These posts were by me on wiki answers at the dates stated ;P I just wanna say I CALLED IT
On October 13, 2011 at 4:34 am Playsomego [0] said:
Tobi is in fact Obito. Here is my proof for such.
The simple reasons:
1. Tobi is comprised of the same letters as Obito.
2. Obito and Tobi only have the one eye showing.
3. The hair style.
4. Obito is the only other known Uchiha that was not in the massacre.
5. Both Obito and Tobi use the color orange in their outfits.
Explanation.
You may say that Tobi was shown to have two Sharingan when his mask was broken by Konan. You will note that when his mask was broken, the right side of his face has many "wrinkle" like marks. These are obviously from him being crushed from the rock. Tobi also survived Konan's assult using Isanagi. He sacraficed his right eye over his left. This may be very vague but he would not sacrifice his Mangekyo eye (the left) when he has a large amount of eyes waiting for him at his hideout, along with his ability to obtain the Rinnegan.
His left side however, is not shown in full, allowing for it to be untouched in theory because it was not crushed and likewise not having the "wrinkle marks" Since Madara died from his battle with Hashirama (He was resurrected from Impure Resurrection) and Obito ( Who has been under the guise of Madara) was present at the Uchiha clan massacre. Because of this, he could have easily implanted another Sharingan in his own eye socket. You may also note that Tobi when he brought Sasuke to his lab had 100's of Sharingan in containers on the shelves, so obtaining another Sharingan would not be hard.
(It should also be noted that "Madara's appearance during the Uchiha Massacre wore a mask that only had one eye hole)
Obito was also known to be known as a "good boy" and carefree, much like Tobi's persona, however with age he can obviously mature.
Zetsu obviously saved Obito as he can travel underground and is a cannibal, he went to Obito to feed but would not consume him due to him being alive. He then, helped free him.
It is under speculation but Obito had a great inner pain when Kakashi and Rin were forced to leave him, from this he could have awakened his Mangekyo by experiencing this deep feeling of sorrow, much like how Sasuke felt the pain of knowing his brother's true motives and awakened his not because he killed the closest person to him, but because of what he learned of his brother.
This would also explain Kakashi's Mangekyo as he had no way of obtaining it as he is not of Uchiha blood. But, if Obito awakened his, it would awaken in both eyes. Kakashi's Mangekyo also uses Kumai which is a space time ninjutsu which allows him to send things to another dimension, much like Tobi's Sharingan ability. This would also explain how Tobi knew that Kumai would not work on him when he encountered Kakashi after Sasuke's battle with Danzo because it is in fact his Mangekyo jutsu.
Obito also looked up to Kakashi's father who refused to leave his comrades behind. Obito might harbor some hatred because his clan was massacred because of the Leaf Village along with the fact that he may have felt abandoned by his teammates when they left him for death. Making them "worse then scum" in his eyes.
This is my reasoning behind Obito being Tobi. Reply please.
On October 19, 2011 at 10:40 pm Playsomego [0] said:
To further add to the discussion. Madara at least has knowledge of tobi and knows who he is. Tobi, claims to have given Nagato the Rinnegan, which we now know is the ultimate evolution of the Sharingan as stated by Kabuto and Madara. Madara also assumed he was revived by Nagato. So, Madara who didn't die at the Valley of End must have known of child Nagato. He instructed Tobi to implant the eyes into Nagato, which in the ultimate form are the Rinnegan. Some may say "Then how did Madara revive with his eyes" Nagato had his eyes taken and was still revived with the Rinnegan. So, his eyes were removed from him and implanted into Nagato by my theory. Nagato awakened his Rinnegan when he went through a tough emotional time, much like the Sharingan. His just jumped to the ultimate form. This also explains why he could not deactivate the Rinnegan because like Kakashi, it is a form of a Sharingan in a sense and cannot be deactivated by a non Uchiha member, and it is well noted that Nagato is of the Uzamaki Clan. Madara knew that Nagato would eventually awaken his Rinnegan and hoped that Tobi would instruct him to revive Madara upon it's awakening. As Madara stated "So he finally grew..." Alluding to into his new eyes.
Also, to debunk that Tobi = a second Madara theory.
Tobi had to steal the Rinnegan to obtain it back from Nagato, implying that he could not achieve it by his own means, as even he couldn't activate it. It is also unknown if Tobi has a Mangekyo, making it even more likely that he has a Rinnegan. However, if he is Obito he could have awakened at least the Mangekyo from his loss of Kakashi.
Tobi cannot be Madara by the simple fact of Tobi having to steal the Rinnegan. If he was Madara #2, he would have already had one awakened. And it is also possible that he doesn't understand the Sharingan's full evolution. As, he only implanted one Rinnegan. Since the Rinnegan can change between the Sharingan then why would Tobi not implant both unless he was unaware of this fact. Even Kabuto only noted that he knew this after years of research and that it was a theory until confirmed. Leading me to believe that Tobi is unaware of this completely. If he was Madara, he would have taken both Rinnegan and just switch between that and his Sharingan.
And as to Teek, Obito could have harbored hatred when his comrades didn't come back for him after their mission was done at least for a burial. With someone of the Fourth Hokage's might, moving some rocks from a cave in shouldn't be too hard, as well as Kakashi's knowledge of Earth Release. So because of this he may have harbored some hatred against Konoha. This is just a theory though.