Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-36300243-20180723092044/@comment-3523655-20180910061506

Hawkeye2701 wrote: Kashin Koji might be Jiraiya. I say this simply on the basis that I spent literal years telling people Tobi is not Obito only for that very frickin' thing to happen and annoy the bejebus out of me. That aside, I will play devil's advocate and say why Kashin Koji might be Jiraiya, even in the face of opposing evidence.

Q. If Jiraiya is Kashin Koji, then it's bad writing.

This because it would undo everything that molded Naruto's beliefs. And sure, so did Obito's return, for Kakashi, but that's exactly the point: they did the obvious reveal once already. Making Jiraiya be Kashin Koji would bring only a repetition of the same exact story beats Kakashi had to go through once he found out Tobi was Obito (intially confused, then depressed, then guilty, then resolved to killing present Obito if it means standing by the words of past Obito, only to then have Obito redeem himself).

Pls refer to my first comment, the long one, which everyone seems to be ignoring btw, for details, but Jiraiya is basically the same chess piece as Obito on the chessboard of Naruto Shippuden, only he's on a different side.

Whilst Obito, once the dreamer, has been corrupted into becoming one of the figure-heads for the rationale/logic "let's make a genjutsu where everyone is mathematically bound to be happy" camp,

Jiraiya is one of the figure-heads for the "who needs an Infinite Tsukuyomi, when all that we need for a brighter future is for everyone to put aside their hate for one another and just not be d*cks to each other" camp.

The beats that would result from making Jiraiya survive, switch sides and be evil have already been done (with Obito, who, as I previously said, used to be on the dreamer camp) and as such would be unoriginal.

If you tell me he survived, somehow, then never told Naruto, instead retired and lived peacefully the rest of his days, then hey, I can totally see that happening. If you tell me he survived and became evil and is now part of a cult, sorry, but that' Obito all over again.

So no, it can't be Jiraiya, unless the quality of Boruto suddenly decides to drastically worsen. Yes, Kashin Koji being one of Jiraiya's students makes more sense, and even then, he'd have to be in his 40s - 50s. Then again, both surviving Sannin are supposed to be what, 60-70 years old, and see how young they look.