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

Is Jiraiya really dead? Yes, and no. Jiraiya did actually die after the fight against paint, and his soul did reach to Naruto. However, resurrect by anymean is no strange thing to see in Naruto, and the thing use to resurrect/heal Jiraiya this time, is surely not edo tensei or rinne rebirth, but it could surely link to KARA.

Kabuto cant reach Jiraiya corp at the bottom of the sea. Yes, that actually happen, but to use edo tensei, there no need to be the corps, all needed is DNA of the victim, and for someone as Kabuto, im surely he had Jiraiya's DNA, like hair or anything close due to how long Jiraiya lived, so what really happened is Kabuto tried to resurrect Jiraiya, but he cant, then, he try to find Jiraiya's corp, but couldnt find it. Remember, "At the bottom of the sea where noone can reach it" is the result of Kabuto trying to resurrect Jiraiya, not the progress of it.

Wearing mask to hide identity. Obito->Tobi, Haku. It not random that Koji Kashin is the only person wear mask in KARA, just like it not random that Tobi is the only one wear mask in Akatsuki. We have seen masked person before, that why they have to wear mask to hide indentity, not against their opponent, but against us, readers.

How KARA resurrect Jiraiya. This is the main point. In chapter 25, we can clearly know Kawaki has modified body (mechanically) that clear one point - KARA has someone genius at Orochimaru level or more, but at modify human body mechanically instead of biologically like Oro. That explain how can Jiraiya can be resurrected, he might be dead, or close to, but KARA reach him, and modify his body so he can live again. And this modify progress could remove Jiraiya's memory, or, could still keep it, but Jiraiya choose to stay at KARA to investigate and keep world safe, like how Itachi did before.

Im not mention more about how similar Koji Kashin to Jiraiya, since everyone know this theory already know that. 