Lake Elbaf one piece focused a lot on the character of Saint Imu Nerona, one of the 20 founding kings and sovereign of the world. Last week, with Imu declaring his desire to visit the military kingdom, Oda finally delivered and revealed the true face of this individual. For years, Oda hid Imu's face behind a silhouette, but the Elbaf arc ripped this mask off his face, revealing the true form of the final antagonist of the entire series.
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Assessing the reasons for the monarch's arrival at Elbaf
In One Piece Chapter 1178, Immu made a big declaration at the end. After fighting Nika and Nidhogg through Gunko's body, Imu realized that the threat he faced was serious enough to personally do something. Thus, at the end of the chapter, Imu declared to the five elders that he would head to the battlefield himself.
For the first time in a generation, Imu decided to leave the shrine of Mariejois and face the hardships of stepping into the underworld. If Imu had not stepped on Elbaf directly, not only the Straw Hat Pirates but also the Giants would have easily defeated him. Now Imu's arrival sets the stage for a grand finale that once again brings him back to the world government's favor and has dire consequences for the series' protagonists.
Eiichiro Oda finally reveals Imu's true face in episode 1179.
As Imu is about to appear on Elbaf, Oda performed amazingly by completely revealing his face to fans for the first time in 8 years. For nearly a decade, Oda has been teasing the mystery surrounding Imu's face. Whenever these characters appeared in the story, they were shrouded in silhouette, but One Piece Chapter 1179 was a huge success in peeling off these masks and revealing their true faces.
Imu has a particularly unique face among men in the One Piece world. For one reason or another, Imu's face doesn't look like a typical One Piece character. The facial features are somewhat feminine and Imu certainly looks very unique. Imu has white hair flowing down one side of her face and tanned skin, making her very similar to the Moon race of the One Piece world.
In addition, Oda showed fans the true appearance of Imu, which boasts huge black wings and a pointed tail, during the transformation process. Imu's Devil Fruit abilities were also unleashed by the series creator, meaning that this is the beginning of the end not only for the Elbaf arc, but for One Piece as a whole.
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Imu's disconnect from the main One Piece race
With Imu's proper debut in the Elbaph arc, the relationships he has with some of the world's greatest races are abundantly clear for all to see. Imu, who has tanned skin and white hair, has a very deep connection with the Lunar race of the One Piece world. There aren't many people with tanned skin in the One Piece world. In fact, tan skin and grey-white hair are major indicators of having Lunar blood, and Imu seems to have something to do with this as well. This would be appropriate, as the Lunarians were once known as the gods of the world, and Imu considers himself the only true god of the entire world.
All of this was inevitable. I will leave the Holy Land in your hands, Gorosei. — Immu, One Piece Episode 1179
It is possible that Imu fought against his own people long ago, then became one of the Founding 20 and eventually took over the entire world. Additionally, Imu also boasts massive horns that can be traced back to its lineage of ancient giants. It is still unknown whether these horns come from a Devil Fruit transformation or are natural, but if they are truly natural, Imu may possess the bloodline of an ancient giant, which would enhance his powers even further.
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Measure the impact of World Ruler bleeding upon landing
What is noteworthy is that Imu began bleeding as soon as he arrived in Elbaf. This means that Imu's body has been weakened in some way, which could be directly linked to his previous battle with Joyboy, which concluded about 800 years ago. In the end, Joyboy died, but Imu appears to have had serious consequences by participating in the war with Joyboy.
For some reason, Imu's body has become severely weakened and it seems unlikely that he will be able to display his full strength for a long time. This means that Imu will spend a short time in the shrine of Elbaph and will use all of his power to put an immediate end to the threat of Nika and Nidhogg.
One Piece Chapter 1180 will be available to read on Manga Plus on April 19, 2026.
one piece
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October 20, 1999
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Fuji TV
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Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Ito, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudo, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yuji Endo, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Sato
- author
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Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shoji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda.
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Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
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Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)
