Hold it, take a deep breath... thats right. Now listen. Im * F2P myself (also have that gaara screen )

U have now a variety of ninjas. And u dont look so bad either. Now, heres my advice to you: 1st - stack everything - go for threads, refines, but dont use coupons for them, just stack them, 2nd - focus on exams, with that power and without any super rares, not even sage naruto, i passed all exams to 180, as lightning, 3rd - imho, spend coupons for clothes, kimono, anbu, doesnt matter, get them all personally, i use all my coupons for lucky board, and i didnt regret it yet, and 4th - after so much u have put into game, dont quit - relax and take one step at a time, enjoy it, will be great later

I don't think you've failed. When I was at 55k power I was using a very weak team, FireMain, Mei, SageNaruto, and Iruka. I think you should stop developing your character with coupons and set a goal for a really strong team, try going into the arena and be inspired by any strong teams you see. Since you will be getting Hanzo, I could recommend you also get Shark Kisame they work really well together. I really powerful team I've seen that doesn't even need initiative that you could make would be Shark Kisame, Hanzo, Roshi, and Watermain. It's a combo team that gives several stacks of poison and ignition and it also has great defense and excellent control.