#Shippuuden ep174: how does it feel to have the person whose ideals you abandoned believe in you even in death? #anime 

Maybe it's my soft spot for Jiraiya, but this episode really touched me. It had to sting Pain to see what had passed him by. He had strayed from the path Jiraiya had set down for him. And now Naruto is walking that path right through him. No doubt, the end of the arc is here.