togashi going full throttle with the tserriednich antichrist allegations is throwing more fuel on the beyond-baby fire; after all, netero also has veryyy strong religious imagery tied to him--albeit, buddhist rather than biblical. in netero's case he became a warped, almost perverse facsimile of his projected image (no amount of buddha handshakes can justify setting off a nuke, lol). so whereas isaac netero is the anti-buddha, tserriednich takes on the mantle of the antichrist. only, where netero seems to make a choice, to give in to malice for the supposed sake of the "greater good," tserriednich exercises evil without thought, without purpose. he has no fall from grace--there is no where to fall if you're already in hell.
beyond, meanwhile, is somewhere in between; aesthetically he's firmly stuck in the former, taking more after his father, but thematically there's an element of abrahamic mythos to his deeds. king solomon and his 700 wives. abraham and his sacrificial lamb of a son. noah's arc. so sure, why not. let's add the unholy trinity to the mix
the transition of power, the transcendence of humanity, the splitting of one's soul. godhood is dehumanization, self-inflicted.
1. satan: the dragon, beast from the heavens
(a manifestation of all the evils of humanity, diametrically opposed to the holy father, the one true god)
serves to empower the antichrist, setting in motion the end of days
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2. the antichrist: the beast from the sea
(fashioned in the image of the holy son)
serves to mirror the resurrection of christ, to warp and pervert the faith
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3. the false prophet: the beast of the earth
(usurper of the holy spirit)
serves as a deceptive religious leader, bestows upon his disciples the mark of the beast
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behold: our unholy trinity!
Love this, I also think you may be cooking! To add to the biblical allusions, Benjamin doesn’t fit into the Unholy Trinity here but given how he was introduced I think he may be Samson:
