I wanna be completely honest here I gave the chapter a good+ for a starting chapter yes, but it wasn't anything groundbreaking to be honest. Sarada Uchiha is an interesting character and she has potential to go places, but that's it. So far we've only got 1 chapter of this spin off gaiden and that's it there are still like 9 or 11 chapters to go since this is only suppose to last for a few months. I'm not gonna lie when I say the I want Sarada to be Karin's Daughter I'm being truthfully honest here for obvious reasons, but if she isn't am I gonna b*tch at Kishi misleading the fans. No because he's pulled this same trick off before and it's not going to work a second time. If Sarada Uchiha is Karin's daughter I'm gonna find it hilarious, but if she isn't then oh well end of story. Both patterns are really plausible at this point because it is Kishi we're talking about here the man could do one thing and he could totally go in a different direction and people will buy it.
Also like what James S Cassidy said a long time you just can't trust what Kishi says anymore because he can easily contradict things and asspull into existence because of a few obvious experiences all ready.
Just like you, deep down, I wnt Karin to be SArada's mom, even though I'm sure she isn't !And if it id confirmed that she isn't sarada's biological mom, it won't really affect me, 'cause after all, it' s we're talking about....I'm still wondering how a stupid guy like him could create a character as smart as shikamaru... Ah. Yeah. Yahagi.