Who is Tobi??

As a self-confessed Narutard I've invoked on this personal mission on trying to figure out who Tobi really is. Tobi is the ultimate villain in Naruto. He killed Naruto's mother (Kushina) and father (Minato the 4th Hokage) and was able to convince Sasuke's brother Itachi to murder their entire Uchiha clan. Tobi was also the person who released the Kyubi (9 tails) 16 years ago when Naruto was born, wreaking havoc unto Konoha which had plenty of their ninja's dying to defend their country. After those incidents, Tobi has reemerged himself after going into hiding to execute his Moon Eye plan and conquer the world.

Tobi

In the series Tobi appears as a new member of Akatsuki, a subversive ninja group with intentions of conquering the world. He pretended to be a weakling and kept on portraying this joker image while in the group. As the chapters progressed, more Akatsuki members died and he finally reveals himself as Uchiha Madara.


But is he really Uchiha Madara? Why won't he show his face?


There are plenty of theories going on out there. I'll show you guys the main theories, and I'll mention who I really think is the REAL Tobi.






1. Tobi = Uchiha Madara

The jutsus that Tobi has been using is extremely powerful. So powerful, that only a few ninjas in the ninja world would be able to do so. The fact that he knew about the nine tails in Kushina's body, was able to kill the third Hokage's personal ANBU ninjas, knew about the 4th Hokage's capabilities and was able to extract the Kyubi from Kushina points towards him being a very strong ninja with a lot of ninja knowledge. This made most of the ninja's out there (including the 4th Hokage) assume that Tobi is Uchiha Madara. Well, those plus he has a Sharingan in his right eye and he self-claims himself to be Uchiha Madara.


However, I would have to disagree that he actually is Uchiha Madara. Uchiha Madara was born way back during the 1st Hokage's time. He would be more than a 100+ years old now if it were actually him. Wouldn't it suck if Kishimoto (the writer and drawer of Naruto) portrayed Tobi as Uchiha Madara and it actually IS Uchiha Madara? That storyline would suck so bad.

When Kabuto used Edo Tensei to reveal a hidden coffin, Tobi was so shocked of the dead body that Kabuto presented. I'm assuming Uchiha Madara's real dead body is in there. All in all, I don't think that Tobi = Uchiha Madara.


2. Tobi = Obito

The name gives out the hint. Tobi sounds like Obito. Obito sounds like Tobi.


Obito might be Tobi because he is from the Uchiha clan that has the Sharingan's ability. The fact that his right side got crushed, rendering people to wonder where his right eye's Sharingan went to and that Tobi's right face is someone old/crushed might make you think that Tobi is Obito.

Again, I would have to disagree that Tobi = Obito. Obito was Kakashi's close friend during childhood, making him a kid when Tobi attacked Konoha 16 years ago. There's no way that kid Tobi, without him invoking his Sharingan, could've been able to fight Konoha's Yellow Flash (4th Hokage).

Tobi 16 years ago threatens to kill baby Naruto

3. Tobi = Izuna

Izuna's dead body

Izuna is Uchiha Madara's twin brother who gave up his eyes to Uchiha Madara. Not much is known about him. We know that he lost his eyes/ gave them to Uchiha Madara and died in battle afterwards. Him being Tobi just doesn't make sense. A curveball out of no where. Some people say that the coffin that Kabuto summoned actually had Izuna in it and that Uchiha Madara is actually Tobi, but I think that's a long shot.

4. Tobi = Danzou

Danzou revealing his Sharingan

This can't be true since Danzou is now dead. There was a time that people actually thought that Danzou was Tobi since Danzou kept on hiding his right eye. Danzou's right eye was actually from Uchiha Shisui (Itachi's friend that supposedly was murdered by Itachi). The fact that Kishimoto shows Danzou talking to Tobi and now that Danzou is dead makes Danzou impossible to be Tobi.

5. Tobi = Uchiha Shisui

Uchiha Shisui is Itachi's close friend. Itachi killed Shisui to awaken his Mangekyou Sharingan. We know he is dead and that Danzou had his right eye which makes him impossible to be Tobi. He was also just a kid when Tobi attacked Konoha 16 years ago. Very unlikely equation.

6. Tobi = Salamander Hanzou

Salamander Hanzou

Salamander Hanzou was an extremely strong ninja that killed plenty of Konoha's ninjas during the great war. Three of Konoha's ninjas survived fighting Hanzou - to which Hanzou granted them the title of the legendary Sannin for surviving. They were Jiraiya, Orochimaru and Tsunade.

Hanzou made the mistake of killing Yahiko. Yahiko was Nagato's best friend. When only a child, Yahiko and Konan saved Nagato from death of starvation. Nagato went berzerk after Hanzou killed Yahiko. It says that Nagato "single-handedly killed Hanzō, his family, and his retainers, and then conducted a systematic genocide of anybody even remotely associated with Hanzō, even to the extent of terminating the ambassadors of the villages Hanzō was associated with"

Being dead and all, it would be hard to say that he is actually Tobi.

So there you go, six examples of who could be Tobi. Each has their strengths and weaknesses of actually being Tobi. Personally, I think that all six of them are not Tobi. Do you want to know who I really really think is Tobi? This is probably a long shot. But I think that Tobi is....

[to be continued]