Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-28445617-20160513000858/@comment-28445617-20160513165714

Thanks for the relpies, guys.

Well in response to Ajr, I believe that we actually haven't seen what a "true" victim of the I.T. looks like after being converted to White Zetsu. I believe all the White Zetsu seen in the manga and show are all already manipulated with Hashirama's DNA by Madara. Or it could be that since Hashirama uses Wood Style and the God tree is, well, made out of wood, that this is how White Zetsu will always look like, since their creation. It is honestly unknown to what extent Madara influenced the White Zetsu. Was he entirely decieved by Black Zetsu, or did he manage to contribute some abilities to the White Zetsu, like how you said perhaps making one of them (Guruguru) being designed to encase someone. It would make sense since Madara did plan the whole Rin thing out and he wanted Obito to get out there and see her death, and Obito wasn't exactly healed enough yet. I think the whole situation needs a proper canonical explaination but we haven't recieved one because all the "reveals" happened during the Climax and they all couldn't exactly sit down and discuss the exact origins and mechanics of the White Zetsu. I hope it's cleared up one day, but until then all we can do is discuss and speculate.

In response to Elve, I used to believe that but now I'm on the fence. It's possible that the few dozen or so White Zetsu that Madara "created" (actually released) were like his personal spies, who would all mayfly around the world and telepathically report to him. As to the single White Zetsu with the most screen-time, it seems at first he was indeed an original used as a template but how do you create more zetsu from nothing but chakra? At first we all assumed that it's because they are plant matter and they just grow more clones like his spore jutsu. However, after Black Zetsu's statement during the Grand Reveal, he claims that every single White Zetsu were a victim. To what extent is that true, though? On one hand he is the one that was nearly always there, he certainly knows how the mechanics work, or was he just saying that for the few White Zetsu, like perhaps he was overexaggerating and he couldn't go into detail at the moment during the climax of the story? Personally I don't believe that there is any conclusive evidence to the exact functions and mechanics of the White Zetsu. Some questions I have and would like the show to answer at some point are: Are all White Zetsu each unique victims of the I.T., or are some of them identifiable clones from another Zetsu? Is a human victim a requirement for a White Zetsu? Why exactly is Tobi the only unique Zetsu? Although to that last question I think I came up with a good theory in my response to Ajr with inspiration from his last comment. All we can do is speculate in the meantime. Personally I think it's the author changing his mind as the chapters go on :P