she’s never seen using them yet her canon nature types are earth and water (the two elements needed for wood style)
yamato, the only other living wood style user, was literally her captain and could’ve trained her like naruto – and as a wood style user she could’ve trained with naruto by controlling kurama instead of sitting around with sai and watching
she’s the student and successor of tsunade (hashirama’s granddaughter) and surpassed even tsunade’s byakugou – as in, the closest jutsu to hashirama’s regeneration
from the beginning her character and narrative have heavily involved nature and growth (even down to her name – literally “spring field of cherry blossoms” – and color design – green + floral pinks)
she has a much higher focus / concentration and learning speed than naruto, who reached sage mode! she should be able to just as well!
sage mode is already taught by both the toads and snakes, so narratively the slugs should be able to teach it too – and sakura already has an established summoning ability and connection with katsuyu
just a little thing, but sakura’s clasped hands shown repeatedly in openings and endings could’ve grown from a passive gesture to one of strength – the snake hand sign iconic to wood style
not to be cheesy but let sakura go from a bud to a flower to a fucking Tree
Naruto – Gifsets per episode Ep 109 An Invitation From The Sound “It all began that day.. Sasuke and me.. and Naruto and Kakashi. The four of us went on various missions. Those were tough and difficult times, but.. more than anything, it was so much fun!”
i need to leave for work in like 10 minutes but here’s my ranking of the akatsuki members
deidara. does this one even need to be explained? joined a criminal organization for his art thesis. stupid as hell. only has 2 eyes and uses one of them specifically to fuck with uchihas. the drama. the panache. he outlived his immortal teammate probably entirely out of spite. blows himself up also out of spite. what an icon.
konan. she’s cute. she’s blue. she’s made of paper. by any and all standards, she is the perfect woman.
kisame. rowdy shark man. i like that he doesn’t have a sad backstory and truly just wants to look like a shark and commit crimes. sounds like he’s constantly trying to impress your grandma. five stars.
sasori. turned himself into a puppet and could have chosen any body but stuck with looking like a twink for eternity. mad respect for that. got killed by his grandma and a 15 year old girl.
tobi. the tobi persona is actually my favorite but he’s ranked lower for what’s behind the mask. i respect his commitment to the bit.
itachi. i like that he’s sad. very easily manipulated. dumb as fuck.
pain. dramatic loser. invented nuclear warfare because he thought that would lead to world peace? 3.5/10.
kakuzu. the worst grandpa on earth. awful capitalist. should have pursued a career in embroidery.
zetsu. i never even watched to the point where he actually did anything he just weirds me out. not last because his existence let naruto yell YO ALOE VERA WHERE THE FUCK IS SASUKE which is iconic.
hidan. god i fucking hate this fucking guy. no explanation needed.
orochimaru. honorable mention for being so creepy an organization of creeps told him to fuck off. disgusting.
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