Orochimaru is untenable evil incarnate. There was no closure prospect with him.
I wonder how Jiraiya menaged to learn SageMode but Orochimaru couldnt
He didn't learn it fully. He requires assistance from Ma and Pa. Maybe the snakes wont offer such assistance hehe
I believe Oro's body changings may play a part in him not having it also
I don’t think it was the same situation. Orochimaru wasn’t suffering the same lost identity and lack of pathway as Sasuke. He knew exactly what he wanted and why, it just didn’t end up being in line with goodness.
Also, it was heavily implied, as well as shown by feats, that Orochimaru is in a different class than Jiraiya and Tsunade. I don’t think Kishimoto ever meant to imply that either of them could truly oppose Orochimaru, who was portrayed to be the one who surpassed his teacher.
No I'm disappointed that jiraya didn't have any offsprings and pissed that oro didn't just make a artificial offspring of his best friend....
Spoiler from Boruto:
I'd bet everything that Kashin Koji is Jiraiya's Son
Though it would be interesting for them (Orochimaru and Jiraiya) to meet.... I wonder..why doesn't Orochimaru create another artificial being and then use Edo tensei on him to revive someone from the past, just so he could talk to them?![]()
I dunno why he didn't do that with his parents (I wanna see them SO BAD), I mean meeting them would have changed him a lot.![]()
I don't want to see Jiraiya get solo'd tbh. Anyway there's a possibility KK is Jiraiya (because of Kodachi's shit writing) so they may have a showdown in the future.