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

Even though we have very little information on what the future holds in store for Sarada, a Mangekyo awakening feels inevitable.

Okay, gotta give props to the creators so far; they're not exactly playing the new Team 7 plot element as straight as I thought, with Naruto's son getting a dojutsu (similar to Sasuke) and Orochimaru's son getting a version of Sage Mode (similar to Naruto). Out of the three, Sarada is the only one who has shown no signs of improvement yet, so of course Ikemoto's gonna use every bloodline convenience to make Sarada equal to her teammates. But I don't think Sarada needs Mangekyo Sharingan to catch up, and I'll make my argument based on two primary reasons:

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".

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.

Just my two cents, though.  