Naruto Chapter 372

[KCMmmmm]

Was I the only one who noticed the resemblance between Jugo (of Hebi) and Yahiko (the light haired kid in the flashback)? I mean, it's entirely possible that Orochimaru stole him to use as the specimen for his cursed seals... even though he still looks pretty young.

I noticed the similarity, and I highly doubt this is the case. All little kids look alike. Plus, this wouldn't be the first time we saw a resemblance between two characters who turned out not to be related.

And then maybe... just maybe... Pein was already in a stolen body, most likely the fourth's (putting his sealing technique with the nine-tailed fox aside), hence why he no longer had black hair? Then, when Deidara died, maybe he took over that body instead?

This is very improbable. The Yahiko kid looks enough like the original Pein body to be the one, so the idea of the Fourth being Pein is now no longer legit. Also, now that they've actually showed the full face and hairline of Pein's "Deidara-body", it no longer looks very similar to me. Pein may have multiple bodies, but why do they have to be ones we've seen before? They just introduced three characters never even hinted at before; it's more likely that they will do the same with all of these bodies.

[Genma]

I can see where you're coming from with the similarities of characters in Naruto, but these two just seem too similar to not be related.

As for the other stuff... yeah, it's speculation. We'll see what happens in the coming chapters.

[chet_chetty]

Aside from the probable deduction that Pain (as Akatsuki Leader) is Yahiko's body with Nagato's eyes, I'm liking how we are all pretty confused at the moment.

I'm enjoying, in my speculation, that this is a new conflict that will we resolved sooner than later [at the least much sooner than the majority of sideplots that took forever to unravel]. Here's hoping for instant gratification.