Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-27002073-20151002192044/@comment-26773508-20151103123940

Nagatoxitachi wrote: sakura surpassed tsunade at the age of seventeen. the only thing sakura lacks is experience. 7/10 sakura wins. She did that at a young age because Tsunade TAUGHT her. Tsunade, on the other hand, had to figured it out herself. BIG DIFFERENCE.

There is no indication in the manga whatsoever that Sakura can beat Tsunade. Sakura has no feats that support that claim. Heck, Sakura had been trying to heal Shikamaru for quite some time after a good proportion of his chakra was sucked in by the Shinjuu. Then comes Tsunade, who until a few hours ago had been chopped into half by Madara and still managed to stay alive, and heals Shikamaru in an instant.

I repeat again, a 50+ year old woman, who was chopped into half by Madara, healed Shikamaru in an instant, only a few hours/minutes after her body was reattached and healed. Sakura, on the other hand, had suffered no damage and was still struggling hard to heal Shikamaru. And I highly doubt she'd survive being chopped into half, given the fact that she has no Senju/Uzumaki lineage and hence, her chakra reserves are nothing compared to Tsunade's.

So in the end, Tsunade>Sakura. Every time we saw Sakura fight, either she had help (Chiyo), or she had to be rescued like a damsel in distress (Kakashi+Naruto vs. Sasuke after the Five Kage Summit; Team 7 vs. Juubi minions; Team 7 vs. Dual Rinnegan TTJ Madara). There is not a single fight in the manga where she held her own against an opponent. And the fight with Sasori wasn't "holding her own against her enemy". She would have been defeated in mere seconds like Kankuro had Chiyo not made her her puppet. Holding one's own means to be able to give a good fight on one's own without outside help, even if ultimately one is defeated by the opponent. It's quite clear from the manga that Sakura would have been killed in a few minutes by Sasori's poison attacks had Chiyo not made a puppet out of her.

Tsunade, on the other hand, continuously healed Konoha citizens during Pain's attack; survived Pain's massive Shinra Tensei that destroyed Konoha; was able to forge great teamwork with the other Kages and fight effectively for a while against Edo Rinnegan Madara; survived being chopped into half waist down for hours until Oro & co. arrived; and still managed to kick Sakura's ass immediately after healing. Although both of these kunoichis lack the range of impressive feats displayed by the male heavyweights of the series (Kishi seems rather partial against women), still, Tsunade's feats>>>>>Sakura's feats.