In Japan, she does decently well in popularity polls (albeit nowhere near Naruto and Sasuke), but Kishimoto also acknowledged frequent criticism toward her character, to the point that she became a bit of a Creator's Pest when he couldn’t quell their negativity. Sakura Haruno is also a Base-Breaking Character in the west, due to her being reviled by much of the western fandom, with common complaints including her often violent behavior toward Naruto and conversely overly passive behavior toward the aforementioned Sasuke (which some saw as a very unhealthy relationship), and is the butt of many jokes regarding her perceived usefulness (or lack thereof) compared to her two teammates.Tellingly, Japanese fans were baffled by the "Sasuke gets choked" meme. As a result, American and Europeans fans were absolutely not surprised by the Face–Heel Turn. This is because he's seen as a one-note 'brooding', overly edgy, and whiny character whose motivations are not as sympathetic as they're supposed to be or simply baffling. Sasuke Uchiha is much more divisive in America and Europe than in Japan, and was hated by large segments of the American fanbase long before his Face–Heel Turn.It's called the Harem Jutsu for a reason. Alternate Self Shipping: The title character is able to create a clone of himself-of the opposite gender to boot-and the fans haven't ignored its potential.That said, Naruto calling him " nothing but awesome" after everything he's done was generally viewed as extremely silly. Alas, Poor Scrappy: Obito was a notorious case of Unintentionally Unsympathetic, but by the time of his sendoff, many had grown to at least not celebrate his death, something that would have been unheard of when Sasuke attempted to finish him off earlier.The sixth Shippuden film took this and ran away with it. Sai has a few shades of this after he starts genuinely showing interest in emotions and human interaction.Gets an extra dose in The Last when Naruto realizes he's in love with Hinata he becomes bashful and nervous around her, giving her cheesy grins whenever she looks his way. Adorkable: Naruto's socially awkward, and early on, most of his boasts came off more as cute/laughable than intimidating.This can be taken as one giant Take That! against places and traditions with low age limits along with people who don't follow established age limits if it was high enough. Accidental Aesop: As one rereads or rewatches the whole series, many of the problems are caused by easily manipulated adolescents with a serious lack of emotional restraint.
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