It's like I honestly don't even see the need to back up SS or Sakura when people bash on them on who's better/stronger, etc. anymore. Because EVERYONE in the fandon knows the truth already. Those who are antis are in denial and want attention.
I agree. It’s some weird jealousy they have. Ever since Sakura got the Yin Seal I knew this was coming. Fans of other females were so pissed off. I don’t know what they were expecting, Sakura is paralleled to Tsunade, she is the main female and she is part of team 7. I just don’t get how SS got into this. It’s not surprising but it’s unwarranted. I always saw some NH fans subtly bashing SS and Sakura even though they pretend to ship SS. Look at how quick they jumped at the chance to bash SS just because people said that Sakura was not of equal strength and power to Hinata. That’s a manga fact. Even if Sakura was below Tsunade, she would still be above Hinata so now when she’s essentially surpassed Tsunade it’s a no brainer.
They were even more pissed off when Sakura was involved in the last fight/arc but Hinata wasn't. How would Hinata even be relevant to the last fight? She's not a team 7 member and she has no issues with Sasuke/Team 7. People thought that she would be linked to Kaguya because she's hyuga and have some role to play. LOL but my slug sage mode theory is crazy. Sure... Hinata is a love interest and a normal rookie nine member. She's not the hidden or real heroine/main female and she cannot compete with Sakura in power or in romance. Sakura never wanted Naruto and she supported NH even in the manga.
Lee, Tenten and Neji were out for that scene and the other k11 members, or rather the rookie nine members showed off their power together. Sakura showed off hers with Naruto and Sasuke and they all summoned the sannin’s summonings. Later we see the rookie nine’s powers lumped together taking down far less juubi clones. That alone shows the level that Sakura is on. She’s below Naruto and Sasuke yes but she can fight by their side up until a certain point while the rest of the rookie nine are below them all. Lee, who is part of the k11, is the only person who can fight alongside Sakura at this point because his Gates is super powerful. Even at 6 gates he is beyond the others as well and I would like to think that Neji is also above the others.
Don’t even get me started on SS. Everyone knows how that was given a lot of attention in the series and tied to the main story and characters. Sakura, Sasuke, Naruto and Kakashi were all involved with SS, it was a major aspect of team 7, it was given a lot of attention in part one and even part 2, the last arcs heavily emphasised SS and it is linked to Sakura’s character, Sasuke’s character, Sasuke’s redemption which is the main conflict in the story. I don’t even know how people could try to downplay it.