Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-1926479-20180323224645/@comment-34757579-20180324222051

Vladosaurus wrote: It's not Jiraiya. First of all, Kashin Koji doesn't seem to be old, despite not being able to see underneath his mask. and Jiraiya would be circa 70 by this time.The other thing is that Kara wouldn't have been able to rescue him in time before completely drowning.Not to mention that he was severely wounded in th first place.And i really really doubt that Kara are able to just bring anybody who died back to life.And actually they wouldn't have been able to go undetected in the Rain Village and/or get close to the battle without being noticed.Jiraiya was a master of espionage and got picked up imediatly. Also back then (IF THEY ACTUALLY EXISTED BACK THEN) they most surly didn't have the technology to somehow go as far as underneath the ocean to rescue him. Not even Kabuto who at least had a lot of medical knowledge and skills wasn't able to do so.

And finally, why would Jiraiya hide from Naruto and the village? If Jiraiya would actually work for Kara, wouldn't it be logical for him to act as a secret agent for them and go back to the leaf? Naruto as Hokage and even Kakashi would've most likely value his opinions a lot since both view him as a mentor (especially Naruto) and nobody would've question his loyalty for a second. So it would've been great for Kara to have an agent being trusted in the most powerful village out of the 5.

If Kajin proves to have any ties whatsoever with Jiraiya it would be interesting to say the least, but surely they are not the same person.

We do not know the relationship between the Kara and the Akatsuki, assuming the Kara existed at that point, therefore we cannot assume they were enemies, and that Pain or Obito would have interrupted them, assuming they were attempting to retrieve and manipulate Jiraiya. We also cannot assume there is no way they could have got him from the bottom of the ocean just because Kabuto couldn't have done it. We know the extent of Kabuto's abilities, however we do not know the extent of the leader of the Kara's abilities. It is still incredibly far fetched to assume Kashin Koji is Jiraiya at this point in time, and we'll have to wait about a year or two before we get any actual confirmation, unless they flat out confirm earlier Kashin Koji's identity, if he's even hiding one.