Quote Originally Posted by Kraco
Thinking of Sasori, though, it seems logical that beating him won't take much effort anymore. That's naturally good news for Sakura who's all but finished herself. What I mean is that since Sasori has replaced so much of his biological body with mechanical components, his ability to generate chakra must be greatly decreased. Controlling all those masses of iron sand must have drained him pretty well already. So, it's now a fight between two characters of very little juice left in them.
Somehow, I doubt being a puppet lessens his overall chakra any. Otherwise it's a pretty big liability, so why do it? Basides, didn't the old woman say that puppets made from human bodies retain the bodies chakra?