Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-32617252-20180624185603/@comment-35806245-20180709190054

The kind of of respect orochimaru showed was that of someone seeing powerful legendary figures. Orochimaru wasn't strong enough to even attain sage mode unlike jiraiya who had it despite being incomplete was extremely powerful. Jiraiya was more a powerhouse in base form while Orochi was the prodigious intellect who was a guy of sneak attacks.Dude you seem to underestimate sage mode, it is in a whole other level and orochi always dreamt about it but couldn't get. No matter what you say orochi isn't a powerhouse but cunning and we all know jiraiya can also be cunning since he's like one of the best spy masters ever.