Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31278419-20170211023835/@comment-31278419-20170211163900

I can agree that Kisimoto did drop the ball on female development hardcore. He spiked that ball into the ground he dropped it so hard.

While jonin aren't there to necessarily teach techniques, they are there to better their students. Students not just one. As I said before the chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Look at the other teams weakest link, which sadly seems to be the females because Kisimoto is sexist.

Ino, was as good in combat as Sakura, but had a jutsu when used in conjunction with Shikimaru was essentially guaranteed to remove one threat from the fight as well as be excellent for espionage. Ino also seems to have knowledge of poisons, though why more shinobi don't use poison in this I'll never know. Sakura only tied with her because Ino was low on chakra and Sakura has her mental self bs which I thought was a joke until she attacked Ino inside her mind.

Hinata has Byakugan which makes it almost impossible to sneak up on her when its active. Combined with gentle fist which is a one touch murder technique she is far deadlier then people would give her credit for. To use gentle fist she has to have good chakra control and accuracy to hit those points. She also trains far harder then Sakura before the chuunin exams.

Tenten pre-shippuden is by far the most dangerous of the "Weak links." She lost to temari so hard because Temari is the perfect counter to a projectile user. Incredibly accurate, numerous scrolls with useful items, decent with sealing, able to use every weapon she touches, the fastest kunochi of her year, and is better then the average shinobi in taijutsu by a decently large degree. Not to the same degree as Neji and Lee are, but since she trains with them and Guy you know she knows her stuff.

Sakura is resistant to genjutsu, good at basics, has good chakra control, and decent trap setting abilities...That's it. In the tournament part Ino and possibly Kin where the only two she had any kind of chance of beating. Everyone else stomps her flat.