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[Sai'ix Renkai]

Originally Posted by Nejifan

Tenten doesn't use swords. so I fail to see how that is a valid point.
I was referring to the projectile weapons when I said weapons. That much should have been obvious due to context. of course there are useful weapons. asuma's chakra blades. zabuza's sword. etc. but that isn't what we were talking about.

and I already said that about lee. He is better at taijutsu overall, but against the puppets, if you can't destroy them, it doesn't matter. which is why I said he'd need to use the gates.

The fact that sakura's poison kept them alive, and that she is capable of more damage to the puppets than lee is (pre-gates at least) is why I think she was a decent choice. People like tenten would have been much worse choices, that's all I'm saying.

Tenten uses a weapon hurricane that includes short swords. Also, she has a gigantic spiked ball that would crush puppets, not just disassemble them like Sakura's punches.

[Nejifan]

Originally Posted by Sai'ix Renkai

Tenten uses a weapon hurricane that includes short swords. Also, she has a gigantic spiked ball that would crush puppets, not just disassemble them like Sakura's punches.

I don't recall tenten having either of those techniques outside of video games, which aren't a valid source. That being said, it would not surprise me if tenten did have that ball summon thing, but I don't recall her ever using it.

[Earthbullet]

Originally Posted by Nejifan

I don't recall tenten having either of those techniques outside of video games, which aren't a valid source. That being said, it would not surprise me if tenten did have that ball summon thing, but I don't recall her ever using it.

she used it in a filler episode in the anime

[MJM]

Why do people insist on using filler as a mean to justify their cause?

[SharinganHeir]

Originally Posted by Sai'ix Renkai

Tenten uses a weapon hurricane that includes short swords. Also, she has a gigantic spiked ball that would crush puppets, not just disassemble them like Sakura's punches.

I'm pretty sure Hiruko wasn't disassembled.

Originally Posted by MJM

Why do people insist on using filler as a mean to justify their cause?

good question

[ACTION *******]

Originally Posted by Sai'ix Renkai

And Sakura is legit worse. Shall I run down Sakura's "accomplishments"? Because that list starts and ends at "Cuts off her hair to free herself from Kin".

even if that BS was true, thats still more than tenten has done. she has literally done nothing. it skipped her chuunin exam fight, i believe she fell asleep and didnt wake up at all for the sand/sound vs leaf war, she wasnt there for the chase sasuke arc, she was just THERE with the sasori arc, threw 1 solitary weapon at kisame's clone, wasnt seen again after the sasori arc until the pain arc where again she was just THERE, then we see like cameos of her every now and then in the war and her crying for neji.

she literally only exists to be the estrogen for team guy and thats it. at least sakura, like pointed out in another post, is the "explination" person for team 7 and has some legitimate accomplishments. not a lot mind you but for the love of god, dont compare her to tenten =/

Originally Posted by Nejifan

also, she saved kankuro's life, and kankuro was very helpful in the war against deidara/sasori.

sakura may not have done "a lot" but she was definitely important.

and, for what its worth, fufilled the damsel in distress role in part 1. demeaning? perhaps. but IIRC naruto was too scared ****less of gaara to do anything but wet his pants until gaara was all "ok look, ima crush your girl if you dont get serious". causing him to man mode...sasuke words caused him to go super man mode later, but still. he wouldn't have fought at all if not for her.

and she saved that little girl from one of pains summons, one shotting the thing. one shotting a giant summon seems pretty pro.

Originally Posted by Nejifan

see, I've never understood why people think sakura is so annoying. Usless, perhaps, but I've never really found her to be annoying for the most part.

Hinata on the other hand irritates the crap out of me. It baffles me that she has more fans than sakura. Personally, I don't like ANY of the kunoichi in the series much, with the exception of Konan. But hinata bugs me more than most.

OMG IKR?

Originally Posted by allanime01

2 Words: Episode 3. She was a blah and dumb character that was only there as "peacemaker" for the team and/orlame plot device (like explaining chakra control or ninja world stuff, the "basics" that Naruto never payed attention too, she would explain it for "him" when really it's for us) That was actually most of the female members in all the teams roles (Hinata and Ino being the exception: Ino did useful things and continues even now as this chapter shows, and Hinata was way to shy to bother keeping Kiba and Shino in check)

...so just sakura and tenten then. you say "all" but theres only 4 teams in leaf that really matter, and you excluded half the girls. even counting them from other villages, that certainly wasn't temari's, kin's, tayuya's, tsunade's, karui's, or samui's jobs >_>

btw shino doesnt need someone to keep him "in check". dude is always cool as a cucumber. no...cucumbers are as cool as a shino.

Originally Posted by allanime01

She had moments sure, I mean her 2 accomplishments were listed, but did you notice those were both Shippuden?

so? no one was arguing she's been a consistent factor. simply that her short list of accomplishments is still more than tenten.

Originally Posted by allanime01

and First season Shippuden even, basically she was only useful in the "Zabuza" saga of Shippuden. Then, it's right back to being weak, uncared for, overshadowed, and just plain bad.

IKR? almost as bad as never doing anything ever. but i dont think anyone in this manga can say that

Originally Posted by allanime01

She isn't alone. Kishimoto himself has said he can't write good female characters, and doesn't know why

because he's an idiot =/. heres all he needs to do. think of something awesome for naruto or sasuke or kakashi or lee or gaara to do. then...have sakura or tenten or ino or any of the females do it instead.

especially sakura or tenten. sakura because, as the closest thing we hve to a female elad, really does need to do more. and tenten because the poor girl has done nothing

Originally Posted by Sai'ix Renkai

Father and Mother did more to kill Sasori than Sakura did. Hell, TENTEN technically did more because she didn't get in the way.

oh please, sakura saved chiyo's life more than once in there. chiyo clearly couldn't have done that without sakura (or help in general).

Originally Posted by world of pein

She also healed Chiyo and Kankuro by using the antipoison that she created...

and broke hiruko, and, IIRC, jumped in front of an attack aimed at chiyo and took a hit for her

Originally Posted by Sai'ix Renkai

Kankuro I can see. She did her job as mediocre medical ninja well. But if Chiyo had used any other ninja, I don't think she would be dead.

1) not ****ing true. a good chunk of the people brought with her wouldnt even have been able to break hiruko i imagine. tenten certainly wouldnt have.

2) she effing sacrificed herself to bring gaara back dumb *** =/ she would be dead no matter what, and if she wouldnt have died, gaara would still be dead. use your god **** brain

Originally Posted by Sai'ix Renkai

Lee doesn't hit as hard, but he has better technique and mastery of taijutsu. Also, weapons finished off Sasori, if you remember right. Swords went through his "heart".

better technique wouldnt have given him the power needed to break hiruko. that would have required gates. which take quite the toll on his body, meaning unless they won quickly, which as unlikely, the battle would have been more and more out of their favor not to mention sakuras antidote...

if you guys dont want to like sakura, thats fine, thats your right. but dont spit on the few accomplishments she HAS made.

Originally Posted by Sai'ix Renkai

Father and Mother were used to kill Sasori. Sakura threw Chiyo's technique. You are giving her WAYYY more credit than she deserves. She smashed a wood body. Whee...

which is more than tenten has done or would have done if she were ins akuras place . whee...

Originally Posted by Nejifan

I don't recall tenten having either of those techniques outside of video games, which aren't a valid source. That being said, it would not surprise me if tenten did have that ball summon thing, but I don't recall her ever using it.

hink she threw it at kisame clone IIRC, unless we're talking about a different ball...i dont play the videogames

Originally Posted by MJM

Why do people insist on using filler as a mean to justify their cause?

because they are stupid and because otherwise they have no points