Weak Female Cast in Naruto

905marz said:
Thinking back at this anime, the most annoying thing about it would have to be the lack of any strong female characters. Hinata, Sakura, Ino, etc. are all so weak-minded and are either damsels in distress or just defined by who they have a crush on. It’s a gripe with the show that I didn’t notice before but I remember now as a pretty serious flaw with the show. What do you think?

905marz said:
Thinking back at this anime, the most annoying thing about it would have to be the lack of any strong female characters. Hinata, Sakura, Ino, etc. are all so weak-minded and are either damsels in distress or just defined by who they have a crush on. It’s a gripe with the show that I didn’t notice before but I remember now as a pretty serious flaw with the show. What do you think?

Solace546 said:
100% agree, but I also (sadly) have gotten pretty used to shonen anime not having well-written/strong characters😪 Naruto's treatment of women sucks, but it has some great action and story so I still like it. I just know it could be better😼 (in more ways than just women, but that's not what this post is about)

Mo168 said:
I happens in every long running shonen. None more worse than Fairy Tail.

Highonthighs said:

Erza is probably one of the top 10 most badass female main characters in all of animes ever made.
Why are you even bringing up fairytail here smh.

Mo168 said:
Did I even mention ezra? Oh wait you gave Fairy Tail a 10, nvm.

Highonthighs said:



you mentioned fairytail, Erzaa is a main character

You implied fairytail has a weak female cast
And the 10 for fairytail is my opinion,i love it,it was my very first anime.

Trying too hard to hide the fact that you spewed some bs and brought some random name that popped in your mind?

And oh wait, I just noticed you have aot as your favorite, so you must be thinking that you're one of anime elites.

Gg mate you're yet another normie who rides eren/levi train

Mo168 said:
I didn’t just imply that fairy tails cast are weak, they are.
It’s just the first that came to mind, my bad if your sentimentality got in the way bud, liking fairy tail for the sake of being different doesn’t make you any special either.
And about adding aot to my favourites has nothing to do with it, I just thought it was really good, which means your assumptions also amount to nothing.
Even the hot mess that’s aot s4 is miles ahead of fairy tail. And Ill also agree that aots female cast is arguably just as bad. There, are you happy now?

Highonthighs said:


Me giving fairytail a 10 has nothing to fo with this either

And erza is not weak,a rewatch might help, spewing random things and trying to act condescending makes you feel special huh?
Good for you

Mo168 said:

I would would love honestly, but upon growing up you realise that Fairy Tail is just a mess that relies too much on Deus Ex Machina, nakama power / the power of friendship as well as really cheesy emotional moments. It’s not bad, it just doesn’t compare.




The only redeeming character was Erza, she’s badass af, but towards the finale she also was reduced to being a meme character with a nice pair of boobs and and a FAT ass.

And then again, I can’t feel special stating something that’s already been said thousand of times. It’s futile.

905marz said:


Not strong female mc, just strong female characters in general. It annoys me when all of the characters have to be connected to a guy in this series in some way, and don’t show any real strength mentally, even if they have amazing ability.

Zayn_jl said:
omg can you all stop this gender thing just enjoy the show ಠ_ಠ

JOJUTSU said:


how can one truly enjoy a show when not seeing their own gender represented well and/or in misogynistic manner?

SoldierDream said:
who's a damsel in distress in Naruto?

did you even watch the show or not?

besides, it's a damn battle shounen, you don't watch battle SHOUNEN expecting the females to be the ones who shine in the show, despite the fact that some do that, but it's never a quality-requirement for these series at all

KNIGHTKING0007 said:
In naruto every female is powerless and they easily backoff from fights and lose it. I just wanted a strong female personality. Sakura till the end sakura is depending on naruto,or sasuke Or every male character,hinata and another females screen timing is so less .female character powerfull when Naruto motivate them with his speech. I don't have problem with NARUTO whole show I just want I good supportive Female character

Mo168 said:
Did I even mention ezra? Oh wait you gave Fairy Tail a 10, nvm.

Zayn_jl said:
omg can you all stop this gender thing just enjoy the show ಠ_ಠ

OMG alright just dont watch it then cos this is a misogynistic show or whatever

Animefandarsh said:
You think so, it's not that there are no strong female characters. They are shown
Special in different ways like tsunade and sakura being the world's most skillful medic and having the power of 100 seal, ino being a part of ino-shika-cho,naori uchiha being the inventer of izanami,Kushina uzumaki and mei having storng kekkai genkai,kurenai being one of the strongest genjutsu user who is not the member of uchiha clan, chio the greatest pupet master and kaguya being a immortal god. Physical strength isn't everything and there are important female characters.

nelljax said:
you literally mentioned Fairy Tail and they named a strong female character from the show and then you say why mention her ?¿

Mo168 said:
I should’ve cleared up, basically what I said its female cast overall is weak, one good character (Ezra) isn’t enough

nelljax said:
You're right it definitely isn't enough but that's one more than naruto had in it's initial series so I wouldn't say it's anywhere near the worst.

905marz said:
Thinking back at this anime, the most annoying thing about it would have to be the lack of any strong female characters. Hinata, Sakura, Ino, etc. are all so weak-minded and are either damsels in distress or just defined by who they have a crush on. It’s a gripe with the show that I didn’t notice before but I remember now as a pretty serious flaw with the show. What do you think?