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Today, I picked 7 female characters that I believe would make Shippuden more thrilling, and perhaps more interesting if they were given more of a chance to shine in battle.

1.Karui

Judging from her personality, Karui seems brawny; she’s very brave and expresses a tough demeanor, but her strength has not been put to any use yet, except for knocking sense into her teammate Omoi, which is nothing but comedic relief. It gets annoying after a little while.

2.Kurenai

This one’s done absolutely nothing. Okay, well, there was that time in the first series when she was present in that Kurama filler, and that other time when she & Asuma fought Itachi & Kisame, but she only made one move and it failed. She’s a sensei, yet she’s the only one who had hasn't proven her full potential to us. What's more, she has an ocular jutsu that’s forever a mystery. (at some point we see her father with the same eyes, so it must be a kekkei genkai). Well, she’s pregnant so it’s too late, but I wanted to see what those eyes were made of.

3.Karin

When Karin was first introduced, I thought she was going to be sort of a force to be reckoned with. I actually kept this notion until the time Sasuke fought with Danzo.When Sasuke deemed her useless, this idea that –because of her strong ability to sense the presence of chakra and transmit it to others– she was strong completely dissolved. I mean, what was she doing just standing there? Could she have attempted to help Sasuke? Yes. It probably would have backfired, but at least we'd know she has some guts. She's just tsundere with nothing much going for her.

4.Anko

Anko was seen in battle a few times, but she’s been knocked down without much hardship. She works as part of a staff under the hokage, and she leads dangerous missions, so obviously she’s highly skilled. She can do better.

5.Hana & Tsume Inuzuka

I really like Hana and Tsume Inuzuka. These two are very minor characters who are part of Kiba’s family. Hana’s the older sister and Tsume is the mother. We’ve seen little of them, being so minor and all, but I wish their presence was as common as Ino, Choji and Shikamaru's parents. Generally, I'd like to see members of the Inuzuka clan use more than just Fang Rotating Fang, or Double-Headed Wolf.

6.Shizune

Shizune’s abilities were revealed in the first series in a confrontation with Orochimaru & Kabuto. She’s a medical nin who seems to specialize in poison techniques. I love that she thinks fast and acts quick, and I would have liked to see what she’s fully capable of in battle that time with Orochimaru & Kabuto.

7.Konan

After the Pain arc, it was expected that Madara would battle Konan to the death over Nagato’s Rinnegan. It would have been interesting if she had survived somehow and contributed to the war. Her status as a highly skilled shinobi was well represented but I wanted more of her. Her jutsu was so unique! In my opinion, she should have joined the Allied Shinobi Force.

.COMPLEX

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Ino inside Choji's mind

Hi elites, how have you been?

So, this 12^th season of Shippuden is about the 4^th Great Shinobi War. Every battle so far has gotten me excited, kept me wondering, surprised at the end, pumped & ready for the next one. There have been some dramatic breakthroughs in many characters as well as the introduction of many, how one would say… ‘badass’ shinobi, whether from the Allied Shinobi Forces or those revived with Edo Tensei. What’s more, alot of the episodes in this season did not include Naruto, yet were incredibly brilliant and full of drama (that’s what it’s all about!). This gives others a chance to shine. I was especially surprised by the light Ino and TenTen shone when they were given the spotlight, considering their rep for being useless characters.

But, who said these kunoichi were useless? Well, we all did. And we still do. But here’s why I think they deserve a break.

Ino

Ino using two white Zetsus Ino's using mind transfer jutsu on 2 white Zetsus

After four years of Shippuden, this is the only season Ino has fought. She was of no help to her teammates when they first encountered Hidan & Kakuzu, and she cried a river when she found out Sasuke had teamed up with Akatsuki. Plus, she did not contribute her skills during the Pain arc. The idea that she was almost a pointless minor character stemmed from the first series, but these aforementioned incidents reinforced that notion— at least until now. During the assemblage of the Allied Shinobi Forces, Ino had uttered to Shikamaru & Choji that they had better not let her down. I thought, ‘You won’t even do any of the work, anyway.’ But, I was wrong: turned out Choji was the one to wimp out and she was the one to step in and save him! She was a brave bird from the get-go, and it was obvious how refined and polished her mind-transfer jutsu had become after she had entered the mind of two—no, not one, but two— white zetsus during ino-shika-cho. I think she deserves 3 out of 5 stars.

Tenten

She's so awesome!

Tenten is a character we don’t see enough, but we could certainly use more of her: she’s the only one who specializes in weaponry, so it’s sort of like a breath of fresh air to see a weapon-skilled shinobi. The issue with her though, is every time we do see her she’s either complaining that her teammates are running too fast, or losing in a battle without much hardship. She was honestly hopeless and annoying. Seeing her on the frontlines, complaints were all I expected from her, but when the time came to fight, she got right into it. She found a new toy to play with—the bashosen— and couldn’t let it go despite all the chakra she was losing. I enjoyed watching her fling that fan to-and-fro! I give her 4 out of 5 stars!

So, what do you think and what did you enjoy most about this arc so far?

.COMPLEX

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