If you're not up to date on the manga, by god, go read it! And... don't read what I type blow here ^_^

Spoiler alert of eternal doom

Left: Konoha's Yellow Flash, the Fourth Hokage. Theorized by many to be Naruto's father and the Akatsuki Leader. (Now known to be Namikaze Minato, Naruto's father)

Center: Uzumaki Naruto

Right: Pein, Akatsuki's 'Leader'. Theorized by many to be the Fourth Hokage, Madara Uchiha, Kyuubi and just recently, Naruto's evil twin. (Kishimoto hasn't revealed his headband color or skin color yet so these are guesses) (Now suspected even more to be related to Naruto, as Naruto's mother was a red-head)

This last chapter we got the joy of a clear view of the face of the Akatsuki 'Leader', whose name is Pein.

Now in the manga, bein' black and white he looks VERY similar to Naruto. Thus everyone in the last few days has been rolling around screaming, 'Yondaime's got piercings!' 'Related to Naruto!' and stuffs.

...Though after inspecting him for a few obsessive hours I came to the conclusion that maybe they share the same age and hair-stylist but that's it...

Anyway, I obsessively carefuly drew these three so my fellow Narutards can compare the three of them without much effort- and, well, to compare them myself. I find there's no more effective way to compare characters than to draw them.

It's as a deviation because 1: you guys don't watch my scraps and 2: it's not quite a scrap, given my obsession to detail. It's very possible I'll move it later though.

Will ramble on more about Pein and the plot in my journal...

...yes, I did notice the Fourth and Naruto look alike.

Sidenote: Pein's the guy, not the girl. The girl called the guy Pein, -unless she was talking to herself, but that's more Zetsu's style. *grins cheekily* Those last few pages of chapter 363 are confusing, why it's hard to even notice the person Pein and the girl meet ^_^ If you wanna' see for yourself, go to [link]

Extra sidenote from post 367: I don't need any updates on these guys, *waves hands* this was just for people to compare more easily, given the swaaaaaarms of theories there are over them. If you guys would like an actual discuission forum for 'em, I can set one of those up