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UPDATE: Interview is likely fake, no evidence supports the date of this Comic Market or contacts at Viz Media existing. No confirmation suggests otherwise so I'm highly sure this isn't legit, my original intention was merely to share it. Will leave interview up for those who are curious.
Also, a large misconception is that Kishi underwent an interview early which isn't true. This interview (as discussed below) was meant to be revealed a few weeks from now after we already find out who Tobi is. The interview itself is supposedly leaked, Kishi was not aware that it would get out early nor was it his likely intention to spoil us ahead of time.
HUGE SPOILERS. Saw this floating around and decided to share. Not sure if this has been posted yet, or if it's even legit but apparently one of his assistants leaked Tobi's identity and interviewees questioned Kishimoto about it. Please remove this thread if it's breaking any rules.
What do you think? Bogus or not? Remember these guys are from Viz Media, so it's not as if Kishi is spilling the beans to a random person on the street.
EDIT: Apparently someone got in contact with JUMP, this interview was meant to be released on September 19th because it contains spoilers up to chapter 602. Their Hush-Hush attitude is giving the impression that it's real. This is what said user posted.
"Yesterday I sent a P.M. to one of the moderators at Naruto.Viz.com(his name was Vex), this morning he finally replied telling me that they were contacted by the one of the representatives of Shonen Jump, because of their contract with Shonen Jump Japan they had to respect the representative's request.
He told me that that the interview should have never been posted in the first place since it contained spoilers for up to Chapter 602. Until the next 4 chapters will be released the topic has been restricted from viewing(the release date of Chapter 602 is 19 September, I think).
I also asked if I could get a link to the restricted topic, but he denied my request, he said that only moderators are allowed to view the topic.
I don't know whether or not this interview is real, but the moderators from Naruto.Viz.com treat it as if it was."
Edit 2.0: Pheonix pointed out that the supposed contacts at Viz don't exist, making this interview more fake than real. Starting to lean towards fake but we'll see.
Also, a large misconception is that Kishi underwent an interview early which isn't true. This interview (as discussed below) was meant to be revealed a few weeks from now after we already find out who Tobi is. The interview itself is supposedly leaked, Kishi was not aware that it would get out early nor was it his likely intention to spoil us ahead of time.
HUGE SPOILERS. Saw this floating around and decided to share. Not sure if this has been posted yet, or if it's even legit but apparently one of his assistants leaked Tobi's identity and interviewees questioned Kishimoto about it. Please remove this thread if it's breaking any rules.
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While visiting Japan for business,me(Victor Sleever) and Mike Birnton, from Viz Media, decided to spare some of our time and go to Comic Market 78, the biggest manga festival in Japan, something that happens only twice a year. The festival lasts for 3 days, from 23 august to 25 august.
After some time wandering around the Tokyo Big Sight convention center, we met Masashi Kishimoto, me and Mike are big fans of Naruto, so it was a really pleasant surprise to be able to talk with him.
He didn't have much time to talk because he was holding a conference in about 30 minutes since we met, we asked if he could reveal some of the things he will talk about at the conference, and surprisingly he said yes.
Mike asked all the questions while I wrote them.
Q:So, what exactly is the conference about?
A:After the identity of Tobi was revealed by one of my assistants, I realized that the next few chapters will leave the fans confused. I had to clear up some misunderstandings, thus, Comic Market was the best place to do it.
Q:Then the rumors are true? Is Toby really Izuna? I thought he died in battle after Madara took his eyes, is that a lie?
A:Well, the truth about his survival is much different, I can't tell you how he survived, you will have to read the next chapters to find out, but yes, Izuna is Tobi.
Q:How come he has eyes now? I thought he was blind.
A:He will reveal that together with his identity, let's just say that the Uchiha clan is much larger than you know.
Q:In an earlier interview you talked about Madara not having any weaknesses, what about Tobi? Is he going to be killed by Naruto after his identity is revealed?
A:Not really, after the way he survived is revealed and what he tries to truly achieve, everyone will change, the truth will hurt a lot of them, it will actually change the history that they know.
Q:What do you mean by that? How will it hurt them?
A:The truth is dark and bloody. Madara is related to why Tobi was supposed to die, you could say that what he wants is revenge, but his brother isn't the only who wanted to kill Tobi, one of the Hokage played a big part in the attempt on his life.
Q:What else?What is going to happen in this fight?
A:You know, Tobi always had this forbidden technique prepared, I wanted him to use it only after his identity is revealed. If you thought that Kabuto's technique for reincarnating people is dangerous, you should see what Tobi prepared.
Q:Why did Izuna hide his identity?
A:Because some of the Akatsuki already know what Madara did to Izuna, they know because someone told them, and they wouldn't be willing to help Izuna. I'm afraid I can't answer any more of your questions, but I'm hoping you will be patient, in the next weeks everything will be revealed.
A short interview that revealed a huge amount of spoilers, what is the truth behind Izuna's past? I guess we are going to find out in the next chapters.
This interview has been copy/pasted from the forums of
After some time wandering around the Tokyo Big Sight convention center, we met Masashi Kishimoto, me and Mike are big fans of Naruto, so it was a really pleasant surprise to be able to talk with him.
He didn't have much time to talk because he was holding a conference in about 30 minutes since we met, we asked if he could reveal some of the things he will talk about at the conference, and surprisingly he said yes.
Mike asked all the questions while I wrote them.
Q:So, what exactly is the conference about?
A:After the identity of Tobi was revealed by one of my assistants, I realized that the next few chapters will leave the fans confused. I had to clear up some misunderstandings, thus, Comic Market was the best place to do it.
Q:Then the rumors are true? Is Toby really Izuna? I thought he died in battle after Madara took his eyes, is that a lie?
A:Well, the truth about his survival is much different, I can't tell you how he survived, you will have to read the next chapters to find out, but yes, Izuna is Tobi.
Q:How come he has eyes now? I thought he was blind.
A:He will reveal that together with his identity, let's just say that the Uchiha clan is much larger than you know.
Q:In an earlier interview you talked about Madara not having any weaknesses, what about Tobi? Is he going to be killed by Naruto after his identity is revealed?
A:Not really, after the way he survived is revealed and what he tries to truly achieve, everyone will change, the truth will hurt a lot of them, it will actually change the history that they know.
Q:What do you mean by that? How will it hurt them?
A:The truth is dark and bloody. Madara is related to why Tobi was supposed to die, you could say that what he wants is revenge, but his brother isn't the only who wanted to kill Tobi, one of the Hokage played a big part in the attempt on his life.
Q:What else?What is going to happen in this fight?
A:You know, Tobi always had this forbidden technique prepared, I wanted him to use it only after his identity is revealed. If you thought that Kabuto's technique for reincarnating people is dangerous, you should see what Tobi prepared.
Q:Why did Izuna hide his identity?
A:Because some of the Akatsuki already know what Madara did to Izuna, they know because someone told them, and they wouldn't be willing to help Izuna. I'm afraid I can't answer any more of your questions, but I'm hoping you will be patient, in the next weeks everything will be revealed.
A short interview that revealed a huge amount of spoilers, what is the truth behind Izuna's past? I guess we are going to find out in the next chapters.
This interview has been copy/pasted from the forums of
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. Because of it's content(the spoilers), the access to that topic has been restricted until 19 September. I took it from there in order to spread the word!What do you think? Bogus or not? Remember these guys are from Viz Media, so it's not as if Kishi is spilling the beans to a random person on the street.
EDIT: Apparently someone got in contact with JUMP, this interview was meant to be released on September 19th because it contains spoilers up to chapter 602. Their Hush-Hush attitude is giving the impression that it's real. This is what said user posted.
"Yesterday I sent a P.M. to one of the moderators at Naruto.Viz.com(his name was Vex), this morning he finally replied telling me that they were contacted by the one of the representatives of Shonen Jump, because of their contract with Shonen Jump Japan they had to respect the representative's request.
He told me that that the interview should have never been posted in the first place since it contained spoilers for up to Chapter 602. Until the next 4 chapters will be released the topic has been restricted from viewing(the release date of Chapter 602 is 19 September, I think).
I also asked if I could get a link to the restricted topic, but he denied my request, he said that only moderators are allowed to view the topic.
I don't know whether or not this interview is real, but the moderators from Naruto.Viz.com treat it as if it was."
Edit 2.0: Pheonix pointed out that the supposed contacts at Viz don't exist, making this interview more fake than real. Starting to lean towards fake but we'll see.
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