User blog comment:TheBlueRogue/Tell us your favorite fighter for a chance to win a copy of the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector’s Box/@comment-5251195-20120926143655

Sakura Kasugano. I will admit that at first, I disliked her and the entire Alpha series due to the juvenile look, but now, I have changed with the times. The overall adorableness of the character combined with the moveset, the surprising ability to bounce off of projectiles with the Sakura Otoshi (this didn't make it to the SF IV series) and her improvements in SF IV (you can link a crouching HP from a Shunpu Kyaku!) makes her one of my favorites so far. It also helps that she has a lot of features for color customization, which is one of the reasons I like fighting games in general. I love Sakura, period.