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To the Sakura Haters

Sakura was made to be a flawed character. Kishimoto intentionally made her the most realistic and raw character to reflect the inner feelings and thoughts of a young girl. She was bullied, had insecurities about her appearance, her skills and even fangirled over her first crush. She doubted herself as she was constantly under Ino’s shadow growing up. She was a pure and raw reflection of a young teenage girls image who felt pressured to be a certain way with certain standards. She compared herself to Ino and thought she was always chasing her in terms of her popularity, looks, confidence and skill. Regardless, she had weird quirks, showed her inner competitiveness, determination, insecurities, and tried to overcome them. She worked hard and accepted her shortcomings but refused to give up. Her character development really appealed to me because I resonated a lot with her lack of confidence and always felt like I was constantly under someone’s shadow. As annoying as some people may find her, she was the most honest character and came in terms with her feelings and acted out of them. She wasn’t a herione who had everything to begin with and wasn’t the star student, a prodigy, the most visually appealing, most popular as some other heriones are. Her character showed me that it was ok to have insecurities, it was ok to cry, it was ok to fangirl, it was ok to have doubts, it was ok to not be the best, and that it was ok to lack things.

As I watched her change within the series, I grew to appreciate every aspect of her character and I loved the rawness of her traits which made her real to me. She wasn’t someone fictional and too far from our reach but she was someone walking right along us and someone we can see a little of ourselves in. She showed those who bullied her, those who looked down on her and didn’t believe in her that she could do it and she’s surpassed many kunoichi in history. Her character gave me comfort and put me at ease because of how easily I was able to connect with her and that perfection shouldn’t be our end goal. As much as I loved OP heriones in other mangas/animes who totally dominated and seemed to have the perfect life, they were too far from my reach and simply impossible.