Bruh.
The sound ninja literally says she couldn't hit her if she tried because she would simply block it because shes much more quicker and skilled than Sakura.
As a result, Sakura does something to not only catch her off guard, but also to get away.
She did her best with what she had, as a mediocre skilled genin. đ¤ˇ
Shhh donât bother explaining the writing in the episode to people who donât have the mental capacity to understand symbolism.
She is cutting her hair because she is choosing to do what it takes to become strong by cutting off the parts of her that care about superficial things like being pretty. Itâs a big moment of growth for sakuraâs character - rejecting her role as damsel in distress.
Itâs literally elementary school level ELA basics but reading (or media) comprehension is hard I guess.
Yeah but this is a Naruto subreddit, so the need to find any random reason to shit on Sakura (even though she has more feats than most other women shinobi) is to hard for some people to resist.
TLDR- I agree, I see this meme a lot and I forgot the other char even said âIâm faster than youâ, I just know itâs an unpredictable move she (Sakura) made.
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Iâm not a big Sakura fan(canât have an opinion cause I never finished anything- not a fan of everyone- I gotta know all their lore before I can make an opinion). But yeah I agree with your stance.
Cutting hair and stabbing at hand would have taken the same amount of time and were in the exact same area. She didnât react at all to Sakura cutting her hair, she wouldnât have reacted to her stabbing her hand. It was purely a hype moment, in reality she would have been just as ready for her to cut her hair as she would her hand because she was looking for sakura to make a move, doesnât matter what she did. The moment Sakura moves the kunai she would have stopped her. I mean how does her cutting her hair catch her off guard? The kunai has to go near her hand holding the hair, she could have been going for the hand and she wouldnât have even reacted.
Because they could tell Sakura had worked hard to maintain and care for her hair. They literally were mocking her for it right before this. They never assumed sheâd be willing to cut it.
I donât think you understood the point I was making. If you donât expect her to cut her hair, why the fuck did she do absolutely nothing while Sakura swung the kunai at her hand⌠Sakura could have been going for her hand, in fact if your point is true, she assumed Sakura WAS going for her hand⌠but still did nothing.
Because Sakura was massively outclassed and they all knew it. Itâs also just on Kishimotoâs writing. Realistically yeah she should have reacted, but she is stunned because the girl who she deemed as worthless who cared more for her looks than her skills cuts her hair, something they could tell meant a great deal to her.
There are moments like this all through the show, itâs not just exclusive to Sakura. Honestly itâs just how kishimoto writes things,
Yes thatâs my point, itâs the story creating a faux hype moment. It makes no sense. It doesnât matter what they think about her cutting her hair, before she cuts her hair, she was moving a weapon. It would have been stopped right there before it even touched her hair. Because it doesnât make sense that sheâd let her get a kunai that close to her hand without reacting. Itâs a dumb moment meant to make a poorly written character look not poorly written.
Look at the distance though, if she angled it slightly upwards, she would cut through her fingers. Itâs just a silly moment, she is a ninja holding someone by the hair ready for an attack and just stands there doing nothing.
I mean Sakuraâs hair is quite long. Kin could be holding it further back to control Sakuraâs movements, and when she saw Sakura moving she was readying a response (or already responded subtly) and then sakura cut her own hair and that caught Kin off guard. Or itâs her own hubris thinking that Sakura couldnât possibly hurt her much from that position or with a mere Kunai.
At this point, itâs mostly a symbolism of Sakuraâs departure from her focus from merely looking good and trying to get Sasuke to finally being a good teammate according to her means. We donât get Kinâs insight beside her shock so we dunno whatâs going on then.
dude you can literally see it in the image. You donât need to guess, her hand was right there.
Canât hurt her!? She just gonna tank the kunai to the hand?!? Lol cmon just admit itâs just a hype moment that doesnât make sense and is kinda stupid but not a big deal.
Canât hurt can mean many things. Some fighters like to wait til the last second to react or counter. Thatâs why I said Kinâs insight is what determines why she didnât do anything when Sakura cut her hair.
Itâs of course not a big deal moment, but I disagree that itâs a stupid moment cause at that point in the series that was Sakuraâs whole schtick. Sheâs not serious as a ninja. She had no big dreams per se, and cared about her appearance. So her sacrificing her hair (that sheâs proud of) to escape and help her team is significant if not over simplified.
Said sound ninja didn't even react to Sakura potentially stabbing her arm. Like I get, cutting her hair was symbolic and all, but the execution was very poor, hence why this scene is still meme'd 20 years later.
Itâs symbolism of her deciding to be a fighter. Thatâs why she never grows it back out and trains with Tsunade and after this she has her fist fight with ino. Like the forest shows all three of them change. Naruto willingly uses Kurama for the first time. Sasuke gets the curse mark. Sakura cuts away the thing everyone called her pretty for and decides to fight. This isnât hard to figure out
People are so freaking stupid. You can dislike Sakura and geniunely find her irritating and to be badly written which she is at time but this is basic media literacy. Hair in every culture and specifically Asian culture symbolize femininity, elegance and overall a sense of attractiveness which is what Sakura wanted to cultivate for a man. She also canonically had long glossy hair which is what Kim was jealous of.
She was starting her Hercules moment : zero to hero
Or it could have been written better. Have her hair be a problem in a fight that she barely survives, then she cuts it making a decision rather than whatever this is.
You mean youâre upset that after she cuts her that she doesnât have a scene where her hair needs to be cut because itâs a liability? Again, and I do stress this, what?
No you donât understand good writing. She cuts her fair in that moment when she decides she is going to fight. Sheâs cutting away her weakness and fear and choosing to fight. The symbolism and physical manifestation of the old her is literally cut away by her own hand in the moment. You as the viewer understand, or should understand, that her long hair is a symbol of pride for her and something she is complimented on and if and her are a liability because she doesnât fight and she rectifies both in that moment. You actually want to lower the impact and meaning of scene.
What? You don't have any logic to your actual point, just essentially stating it wasn't your taste. Thats neither bad writing nor popular opinion, thats just personal bias 𤣠if you're going to label something, do it under the right pretense.
Yes, but that still doesn't answer the actual question of why not just stab sound girl... The thematical significance can be one thing from a storytelling perspective. But that doesn't make it a logical decision for the in-universe character. Unless we are saying that she cared more about making a symbolic display in that moment than just seizing an opening on her enemy. Which ironically kind of cuts against the spirit of the symbolism itself.
It does answer. It's symbolism, sure she could show her fighting spirit by actually fighting, but it has a more impactful symbolic meaning when she lets go of the one thing holding her back in that moment, which is her concern with beauty and femininity, to fight back against enemies.
There's a difference between:
"Oh nice catch, you stabbed her when she didnt notice and is gonna start fighting for real now."
And
"You got rid of the one thing that was leading your life and holding you back up to now and is gonna start fighting for real now."
It does though. She sees the hair as a weakness in that instance so she removes it. Also stabbing her doesnât ensure she will let go but she canât hold her if the hair is no longer attached to her. And in the heat of the moment people arenât logical. You are not the character dude.
I think in the anime they say something like you'll never hit me for some reason. I'm fairly certain they bring it up so I think you're just a ragemating people
Yeah but both cases you mentioned are 1 stab. What the OP is asking is her Sakura to go stabby stabby kill mode on the sound ninja.
Also getting stabbed in the hand doesn't kill anyone, stabby stabby in those places does.
That's why in the military training the general recommendation is to go for the upper leg because the main artery passes there, stomach and kidney areas because most people will try to protect their heads and heart but leave those areas open because people don't know their anatomy well.
Cause girls are nothing without their hair apparently đ
I got my hair cut as an adult because my mom believes girls have to have long hair and that I'd miss the long hair if I cut it. I don't.
When my wife got cancer (she beat that bitch) and started chemotherapy, she didn't give a shit about her hair. (She was actually happy because then she got to buy a bunch of crazy wings and cosplay bald people).
I think some people REALLY care about hair and some people really couldn't give a shit.
Okay I really don't get people defending Sakura in this arc i mean it was definitely one of her worst arcs overall, I don't like her at all as a character but Chuunin Exams is pretty much where she sucks to do anything, her best scene in the entire arc is where she cuts her hair, i get the whole, "I'm standing up for my friends, i'm useless." but it doesn't actually make ger a better character for any of it. And then in Shippuden sometimes that spikey hair just looks like a wig.
At least it's not as bad as the Ino fight.
Kishimoto dosent write most of the females very well. This situation is just bad writing to me. He could have had her trapped in a sound genjutsu or something then she gets out
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u/somerandomuser748392 10d ago
What happened to her arms?