Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31492005-20180306150245/@comment-734582-20180410075445

Ancladar wrote: She doesn't have to be an uber genius like Sasuke or anything, but give her something that isn't the typical female healer playing back up. The thing is, she was demonstrated to be book smart, while Sasuke was demonstrated to have good battle instincts and insights. Having Sakura struggle with turning book smarts into street smarts could be an interesting arc. Like her trying to form a strategy in battle, but it fails because she takes too long to form it. Meanwhile, Sasuke forms a weaker strategy and it works because he's quick about it. A simple piece of story that doesn't need more than a few panels, but shows that intelligence comes in many forms, and that hers isn't suitable for direct battle.

Jentaisenpai wrote: You're right, Sakura didn't get enough of the spotlight that she deserved. She got enough time in the spotlight. It's not about how long she was featured, it's about how she was featured. Naruto and Sasuke got maybe one, maybe two cases where they found new power only to fail to overcome the next challenge. Every single time Sakura goes "Now i can fight on their level!", she can't. Her spotlight moments exist solely to remind us that she's useless. Other characters are way weaker, but that weakness is never emphasized. Sakura's insanely strong, yet always in a situation where that strength is useless. Not one panel is dedicated to Zetsu being confused about that guy they just beat hard, coming back with no injuries at all and easily kicking his ass because Sakura just healed a guy back from the brink of death.

She could keep an army on the move for hours, days on end. But it's barely ever mentioned, barely ever thanked, barely ever considered to be a massively OP thing. It's always shown to be natural, obvious, logical. Nobody ever seems to care that she's the reason they're alive.