The more recent female protags like Nobara, Noelle and OChako (Noelle>Nobara>Ochako for me) are much better written that Orihime, Hinata and Sakura.
Nami pre-TS was very good and should be a template for writing female protag. I would say Nami pre-TS ~ Rukia >> Hinata = Orihime >> Sakura.