Sakura Haruno

Establish a mental health clinic to help children affected by the War (succeeded).

### Why Do Some People Hate The Character?

Detractors despise her for her being overly ill-tempered towards Naruto while also attacking him often, being useless in battles, lack of purpose beyond worrying for her friends, and because winning Sasuke's heart is her main ambition

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

She does have her fans who see so much potential for her to be an interesting character and has her fair share of awesome moments when she actually does something, and she is especially loved for her being a good mother to Sarada, taking up a level in kindness, and for becoming a dedicated and capable medical ninja

### Type of Base Breaking Character

Wasted Underdog

**Sakura Uchiha**, formerly known as **Sakura Haruno**, is the tritagonist from the **Naruto** franchise and she is the wife of Sasuke Uchiha and the mother of Sarada. She is considered to be one of the most skilled medical ninja in the world.

## What Makes Her a Base-Breaking Character?

### What Do People Like About Her?

* Sakura started out as the scrappy who wasn't very well-liked as a character in the franchise (see the detractors' section for details), but over time, how Sakura's flaws were handled began to be seen as Kishimoto's mistakes on writing female characters, opinions on Sakura have changed and she has been elevated to a base-breaking character ever since.
* Fans believe that Sakura has so much potential to be an interesting character in the series was underutilized and longed for her to be more involved in the plot.
* She has a fair share of cool moments within the series, like her duel with Sasori, where she was able to hold her own until Chiyo arrived to help her out.
* Sakura is actually intelligent and is very book smart. She has an IQ of 175 and smart in combat, so she is one of the smartest characters.
* Throughout the series, Sakura is shown to have developed as a character, subverting many of her negative traits and becoming a much more selfless, sympathetic and mature person.
	+ This is shown through her growing affection and friendship with Naruto (whom she disliked at the beginning of the series) and even her childish crush on Sasuke matures into genuine love over time. She also seeks to become stronger to protect her teammates and later decides to train under Tsunade to learn healing abilities and, despite not always succeeding in doing it, she is shown to help, as when she protected Naruto and Sasuke in the forest of death or when she heals the wounded when the village is attacked.
	+ Her portrayal in the *Boruto* has won over even more fans since many of her character flaws, if not all of them, are absent. She has become a very respectable medical ninja, helping to save many people. To add the icing on the cake, she is a loving mother towards Sarada and has always been there for her every step of the way.

### What Do People Dislike About Her?

* Sakura's detractors have found her short temper and aggression towards Naruto to be grating rather than funny and for the most part, Naruto didn't do anything to warrant this treatment.
* Early on in the series, she tends to be rude, selfish, arrogant and annoying.
* The fact that her main ambition is winning Sasuke's affection makes detractors not like her character. Even later on when she has other goals such as becoming stronger to help her teammates, the writing of the story always focuses on her love for Sasuke as being her main trait, which is viewed as a negative thing by people who wanted to see other aspects of the character explored.
* Her obsession with wanting to be with Sasuke depicted her as being very clingy early on in the series (where she is very annoying and immature about it), including because she has other loved ones who care about her.
* In the main series, she tends to be the team's load, barely doing much in battle, usually needing to be saved or protected by other heroes, and often relying on Naruto and Sasuke on many occasions. All of this leads people to deem her useless.
* Fans dislike that she falsely confessed to Naruto and lied to him about no longer loving Sasuke, in order to make Naruto give up on saving Sasuke. This showed how short-sighted she was in terms of understanding Naruto, a teammate who she is close friends.
* Even in the *Boruto* series, there are some people who still find her mostly uninteresting as a character.

## Trivia

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*Boruto: Naruto Next Generations*
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