Difference between revisions of "Kotaro"

* Along with Kotaro is a purple serpent named Orochi (meaning "big snake") that has an orange kunai pattern on its forehead.

* Along with Kotaro is a purple serpent named Orochi (meaning "big snake") that has an orange kunai pattern on its forehead.

** [[Jiraiya]]'s dislike for Kotaro may come from the fact that in his source material, ''Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari'' (The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya), he has an archenemy called [[Wikipedia:Orochimaru|Orochimaru]], who was one of his followers but was overtaken by serpent magic.

** [[Jiraiya]]'s dislike for Kotaro may come from the fact that in his source material, ''Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari'' (The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya), he has an archenemy called [[Wikipedia:Orochimaru|Orochimaru]], who was one of his followers but was overtaken by serpent magic.

* Kotaro has two appearances in the loading screens.  

* Kotaro has two appearances in the loading screens.  

** In the first one, he's seen bullying [[Jiraiya]] by using Orochimaru, with text that reads: "A frog caught by a snake" (ヘビににらまれたカエル)

** In the first one, he's seen bullying [[Jiraiya]] by using Orochimaru, with text that reads: "A frog caught by a snake" (ヘビににらまれたカエル)

** As well as another one with [[Hanuman]], which says (烈はこう). The kanji is usually a prefix, which makes the following kanji more "violent" (from fire, to conflagration, (火 going to 烈火) for example).  In the image, however, it looks as if both are practicing a hand posture for their Jutsu, which then, would translate to "this one is Retsu".

** As well as another one with [[Hanuman]], which says (烈はこう). The kanji is usually a prefix, which makes the following kanji more "violent" (from fire, to conflagration, (火 going to 烈火) for example).  In the image, however, it looks as if both are practicing a hand posture for their Jutsu, which then, would translate to "this one is Retsu".