In the real world, Jiraiya himself was dumbfounded. He had never expected his name to appear again—and for there to still be nothing but his name.
That would have been worse than not appearing at all.
Unable to complain, Jiraiya was utterly unable to complain.
He always felt that the Light Screen footage seemed maliciously biased against him, as if it were determined to stop him from becoming an idol because of the footage and then using that idol status to go out and pick up beautiful women.
Well, Jiraiya declared that this was slander. He was a man of culture. Even if he wrote indescribably erotic works, they were still cultural works, right?
Could the affairs of a literary man be called picking someone up? That was appreciating elegance, all right!
Well, there was no need to dwell on a certain Jiraiya's little thoughts. They were nothing worth mentioning.
As for everyone else, they were discussing the current situation.
"Have to admit, this Jiraiya really is an absolute background character. He's appeared twice with only his name shown, yet his status is clearly extraordinary."
"Exactly! The first time, they said he was one of the Legendary Sannin, and you could tell how strong he was from his partners, Tsunade and Orochimaru. The second time, he appeared directly in Naruto's memories. Just looking at Naruto's sad expression, you can tell how important Jiraiya was to him."
"Thinking about it carefully, Naruto was truly lonely and miserable as a child. If Jiraiya really gave him fatherly love, then Jiraiya's death must have been an unimaginably huge blow to him."
"Why was Naruto's life so tragic? He was obviously such a good person. He suffered so much as a child, and after finally obtaining what he wanted through constant effort as