I have to disagree with whomever considers Hinata lame.
The fact that she is shy makes her lame???? Naruto is a loud mouth, and his tte ba yo can be really annoying... so what? That's a trait of his personality, just like Hinata's shyness.
Sasuke is a freaking conceived weakling, now *that* is lame.
Hinata is great. I think she did wonderfully, considering her family for starters...overcoming the fact she was raised by a bastard like her father is not an easy task, by any means. Not to mention her obnoxious cousin.
Hinata, was the *only* person able to acknoledge Naruto's worth, besides Iruka, and she was only a kid. That fact alone makes her wise and strong. She was the only one able to verbalize the real reason why Naruto was strong, basically, the samethat Jiraya would say, but way later on.
Everybody in that show has problems, and many of them are just downright psychos. Her only probs seems to be her lack of confidence in herself and low self-esteem. So what?
You people sound like Neji, with his very lame assed *destiny* speech...
I am sure that, from now on, Hinata will grow big time.
Sasuke is totally lame. He can have the freaking sharigan and be the rookie of the year, but totally lacks common sense and feelings. Orochimaru is strong and has almost all the jutsus known to ninjas, but he just doesn't get that that's is *not* what makes a great ninja. And little Sasuke is going the same way.
Sakura's lack of jutsu wouldn't exactly bother me if her main ninpou wasn't the Sasukeeeee-kun-no-jutsu.