Expectations: will Naruto ever live up to?

[Yukimura]

And remember Naruto fights aren't really about sheer power or chakra capacity unless Naruto is actually involved. Non-Naruto fights are generally settled by technique matchups and wits. If Pein has some crazy super jutsu that does something really weird that Jiraya has no counter for then Jiraya will probably die, but Jiraya has tons of experience and insight so it'd have to be something really out there for him to be at a loss for what to do.

[dimitris127]

I don't think jiraya should die...maybe get heavily wounded and then someone come to the rescue...anyway the 4 hogake had been konohas yellow flash right so in terms of speed naruto doesn't even match up to him but in terms of raw power naruto is better due to his chakra level...so you see in some terms naruto is better than the fourth but in other terms the fourth is a lot better...what i mean is that every ninja has his own weakness and powers