She’s always letting Sasuke and Naruto do all the fighting, and doesn’t have any real good Jutsu of her own. She’s kind of smart I guess, but does she ever get tough and kick butt?
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Yep! She did get a lot more useful in Shippuden. She is indeed smart and has and excellent chakra control which is very useful in a ninja. The only problem in part one is that there’s no one guiding her or teaching her how to use her abilities effectively. That’s where Tsunade comes.
At the start of the series Sakura has few defining abilities, the only notable trait being her intelligence. Having honed the art of memorization and taking tests during her time in the Academy, Sakura can answer questions others in her age group cannot. This is most immediately apparent during the written portion of the Chunin Exams, where Sakura is the only Genin capable of answering the test’s questions without cheating. Aside from this, Sakura’s talents are initially lackluster, her overall skill and stamina being below average. As such she acts as the final defense for Team 7′s objective, fending off any opponents that get past Naruto, Sasuke, or Kakashi. Soon after one of Team 7′s first missions, however, Sakura discovers that she has excellent control over her chakra, allowing her to use jutsu to their maximum efficiency.
Sakura’s chakra control is put to little use in Part I, due primarily to nobody training her in how to use it in battle. The only contribution it makes is during Konoha’s invasion, where her chakra control allows her to become one of the few Genin able to repel the genjutsu that befalls the area. After Sasuke leaves Konoha and Naruto proves unsuccessful in bringing him back, Sakura becomes Tsunade’s apprentice and begins to receive training that will put her chakra control to use. While the things she learns are seen in practice during the anime’s filler arcs, they do not begin to play a big role until Part II.
With Tsunade’s training, Sakura becomes an excellent combat medic-nin. Her medical abilities have thus far allowed her to heal the fatal injuries of others with relatively little effort and, as seen in the anime, reconstruct dead bodies. Her skills are greater than that of many experienced medic-nin, as she is able to cure injuries others would deem a lost cause with little effort. This is first seen when she uses Poison Extraction Technique (?????, Dokunuki no Jutsu?) to utilize chakra to pull some poison from Kankuro’s body without doing bodily harm to him, and then proceeds to make an antidote for the poison that no others have managed to create. In her training Sakura has also learned to pick up on an enemy’s movements in a short period of time, as good medics need to be able to avoid damage and survive a battle if they are to fulfill their purpose.
In battle, Sakura can rely on the strength taught to her by Tsunade. By building up and releasing her chakra with precise timing, Sakura can easily decimate any obstacle and turn it to rubble. Over time and through repeated use, Sakura has become able to use this strength instinctively and does not need to put any effort into using it. Creating this strength is an impossible task to do without precise chakra control, as noted by Kakashi. This strength, coupled with her medical expertise, her quick temper, her new disposition, and the beauty she gains over the timeskip has caused many to see Sakura as another Tsunade, and even capable of eventually surpassing Tsunade herself.
To sum it up, Sakura gained MONSTROUS strength during the timeskip so expect more from her in shippuden
If you have been staying up to date with the manga you would know that Sakura has become very strong in the Shippuden parts of the manga.
SPOILER…………………..
In the time skip((The 2 years Naruto leave’s konoha to train with Jiraya)), Sakura trains under Tsunade((Funny how history repeats itself, If you know what i mean…)) And she’s got Inhuman strength, and Excellent medical jutsu.