Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-33953813-20171226015659/@comment-33953813-20180114182950

Thekillman wrote: Gagua2028 wrote: You know orochimaru's hunger for knowledge and discovering new things. If he had seen Nagato's eyes, he would surely be interested in finding more about them It was believed to be nothing more than a mutation, IE just a coloration of the eyes. Orochimaru has no interest in such cosmetic appearances.

Where is that implied in the series that his eyes were considered mutation? Anyways, it would anyways look completely suspicious to orochimaru for a war orphan to get a mutation for "cosmetic appearances"

Leaving that aside, I REALLY have a hard time believing that orochimaru wouldn't know anything about the Rinnegan since jiraiya knew about it. I mean come on, we know jiraiya wasn't dumb but orochimaru researched about MANY things more than jiraiya while jiraiya was busy doing the pervy stuff. And while jiraiya knew a little about the Rinnegan, it should be obvious that orochimaru should also know at least something about the Rinnegan. Even shizune knew a little about the Rinnegan!