The Real Choice!!

" The Real Choice!! " ( 本当の選択!! , Hontō no Sentaku!! , Viz: The True Choice!!) is chapter 382 of the original Naruto manga.

## Summary [ ]

Although he figures out who Pain is, Jiraiya can neither speak nor move. His life begins to fade and he reflects on the many failures of his life; his inability to protect the Third Hokage or Fourth Hokage ; his inability to save Orochimaru ; his inability to win the heart of Tsunade ; and, most sadly for him, his inability to die with honour. He then remembers how Naruto was named after the protagonist of his first book , making him Naruto's godfather. Since Naruto's nindō is to never give up, Jiraiya, as Naruto's teacher, decides that that should be his nindō too. He finds the energy to relay a message to Fukasaku , confident that Naruto will save the world.