Talk:Arjuna/@comment-11194128-20180401013017/@comment-30308390-20180403071224

Since you asked for it, here's my brainstorming. I had so much trouble trying to understand all the different nuances in the interlude and my Japanese isn't quite reliable so bear with me (warning for Arjuna's second interludes spoilers, googling and varying degrees of delusion ).

Some things that point towards him being other Arjuna/"Krishna" aside from appearance and sharing his CV: in the interlude, "Krishna" i.e. Black Arjuna mentions the need to slay evil, like Berserker in the video (but well protecting the world from evil is Vishnu's shtick). In the end "Krishna" makes a vague comment about how his existence could become a bigger problem yet (how the hell do you translate 蟻の一穴?).

Regarding zerker's horns, at some point "Krishna" cites one of Arjuna's names, Kiriti (the shining diadem), that he got from wearing the celestial diadem Indra gave him. It looks kinda sudden in the story so maybe it's another hint? If zerker really is "Krishna" or Arjuna Alter or whatever then those horns could be or symbolize the diadem.

But still I can't rule out the possibility of him being real Krishna. In the myths Krishna and Arjuna's existence overlap (see Nara-Narayana, among other things) so it wouldn't be weird for him to be so similar to Arjuna in the Nasuverse, as him having another personality named after Krishna is conveying their closeness.

If he is Krishna then my theory on his tail is due to Vishnu's connection to the nagaraja Shesha, a primal being of creation and Vishnu's servant as well as a manifestation of himself,  as damn omnipresent Vishnu/Krishna is. Shesha is typically decipted as a white naga so that matches the tail color as well.

Some say that the fourth Lost Belt occurs at the end of the Kali Yuga so Kalki is a good contender since he's also Vishnu's avatar and nemesis of the demon god Kali. I've considered Indrajit or another rakshasa as well but after the CV reveal it put me off. It's out of place for someone who has nothing to do with Arjuna to share so many physical traits.

As far as I'm concerned Berserker might as well be a mish-mash of things turned into a slayer of evil :')