Jiraiya quotes from Naruto: Shippūden

Jiraiya

But you can't expect a kid to appreciate great literature. People would kill for a copy. Hasn't even been released yet.

Jiraiya

Once you've been hurt you learn to hate. But if you hurt another you become hated and you shoulder a sense of guilt. But it is because one understands such pain that generosity towards others becomes second nature. That's what makes us human.

Jiraiya

[as he speaks he flashes back to their past] Don't let your guard down no matter who your opponent is. Nagato, you erred in your decision. I understand. Instead of trying to rule the world through pain, I wish you'd moved past it and used your power to create peace in a positive way. For just a little while there I believed you were the one. Farewell Nagato.

Jiraiya

In the shinobi world it's not how you live but how you die. A shinobi's life is not measured by how they live, but rather it's measured by what they managed to accomplish before their death. Looking back, my life has really been full of nothing but failure. Continually rejected by Tsunade, unable to stop my friend, and unable to protect either my student or my mentor. Compared to the great deeds of the Hokage, my actions are trifling, insignificant things indeed. I wish I could have died like each of the Hokage. A tale is only as good as its final turn of events, the plot twist. And mistakes are an important part of the plot too. I lived my entire life always believing that the lessons I've learned are what honed me. I swore that I would accomplish a deed so great it would obliterate all my failures. I'd die a splendid shinobi.

Jiraiya

Flooded with anger, I cry tears of blood! The hermit of the legendary sannin! The toad sage of the mysterious Myoboku Mountain! The great Jiraiya!

Jiraiya

[In a letter] Tsunade, a person grows up when he's able to overcome hardships. Protection is important, but there are some things that a person must learn on his own.

Jiraiya

[to younger Kakashi] You know, people should talk to others everyday even if its a small talk otherwise their hearts will grow dark and serious. Talking to others builds bonds, and makes you feel grateful that you're alive. That's the kind of creatures we humans are.

Naruto

This takes me back! This place hasn't changed a bit! I'm home, everyone! Naruto Uzumaki has returned to the Hidden Leaf Village! I'm feeling so nostalgic now. [Looks at the mountain carved with the faces of the Hokages] They added Grandma Tsunade's face up there.

Sakura

Is it really him?

Konohamaru

Looks like.

Sakura

Naruto? Naruto is that you? When did you get back to the village Naruto?

Naruto

Just now. Long time no see, huh Sakura?

Sakura

Wait a minute. You've gotten taller than me haven't you?

Naruto

Yeah I guess I have.

Sakura

He seems more grown up since the last time I saw him. So what do you think? Do I seem more like a woman to you now?

Naruto

You kidding? Not really. You haven't changed at all! [Sakura twitches, then turns away]

Jiraiya

Smooth kid. Could you be any more oblivious?

Konohamaru

[using the Sexy Jutsu] Hey Naruto! Sexy jutsu! How was that? Not bad in the curves department there huh?

Naruto

Konohamaru, I'm not that scrawny little kid anymore. And you shouldn't be using jutsu like that either. It's beneath you.

Sakura

[thinking] Well, I'll be. It's not just the outside that's changed. I kinda missed the old Naruto, but you've turned out pretty well, haven't you? You really have become amazing, Naruto. Knowing you, I bet you've got a slew of incredible jutsu to show us.

Naruto

[drops his serious look] I mean come on Konohamaru! Is that all you've got? Now step aside and get a load of my brand spanking new pervy ninjutsu!

Sakura

[smiling] Right, like a new pervy ninjutsu...

Naruto

Here we go!

Sakura

[punching Naruto] Are you kidding me?! What the heck is wrong with you, you pervy little doofus? We don't see each other for over 2 years and you've got the nerve to pull off a stunt like that? Do you have any idea how that makes me feel? Do you?

Jiraiya

[thinking] That quick temper and monster strength. You've raised a Tsunade Jr.

Kakashi

So looks like the Fifth Hokage has been teaching Sakura more than just medical ninjutsu.

Jiraiya

That same quick temper and monster strength. Tsunade's turned Sakura into a mirror image of herself.

Sakura

Kakashi Sensei, found you didn't I?

Naruto

I really should stop acting like such an idiot when I'm around Sakura. If I don't she's gonna kill me.

Tsunade

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction isn't it? I never imagined Orochimaru would die. Remember how the three of us would go up against the Third Hokage?

Jiraiya

And now flat as a board Tsunade has become the big bosomed Hokage. Ah, times have changed and always will. You were so beautiful back then and now you're a 50 something granny. But it does pain me to see how you hold the memories of your lost friends and loved ones inside that ample bosom of yours. As you know the numbers will continue to rise. Well then we'll just have to keep our emotions in check. The job that we must give to ourselves now is to set examples and help the next generation, Tsunade. To achieve that I'd gladly risk my life. Wisdom is the one thing that makes growing old worth it.

Tsunade

The Akatsuki, if its leader is in control of such a powerful group then how strong is he, I wonder? Jiraiya, this mission of yours will take you right into the lion's den.

Jiraiya

Well then I think I better get going.

Tsunade

Please come back alive Jiraiya. If I were to lose you too, then I... I don't know.

Jiraiya

Are you saying you'd cry for me? I'm glad to hear it. But I doubt it'll be like the time that Dan died, right?

Tsunade

You idiot!

Jiraiya

Say how about you make a bet with me? You gamble everything on me dying. After all Tsunade, you always lose your bets, isn't that right? Promise me if I actually do manage to make it back alive... [acts like he's about to confess his feelings] I'm only kidding Tsunade! You know I'm grateful to you. Rejection makes a man stronger. I believe that you can't call yourself a real man unless you can laugh off all the bad stuff that happens to you, or at least use it as writing material.

Tsunade

So a man's only job is to be strong?

Jiraiya

Kind of but that isn't the entire story. Basically the pursuit of happiness isn't for us.

Tsunade

Stop trying to act cool. If there weren't any women around, there would be no rejection either.

Tsunade

Minato Namikaze. Naruto's just like him.

Jiraiya

Minato was a once in a generation genius. There won't be another like him ever. He was kind and gentle, yet fierce and full of grit. He became our fourth Hokage in the blink of an eye. Now I've never been a parent before, so I don't know all that much about these kinds of things. But if he'd been my son, I'd be very proud.

Tsunade

Now that you mention it Naruto may not be like him after all. He's not the kind of child you boast about. He's the kind whose mischief you'd try to cover up. No I would say Naruto is more like his mother was.

Jiraiya

Wasn't she a kunoichi from the Land of Eddies?

Tsunade

That's right. His personality is exactly like Kushina Uzumaki's.

Jiraiya

That's right, I had forgotten her name! She was a chatty red haired little rascal, and she was quite a tomboy as I remember.

Tsunade

She was that, but she grew up to be a real beauty. But Naruto does look a lot like his father.

Jiraiya

Yeah when I look at Naruto I see a lot of his father. Although to me it feels as though I'm looking at my very own grandson.

Minato

Every chapter reads like one of the numerous legendary exploits you told me about. It's like it's almost autobiographical.

Jiraiya

Yeah but it didn't sell at all. Four my next one I think I'll add some spicy elements to pep it up.

Minato

The main character here, I thought his determination to never give up was pretty awesome. He's actually quite a lot like you, Sensei.

Jiraiya

Yeah, you think so?

Minato

So I was thinking. I really hope my soon to be born child can become an amazing Shinobi just like the main character in your book! So that's why I'd like to ask your permission to name my son after him.

Jiraiya

You what? Are you sure about this? I mean I randomly came with it while eating ramen.

Kushina

[enters the room, pregnant] Naruto... I think it's a wonderful name.

Jiraiya

Kushina. Wow so would that make me his godfather then? Are you really sure you're sure about this?

Minato

You're my sensei Jiraiya. You're a great ninja who possesses true talent. There's no one else like you in the whole world.

Konan

Way back then you should have done what Orochimaru suggested. Isn't that what you're thinking now? [flashes back to his words] Back then you saved the three of us from that fate instead. But it's too late now. We wholeheartedly embraced his ideology and we have now made our move.

Jiraiya

I have no regrets about letting the three of you live, no matter how this may end. I'm just very sad. The reason I taught you all ninjutsu was to enable you to survive those harsh times. You were all undoubtedly my students and I know the world is a cruel place, but to attack me without even so much as a greeting, well that's just too sad. For a few years after our time together I heard your names mentioned here and there. You made a reputation for yourselves, fighting for hire in a few conflicts, but then...

Konan

You know nothing about what happened to us afterward, sensei.

Jiraiya

No I don't, that's quite apparent. But why all this stuff with the Akatsuki? What the Akatsuki is doing now is simply wrong!

Pain

[arriving] This is what I thought through on my own. And that is that... Jiraiya-sensei.

Jiraiya

Well your appearance has changed quite a bit, but those eyes... [flashes back to the Rinnegan's awakening] So I guess you're the one who became Pain... Nagato. It appears you've strayed from the path of goodness. What HAPPENED to you?

You don't need to know. After all you're just an outsider.

Pain

Nothing happened. Nothing except for the war. Too many people died in this land. All that pain forced me to grow up.

Jiraiya

What does that mean?

Pain

That even ignorant, foolish children will grow up in the face of pain until their thoughts and beliefs are the same as adults.

Jiraiya

But abandoning one's love for his friends and fellow man? Is that really what it means to become an adult?

Pain

Oh sensei, you're still merely a man. However I, mired in endless Pain, have matured and become much more than a man.

Jiraiya

What are you saying?

Pain

Yes, I've grown from a man... to a god. And since I'm a god, all my words and thoughts have become absolute. Poor sensei, you're still human. It's not your fault if you don't understand what I'm saying.

Jiraiya

Have you really become that twisted?

Pain

Things that I couldn't see when I was human are clear to me now that I'm a god. And being a god, I realize there are things I can do which mortal men can never dream of. Or to put it more simply I have evolved beyond that.

Jiraiya

Just what are you planning to do?

Pain

At last I'm going to put an end to this senseless war riddled world. This will be my sacred deed.