Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1783334-20200311154455/@comment-24824859-20200312044755

"Somewhat"? It should perfectly make sense now since Jiraiya's throat being crushed meant he couldn't communicate Pain's secret verbally. Thus, he wouldn't be able to speak to Nagato in the afterlife. So the joke is it seemed he was mad at Nagato but in reality, he couldn't speak. I understand the joke, it just that it's based on a faulty premise. Jiraiya would be able to speak in the afterlife since his soul safely passed into the afterlife.