Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20150115114150/@comment-17623-20150115141518

Iar Sensei wrote: Who else felt like it was painfully obvious that Sakura is going to take the exam with Team Asuma?

Without watching the episode, who else could she team up with?

The only member of Team Asuma that did become a Chunin was Shikamaru so that team was down a man for this. Unless they pulled another reason out their butts.