so wtf is up w obito's height?
(aka how tf is that a 1 cm height difference, kishi?)
(aka just working out the inconsequential detail that is Obito's vertical reach, compared to which perhaps only the Narutoverse continuity is more elusive...)
(just putting it out there for other obito simps to stress & mull over i guess lol)
so i randomly recalled some funny posts from ppl who hc Obito as the Tallest Uchiha™, being a whopping 6'3" while the other men of his clan are around 180 cm
and at first it seemed like just another canon?-what-canon? hc bc per the databooks he's 175-182 cm (whatever that hyphen means...)
and sasuke's adult height is also 182 cm, while madara is 179 cm (basically the same?), so
so much for "tall obito" hcs?
but... what if we doubt the databooks?
(wouldn't be the first time they've been wrong compared to canon manga content...)
let's say 175 cm is Obito's height at age 14 / 15, which turns out is quite normal for an Asian teen male, and would make sense because when he faced off with Minato, who is 179.2 cm, they seemed about the same height
let's say he uses henge (transformation jutsu) to keep appearing this height, even as he grew taller—bc he was supposed to be fully grown Madara and not a kid with the longest cosplay gig, going through puberty while managing a criminal organization and all that
(it's sorta a running joke by now: "pain & konan not noticing obito getting taller is a plot hole"—but maybe obito simply used henge, hence, no plot hole after all?)
so is that the reason for the hyphen? obito pretends to be 175 cm tall even into adulthood while his real height is 182 cm? (6ft tho, not 6'3")
but then i thought of that nigh-iconic panel of Obito & Kakashi, where they are drawn clearly from head to toe, standing side by side
(this was the only panel i could think of off the top of my head that you can use to compare obito's height)
now, Kakashi's height is 181 cm; this is purportedly consistent in the databooks, through parts I & II (makes sense since he's introduced as an barely functioning adult and has no reason to hide his height, unlike obito)
so obito should be, as far as we can see, practically the same height as kakashi.
(who can even detect a 1 cm height difference?)
if anything, thanks to kakashi's floofy hair, kakashi should appear taller than obito
but in this panel, obito seems to be taller than kakashi—by more than just 1 cm.
in dumblingo (only language i speak rly), i'd say he's about... a forehead taller?
aka srsly, how is this a 1 cm height difference, kishi?
yellow lines: obito's head
red lines: kakashi's head
you can see that the top of kakashi's head (ignoring his epic floofly hair) only reaches the base of obito's forehead
(thanks to black zetsu we also clearly see the top of obito's head without (spiky) hair length muddying things up)
and kakashi's chin is just above obito's shoulders / clavicle
blue line: kakashi's shoulder
you can see that the line of kakashi's shoulders are lower than obito's—they're practically at obito's pecks
(i went by kakashi's left shoulder but you can see his right one also doesn't reach obito's, and it's worth noting: kakashi there is wearing a pretty thick protective vest / flak jacket, while obito is completely shirtless)
aight idk how to calculate angles / perspectives n all but it should be fine to just go by their heels where you can see their foot flat (horizontally) on the ground right?
it would make sense for obito in this panel to show his real height (as opposed to when he's method acting as madara or sth), because, to name just one reason:
he's had the jūbi ripped out of him & been forced to perform rinne rebirth (among other fun things, like losing his heart and having his throat slashed)—basically surpassing everyone in the Narutoverse survival olympics
so at this point, he should be way past wasting chakra for a henge, hence, this panel should be the most accurate reference for obito's height
and, based on this canon manga panel, he should be well above 181 cm—certainly more than the databooks' 182 cm
left: obito's tallest possible height per the databooks
right: what obito's canon height is more likely to be, based on that panel of obito & kakashi in chapter #666
canon obito should be closer to 6'3" or 190 cm (6'3" is apparently 190.5 cm) than the databooks' reported max height of 182 cm
and since manga canon trumps side content like the databooks, lemme validate the hc crowd and say...
those hcs of obito being 6'3" are more accurate / canon compliant than the databooks' 182 cm
(or maybe i need better glasses, idk)
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