The “Sakura is Useless” claim needs to go and the reason is simple.
Because it’s a false claim. It’s been a false claim since part one, and it’s a false claim to the end of Naruto and onward to the Boruto series. It’s a popular statement that’s been passed on from sheep to sheep, from bandwagon to bandwagon (cough, certain Youtube manga reviewers) and it shows not sign of letting up. Which is “annoying” af.
If I’m a Walmart Associate and I’m a good one at that, and I enter a Math Lab, and try to crack an equation, and fail, I may be useless to the cause, which would be cracking the equation. That does not mean I am a useless person. Why? Simple. Am I useless to that customer who needs to know where the Cookies are? No. Am I useless for tagging items with a price tag? No. Am I useless for cashing out a loooong ass line of people, taking care of the Lay-Away Center during the hecktic Christmas Season, and cleaning up on Aisle 5? No, no, and no. Doing something and having my attempt end up rendering useless to any cause does not make me a useless person if I am able to be useful in other aspects in life. Hell, what if you suck at every job you have and you mess up all the time, yet somehow manage to support your kids and let them know they’re loved? Are you useless to your kids? Gtfo of here if you think so, please do.
Now there’s Sakura “Haruno” Uchiha. Remember that time Naruto needed help controlling his chakra in order to climb those trees in the first arc? That was useful to Naruto because he was then able to climb the trees to the top, which led to having better chakra control, which led to walking on water, which led to controlling the Rasengan, which led to developing the Rasen-Shuriken, which led to mf controlling the Nine Tails and so forth. Am I saying Sakura is the reason Naruto is OP as hell? No, what I’m saying is because of that useful advice she gave, Naruto learned to gain more control of his chakra. Even Sakura herself was wrong for saying she was useless. she never was! She just wasn’t as strong as her peers, and could not perform certain tasks due to lack of strength (of course, that’s changed for the most part now).
Every moment she did something, from waking up Shikamaru’s lazy ass, to helping to save Kankuro’s, Hinata’s, Naruto’s (Etc.) life, to helping out in the Final Ninja war AND MUCH MORE (DO THE RESEARCH), you’re gonna tell me because she couldn’t keep up with Sasuke and Naruto once they hit their Demi-god, reincarnated, plot-armored status that she’s useless?
Ok, then what about these guys?
(Excluding Naruto and Sakura) They’ve all done some useful things that were important to their missions and or plot of the story. But because they’re not all powerful and or get everything right 100% of the time, they’re useless?
Hell, what about these guys!?
(Excluding those who are still alive) These guys DIED. THEY’RE DEAD! Obviously when they tried to KILL their enemy, they FAILED or they had NO CHOICE but to sacrifice their life. So they’re useless people now!? Even at they’re dying breath!? (even when Jiraiya gave his Intel to Tsuande before dying)??? I mean, goodness man, even Pain recognized Deidera when he died, saying he would be missed. You think Pain was all “Ah he died, fk that useless blonde closeted chick with his crappy art” ????? o_O
I’m just sayin y’all. I ain’t trying to put Sakura on some perfect pedestal and say she’s perfect in every way because she’s not, and I would have loved to see more from this character in the series, but I am sick and tired of this broken logic, man. Sht do’t make sense, man.
Makin’ a video on this soon, smh…