Although I loath what Sakura Haruno was forcibly written to become near the end of Naruto, "A stereotypical no growth, not believable, not relatable, dethroned sexist developing shonen female who makes decisions no real person ever would",
~watching her grow up in late Naruto, early/mid Shippuuden while making believable decisions and mistakes while growing to become a smarter, better, more relatable person who you can really feel has inner struggles and things to overcome, "but still has her own life, own talents and responsibilities", before the Pein arc was really beautiful to watch, and for me has been the closest resemblance of a real young woman growing out of her adolescence in shonen that I've ever seen.
Strong minded, intelligent, zestful, considerate, up front, approachable by the opposite gender and full of personality and, "for a time", character development. Not to mention I find her drop dead gorgeous, with a 10/10 ass. <3
rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=2810154Obviously, I wasn't a big fan of her up until late into the first series as she was really annoying with her celebrity crush, but when reality dawned and nothing she obsessed over was real, I just couldn't get enough of her once she started moving forward. I wish there was more girls in Shonen like her that developed as believable and well, "or better", than the main male characters. But you know, all the way through, not axed at the last moment.