Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-28869806-20150525191639/@comment-25478058-20150526192837

Thekillman wrote: Tsunade's Hundred Healing Mark was basically a light version of Hashirama healing. Sakura learned healing from Tsunade but never took it to it's logical extreme (Hashirama healing) unlike Sasuke with his 5m long lightning blade and Naruto's Rasenshuriken. She only stood on Tsunade's level during the "new three-way deadlock" whereas Naruto surpassed his sennin with his Sage Mode already, and Sasuke his sennn when he killed Orochimaru. Sakura never had much in the way of symbolism going on, not even with kakashi, unlike Naruto and Sasuke who at least share their signature Jutsu (rasengan/chidori) with Kakashi.

I agree that would have been a great power up to reach and it would not have even required changing the story to make Sakura more of a fighter. She could have just gained the Hashirama healing during the Kaguya fight instead of the random thing where she was Obito's chakra battery.

Sakura is still my favorite character, which is why it is so disappointing that her arc could have been so much better. In my opinion, the reason it is worse that Sakura is underdeveloped, compared to Lee or Kiba or even Shikamaru, is because she is a main character. She's part of the original Team 7 and often times she was treated like a side character. It's even worse when you think about how Ino surpassed her father (connected to the entire Shinobi alliance without using the special telepath machine). And so in that sense, Ino, a side character and Sakura's rival, was able to reach the logical peak of her skills, whereas it stills seems as if Sakura needed to progress further in order to surpass Tsunade.

It also bothers me that Tsunade made Naruto's prosthetic arm. Why couldn't Sakura have done that...?