Why is tobi in the akatsuki

I don't think there's a proper answer to this one. Probably to make us, the viewers unaware of his true identity. MadaraUchiha Actually, that too can qualify as an answer. Yes, only that isn't a fact , it wasn't told anywhere, that's my personal opinion, which does not constitute as an answer here on Stack Exchange , — Madara's Ghost.

Ah, right you are. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Tobi acted like a goofball to hide his true nature. Pein was the leader of Akatsuki, but Tobi was the one pulling the strings behind everything so he had to mask his true identity and seem unworthy of investigation.

Tobi made himself look weak and useless, which is perfect for his disguise. Improve this answer. Arturia Pendragon Arturia Pendragon 2, 2 2 gold badges 19 19 silver badges 23 23 bronze badges. But why? What did he gain from hiding his true identity from some Akatsuki members? Also, what does the image have to do with anything? I don't know, but the members who knew his true identity were probably part of his "inner circle", with the exception of Itachi who Tobi had to deal with directly.

And it's a given that Zetsu, Pein and Konan know his identity to various extents. For the other members, the fewer people know that he is pulling the strings, the fewer threats his plans will face. The image was an example of Tobi making himself look useless. The question is still unaswered i feel. He did it to hide his true nature - thats all fine.

But what did he gain by it? Ian Ian 11 1 1 bronze badge. Tartori Tartori 1, 1 1 gold badge 15 15 silver badges 28 28 bronze badges. Thanks, but that is not my question. The question already acknowledges that he had reasons to assume Madara's identity. This allows him to open up his torso like a container and store people inside, either to trap them there as prisoners or to keep them safe. He teases Obito a lot, and he seems to feel real feelings of protectiveness and friendship for both Obito and White Zetsu.

In her free time, you can find her eating hummus, riding the Haunted Mansion, or being suffocated by her cats, Moo and Mai Tai. By Liz Adler Published Oct 20, Share Share Tweet Email 0. He is also able to locate others with relative ease. Madara is almost completely impervious to damage. When struck, attacks pass right through him, though he sometimes pretends to be hurt or cry out in pain.

The only time Madara's solidness can be confirmed is when he interacts with others, leaving him susceptible to counterattack when he does so. Since being defeated by Hashirama Senju, Madara has only been shown damaged once; before he "absorbed" Torune , Torune touched Madara's right arm, getting it infected with nano bugs and therefore forcing Madara to remove it.

Madara also shows the ability to travel long distances within relatively short timespans. While he is usually seen using this ability on himself, avoiding attacks rather than relying on his imperviousness, he can teleport anyone.

When he teleports Karin and Sasuke, he sends them to what is apparently a separate dimension. They are forced to stay there until he chooses to release them. The chakra signatures of those that have been teleported completely vanishes. His right eye appears to be the basis for this transportation. Madara had mastered his Sharingan at a young age, and received praise for that.

Because of his mask, Madara's left Sharingan has not been seen since he adopted the Tobi alias. He and his brother, who awoke his own soon Madara did, used this new profound power to take over the Uchiha clan. With it, Madara never had to fear the risk of losing his eyesight again.

The cat-like slit of the fox fades out as a Sharingan appears in it, and then the tomoe of the Sharingan disappear and the pupil enlarges. Madara has been shown with a diverse amount of weapons over the years. He carried a War Fan with him for most of his life up until his battle with Hashirama. In addition to the war fan, he had a kama with him when fighting Hashirama. He expressed interest in joining Akatsuki, believing that finding the ring would grant him membership. They then found Deidara's arm and the ring it wore, believing Deidara to be dead too.

When Deidara appeared and demanded that Tobi give him his arm back, Tobi refused, prompting Deidara to comically try and choke him to death with his legs. Tobi was accepted into Akatsuki as Sasori's replacement and Deidara's new partner. In the anime, during their search, they stopped to get a bite to eat at a dango shop, and Deidara waited anxiously for Tobi to remove his mask so that he could see what he looked like underneath, but he turned away, hiding his face.

When he finished his dango, they split up and went in different directions. He then figured out that the technique was to seal the Three-Tails, and went after Deidara to inform him of his discovery. They both discovered the Three-Tails inside the lake. Deidara used his clay to make it appear outside, after which Tobi tried to convince Deidara to fight it in his place.

The beast began chasing him, and Deidara used one of his bombs on it while it was distracted. The rest of the battle went unseen. Later on, Tobi started talking about how his jutsu was flawless, and now he understood why he had been assigned to the mission. Deidara retorted that he wouldn't have got far without his clay. Tobi later fell asleep on top the Three-Tails after making another cheeky comment, much to the anger of Deidara, who "woke him up" by detonating a clay bomb next to him.

Once the sealing was complete, Deidara, angry that he had not got to kill Orochimaru, brought Tobi with him to kill Sasuke instead. They found and confronted Sasuke, and Tobi was given the job of providing assistance for Deidara during the battle. After some initial taunting from the duo, Sasuke surprised them both with his extreme speed and ran his sword straight through Tobi, apparently disemboweling him. Tobi then suddenly stood up again, complaining about the speed of the attack.

The battle ultimately didn't go in Deidara's favor, so he used C0 in an effort to kill Sasuke at the loss of his own life. Zetsu reported to the remaining members of Akatsuki that Tobi had been killed too, prompting Pain to remark that he was easily replaceable. It was soon revealed, however, that Tobi had survived, as he met with Pain and Konan in Amegakure. Tobi, revealing himself as Madara, remarks that Sasuke is developing nicely. The Konoha ninja had no success in striking him with their attacks, so Shino Aburame volunteered to fight Madara one-on-one.

With his bugs, Shino was able to box-in and catch Madara, but Madara was able to escape from this as well. Zetsu then arrived to inform him that Sasuke had killed Itachi.

Madara pointed out that he had known that this would be the outcome, and went to see Sasuke. Before leaving, his Sharingan was spotted by Kakashi. Madara tended to Sasuke's wounds and, when he woke up, offered to tell him about Itachi. After stopping the black flames, Madara then appeared again with his mask back on, and began to muse about how Itachi never ceased to amaze him.

After Sasuke complained that he was making no sense, Madara revealed that it was to protect him, and, when Sasuke still didn't believe him, Madara said how it all must sound crazy but assured him that he was telling the truth, and introduced himself as the man who had helped Itachi on that fateful night.

He told Sasuke about the Uchiha clan's history, Itachi's secret life, and the lengths he had gone to keep Sasuke and Konoha out of harm's way. He also however lied about his involvement with the Nine-Tails attack 16 years ago, saying instead that it was just a coincidental act of nature. Sasuke, regretting that he had killed Itachi now that he knew the truth, resolved to destroy Konoha for forcing Itachi into the life he had lived.

Madara convinced Sasuke and the other members of Taka to start working with Akatsuki, the two groups having Konoha's destruction as a mutual goal.

Before they could do that, however, he stated that Akatsuki needed the two remaining tailed beasts. After Taka left, Madara spoke with Zetsu, discussing Akatsuki's actions up to that point.

He went on to say that, although they had lost five talented ninja in Akatsuki, all of their efforts had brought him closer to "making Sasuke his".