»ENTER THE NARUTO MANGA FOR FULL CHAPTER... Jiraiya is a grand-father too Naruto. Jiraiya provides Naruto with a bridge into the past and hashelped him mature greatly. Jiraiya has done his best to teach Naruto about woman, even thoughoutside of his book he knows very little. Jiraiya has taken steps to help Naruto mature like talking him to hot spring to spy on naked ladies. Jiraiya also provides Naruto with vital information abouthis origins and purpose in life. Jiraiya also tried his best to solve his 9-tails problem or at least make it easier to control, even though it was to no avail. Jiraiya, like Minato, he saw Naruto and his generation as the future and died trying to create a better world andlive like a true shinobi of the Leaf Village.
The most important quality held by Jiraiya that makes him a great father figure is his role as Naruto'steacher. Jiraiya was a great teacher who also thought Minato and provided Naruto the best education available. Jiraiya thought Naruto the Rasengan and also allowed him to sign the toad scroll. With the Rasengan Naruto was given his most powerful weapon and has been able to develop it and make it stronger. By signing the Frog scroll Naruto was able to increase his power greatly and received further training. Jiraiya also took Naruto on a two year training mission where he was able to mature, very similar to camping trips and fishing time with our fathers.