Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20160721110047/@comment-28247797-20160722211356

For the most part Jiraiya, I mean c'mon. Pain said the battle against Jiraiya would've been a whole lot different if Jiraiya had knowledge about the Rinnegan. Itachi and Kisame also hesitated to fight him, sure Itachi was secretly good but I find the statement of them stalemating to not be far fetched to any extent. I highly doubt Pain/Nagato or Itachi/Kisame would say anything noteworthy about Tsunade or fear her in a fight. If Jiraiya can get SM off,considering he was able to do it again Pain (In which I'm sure we all could agree Pain >> Tsunade.) then he'd be able to transform and win unless Tsunade is able to outlast him with her durability/stamina since I'm not too sure about J-man's stamina. But he can output much more damage effectively than Tsunade can.

Also, Tsunade can hit Jiraiya for sure. He's not that fast either. Anyways, I'm leaning more towards Jiraiya seeing as though it's implied that Tsunade was the weakest out of the Sanin and he can dish more damage.