Madara Uchiha

Madara Uchiha (Japanese: うちは マダラ, Hepburn: Uchiha Madara) is a fictional character and one of the two main antagonists in Masashi Kishimoto's manga (and anime adaptation) Naruto. He appears for the first time in "Part II" of the manga and the Shippuden anime adaptation (During the Fourth Shinobi War Arc). He, along with its First Hokage Hashirama Senju, is one of the co-founders of Konohagakure (Japanese: 木ノ葉隠れの里, Hepburn: Konohagakure no Sato) village also known as the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Their power conflict over how to run the village, as well as the long-time feud between clans, leads to Madara deciding that humanity is beyond saving and seeks to cast a genjutsu (infinite tsukuyomi) on the entire planet, however, he is not aware that this plan will eventually annihilate humanity and turn them into numerous variants of White Zetsu. This leads to his defection and death in a battle with Hashirama; however, it is revealed later that Madara secretly revived himself, surviving well into elderhood, and manipulating Obito Uchiha into laying the key for his future plans before his true death. During most of the series, Madara serves simply as a posthumous background and influential figure while Obito uses Madara's name to create an aura around himself. However, this changes when Kabuto Yakushi reanimates the real Madara, who eventually teams up with Obito, before betraying him and becomes a major threat until he is disposed of by Black Zetsu. Kishimoto created the character to provide a strong villain in the series' final arc who would face the series' protagonist, Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha. This confrontation would be different from that with previous enemies and result in more of a focus on fight scenes. Merchandise has been released in Madara's likeness, including keychains, plush dolls, and figurines. In the...