Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20150530210611/@comment-25319479-20150602110242

Aki174 wrote: What gives you the impression that Madara was dead at that time?. There's no indication regarding this. The meeting between Kisame and Yagura could have taken place even before the third Shinobi war. Remember ... Sharingan eyes could be transferred hence he could have replaced his right eye with another sharingan. We have no bloody clue whatsoever in regards to the timeline. I'm only assuming that the shadow which clearly is the same outline of Uchiha Madara is Uchiha Madara himself. We do have an indication of time since Obito and Kisame are around the same age. So if Madara died when Obito was a kid, how could Madara later meet Kisame when he was an adult??

Any anyway, when Obito revealed himself to Kisame in Part II, Kisame called him the former Mizukage because Obito was the person controlling Yagura. And that shadowy outline matches Obito when he had long hair.