why is the inverse image defined by the right kan extension instead of the left?

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Why don't we define the inverse image of a sheaf to be the left kan extension and then take the sheafification?

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This construction mixes left and right adjoints, so has no universal property in general. This gives a theoretical justification of why people considered the usual construction first.