was obito a last minute thing or planned?

[evilmanofdoom]

Was tobi meant to be obito or was it a last minute changehmm

 

[~Puppet Master~]

I'm pretty sure Kishi decided it before the start of Part II, since he added the Kakashi Chronicles in the last few chapters.

 

[Sasukenumberonelover]

Naw BR0, it was probably planned U_U

 

[P3ĮÑ]

It was most likely planned

 

[SephirothVX]

it was planned.

 

[WhistleBlower]

Has to be planned but he did good in mindfu*king people haha there were soo many damn 'who is tobi' theories. And aint nobody got time for that lol

 

[chad062388]

Planned imo, Tobi=Obito I figured that when I first saw the name.

 

[Aim64C]

Was tobi meant to be obito or was it a last minute changehmm

My analysis suggests that it was a planned thing. Kishimoto doesn't seem to be one to answer "who could be behind this?" with "It's me - some random character you've barely heard mentioned! I was behind it all along!"

Tobi's mask centers around the Sharingan he has - artificially restricting him to one eye - and who else only has one Sharingan? There was, also, a lot of effort put into developing Obito in Kakashi's history and experience with frequent foreshadowing along the lines of: "What would you think if you were here, Obito?"

Also, the fact that the only other person we've seen with anything resembling Kamui is Kakashi.

It really didn't come as a surprise that "Tobi" and "Madara" were two separate people. Why go through the trouble of wearing a mask or make the comments of "I'm but a shell of what I once was."

That leaves the list to a pretty small number of known characters (with the most likely being Obito) - or the introduction of a completely new character with fifty chapters of flash-backs to tell us who he is/was and how he came into the picture.

So, instead of breaking the continuity - Kishimoto decided to only use 10 chapters of flashbacks to describe how Obito survived (which he couldn't do beforehand without ruining the 'surprise!')

 

[PredictionGuru]

Planned.
I always thought that Tobi is Obito after Kakashi Chronicles.
Good thing I didn't frequent on Naruto forums back then.

 

[BISHOPALONE]

It was obviously planned.

 

[GenKiDama]

Either way it was a troll/dumb thing for him to be Tobi. Expect to see him get plot no talk no jutsu'd and use rinne tensei and revive everyone who died in the war.

 

[AirWind]

Edo Tensei was a last minute power-ups to balance the superiority of some ninjas.

 

[BazzBee]

It was planned .... U_U Answered

 

[naeem]

it was planned

 

[NarutoChangeSasuke]

Planned, because that was about the only real purpose in the Kakashi chronicles..

 

[evilmanofdoom]

wasnt it also to show how kakashi got the sharingan

 

[fayt666]

probly last minute thing/planned. due to so many plot holes in the story and timeline. most likely thought of later on in story and fit in with a story line to go with it disregarding all the plothole no jutsu of his timline.

 

[S A G E]

It was planned since the power of kakashi and Tobi's sharingan are similar.
Also tobi has only shown the right eye since kakashi got his left.
Also his name tobi is an anagram for Obito.
Finally he was made important in kakashi gaiden.