Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26958911-20151010214426/@comment-26127155-20151017213655

@BakumatsuWarrior

Jiraiya is one of my favourite characters in the series but he simply hasn't shown any speed feats which show he would definitely be able to dodge Itachi's sword.

In Naruto just because a creature is large and looks awkward, doesn't show that it is slow at all. A lot of characters (and especially summons) are much faster than they appear (I was estimating the speed based off snakes of a similar size).

Orochimaru also had plently of time to prepare to dodge the Totsuka sword. He was able to comment about how he recognised the Totsuka sword, and the Yata mirror (He should have been preparing to counter these weapons he sought over so much).

I am not saying that the Totsuka blade is unavoidable, I am just stating that a character like Jiraiya could be stabbed by it because he is not fast enough to dodge the attack (especially if he doesn't see it coming).