this got me thinking naruto sage mode was op that he defeated pein, but why Jiraiya cant beat him? this shit doesnt make sense right?
i think there’s one factor why Jiraiya cant beat him.. its because things changed, he didnt expect it that pein was one of his students!
we know Jiraiya dont just take students like it was nothing.. all of his students think of him as their father figure, a friend they can ran too, and all of that, so in a way when he fought pein and when jiraiya knew it was his students who became pein, i think Jiraiya just wont be able to kill him, like no matter what he do he just cant.. remember the time when kakashi said the same thing about his students? when kakashi remembered what the third hokage felt when he fought orochimaru that it must be hard to do it.. what if Jiraiya cant do it at all like no mayter what he just cant?
jiraiya love his first students so much that he even wrote his first book because of him think about it he loves his students. like i dont think jiraiya would be able to kill one of his students who he emotionally attached to i dont think he has the guys to do that even for the village one fact that i think he wont its because he dont want to be a hokage.