Hmmmm... I see where you're coming from. For me, I picture Icha, Icha as much more traditionally romancy-novely, only with lots of sex, so rather strongly heternormative.

I do, too. It's something about him reading it in public, I think. Like you said, it's just kind of a vibe I get. I don't ship him yaoi, and I don't think he's at all gay, I just think it's something he might have done at some point in his life.

I could so see Jiraiya doing a guy.