Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-12509038-20140830021423/@comment-24514198-20140830050118

At least to me, I find that a lot of people don't know how to critique a fictional character. Some think, just because their weak, they automatically suck. Or if they receive little panel time, then there bad. To me, Tenten is not a bad character. Sure, the amount of screen time Kishi has given her has become infamous within the fandom, but if you step back and watch the big picture, what negative thing has she really done? Has she regressed in terms of character-development? No. But you could argue that's because she has no character development. So by that logic, wouldn't it be more reasonable to say that she is neither a good or bad character because we have nothing to base her development on? To me, she is just neutral. I have nothing to judge her worth as a character because she hasn't done anything.

Sakura... I think some of her hate is somewhat justified. Not all, but some. We all know how her character was in Part I. In the beginning of Part II, her development soared through the roof. Then after her fight with Sasori, she was halted at a standstill, neither good or bad. Then in comes her shenanigans at the Kage Summit, and down the tubes her development goes. But I do give credit where credit is due. Without Sakura's efforts, the world would be lost. Through her deeds only of keeping Naruto alive long enough for Obito to give him the remaining TB's he was missing, and rescuing Sasuke from the Desert Dimension, in a way you could say that she saved the world twice.

Now, I'm not one to care or give a sh*t about pairings, but what I will say is that her love for Sasuke is one of the aspects of her character that hinders her growth as one. It's completely irrational and to be an effective shinobi, you can't be irrational. In the beginning, she was infatuated with him because of his looks. Okay, that's understandable. There thousands of teenage girls around the world who are infatuated with douchebags like Justin Bieber. But the word love is an extremely powerful word, and Sasuke has done nothing to earn such an emotionally-charged response from her. Nothing at all. Don't get me wrong, Sasuke is my favorite character, but in reality, he hasn't really earned anyone's love in the entire story. Unless its Itachi and even then he would've loved Sasuke regardless. So in short, she just needs to get over Sasuke and grow the f*ck up and she'll be at least decent.

I think we all know the story with Obito. His reasons for committing all the horrid crimes that he's committed aren't anywhere near justifiable. Kakashi has more in the right to have taken Obito's villainous role than himself... But at least he has a reason. Kaguya is just atrocious as a character. She's bland, and has no personality. Plus she never even omitted an ounce of danger in the entire fight except for her "grand" introduction. Yes even though she had more chakra than Madara, it seemed as if she didn't know how to use it. Madara obviously did so that made him in turn, more dangerous than Kaguya. To quote BZ himself: "an expert with a rock can beat a novice with a shuriken." Kaguya is by far the worst character.