Naruto Chapter 369: About Pain

**Update 9-17-07**

Summary: Jiraiya learns that Pain is regarded as a mysterious deity who single-handedly defeated Amagakure's leader and won the civil war. Meanwhile, Pain prepares to hunt the intruder and switches with one of the multiple 'copies' of himself.

SnowyOwl Says:

All I'z gots to say is, Jiraiya's in for a lot of Pain (bad pun completely intended. Sorry.)

That, and I was tickled by the young!Sannin flashback. How interesting that the title 'Sannin' was forced upon them rather than something that grew and adapted organically. I always thought it was a name Konohaians used to honor them, but I think that having the enemy acknowledge them speaks even more to their strength...although, it's slightly condescending too, since they took a new name in exchange for their lives. The power to name is the power to control, is it not? The characters are becoming ever the more complex.


I'm with Jiraiya: what is Pain? The organic, natural associations with him is giving way to the more cold and scientific. A mad scientist that experimented on himself? The product of a mad scientist? Will each of the clones have a specific ability and he'll have to switch himself out for different circumstances (unlikely, that would be highly inefficient) or will Jiraiya and co. have to beat Pain multiple times?

And is Naruto still standing in the clearing dumbfounded over that awkward confrontation with Itachi?

Witherwing writes:

Man these chapter titles are too ambiguous. heheh

I loved the sannin flashback as well. Something about the three of them fighting together really makes me happy. And it makes Orochimaru look so normal. I'd think that the enemy nameing them would be more of a way to mock them then to recognize them.

Jiraiya certainly stinks at intimidating people.
I'm going to turn you into a frog.
Did you hear me???
FROG
...
I go back to tickling you.

So we know that Pain controls the weather and has never lost a fight. But yet, he listens to Tobi. Why is that? And he's hero worshipped in this country. Could pose as a problem. Are we sure that those are clones? I just thought that all the Akatsuki slept in the same room...which would be a little weird. But Tobi's one of them. And one's fatter then the others. And there are six of them left but that wouldn't explain the quotation marks on 'Akatsuki.'