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Jan 23, 2024 6:52 PM
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My little brother calls real-life girls who are useless as "Sakura" by saying : "She is a Sakura".

It is the Haruno Sakura character from the very popular Japanese manga "Naruto" and its anime adaptation who has a lot of haters and is often seen as a useless character by a lot of people.

What do people think about the first name "Sakura" becoming a common name used as an insult to call people who are seen useless ?

What about real-life people having the first name "Sakura", all the manga characters and anime characters having the first name Sakura who are not Haruno Sakura and who have a lot of fans ?

What do you think about it ?
KingSunWukongJan 24, 2024 6:30 PM
Jan 23, 2024 7:13 PM
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Seems pretty funny. I would say that a character does not have to be useful to be good though. Sometimes insignificant side characters can shine despite clearly lacking any plot relevance like Rock Lee.
Jan 23, 2024 7:29 PM
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Sakura might not be that likable by many especially how she treated Naruto before but one thing for sure she is anything but useless.

She played big part during her fight with Sasori and helped decently during 4th Ninja war, and of course compared to Naruto and Sasuke who gained some godly power she seems quite insignificant



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Jan 23, 2024 8:14 PM
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First off....Sakura isn't useless....After shes trained by Tsunade at least. She gained increased strength and healing abilities and ends up doing far more than the other female characters from what I remember. She's only seen as "useless" because she isn't given as much to do or as much overpowered bullshit as the others in the main group.

Second, I hate the trend of an entire name being thrown under the bus. I swear if my name ever becomes a meme, I'm leaving this planet immediately..
Jan 23, 2024 8:28 PM
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My little brother is a menace to society.
Jan 23, 2024 10:00 PM
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Sakura is not useless but she is almost always given the role of "support" in the party, the supports are fundamental for the victory of a team but have always been seen as those with the least important and incisive role because they are not the ones who deliver the deadly blow to the enemy.
Jan 23, 2024 10:02 PM
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What a strange thing to do. Hopefully he grows out of it.
Jan 23, 2024 10:08 PM
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calling someone a "Sakura" is basically the same as calling people retarded. it's offensive and should be frowned upon
Jan 23, 2024 10:11 PM
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nothing new here, another "Karen" enters the dictionary
Jan 23, 2024 10:17 PM
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Sakura is undoubtedly much weaker than Naruto to Sasuke and an intelligent enemy in battle the first thing he should do is attack the weak link (the support), eliminating the support further weakens the other members of the team, for this reason Sakura is often targeted and must be defended by giving the illusion that she is useless.
Why is a support weaker? because it is specialized in healing, defend and boosting the other members because sustainability is the most efficent way to win battles.
This does apply in real life, everyone has different strong points and weak points.
I don't know how old your brother is but he is probably at a stage where he realizes that girls are physically weaker in physical education at school or that they suck at gaming and at that age other multiple factors are not considered as they should in adult life.
Jan 23, 2024 10:30 PM

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"She is a Sakura".
She is a cherry blossom???

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This sounds like another insult that I would just ignore if I ever heard. I hope people who are named Sakura in real life do not get insulted by this.
Jan 23, 2024 10:32 PM
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Does your brother known that the Sakura later can punch the hell out from anyone?

I don't pin point a certain anime character to anyone, tho maybe I should begin it. Your lil brother from now is Mineta. From Minoru Mineta.
Jan 23, 2024 10:40 PM

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i don't think sakura is uselsss at all but lmao reading the title made me laugh
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Jan 23, 2024 11:12 PM
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Sakura is undoubtedly much weaker than Naruto to Sasuke and an intelligent enemy in battle the first thing he should do is attack the weak link (the support), eliminating the support further weakens the other members of the team, for this reason Sakura is often targeted and must be defended by giving the illusion that she is useless.
Why is a support weaker? because it is specialized in healing, defend and boosting the other members because sustainability is the most efficent way to win battles.
This does apply in real life, everyone has different strong points and weak points.
I don't know how old your brother is but he is probably at a stage where he realizes that girls are physically weaker in physical education at school or that they suck at gaming and at that age other multiple factors are not considered as they should in adult life.
@Hikinekomori My little brother is 23 years old.
Jan 23, 2024 11:17 PM

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"My little brother calls real-life girls who are useless as "Sakura"."

Yet another evidence in the long list of proofs that Naruto can rot your brain if you let it.


EpicO4 said:
She is a cherry blossom???

This is weirdly accurate since most of the sakura trees in urban Japan are decorative and don't give fruit - they bloom just for show.


Jan 24, 2024 1:26 AM

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Cool, next time I see someone useless I will also call them "Cherry Blossom"
*kappa*
Jan 24, 2024 1:31 AM

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KingSunWukong said:
My little brother calls real-life girls who are useless as "Sakura" by saying : "She is a Sakura".

It is the Haruno Sakura character from the very popular Japanese manga "Naruto" and its anime adaptation who has a lot of haters and is often seen as a useless character by a lot of people.

What do people think about the first name "Sakura" becoming a common name used as an insult to call people who are seen useless ?

What about real-life people having the first name "Sakura" and all the manga and anime characters having the first name Sakura who are not Haruno Sakura and who have a lot of fans ?

What do you think about it ?

I mean entitled people alredy get called Karens and i find it funny AF, so can't really complain, even though i don't think Sakura's useless 😅
Jan 24, 2024 3:09 AM

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This is nothing but a structural machist mindset. If she was a male character named Sakuro people would say that he is misunderstood.

Jan 24, 2024 3:21 AM

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This is nothing but a structural machist mindset. If she was a male character named Sakuro people would say that he is misunderstood.
@KitsuFrost Right, male characters in anime never get called useless... oh wait Yamcha in DBZ has the same reputation of "useless character" as Sakura, and so does Mineta in MHA, and so do countless other anime characters both male and female

Sakura is just the most popular example, it has nothing to do with what chromosomes she has
Jan 24, 2024 3:24 AM

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Your little brother needs to go outsite and touch some grass.

Nobody does that ...not in Japan and not here. The phrase "you're beeing a total Sakura right now" - is not popular or on the rise to beeing used in real life, my dude xD Wtf
Jan 24, 2024 3:36 AM
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while I don't like sakura, she was anything but useless. Calling useless people Sakura is pretty funny to me though lol.
Jan 24, 2024 4:10 AM

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Your brother is such a good boy, allow me to present him…
Jan 24, 2024 4:42 AM
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I can’t say anything for Sakura but the title did get me to chuckle lol



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Jan 24, 2024 4:51 AM

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We know who Sakura is...

How old is your brother? His behavior seems pretty normal for lil kid

Jan 24, 2024 5:51 AM
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We know who Sakura is...

How old is your brother? His behavior seems pretty normal for lil kid

@Cammell123 My little brother is 23 years old.
Jan 24, 2024 12:18 PM
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Teach your brother that exposing himself in public about watching anime is usually a bad idea. Unless he's talking with people who have similar interests. And even then, exposing himselft for liking le popular shounen anime is also a bad idea.
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ngl I almost burst out laughing, good one
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Jan 24, 2024 12:59 PM
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Tell your younger brother to show some respect to the OG Sakura

Jan 24, 2024 1:27 PM

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Your little brother sounds like an asshole.
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Jan 24, 2024 1:55 PM

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I can’t say anything for Sakura but the title did get me to chuckle lol
@BitChilly Yeah, same. I dropped Naruto pretty early on, so I don't know if Sakura ever stops being kinda mid as a character, but this thread's title made me smile.
Jan 24, 2024 2:35 PM

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1st reaction = lol
2nd reaction = what a cute little smartass brother
3rd reaction when I knew he's 20+ years = holy f shid lmao
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That's...pretty bad and sounds like it could potentially develop into more malicious sexist behaviors if left unchecked. Although considering your brother is an adult, he should know better than that already so that is more concerning than if it was say a young child who can easily be guided away from that sort of behavior.
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Jan 24, 2024 3:51 PM

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First season sakura, sure. Shippuden sakura, far from it.

There a lot more girls more useless than sakura.
Jan 24, 2024 3:59 PM

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One thing for sure, you raised your brother correcly, be proud of him.

( talking about calling useless ppl sakura ) not everything else

Jan 24, 2024 4:04 PM
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R U sure that Ur Bruv isn't as useless as Thyr?

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My little brother is 23 years old


Der Answer is obvious like Der Sun rising in Der East. Yes, Thy is more useless than Thyr.
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Jan 24, 2024 4:21 PM

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Not to smack about your little brother but there's no one but him that thinks the name Sakura correlates to useless.

And it's a very cute name.

Edit: just saw your brother is 23 years old. If he genuinely thinks like that in real world then he's an asshole. Not like this is a real story anyway.
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Jan 25, 2024 9:06 AM

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@Cammell123 My little brother is 23 years old.
@KingSunWukong Sounds concerning
Jan 25, 2024 9:20 AM

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"Sakura?" haha funny insult.

But you have to feel for those who have the same names.
I need somebody who can love me at my worst
No, I'm not perfect, but I hope you see my worth
'Cause it's only you, nobody new, I put you first
And for you, girl, I swear I'll do the worst

If you stay forever, let me hold your hand
I can fill those places in your heart no else can
Let me show you love, oh, I don't pretend, yeah
I'll be right here, baby, you know I'll sink or swim

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