The Tale of Jiraiya the Gallant

Struck by how one of the bodies mirrors Yahiko, Jiraiya puzzles over whether Pain is Yahiko or Nagato and why six Rinnegan share one purpose, but the enemy answers only that they are the Six Paths and press their attack. He snares the Animal Path in a toad-gourd barrier and drives a Rasengan into it, though the dying Path pierces his arm and chest first. Reaching the surface, Jiraiya studies each face, realizes he has crossed paths with all of them before, and deduces the truth. Before he can pass it on, the Paths crush his throat and run him through. Dying, he relives being turned down by Tsunade, his failure to save Orochimaru, and his tender memories of Minato and Kushina naming their son after the hero of his book. Refusing to quit as his student never would, he clings to life long enough to etch a coded message onto Fukasaku's back before sinking beneath the water.

Jiraiya identifies Pain and uses his Finger Carving Seal to record the clue on Fukasaku, who escapes as Jiraiya drowns. In his final thoughts he names Naruto the true Child of the Prophecy and imagines a sequel called The Tale of Naruto Uzumaki. Back in Konoha, Tsunade watches a river and notices a frog, while Naruto, running through the forest, halts as he feels a hand on his shoulder, a light shining down on him unnoticed.

Shippūden episode 133 covers chapters 380 through 383 within the Tale of Jiraiya the Gallant arc. It premiered in Japan on October 29, 2009, and in English on July 10, 2012, using Sign as its opening and It Was You as its ending. The title nods to the Japanese folktale Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari, which Jiraiya references before he dies.