The Real Choice!!
(本当の選択!!, Hontō no Sentaku!!)
Chapter Info
Volume	42
Previous	The True Identity…!!
Chapter	382
Next	The Final Chapter, and…!!
Arc	Itachi Pursuit Arc
Anime	Naruto Shippūden #128, Naruto Shippūden #133
Debut
Characters Kushina Uzumaki
Jutsu Finger Carving Seal
Tools The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi

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

Summary Edit

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.