So does anyone know why people are saying the only strong female characters(based on personality) in Naruto are Temari and Konan? I mean I kinda get the former but the latter basically just wanted to support her male buddies for all time without much else to offer.
I say this not as a Sakura fan but as a Chiyo fan. Chiyo is so much cooler than Konan but she's always forgotten. :T
Originally posted by AuraAngelThe only real females with weak personalities are Ino, Hinata, Kurenai, and on occasions involving Sasuke, Sakura. To me anyway. But two of those four people also happen to be in my top favorite Kunoichi.
So does anyone know why people are saying the only strong female characters(based on personality) in Naruto are Temari and Konan? I mean I kinda get the former but the latter basically just wanted to support her male buddies for all time without much else to offer.I say this not as a Sakura fan but as a Chiyo fan. Chiyo is so much cooler than Konan but she's always forgotten. :T
Also what about Kin, Karui, Samui, and Ten-Ten? They have strong personalities
Originally posted by AuraAngel
So does anyone know why people are saying the only strong female characters(based on personality) in Naruto are Temari and Konan? I mean I kinda get the former but the latter basically just wanted to support her male buddies for all time without much else to offer.I say this not as a Sakura fan but as a Chiyo fan. Chiyo is so much cooler than Konan but she's always forgotten. :T
Konan did flip off Tobi though.
I like Konan a lot, but she does fall into the Kishi-trap category of female characters whose existence is basically just plot exposition for some male character (Pein), much like Hinata in that vein.
Women who fall into the "strong female" category in the context of "characters who are characters first and women second" would be, imo: Temari, Tayuya, Tsunade, Anko, Ten-Ten, Mei, and Chiyo. I'm not counting super obscure side-characters who've only had like 3 lines in the entire series.
I'm on the fence with Ten-Ten, though. She was basically Neji's cheerleader throughout the Chuunin Exams.
Madara lived in an era where people were fighting constantly and explicitly went through a lot of effort to get Hashirama's cells. Even then he'd been unable to accomplish his goals without Obito's help.
Him having an immortal Edo Tensei was just a decent amount of luck on his part lol.
Whereas this guy comes from an era of peace but is apparently just that good. He also killed the shit out of a canon character, which is a no no for me.
Originally posted by Tzeentch._
I like Konan a lot, but she does fall into the Kishi-trap category of female characters whose existence is basically just plot exposition for some male character (Pein), much like Hinata in that vein.Women who fall into the "strong female" category in the context of "characters who are characters first and women second" would be, imo: Temari, Tayuya, Tsunade, Anko, Ten-Ten, Mei, and Chiyo. I'm not counting super obscure side-characters who've only had like 3 lines in the entire series.
I'm on the fence with Ten-Ten, though. She was basically Neji's cheerleader throughout the Chuunin Exams.
Were I you, I'd be more on the fence with Ten-Ten because she has basically no distinguishing character traits at all. Other than sucking Neji's chode I mean.
I am struggling to think of anything notable about her character.
Zabuza's sword is a better example of a strong female character than Ten-Ten.
I'd like to point out that "fighting constantly" is not the same as a Shinobi Great War.
I wager that the losses and strategy where much greater in the Great Wars than the clan-fighting that happened before the villages were formed.
Basically, I assert that a shinobi that matured during a Great Shinobi war is generally better than a shinobi that lived through the tribal ninja age.
Basically, I assert the opposite of the culture of this thread: I don't think that the pre-village ninjas are better than the post-village ninjas.
I also think we are about to see why Hiruzen was called "God of Shinobi" and considered the strongest Hokage, this chapter or next. 🙂 I am strongly hoping that Sarutobi shows that smug bastard, Madara, that the level of ninja was vastly amped by a hokage that lived, fought, and lead a ninja village through 2 or 3 great shinobi wars. Then I want Minato to walk all over Madara and Tobi.