Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31492005-20180306150245/@comment-25607614-20180520115745

I like Sakura. Many children are cruel and impulsive, and at least she didn't straight up try and murder Naruto... like his best friend. She's also a hell of a lot better if you mull over the subtext of her character.

Bottom line, Team 7 doesn't really have any healthy relationships between them, not like civilized people would classify them anyway. Sakura shows unprecedented growth of character when she acknowledges that in the novels and creates a psychiatric hospital for the youths in her village.

That's actually some of the deepest character growth in the whole series, and it also makes her one of the most self-aware characters in the story. She knows that everyone that she formed strong bonds with as a child was a severely emotionally damaged child soldier, and doesn't want a new generation of ninja to end up like her husband, or her sensei... or Naruto.

Everyone draws their own opinions, and that's fine... but I like her.