Jiraiya's Going To... Ero-Sennin Will Die?!

I can't believe it, but ever since Tsunade had that "last talk" with Jiraiya before he left to find Pain, I got a feeling something was going to happen to him. After seeing the last two episodes of Naruto Shippuden, it's actually going to happen?! It looks like Jiraiya has lost an arm in battle against one of the six paths of Pain and is going to die during the next episode. I don't like bringing bad news upon myself and seeing spoilers, but after looking up Jiraiya's death on Google, I came across the truth!

That's the problem with Manga. It's too ahead of the actual Anime series being aired on television, which means spoilers are everywhere on the net. That's why I try to avoid online forums that have discussions about Manga in pretty much ANY on-going Anime series. But apart from all that, I think Jiraiya's death in Naruto Shippuden was messed up. Of course Asuma's death was unexpected and sad too, but at least Asuma wasn't one of those characters in the story that strongly influence the plot or the main character. Jiraiya, on the other hand, has gotten quite a bit of airtime by training with Naruto and such.

But who knows? If you take a look at some of the forums, you'll see something about Pain's revival of Konoha shinobi. I didn't bother reading up on that too much, because of spoilers. However, I recall some people talking about the possibility of Jiraiya's revival!