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Iar Sensei wrote: Most likely stronger than Jiraiya. He had his illness when they met and at that point Itachi mentioned how they'd just both die in a stalemate. So without it, I could see Itachi overcoming him. You sure? I seem to recall that Itachi was talking about him and Kisame taking on Jiraiya at the same time.