Zetsu's main role within Akatsuki was to function as a spy, with other duties that were similar to those of a hunter-nin. Like Tobi, White Zetsu believed Madara was a good man at heart and saw no harm in helping Obito without Madara's permission.
Though he annoyed Obito at first, White Zetsu eventually won the boy's friendship. He was shown to be quite friendly to most Akatsuki members, indicated by how he was saddened that so many had died in a conversation about them with Tobi in the anime, one of his clones freed a captured Deidara, saying he was a fun guy to be around in Akatsuki. Because of his ties to Madara, White Zetsu worked with Obito for a long time, originally helping him find and convince Nagato to join them. White Zetsu appeared to be extremely trustworthy, obedient and loyal, being entrusted with Akatsuki's secrets and knowledge of Madara's Eye of the Moon Plan, which he believed to be beneficial to mankind. While he and Black Zetsu sometimes had differing opinions, the two halves were still able to function as a single entity. This was often conveyed in the anime through a higher-pitched voice. In the Japanese version of the manga, White Zetsu used kanji and kana regularly. Unlike Black Zetsu, White Zetsu, nicknamed "Chatterbox" ( 饒舌, Jōzetsu), was carefree and playful with a habit of teasing others, traits shared by his clone siblings. Zetsu later accompanied Obito to Amegakure to locate Nagato, who had unknowingly been given Madara's Rinnegan as a child, and watched as Obito introduced himself using Madara's identity. When Madara was on the verge of death, he imbued Black Zetsu into White Zetsu's right half, believing the former was a manifestation of his will. īlack Zetsu imbuing itself onto White Zetsu. When they returned to Madara, White Zetsu assured him that no one had seen them and relayed information on what had happened after the arrival of Konoha reinforcements, noting that Obito didn't kill Kakashi.
When the spiral-patterned Zetsu offered to help Obito by encasing himself around the young Uchiha in order to enable him to leave the cave, White Zetsu served to guide Obito telepathically with the information he received from other Zetsu stationed outside. When Obito's rehabilitation was near completion, White Zetsu returned to the base and informed Obito that Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara were being attacked by Kirigakure shinobi. Over time, the duo became friends with the young Uchiha. White Zetsu and other mutated humans were then tasked with intelligence gathering before he and a spiral-patterned Zetsu were entrusted with looking after the rehabilitating Obito Uchiha. After Madara Uchiha summoned the statue and cultivated Hashirama Senju's DNA into a large flowering tree, Black Zetsu removed White Zetsu and the other victims from inside the husk, leading Madara to believe they were artificial humans created by the statue's chakra and Hashirama's DNA. White Zetsu was originally one of the victims of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's Infinite Tsukuyomi, who was transformed after being tethered to the God Tree over the course of years and ultimately stored within the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. White Zetsu and Tobi overseeing Obito's rehabilitation. 6.10 Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation.6.9 Fourth Shinobi World War: Countdown.He was one of the first victims of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's Infinite Tsukuyomi, and was eventually pulled from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path by Black Zetsu, and infused with the DNA of Hashirama Senju by Madara Uchiha. White Zetsu ( 白ゼツ, Shiro Zetsu) was half of the Akatsuki member Zetsu ( ゼツ, Zetsu), the other being Black Zetsu. Naruto Jinraiden: The Day the Wolf Howled Chatterbox ( 饒舌, Jōzetsu, English TV: Wagging Tongue).