No judgement, just generally curious what prompted the decision to kill off Sakura in vapors?

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Impulse, when I realized that it felt like the truthful turn of events. I hadn’t planned on it. I was just in Orochimaru’s headspace as Anko got in the way of his carefully planned test scenario. If Anko was there, team 7 was going to be extracted. So Sakura, who in canon was spared only to keep Sasuke alive until he could be tested, had suddenly become redundant. Orochimaru was irritated and he swatted a fly, because he is petty when thwarted.