Question for Naruto fans

[meganbmoore]

 So, I haven't followed Naruto in over a year, and I doubt I'll ever go back to it.  Not fond of Naruto himself, and I liked Sasuke initially, but that died off pretty well.  And...that was pretty much the whole series. That and fighting/power up sequences that put Bleach to shame.   Also, I could never figure out if the text or the fandom was harder on Sakura.  Maybe if it ever finishes.

But I do have a question regarding Jiraiya and Tsunade.  

So, I know Jiraiya is dead.  I'm largely unaffected by this because my main interest in him was Tsunade, which tends to happen a lot, with me, romantically or otherwise.  (That is, interest in a male character at least partly dependent on his relationship with a female character I like.  Yes, I remain a fandom freak in this regard.)

My main question is whether or not their full backstory has been revealed, and if they ever went beyond the obvious proto-Naruto/Sakura thing with them.  Because I always wondered if there was more to it than her being irritated with his Peeping Tom ways.

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

What does it say about me that this is about the only thing that makes me interested in reading Naruto again?

Unless he actually makes Kiba/Hinata canon, or gives Sakura a fair shake, but he'll never do either of those.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

That you have taste? Honestly, Tsunade/Jiraiya is one of the best relationships OF ANY KIND Kishimoto ever wrote, if not the best.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

It's the only one he wrote much of that I was big on. The others are pretty much only brief glimpses. And really, we mostly got to see a big chunk with them because it was Naruto bonding with her and the Orochimaru fight.