major religious undertones...

[GiantShuriken]

Concept of an archangel Michael/Lucifer brotherly rivalry.

Concept of a messiah and a potential second coming.

Concept of a tree that bears fruit that causes the downward spiral of mankind into despair.

Hmm

 

[Narutohokage7]

True, but you can find patterns that aren't even there if you look hard enough.

 

[RasenUchihaChaos]

well it goes to show humanity is a blight on the world all bad things come from them

 

[UchihaNagashi]

It's from the most famous myth in the world.

Adam & Eva eating the apple from the Forbidden Tree.

Kishimoto loves to use mythologies in Naruto.

 

[Wparker6804]

The Personifying the Bible's Old Testament description of the Sheppard.

One hand, a staff used to guide the flock.
The other, a firm rod used to beat the wolves (basically incoming threats)
Responsability to care for an entore heard, and each individual as important as the next.

You know, things like that.

But hey, he threw alot of Japanese fantasy and names/ideas from Journey To The West(if that's what it's called....)

 

[GiantShuriken]

It's interesting as a western reader. I'm not so sure Christianity is as big in Japan so maybe this goes unnoticed.

 

[GiantShuriken]

There was even a snake that tempted one of the main characters in a forest.

 

[Narutohokage7]

There was even a snake that tempted one of the main characters in a forest.

Orochimaru is actually ancient and told her to eat it.

 

[paratise]

It's interesting as a western reader. I'm not so sure Christianity is as big in Japan so maybe this goes unnoticed.

Concept of Adam and Eve exists in other religions aswell; such as Islam.
İt is pretty universal infact.

 

[GiantShuriken]

Concept of Adam and Eve exists in other religions aswell; such as Islam.
İt is pretty universal infact.

But I think Japanese are either Buddhist, pagan, or worship their own Japanese deputies

 

[RasenUchihaChaos]

But I think Japanese are either Buddhist, pagan, or worship their own Japanese deputies

black cat anime did the whole adam and eve fiasco m

 

[paratise]

But I think Japanese are either Buddhist, pagan, or worship their own Japanese deputies

More than half of the Japanese do not identify themselves with a religion(mostly believe in Shinto and Buddhism) but pretty much everyone in the world knows more or less about Adam and Eve myth and that myth involved in more than one religion, so author might very well know and adapt this into the story.

 

[GOD2U]

Concept of an archangel Michael/Lucifer brotherly rivalry.

Concept of a messiah and a potential second coming.

Concept of a tree that bears fruit that causes the downward spiral of mankind into despair.

Hmm

That must be why Florida orange juice makes me go apeshit.