Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-5085906-20170430152255/@comment-27924662-20170519013959

Mr. Grave wrote: 1) A Mangekyo awakening causes complications. First of all, to awaken a Mangekyo you need to experience the pain of loss. That means that in order to awaken Mangekyo, someone close to Sarada is gonna have to go. Thing is, so far, everyone close to Sarada is either imperative to the plot or a beloved character that Ikemoto wouldn't have the balls to kill off. The only one I can think of that would cause the least backlash is Chocho, and even her death would stirr up a shitstorm. But, say this issue got resolved somehow - you also have the whole sight loss drawback. And in order to fix it, Sarada's gonna have to attain Eternal Mangekyo, which would imply Sasuke's death. Of course, I'm taking into account the rules that have been laid out so far. They could always use the "oh, but she's an exception because her genes are made of phlebotinum plot armor". I don't think it's imperative for sarada to lose someone in order to obtain Mangeykyou especially when that was the theme of Curse of Hatred, And Curse of Hatred is long gone. It's clear from writer's intention (especially from Sarada's method of obtaining Sharingan) That he isn't going to use the negative emotion in order for Sarada to awaken Mangeykyou, It could very well be a strong positive emotion which would enable her to access the mangeykyou. Given Tobirama's explanation of sharingan I am inclined to think that mangeykyou could be obtained in more positive manner than shown in the series. Mr. Grave wrote: 2) There are other opportunities for improvement. As Zetsu commented, a sharingan is only as good as it's user. Sasuke Uchiha fought Kage level shinobi using only the three tomoe sharingan and his wits (and okay, Orochimaru's curse mark). Sakura had precise chakra control and brute strength. Combine those two, and you get a Sarada who's able to perform badass jutsu while conserving chakra. She will most likely be able to pull off Mitotic Regeneration and summon Katsuyu too. I'm not yet sure on how Ikemoto's gonna proceed regarding the power ups - maybe Sarada too will be influenced by an outer source of power like Boruto and get abilities that have nothing to do with her bloodline. If they do play her straight though, then I don't think she needs a Mangekyo to be cool. I mean, Hiruzen had no kekkei genkai and no deus ex machina powerups and he could still kick major ass. Well what's interesting to me is the fact that Sarada brings lot more to the table than Sakura ever did. Instead of being the copy tsunade or tsunade number two she would genuinely become that Genjutsu Sakura type  also she would most likely learn the nature transformation and use them in battle(like the uchiha's fire style and so on), though I would be quite interested in Kakashi's copy legacy. No one ever replicated that repo in the series which was one of kakashi's finer qualities where he used to throw his opponents in their own game a trait I would like sarada to show..