@outspec Good post,
This guys post also helps your point even through you already destroyed their whole arguement with your post a few pages ago.
"Oh, and on the subject of Sakura beating Ino's mind control, I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but Sakura has a special ability that doesn't get focused on very much. It may even be the primary reason for why she has natural talent for Genjutsu. Who knows, her whole inner Sakura deal may be more than just some joke, or attempt at comedy by Kishi, and could be a legit ability of Sakuras.
Inner Sakura is potentially a sign that Sakura is a bit special, and that it may be a special ability only she possesses, making her a potentially ideal user of Genjutsu, or just ideal in the area of defending against them. I'm not saying that Ino's jutsu is a Genjutsu, I'm not saying that at all, but I'm just using this opportunity to expand on the kind of potential I think Inner Sakura has for Sakura. Remember that a person who has mastered their bijuu can defeat Genjutsu because the bijuu inside them is their partner? I'm not saying inner Sakura is a bijuu. However, it may definitely be able to serve as Sakura's partner for breaking her out of Genjutsu, or even things like Ino's Shintenshin.
So, yea, Sakura really does possess a special ability that, thus far, only a person who has mastered their bijuu could possibly possess, and it's the ability to have two different psyches simultaneously. You want to bet anything that Kishi actually expands on this later, possibly during this very war?
Here is the picture. Ino said with certainty that Sakura had 2 psyches inside of her. Asuma thought that maybe it was because Ino was low on chakra, but then Ino gave the real reason for her technique's failure.
Sakura literally has two psyches.
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Kakashi on the very next page would say that Ino's weak chakra was part of it, but he also said that once a victim has been possessed by that technique, it's almost impossible to drive the invader out, as clearly demonstrated by Kinkaku's inability to stop a now obviously stronger Ino from having her way with him.
Kakashi would then go on to point out that Ino's presence in Sakura led to the rousing of Sakura's fighting spirit, and that it was Naruto's razzing that awakened sakura's drive and egged her on to chase Ino out successfully. Still, what Ino said cannot be overlooked. She was forced to release that technique on Sakura because there were two psyches in there.
A lot of people don't really consider it a legitimate ability of Sakuras, but I guarantee you right now if we see another Alliance shinobi, or Edo Tensei ninja end up possessing two pscyhes simultanesouly, we'll immediately view it as a legitimate ability, and start to re-evaluate what we think of Sakura's "Inner Sakura"
Imagine if Sakura actually managed to learn how to use that properly. The strategic benefits that it could provide her would be immense. 2 minds combining to deal with a primary objective. In fact, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Ino basically owning Kinkaku is a sign that we'll see Sakura shine soon, unbelievable that Kishi has actually gotten me excited about potential Sakura action :)"
In regards to the bros "I hear ya, and because I think Kishi doesn't intentionally want all this confusion, translations are the real culprits here, I think he intended for us to view this flashback http://www.mangarush.com/manga/naruto/481/p-4 as the same exact day of the attempted coup by the KinGin brothers, same day that both the second hokage and second raikage were ambushed. Some might say that can't possibly be the same day because they are in some forest, and not at some alliance ceremony in the hidden cloud.Well, I ask everyone to consider this: How is it all that different from how Shikamaru, Naruto, Sakura and one of Kakashi's dogs ended up in some forest near Konoha, learning that 9 shinobi were trailing them on the same day of the attack on Konoha, and that one of them would need to be a decoy.http://www.mangarush.com/manga/naruto/118/p-8http://www.mangarush.com/manga/naruto/118/p-13http://www.mangarush.com/manga/naruto/118/p-14 <– Naruto stepping up immediately to be the decoy, and face a guaranteed death.Notice how the Third Hokage also decides immediately that he'll be the decoy before everyone else, just like Naruto?http://www.mangarush.com/manga/naruto/481/p-6Naruto had what it takes to give up his life for his comrades at such an early age, major compliments to Shikamaru as well for stepping up to handle the task."