The name Zero is from the anime thread as far as I can tell. It refers to Pein/Akatsuki Leader. When Akatsuki was first shown in the anime they focused on each member and the symbol they stood on on that big bijuu sucker thing. The leaders symbol we Zero so people started calling him that.Originally Posted by Death BOO Z
I think (and correct me if I'm wrong) Masa was the one who arbitrarily declared the leader guy as "Zero" in a post and everyone went along with it.
So..uhh who's the final akatsuki member that doesn't even have a forehead protector of a village she's exiled from?
LaZie made this...a long time ago.
"It was a very depressing time in my life, since I had no money I was unable to screw the rules" -Kaiba
Tobi may possibly be the mysterious figure. The figure says "Sharingan's power was shown well" indicating he saw Sasuke's fight w/ Deidara and specifically noting his incorporation of Sharingan in the fight. Tobi was the only one present for the entire fight who's death is not confirmed according to Zetsu. We do not know how long he was there for, but Zetsu being there for some duration of the fight may point to him being the mysterious figure but I can not really think of any commentary about Zetsu hinting that.
It just really gets me how Kisame brings up Tobi, Zetsu says he may have died, Kisame positively acknowledges Tobi, Pein negatively acknowledges Tobi as someone expendable and keeps the topic on Deidara, Kisame again gives positive account to Tobi's life and memory, then Pein rather abruptly makes his leave and the last thing he says is once again to mourn Deidara quietly keeping attanetion on Deidara and away from Tobi once again.
It's also weird because Pein has up this point acted as a leader who cared for the wellbeing of his subordinates and gave his condolences for every dead Akatsuki. Not only did he not mourn (or ask the others) to mourn a fellow team member, he insults the guy as a ninja right after his death. Very out of character for Pein imo.
Unless Pein never really considered Tobi to be a true member of Akatsuki. He seems to recognize ability more during his appearance in this chapter, than fondness. He claims that Deidara was "special", and Tobi was "a man whose abilities could be easily replaced". You're right though, it does seem a bit out of character; unless he is trying to cover up Tobi's survival, which is what I believe you are hinting at. I don't think Tobi can have died; he hasn't yet done anything to vindicate his existence. Using a behind the scenes move to defeat the 3-tails doesn't count; Kishimoto could have done that without creating a new character.
Now I know where Deidara got his inspiration for his final attack from! Spongebob!
That's interesting, because I was also comparing akatsuki to shishio makato's main group from Kenshin (was it like, the 12 katana or something?), and how the stupid fat one ran away and later turned out to be a spy for a more powerful villain.
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
Her name still hasn't been revealed...maybe we'll get a name in 364? (fat chance)
EDIT: LOL @ darkmetal's post
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