Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1018594-20160409062530/@comment-27089028-20160811134943

Thekillman wrote: Marc Zaddy wrote: Problem being, unique marks become their own identifiers at some point. He wears it to show his connection with Mount Myōboku. yes. but remember that if he has a leaf headband, konoha gets blamed for what he does.

scratch the headband and he's marked rogue Exactly, and due to the dangerous nature of Jiraiya's work he wouldn't allow Konoha to take blame as he has proven to be fiercely loyal to the village even going so far as to tell Tsunade he'll kill her if she betrays the village. It's just the kind of man he was.