Because Manda had the best frog summoning beaten.
Because he can get out of it before any damage occurs.
Toad Mouth Bind, going Hydra Mode or summoning a giant snake, getting inside of it, and reverse summoning out.
Manda has already shown to be faster and smarter than Gamabunta when nothing was wrong with either of them. He is stronger than Gamabunta.
If he uses Toad Mouth Bind, or Dark Swamp, or something that doesn't seal them away, Orochimaru can de-summon them and re-summon them again. As Kabuto has shown with Deidara.
Orochimaru won. Because he got away.
And Jiraiya was not more handicapped :| Orochimaru couldn't use any Jutsu at all, he couldn't use his arms at all, and he was sick. He was literally handicapped.
Meanwhile Jiraiya's chakra reserves weren't as high as they usually are. You tell me who had it worse.
Really? One time, under particular circumstances, Manda outsmarted Bunta once? And that automatically makes him superior to every toad boss summon? And means he will win in every fight? Assault of water bullets + sword strikes to the head can finish Manda, plus Jiraiya's shown to be capable of summoning eight toads in one day, and he will surely be able to summon at least two or three boss toads to combat Manda and Orochimaru's other summons (especially since these snakes have proven to be rather weak.)
@Bold - same goes for Jiraiya. He can summon the giant stomach, then reverse summon out, then reverse summon the stomach back to Mt Myoboku - with Orochimaru inside.
Not seeing how Manda outsmarting Bunta once means that he is instantly superior to all toads,
for instance Gamakichi: who battled multiple Pain summons including Cerberus, most of which were stronger than Manda (oops, not supposed to mention this since it's a Part 2 feat.) I admit, Edo Tensei would be tricky but I don't see how it much affects Jiraiya seeing that the Edos attacks can be brushed off for the most part (Edos kept occupied by kage bunshins) and Jiraiya has shown skilled sealing jutsus even in Part 1, such as the writing down his own Fire Sealing Scroll, and mastery of the Five Elements Unseal. Jiraiya can keep Orochimaru occupied on his own for the most part so Orochimaru won't have time to focus on his Edos.
@Underline: you know damn well that fight is irrelevant, I would expect that someone who has a good understanding of the manga like you would know why.
Okay yeah, they were pretty much equally handicapped; but Orochimaru didn't really give up any significant jutsu along with his arms except Edo Tensei, seeing how most of his jutsu are capable of being performed without hand seals, and Kabuto summoned all Orochimaru's snakes for him so it was irrelevant that he couldn't form hand seals to summon snakes (the fight would have swiftly been ended had Orochimaru not had Kabuto there to beat up Tsunade and summon those snakes.) Jiraiya's chakra reserves were pitifully low and his reaction time (along with strength and speed) was slowed down by the drug.
Lol Part 1 does not make it clear. Itachi beats Jiraiya, my man. Itachi did not want to kill Jiraiya. They were on the same team. That whole scenario is irrelevant.
In fact Orochimaru straight up said he was always stronger than Jiraiya.
And in regards to your other post, the fact that you said his Katon was Juubi sized shows you are wanking the **** out of Jiraiya. It's nothing personal and I mean no offense if I am being offensive, but goddamn.
This. This is the most important part and the rest of my post shouldn't even matter because of this: This is a Part 1 list, and I specified there was only part 1 characters, feats, and
intel. Meaning we don't know that Itachi was the "good guy" yet, in Part 1 all we know is that Itachi was after Naruto and tortured Kakashi. The fact that Itachi was revealed to be a good guy was intel revealed by Obito later on. As of now, Jiraiya scared off both Itachi and Kisame, and Itachi admitted he was at or below Jiraiya's level - and Orochimaru already admitted inferiority to Itachi. Making it Jiraiya>Itachi>Orochimaru.
I meant to say bijuu, not juubi.
