I have a theory on the leader of Akatsuki

[Konohamaru]

Ok, so I was having my weekly discussion on MSN with a friend of mine who loves Naruto. I dunno why and how but I came to a theory about who the leader of Akatsuki might be. I reckon it's shino and heres why:

- He never gets into the same group or team as Naruto that goes into big missions
- He always interrogates a member of the team after the mission (last cases was Kiba and Shikamaru)
- He was suspicious during the 2nd exam when he just appeared outta no where to fight kankuro
- We never see his eyes cos of his glasses and his hair style looks the same as when we see the shadow of the leader of Akatsuki

He doesn't get much air time on Naruto but we always see glimpses of him as if to remind us he's still there. On my knowledge of anime shows. These type of guys always seem to end up having a impact on the story line.

I think he has them spiral eyes when he takes off the glasses. I'm sure he hasn't got normal eyes.

[Naruto_RNG]

man i hope not. that would be too wiered. I think ero-sensie would found that out by now if shino is the leader.

[SK]

i like this theory.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Originally posted by: Konohamaru
his hair style looks the same as when we see the shadow of the leader of Akatsuki

Not true, Shino's sticks out more.

[Terracosmo]

Wrong. Abandon the theory.

[Zhan]

Shino would've ownaged Knakurou with one pinky if he was the leader.

[Sidnne]

Originally posted by: Terracosmo
Wrong. Abandon the theory.

Black bears are not always black. They can be brown, cinnamon, yellow, and sometimes white.

[American Hero]

Hah! This is actually a well-developed and thought-out theory.

Personally I don't believe it to be true, but it could be a possibility.

[Terracosmo]

Originally posted by: Sidnne

Originally posted by: Terracosmo
Wrong. Abandon the theory.

Black bears are not always black. They can be brown, cinnamon, yellow, and sometimes white.

Good for them, but Shino isn't the leader of akatsuki.

[XanBcoo]

perhaps Sidnne is trying to tell us that the leader of akatsuki is actually a bear (?)

'Cause that would be kick-ass. Like Kuma in Tekken. Only he can talk!

[Rhanfahl]

A near impossibility...but don't rule out the possibility of an Aburame leader. I mean they're all rounin anyways, so why not? All in due time though.

[ChaosK]

you wrong...do you still want to continue?

[Sophorix]

I think that's inventive, though I don't think it's more plausible than some of the other theories that have sprouted up.

I think the spiky hair isn't something that can be weighted heavily when trying to think of people who it could be--there are enough people with their hair constantly covered that adds to the whole mystique. I personally think that the...how can I put this? If the Akatsuki leader is somebody that we've seen in the anime so far, in my mind, the person that would make the most sense, if sense can be had in this series, is Nawaki. All we've seen from him is a nice smiling face and a supposedly massacred body (which according to Orochimaru wasn't even recognizable). Who's to say that it was Nawaki, if Orochimaru was right? We have that spiky hair that so many people focus on. It wouldn't be surprising if he wasn't dead, and it'd be a slap in the face for Tsunade. Rather than expound upon tiny details that I can only find after 15 rereadings at 3 in the morning, I'll just base my entire theory on the spiky hair.

I think that the more pertinent question is--who's Jiraiya's contact to get information from Akatsuki? Is it an actual member, or is Jiraiya able to pose as a member to get information? Or is he a member? O_O

I find it interesting that the leader's ring means void--if we're trying to think outside the box, we can always pull a crazyassbitch and say that the Akatsuki leader doesn't really exist. I mean, Naruto owns socks, so I don't think this is too crazy to be considered plausible.

[Terracosmo]

For a Naruto fan to even remotely accept the theory of Shino being the leader of Akatsuki, it would take a manga creator skilled enough to make such a plot twist believable.
These are skills that Kishimoto obviously does -not- have, so if Shino indeed turns out to be this mystery man that even Itachi seems to fear (which he won't); it will only be awkward if Kishi tries to pull it off.

I think it's quite safe to assume that Akatsuki's leader is yet another entirely new character, though I'd like for at least one of the unrevealed members to have a relation to an established character (imagine one of them being Rin - that would own).

[XanBcoo]

Jiraiya's a badass ninja. I don't think gathering information is too hard for him to do. Yet I agree that everytime he says something like:
"I have my sources..." it does seem rather suspect. hmmm.

@terra: it's a dumb theory, but who knows? I have confidence that if it was Shino, Kishimoto would pull it off pretty well.
And it would own if one of them was Rin. (do we even know for sure if she's dead??)

[Sophorix]

The only thing that suggests that she's dead is when Kakashi said that everyone close to him was already dead.

I think it would fit into the plot if she ended up being one of the members.

[ChaosK]

or maybe kakashi has her locked up in her basement...

[Terracosmo]

Originally posted by: Chaoskiddo
or maybe kakashi has her locked up in her basement...

That sounds like a bad scary movie of some sort.

I love it. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

[ChaosK]

thanks, i was referring more to how kakashi's a pervert but, thats good too [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

[Hikyuu]

Welll, if it was her they could explain her death as a person. What I mean is the wayAnakin didn't die and ObiWan told luke... Your fatehr is dead Darth Vader killed him.. Though that would be a rather large ripoff..