Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-34938099-20180807075632

So, I've been wondering about this since quite a while. When Jiraiya was fighting Nagato ( Animal Path ), Jiraiya states that Nagato was only using Summoning Jutsu against him. Even though Nagato showed that he could use his normal Jutsu, via the 'Paths', like Rain Tiger At Will or Shadow Clone Jutsu ( In the Anime ). wouldn't it have been MUCH easier if Animal Path ( aka. Nagato ), had used his powerful Taijutsu skills and Ninjutsu that Jiraiya taught him against Jiraiya himself? 