Jiraiya in “Unfinished Business”

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.