#chapter 1180

IMU

IMU! IMU CAME OUT!

And Luffy had the best reaction when that started:

And then Imu goes straight for the Domi Reversi and:

THESE TWO JUST SHRUG IT OFF?!?!?!?!?

But for some reason Imu isn't surprised??

Okay I assume that's a Gunko-cicle, not an Imu-cicle but WELL DONE LOKI.

WAIT so Chopper isn't killing them with his punches? Or is he just too innocent to see that's what's happening, and Zoro is too much of a dumbass to see the same? Odacchi please clarify.

Biblio the Owl saved the books!! ...now to figure out where owl and books have vanished to.

DEEPLY disturbing immortality. Do not like. Not one bit.

Ooooooooooh Imu's gonna deal with this in person.

MY DARLING BOYS (and Tama)!

The little flashes of how it was all inevitable are so cool! All the threads Odacchi has been weaving together for the past nearly 30 years, all coming into focus...!

Yeah, they're definitely gonna make your ass suffer again, Imu buddy. But why do they want Vivi...? And why the painting of - I assume - Lily??

OH. MECHANICAL HEART. BREAK IT AND THEY DIE...!!

That was unexpected but also - yeah, void century technology/magic...!

Yeeeeeeeeeah, that is very kyaa. Very bad. No good.

WHAT

THE

FUCK

what the fuck

So now Elbaph is the goth version of Whole Cake Island???????????

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HIS POWER IS DEVIL FRUIT

I'm not even that surprised because Imu has been using all the powers and more but. Yeah. OKAY THEN. HIS POWER IS DEVIL FRUIT.

And he's #1 of the 20 who founded the World Government and I think:

King of the World, Nerona Imu

WHAT a character design! WHAT an appearance!

Oh things are HAPPENINNNNNNNNNNG.

"Omen" but written like maki... with the "ma" from "akuma"...!!

STUNNING.

He seems - he has horns like Yamato's? And the outfit is vaguely Elbaph??

Extremely horrifying yes.

Bad bad bad, very bad.

Imu just FLICKS Zoro away?? Mid-attack, too.

EXCEEDINGLY BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The black wings are very Lunarian...?

"Nemesis" - "Heaven's punishing sword"...

And now maki is "power"...!

Hm. HMMM. HMMMMMMMMMM.

OH HI JOYBOY

Who clearly did not agree with Imu's theory of the world delighting in domination...!

Ah. Imu may have won the war, but Joyboy still lives rent free in his head 800 years later, so who's the real winner here?!

Wait up hang on... wait a minute... why does Imu look so pleased to see Nidhögg back...??? (Nidhögg, just like Loki, is very much a harbinger of the end of the world in Norse mythology. Just saying.)

OKAY THAT WAS A WILD RIDE.

Just a quick thought but like.

So when I was reading this chapter, after seeing the Absolute Fuckery Imu just brought down to everyone (I actually stared at those few panels of Gerd losing her fingers for like a solid minute), like. Obviously, Things Are Not Looking Good.

And as imposing as Gear 5 Luffy and Loki with his DF are, I have a feeling they're not going to do great against Probably The Final Boss of the Series (putting BB aside). And the way we've just seen Zoro and Sanji absolutely eat shit against Imu, I am kinda concerned here fellas.

We know a lot of the past arcs and sagas post-TS have mirrored pre-TS arcs, most obviously Dressrosa resembling Alabasta and WCI the CP9 Saga, etc.

So the question is. Do we have another Sabaody Situation on our hand here.

Thing is, in a very funny turn of events. Kuma is on Elbaf. He's not in good condition, obviously, but like. Worst case scenario he could yeet everyone off the island (Not just the Strawhats but like, all citizens of Elbaf if they manage to buy him enough time for a great evacuation. IDK where the fuck he could even send hundreds of giants since many islands are Quite Tiny but y'know. Better off the island than to remain and get slaughtered by the WG)

Now the real question is how bad is Kuma's vegetative state rn-- like he's supposed to be cooked but with the power of love he was able to come to Bonney's rescue, obviously. Has he returned to the vegetative state though or is he like Kinda Better? If Bonney asked him to use his ability could he do that? If someone else held his hand up for him etc???

And if he was able to send everyone to safety off of Elbaf, obviously Kuma wouldn't have to actually SCATTER the Strawhats like he did on Sabaody. Though again, depending on what Kuma's condition is, like if he doesn't have full control of where he's sending people off to he could accidentally yeet the crewmates into different places (especially if things weren't quite as convenient as "Kuma boops the Sunny with the whole crew on it")

NGL the more I think about it I could see there being a situation where like Luffy alone gets yeeted to a different place from the rest of the crew in a final moment of panic... And I'm still deeply curious what the fuck is going to happen to Garp (are we going to have a reverse Marineford but this time it's saving Garp from being executed by Blackbeard) (If BB put out news about that then even if the crew was scattered best case scenario they could maybe arrive on Fullalead at last minute to help Luffy because they'd know Luffy would go there to save his Grandpa and they wouldn't leave Luffy alone this time, not if they could help it)

First things first, holy shit dude fuck you for what you did to Gerd. That was so, so nasty and kinda squicked me out. Why do amazonian sweethearts suffer so much in your world Oda?

Setting that aside, ill omens afoot. Now, those who read the TCB Scans got a helpful note and I think this is cool. "Omen" as in Imu's ability, is an interesting term. It's can be read as maki or like, demon aura so we have something pretty unique in the series. The same ability can grant his allies this demonic halo that perks em right back up but he was also able to quickly dispatch Zoro and Sanji with it.

And Loki shows up at the end. You know, we get your clash like Yamato & Kaido's brief one. Luffy's on his way. We even saw Gaban's group getting back up here. There's not really much to talk about this chapter. We're letting Imu show off. He needs to do that once. It's pretty fuckin' cool if I'm being honest, and the fact he's not really gunning to eradicate everyone bolsters the idea from last time he probably can't do this outside Mariejois for long. My guess is he works kinda like D&D's Githyanki. Not technically immortal, but the clock only ticks when he's outside Pangaea Castle.

i am actually losing my mind. how DARE Imu be so EVIL and HOT at the same Time, good god i'm a weak Man. i need Imu BADDDDDD. like yeah, sure he kinda just oneshoting everyone but WOW.

its not funny anymore...