Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-35700339-20180527031815/@comment-734582-20180529052928

CaytoDragneel wrote: I know that Nagato fits the bill, but what critical selection did Jiraiya make to send him down the path he took? The critical selection is that he chose Naruto as the child of destiny over Nagato. Rather than run and hide once more, he chooses Naruto's mantra to never give up and never back down. Individually though, it was teaching Naruto the Rasengan and telling Nagato about pain.