Naruto: How Did Madara Prepare Obito As His Successor?

During his initial appearances in Naruto as a young shinobi under the tutelage of Minato Namikaze, Obito Uchiha harbored dreams of becoming Hokage, much like Naruto himself. The pair had many parallels in terms of their personalities, ideals, and the internal dynamics of the three-man squads they were part of. Where Obito always played second fiddle to the genius of Kakashi Hatake, Naruto endured a similar fate with Sasuke, who was a natural prodigy of the Uchiha clan. Obito was also helplessly in love with his teammate Rin Nohara, and Naruto expressed a similar admiration for Sakura Haruno at first, although he did not let it consume him as Obito did.