Naruto could be titled Team 7 parallels through history, and it wouldn't make the least bit of a difference to the popular ...

Naruto fans saw these characters suffer ... ready to face any danger together. Fortunately, Sai found new friends in Team 7 ...

Sai had big shoes to fill as Sasuke's eventual substitute, joining Naruto and Sakura in Team 7, and even the most untrained eye could tell that there was something wrong with him from the beginning.