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Apologies if any of what I say has already been discussed. In which case you can ignore this.
Ok, so I looked through the OP again and at some of the arguments, and I just reread Gaiden.
I will mention that Shin's MS ability, while not spectacular, is powerful.
- Naruto is rusty, and Sasuke isn't at total capacity till the final showdown.
- Naruto and Sasuke were weary of Shin because a random child having a dojutsu of a clan singled out to 1 person and a potential second one, Sarada, would be worrying. And Naruto further emphasizes that he has to be even more careful as he has a Mangekyo Sharingan.
- The first feat used to scale Shin is him tanking Sasuke's lightning style, which could be argued as Sasuke simply trying to subdue him as he wants information.
- This trend of Sasuke holding back continues as Sasuke switches positions with kid Shin to get both of them together, then uses fire style and states he would have them "reveal their secrets" as that single move would be enough to down them both.
- Another point for them holding back is that Sakura had a perfect opportunity to take down all the Shins in their home base but chose not to as she knew Sasuke wanted information.
It was able to make his blades tear through Kurama's cloak and stab Sasuke, and made Sasuke's sword pierce straight through Naruto.
I don't see any problem with putting her at that level for the Sakura thing.
She has multiple statements and narratives backing her up to put her at KCM tier just from getting her Byakugou Mark. The 4th Databook has an entire page dedicated to telling us she isn't weak and is relative to the two, and The Last databook reiterates the same.
You may think that's inconsistent, but the feats she does solidify it:
I believe Sakura should very much scale to Naruto and Sasuke, at least in their teenage forms. She has way too much proof to refute it simply because she doesn't jump into every conflict (She's primarily a doctor, and if both her and Sasuke die, Sarada would be an orphan, lol)
- She believes she can supply Obito with more chakra than what he thought a clone of Naruto could give him, and she goes on to do just that.
- And that's a big deal, seeing as that specific clone was the single one Naruto made before fighting Kaguya, so it should logically have half of Naruto's entire chakra reserves.
- Sakura having that much chakra is significant because her whole fighting style utilizes her maximum amount of chakra in each punch.
- So if she can produce as much chakra as Naruto while having some to spare (seeing as the mark did not disappear), she should logically be able to attack with the same strength. And the next feat shows just that.
- After that, she punches Kaguya hard enough to leave a bruise and break off one of her horns.
- While non-canon, Sakura was obviously trading blows with Kaguya like Naruto and Sasuke were to prove her relevancy even in the storm games.
- She can react briefly to Bunny Kaguya's arms that Naruto explicitly calls fast and warns Sasuke about.
- In The Last, Sakura can refill Naruto's chakra reserves after pumping chakra into him for 3 days straight.