Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-30323490-20180122204034/@comment-7292165-20180122235241

This most certainly is an interesting fight. This won't be a stomp for either one them.

While Kakuzu is faster and more skilled in taijutsu than base Jiraiya, Jiraiya has his Needle Jizo to protect him from physical attacks, but I can bet that if Kakuzu were to use his Earth Grudge Fear, he would have more than enough power to bypass Needle Jizo.

Jiraiya could summon Gamabunta, but Kakuzu can release his masks, which do in fact have enough firepower to harm him. Do you not remember Kakuzu's wind mask destroying a large part of the forest? He can easily counter Jiraiya and Gamabunta's collaborative fire technique with his collaborative techniques.

Jiraiya could sink into Kakuzu's shadow to temporarily control him to commit suicide. However, as you know Kakuzu has four other hearts to replace the dead one with. Hopefully Jiraiya will notice this and will know that he'll need SM in order to defeat him. If Gamabunta can somehow manage to protect Jiraiya long enough so he can enter SM, then we'll have something. Jiraiya in Sage Mode will be much faster and physically stronger than Kakuzu. The power of his ninjutsu will also be increased. While I'm sure Kakuzu can deal with their collaborative efforts, I think Ma and Pa's Frog Call genjutsu will distract him long enough to finish him off. That is, however, if he they can have enough time charge up the jutsu.