Originally posted by dadudemon
1. Yes, please do explain that as I think I have an idea but I am not sure. So, yes, please do.
Damn. Well, serves me right for talking. 😛
The first piece is this. Tsunade is Hashirama's grand daughter and she was a grown woman when Nagato was just a kid. So we know he is really young and that would mean Madara would be really old, right?
But that isn't good enough. So look at this. Hiruzen is clearly older than he was when named Hokage here. Tsunade was also just a kid then.
Given that it is implied that both Hashirama died in the 2nd War, we can assume that he didn't just retire. In fact, we know he didn't because when revived with Edo Tensei, Hashirama didn't look that old. But you know who he does look older than? This guy.
If Hashirama was not older looking than Madara in those pictures(to be fair, I guess they didn't look that old), then they were at least around the same age. Meaning they died young. Which is why Madara cannot know who Nagato is. It is impossible.
And we know Edo Tensei does not revive characters in their prime but based on age of death, due to one of my favorite characters.
That is why it is impossible for Madara to know Nagato. Unless they really did meet in the after life.
Edit: By the way, anyone notice that Black Zetsu is kicking ass. He doesn't look like he has done anything but Mizukage and the others look tired.
Edit 2: Lol just realized something. My whole Tobi is a guy named "Nagato Uchiha" can mean another thing: He is a probable suspect for the person who killed Hashirama. Would explain how he got cells. 😛
Edit 3: Oh yeah, and in regards to the splitting theory...it's a nice idea I guess but it doesn't fly with me personally. First, I'd have to assume that they'd split their soul in two. Which I simply don't buy. Second, Muu is the only confirmed "Splitter" but his split clones at least act like one another. Madara and Tobi are quite different actually.