Naruto Chapter 406

[XanBcoo]

As a fellow white guy

Oh dear...no one's told you, have they?

I'm not completely sold on the "page numbers" solution to Jiraiya's code. If it were 6 numbers, perhaps each number could refer to one of Pain's bodies. It's the 7th number that throws it off.

Though, this chapter hints heavily towards the page number theory, what with the "it's probably something someone close to Jiraiya would know about" thing. Kinda silly that half the internet has guessed the answer and even ninja "code breakers" are having a hard time with this. It's all about suspense with Kishimoto.

Or at least his ridiculous conception of it.

[Abdula]

Oh dear...no one's told you, have they?

I'm not completely sold on the "page numbers" solution to Jiraiya's code. If it were 6 numbers, perhaps each number could refer to one of Pain's bodies. It's the 7th number that throws it off.

Though, this chapter hints heavily towards the page number theory, what with the "it's probably something someone close to Jiraiya would know about" thing.

Well the seventh doesn't really throw it off since Jiraiya did suspect that there was a seventh, Nagato's original body, controlling the others from somewhere else. Even if Pein only has six bodies I don't think there being a seventh number disrupts anything.

Kinda silly that half the internet has guessed the answer and even ninja "code breakers" are having a hard time with this. It's all about suspense with Kishimoto.

Or at least his ridiculous conception of it.

You're not being serious right?

[XanBcoo]

Well the seventh doesn't really throw it off since Jiraiya did suspect that there was a seventh, Nagato's original body, controlling the others from somewhere else. Even if Pein only has six bodies I don't think there being a seventh number disrupts anything.

You're right. I had forgotten about Nagato's original body. I guess he could be out there acting as a puppet master somehow. At the very least, the bodies we saw before showed signs of having his memories. I wonder if the "identity" is any more complex than that. I hope it is.

You're not being serious right?

Of course I'm being serious. It's retarded that Kishimoto has to make his characters so stupid and oblivious just so he can create "suspense" and put off a revelation for another few chapters.

[poopdeville]

You're right. I had forgotten about Nagato's original body. I guess he could be out there acting as a puppet master somehow. At the very least, the bodies we saw before showed signs of having his memories. I wonder if the "identity" is any more complex than that. I hope it is.

This was discussed quite a bit before you started reading the manga. My theory is that Pein's Rinnegan is a genjutsu eye that allows each to send what he sees into the others, P2P style. Pein is 6 (or 7) master shinobi, with one mind and will, and so perfect teamwork.
Each of the bodies is probably a different elemental type. There is no puppet-master, exactly. Pein will live on, even if Nagato dies.

[Carnage]

Oh dear god, I've figured it out.

It's the one thing closest to any man:

the size of his dick.

I mean c'mon, who memorizes letters on page numbers in porno books?

Each number must be a different unit of measurement.