Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-45206069-20200317024412/@comment-38839518-20200325183118

@Squinty97 I do think that Sakura could beat 7th gate Lee with a 50/50 chance especially after what we know Sakura can do between the war arc and Gaiden. I'm going to try and organize my thoughts by looking at skills Sakura has that can counter Lee's 7th gate abilities.

1. The Byakugou Seal would have to be used for Sakura to win, and considering the fact that in Sakura Hiden it could heal the impacts of synthetic tailed beats bombs that could rip up entire sections of forest and blow apart massive chunks on the Earth (albeit some only caught small parts of her but one did hit her entire right side), it could absolutely deal with most of if not all of the damage Lee could dish out below gate 6. It can keep the user alive if they are sliced in half, allows the user to easily recover from being impaled or fight while heavily impaled, and the regeneration is automatic and happens almost unconsciously when the user gets hit as long as the user is still somewhat conscious themselves. Nothing Lee could do below gate 6 and even some of the things he can do in gate 6 would be no more than a temporary setback for Sakura so long as the chakra remained and she wasn't decapitated.

2. Katsuyu would be the key to dealing with 6th and 7th gate Lee. I see people comparing the size of damage done with what Katsuyu handled and what Lee can do in the gates, but so far there's been a general failure to mention that Katsuyu, as far the official material on her goes, can absorb impacts of logically any ninjutsu or taijutsu attack and even nullify some of that impact due to the genetic and physical makeup of her body. Another failure to mention that Katsuyu absolutely could have survived a higher power attack than Pein's Shinra Tensei and Chikbaku Tensei. I mean, Katsuyu survived those attacks, as well as Naruto's corrosive chakra with zero damage taken. Like none at all. So she has a high probability of being able to deal with Lee's 7th gate attacks. Almost any attack that physically hits Katsuyu is virtually ineffective on her no matter the apparent power, and Lee's taijutsu would be no different. Katsuyu is literally THE MOST DURABLE character in the entire series. How's Lee gonna deal with that protecting Sakura?

3. Lastly, I hate to do it to Lee, but all Sakura has to do is ride out Lee's gates with Katsuyu and her seal active the whole fight. Keep drawing Lee in, and if she splits Katsuyu across the field or has her latch onto her shoulder, Sakura could taunt Lee by punching the air (air pressure we see in Boruto) or ground (can shatter enough to really throw Lee off if he isn't on constant guard) and then using Katsuyu as a defensive "shield" of sorts when Lee tries to retaliate. Katsuyu can split into hundreds of clones that would be large enough to shield Sakura, and as long as she kept a smart distance to as least one, Katsuyu shows that sh is very capable of moving at high speeds to defend. With Sakura moving to get behind Katsuyu at the same time from a few feet away, not even 7th gate Lee would be fast enough to nail her before that if she was smart enough to not get right up on him (I don't think she would get close to him for more than a second or to though if they're going in with knowledge about each other. Sakura is the second smartest to only Shikamaru and she's shown the the novels that she's very good at countering different types of fighting styles). Eventually Lee would be forced out of the gates after draining himself down, seeing as Sakura's Byakugou Seal would theoretically and logically last longer than Lee in the 7th gate. There's only a small window for him to beat her, and if she can ride it out she takes the win once Lee is back in base easily.