Grey’s Anatomy recently returned with its 21st season. It continues to showcase the rollercoaster journey of doctors and interns at the hospital. However, the series is all set to bid adieu to one of its most popular characters Mika Yasuda.

Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers for Grey's Anatomy Season 21. Reader discretion is advised. The list of characters leaving Grey's Anatomy increased in Season 21 as two doctors bid farewell to Grey Sloan.

After news that Midori Francis was leaving Grey’s Anatomy as Dr. Mika Yasuda in Season 21, fans were left with endless questions as to what will happen to happen to the character and the real reason the series regular was cut ahead of the ABC medical drama’s new season.

We don’t want to think it, much less write it, but the next episode of Grey’s Anatomy may turn out to be Mika Yasuda’s last. You’ll recall that in the most recent episode of ABC’s long-running medical drama (recapped here),

It’s been a rough season for the doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital… and viewers are in for a very long couple of months as we await the return of Grey’s Anatomy. That’s right, months, because the next new episode won’t be airing until Thursday,