User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 28: April 2014/@comment-112.198.90.127-20140508151705/@comment-7418318-20140508172141

I didn't really think about it, since I don't particularly like such comparisons.

But why would you equate Zeref, the strongest known Wizard and complete master of his own fate with Obito who was pretty much only a puppet unknowingly dancing to Madara's tune and just recently got a will of his own back?

Not to mention that he player barely and role in the current arc. If anything I'd put Marde = Madara, Kyouka = Obito and screw the gender diffrence, it's the role that counts!