Board Thread:Naruto Gaiden/@comment-26084508-20150617064121/@comment-25402783-20150618173103

Dap00 wrote: Now my only questions are if Sakura is the first (or only) wife, and what happened to Karin. My money's on death during childbirth, I can't imagine anything else keeping her away from Sasuke. Also, for Sakura not to resent Sarada, I assume there's no chance of Karin coming back into their lives.

And I have no idea if this was intentional, but it seems like more and more effort is put into making Sakura resemble either Kushina or Tsunade in the flashbacks. Which leaves me hopeful that Sakura will eventually be revealed as an Uzumaki descendant, in which case it wouldn't matter who Sarada's mother was. And might explain why Naruto is so invested in Sarada not feeling isolated. Don't want her ending up like Nagato. Or Sasuke, for that matter. I just think Suigetsu didn't use Karin's DNA but rather Sasuke's. And according to Suigetsu Karin is another hideout (convenient), so she is still alive. Until we hear Sasuke and/or Sakura say Karin is the mother I'm calling bullshit.

And I really hope she's not the mother because to me that would undermine Sasuke's character completely. I mean even if Sarada is a test-tube-baby it's still a dick move to leave the kid with his wife and leave for god-knows how many years. And if she isn't a test-tube-baby then it means Sasuke cheated on Sakura and dumped the kid on her which would make him an awful person. And he's supposed to be becoming a better person.

And no I don't care about ships or any of that bullshit I care about characters, and to me if Karin is the mother than it wrecks Sasuke's and Sakura's characters.