Kakuza may have had a hundred years of battle experience, but he was also arrogant. That cost him.
There’s nothing in text that says Hidan was less powerful than Sasori, but it’s fairly obvious. Hidan had exactly two gimmicks: immortality and the voodoo thing. The first time Shikamaru faced him (with an entire at his back, so he actually had more backup than Sakura), these were put to good use, but once he’d figured them out (at the cost of Asuma’s life) they were essentially useless. Shikamaru may have been alone when he eventually killed Hidan, but it’s hardly like he got their alone, and it cost him much more than Sakura’s victory. So you could argue that Sakaru’s victory from a narrative standpoint was the ‘better’ one.
My point was that it was a close fight. After it had been shone that Sasuke was more powerful than both Sakura and Naruto. And him being a villain has everything to do with it. I’d assumed we were talking about the fact that it would be unfair for Sakura to not be able to defeat an Akatsuki member alone when her peers could. Sasuke hardly has peer status anymore.
…Sasori destroyed an entire country on his own and killed the last Kage. That’s enough justification.
Again, only two of Sakura’s peers were able to take down Akatsuki members on their own. Both with mitigating circumstances.
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There’s nothing in text that says Hidan was less powerful than Sasori, but it’s fairly obvious. Hidan had exactly two gimmicks: immortality and the voodoo thing. The first time Shikamaru faced him (with an entire at his back, so he actually had more backup than Sakura), these were put to good use, but once he’d figured them out (at the cost of Asuma’s life) they were essentially useless. Shikamaru may have been alone when he eventually killed Hidan, but it’s hardly like he got their alone, and it cost him much more than Sakura’s victory. So you could argue that Sakaru’s victory from a narrative standpoint was the ‘better’ one.
My point was that it was a close fight. After it had been shone that Sasuke was more powerful than both Sakura and Naruto. And him being a villain has everything to do with it. I’d assumed we were talking about the fact that it would be unfair for Sakura to not be able to defeat an Akatsuki member alone when her peers could. Sasuke hardly has peer status anymore.
…Sasori destroyed an entire country on his own and killed the last Kage. That’s enough justification.
Again, only two of Sakura’s peers were able to take down Akatsuki members on their own. Both with mitigating circumstances.