Jiraiya (Naruto)

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Modèle:Infobox animanga character Modèle:Nihongo is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto created by Masashi Kishimoto.

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1 Creation and conception
2 Character attributes
3 Plot overview
4 Appearances in other media
5 See also
6 Sources
7 References

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Creation and conception

"Jiraiya" means "coming by oneself" which is a description of his personality; quietly appearing and disappearing from Konoha at any time. The kanji on his forehead protector (油, Abura) means "oil", which can point to his oil spitting for ninjutsu.

Jiraiya is named after the character of the same name from Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari (児雷也豪傑物語, "The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya").<ref name="NarutoCentralInterview"> Masashi Kishimoto Interview - Naruto Information

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. Retrieved on 2007-11-12. </ref> The Jiraiya in this story excelled in summoning a giant toad (the toad itself was sometimes called "Jiraiya") and toad magic. In that story, Jiraiya and Tsunade were a married couple. There, his name is written as "児雷也" meaning "Young Thunder" which in turn comes from the name Garaiya (我来也, "I came") from the Chinese story Kaishi (諧史).

Masashi Kishimoto originally planned to draw Jiraiya with a different design and with a different style of hair. He also intended for Jiraiya to summon Toads that were of a similar size to humans. However, this idea was deemed a failure.<ref>Naruto First Official Data Book, page 246</ref>

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Character attributes

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Background

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Jiraiya's Genin team with Minato and two unknown members.

As a child, Jiraiya and his former teammates, Orochimaru and Tsunade, were students of the Third Hokage. After leaving the Third's tutelage, he traveled the world and discovered the residence of the toads, who trained him to call upon them in battle. During this time a prophecy concerning Jiraiya was told, dictating that he would travel the world while writing a book and meet a child who would either revolutionize or destroy the world. During his travels, Jiraiya and his former teammates fought with Hanzo, who rewarded their ability to survive his attacks through the title of Modèle:Nihongo. Soon after this Jiraiya met Nagato, a boy he believed to be the child from the prophecy. Jiraiya trained Nagato and his friends, hoping to steer the boy down the path of good before returning to Konoha.

Upon his return, Jiraiya became the sensei of Minato Namikaze and two other unknown Genin. Years later, when Orochimaru betrayed Konoha and fled the village, Jiraiya pursued him, trying to convince his friend to come back. He failed in his attempt and resumed his travels of the world, wanting to follow Orochimaru's movements as well as the organization Orochimaru eventually joined, Akatsuki. Sometime around this time, Jiraiya was made the godfather of Naruto Uzumaki by Minato and Kushina Uzumaki because they decided to name him after the lead character in Jiraiya's first book.

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Personality

Despite the fact that he periodically leaves Konoha, Jiraiya has maintained a strong allegiance with his hometown. During Orochimaru's invasion of Konoha, he helps fend off the invading forces in order to protect the village. When Konoha finds itself in need of a new Hokage after the Third Hokage's death, Jiraiya volunteers to look for Tsunade so that she can become the Third's successor. He turns down the position himself, believing he is too weak for the title due to his inability to have saved the Third or Fourth from death. After he finds Tsunade and begins to suspect that she may be assisting Orochimaru, he makes it clear that he will kill her if she betrays the village. Tsunade ultimately turns out to be loyal to Konoha, and Jiraiya joins her in attempting to defeat Orochimaru.

Jiraiya is a self-proclaimed super-pervert with no equal and a frequent voyeur, going so far as to create the Modèle:Nihongo to allow him to spy on naked women without being caught (doing "research" as he calls it). He never actually hides his perversion and even seems proud of it, as seen when he told the Third Hokage about it when he was still a child. Despite this, Jiraiya doesn't like being called Modèle:Nihongo by Naruto in front of others. His perversion has been used against him on occasion, as seen when two Akatsuki members use a hypnotized woman to draw him away from Naruto. While their effort initially succeeds, Jiraiya eventually sees through their plot due solely to the fact that women do not typically express interest in him. His peeping habits have also caused him great injury on one occasion; when caught spying on Tsunade in his younger years, she proceeded to break both of his arms, six of his ribs, and ruptured a number of organs as punishment.

During his travels, Jiraiya began to write a number of books. His first book, a sort of autobiography about a character named "Naruto," found little success. To improve the sales, he wrote a book based on his experiences in love, which came to be known as Modèle:Nihongo. The book proved an instant success and has since spawned a number of sequels. The popularity of the Icha Icha series seems to have paid off well, as Jiraiya's checkbook reveals that he is fairly wealthy (Naruto exclaims that there are quite a few zeros at the end). Despite his wealth, Jiraiya is not above taking Naruto's money and spending it on sake and women.

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Abilities

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Jiraiya in "Sage Mode"

Jiraiya is known as the Modèle:Nihongo due to his utilization of a number of toad-related jutsu. Many typically deal with summoning toads, and he has risen to a level of ability that allows him to summon Gamabunta. He can even summon the nearly indestructible esophagus of a great, fire-breathing toad with Modèle:Nihongo. Once the jutsu has been used to cover the area, Jiraiya can control it as he pleases and use it to trap most ninja. In desperate situations, Jiraiya is able to switch into a Modèle:Nihongo. Because he has not yet learned how to utilize the mode by himself, he must summon two elder toads to assist him, who further aid him by contributing their own techniques to a battle. Despite the advantages the form allows him, it gives him webbed-hands and a number of warts, and thus he dislikes using the form since his new look scares away girls.

In addition to calling upon toads for aid in battle, Jiraiya has a number of jutsu he can use independently. He uses Modèle:Nihongo to create a large swampland under a target that is capable of completely engulfing them. He can spit either fire or oil from his mouth, allowing him to burn or drench opponents as he pleases. Jiraiya has also been shown to use his hair for jutsu, and can grow and sharpen it to surround him as a shield, protecting him from harm and injuring attackers, or use it to bind and impale opponents. His Modèle:Nihongo allows him to merge with the shadows of others, and through this he is able to take complete control of their body. Jiraiya was taught how to use the Rasengan by Minato, and has since developed a variant called Modèle:Nihongo, though its capabilities are currently unknown. He is, however, not suited for genjutsu, and thus cannot effectively utilize it in battle.

Jiraiya has been shown to be very knowledgeable with sealing jutsu, and has used a number of them throughout the series. When first meeting Naruto, he quickly deduces that the seal on Naruto's stomach keeps the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox sealed within him though also allows its chakra to mix with his own. He later creates a method of suppressing the demon fox's influence over Naruto through the Modèle:Nihongo, which activates by simply coming into contact with Naruto's body. In addition, he can utilize the Modèle:Nihongo to contain a fire within a scroll for future study.

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Plot overview

Jiraiya's initial usage of his title as Naruto's godfather consists of instructing him on how to better utilize the demon fox's chakra and teaching him a number of his father's techniques. Jiraiya later takes Naruto with him at the end of Part I for two-and-a-half years of training to help him better face the challenges that await him in Part II. During this time he tries to give Naruto more access to the demon fox's chakra by using the key to the seal left to him by Minato, though only injures himself and weakens the seal in the process.

The appearances of Jiraiya that are not a result of his time with Naruto are when he reports to Konoha about the information he has gained on Akatsuki and Orochimaru. After finding a lead on the Akatsuki leader, Pain, Jiraiya goes to Amegakure to investigate. Soon after he arrives he learns that Pain singlehandedly killed Hanzo, the ninja that he and the other Legendary Ninja could not defeat. As such, before going to confront Pain, Jiraiya makes plans to transfer the key of the demon fox to Naruto in the event that something should happen to him. Upon meeting Pain he recognizes him as his former student Nagato. Disappointed that the child in the prophecy took the path to the world's destruction, Jiraiya battles with him. Entering Sage Mode, Jiraiya is barely able to keep up with Pain, only able to temporarily disable three of Pain's bodies with the help of his elder toads. Once Pain is revealed to have six bodies in total, each of which once belonged to a ninja Jiraiya met in his travels, Jiraiya realizes the truth behind Pain. Outnumbered, the six bring Jiraiya to the verge of death, leaving him unable to move or speak, although Jiraiya is able to bring down one of Pain's bodies in the process. Remembering Naruto's ninja way, he does what little he can, transfering the secret of Pain to one of the elder toads, realizing that Naruto is the child foretold in the prophecy, not Nagato. As the Pains try to capture the toad, Jiraiya sinks, dying, into the watery depths of their battlefield. Finally laying down his pen, he titles his greatest book yet, "The Tale of Uzumaki Naruto!".

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Appearances in other media

In the first game of the Ultimate Ninja series he only appears as a support to Naruto during his special techniques. Since Ultimate Ninja 2 he is an available character and has been given variations of the Rasengan, fire techniques and toads summoning techniques.

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