So chapter 559 eh.  I actually wasn’t expecting the sixth coffin to be revealed.  I thought Mu was just gonna summon whatever his contract super monster might of been, something ridiculous no doubt I figured.  But no, it was better than that.  To be honest I wasn’t surprised.  Not because I’m some analytical genius, but actually there was a post on the Naruto Base forums some months back where someone way more obsessive than me detailed his theories about Madara and how he might even be in the sixth coffin.

Since then I actually expected him to be in there.  My real surprise is that they finally revealed it.  But you’re probably wondering why.  Well I’ll summarize  parts of that theory for you as to why and leave you a link to the actual too long didn’t read forum post.  My first actual inkling that Tobi/Madara may not be Madara was when Kabuto first revealed himself to him.  It was just the way he said it “Sorry, you go by Madara now”.  What an interesting way to put it.  It sounded like he was implying that he wasn’t actually Madara.  At least that how I read it.  But as the chapters went on I stopped caring about whether or not he was Madara since it didn’t really seem to matter.  It had been so long without revealing his face I don’t think anyone cared anymore.

Well when I read this guys post I didn’t get real interested until the end when he said “It also says that the 6th coffin could be Madara, even though I doubt Kabuto knows about this, and believes that Tobi is Madara (as most everyone does)” to me I didn’t so much have an iron clad belief that Tobi was Madara as I did indifference.  But I did want to know who was in the sixth coffin.  Having thought of who it could be, nothing really seemed to fit or seemed too outlandish a possibility but as soon as I read that it seemed like a fair chance, and it fit well with Tobi’s reaction.

OK so the theory revolves around Zetsu.  Madara created Zetsu and Zetsu can make nearly perfect copies of people utilizing their chakra.  Tobi has displayed the incredible knack to replace limbs much like Zetsu can.  So for reasons unknown Madara might have made Zetsu make a copy of himself before dying with the task of continuing his plot.  When Madara exited the coffin he mentioned Nagato almost like he assumed his resurrection was Nagato’s doing, like that was the plan.  He was surprised when Mu mentioned Edo Tensei.  This is conjecture on my part but it sounds like he was expecting to be revived somehow.  Which gives the Zetsu theory that much more credence in my book.  Here is his post, see what you think.

Madara Twist

BTW Bleach anime filler is over.