Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31278419-20170331010234/@comment-734582-20170404145307

Slug Princess00 wrote: I actually appreciated Kishimoto's approach on Sakura to interpret her as a 'common girl'. I don't think the problem was with the setup (e.g. Lee was the other 'human weakness' character and people love him) but with the payoff. Unlike Lee whose arc was about overcoming his weakness, Sakura's arcs were mostly about her failing to do stuff. There was too much setup only followed by her failing really hard and then having to be rescued.