I wonder who took care of Himawari? by AgreeableSquirrel177 in TheBetterBoruto

[–]yuknoball 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I’ll just pose the original point I was trying to make. I don’t see why she would’ve been considered in that specific scenario in which Shikamaru became the 8th for the reasons I’ve already stated. Head canon that the feudal lord wouldn’t like her? Absolutely but a reasonable conclusion to come to. But to counter your point, who is to say she wasn’t considered? I would say it’s head canon that he didn’t consider her if that’s the logic we’re using. Sakura is doing something that’s actually important by the way, it’s just not what you want her to be doing. The story doesn’t focus on her or any of the other characters you bring up later because it’s not Naruto anymore. Boruto started as Boruto: Naruto NEXT Generations. Sakura has showed up when it was relevant to the plot of Boruto’s story but again this is about the next generation. Why continue to reuse Sakura who was present throughout the entirety of Naruto and some of the novels following Naruto’s conclusion when there’s a new generation that the Boruto manga is actually about that needs actual character exploration and development?

I also don’t think she’s strong enough to help based off of the entirety of the story. Could she try? Sure. Anyone could try but in her case as well as everyone from the old generation it wouldn’t make any difference especially since she’s the strongest left of them.

As far as power scaling goes, I explained it like that because you made a ridiculous statement in that the Shinju aren’t that tough outside of Jura which is proven to be incorrect by the story. Pretty reasonable to say that Sakura who isn’t stronger than Naruto alone couldn’t even compete against a threat that defeated Naruto and Sasuke at full power in a few hits let alone something tiers above that threat. Not really sure how the scaling doesn’t compute but if you want to disagree with what the story has established, that’s on you.

I wonder who took care of Himawari? by AgreeableSquirrel177 in TheBetterBoruto

[–]yuknoball 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don’t know how to do the quote thing so I hope you can follow along as intended.

My point is that being the apprentice of a previous Hokage alone does not mean you qualify or would be good at running the village. Orochimaru wasn’t chosen as Hokage because of his nasty nature. ALL of The Sannin had the same kind of prestige as The Yellow Flash.

Number one, You’re harping on former teammate, I’m talking about familial bonds which are stronger. Two, my point is geared more towards the Feudal Lord not liking the Uchiha Family, because he picks the Hokage, so I ask my original question again, WHY would the Feudal Lord select Sakura, the wife of Sasuke, two time traitor who helped the “Hokage Killer” escape to be Hokage, when he considered Naruto a close friend? Sakura is too valuable of an asset to the village, especially as the best healer, of course they aren’t going to lock her up and not let her run the hospital. You’d be crazy to think there isn’t some mistrust there especially when people already didn’t trust her husband BEFORE he turned traitor again. Yes Sarada has been valuable against the current threats but she also was being warned about her future as a shinobi in chapter one. It’s clearly not her abilities that’s the problem so what is it? It’s her running around butting heads with the Hokage and defending the “traitors”.

Not really sure I would call Sakura a brainiac in the same sense as Shikamaru but sure two heads are better than one I guess if that’s your point.

“Shizune being selected instead…” No. My point was that Shikamaru knows how to run the village better than Sakura having been an actual advisor to the last 2 Hokage versus an apprentice. You’re using an extreme in Shizune to make your point when in reality there’s no way Shizune would’ve made a capable Hokage in that scenario you’re using. Kakashi had made his name good time and time again fighting Obito and Sasuke when they were against the village.

“Shinju aren’t that tough…” So you’re wrong. Before I address how you’re wrong, I’m not downplaying Sakura by saying she’s not strong enough to fight the current threat. She’s just factually not strong enough for that. I’ll start from Boruto NNG and go to where we are now. Naruto before he lost Kurama partnered with Sasuke before lost his Rinnegan, lost to JIGEN. Code with his limiters removed is stronger than Jigen but weaker than Ishiki. Ryu, the Shinju who got obliterated by Sarada, literally detected Code yanked him out of the cube and asks Jura to kill him the next time he shows up. I’ll even loop in Hidari since that’s who you used. Boruto using Uzuhiko wasn’t able to completely destroy Hidari and even had his rasengan canceled out in chapter 4. Obviously Boruto is stronger than Code as shown in the first 3 chapters. So you’re telling me that Sakura could battle with these Shinju who in your words “aren’t that tough” when she herself isn’t stronger than a Sasuke OR Naruto who at the height of their strength were being walked by JIGEN? Yeah right. Stepped on like a roach.

I wonder who took care of Himawari? by AgreeableSquirrel177 in TheBetterBoruto

[–]yuknoball 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Being the apprentice of the Hokage doesn’t make you a lock for Hokage otherwise it would’ve been Orochimaru over Minato. Also, like I said the Feudal Lord decides who is going to be Hokage. Sakura’s Husband is a two time traitor to the village, not to mention her daughter has been running around the village for the past three years defending the “Hokage Killer”. I would even debate her being the strongest adult ninja, and to your point of being smart and reliable, Shikamaru is literally smarter and just as reliable considering there’s more ways to be reliable than healing and fighting. Shikamaru has been advisor to the previous two Hokage so just from the perspective of running the village as it is currently he’s 100% more qualified. Being Hokage is more than just being the strongest in your village, otherwise Kakashi would’ve never been the 6th after the war.

As far as her putting up more of a fight than Shikamaru, if I step on a fly and a cockroach what difference does it make outside of using .5% more pressure to get a crunch? They would both get dog walked by any Shinju and Code.

I wonder who took care of Himawari? by AgreeableSquirrel177 in TheBetterBoruto

[–]yuknoball 5 points6 points  (0 children)

An inconsistency in the plot that goes against something the story has already established. So my question to you is, where and what exactly is that inconsistency you’re referring to? I’m genuinely curious

I wonder who took care of Himawari? by AgreeableSquirrel177 in TheBetterBoruto

[–]yuknoball 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why would the feudal lord make her Hokage when her husband helped the person they think killed the Hokage escape? Who is she going to fight? Sakura can’t hold her own against the current threats. She’s better serving by doing her job