Opinions are Opinions but you're very rustled thinking Jiraiya could handle pain when Pain killed him(where your fail retort starts) while conveniently leaving out/disregarding He(of his own accord) "infiltrated" just to prove he could as he did at whim... as a show/message to the Hokage and elders that he can arrive at any time so they better protect Sasuke.. And to share Intel on akatsuki plans to come for naruto... Stop making it seem like he was on a mission to really take the kyuubi and showed up on some pain shit or even was supposed to... Also the Fight was going to be drug out if they played with Gai, as Kakashi was already done for sooo tf u mean? Tbh you shouldn't have quoted that since I clearly mentioned what you say I "conveniently" left out yet you can't deny why he was there without killing into so of course he wouldn't infiltrate guns blazing... he did exactly what he came for plus negged a few fodder while staying true to his mission of protecting the leaf and his brother most importantly...
So by your logic Itachi(epitome of calm incarnate) was scared and when he clearly could've blasted Jiraiya who has no counter or knowledge/experience with Amaterasu or any of his many blitzes... chose to ran and deduce Intel of his organizations plans out of fear??
Itachi was leagues ahead of shishui upon his passing... he'd already did MAJOR work: academy, soloed chuunin exams, even anbu/root captain out shining killer/butthurt Kakashi.. shishui wasn't even his captain lol I wonder if shishui had hokage lvl intellect at 7... other than in shunsin... Lord Crow Stomps.. Danzo never tried to run down on him or the homie while he was around...
Opinions are fine but don't misconstrue opinions with Manga facts...





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