>This entire arc revolves around bringing Sasuke back
>Tsunade specifically recommends Naruto
>Shikamaru immediately wants to bring Choji
>Naruto is exasperated that he didn't bring think of Shino first, so Shino is at least considered in spirit
>Kiba & Akamaru come along
>Neji shows up to round out the group per Lee’s suggestion
>Sakura, Ino, Hinata, and Tenten are not even considered at all
>Ino especially egregious, really highlighting that Ino-Shika-Cho is a meme despite what Kishi tries to push
>Lee, fresh out of surgery makes a last-minute distraction so that Naruto can tail Sasuke
>At no point in the entire arc are any of the boys thinking "man, I REALLY wish Sakura/Ino/etc. were here to help", even posthumously
Fucking lmao, how are waifufags even still a thing after this arc? This is basically the most blatant admission that Kishimoto genuinely doesn't care to write any of the girls at all, and for all intents and purposes they're collectively the exact same shitters that we saw at the start of the Chunin Exams where as all of the dudes have made huge improvements since then.