Naruto Sakura Haruno

  • April 12, 2008 – 4:14 pm
  • Posted in naruto

Sakura Haruno

Naruto and Sasuke’s teammate in part one no longer has to stand in the shadow of her two fellow students. She’s learned plenty from her new mentor Tsunade, including a powerful set of healing abilities and a pretty fair approximation of the fifth Hokage’s boulder-smashing strength. (The gloves that are occasionally part of her sharp new outfit protect her hands when she pulls off that particular technique.)

On the inside, her angry inner self is a little bit quieter than she used to be. Inner Sakura still chips in with an occasional piece of sharply pointed advice, but she doesn’t do quite so much violent screaming anymore. One thing hasn’t changed, though. She still feels deeply for Sasuke Uchiha, and badly wants to see him return to his former home.

Kakashi Hatake

For proof that some things never change, of course, there’s always Kakashi, who remains his lazy, sardonic, deadly self. He even revisits his old jingle-bell exam at the beginning of part two. With his old pupil Sasuke long gone, he now leads an ad hoc three-man team with Naruto and Sakura, their first mission being the pursuit and retrieval of Sunagakure’s kidnapped Kazekage.

One might say that Kakashi’s attitude towards his students has changed, but in truth that’s more a reflection of how they’ve changed during the time jump. He no longer needs to keep such a close eye on Naruto and Sakura, who’ve both become much more accomplished in terms of their skills and maturity – they can take care of themselves, in other words, without much nursemaiding. This is not to say he won’t step in to teach a vital lesson sometimes, though, or offer some biting observations at the very least.

Team Guy

Might Guy and his two-fisted protégé Rock Lee are still their same old super-cheesy selves. Their teammates Tenten and Neji Hyuga have gotten a bit of a makeover, though – an increasingly mellow Neji, for instance, now wears the traditional outfit of the Hyuga clan that he once despised. Together they try and exert a calming influence over their pair of hot-blooded allies, although it has to be said that they’re not often successful.

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