Because if you could, say, perform a summoning on someone you happen to know is taking a shower at that very moment I think I've found a whole new insight into what motivated Jiraiya to become a sage.

snrkhahaha. God I could so see him doing that too! I suspect that it's just a side effect of the summoning pact - sage can summon frogs, frogs can summon sage, makes sense because that contract they signed creates a bond. The frogs would hardly agree to the contract if it was completely one-way in favor of the sage, after all.

Spiffy volume, in any case. I'm very very much in love with the idea of Naruto's purity of purpose and idealism matched against Kyubi's cruel manipulative power and ultimately fusing into something stronger than each separately. Maybe we'll get to see Minato again too, if Naruto goes mucking around with the seal (*crosses fingers*). Kinda have to wonder just how much more power creep this manga can handle, though.