Sakura centric fanfics, specifically older ones, are interesting to read because they get Sakura's character so well, develop her so well while using the canon-backed personality of others to cause one shift or another.
They're also annoying because they villainize the ever loving hell out of Ino. It was funny the first two times, but then it became a trend I don't like at all.
Ino is not a massive bitch that bullied Sakura nor did she end their friendship over a boy - that was Sakura. And Ino may have been mean when Sakura decided to declare her best (and only) friend as her rival, but Sakura was just as mean and worse.
You can have a Sakura centric fic without bashing the girl that not only saved her from bullies, but also helped her with her abysmal confidence and genuinely cared about her even AFTER Sakura started treating her like crap over a boy that didn't even know Sakura existed.
Which, for me, was always a major factor in my disdain for the Sakura-Ino friendship discussion. Sakura does all of that and Sasuke doesn't know her and later genuinely seems to hate her and yet somehow Ino is the one fanfic writers decide needs to apologize and beg for forgiveness? Seriously!?
























