Okay I could see an argument for why Bakugo is not a complete waste of space (even tho he is), but what possible defense could one come up with for Sasuke and Akechi?
Sasuke's motivation is very compelling on paper.
Unfortunately, he's written horribly as Kishimoto wrote him as a bad boy character instead of a survivor of torture and trauma.
Sakura and Ino lusting after Sasuke because Sasuke's family got murdered makes the tone completely fucked up and makes it hard to empathize with Sasuke because the overall world makes him come across as the "Talented Bad Boy Prick" trope.