Naruto: Why is Sakura Such a Controversial Character?

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Sakura Haruno is one of the main characters in Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto series, being a part of Team 7, which is made up of the protagonists of the story. Sakura starts off as a young girl who barely knows anything about the meaning of being a ninja and when compared to the rest of her team, she is, quite clearly, singled out as the weak link. However, with time, Sakura showed great promise in some aspects of the ninja arts and with time, she blossomed into an incredibly powerful Kunoichi, known to be one of the very best in history.

Under Tsunade Senju, Sakura trains to become a great medical ninja and by the conclusion of the Fourth Great Ninja War, she even manages to surpass her teacher, the Fifth Hokage of the village. Clearly, Sakura is quite capable by the end of the story, however, despite everything that she's achieved, she remains to be a controversial character and is often hated by the fans.

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From the very beginning of the story, Sakura's character has been one that didn't really appeal to the fans. Her introduction in the story sees her constantly swoon over Sasuke and every single interaction that she has with anyone in the first part of the series has something to do with her love and care for Sasuke. Obviously, Sasuke is fixated on becoming a great ninja and wanting to avenge his clan by killing his brother, so he pays no attention to her, however, despite that Sakura's character continues to revolve around him. For a young girl like Sakura to fall in love with someone is certainly not strange and that clearly isn't the issue here. The main problem with Sakura's character is that her entire existence in the first part of the story has to do with Sasuke