Tobi's Real Body/Oh God, another Tobi thread...
Another thread on Tobi, although more focused on his physical body than who he really is. The Tobi-Zetsu construct theory!
You're probably thinking "blah blah blah another Tobi thread/I know all this stuff already you pedantic cupcake", but I humbly ask that you read the whole thing
People who don't believe that Tobi is Izuna or the S06 paths elder son say these characters couldn't have lived as long as they did and still be in the manga's current time setting.
It's strongly hinted that Tobi has some of the bodily qualities as Zetsu, maybe this is how he prolonged his life?
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Tobi's right hand is obviously made of something gooey/fake (common-knowledge)
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This shows Tobi in front of some sort of Zetsu structure with slime on his hand. He seems to be repairing himself!
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Revealing Tobi's other hand (NOT ONLY HIS RIGHT) is also made of gooey Zetsu
Furthermore, I'm thinking a large portion (at least both his arms as we've seen so far) of Tobi's body is Zetsu composed while the other is Tobi's real human flesh (similar to Sasori's "heart" in the puppet). The real flesh is what gives Tobi his memories/personality, and he wears a mask because he probably looks like an ugly motha ****** with a half Zetsu face.
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This shows how the right upper part of Madara's face is human-esque.
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Is the other half of Tobi's face made of Zetsu? This would explain why it's shown as pitch black (too ugly to see?) and why he would wear a mask. It may also explain why Tobi only has one eye-hole over the human part of his face despite clearly having two Sharingan.
You might think that since a portion of Tobi's head may potentially be made out of Zetsu-goo, then Tobi's hair shouldn't be uniform and his hair should only be on top of the human-flesh side of his face. However...
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We clearly see that Zetsu himself possess uniform hair despite having two halves to his body.
The only question is, who is Tobi and would he construct a large portion of his body out of Zetsu-goo? To prolong his life? To become immortal?
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Here, Tobi hints at his current body (or state) being undesirable. I remember reading another translation of this that said "It is to have a whole body" (not sure on verification). My guess is he constructed himself out of Zetsu due to no other alternative/needing to survive. This would support theories of Tobi being an older character such as Izuna (my guess) or the S06 paths elder son.
It could also be Kagami (doubt it due to lack of info) or Fugaku (doubt it since Tobi claimed to have helped Itachi kill his clan, and was present as seen below)
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Anyway, there are enough thrads on Tobi's existence as it is, kinda went of track but just wanted to elaborate on the Zetsu-Construct Theory.
