yea he was asome think there will be another ledendary sennin with naruto sakura, and sasuke (IF he returns to being good)?What you said about Itachi telling Kisame that they were no match against Jiraiya just to protect Konoha is a great insight; I never thought about that. I also give you credit for pointing out the fact Itachi could not dodge Kirin, but remember that Jiraiya could summon a nearly undestructible frog stomach, only defeated by Itachi's amaterasu for the first time. Jiraiya was a sennin; I am sure he could just pull out some powerful jutsu to counter Sasuke's Kirin, or he could just kill Sasuke before he even uses it, instead of letting the battle drag on like Itachi did because he never meant to kill his opponent. Also, I still think Jiraiya was able to pownd both Itachi and Kisame. Don't get me wrong, Itachi is my favorite character, But the pervy sage was just freaking awesome...
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