Some characters like Kiba, Kurenai, and Tenten fade into irrelevance as the series progresses. Powerful characters like Anko ...

Easily the weakest member of the Akatsuki ... they were fresh out of the academy. Even when Naruto arrived, it turned out that the title character was barely a match for Pain, and it took the ...

These anime underdogs start at rock bottom and claw their way to the top. Weak today, world-breaking tomorrow.

Sakura starts as one of the weakest characters in Naruto, but when you look at her background, it makes a lot of sense to write her that way.