Naruto 559 (or: I actually did not see this coming)

[mildmaythecat]

HOLY WHAT. The Naruto world has been rocked again! I actually feel obligated to spoilertag this one.



I had other stuff I was planning on discussing here, but it's gone now. I don't believe it. Kabutomaru's last Magical Box was finally opened, and his trump card is revealed to be...

Madara.

That's right. Madara is dead, and is now a zombie under Kabutomaru's control. From the looks of it, he's been dead for quite some time.

HOLY CRACKERS GUYS.

This reopens every single theory ever theorized about who "Tobi" is and what lies underneath the mask. It could also potentially shred to bits every single thought we've ever had about Madara's life and character. (In a way, I'm almost relieved. Past!Madara seemed like a pretty cool character, and it'll be easier to take him seriously knowing he didn't come up with the Moon's Eye Plan.)

Sooo...theories, anyone? Anything goes now. ;) I'm tempted to think it's either Shisui or Izuna, myself. Shisui because it just makes sense, unfortunately--Tobi only had one eye that we ever saw, and it was a Sharingan; it would also explain why Shisui's body could never be found. I really kinda don't want it to be him, though, because then where will that leave us fans? ;~; And Izuna because...IDK. It would just be interesting.

EDIT: Okay, so clearly it's not Shisui (unless Kishimoto pulls a retcon on us). Obito and "Tobi" have a definite resemblance in appearance and name, but why would he want to start a war? At this point I am leaning towards Izuna, the original little Uchiha brother. He was a pacifist, so maybe he thought the endgame of the Moon's Eye Plan would be world peace or something? I don't know.


In short, GO READ IT NOW GO GO GO! This needs to be discussed!

Comments

[ronsard.livejournal.com]

Thing is, a couple of us speculated a long time ago that it was Madara's original body that was in Kabuto's mystery crate. Considering how he just mixes and matches his "parts" these day, it's entirely possible that it's still him, just with a new body.

Don't worry, Itachi is on his way to Kabuto now! He'll set things straight! /hopeful I really don't think he could have spent God-knows-how-many-years working with "Shisui" in close proximity and somehow not know. He would have to be really dumb. Like, dumber than I ever suspected, which would be quite a lot.

[morena238.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure it's not Shisui. Like I said, the eyes are wrong. We only ever saw "Madara's" right eye, which is the one Shiusi was missing. Obito would come into mind, here, because he's the one missing his left eye.
Or maybe it's someone else altogether.

I find this theory about him still being Madara, just with different bodypart interesting. But, knowing Kishi, it will take us another 6 months to finally have this mystery solved...

[ronsard.livejournal.com]

I see absolutely no reason why we should bring back that stupid Obito theory. How could Obito have possibly known all that stuff about Konoha's dark past? And if it is him, I imagine a bigger deal would have been made out of the part when he went up against Minato, his former teacher,

[morena238.livejournal.com]

You never know with Kishi. Personally, I don't think it's Obito, though (at least I /hope/ he isn't, because that would be just fucking stupid)

[emanga.livejournal.com]

The thing about that is, as nthcoincident pointed out, why would Madara be so freaked out about potentially having to fight his baby self?

Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that. Hopefully that'll clear some things up. And no, the Shisui theory's been totally debunked by Morena at this point. Thank goodness. >.>;

[ronsard.livejournal.com]

I assume you're referring to his (also assuming this is still Madara) reaction when Kabuto showed him the content of the crate? I always read that as more of a horrified "How did you get your hands on that?" reaction born of disgust and shock rather than true fear. I'd be somewhat disturbed myself if someone showed me my own dead body which they apparently plan to resurrect at will.

If you reaaaally want some far-fetched speculation, perhaps that body has some special ~spiritual~ connection which could somehow affect his current state, and Kabuto is holding that over him like a trump card. I don't know, this development feels a lot more like a red herring to me than a truly game-changing twist.