Originally posted by: Mut@t@
Originally posted by: asliceoftom
I dont know if this has been mentioned, but if youll watch the new intro, Orochimaru's arms are limp while riding the snake.

Just a thought.
he was just resting them.
Are you kidding, or is this something that is revealed the manga? (I don't read the manga myself, because I think that the anime is visually superior, and I don't want to spoil it for myself too much.)

As ?igma, -Sharingan-Kakashi-, ssjtaylan, tensai, asliceoftom, and Mut@t@ have all mentioned in this thread, there is a scene in the new intro in which it appears that Jaraiya (NOT Naruto) is on top of the frog boss fighting Ochimaru atop giant snakes.

What's interesting about this scene is that the snakes could be the ones summoned earlier in the attack, or they could be new ones summoned by Ochimaru. The latter would imply (particulary because Ochi is shown as having his arms immobilized when he's on the snakes) that he had found a way to perform the summoning without the use of his arms.

That seems unlikely to me, however. While it would not surprise me if, over a long period of time, Ochimaru figured out a way to do jutsu's without use of his arms or found a way to restore them, the scene in the intro looked to me as if it was still part of the same Sand/Sound Invasion battle.

This is all speculation, though, and only people who have read the manga and/or time can tell what the truth of the matter is. ;-)