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| 6 | [[WMG:[[center: [- ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Naruto}} Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 7 | The Hidden Leaf Village\ |
| 8 | [[Characters/NarutoTeamSevenMembers Team 7]] ([[Characters/NarutoNarutoUzumaki Naruto Uzumaki]], [[Characters/NarutoSasukeUchiha Sasuke Uchiha]], '''Sakura Haruno''', [[Characters/NarutoKakashiHatake Kakashi Hatake]]) | [[Characters/NarutoTeamEightMembers Team 8]] ([[Characters/NarutoHinataHyuga Hinata Hyuga]]) | [[Characters/NarutoTeamTenMembers Team 10]] | [[Characters/NarutoTeamGuyMembers Team Guy]] | [[Characters/NarutoTheLegendarySannin The Legendary Sannin]] | [[Characters/NarutoHokages Hokages]] | [[Characters/NarutoTheUchihaClan The Uchiha Clan]] | [[Characters/NarutoOtherLeafVillageMembers Other Leaf Village Members]] ([[Characters/NarutoDanzoShimura Danzo Shimura]])\ |
| 9 | Other Great Villages\ |
| 10 | [[Characters/NarutoHiddenSandVillage Hidden Sand Village]] ([[Characters/NarutoGaara Gaara]]) | [[Characters/NarutoHiddenMistVillage Hidden Mist Village]] | [[Characters/NarutoHiddenCloudVillage Hidden Cloud Village]] | [[Characters/NarutoHiddenStoneVillage Hidden Stone Village]]\ |
| 11 | Antagonists\ |
| 12 | [[Characters/NarutoHiddenSoundVillage Hidden Sound Village]] ([[Characters/NarutoOrochimaru Orochimaru]], [[Characters/NarutoKabutoYakushi Kabuto Yakushi]]) | [[Characters/NarutoAkatsuki Akatsuki]] ([[Characters/NarutoItachiUchiha Itachi Uchiha]], [[Characters/NarutoObitoUchiha Tobi]], [[Characters/NarutoNagato Pain/Nagato]]) | [[Characters/NarutoMadaraUchiha Madara Uchiha]]\ |
| 13 | Recurring Characters\ |
| 14 | [[Characters/NarutoOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/NarutoTaka Hebi/Taka]] | [[Characters/NarutoTailedBeasts Tailed Beasts and Their Hosts]] | [[Characters/NarutoOtsutsukiClan Otsutsuki Clan]] \ |
| 15 | Others\ |
| 16 | [[Characters/NarutoAnimeOnly Anime-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/NarutoMoviesOnly Movie-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/NarutoNovelsOnly Novel-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/NarutoGameOnly Game-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/{{Boruto}} The New Era]]]]-]]] |
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| 22 | !!Sakura Haruno |
| 23 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChieNakamura (JP), Creator/KateHiggins (main series), Creator/DorothyEliasFahn (''Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth'') (EN), Christine Byrd (Latin America), Pilar Martín (Spain), Creator/MaiaBaran (French), Nathalie Hugo (French, replacement voice), Creator/AnisaDervishi (Albanian) |
| 24 | !!!'''Debut:''' ''Naruto'' Chapter 3 (Manga), ''Naruto'' Episode 1 (Anime) |
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| 26 | [[quoteright:149:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/naruto_sakura_part_ii.png]] |
| 27 | [[caption-width-right:149:Part II appearance]] |
| 28 | [[caption-width-right:253:[[labelnote:Click here to see her pre-Timeskip appearance]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/naruto_sakura__part_i.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 29 | [[caption-width-right:165:[[labelnote:Click here to see her in ''The Last'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/naruto__sakura_the_last.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 30 | [[caption-width-right:193:[[labelnote:Click here to see her in the Epilogue and in ''Boruto'']] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/naruto_sakura_new_era.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
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| 32 | ->''I've always considered myself to be a true ninja… but those were just empty words, because Sasuke and Naruto were always in the lead! [[LetsGetDangerous But now it's my turn to take the lead, and all of you can watch me from the background]]!'' |
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| 34 | The girl of Team 7. For most of the series Naruto [[DoggedNiceGuy has a comical unrequited crush on her]], but she acts dismissive towards him while she's in love with Sasuke; However, over the course of the series she grows to appreciate and care for Naruto [[FireForgedFriends as a friend]] [[TrueCompanions and teammate]] in great part [[CommonalityConnection due to their shared bond]] with Sasuke. She would eventually become Sasuke Uchiha's wife and the mother of Sarada Uchiha in ''Manga/{{Boruto}}''. Sakura herself is an intelligent, gifted ''kunoichi'' from Konoha. Unlike most other ninja in the series, she has no unique skills of her own, using only standard ninja techniques and her brains. As a result, during Part I, she mostly sits on the sidelines standing guard over someone. After failing to prevent her only love, Sasuke's defection, and seeing a badly injured Naruto in the hospital, she concludes that she can't leave things like this, and apprentices herself to Princess Tsunade with the intent of no longer being a burden and help bringing Sasuke back. |
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| 36 | In Part II, Sakura has picked up SuperStrength and [[TheMedic medical skills]] courtesy of Tsunade's TrainingFromHell, which turns her from TheLoad to a fine kunoichi of her calibre. Her growth is shown in the first major fight of the new series, joining forces with Chiyo to help defeat Akatsuki member Sasori in a drawn-out battle, and her healing skills are put to use for much of the series. |
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| 38 | From then on, Sakura's focus and presence in the story {{Zig Zags}} in importance, though the two constants that remain throughout are [[SingleTargetSexuality her unwavering love for Sasuke]] and [[LikeBrotherAndSister her platonic friendship with Naruto]]. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, she unlocks her full potential with the White Strength Seal and like her teacher Tsunade, gains a permanent mark on her forehead signifying mastery, although for the most part she serves as TheMedic. Even though she participates in the final battle against [[BigBad Kaguya]], Naruto and Sasuke do most of the fighting, but when Kaguya transports Sasuke to another dimension, she teams up with Obito to retrieve him and later, lands a blow on Kaguya that stuns her long enough for Naruto and Sasuke to seal her. By the story's end, [[EarnYourHappyEnding her love for Sasuke is finally realized and reciprocated]]; they marry after he is redeemed by Naruto and have one daughter together, Sarada Uchiha. |
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| 40 | ->Her hobbies are playing trivia games and memorizing new material for her medical studies. |
| 41 | ->Favorite phrases: "A life with love throughout!" and "Courage" |
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| 47 | * ACupAngst: Has a rather small chest and shows irritation about that at times, namely when observing Hinata during a bath. |
| 48 | * ActionGirl: Sakura initially lacked much in the way of combat ability, but by the time of Part II/''Shippuden'' she trained to attain SuperStrength surpassing that of most other ninja, eventually acquiring the Strength of a Hundred Seal. While not as skilled technique-wise as characters like Rock Lee, she can set off veritable earthquakes with simple punches and kicks alone; and can also use her medical jutsu offensively. |
| 49 | * ActionMom: She delivers in ''Manga/NarutoGaiden'' by defending [[spoiler:her husband Sasuke and their daughter Sarada from Shin]]. |
| 50 | * ActionSurvivor: Becomes this in the Forest of Death, where she tries to protect her unconscious teammates from the Sound trio, despite being hopelessly outmatched. |
| 51 | * AdaptationalBadass: |
| 52 | ** In the Five Kage Summit arc, she avoids fighting Sai, Lee and Kiba once Sai realizes that she plans to drug them so that she could [[KillTheOnesYouLove try and kill Sasuke by herself]]. She can't bring herself to kill him and he tries to kill her twice, during which she just stands there with an OhCrap expression. However, in ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm3'', she fights Sai after he figures out her plan and ''wins'', then she puts up a good fight against Sasuke, and even after Kakashi intervenes, she takes advantage of the distraction and comes within inches of actually stabbing Sasuke in the back, rather than being at a distance like in canon. |
| 53 | ** In Chapter 614, she stands out in the open as Madara and Obito use the Wood Release: Cutting Technique to attack the Shinobi Alliance, and Kakashi [[DamselInDistress has to grab her, move her out of the line of fire, and protect her]]. However, in ''Shippuden'' Episode 364, she uses her SuperStrength to pull up an entire section of dirt and use it as a shield to protect herself and another person from the attack. |
| 54 | ** In ''Manga/NarutoGaiden'' Chapter 6, she got warped away by Shin's Space-Time Dojutsu because she was standing next to him and his clone, and she wasn't fast enough to move. However, in ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'' Episode 21, Sarada was the original target, but [[MamaBear Sakura]] pushed her out of the way and was teleported in her place. |
| 55 | ** In ''Gaiden'' Chapter 9, her "fight" against Shin merely consists of her running around and getting things thrown at her, including getting smashed against a giant rock pillar. However, in ''Boruto'' Episode 23, this fight was considerably extended, where she put up a good fight against Shin, gaining the upper hand and catching him with the aforementioned pillar. |
| 56 | ** Also in ''Gaiden'' Chapter 9, Sasuke defeats Shin rather quickly and by himself, by catching Shin off-guard and crushing him with the Susanoo. However, in ''Boruto'' Episode 23, this fight was also considerably extended, where Sakura helped him defeat Shin--he teleported her close enough to cripple Shin with her SuperStrength. |
| 57 | ** In the movies and a few filler arcs, Sakura is shown to be more competent in battle, fighting and defeating one of the members of the [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Quirky Mini Boss Squad]] on her own. |
| 58 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Like the other members of the Konoha 12, Sakura appears in episode 1 of the anime. This also inserts some {{Foreshadowing}} of her fallout with Ino because she's wearing the red ribbon that Ino gave her to tie up her forehead bangs. When she earns her forehead protector, she no longer needs the ribbon and gives it back to Ino, becoming a full rival for Sasuke's affections. |
| 59 | * AdaptationalJerkass: The anime, especially in part 1 and in filler material, often made Sakura out to be more violent toward Naruto than she was in the manga. |
| 60 | * AesopAmnesia: In Part II and especially in the anime {{Filler}}, for the sake of [[PlayedForLaughs humor]], [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale Sakura would often forget that she promised to start treating Naruto better]]. |
| 61 | * AffectionateGestureToTheHead: |
| 62 | ** Sakura channels her brother-in-law Itachi when she taps Sarada's forehead, as Itachi used to do to Sasuke, and promises they'll finish discussing her father next time. |
| 63 | ** When they were little, Ino poked Sakura in the forehead to comfort her. |
| 64 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Played straight at first, but later {{Deconstructed|Trope}} after the TimeSkip. Ultimately, [[SingleTargetSexuality she still loves Sasuke]], despite what he's become and despite that his actions threaten war, and her need to help stop him. |
| 65 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: A very mild example compared to many others. When Sakura was younger, she was always teased and made fun of because of [[InformedDeformity her big forehead]]; after Ino began to stick up for her, she became more outgoing. {{Iron|y}}ically, after befriending Ino and developing feelings for [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Sasuke]], [[TookALevelInJerkass she became a bully especially towards Naruto]], who had ''far'' worse issues than her. She did gradually become nicer to him once they became teammates. |
| 66 | * AlliterativeFamily: '''Sa'''kura shares her first syllable with [[spoiler:her husband, '''Sa'''suke and daughter, '''Sa'''rada]]. |
| 67 | * AloneWithThePsycho: In ''Naruto Gaiden'', [[spoiler:Shin Sr invokes this: she's all alone in his lair and, now that he's finished the transplant surgery on himself, he's going to kill her. She retorts that she'd been waiting to get as much intel out of him as possible before breaking free]]. |
| 68 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: [[spoiler:She shows some trace of this in ''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie'' when she was in the audience cheering for her daughter loudly during the Chunin Exams]]. |
| 69 | * AngerBornOfWorry: Towards Naruto. No matter how skilled he becomes, she always has serious concerns about his safety during combat situations, especially when she punches him after coming back from his battle with Pain for making them all worry, then catches him in a surprise hug, which is meant to highlight the development in their relationship up until now. Though justified: as the jinchuuriki of the Nine Tails, Naruto has more enemies (some ridiculously powerful) than your average shinobi, it can make things more complicated for the both of them. |
| 70 | * AnimalMotifs: Slugs, which is what she learns to summon while under the tutelage of Tsunade. |
| 71 | * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: She tries this at least three times without any success. |
| 72 | ** When Sasuke defects from the village, Sakura confronts him and reveals her feelings. Sasuke thanks her, then knocks her out. |
| 73 | ** When Sai reveals that Naruto has feelings for her and that his promise to bring Sasuke back for her is [[BrutalHonesty causing him a lot of pain]], Sakura breaks down in tears before resolving to handle the situation herself. She confronts Naruto and tells him she's gotten over Sasuke and finally fallen for him, everything she believed Naruto wanted to hear her say. Except that [[FalseConfession she didn't really mean any of it]], and Naruto sees right through it and rejects her false confession. |
| 74 | ** When Naruto and Sasuke are about to have their FinalBattle to determine the fate of the Shinobi World, Sakura begs Sasuke to stop if she ever had even the smallest place in his heart. Sasuke hesitates for a moment before promptly knocking her out with a genjutsu of himself impaling her with Chidori, then sneers at how naive she is, in a bid to be finally alone and not have Sakura intervene. |
| 75 | *** [[spoiler:Though he later [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] this by marrying her]]. |
| 76 | * BadassAdorable: Sakura is the adorable, blushing bookworm. She can just kick ass now. |
| 77 | * BadassBookworm: During the TimeSkip, Tsunade teaches her both SuperStrength and [[TheMedic medical ninjutsu]], the latter of which takes a great understanding of the human body. |
| 78 | * BadLiar: When she is truly desperate and when it comes someone she cares about: |
| 79 | ** Later, when planning to take out Sasuke herself, she claims that she has defected from Konoha as well and wants to join him. Sasuke is naturally suspicious, and he calls her bluff when she is unable to [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten finish off Karin to back up her claims]]. |
| 80 | * BandWagonTechnique: Part of Sakura's infamous [[FalseConfession fake love confession]] to Naruto sounds a lot like this, as she says that now that Naruto is a respected and admired hero of the Leaf Village, it's only natural that she falls in love with him, which is how he knew it wasn't genuine. |
| 81 | * BettyAndVeronica: |
| 82 | ** She was the Archie for Naruto's "Betty" (friendly, hardworking ninja who later becomes a messiah-like person) and Sasuke's "Veronica" (arrogant, top-student who later becomes a rogue ninja).In the end, Sakura marries her Veronica. |
| 83 | ** Both Hinata and Sakura were [[ShipTease teased]] with Naruto throughout the series. Hinata is the "Betty", and Sakura is the "Veronica" and both girls toy with the standard, classic traits for the roles. At the end of the manga, [[spoiler:it's Hinata who marries Naruto and Sakura marries Sasuke, [[SingleTargetSexuality the boy she always loved since the beginning]]]]. |
| 84 | * BigSisterInstinct: |
| 85 | ** Beginning from the Chuunin exams arc when Sakura vows to be kinder to Naruto (and even before then, such as defending Naruto from Sasuke's criticisms), she displays a protectiveness of [[LikeBrotherAndSister Naruto]], sometimes to the point of over-protectiveness, especially when it comes to [[SingleTargetSexuality Sasuke]]. This would include [[LockedOutOfTheLoop not telling Naruto that it was him, not Orochimaru, who destroyed the bridge and injured her in his Four-tails Mode]] out of her attempt to spare him the pain of guilt. When she learns from Sai [[BrutalHonesty in a rather blunt fashion]], that [[JerkassHasAPoint from his point of view]] she (out of his feelings for her) and Sasuke keep making Naruto suffer, she resorts to [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim lying about having feelings for him now instead of Sasuke]]and shortly afterward when she tries to kill Sasuke by herself in order to spare Naruto or anyone else from shouldering the burden. Not to mention her resolve of wanting to become stronger (and later, a more competent healer) so that she can protect both Naruto and Sasuke and not have to choose which one to save. |
| 86 | ** When it comes to Hinata, she exhibits a strong sense of protection and care. However, her demeanor towards Hinata is noticeably noticeably more tender compared to her behavior with Naruto. |
| 87 | * BelievingTheirOwnLies: During Sakura's infamous fake love confession, her tone implies that she is trying to make herself believe it as well, something that Naruto almost immediately saw and called her out for. |
| 88 | * BoisterousBruiser: While Sakura in her off-time is loud and easily excitable, she applies that same determination and energy in battle, making her a dangerous enemy. |
| 89 | * BrickJoke: Early in Part I it is revealed that Sakura was called "Billboard Brow" as a child. Close to the end of Part II, as a teenager, she learns to use the Strength of a Hundred Seal, which manifests on her forehead. |
| 90 | * BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: This was Sakura's true intentions when she gave her infamous [[FalseConfession fake love confession]] to Naruto in Chapter 469, hoping that he wouldn't keep hurting himself for her and Sasuke. It didn't work out the way she wanted it to and she nearly lost her life for it. Hell, when Naruto [[WhatTheHellHero called her bluff]] and [[ShipSinking rejected her outright]], she spends the first few pages of Chapter 470 losing her temper and going as far as calling him out for thinking that she was faking it. However, once she realized that nobody believed her, she left and proceeded to move forward with the plan to kill Sasuke. |
| 91 | * BreakTheCutie: When it comes to her teammates, particularly when [[SingleTargetSexuality Sasuke]] becomes a criminal during the Five Kage Summit Arc. |
| 92 | * BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Gentle Girl to Sasuke's Brooding Boy, although she's often angry, but is usually friendly and cheerful. She is also the first one to notice Sasuke's growing darkness, and the only girl in the series to express sincere concern about where his path of darkness will lead him. |
| 93 | * TheBully: While not the typical form of this trope, Sakura was quite dismissive and hostile towards [[TheHero Naruto]] for no reason other than her parents' mysterious warning to stay away from him, and his interfering with her crush on Sasuke. Fortunately, [[CharacterDevelopment she gradually stops being this way]], notably after her team's ordeal in the Forest of Death, and [[TookALevelInKindness later becomes]] one of [[TrueCompanions his most loyal friends]]. |
| 94 | * CantCatchUp: Sakura starts out as the Team 7 member with the best handling of fundamentals, but Naruto and Sasuke quickly surpass her. This is PlayedForDrama in her fight against Team Dosu, leading to Sakura cutting her long hair and promising not to watch them from the sidelines anymore. She finally catches up to them by the Fourth Shinobi World War, and has remained one of the strongest Konoha shinobi ever since. |
| 95 | * CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: The type of relationship she comes to have with Naruto. Even after becoming nicer to him, it's still comically easy for Sakura's temper to flare and cause her to lash out when it comes to him doing anything that could set her off. Yet, despite her rough attitude towards him, she comes to see him as the little brother she never had and the thought of his struggles or him dying easily brings tears to her eyes and into a state of great panic. |
| 96 | * ChangingYourselfForLove: Prior to getting her ImportantHaircut, Sakura grew out her hair because she heard a rumor that Sasuke liked girls with long hair. |
| 97 | * CharacterDevelopment: |
| 98 | ** Goes from initially standing on the sidelines to taking an active role in helping Naruto and Sasuke, especially to bring Sasuke back. Much of her development in Part II is answering the question of how best to accomplish this goal. |
| 99 | ** While she starts out as being unkind to Naruto, from the Forest of Death onward, she does her best to stick up for Naruto time and again and becomes one of his closest allies and friends. To put it into perspective: Naruto considers Sasuke to be his best friend, yet it is ''Sakura'' who is consistently doing what she can by his side, [[TheMedic healing him]] and supporting him during their struggles, for almost all of ''Shippuden''. |
| 100 | ** Completely symbolized by "Inner Sakura" as well. The character represented all of Sakura's repressed emotions she constantly tried to cover up. "Inner Sakura" disappeared halfway through Part I as she started to be more straightforward about her feelings, and only appeared once in ''Shippuden'' as a gag. |
| 101 | ** She had something of an ego at the beginning, but as the series continued, she instead gained HeroicSelfDeprecation. |
| 102 | ** In the fight against Madara, she acknowledges that even if she CantCatchUp to her teammates, she can still do her part and [[HeroicSacrifice charges him to provide a distraction]] for Naruto and Sasuke to do their thing rather than just sit there and do nothing. |
| 103 | ** [[{{Inverted|Trope}} Inverted because the development isn't always for the best]]. Sakura always has the bad habit of thinking she knows better than the people around her, to the point that she disregards their input completely, which often leads to disastrous results: |
| 104 | *** The development to not stay on the sidelines brings this quality more forward as she would later drug her entire team because she wanted to face Sasuke alone, and she knew they would try to stop her from going on what's essentially a suicide mission, instead of working together as a team. To put in perspective with the above, yes she does try to provide a distraction, but she plans this out only a few feet away from Naruto and Sasuke and makes '''no''' attempt at all to let them in on the plan or to ask what they think. They're just as surprised as Madara was by the distraction, and when she's ''immediately'' defeated, [[DamselInDistress they both have to jump in to save her]]. So she was as every bit as distracting to ''her own team'' as she was to her target. Her failed attempt to distract Madara proves to be more of a LeeroyJenkins moment than a HeroicSacrifice. |
| 105 | *** Likewise, while she isn't repressing "Inner Sakura" anymore, "Inner Sakura" was her angry, violent, and jealous emotions personified. Instead of repressing and controlling those emotions, she expresses them by shouting at and punching people, along with being incredibly condescending and more sensitive to guilt and shame. In all cases, Naruto is often the unfortunate target. |
| 106 | * CharacterExaggeration: In the anime, Sakura's {{Tsundere}} characteristics gets exaggerated for the sake of humor, much to the disdain of the majority of her fans, since her {{Tsundere}} traits in the manga died down during the TimeSkip. |
| 107 | * CharacterTics: Shoving her hair in her face when feeling a strong emotion. |
| 108 | * CherryBlossomGirl: Named Sakura, check. Pink hair, check. Healing powers, check. Associated with love, check. Traditional Japan, check - ikebana and being, well, a ninja. Born in early spring (March 28th), check. Spring-themed, see MeaningfulName below. |
| 109 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: She marries and has a daughter with [[spoiler:Sasuke, her childhood crush and [[SingleTargetSexuality the only man she ever loved]]]]. |
| 110 | * TheClan: She's not from any clan whatsoever. Instead, she come from an ordinary and mostly unknown family who never made an appearance in the manga and have only appeared in the anime {{Filler}}. Later on, though, she marries into the Uchiha clan. |
| 111 | * ClothingDamage: Becomes an unusually frequent victim of it during the battle with [[spoiler:Kaguya]]. First, her headband falls off and plops into a pit of lava, melting away. Then, [[spoiler:Obito opens up the wrong dimension]] and a wave of deadly acid douses her flak jacket, forcing her to ditch it before the whole thing- thick metal plates inside included- gets completely eaten away. Sakura also shreds off a sleeve of her combat uniform that was exposed to the acid as well. |
| 112 | * ColorMotifs: Sakura is represented by two colors: Pink (given her hair color and her first name "sakura" meaning "cherry blossom" are pink flowers) and red (the color of her outfits throughout the series). |
| 113 | * CombatMedic: |
| 114 | ** With her chakra control, she can heal injuries (either hers or others') and extract poison... and pulverize the earth with SuperStrength. |
| 115 | ** HealingHands with gloves to protect them in battle. During the war arc it's revealed that she has mastered Tsunade's Strength of a Hundred technique, giving her a HealingFactor like Tsunade and (reputedly) Hashirama. |
| 116 | * CombatPragmatist: |
| 117 | ** Her entire fighting style is this. Her punches may not be the most flashy, but one hit and you're mist. And even then she adds poison to her weapons and is willing to play dead to catch opponents off guard. |
| 118 | ** This was best shown in the Five Kage Summit arc. She knew that she, Lee, Kiba and Sai didn't have the power to kill Sasuke head on, so she instead tried to pretend she was going to join Sasuke's side and kill him when his guard was down. And after failing once, she still tried and nearly killed him but failed ''again'' because [[SingleTargetSexuality she still loves him]]. |
| 119 | * CommonalityConnection: Her and Naruto's shared bond with Sasuke is one of the main reasons she and Naruto develop a [[FireForgedFriends strong]] [[TrueCompanions friendship]] over the course of the series. |
| 120 | * ControlFreak: At times, especially when it comes to her emotional spot: her teammates, [[LikeBrotherAndSister Naruto]] and [[SingleTargetSexuality Sasuke]]. One of the best examples can be during the Five Kage Summit arc, where thanks to Sai, she was driven by overwhelming guilt and shame to the point where she resolved to take care of the situation herself. |
| 121 | * CoolBigSis: ''The Last'' has Sakura acting as a surrogate one to both [[TwiceShy Naruto and Hinata]], especially in helping Hinata reach her affections to Naruto, and then helping Naruto recognize [[spoiler:the depth of Hinata's love for him to snap him out of his HeroicBSOD]]. |
| 122 | * CovertPervert: |
| 123 | ** It goes back as early as the Chunin Exams. In Chapter 46, she loudly tells Naruto to go behind a tree if he has to use the bathroom in the Forest of Death, but "Inner Sakura" indicates that she might want to see Sasuke, the boy she likes, pee. And she's a closet YaoiFangirl. |
| 124 | ** Also, it's been shown more than once that [[DistractedByTheSexy the Sexy Jutsu]] works perfectly fine on her. Even during ''the heat of battle with a goddess'': |
| 125 | --->'''Sakura''': Idiooooot!!! How can you use such a jutsu in this situation!? OK for me, but how can you think that'd work on a god like that?! |
| 126 | * CoyGirlishFlirtPose: On Sasuke. |
| 127 | * CPRCleanPrettyReliable: She performs CPR on [[spoiler: Naruto in order to keep him alive after Yang-Kurama is extracted. This was explicitly noted to be a stop-gap measure until they could seal the other half of Kurama into him]]. Sakura even uses a different medical technique, internal cardiac massage -- i.e., cutting the patient open and massaging the heart by hand, [[TruthInTelevision which was actually one way to do CPR in real life before it was invented]]. |
| 128 | * CraterPower: One of her taijutsu techniques, called Cherry Blossom Impact, involves punching the ground hard enough to send chunks of earth sailing through the air like flower petals. Her Strength of a Hundred Seal amps that up. |
| 129 | * CuteBruiser: She learns earth-shattering SuperStrength from Tsunade by the time Part II starts. While she's primarily TheMedic, she makes use of her chakra control skills by building up chakra in her fists and releasing it all at once. She first demonstrates this ability by smashing the ground open in Chapter 246. |
| 130 | * ADayInTheLimelight: ''Sakura Hiden: Thoughts of Love, Riding Upon a Spring Breeze'', a light novel that focuses on Sakura, after the Fourth Shinobi World War. |
| 131 | * DefrostingIceQueen: Sakura is initially dismissive and hostile towards Naruto, mostly because of the parents in the Leaf Village, including her own parents, telling her to stay away from him. After [[WhatTheHellHero getting called out]] by Sasuke for this in Chapter 3 and during their ordeals in the Chunin exams, she becomes nicer towards him. |
| 132 | * DeliberatelyDistressedDamsel: In ''Manga/NarutoGaiden'', she [[spoiler:doesn't fight back after she's kidnapped by Shin Uchiha Sr. Instead, she watches him perform transplant surgery on himself, all the while discussing with him his motives. Turns out, information was all she wanted: as soon as she got everything, she prepares to punch her way out of this]]. |
| 133 | * DemotedToExtra: She has a minor role in ''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie'' and both the manga and anime of ''Manga/{{Boruto}}''. |
| 134 | * {{Determinator}}: Case in point, the spoiler listed under CPR. Your teammate's heart has stopped? Cut open his chest with chakra and keep it pumping yourself. |
| 135 | -->'''Sakura''': Always acting like a fool who only knows one thing... Hokage, Hokage. I'm sorry Naruto... [[CondescendingCompassion that impossible dream of yours]]... I don't want to see it crushed! |
| 136 | * DevotedToYou: To [[SingleTargetSexuality Sasuke]]. When she confesses her love to him in Chapter 181, she outright admits that she'll abandon Team 7, her family, her friends, and the village, and even tells him that she'll help him take his revenge, as long as he stays with her. She still loves him even after he tried to kill her twice when they're enemies, and she remains loyal to him even after he leaves her behind in Konoha to {{Walk The Earth}} following his definitive HeelFaceTurn. |
| 137 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Sakura's attempts to protect Naruto and Sasuke her way and by herself during the Five Kage Summit Arc, no matter the cost, out of immense desperation and guilt, comes off as this. Because it ultimately leads to nearly disastrous consequences, namely getting herself, Kakashi, and Naruto killed by a bloodthirsty Sasuke. |
| 138 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: She punches out Kaguya when Kaguya tries to avoid Naruto and Sasuke's attempt to seal her, hitting Kaguya so hard that one of her horns snaps off. {{Downplayed|Trope}} because the only reason she was able to punch Kaguya at all is because Kaguya was distracted; previously, Kaguya ignored her upfront. |
| 139 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Any time Naruto annoys her she clobbers him with her SuperStrength. This aspect of her character [[CharacterDevelopment gets toned down in Part II of the series]], ([[{{Flanderization}} not so much in the anime fillers]]) but it does still pop up from time to time. Then again, we never see her dealing Naruto any life-threatening injuries (unlike what Tsunade did to Jiraiya), so it seems to be PlayedForLaughs or ComedicSociopathy, unless you count how she indirectly got him cut by ''[[NiceJobBreakingItHero her own poisoned kunai]]''. |
| 140 | * DistressBall: She picks it up when it comes to dealing with Sasuke. |
| 141 | * DitzyGenius: From time to time, mostly in Part I. Case in point: during Kakashi's bell test, she comes across Sasuke after one of Kakashi's techniques left him buried up to his neck in the ground. She promptly panics, assumes Sasuke has been reduced to a talking head, and passes out. |
| 142 | -->'''Sasuke''': "And ''that's'' my partner?" |
| 143 | * DoggedNiceGirl: Towards Sasuke in Part I, prior to her CharacterDevelopment. |
| 144 | * DopeSlap: As a common {{Tsundere}}, she's quite fond of giving Naruto, Sai or even Konohamaru a good thwack over the head whenever they does or says something annoying or idiotic, even by accident... which is quite often. Again this mostly happens in {{filler}}s. |
| 145 | * DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Her {{Megaton Punch}}ing Naruto and being incredibly condescending towards him, especially in {{Filler}} where she knocks him around for no clearly defined reason for comedic purposes, would not be acceptable if the genders were reversed. |
| 146 | * DoubleThink: During her fake confession to Naruto, when she talks negatively about Sasuke and the promise between herself and Naruto, her tone implies that she is trying to force herself to believe what she is saying when, in reality, she is still very much in love with Sasuke, which Naruto notices. |
| 147 | * DudeMagnet: Gets four men to develop feelings for her over the course of the manga. Plus [[SingleTargetSexuality she's the only girl Sasuke has ever shown any romantic interest in]] and [[spoiler:he eventually marries her]]. |
| 148 | [[/folder]] |
| 149 | [[folder:E-M]] |
| 150 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[SingleTargetSexuality She only loves Sasuke]], and [[spoiler:she finally gets the man of her dreams. They eventually marry sometime after the end of the manga]]. |
| 151 | * EasilyForgiven: |
| 152 | ** Subverted in Shippuden, as it's not until Sasuke apologizes near the ''end'' of the series that she actually accepts what he has to say, even being willing but not really to try and kill Sasuke when it seems saving him is no longer an option. |
| 153 | ** Played straight in Gaiden. She holds nothing against Sasuke being an absent parent and husband for ten years of her life, even covering for him at the cost of damaging her relationship with Sarada, her daughter. That said, it's implied the arrangement was something Sakura and Sasuke mutually agreed on. |
| 154 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Grows out her hair while trying to woo Sasuke, until her ImportantHaircut. |
| 155 | * ExtremeDoormat: Towards Sasuke in Part I. Not all the time, but it gets more pronounced as his behavior gets worse, and because she was a 12-13 year old deeply in love at the time, probably had no idea what to do about it. |
| 156 | * FacialMarkings: During the battle against the Ten-Tails, having stored up chakra for over three years, Sakura obtained a rhombus mark on her forehead similar Tsunade's, known as the Strength of a Hundred Seal, which since being released has permanently remained in the center of her forehead. |
| 157 | * FatalFlaw: Sakura's character development in the intense world of ninjas highlights the struggles of being one of the most humanized characters. Despite her growth, she still faces challenges. |
| 158 | ** Sometimes, she believes that she is the only one who knows what is right and wrong, which can cause her to ignore others. She can be difficult to deal with when this is combined with her stubbornness, temper, passive-aggressive behavior, and selective hearing. |
| 159 | ** She feels guilty because she is very in touch with her emotions, but sometimes struggles to control them, leading her to make impulsive decisions. She is particularly sensitive and emotional when it comes to Naruto and Sasuke. This can also cause her to withhold information, so Kakashi may not always share everything. |
| 160 | * FauxActionGirl: Out of all the kunoichi in the series, Sakura suffers from this the most, largely because she's constantly compared to Naruto and Sasuke, whose random power-ups become downright gratuitous towards the end, whereas she is mostly relegated by Kishimoto himself to cheering for them from the sidelines, crying and relying on them, and distracting the enemy solely to give them a chance to do all the fighting. It doesn't help that she never informs her team of any of her plans and she ignores anyone who tells her ''not'' to do something, [[DamselInDistress which constantly forces them to save her]]. |
| 161 | %%Moderator notice: This is enough context for Sakura's entry. Do not add further examples of her or any of the Kishimoto interviews. They are not relevant.%% |
| 162 | * TheFinickyOne: During her teenage years, Sakura is known to be rather rigid, and her sense of humor is practically non-existent. She could be quite temperamental at times, especially regarding her [[CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem complicated relationship]] with Naruto. However, as she grew older, she became more relaxed and began to let her guard down. |
| 163 | * FireForgedFriends: With Naruto; at first she thought Naruto was annoying, but started to admire him after she saw his determination. |
| 164 | * FirstGirlWins: She is [[spoiler:Sasuke's]] first female teammate, and [[spoiler:he marries her in the end]]. |
| 165 | * FlowerMotif: Sakuras (cherry blossoms), of course. |
| 166 | * ForeheadOfDoom: She was bullied as a little girl because of it. Try mocking it now, and expect to grow accustomed to the imprint of her fist on your noggin. |
| 167 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric: Extroverted, analytical, assertive, generous and lively. |
| 168 | * ForYourOwnGood: Sakura seems to firmly believe this (along with ToughLove) when concerning others, ''especially'' Naruto. She tends to believe that only she knows right from wrong to the point of patronizingly blocking others out. When it combines with her GuiltComplex, it has led to disastrous results. |
| 169 | * FriendToAllChildren: Sakura has shown a soft spot for children. ''[[Literature/NarutoHiden Sakura Hiden]]'' has her setting up a clinic for children after the Fourth Shinobi World War. |
| 170 | * GenerationXerox: Not quite to the same extent as Naruto or Sasuke, so it's {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Yet she does have a couple of examples. |
| 171 | ** She is very similar to Kushina personality-wise, as stated by Kushina's husband Minato. Both have {{Hair Trigger Temper}}s, both are a bit too willing to punch people, both having a VerbalTic when they're excited (Kushina's "Dattebane" and Sakura's "Shannaro"), and both have done similar poses to each other. Both Kushina and Sakura were bullied as children and hated a feature of theirs; Sakura, her forehead and Kushina, her hair. They had similar relationships to Naruto and Minato respectively, both Sakura and Kushina and didn't respect their male classmate at first due to their first impressions, until Naruto and Minato proved them wrong. '''However''', Sakura is quite intelligent and was a ShrinkingViolet as a child, while Kushina was always a bit dull and pretty violent (considering she was where Naruto got his personality and intelligence from). Sakura never suffered from the same ordeals as Kushina had to. Sakura never shared the same dreams as Kushina. Sakura was a Sasuke-{{fangirl}} in the beginning prior to her CharacterDevelopment, while Kushina never once was. Sakura is a {{deconstruction}} of AllGirlsWantBadBoys with Sasuke, while Kushina was a SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan with Minato. According to the anime, Sakura is a LethalChef, while Kushina was a [[SupremeChef supreme one]]. [[spoiler:Sakura doesn't end up with Naruto because [[SingleTargetSexuality she always loved Sasuke]] and she and Naruto were [[LikeBrotherAndSister more like siblings]] than anything else. Instead, [[ShipperOnDeck she helps Naruto in his relationship with Hinata]], just like [[TeamMom any supportive mother]] would]]. |
| 172 | ** She also has this with her mentor, Tsunade for some of the same reasons as Kushina, namely temper, somewhat protective tendencies, talent for healing, and brains. |
| 173 | ** Sakura Haruno also shares a lot of similarity with Rin Nohara, Mikoto Uchiha, Mebuki Haruno and other characters. It can be said that Sakura Haruno is a normal girl in the story. |
| 174 | * GirlyBruiser: A socially conscious fangirl who is loud and abrasive. It starts out as her "Inner Sakura" side in Part I. |
| 175 | * GoodIsNotNice: She is a good person and does have good intentions, but at times she can be a really nasty grump, ''especially'' towards Naruto. |
| 176 | * GoodParents: [[spoiler:She is this to Sarada. It's because of all the good she did in raising Sarada that Sarada gains the incentive to save her]]. |
| 177 | * HairTriggerTemper: There are times, particularly in the anime, when it is incredibly difficult to determine what triggers her explosive and dangerous rage, which is unfortunately often directed at Naruto. |
| 178 | * HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:With Sasuke]]. |
| 179 | * TheHeart: During Part I she was this for Naruto and Sasuke, a somewhat level-head balancing two extreme personalities, trying to keep them from fighting. In Part II she does this in a lesser capacity for Naruto and Sai, but it's not nearly as significant, and is mostly dropped after a while. |
| 180 | * HeartbrokenBadass: After Sasuke leaves the village for his revenge. |
| 181 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: She feels horribly guilty for not being strong enough, or not doing enough for her teammates Naruto and Sasuke. She's the only one who thinks that though, InUniverse at least. It becomes something of a FatalFlaw as the story goes on as it has led to some life-endangering mistakes for Sakura and her comrades. |
| 182 | * HeroismWontPayTheBills: Despite being one of four people directly responsible for saving the world, Sakura hadn't finished paying off the loan on her house by the time ''Manga/NarutoGaiden'' starts. |
| 183 | * HopeSpot: Chapter 631 seemed to be this for Sakura. Sasuke is back on their side again, and the original Team 7 is back. But it quickly turns out that [[HazyFeelTurn Sasuke isn't fully on their side]] and she knows it. |
| 184 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: |
| 185 | ** {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. At first, Sasuke could do no wrong in her eyes. She gradually loses the rose-colored glasses and sees the [[AntiHero real]] [[RevengeBeforeReason him]], although that doesn't stop her from gushing over him. Even after he [[FaceHeelTurn left the Leaf]], she still tries to believe he'll change, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary. |
| 186 | ** She can also be this with Naruto. Even after she became nicer to him, she ''always'' maintained the bad habit of being incredibly condescending towards a lot of people, ''especially'' Naruto. This has led to her lying to him about important issues, particularly when it came to Sasuke. This also led to her infamous [[FalseConfession fake love confession]], which, despite her good intentions, was ''dripping'' with condescension. |
| 187 | ** Strangely, this goes for herself too. When it comes to her feelings, especially when something or someone she cares about is involved in some situation, she becomes a little too focused on how she should act to resolve it, but underestimated how limited she is physically or how she is often easily ruled by her emotions, to the point it can cause her to hesitant or rash at critical moments, putting herself in grave danger. |
| 188 | * HotBlooded: "Inner Sakura" certainly was. Sakura of ''Shippuden'' seems to be as well, at least in reaction to Naruto. |
| 189 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Despite her considerable efforts and intentions, Sakura's words and actions don't always match up with each other, which is played both for humor and drama: |
| 190 | ** When Team 7 first came together, Sakura echoed the view of the other villagers that Naruto was useless and dead weight. However, as Sasuke pointed out, Sakura herself was the one holding the team back. Upon realizing this, she became kinder towards Naruto and made an effort to become stronger by training under Tsunade. In the end, though, [[CantCatchUp she was still unable to match]] [[OvershadowedByAwesome Naruto and Sasuke in terms of power]]. |
| 191 | ** Sakura often berates Naruto for his pervertedness, though as revealed by Konohamaru, she is a CovertPervert who thinks GuyOnGuyIsHot. |
| 192 | ** Sakura frequently scolds Naruto for not being able to control his emotions, but as shown by her actions during the Five Kage Summit arc she herself is prone to letting her emotions cloud her thoughts--especially when it comes to [[SingleTargetSexuality Sasuke]] and [[LikeBrotherAndSister Naruto]]--and was almost killed as a result. |
| 193 | * HypocriticalHeartwarming: She's not afraid to make snide remarks about Naruto, particularity about her opinion of him as a idiot, but when others do it, even Sasuke (on a more Downplayed level), she gets vicious and nasty in her outbursts towards them. Same can be said for Sasuke. |
| 194 | * ImportantHaircut: She cuts her long hair off as a symbol of her new resolve. Conveniently, it's also to free herself from three Sound Genin, who wanted to kill the incapacitated Sasuke and Naruto. |
| 195 | * InformedAbility: {{Downplayed|Trope}} to 'potential ability'. Kakashi referred to her as a 'genjutsu type' ninja, which doesn't necessarily mean she's an expert at genjutsu. It likely refers to her advanced ability with chakra control, seeing as how something like genjutsu, which manipulates the chakra of the opponent, would require precise control. She ''could'' become an expert, but instead went the medic route. |
| 196 | ** Played Straight in ''The Last'': it appears that this observation about Sakura was actually meant to convey that she's good at ''dispelling'' genjutsu as opposed to casting it. |
| 197 | ** Much attention is drawn early in part 2 to how she was trained to excel at dodging attacks, since a medical ninja's priority in a fight has to be avoiding getting injured themselves and thus being rendered unable to heal teammates, and she displays this well against Sasori. However, over the course of the rest of the series she routinely takes hits without even an effort to dodge, or in many cases has to be pulled out of the way/saved by other people from attacks she is depicted as being helpless to avoid. The anime mitigates this by giving her more scenes where she does dodge things. |
| 198 | ** The character often uses genjutsu in games. |
| 199 | * InformedFlaw: When she faints after [[ItMakesSenseInContext destroying her (and Sarada's) own house]]. Shizune then says that Sakura "used to faint often when she was younger", while we have only seen her faint ''twice'' in all the manga, [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten both during the test to become Kakashi's trainee]]. |
| 200 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: In Chapter 3, she remarks to Sasuke that she believes Naruto is such a BrattyHalfPint because [[KickTheDog he had no parents]] to teach him how to behave. Needless to say, Sasuke, who had his entire family ''slaughtered'', does '''not''' take it well and [[WhatTheHellHero promptly calls her out on her comments]]. |
| 201 | * InsultFriendlyFire: She insults Naruto for being an orphan, claiming that his bratty nature is because he has no parents to discipline him. She says this right in front of Sasuke, who's parents were slaughtered by his older brother, who promptly snaps and chews her out for it. |
| 202 | * InsufferableGenius: Her intelligence, especially in academics, is a great source of pride for her, which can make her emotionally off-putting at times, especially with Naruto, though still came to care about him. |
| 203 | * {{Irony}}: She was bullied because of her large forehead. Yet, after befriending Ino and developing feelings for Sasuke, she became a bully herself (albeit unintentionally), especially towards Naruto, who had ''far'' worse issues than her. |
| 204 | ** She grew her hair long because she heard Sasuke liked girls with long hair, and Kin even [[JerkassHasAPoint calls her out on how she paid more attention to her looks than working on her skills as a kunoichi.]] Turns out that if Sakura had dedicated more time to becoming stronger, [[AmazonChaser Sasuke would have far preferred that]] to the GirlyGirl she was trying to be for him. |
| 205 | * IWillWaitForYou: Her relationship with Sasuke in a nutshell. It even expands to [[spoiler:their marriage]]. |
| 206 | * JerkassRealization: In Chapter 3, she confides in Sasuke that she believes that Naruto became such an undisciplined prankster because he had no parents to teach him how to behave, at which point Sasuke, who knows from personal experience that [[ParentalAbandonment not having parents]] sucks, promptly berates her and tells her that she has no idea what she's talking about, coldly telling her she's annoying and walking away. Having [[IronicEcho treated Naruto much the same earlier]], Sakura is taken aback and resolves to try and treat him better (with varying degrees of success thanks to her temper and Naruto's tendency to get on her nerves). |
| 207 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Early on, she looks down on Naruto, and lets her temper get the best of her when it comes to him. In Part II, she ends up admitting to actually look up to him. She still [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale dishes out the punishment]] when Naruto acts like an idiot and/or a pervert, even accidentally, along with anything else that can set her off. |
| 208 | * {{Kiai}}: Sakura likes to hand out her {{Megaton Punch}}es while screaming "SHANNARO!" |
| 209 | * KillTheOnesYouLove: Attempts this to spare Sasuke from falling even lower then he already has, but her unwavering love for him kept her from landing the fatal blow and almost got herself killed as a result twice. |
| 210 | * KnowNothingKnowItAll: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. While Sakura is shown to be wicked booksmart, a top student, and clever during the chunin exams, it is soon revealed that all of these traits are not immediately viable if she is just memorizing texts and not applying them. This is exemplified by her paralyzing fear during the introduction and Land of Waves arc, that even as a shinobi, she still has human responses to fear. So while she knows a lot, its the naivete and lack of experience that makes her a 'know nothing' in comparison to the likes of her teammates. It isn't until her haircut in the Chunin exams, when Sakura TookALevelInBadass in order to fight off the Sound ninja does she begin to grow away from her studious, perfect student mindset and move, even when afraid. Sakura eventually becomes Tsunade's apprentice, defeats an Akatsuki member, take down one of Pein's summonings by herself, and during the last stage of the [[WarArc Fourth Shinobi World War Arc]] keeps up with KCM Naruto ''and'' a Complete Susano'o EMS Sasuke, and is even able to overcome her fear of the Goddess when knocking off one of Kaguya's horn's, temporarily stunning her so that Naruto and Sasuke can seal her away. |
| 211 | ** Her high grades and the praise she receives from Kakashi and other jounin alike in part I makes her condescending at times as she explains things to Naruto in a clearly aggitated manner. |
| 212 | * LeeroyJenkins: For someone as intelligent as she is, Sakura is prone to be just as stubbornly impulsive as Naruto, making rash choices with nearly disastrous results. This is suicidal and boneheaded on her part, considering she doesn't have Naruto's incredible powers, endurance, or even the ability to work around the trait's drawback. It's worse when Naruto and Sasuke are part of the situation. |
| 213 | * ALessonLearnedTooWell: Before the Chunin Exams in Part 1, she had a bit of an ego, thanks to her being a wicked bright top student. While the events of the Chunin Exams have taught her not to have a swelled head, the series onward shows that she somehow got the idea that having stable self-confidence at all is a bad thing. She develops a severe case of HeroicSelfDeprecation that would bleed into many of her actions for much of the series, especially regarding Naruto and Sasuke, with nasty results. It wasn't until adulthood, after many trials, that she found that having stable self-confidence wasn't bad. |
| 214 | * LightningBruiser: Fully becomes one after completing her [[PowerTattoo Yin Seal]]. She uses her SuperStrength to punch a target, despite it moving at a fast speed, easily keeps pace with it...then smashes it with a tremendous impact. |
| 215 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: Officially becomes this with Naruto in ''The Last'' and ''Sakura Hiden'', especially when she gives him advice on his love for [[spoiler:Hinata]]. In retrospect, this can actually be seen throughout the series, where like Tsunade was with Nawaki, their friendship felt more akin to the relationship between an older, well-meaning, though at times overbearing sister and a equally meaning, tall, happy, yet somewhat annoying younger brother. |
| 216 | * TheLoad: For Part I, she admits that she only really stood on the sidelines, and also wound up being a DamselInDistress on at least two occasions. {{Averted|Trope}} at the beginning of Part II, despite the [[MemeticLoser what the majority of the fandom]] likes to think, as she pulled her weight and TookALevelInBadass by studying medical jutsu and attaining super-strength. She ends up feeling like this again by the Fourth Ninja World War, having been overshadowed by Naruto's Six Paths Sage Mode and Sasuke's Complete Body -- Susanoo even after she attains the Strength of a Hundred Seal, though she nevertheless gets the final blow in on Kaguya Ōtsutsuki -- stunning her long enough for Naruto and Sasuke to seal her. |
| 217 | * LoveAtFirstSight: In Chapter 484, [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/04bbdb378d4809c6cd2daa54cdb42d3f/1e844c201090e2cb-f6/s540x810/2a8ba6bb2438bb07c47c5b7ee3ddaed697cc9769.png her flashback]] reveals that she fell in love with Sasuke upon seeing him for the first time in the Academy. |
| 218 | * LoveHurts: Sasuke defecting to learn under [[BigBad Orochimaru]] really hurt her. [[DarkerAndEdgier It didn't get easier]] after the TimeSkip. |
| 219 | * LoveInformant: She takes this role in ''The Last'', as Naruto and Hinata's CoolBigSis and ShipperOnDeck, where she gives Naruto an important pep-talk regarding [[spoiler:Hinata, by telling him that [[SingleTargetSexuality Hinata has only ever loved him]], just like how she herself has only ever loved Sasuke. [[HeroicSecondWind It works]]]]. |
| 220 | * LoveMartyr: Despite admitting that she should know better, [[SingleTargetSexuality Sakura loves Sasuke]], no matter what he does. She still loves him even after he has ''tried to kill her''. Even after Kaguya is defeated and he makes it clear that he's going to kill Naruto, she begs him not to "if he ever loved her." This is met with a genjutsu of him shanking her in the heart with a chidori. {{Subverted|Trope}} as [[spoiler:Sasuke deeply apologizes to her, acknowledges her feelings and tells her to wait for him while he goes to WalkTheEarth in order to see it with new eyes]]. |
| 221 | * LovingAShadow: Sakura starts out like any other Sasuke-admirer, but later falls in love with him for real after they become teammates and she learns more about him. [[SingleTargetSexuality She remains in love with him]] even after he tries to kill her, because she believes that Naruto can bring him back. When he rejoins the good guys, he continues to treat her like trash, but Sakura still can't stop seeking his approval. When he goes off the deep end again and attacks her, Sakura ''still'' can't let go of her feelings for him, to the point that Sasuke himself says that Sakura has no reason to love him. Even over a decade later, after [[spoiler:marrying him and having a daughter with him]], she's unable to answer incredibly basic questions about him. According to Kishimoto, he deliberately avoided the reasons for why she fell in love with Sasuke because he found all the ideas too [[StrangledByTheRedString contrived]]. |
| 222 | * LyingToProtectYourFeelings: Sakura develops a habit of not being completely honest about certain subjects with others if she believes that it will do more harm than good, especially when they involve Naruto and Sasuke, with dire consequences at times. One of the most renowned examples is her infamous fake love confession during the Five Kage Summit arc where, despite her good intentions, it nearly leads to disaster for all of Team 7. |
| 223 | * MaleGaze: Part II seems to like giving attention to her rear. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sakuass.jpg Here's]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/assaku2.png the]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/assaku.png proof]]. One of the filler endings shows her from behind, wearing a bikini while walking. |
| 224 | * MamaBear: [[spoiler:As Shin Uchiha Sr can attest, you don't mess with her husband and daughter if you want to keep your body in one piece]]. |
| 225 | * MamasBabyPapasMaybe: {{Inverted|Trope}}. Very serious questions are raised by her daughter [[spoiler:Sarada]] as to whether Sakura really is her mother, owing to Sakura's complete inability to answer even the most basic of questions about [[spoiler:Sasuke]] and [[spoiler:Sarada's]] noted resemblance to [[spoiler:Karin]]. Chapter 7 of ''Naruto Gaiden'' seemingly confirms that Sakura lied about being [[spoiler:Sarada's]] mother, but the final chapter reveals that [[SubvertedTrope Sakura really is her mother]]. |
| 226 | * MeaningfulName: Haruno means "of the spring," and Sakura is Japan's famous cherry blossom tree which sprouts its distinctive pink flowers in the spring and which are the same color as her hair. |
| 227 | * MarsAndVenusGenderContrast: According to Kishimoto, Sakura was designed as a character who struggles to comprehend men and their motivations, similar to how Naruto struggles with understanding women and romantic affection. When Naruto's unrequited love for her was explained to her by Sai, she finally began to take it seriously, although they both went about resolving the issue in an incorrect manner with improper mindsets. |
| 228 | * MeaningfulRename: Later she goes on to take [[spoiler:the Uchiha surname upon marrying Sasuke]]. |
| 229 | * MegatonPunch: Her favorite method as a {{Tsundere}}, when it comes to anything or anyone that gets on her nerves, mainly and unfortunately for Naruto. |
| 230 | * TheMedic: Due to her training by Tsunade, she is one of the best at the age of 15. |
| 231 | * MoralityPet: To Sasuke. This was constantly [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] throughout the series, because his desire for revenge and powers was more important than her feelings. However, it was finally played straight at the end; it was first shown by [[HeelFaceTurn his genuine apology to her for his selfishness]]. Later, in ''[[Literature/SakuraHidenThoughtsOfLoveRidingUponASpringBreeze Sakura Hiden]]'', Konoha manages to contact Sasuke and request his assistance to help against an enemy who wants to attack Konoha, but he turns them down, as he believes it does not concern him. However, once he finds out that the enemies have captured Sakura, [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther he immediately rushes home]]. |
| 232 | * MsExposition: In the first arc she explained things essential to the verse like how chakra works. |
| 233 | * MumLooksLikeASister: In ''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie'', her character design makes her look young enough to pass as her daughter's older sister, particularly as she lacks the curves that her adult self possesses. |
| 234 | * MusclesAreMeaningless: As a result of chakra providing the force behind her blows. |
| 235 | * MyGreatestFailure: How she felt towards being unable to stop Sasuke from turning his back on the village, especially after Shikamaru refused to let her come along on the mission to retrieve him. Also how she felt when healing Naruto, after his match with Orochimaru. [[/folder]] |
| 236 | [[folder:N-Y]] |
| 237 | * {{Narcissist}}: In Part I, she initially prefers to maintain her looks while swooning over Sasuke and belittling Naruto instead of practicing her ninja skills. [[WhatTheHellHero Sasuke calls her out for it]]. After her ImportantHaircut, she gradually outgrows this. |
| 238 | * NavelWindow: In adulthood, she seems fond of wearing qipao-style top that splits just high enough above her pants to leave her navel visible in similar fashion to Karin. |
| 239 | * NervousWreck: Sakura has a resolute mindset, and her unwavering determination is a quality that can be highly appreciated in most situations. However, during her teenage years, she struggles with neurotic tendencies that often manifest themselves when dealing with her close teammates, Naruto and Sasuke. Her rigid personality, combined with a lack of humor and a tendency to worry excessively, can sometimes be a recipe for disaster. Her finicky nature makes her difficult to deal with, adding to her already complex disposition. |
| 240 | * NeutralFemale: Sakura is infamous for spending most of the time in battle just standing with a kunai in a defensive position while her teammates do all the actual fighting (it made sense in the Bridge Builder arc because she was left as the only one actually guarding the person they were supposed to be guarding). If they had indicated that she's supposed to be a non-combatant, this would have been more acceptable, but the fact that [[FauxActionGirl she's supposed to be a highly trained ninja]] makes this all the more insulting. It isn't until the first arc after the TimeSkip that [[TookALevelInBadass she becomes more involved in battle]]. |
| 241 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: |
| 242 | ** Despite her good intentions in the Five Kage Summit arc, due to letting her emotions getting the better of her and underestimating Sasuke and the affair concerning him, the only things Sakura managed to do is nearly get herself, Kakashi and Naruto killed--with Naruto from both facing Sasuke and being cut by ''her own'' poisoned kunai that Sasuke tried to used on her when the former saved her. |
| 243 | ** In Chapter 674, Obito pleads for Sakura to destroy his Rinnegan eye so that Madara wouldn't be able to take it. She completely hesitates out of fear, resulting in Madara taking back his other eye from Obito and bringing about the beginning of the Infinite Tsukuyomi. The fact that she ''doesn't'' reveal her mistakes to Kakashi when he asks her what happened in the following chapter doesn't help her case. |
| 244 | * NotGoodWithRejection: Sasuke rejecting her AnguishedDeclarationOfLove in Part I really depresses her, sends her to tears, and eventually causes her to make rash decisions, most notably in the Five Kage Summit arc. |
| 245 | * NotHelpingYourCase: On the first chapter of ''Manga/NarutoGaiden'', to an almost tragicomic level. [[spoiler:When her daughter asks if Sasuke ever needed glasses, she don't know. She then tries to hide Sasuke's betrayal of the village by saying that "he was away a lot when he was younger." As Sarada's doubt increases and she even asks if Sakura is really Sasuke's wife, Sakura breaks in a fit of rage. A fit of rage so big that breaks the ground and destroys her own house. Naturally, a lot of things inside the house fall off and break. One of them is a portrait of Sasuke and Sakura. The problem is that it's a montage, and Sarada discovers that there was a photo of Taka (except Jugo) hidden behind the frame. The chapter ends with Sarada looking at the figure of Karin, probably beginning to doubt even if Sakura is her real mother]]. |
| 246 | * NoSenseOfHumor: Although she enjoys taking jabs at Naruto's intelligence, as a teen, humor is more likely to set off her temper than it is to grant her enjoyment or relaxation. Her NervousWreck mentality plays a part in her {{Fatal Flaw}}s during her teenage years, leading and/or adding to escalating situations, particularly when Naruto and/or Sasuke are involved. By adulthood, however, she learns to mellow out. |
| 247 | * TheNotLoveInterest: For Naruto, especially in {{Filler}} episodes and most notoriously the {{Filler}} movie ''[[Anime/NarutoTheMovieRoadToNinja Road To Ninja]]''. |
| 248 | * ObliviousToLove: In a weird way. Kishimoto has stated that he fashioned Sakura as a girl who cannot understand men, much like how Naruto says he does not understand women and romantic love. She had to have [[JerkassHasAPoint Sai telling her]] how [[BrutalHonesty Naruto suffered from his one-sided crush on her]] to take it seriously. |
| 249 | * OfficialCouple: With [[spoiler:Sasuke]]. |
| 250 | * OhCrap: She has a silent one when she notices [[spoiler:[[PersonOfMassDestruction Kaguya]]]] suddenly standing ''a few feet away from her''. |
| 251 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In Part I, Sakura would almost always agree with what Sasuke had to say. However, when Sasuke was about to give the scrolls to a disguised Orochimaru during the Chunin Exams, both she and Naruto are shocked. This also led her to giving him the ''first'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech since they've been a team. |
| 252 | * OppositesAttract: Sakura is the loud, brash healer from an ordinary family who starts the series quite weak, and she loves the calm, broody Uchiha prodigy Sasuke, [[spoiler:who finally reciprocates her feelings at the end of the manga]]. |
| 253 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: Downplayed. By the end of the series, Sakura is one of the most powerful kunoichis (or even ninja in general) alive, potentially even more powerful than her teacher Tsunade, but she is still far below Naruto and Sasuke who managed to reach near god-like levels unattainable for her. And since she is often around them she tends to end up faced with opponents she has little chance against. When faced with powerful but still "mundane" enemies she fares much better. |
| 254 | * ParentsAsPeople: Sakura, by all accounts, is a loving parent and supportive mother. [[spoiler: But her inability to openly communicate with her child (and in fairness, Sarada did keep the worst of her doubts to herself) about Sasuke, as well as presenting her with what she thought Sarada would want to see rather than admitting the truth, she inadvertantly causes Sarada to feel alienated and uncertain about herself, something that only increases when she finds a manipulated photo of her and Sasuke together.]] |
| 255 | * PetalPower: In [[{{Filler}} the first movie]], she used a technique called Sakura Blizzard that involved a large number of tiny explosive tags and cherry blossoms mixed in for good measure. |
| 256 | * PinkGirlBlueBoy: The Pink Girl (pink-haired, dresses in pink and red) to Sasuke's Blue Boy (blue-black hair, dresses in shades of deep blue). |
| 257 | * PleaseDontLeaveMe: She cries out "DON'T LEAVE ME!!" to Sasuke when he leaves [[FaceHeelTurn to join Orochimaru]]. |
| 258 | * PluckyGirl: See her fights vs Ino (where she deliberately angers Ino to avoid getting sympathy and broke Ino's Mind Switch Jutsu, albeit with a little help from Naruto's cheering) and Sasori (where she got serious injuries ''and kept fighting anyway''). |
| 259 | * PoisonedWeapons: |
| 260 | ** Thanks to [[MasterPoisoner Shizune's]] tutelage she has acquired some poisonous weapons and KnockoutGas as well. |
| 261 | ** She's also CarryingTheAntidote. She is a medic, after all. |
| 262 | * PoorCommunicationKills: She has this ''in spades'' with the rest of Team 7, and it's often in conjunction with LockedOutOfTheLoop: |
| 263 | ** During the second bell test in the Kazekage Rescue arc, Sakura shatters the ground with her [[SuperStrength Cherry Blossom Impact]], something that [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon makes both Naruto and Kakashi look like they're about to wet their pants]]. While this is PlayedForLaughs, Kakashi clearly had no idea she knew this technique. Considering that both she and Kakashi had been in Konoha for the past three years, this means that Kakashi rarely checked in on her progress, even though she was the only one of his students who was ''still'' in the village during the TimeSkip. |
| 264 | ** During her infamous [[FalseConfession fake love confession]] in the Five Kage Summit arc, she withheld from Naruto that the rest of the Konoha 11 had decided to kill Sasuke themselves, and that she herself was taking it on. Then when Kiba tells Sakura to tell Naruto the truth, she stomps on his foot and leaves. In turn, Naruto, Kakashi, and Yamato completely failed to tell her about their meeting with Tobi and the truth behind the Uchiha Massacre, something that might have changed how she approached Sasuke. Though Naruto was about to explain only to stop at Kakashi and Yamato's partly justified insistence in order to avoid further chaos until they knew more. |
| 265 | ** During their fight against Madara in the Ten-Tails Retrieval arc, [[LeeroyJenkins Sakura charges in to make a distraction]], in order to give Naruto and Sasuke an opening. This fails in two ways: first, by '''not''' talking about it to her teammates before rushing in, Sakura distracted ''her own team'' more than Madara. Second, despite the minutes they had before Madara's return, Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi all neglected to tell Sakura about Madara's shadows, something that might have changed her approach had she known. This is increased later when [[JerkassHasAPoint Sasuke outright says that both she and Kakashi are now useless]] and that the whole fight is in his and Naruto's hands, which is further cemented when [[DumbassHasAPoint Naruto agrees with him]] two chapters later, so there's no point in informing her on what's next. |
| 266 | ** Notably, this is ''not'' something she's managed to outgrow by the time of ''Gaiden'', as Sakura's decision to tell Sarada only the bare minimum about her father has left her child with growing uncertainty about her parentage, which only grows once Sakura presented a manipulated photo of herself over the photo of Sasuke with Team Taka. Thanks to Sarada's own example of this trope, this only ends up shaking Sarada's sense of identity so bad she wonders if Karin is her real mother and even has a DNA test to be absolutely sure about who her parents are and severely shaking the bond mother and daughter had. |
| 267 | * PowerTattoo: The Strength of a Hundred Seal, a diamond-shaped mark in her forehead that, when activated, spreads markings across her body and greatly amplifies her strength. |
| 268 | * ProneToTears: When it comes to Naruto and Sasuke, Sakura sheds tears almost as easily as she breathes. As the series continues up to the end of the Fourth Shinobi World War and things grow more dire for her original teammates for multiple reasons, Sakura becomes more of a sobbing wreck. |
| 269 | * RedIsHeroic: One of her ColorMotifs is red, her main outfits consists mainly of red, and she's a heroic CombatMedic. |
| 270 | * RedIsViolent: Red is her signature color, and she can be very rough, especially toward Naruto. |
| 271 | * RelativeButton: Something she has in common with [[TheHero Naruto]]: do '''not''' badmouth [[SingleTargetSexuality Sasuke]] in front of her. If you do, she'll first appear [[TranquilFury calm and collective]], before punching you in the face. Just ask [[BrutalHonesty Sai]]. |
| 272 | * ReleasingFromThePromise: Subverted when out of guilt and shame of having hurt Naruto's feelings in the past and fearing that he will die, makes a [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim false]] [[FalseConfession love confession]] to him in a desperate attempt to release him of his "Promise of a Lifetime" to her: [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy bringing back the guy she loves, Sasuke, to her]]. Naruto sees right through her fake confession, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying]], tells her that he '''hates''' people who lie to themselves, and says that even if she releases him from his promise, ''he'' has [[TrueCompanions his own reasons]] for wanting Sasuke to come back. |
| 273 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Hinata's Blue. Whereas Hinata is a {{Shy Blue Haired|Girl}} NiceGirl who can barely talk to Naruto [[CharacterDevelopment until Part II]], Sakura is a HotBlooded rose-haired {{Tsundere}} who is ready to inflict [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale unnecessary damage]] on Naruto. By Part II, even their fighting styles became total opposites to each other's: they both use chakra, but Sakura is using it to increase the strength of her punches to [[SuperStrength monstrous levels]], making her a CuteBruiser, whereas Hinata is using the PressurePoint-based Gentle Fist-style of the Hyuga clan, making her a LadyOfWar. Furthermore, as a result of their respective personalities and body figures, Sakura has ACupAngst whereas Hinata is [[HiddenBuxom hiding her buxom figure in baggy clothes]]. Also, according to the anime, Sakura is a LethalChef whereas Hinata is a [[SupremeChef supreme one]]. |
| 274 | * RomanticFalseLead: As Kishimoto has stated in several post-series interviews, she was ''always'' going to be this to Naruto, even as far back as the early stages of the manga. Not that it matters, since [[SingleTargetSexuality she always loved Sasuke]] and only ever saw Naruto as [[LikeBrotherAndSister a teammate and younger brother]]. |
| 275 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Loud, cheerful Energetic Girl to cold, silent Sasuke's Savvy Guy. |
| 276 | * SeenItAll: |
| 277 | ** After going through all the god level craziness of Obito, Madara [[spoiler:and Kaguya]] during the Fourth Shinobi World War, she is not even fazed by seeing [[spoiler:the Sage of the Six Paths in person]]. |
| 278 | ** In the New Era, she isn't surprised by [[spoiler:Shin]] getting betrayed by his clones and having his philosophy turned against him, given what happened to previous villains like Obito and Madara. |
| 279 | * ShipperOnDeck: |
| 280 | ** It's {{Implied|Trope}} that she supports Naruto/Hinata in Chapter 80, when she happily agrees with Lee that [[BirdsOfAFeather Naruto and Hinata are very similar to each other]]. By ''The Last'', she becomes the full-fledged captain of the pairing, as shown by her encouraging Hinata to give Naruto the [[RedStringOfFate red scarf]] she knitted for him, and then helping Naruto realize that Hinata [[spoiler:didn't actually reject him because Hinata always loved him]], which helps Naruto get his HeroicSecondWind. She also doubles as TheMatchmaker in ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm4''. |
| 281 | ** Also in ''Ultimate Ninja Storm 4'', Sakura is shown thinking that Shikamaru and Temari make a good couple. |
| 282 | * ShrinkingViolet: Only as a child. |
| 283 | * SingleTargetSexuality: She never developed romantic feelings for any other man except one: Sasuke Uchiha. Even though his FaceHeelTurn hurts her so much, and even though she goes back and forth between wanting him to return or wanting to kill him, overall she cannot bring herself to stop loving him. |
| 284 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: |
| 285 | ** {{Subverted|Trope}} and {{Exploited|Trope}} with Naruto. In Chapter 469, she makes a [[FalseConfession blatantly fake love confession]] to Naruto that lists all of the reasons why he is better for her and Sasuke isn't, so that she could play into [[LovingAShadow his one-sided shallow crush on her]] and get him to stop chasing Sasuke for her. However Naruto sees right through her, because he knows that [[SingleTargetSexuality she only loves Sasuke]], [[ShipSinking rejects her outright]], and says his promise to her is not the sole reason he wants to rescue Sasuke, but for [[TrueCompanions his own reasons]]. |
| 286 | ** Played Straight with [[spoiler:Sasuke]] at the end of the manga, who makes his definitive HeelFaceTurn after Naruto finally knocks some sense into him and he becomes TheAtoner. |
| 287 | * SmittenTeenageGirl: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. Yes, [[SingleTargetSexuality she loves Sasuke]], but her feelings have brought her ''many'' problems, considering how she can't let go of her feelings despite knowing that he's too far gone. This also doubles as LoveMakesYouDumb. On the other hand, given that Sasuke actually tries to kill her twice when they're enemies, it's rather bizarre that her crush survives into adulthood. [[spoiler:They even become an OfficialCouple and have a daughter together]]. |
| 288 | * {{Squee}}: During Team 7's introduction to Kakashi, when asked about the things she likes, she squees [[SingleTargetSexuality while looking at Sasuke]]. |
| 289 | * StepfordSmiler: Sports one identical to Sai's when asked if Sasuke can be trusted after his HazyFeelTurn. |
| 290 | * StoneWall: By the end of the series, much like her mentor. Taijutsu against her would be suicidal, except for the very few who could block her super strength, and she could just instantly heal off any damage done by ninjutsu. Even more so in adulthood, as it's been stated that, by then, she finished training to resist genjutsu, meaning that literally the only way to kill her is by outlasting her (rather large, thanks to her Yin seal) chakra reserve. Not that she's particularly slow, she isn't, but it's not her forte and the speed training she has, like for all medics, is for ''avoiding'' hits. |
| 291 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: She has her mother's facial features, but her father's pink hair. |
| 292 | * SummonMagic: Slugs. |
| 293 | * SurpassedTheTeacher: By the end of the series, she is considered stronger than Tsunade. |
| 294 | * SuperStrength: During the TimeSkip, Tsunade teaches her to use a specialized version of this, allowing for a powerful strike. Especially when she uses the [[PowerTattoo Strength of a Hundred Seal]]. |
| 295 | * TearsOfJoy: When Sasuke [[HeelFaceTurn sincerely apologizes for all the ruckus he caused]] in the penultimate chapter. She responds with this: |
| 296 | -->'''Sakura''': [[{{Forgiveness}} You'd better damn well be]]... Shannaro... [[YouFool You jerk]]... |
| 297 | * TeenGenius: Before the TimeSkip, being a good student with precise chakra control and enough knowledge to ''not'' need cheating in the written part of the Chuunin exams differentiated her from any other kunoichi. Afterwards, it's what makes her such a good apprentice and medic. |
| 298 | * ThisLoserIsYou: Kishimoto has stated that both she and Rock Lee were meant to symbolize human weakness. |
| 299 | * TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Sakura's loud, abrasive, and generally tomboyish, but as shown in Part I, she's also a huge romantic who is very conscious about her social standing, leading to her trying to put on a more girly pretense in front of Sasuke. |
| 300 | * TookALevelInBadass: Feeling she was a burden to the team and that she was weak compared to Naruto and Sasuke, Sakura spent the time-skip between Part I and Part II/''Shippuden'' studying medical jutsu under Tsunade. As a result, she became able to greatly augment her strength -- to the point she can create massive earthquake-like shockwaves with simple taijutsu attacks. Coupled with her embracing her fiery temper, this led to her becoming a more active and competent combatant, though even when she attained the Strength of a Hundred Seal she still wound up [[OvershadowedByAwesome being overshadowed by Naruto and Sasuke]]. |
| 301 | * TookALevelInKindness: Starts in the beginning of the Chunin Exams arc and continues all the way to the end and is cemented in Part II, towards Naruto essentially. |
| 302 | * ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Sakura is often easily driven by guilt when comes to Sasuke and Naruto, to the point where she acts rashly and makes impulsive choices, with nearly fatal results. |
| 303 | ** Sakura's guilt over Naruto's perceived suffering leads to her impulsive actions during the Five Kage Summit arc, from her fake confession to Naruto to trying to face Sasuke alone. This all results in nearly ruining her friendship with Naruto and getting him, Kakashi and herself killed. |
| 304 | ** Sakura's impatience in trying to confess her love to Sasuke and unwillingness to listen to her teammates' advice leads to Sasuke explaining that he has no feelings for her in Chapter 693. |
| 305 | * TrainingFromHell: Tsunade subjects her to this during the TimeSkip so that she can develop SuperStrength and [[TheMedic medical ninjutsu]]. |
| 306 | %%* TrueCompanions: With Team 7. |
| 307 | * {{Tsundere}}: Primarily in the anime, but it was present in the manga as well, of the tsuntsun version half the time, even if she became a type B after the TimeSkip, unfortunately for Naruto. |
| 308 | * TheUnfavourite: Downplayed with Team 7. Kakashi doesn't dislike her, so much as neglects her. Pre-timeskip, he devotes special training to Sasuke; post-timeskip, he has turned his full attention to Naruto. While it could have been justified by Naruto and Sasuke needing extra help in controlling their overwhelming powers, Kakashi never makes any attempt to find an alternate tutor for Sakura. This is particularly notable during Naruto's training: both he and Yamato are leaders of Team 7, so you might expect one of them to work with Sakura and Sai and the other to work with Naruto. Nope - they both work with Naruto, informing Sakura of this when she asks what they as a team can do next (during Kakashi's hospital stay post-encounter with Deidara and Sasori). |
| 309 | * UnprovokedPervertPayback: Towards Naruto once or twice, but occurs more often in the anime {{Filler}}. |
| 310 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She fails to destroy Obito's Rinnegan eye, even after he pleaded her to do so, because she completely freezes and hesitates out of fear. This results in Madara taking back his other eye from Obito and subsequently casting the Infinite Tsukuyomi. |
| 311 | * UseYourHead: Does this against Naruto in episode 372 of Shippuden (chapter 631 of the manga) as a response to him telling Minato that she is his girlfriend. |
| 312 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Smashed Shin Sr Uchiha very hard because he harmed her husband (and their daughter). |
| 313 | * WaifFu: Sakura learns it from Tsunade, who also breaks the ground with simple punches - Tsunade in her true form is actually a frail elderly woman with even less muscle size than Sakura. This SuperStrength is apparently achieved by perfect chakra control. |
| 314 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Instigated this with Ino prior to the beginning of Part I. They resumed their friendship after their DesignatedGirlFight in the Chunin Exams arc. |
| 315 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: {{Invoked|Trope}} by Sasuke out of all people; he bluntly states that she has no reason to love him after all he did. |
| 316 | * WorfHadTheFlu: Apparently the reason for her lacking performance after the first post-TimeSkip arc. She's spent the last three years building up chakra in her forehead like Tsunade does, and it isn't until the battle with the Ten-Tails that she finally has enough to use the technique to augment her abilities. |
| 317 | * YaoiFangirl: |
| 318 | ** Just watch her reaction to one of Konohamaru's jutsus that included shadow clones of the naked Sai and Sasuke. |
| 319 | ** Her reaction to Naruto’s trump card against Kaguya, the ''male version'' of the Sexy Harem Jutsu, is a severe {{Nosebleed}}. |
| 320 | * YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Seriously, as others, especially Naruto, have learned the hard way, getting her worked up can be disastrous. [[/folder]] |
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