Lol Sasuke was never supposed to be in this manga

[vasu 32]

yeah right,as if he even had a son back when he created chapter 3. It's an idiotic false story. He created sasuke because he was adviced by his editor to create a male rival for main character,when he already had this idea for a female char. But turn of events and here we are with sasuke as one of two main character.

 

[shelke]

In the original draft of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Hermione's father found Harry with his dead parents in a rickety shack on a island in a storm. What does this mean? Absolutely nothing. In one draft of the Lord of the Rings, Aragorn was a hobbit, not the heir to the throne of Gondor. What does this mean? Absolutely nothing.

Naruto is not the same story it was in the original draft. It has evolved. Even if you hate Sasuke, you have to accept he is the second most important character in the series. He's also the character with the most character development. Sasuke had whole arcs devoted to him. He is not some plot device. That's more than a simple rival would ever get.

Absolutely this. I am an amateur writer and I can also testify that drafts are one of the possible ways how a story can be taken forward. Sasuke is an integral part to the story and represents the 'Core' of many plot-lines. Itachi and Orochimaru being two of them. Heck the introduction of Bee and the hidden Cloud village is done through Sasuke.

Take him out and the whole thing simply collapses. + Rep.

 

[Xāvî1]

I didn't hear that story.