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A philosophical analysis on HXH in order to showcase the deep of the manga and Togashi's work instead of the common "power levels" childish stuff discussions
An overview of the Chimera Ant arc (I had already posted some parts of this):
Meruem-Pitou-Pouf-Youpi are the same group as the main characters Gon-Killua-Kurapika-Leorio. They are the main characters of the Chimera Ants.
-Meruem=Gon (The main character of the group, the strongest and most talented/gifted)
-Pitou=Killua (The secondary character)
-Pufu=Kurapika
-Youpi=Leorio
As a matter of fact, in the Chimera Ant arc, Togashi wanted to create a situation where a messiah was born in a different species from humanity.
1) The story of Meruem is based on Jesus Christ, as a matter of fact, the name Meruem in HXH language means "light".
Komugi-Meruem=Mary and Jesus Christ
The Queen-Pitou-Komugi, all these 3 have the role of Mary representing the iconography of the three Marys.
The virginal conception and birth of Meruem=The virginal conception and birth of Jesus Christ with the three magi (the 3 Royal Guards) that offer to him their services
The interactions between Meruem and Komugi are based on the alchemical marriage of the Sun and the Moon (metaphorically also represented as Jesus and Mary) described in the Rosarium Philosophorum, a medieval alchemical text
-Meruem=The Sun=Jesus=Masculine principle
-Komugi=The Moon=Mary=Feminine principle
The illustrations show a sequence that typically includes
2) There is a symbolic meaning behind the atomic bomb used by Isaac Netero against Meruem at the end of their fight that is connected to the first Nuclear Test.
This test, conducted in 1945 and called the "Trinity Test", was of an implosion-design plutonium device (atomic bomb), informally nicknamed "The Gadget" projected by the physicist Julius Robert Oppenheimer. The code name "Trinity" was assigned by Oppenheimer, the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory, inspired by the poetry "Holy Sonnet XIV: Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God" of the English poet John Donne.
"Batter my heart, three-person'd God, for you
As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
That I may rise and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend
Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
I, like an usurp'd town to another due,
Labor to admit you, but oh, to no end;
Reason, your viceroy in me, me should defend,
But is captiv'd, and proves weak or untrue.
Yet dearly I love you, and would be lov'd fain,
But am betroth'd unto your enemy;
Divorce me, untie or break that knot again,
Take me to you, imprison me, for I,
Except you enthrall me, never shall be free,
Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me."
This sonnet describes the nature of “God” (the Trinity) according to Christian theology, where there is one “God” but three eternal consubstantial persons or hypostases. As a matter of fact, in the manga, after the explosion of the atomic bomb, there is the “resurrection” (regeneration) of Meruem and his unification with Pouf and Youpi (Holy Spirit, God the Father, and Jesus the Son) as represented on the cover of Vol. 28, copied from the painting “The Coronation of the Virgin” by the Spanish painter Diego Velazquez.
Meruem, Pitou, Pouf, and Youpi represent the three aspects of the Trinity, with the Virgin Mary, of Christianity (from this, also, the ambivalence of Pitou's gender: male or female?)
Meruem, Pouf, and Youpi are all 3 "God", one God in three Divine persons. These three persons are distinct, yet are one substance, essence, or nature. The event in the manga connects the Christian Trinity to the explosion of the atomic bomb, representing the first nuclear test, the Trinity Test, where the light generated from the explosion of the atomic bomb is compared to the splendor of “God”.
"If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky,
that would be like the splendor of the mighty one." Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 12)
During the Trinity Test, Oppenheimer cited a part of the Bhagavad-Gita (The Song of God), one of the most sacred parts of the Hindu epic poem Mahabharata
where Krishna, eight Avatar of the god Vishnu, in his universal form (Vishvarupa) appeared to Arjuna (the prince/the hero of the poem).
The poem represented a war between two groups of cousins in the Kurukshetra War (the Kaurava and the Paṇḍava).
During the conversation between Arjuna and Krishna/Vishnu. The hero is anguished at the idea of slaying friends and cousins in war. However, Krishna/Vishnu convinced Arjuna to disregard emotional attachments and follow his duty.
In the Mahabharata, there are descriptions of various devastating weapons (called "astra") like Brahmastra, Brahmashira and Brahmadanda astra (weapons created by Brahma) etc.
The event cited by Oppenheimer was also represented by Togashi in the manga because the Chimera Ants arc was based on the epic poem Mahabharata (the war between Humans and Chimera Ants reflects the war between Pandava and Kaurava)
This image behind Isaac Netero in the manga was copied from the statue of Krishna from Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, one of the oldest temples in Singapore, where Krishna (Isaac Netero), avatar of the god Vishnu, in his universal form (Vishvarupa) appears to Arjuna (Killua).
Isaac Netero is represented as both Krishna and the historical Buddha Siddhartha Gautama (with Senju Kannon Bodhisattva=his Nen ability (tulpa) and the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiacs=the Zodiacs 12 of the manga) because both Krishna and Buddha are 2 avatars/incarnations of the god Vishnu:
-Buddha = Avatar of Vishnu related to Buddhism
-Krishna = Avatar of Vishnu related to Hinduism
This is also related to the connection between the Trinity of Christianity (Holy Spirit + God the Father + Jesus the Son = "God"/Absolute/Impersonal) and the Trimurti of Hinduism (Brahma + Vishnu + Shiva=Brahman/Absolute, Impersonal "God" related to Creation, Preservation, and Destruction-Transformation as a cycle of life, physical world). Rather than three separate gods, they are viewed as three manifestations of one supreme, impersonal energy. This continuous cycle applies to the macrocosm (the universe) and the microcosm (where cells and experiences are constantly created, sustained, and changed). Also related to the "Law of Conservation of Mass-Energy", which states that the total quantity of mass and energy in an isolated system is constant, they can transform into one another, neither can be created nor destroyed (expressed by Einstein's mass-energy equation: E = mc^2) showcasing that mass and energy are like "2 sides of the same coin."
By the way, the Royal Guard's names are based on Egyptian gods:
This passage also happened before the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) with the Pharaoh Akhenaten reform in ancient Egypt, where the other Egyptian gods were supplanted by Aten/the sun disk, the only God
However, the Chimera Ants also represent aliens from a pseudoscientific and more logical perspective instead of the religious and mythological view (gods and/or demons)
From the more scientific/pseudo-scientific view, the Chimera Ants are also based on "aliens" in different mangas because these "aliens" are/can be related/represented as "gods" in religion/mythology.
1) Parasyte
Youpi is based on Gotou of Parasyte, an alien because chimera ants are "aliens"
2) Dragon Ball
Meruem is based on Frieza of DBZ because he represents an alien, like Frieza. More precisely, Meruem is based on both Frieza and Cell:
The rest of the Chimera Ants are the servants/subordinates of Meruem/Frieza, for example, Zazan = Zarbon (and his/her transformation)
However, differently from Dragon Ball, HXH is more serious, complex, and "realistic". So, "Aliens" are represented, described, and analyzed in a more serious and scientific manner.
As a matter of fact, the entire Chimera Ants arc is also a criticism of anthropocentrism. Anthropocentrism is a philosophical viewpoint arguing that humans are the central or most significant entities in the world. This is a basic belief embedded in many Western religions and philosophies. Anthropocentrism regards humans as separate from and superior to nature and holds that human life has intrinsic value while other entities (including animals, plants, mineral resources, and so on) are resources that may justifiably be exploited for of humankind.
Togashi is trying to describe the philosophical and ethical problems of our time caused by humanity on the environment and the planet. This perspective is coherent with the shift of mentality of these last decades with the increase of environmental awareness about many problems: pollution, global warming, ozone layer depletion, acid rain, natural resource depletion, overpopulation, waste disposal, deforestation, and loss of biodiversity.
This shift is also expressed by the change from an anthropocentric view to an ecocentric view of life and the world/universe in our time because, from a scientific point of view, humans are animals and part of the ecosystem and biomes of nature. As a matter of fact, humans are apex predators that predate the environments (animals and plants included). Humans, or early modern humans, are taxonomically a subspecies of Homo; the history of human evolution is a part of the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens. As a matter of fact, humans are primates and, more generally, mammals. It is estimated that over 99.9% of all species that ever lived are extinct. The average lifespan of a species is 1–10 million years. From a scientific point of view, human extinction isn't really a problem from a planetary point of view; it can also be helpful to the planet and other species.
So:
The meat garden is the reverse of what humans do to animals if the situation shifts and humans become the prey:
The pig-chimera ant was slaughtering humans like "pigs"
Togashi wanted to describe the selfishness of humanity that always wants to preserve itself at the expense of the planet and other species, justifying themselves by "demonizing" the other (in this case, Meruem and the chimera ants) without understanding the complexity of reality from a more logical and scientific point of view. For example, Youpi was stated to be the least selfish of the Royal Guards because he wasn't human
Also, the bias and "fraud" of representing "God the Father" as an anthropomorphic "white male". It's obvious that "God" isn't a white male human.
Togashi connected it to the depiction of Isaac Netero (the fake anthropomorphic "God the Father" but also an avatar/hypostasis/human anthropomorphic incarnation of "God". The protector of humanity) that covered the real "God" Meruem (who was an alien avatar/hypostasis/chimera ant incarnation of the impersonal, Absolute "God"/Tao/Brahman ecc)
The division of the "levels" of "God" is:
1) Antropomorphic physical avatar/hypostasis/theophany/incarnation= Isaac Netero (God the father)
2) "Alien" (other species, in this case like Chimera ants) physical avatar/hypostasis/theophany/incarnation= Meruem (+ Pouf and Youpi)= Holy Spirit + God the father + Jesus the son= "Trinity God"=personal manifestation of the "Impersonal/Absolute"
3) The real metaphysical/Absolute/Impersonal so-called "God" often conceptualized as the Absolute, Cosmic Law, or the foundational principle of the universe appears across many philosophical and spiritual traditions. It has been described in various ways:
The simplistic social and anthropocentric propaganda:
1) Chimera ants are "villains and evil" they kill and eat humans.
Correction (to contextualize): Chimera Ants also use, kill, and eat humans like humans use, kill, and eat other animals. Chimera ants are just another species (differently evolved) different from Homo sapiens sapiens (humans). Humans aren't the most important and valuable beings on the planet and in the universe.
2) Calamities are "villains and evil".
Correction (to contextualize):
Humanity (and their governments: V5+Kakin, that is based on G8, G20 etc) wants to steal resources, lands etc in the Dark Continent (like the colonialism of the real Dark Continent: Africa, for example) for selfish purposes (need and greed of resources, lands, food, and other things). Obviously, this behavior can have consequences from Nature: illnesses and other dangerous species (Calamities).
By the way, this depiction in the manga is like the real world equivalent of the race for resources (gas, minerals, etc.) in our century (the race for Arctic regions, the property of Greenland, etc.).
In a short, comedic way: Governments and institutions stealing resources from Nature and other continents (and from other people, animals, or species) like thieves = no problem, and when there are consequences and "nature makes them pay" (for example, like the spillover of HIV-1 - AIDS from chimpanzees to humans and successive spread globally during colonialism of Africa because of humans invasive behaviour etc. or other risks of natural disasters or pandemics etc), they whinny and demonize nature, other species, etc., using their media propaganda inside our clown societies
In short
Chimera Ants and Calamities aren't just the "evil villains" they appear, just like the Ryodan (and obviously the Chairman of "Mama's help", that killed Sarada or other poor children hidden under the facade of a benevolent organization, isn't a virtuous and pious man like media, institutions and societies want to portray).
The bottomless propaganda of human societies is limitless
The real "villains" aren't just aliens, virus, or demons like in movies but the most subtle "villains" are humans, people in suits that care about power and money covering it with the preach about peace and morality or "humanity"
Examples: A few contradictions of the societies (also in an exaggerated way but appropriate to increase the impact of it and the absurdity of it)
Facade: Humans are the most important beings; human life is absolute. Humans are inherently good, and “humanity” is synonymous with compassion, benevolence, and moral progress.
Reality: As already said: Humans are animals, a primate species, one among many. Human exceptionalism and importance is an anthropocentric bias. Scientifically, humanity is also a globally invasive species, it has the behavior of a parasitic species (hyperpredation, climate damage, destruction of biodiversity, deforestation, preying on other animals and not wanting to be predated by other species etc). From an ecological standpoint, human extinction could arguably benefit the planet more than our continued expansion. It is estimated that over 99.9% of all species that ever lived are extinct, and the average lifespan of species is 1–10 million years. Humanity is the same as others.
Environmental problems and disasters that caused a shift from an anthropocentric view to a biocentric or ecocentric view of life and the universe in our time through scientific discoveries and the increase of environmental awareness about many problems of nature: pollution, global warming, ozone layer depletion, acid rain, natural resource depletion, overpopulation, waste disposal, deforestation, and loss of biodiversity etc. showed all problems of the anthropization of our planet. So, as geocentrism was supplanted by heliocentrism with scientific discoveries (and now with the cosmological scientific view of the 21st century) , anthropocentrism is being supplanted by ecocentrism or biocentrism etc.
Will people, in future centuries, "mock" our anthropocentric view/morality like we, people of the 20th/21st century, mock and laugh at people of Antiquity and Middle Ages for believing that the Earth was at the center of the universe/heavens?
Also, the definition of "Humanity" (in terms of emotional state) typical of TV shows, movies, books, some philosophies, etc., is bullshit
The term “humanity” should not be reserved solely for positive feelings or behaviors. It should encompass all human emotions and tendencies, both positive and negative (sentiments like rage and hate, etc., are also human emotions, but they aren't considered in this partial and not objective/realistic definition of "humanity"). Also:
Merriam Webster Dictionary: "The meaning of HUMANITY is compassionate, sympathetic, or generous behavior or disposition: the quality or state of being humane".
This is a bullshit definition made by humans to "overhype" themselves and represent their intrinsic nature as "noble". In reality, it is a wrong and anthropocentric definition that should be changed.
However, language is principally (even unconsciously) a tool of ideology more than it is of description. Society uses "humanity" as a rhetorical weapon, not to describe objectively and factually.
I think it is also a legitimate argument about "humans' hypocrisy" manifested in many medias (books, movies, comics) that represent alien invasions, etc. Humans predate other beings (animals, plants, etc) to survive (as well as for our convenience and interests), but if other beings like aliens (in terms of fantasy fictions, etc.) or "other theoretical species" (in terms of science/pseudo-science or fictions) predate humans, we "demonize" them and create faux "noble" philosophical and moral explanations concealing our opportunism and selfishness (predating other beings but not wanting to receive the same fate by others).
Facade: Politicians and religious leaders are the most competent and virtuous representatives of humanity; they genuinely care about their countries, communities, and the world.
Reality: Many political and religious figures are primarily driven by the pursuit of money and power. They often lie or spread misinformation, and power-holding institutions typically prioritize self-preservation over collective welfare. Statistically, this is common/the majority of cases rather than exceptional.
Facade: The biblical metaphor of the shepherd portrays a benevolent protector who saves and lovingly cares for the sheep.
Reality: In actual pastoral life, a shepherd protects the flock mainly because the sheep are property, sources of labor, milk, and meat, generation after generation. The narrative of benevolence hides the fundamentally utilitarian motive, while the wolf is demonized because it threatens the shepherd’s assets. In short: The shepherd (both real or metaphorical), in reality, wants to use the sheep for work, milk, and meat and then use their children, their grandchildren, and so on
Facade: Pedophiles and rapists, etc are regarded as the worst criminals, even by powerful social institutions.
Reality: Throughout history, the main problems of institutions were also those who spoke uncomfortable truths against institutions and societies, exactly as Plato observed in a "paraphrased" concept
Even in today's society, the problem persists, and speaking the real truth against institutions of power, etc can be the greatest problem/crime (even more than pedophiles and rapists)
In the past, throughout history, there are many examples:
Instead, in our contemporary societies, for example, there are cases of:
Facade: Modern society would admire and value figures like Socrates or the theological Jesus, etc as they are preached today.
Reality: Despite the lack of independent and appropriate historical reconstructions of figures such as Socrates (our view is mainly based on Plato's writings) and Jesus.
In short, societies often kill the one that speaks the "truth", then sanctify him later as a retrospective moral appropriation or posthumous domestication of dissidence
Facade: Contemporary civilized societies protect the so-called "human rights" and value "peace".
Reality:
Facade: Democratic debate is the best kind of debate
Reality: Democracy is often manifested as intellectual anarchy (mainly in media), where freedom of expression has become synonymous with the idea that all opinions have equal value. What a bartender says is treated as equal to what a medical professional says in their field; what a bricklayer says has the same value as what a sociologist or historian says on these arguments; what a politician claims is treated as equal to what a historian asserts; theology is treated as equivalent to history, and religion as equivalent to science, etc.
In short: Telling bullshits in political debates, media, journals, etc without consequences is normal....... in the name of freedom of expression.
Facade: Our societies are genuinely committed to justice.
Reality: Contemporary societies, including Western democracies, often invert the logic of aggravating and mitigating circumstances. Individuals in positions of moral authority or institutional power should, in principle, face harsher consequences when they commit wrongdoing. Instead, they frequently receive leniency.
For example, clergy involved in sexual abuse often receive mitigation despite their moral role. Corrupt politicians, political lies and misinformation, or those institutions in improper conduct should face aggravating circumstances, yet by virtue of their office they are instead given mitigating ones, or the behavior is considered "normal".
Even democratic governments engaged in propaganda or misinformation rarely face intensified scrutiny; in democracies, preaching bullshits is considered normal without consequences, instead of aggravating public positions such as journalism, politics, institutions, etc. In short, the very individuals and institutions that should be held to higher standards are often granted lower ones.
Facade: The childish metaphorical concept of "light" is "truth" and "darkness" is "evil" (even in everyday discussions, evil has been equated with "dark", sinister, shadow, etc).
Reality: Despite the reductiveness of relating light/dark to a moral framework and concepts, the association of ‘dark’ or ‘darkness’ with evil is largely a human cultural bias, rooted in early human fears of the night, when visibility was low and predators posed real dangers. Over time, our societies, myths, and religions, created the misleading idea that darkness is inherently evil. In reality, there is nothing intrinsically evil about darkness itself.
Also, the idea that light=truth and darkness=lies is reversed.......just like public and private. Obviously our societies want to tell us that public expression is the truth; in reality, it isn't so. Truth is in "private/dark", just as the division of exoteric knowledge and esoteric knowledge, first applied by Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans.
The "truth" can also be in private, inner circles, behind closed doors (in the "dark") not in public "light." The idea that "truth" is only in "public/light" is bullshit.
Obviously, all of this is the work of the Devil
Chrollo Lucifer is almost right to put the reversed cross on his back: the world is on reverse
An overview of the Chimera Ant arc (I had already posted some parts of this):
Meruem-Pitou-Pouf-Youpi are the same group as the main characters Gon-Killua-Kurapika-Leorio. They are the main characters of the Chimera Ants.
-Meruem=Gon (The main character of the group, the strongest and most talented/gifted)
-Pitou=Killua (The secondary character)
-Pufu=Kurapika
-Youpi=Leorio
As a matter of fact, in the Chimera Ant arc, Togashi wanted to create a situation where a messiah was born in a different species from humanity.
1) The story of Meruem is based on Jesus Christ, as a matter of fact, the name Meruem in HXH language means "light".
Komugi-Meruem=Mary and Jesus Christ
The Queen-Pitou-Komugi, all these 3 have the role of Mary representing the iconography of the three Marys.
The virginal conception and birth of Meruem=The virginal conception and birth of Jesus Christ with the three magi (the 3 Royal Guards) that offer to him their services
- http://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v21/c213/1.html
- http://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v21/c213/1.html#ipg2
- http://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v21/c213/1.html#ipg7
The interactions between Meruem and Komugi are based on the alchemical marriage of the Sun and the Moon (metaphorically also represented as Jesus and Mary) described in the Rosarium Philosophorum, a medieval alchemical text
-Meruem=The Sun=Jesus=Masculine principle
-Komugi=The Moon=Mary=Feminine principle
The illustrations show a sequence that typically includes
- Meeting of the king and queen.
- Their union.
- Dissolution and death.
- Purification.
- Rebirth into a perfected state.
- The interaction between Meruem and Komugi with Gungi to complete "the marriage"= The interaction between the Sun King and the Moon Queen to complete "the alchemical marriage"
- The death of Meruem= The death of the Sun
- The coronation of Pitou (the other Mary) in the cover = the coronation of the Virgin Mary
- The resurrection of Meruem = the resurrection of the Sun/Jesus
2) There is a symbolic meaning behind the atomic bomb used by Isaac Netero against Meruem at the end of their fight that is connected to the first Nuclear Test.
This test, conducted in 1945 and called the "Trinity Test", was of an implosion-design plutonium device (atomic bomb), informally nicknamed "The Gadget" projected by the physicist Julius Robert Oppenheimer. The code name "Trinity" was assigned by Oppenheimer, the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory, inspired by the poetry "Holy Sonnet XIV: Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God" of the English poet John Donne.
"Batter my heart, three-person'd God, for you
As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
That I may rise and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend
Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
I, like an usurp'd town to another due,
Labor to admit you, but oh, to no end;
Reason, your viceroy in me, me should defend,
But is captiv'd, and proves weak or untrue.
Yet dearly I love you, and would be lov'd fain,
But am betroth'd unto your enemy;
Divorce me, untie or break that knot again,
Take me to you, imprison me, for I,
Except you enthrall me, never shall be free,
Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me."
This sonnet describes the nature of “God” (the Trinity) according to Christian theology, where there is one “God” but three eternal consubstantial persons or hypostases. As a matter of fact, in the manga, after the explosion of the atomic bomb, there is the “resurrection” (regeneration) of Meruem and his unification with Pouf and Youpi (Holy Spirit, God the Father, and Jesus the Son) as represented on the cover of Vol. 28, copied from the painting “The Coronation of the Virgin” by the Spanish painter Diego Velazquez.
Meruem, Pitou, Pouf, and Youpi represent the three aspects of the Trinity, with the Virgin Mary, of Christianity (from this, also, the ambivalence of Pitou's gender: male or female?)
- Pouf=God the Father (as shown on the Cover)
- Youpi=Jesus the Son (as shown on the Cover)
- Pitou= Virgin Mary (as shown on the Cover)
- Meruem=Holy Spirit (deduction)
Meruem, Pouf, and Youpi are all 3 "God", one God in three Divine persons. These three persons are distinct, yet are one substance, essence, or nature. The event in the manga connects the Christian Trinity to the explosion of the atomic bomb, representing the first nuclear test, the Trinity Test, where the light generated from the explosion of the atomic bomb is compared to the splendor of “God”.
"If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky,
that would be like the splendor of the mighty one." Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 12)
During the Trinity Test, Oppenheimer cited a part of the Bhagavad-Gita (The Song of God), one of the most sacred parts of the Hindu epic poem Mahabharata
where Krishna, eight Avatar of the god Vishnu, in his universal form (Vishvarupa) appeared to Arjuna (the prince/the hero of the poem).
The poem represented a war between two groups of cousins in the Kurukshetra War (the Kaurava and the Paṇḍava).
During the conversation between Arjuna and Krishna/Vishnu. The hero is anguished at the idea of slaying friends and cousins in war. However, Krishna/Vishnu convinced Arjuna to disregard emotional attachments and follow his duty.
In the Mahabharata, there are descriptions of various devastating weapons (called "astra") like Brahmastra, Brahmashira and Brahmadanda astra (weapons created by Brahma) etc.
The event cited by Oppenheimer was also represented by Togashi in the manga because the Chimera Ants arc was based on the epic poem Mahabharata (the war between Humans and Chimera Ants reflects the war between Pandava and Kaurava)
This image behind Isaac Netero in the manga was copied from the statue of Krishna from Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, one of the oldest temples in Singapore, where Krishna (Isaac Netero), avatar of the god Vishnu, in his universal form (Vishvarupa) appears to Arjuna (Killua).
Isaac Netero is represented as both Krishna and the historical Buddha Siddhartha Gautama (with Senju Kannon Bodhisattva=his Nen ability (tulpa) and the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiacs=the Zodiacs 12 of the manga) because both Krishna and Buddha are 2 avatars/incarnations of the god Vishnu:
-Buddha = Avatar of Vishnu related to Buddhism
-Krishna = Avatar of Vishnu related to Hinduism
This is also related to the connection between the Trinity of Christianity (Holy Spirit + God the Father + Jesus the Son = "God"/Absolute/Impersonal) and the Trimurti of Hinduism (Brahma + Vishnu + Shiva=Brahman/Absolute, Impersonal "God" related to Creation, Preservation, and Destruction-Transformation as a cycle of life, physical world). Rather than three separate gods, they are viewed as three manifestations of one supreme, impersonal energy. This continuous cycle applies to the macrocosm (the universe) and the microcosm (where cells and experiences are constantly created, sustained, and changed). Also related to the "Law of Conservation of Mass-Energy", which states that the total quantity of mass and energy in an isolated system is constant, they can transform into one another, neither can be created nor destroyed (expressed by Einstein's mass-energy equation: E = mc^2) showcasing that mass and energy are like "2 sides of the same coin."
By the way, the Royal Guard's names are based on Egyptian gods:
- Neferpitou=Based on the Egyptian god of beauty, Nefertem
- Shiapouf=Based on the Egyptian god of Destiny, Shai
- Menthuthuyoupi=Based on the Egyptian god of war Menthu
This passage also happened before the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) with the Pharaoh Akhenaten reform in ancient Egypt, where the other Egyptian gods were supplanted by Aten/the sun disk, the only God
- Meruem=Aten=The Sun, the only "God" (that initially got syncretized with Ra-Horatky)
However, the Chimera Ants also represent aliens from a pseudoscientific and more logical perspective instead of the religious and mythological view (gods and/or demons)
From the more scientific/pseudo-scientific view, the Chimera Ants are also based on "aliens" in different mangas because these "aliens" are/can be related/represented as "gods" in religion/mythology.
1) Parasyte
Youpi is based on Gotou of Parasyte, an alien because chimera ants are "aliens"
2) Dragon Ball
Meruem is based on Frieza of DBZ because he represents an alien, like Frieza. More precisely, Meruem is based on both Frieza and Cell:
- Frieza: An alien that created a tyrannical reign and is considered like a "god." Frieza, the tyrant emperor of the universe.
- Cell: An "evolved" insect (different from us, humans, who are mammals-primates) that represents the "perfect being" biologically (in Meruem case: the apex of chimera ants' evolutionary process: the apex predator of the ecosystem).
The rest of the Chimera Ants are the servants/subordinates of Meruem/Frieza, for example, Zazan = Zarbon (and his/her transformation)
However, differently from Dragon Ball, HXH is more serious, complex, and "realistic". So, "Aliens" are represented, described, and analyzed in a more serious and scientific manner.
As a matter of fact, the entire Chimera Ants arc is also a criticism of anthropocentrism. Anthropocentrism is a philosophical viewpoint arguing that humans are the central or most significant entities in the world. This is a basic belief embedded in many Western religions and philosophies. Anthropocentrism regards humans as separate from and superior to nature and holds that human life has intrinsic value while other entities (including animals, plants, mineral resources, and so on) are resources that may justifiably be exploited for of humankind.
Togashi is trying to describe the philosophical and ethical problems of our time caused by humanity on the environment and the planet. This perspective is coherent with the shift of mentality of these last decades with the increase of environmental awareness about many problems: pollution, global warming, ozone layer depletion, acid rain, natural resource depletion, overpopulation, waste disposal, deforestation, and loss of biodiversity.
This shift is also expressed by the change from an anthropocentric view to an ecocentric view of life and the world/universe in our time because, from a scientific point of view, humans are animals and part of the ecosystem and biomes of nature. As a matter of fact, humans are apex predators that predate the environments (animals and plants included). Humans, or early modern humans, are taxonomically a subspecies of Homo; the history of human evolution is a part of the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens. As a matter of fact, humans are primates and, more generally, mammals. It is estimated that over 99.9% of all species that ever lived are extinct. The average lifespan of a species is 1–10 million years. From a scientific point of view, human extinction isn't really a problem from a planetary point of view; it can also be helpful to the planet and other species.
So:
- If a new species evolves, such as the Chimera Ants, how would they coexist with humanity, and what behaviors would be expected of them?
- If an alien apex predator were to arrive, colonize Earth, and relegate humans to prey, why would they have to cooperate with us? For which reason would they be bound by human ethics, and ideas? Of our time: 21st century? (considering that through human history, morality, and ethics changed with the changes of society and scientific discoveries, etc.)
The meat garden is the reverse of what humans do to animals if the situation shifts and humans become the prey:
The pig-chimera ant was slaughtering humans like "pigs"
Togashi wanted to describe the selfishness of humanity that always wants to preserve itself at the expense of the planet and other species, justifying themselves by "demonizing" the other (in this case, Meruem and the chimera ants) without understanding the complexity of reality from a more logical and scientific point of view. For example, Youpi was stated to be the least selfish of the Royal Guards because he wasn't human
Also, the bias and "fraud" of representing "God the Father" as an anthropomorphic "white male". It's obvious that "God" isn't a white male human.
Togashi connected it to the depiction of Isaac Netero (the fake anthropomorphic "God the Father" but also an avatar/hypostasis/human anthropomorphic incarnation of "God". The protector of humanity) that covered the real "God" Meruem (who was an alien avatar/hypostasis/chimera ant incarnation of the impersonal, Absolute "God"/Tao/Brahman ecc)
The division of the "levels" of "God" is:
1) Antropomorphic physical avatar/hypostasis/theophany/incarnation= Isaac Netero (God the father)
2) "Alien" (other species, in this case like Chimera ants) physical avatar/hypostasis/theophany/incarnation= Meruem (+ Pouf and Youpi)= Holy Spirit + God the father + Jesus the son= "Trinity God"=personal manifestation of the "Impersonal/Absolute"
3) The real metaphysical/Absolute/Impersonal so-called "God" often conceptualized as the Absolute, Cosmic Law, or the foundational principle of the universe appears across many philosophical and spiritual traditions. It has been described in various ways:
- Ancient Egypt: Maat (the principle of truth, justice, and cosmic order)
- Ancient Mesoamerica: Teotl (the dynamic, ineffable energy of the universe)
- Hinduism: Brahman (the ultimate, unchanging reality) and Rta (the cosmic order)
- Buddhism: Dharma (the underlying truth of interconnection and impermanence)
- Taoism: The Tao (the ultimate, unnamable, and ineffable source of all things)
- Zoroastrianism: Asha (the cosmic order)
- Platonism and Neoplatonism: Nous (the supreme level of divine intellect and perception) and The One
- Christianity: Logos (the divine reason) + the Alpha and Omega (of which Jesus Christ is seen as the anthropomorphic incarnation)
The simplistic social and anthropocentric propaganda:
1) Chimera ants are "villains and evil" they kill and eat humans.
Correction (to contextualize): Chimera Ants also use, kill, and eat humans like humans use, kill, and eat other animals. Chimera ants are just another species (differently evolved) different from Homo sapiens sapiens (humans). Humans aren't the most important and valuable beings on the planet and in the universe.
2) Calamities are "villains and evil".
Correction (to contextualize):
Humanity (and their governments: V5+Kakin, that is based on G8, G20 etc) wants to steal resources, lands etc in the Dark Continent (like the colonialism of the real Dark Continent: Africa, for example) for selfish purposes (need and greed of resources, lands, food, and other things). Obviously, this behavior can have consequences from Nature: illnesses and other dangerous species (Calamities).
By the way, this depiction in the manga is like the real world equivalent of the race for resources (gas, minerals, etc.) in our century (the race for Arctic regions, the property of Greenland, etc.).
In a short, comedic way: Governments and institutions stealing resources from Nature and other continents (and from other people, animals, or species) like thieves = no problem, and when there are consequences and "nature makes them pay" (for example, like the spillover of HIV-1 - AIDS from chimpanzees to humans and successive spread globally during colonialism of Africa because of humans invasive behaviour etc. or other risks of natural disasters or pandemics etc), they whinny and demonize nature, other species, etc., using their media propaganda inside our clown societies
In short
Chimera Ants and Calamities aren't just the "evil villains" they appear, just like the Ryodan (and obviously the Chairman of "Mama's help", that killed Sarada or other poor children hidden under the facade of a benevolent organization, isn't a virtuous and pious man like media, institutions and societies want to portray).
The bottomless propaganda of human societies is limitless
The real "villains" aren't just aliens, virus, or demons like in movies but the most subtle "villains" are humans, people in suits that care about power and money covering it with the preach about peace and morality or "humanity"
Examples: A few contradictions of the societies (also in an exaggerated way but appropriate to increase the impact of it and the absurdity of it
)Facade: Humans are the most important beings; human life is absolute. Humans are inherently good, and “humanity” is synonymous with compassion, benevolence, and moral progress.
Reality: As already said: Humans are animals, a primate species, one among many. Human exceptionalism and importance is an anthropocentric bias. Scientifically, humanity is also a globally invasive species, it has the behavior of a parasitic species (hyperpredation, climate damage, destruction of biodiversity, deforestation, preying on other animals and not wanting to be predated by other species etc). From an ecological standpoint, human extinction could arguably benefit the planet more than our continued expansion. It is estimated that over 99.9% of all species that ever lived are extinct, and the average lifespan of species is 1–10 million years. Humanity is the same as others.
Environmental problems and disasters that caused a shift from an anthropocentric view to a biocentric or ecocentric view of life and the universe in our time through scientific discoveries and the increase of environmental awareness about many problems of nature: pollution, global warming, ozone layer depletion, acid rain, natural resource depletion, overpopulation, waste disposal, deforestation, and loss of biodiversity etc. showed all problems of the anthropization of our planet. So, as geocentrism was supplanted by heliocentrism with scientific discoveries (and now with the cosmological scientific view of the 21st century) , anthropocentrism is being supplanted by ecocentrism or biocentrism etc.
Will people, in future centuries, "mock" our anthropocentric view/morality like we, people of the 20th/21st century, mock and laugh at people of Antiquity and Middle Ages for believing that the Earth was at the center of the universe/heavens?
Also, the definition of "Humanity" (in terms of emotional state) typical of TV shows, movies, books, some philosophies, etc., is bullshit
The term “humanity” should not be reserved solely for positive feelings or behaviors. It should encompass all human emotions and tendencies, both positive and negative (sentiments like rage and hate, etc., are also human emotions, but they aren't considered in this partial and not objective/realistic definition of "humanity"). Also:
- Acts of kindness, empathy, and affection are not exclusive to humans; many other animal species exhibit such behaviors.
- Meanwhile, greed, hatred, prejudice, selfishness, and hypocrisy are inherently "human" as well.
Merriam Webster Dictionary: "The meaning of HUMANITY is compassionate, sympathetic, or generous behavior or disposition: the quality or state of being humane".
This is a bullshit definition made by humans to "overhype" themselves and represent their intrinsic nature as "noble". In reality, it is a wrong and anthropocentric definition that should be changed.
However, language is principally (even unconsciously) a tool of ideology more than it is of description. Society uses "humanity" as a rhetorical weapon, not to describe objectively and factually.
I think it is also a legitimate argument about "humans' hypocrisy" manifested in many medias (books, movies, comics) that represent alien invasions, etc. Humans predate other beings (animals, plants, etc) to survive (as well as for our convenience and interests), but if other beings like aliens (in terms of fantasy fictions, etc.) or "other theoretical species" (in terms of science/pseudo-science or fictions) predate humans, we "demonize" them and create faux "noble" philosophical and moral explanations concealing our opportunism and selfishness (predating other beings but not wanting to receive the same fate by others).
Facade: Politicians and religious leaders are the most competent and virtuous representatives of humanity; they genuinely care about their countries, communities, and the world.
Reality: Many political and religious figures are primarily driven by the pursuit of money and power. They often lie or spread misinformation, and power-holding institutions typically prioritize self-preservation over collective welfare. Statistically, this is common/the majority of cases rather than exceptional.
Facade: The biblical metaphor of the shepherd portrays a benevolent protector who saves and lovingly cares for the sheep.
Reality: In actual pastoral life, a shepherd protects the flock mainly because the sheep are property, sources of labor, milk, and meat, generation after generation. The narrative of benevolence hides the fundamentally utilitarian motive, while the wolf is demonized because it threatens the shepherd’s assets. In short: The shepherd (both real or metaphorical), in reality, wants to use the sheep for work, milk, and meat and then use their children, their grandchildren, and so on
Facade: Pedophiles and rapists, etc are regarded as the worst criminals, even by powerful social institutions.
Reality: Throughout history, the main problems of institutions were also those who spoke uncomfortable truths against institutions and societies, exactly as Plato observed in a "paraphrased" concept
Even in today's society, the problem persists, and speaking the real truth against institutions of power, etc can be the greatest problem/crime (even more than pedophiles and rapists)
In the past, throughout history, there are many examples:
- Socrates was executed not for violence, but for asking questions that threatened Athenian democratic leaders.
- Jesus (stripped of later theological interpretation and not considering the historical problems of the texts) was crucified by the Roman state as a political agitator who challenged authority and social norms.
- Galileo was imprisoned and silenced for contradicting Church doctrine.
- Hypatia was murdered for being an intellectual threat to a rising religious power.
- Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for scientific heterodox ideas.
- Socrates became the father of Western philosophy after being executed.
- Jesus became the main figure of a religion after being crucified.
Instead, in our contemporary societies, for example, there are cases of:
- Rapists: There are many cases of soldiers that raped women during wars that have been covered
- Clergy members that were pedophiles have been covered by institutional churches.
- Whistleblowers are jailed using espionage laws
- Journalists revealing state wrongdoing are imprisoned or killed
- Activists exposing corruption are assassinated
- Citizens criticizing regimes are charged with “terrorism”, “sedition”, or “extremism”
- Academics or political critics are fired, blacklisted, or surveilled
- Hurting a person is punished.
- Hurting a system is punished far more severely.
Facade: Modern society would admire and value figures like Socrates or the theological Jesus, etc as they are preached today.
Reality: Despite the lack of independent and appropriate historical reconstructions of figures such as Socrates (our view is mainly based on Plato's writings) and Jesus.
- Socrates was executed for impiety, for “corrupting the youth,” and for criticizing a corrupted Athenian democracy.
- Jesus, whose historical figure is intertwined with myth and centuries of reinterpretation/mystifications, was executed for political and religious disruption.
In short, societies often kill the one that speaks the "truth", then sanctify him later as a retrospective moral appropriation or posthumous domestication of dissidence
Facade: Contemporary civilized societies protect the so-called "human rights" and value "peace".
Reality:
- Nations claiming to champion peace sell weapons to dictatorships, fuel conflicts, and support coups.
- Civilian casualties are labeled as “collateral damage.”
- Human rights language is used selectively against political enemies, not allies.
- War crimes are prosecuted only when committed by weaker nations.
Facade: Democratic debate is the best kind of debate
Reality: Democracy is often manifested as intellectual anarchy (mainly in media), where freedom of expression has become synonymous with the idea that all opinions have equal value. What a bartender says is treated as equal to what a medical professional says in their field; what a bricklayer says has the same value as what a sociologist or historian says on these arguments; what a politician claims is treated as equal to what a historian asserts; theology is treated as equivalent to history, and religion as equivalent to science, etc.
In short: Telling bullshits in political debates, media, journals, etc without consequences is normal....... in the name of freedom of expression.
Facade: Our societies are genuinely committed to justice.
Reality: Contemporary societies, including Western democracies, often invert the logic of aggravating and mitigating circumstances. Individuals in positions of moral authority or institutional power should, in principle, face harsher consequences when they commit wrongdoing. Instead, they frequently receive leniency.
For example, clergy involved in sexual abuse often receive mitigation despite their moral role. Corrupt politicians, political lies and misinformation, or those institutions in improper conduct should face aggravating circumstances, yet by virtue of their office they are instead given mitigating ones, or the behavior is considered "normal".
Even democratic governments engaged in propaganda or misinformation rarely face intensified scrutiny; in democracies, preaching bullshits is considered normal without consequences, instead of aggravating public positions such as journalism, politics, institutions, etc. In short, the very individuals and institutions that should be held to higher standards are often granted lower ones.
Facade: The childish metaphorical concept of "light" is "truth" and "darkness" is "evil" (even in everyday discussions, evil has been equated with "dark", sinister, shadow, etc).
Reality: Despite the reductiveness of relating light/dark to a moral framework and concepts, the association of ‘dark’ or ‘darkness’ with evil is largely a human cultural bias, rooted in early human fears of the night, when visibility was low and predators posed real dangers. Over time, our societies, myths, and religions, created the misleading idea that darkness is inherently evil. In reality, there is nothing intrinsically evil about darkness itself.
Also, the idea that light=truth and darkness=lies is reversed.......just like public and private. Obviously our societies want to tell us that public expression is the truth; in reality, it isn't so. Truth is in "private/dark", just as the division of exoteric knowledge and esoteric knowledge, first applied by Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans.
The "truth" can also be in private, inner circles, behind closed doors (in the "dark") not in public "light." The idea that "truth" is only in "public/light" is bullshit.
Obviously, all of this is the work of the Devil
Chrollo Lucifer is almost right to put the reversed cross on his back: the world is on reverse
