Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-27162446-20151208003121/@comment-27609155-20160114133456

To start, il separate the fight into two categories: Range and CQC

If its ranged, hinata has the advantage imo. She has abilities that she can do from range, although i question the effectiveness on a opponent that can heal almost, if not instantaneously. sakura can get katsuyu to use acid spit, but il explain my opinion on that later. sakura herself can punch the ground or use objects around her to throw. I think smaller objects would be better, cuz a big object may take time to lift and she might be vulnerable while or after she throws it. The smaller objects she can throw faster, and idk how fast she could throw it. Its similar to comparing a rocket launcher to a machine gun. Depending on how fast sakura could throw the rocks, hinata might not be able to dodge even with her dojutsu. Because idk how fast she could throw the rocks, id say hinata would win the Ranged fight, although idk how effective her ranged would even be.

Onto CQC, this one is where it gets tricky. All sakura has to do to win is land one punch on hinata. That's all she has to do. Now, for hinata to win, it depends on how many hits she can land and how many she can dodge and block. I say block because CES only affects sakura's fist and foot, so it IS possible to block, although its probably not worth the risk. The rest is up to whether hinata can dodge and hit, which I believe that she can dodge every hit if shes careful. Many people were using the Neji vs Hinata fight as an example, so I will too. hinata could barely land any, or maybe none (i dont remember) hits on neji, because he was more talented and skilled at gentle fist and using his byakugan. if hinata couldnt hit him because he was more skilled with basically the same abilities, i dont see why its impossible to dodge sakura who has less skill in taijutsu and doesnt have the byakugan ability to see high speed movements easier. I think hinata could also land a few hits on sakura because she is more skilled in taijutsu and can also use her ranged abilities in close range. I also see people saying that she wouldnt be able to complete 64 palms, so lets say she cant for now. If shes able to land at least a few hits with her twin lions activiated, then she can try to drain sakuras chakra if she cant stop her chakra flow. With hamura's chakra, considering if she still has it (idk), her chakra reserves went up and her twin lion was also upgraded (the blue to purple) which says it increased the strength of that technique. Looking at the points i listed so far, its up to whether sakura can land a blow, or if hinata has more chakra to in turn allow her to last long enough to drain sakuras chakra.

Now il list a few things that i wasnt sure about. the defenition of mastered is: acquire complete knowledge or skill in (an accomplishment, technique, or art). acquire complete knowledge or skill in. would that mean that hinata knows every technique of gentle fist, including kaiten? if not, then how can one say she mastered it. also, in the genjutsu world, which idk if its considered canon or not, she does use it. i think that if it is considered canon, and the fact that she "mastered" gentle fist implies that she can use it, but idk and thats why i didnt consider it in the fight. if she can, then back to katsuyu, she could use kaiten to repel the acid, and maybe by chance, the acid that is repelled might hit sakura. If she cant use kaiten, then she can counter the acid by forcing sakura into CQC. because the acid is an area of effect (aoe) it risks hitting sakura in the process. the acid also says it can vaporize so if sakura or hinata is hit, wherever it hits is gone, and i dont think sakura can heal that. now considering 64 palms into the fight. Sure hinata has only used this once on a stupid juubi spawn. Because it says she mastered gentle fist, i dont think she would mess up using it anymore like she did in the past, because otherwise she wouldnt be called a "master". also, the opponents that sakura hit by punching the ground were also, stupid juubi spawns, and i think hinata could react and counter that by disengaging backwards or off the ground at least. my last point is that people were really pushing using mang and anime evidence in this theoretical fight. using that same point, 64 palms was never shown to be blocked or stopped or countered in the anime or manga, except by shira in the chunin exam, which again idk if its considered canon. even if it isnt, i dont think sakura is as good at taijutsu as shira is, who was on par with lee at the time.

If u hadnt noticed by now, im probably biased towards hinata winning the fight because i like her character in everyway overall more than i do sakura. Regardless of that, I think it would be a very interesting fight to see, and in my opinion, Hinata would be the winner with very high difficulty. sorry for the tldr post lol