Akatsuki

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Well, another point is that the leader of Akatsuki supposedly has orange hair. Anyway, are you a manga reader, or just an anime-viewer? Your last post makes me think the latter. Keep in mind, this particular section allows manga spoilers (and the Naruto manga is very far ahead of the current anime chapter). So, I just want to make sure you don't get yourself spoiled by accident. If that's not the case, I didn't mean to offend you....but you should definitely catch up to the manga, otherwise you'll be spoiled anyway.

anime viewer! well when i get little tips from here and there, it will be even more interesting seeing them in anime... and my posts are from anime's point of eye...

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Then you shouldn't be posting here unless you want to be spoiled, since you're an anime-only viewer.

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Then you shouldn't be posting here unless you want to be spoiled, since you're an anime-only viewer.

as i said in last post, its ok

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What do you other forum members think of the theory of Tobi actually being Jiraiya, or some sort of advanced Jiraiya shadow clone?

I ask for feedback about this because of

1. how Jiraiya been able to gather information about Akatsuki and related activities...

For example, Jiraiya's advanced knowledge about the kidnapping of Gaara, also the fact gathered recently from the anime when Deidara found out that it was Jiraiya that gave the Sand the early warning

2. Shadow clone possibilities from the incredibly fast Sasuke attack: The big cloak and the mask could hide any phase in/out requirements from the stab wound.

Conversely, Jiraiya could be in the cloak and the mask and using a shadow clone to be somewhere where he's infact not. Even training Naruto over the three years - I mean, in all of training sessions we've seen of Naruto and Jiraiya being together, it's not like Naruto has attempted to beat-up his instructor (and thus releasing his shadow clone). Also, from the anime (I haven't read that far back in the manga) I remember Naruto specifically stating in the Naruto - Neji fight that he purposely kept a shadow clone lying on the ground covering the hole before breaking out of the ground and upper-cutting Neji as the victory move.

3. Also, Tobi's done absolutely nothing to show any techniques that might reveal who he truly is. Could that be on purpose?

Opinions, please
PS. The swirl mask begs to me of the rasengan all the while hidding the Identity - basically mocking the Akatsuki every time he's in their presence.

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Conversely, Jiraiya could be in the cloak and the mask and using a shadow clone to be somewhere where he's infact not. Even training Naruto over the three years - I mean, in all of training sessions we've seen of Naruto and Jiraiya being together, it's not like Naruto has attempted to beat-up his instructor (and thus releasing his shadow clone). Also, from the anime (I haven't read that far back in the manga) I remember Naruto specifically stating in the Naruto - Neji fight that he purposely kept a shadow clone lying on the ground covering the hole before breaking out of the ground and upper-cutting Neji as the victory move.

Actually, untrue. In one particular chapter, Jiraiya states that he's only come close to dieing twice: when Tsunade caught him peeking at her bathing, and when Naruto released the fourth tail of the Kyuubi. This was the chapter when Naruto, Sai, Sakura, and Yamato went to find Sasuke (Kakashi was still in the hospital bed). He shows his chest, where an enormous scar is spread across it, supposedly caused by Naruto. I don't think there's any chance of it being true.

[itadakimasu]

That part of the storyline was just so cool.

I couldn't stop laughing when i first read the chapter when he talks about the only times he has come close to death. Its going to be so awesome when the anime catches up to that point.

[dark maginn]

the akatsuki leader could be narutos dad, they look similar