Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1018594-20150319124409/@comment-1458758-20150324160317

YayNaruto wrote: Sakura didn't take down Sasori with support. Granny Chiyo took down Sasori with support from Sakura.

I never got the impression this new arc was going to focus on Sakura. It seems to me this arc was supposed to put a little focus on everybody. Which is what it's doing. ... Except Sakura destroyed the Third Kazekage puppet, developed the antidote they needed to survive that fight at all and was the one who actually used the seal Chiyo had to stop Sasori's body. I won't deny Chiyo played a massive part and was the one to cast the finishing blow, but as Sakura played the part of the primary front liner and was the reason they could combat the poison at all, it's Chiyo that was acting as the primary support unit in their confrontation. Hel, Chiyo couldn't even have cast the finishing blow with Mother and Father had Sakura not broken the Third Kazekage.

And while I do agree that this arc is seemingly set to give everybody focus and is doing so (although I still find Team 10 woefully under represented so far) I think it's a missed opportunity to focus on Sakura, the heroine of the series and last member of Team 7 who is undertaking this exam without the other two. You can't deny this would have been a great chance to show off everything Sakura can do without living in the shadow of Sasuke the Prodigy or Naruto the Child of Prophecy.