura has absolutely no problem with frogs and toads, the squeamishness is from part 1 anime filler mischaracterization. Now her being anxious about stepping into a giant toad's mouth doesn't sound off canon at all though- anyone who wasn't used to toad summons would be scared, even ninja (look at Itachi's reaction when he fights Jiraiya and he does the toad jutsu...).
2) Sakura's breast size in part 2. She's not flat, she's what looks to be a standard Japanese female B cup size. Again anime mischaracterization- this time in a part 2 filler omake. Sakura hasn't been shown to feel any sense of inadequacy about her breast size at all in part 2. In fact, she tends to dress in a way that subtly hides the fact she does have breasts of a size within normal range. They are certainly larger than Karui's, who isn't quite flat herself, but on the small side- what looks to be around an A cup. Karin is the one who has the flat boyish figure. And of course Sakura does have a rather large and prominent butt and wide hips too. Of the female characters only Karui has a more prominent bottom than Sakura.
Remember as well, how Sakura flirted with Naruto when she first saw him after 2 1/2 years- "Don't I look more womanly now?"
(heh, in her moment of flirtation with Naruto she forgot about how she had her top fit to disguise her normal "womanly" breasts and her overskirt attempts to do the same for her quite womanly figure below the waist. (If you look at the cover of volume 28 Kishimoto does a bit of subtle Sakura fan service where you can actually see the size of her breasts. During the battle Sasori arc there's some more, both breasts and butt subtle fan service.
Naruto's reaction to Sakura's clothes though was great and felt canon (and Sakura's reaction to Naruto's reaction as well), as did Sakura's mild embarrassment on feeling like the clothes put her on display for everyone. Even around other women Sakura seems to be a bit shyer than most about her body- not out of shame at not having large breasts, but that people in general would be looking at her as a woman (Note how she hides even her breasts below the water in the women's side of the hot spring resort that she, Naruto, Yamato and Sai visit. That actually parallels nicely with Naruto's subtle body self consciousness around Yamato and Sai in the same scene. (except Sakura is even moreso. Naruto is not body self conscious around people he knows of the same gender, just strangers of the same gender.) Sakura looks like she may be a little even around her age peers (the recent hot springs chapter opener illustration.) Even shy girl Hinata looks to be less body self conscious around her female age peers than Sakura. Ino and Tenten are shown to be completely comfortable being nude in a hot spring around other female age peers.
Sakura is comfortable even overtly flirting with Naruto, even in a subtly suggestive way when she offers to feed him in 343- looking at him with "bedroom eyes". Her confession had a subtle hint of sensual as well, but outside of her interactions with Naruto she tends to stay away from emphasizing her "womanliness" more than most female characters.
Edited by ciardha, 25 January 2012 - 08:27 AM.