Jiraiya (Naruto)

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Jiraiya is a male anime and manga character who features in Naruto.

Biography

Origin

Jiraiya (自来也) was a male human born in the village of Konohagakure in the Ninja World.

Under his sensei Hiruzen Sarutobi, he was assigned to a team that included Tsunade and Orochimaru where they took part in the bell test. Despite his attempts, he failed at catching the bell with him being left tied to a wooden post whilst his team mates had succeeded in the task.

He continued his tracking Orochimaru where he came to learn of a secret organization known as the Akatsuki though did not know much beyond them except that they intended to claim the power of the Tailed Beasts.

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He then visited the Konoha Hot Springs in order to spy on the women bathing there when he was discovered by Ebisu who was unaware that this was Jiraiya there. Ebisu attempted to stop and reprimand the man which was when Jiraiya summoned a toad to knock the trainer out for interfering with his 'research'. The fight drew the attention of Naruto Uzumaki who was amazed at the man's skill and was determined to be trained by him. Jiraiya though had no interest in taking a student but Naruto used his Sexy Technique in order to convince him otherwise with the Toad Sage eagerly agreeing to take him on as a pupil.

After the funeral, he was approached by the village elders who were looking to appoint the next Hokage and decided to appoint Jiraiya for the role. However, he refused but instead suggested that a better candidate was Tsunade with him stating that he would seek her out and bring her back to the village. Before departing, he decided to take Naruto with him as he had become impressed by the boy and wanted to continue his training. Upon arriving at a town, a beautiful woman attracted Jiraiya who sent Naruto to train in his room at their lodging. Whilst separated, two of the Akatsuki named Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki went to the lodging to kidnap Naruto but their plan was thwarted by the arrival of Jiraiya who had learnt that the woman was a distraction made by the pair to separate him from his student. After the Akatsuki escaped, Jiraiya continued his training of Naruto as they arrived in a town to conduct their search for Tsunade.

He quickly determined that Tsunade had already been in contact with Orochimaru and was offered some deal by him. However, Jiraiya was unsure about their negotiations and he came to worry that Tsunade may had decided to accept the offer. He even warned her that if she allied with Orochimaru that he would have no option but to eliminate her. He came to inform her that Konogakure's elders had decided to make her the next Hokage but she refused as she believed the position was a fool's errand. This drew the ire of Naruto Uzumaki who was angered at how she dismissed the honour of being the Hokage. This led to Tsunade deciding to challenging the young Gennin to put him in his place where she easily overpowered him though she was surprised to see him use the Rasengan. She then made a wage where she gave Naruto a week to learn the Rasengan and if he failed then he had to admit that the Hokage was a fool's errand but if he learnt the jutsu then she would admit she was wrong. As part of the wager, she agreed to even bet her necklace to him with it being a valuable relic as it belonged to the First Hokage. In that week, Jiraiya decided to have a drink with Tsunade where she spiked his alcohol to cause him to fall unconscious and weaken his chakra as she intended to meet Orochimaru. Upon regaining consciousness, Jiraiya gathered Naruto and Shizune in order to stop Tsunade from accomplishing the deal. They came to find that Tsunade had decided to turn on Orochimaru after being inspired by Naruto where she attempted to kill her fellow Sannin but was nearly killed by his aide Kabuto Yakushi. This was only stopped by the arrival of Jiraiya and the others where he sought to fight Orochimaru. However, Tsunade's concoction had badly affected his ability to harness his chakra and impacted his ability to harness his own chakra for their fight.

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Overview

Personality and attributes

His talents led to him being referred to as the Toad Sage (蝦蟇仙人, Gama Sennin). Though his perverted nature led to him also being called the Perverted Hermit (エロ仙人, Ero-sennin, English TV: Pervy Sage). Alongside his team mates, he came to be regarded as one of the Sannin (伝説の三忍, Densetsu no Sannin, Literally meaning: Legendary Three Ninja).

He noted that Naruto reminded him a lot of the Fourth Hokage. When fighting Orochimaru, the two compared the qualities of Naruto and Sasuke where he remarked that there was little challenge in training the latter who was a prodigy. Instead, he wanted to train Naruto as he felt that the boy had the determination that was needed to become a shinobi.

Powers and abilities

Kisame and Itachi noted that Jiraiya was perhaps too strong for them to fight.

Among the techniques known to him included:

• Summoning: Toad Mouth Bind 寄せ・蝦蟇口縛り­, Kuchiyose: Gamaguchi Shibari) : a variation of the summoning technique where instead of manifesting a giant toad but rather called the oesophagus of the creature that manifested in the surroundings. This caused the surrounding environment to form as the flesh of a giant Mount Myōboku toad that he could use to gain an advantage over enemies. This included the formation of a wall of flesh in order to apprehend people and the walls could be used to absorb people into it.
• Rasengan (螺旋丸­, Rasengan) : a technique that was developed by Minato Namikaze with it described as being a difficult jutsu to master but was a powerful attack that was stronger than the Chidori.
• Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld (土遁・黄泉沼­, Doton: Yomi Numa) : Jiraiya was able to create a swamp by changing the ground beneath a target area into mud causing any foes to sink into it. The mud was infused with chakra to make it sticky in order to better ensnare targets and prevent escape. The size and depth of the swamp was determined by the users skill and their reserves of chakra.
• Needle Jizō (針地蔵­, Hari Jizō) : with his chakra, he was able to harden his hair and shape it into spikes that were as sharp as metallic weapons. This also caused his hair to grow long enough to cover his body serving as a kind of armour which Jiraiya could use to discourage attacks or impale enemies onto the spikes in close quarters.
• Hair Needle Senbon (毛針千本­ (Kebari Senbon) :
• Needle Hell (針地獄­, Hari Jigoku) :
• Big Ball Rasengan (大玉螺旋丸­, Ōdama Rasengan) :

He was able to see a cursed seal by Orochimaru that was placed on Naruto which disrupted the boy's ability to effectively use his chakra. Jiraiya described the seal as crude and was shown to be able to break it with a physical strike involving chakra.

Notes

• Jiraiya was created by Masashi Kishimoto where he featured in the setting of Naruto.

In other media

Video games

Appearances

• Naruto:

External Links

• Naruto Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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