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Originally Posted by Hiking_Bear
It would be more of an 'ass pull' if Tobi turned out to be someone other than Obito, like some never-before-seen character. All the clues point to Obito, so for Tobi to be someone else would require the revelation of a massive amount of backstory to fill in the complete gap in character development - typically, such a backstory would come 'out of one's ass'. Obito, on the other hand, has a backstory - there is no ass pull needed in this case.
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I remember how many people hoped that the akatsuki leader will be Minato, despite it made no sense
There are clues that point to Tobi being Obito, but there are even more clues that he is not Obito. It was not so long ago that we have seen Orochimaru rising from Anko's body and knowing everything about what happened with Sasuke. So someone knowing what happened with Obito and Kakashi doesn't sound so crazy any more.
The question is why would Obito suddenly become so important in the story. He was just one character in a side story about Kakashi. But then i realized that Obito's story was always part of the main story: in chapter 8 the ninja test of team 7, there Kakashi tells the team about Obito, and a few pages after that they pass while Kakashi tells them Obito's words exactly.