Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31672013-20180826005107

Just wanted to clear up some misconceptions that I find are pretty common whenever discussions about Jiraiya pop up. He's my absolute favorite character in Naruto due to his versatility and well rounded character design.

There's a small detail that people seem to miss. Had some confusion on it myself the first time I saw his fight with pain-  the cinematography is partially to blame, even though overall I think this is a beautiful fight. Also due to sage mode being revealed without us being told the pre-requisites. But Jiraiya isn't actually able to gather natural energy while moving. He hid himself away and gathered nature energy while having his shadow clones lead Nagato on a wild goose hunt.

Now we as the viewer become confused upon learning that one must be still to enter sage mode- " but Jiraiya was clearly hopping all around and even using jutsu while supposedly gathering nature energy" some argue. But this is actually a two-fold ploy, a testament to Jiraiya's skill as a strategist. The shadow clones direct Nagato and the summons away from the real Jiraiya, and he also has them take the nature energy gathering pose to take advantage of Nagato's ignorance of how sage mode works. For all nagato knows, Jiraiya IS simultaneously fighting and entering sage mode.

We see the real Jiraiya reveal himself, standing perfectly still atop Gamaken as he bashes the Rhino. He then activates sage mode as the Ox charges him. I think Kishi realized he could have done more to explain what was going on here, leading to his admittedly painstaking recap ( through fukasaku) of naruto's rasenshuriken transformation decoy during his fight with pain. Wanted to make sure everyone was crystal clear about what was happening this time.  