Imu's Multiple Devil Fruit Powers Explained

This article contains spoilers from One Piece's Elbaf Arc.

Summary

  • Imu's abilities probably belong to the Yokai class, not devil fruit abilities.

  • Imu may have given powers to the Elders and Saint Knights and made them dependent on him.

  • Imu has potentially the most dangerous ability of all, the power of a sea devil.

Imu, the Sovereign of the One Piece world, is a bag of mysteries and fans absolutely cannot wait to get more involved in the story. After being first introduced in the story during the Reverie arc, Imu has steadily grown in prominence and importance, becoming quite possibly the most mysterious character in the entire series.

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After the Wano Country Arc story, fans got a glimpse of Imu's abilities, and it's safe to say that he might have a few devil fruits or demonic powers up his sleeve. This is exactly what makes Ima special, and with their relationship with the Elders and the fact that they have yet to fully reveal how powerful they truly are, fans know that Ima's role in the final saga will continue to add more intrigue to the story. , which keeps fans on the edge of their seats.

What is Imu's Devil Fruit Ability

Imu from One Piece

  • Imu could have the power of a sea devil

  • Imu seems to have multiple powers

Imu having the Devil Fruit ability isn't something that should shock fans at all. That said, the power that Imu has may not exactly be classified as a Devil Fruit ability. This is largely due to the Elders when they were finally revealed in their full power One piecehe continued by demonstrating demonic powers, also known as Yokai abilities. Strangely, Oda didn't emphasize their abilities as anything other than Yokai abilities, and specifically chose not to refer to them as Devil Fruit abilities. This makes sense given what happened at the end of the Egghead Arc with Saturn, but more on that later.

Which light do you wish to erase from this earth, Great Imu? – Older

First, fans must keep in mind that Imu's powers, like those of the Elders, will likely belong to the Yokai class. Whatever the Yokai Imu is, it probably has the ability to control all other powers, and there's good reason to think so.

Imu devil fruit one piece

First, fans need to go back to Reveria where a proper display of Imu's powers was first introduced. Here, Oda revealed Imu's ability once Sabo hit him with a tower. The imu had clearly transformed into some massive beast with four limbs and a massive mouth. Within seconds, the blast of flames that Sabo threw at Imu was swallowed and it was clear that Imu was indeed using the powers. While fans believe that this form is Imu's ability, things may be more complicated than that. Imu's powers could easily be much greater, and that's based on what fans saw from Imu at the end of the Egghead arc.

Imu may have granted powers to elders and holy knights

Imu killed Saint Saturn using his powers

At the end of the Egghead Island Arc, fans saw Imu use a very shocking ability, and this power turned out to be great enough to completely strip Saturn of all his powers. As fans know, Saturn is an Elder who lives for centuries. He actually remembers Niko, which clearly indicates that he was alive during the Void Century. Despite the fact that he is alive, there is a huge confusion among fans. Of course there are ways to be immortal One piecesuch as the Perennial Youth Ordinance offered by Ope Ope no Mi. But this ability can only be used once and the person performing the operation will die, meaning the entire process of making each Elder immortal would take years.

Saturn why did you let Nika run away? – Imu

Instead, it is highly likely that only Imu is immortal, but can transfer his power to others. This makes sense considering that the Gyuki ability Saturn possessed was stripped from him at the end of Egghead, as well as his immortality, leaving him a shell of his former self and a bag of bones. Imu can only take powers if he was the one who granted them. This means that Imu controls such powers. It also explains how the elders were able to communicate with each other telepathically and how they all somehow use the summoning circle.

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Recently, fans have seen Shanks' brother also use this Summoning Ring, another sign of the fact that Imu may have shared this ability with him. But even more than that, Gunko, a powerful Saint Knight, was recently seen using an arrow-like ability. As fans may recall, Imu himself used this arrow ability to impale both Cobra and Sabo, killing the former while mortally wounding the latter. Unless the ability was somehow different, it's clear that even Gunko could have the abilities granted to Imu. This makes things even more special as it suggests that these abilities are free for Ima to use herself whenever they want. Since Imu uses immortality for herself and freely shares it with others, this train of thought makes a lot of sense. As such, the imu must have access to multiple abilities and the ability to switch between them as well as distribute them.

Imu might be able to use abilities freely

Imu could potentially be the source of Devil Fruit

Imu having such monstrous power is a clear indicator of one fact, that they have the most dangerous ability of all in One piece— the power of the sea devil. While fans may not remember it clearly, Shanks mentioned during Buggy's flashback that he once heard that all Devil Fruits were the embodiment of a sea devil. By that train of thought, it would make sense why Imu has so many powers and how they seem to find a way to offer powers to their subordinates, and also why the world government somehow always has powerful power users in their ranks.

The sea devil itself could be a myth like Nika. Either Imu is the reincarnation of the Sea Devil, or somewhere in the Void Century, Saint Nero found Imu's Sea Devil ability, consumed it, much like Joy Boy consumed Nika's power, and then became immortal with the Ope Ope no Mi power, something Ivankov strongly believes. Then this would mean the existence of a sea devil long ago and given the recent tradition of revealing it makes sense. Elder Jarul revealed in One piece chapter 1136 that the One Piece world was destroyed twice and that Nika fought someone long before the Void Century. It is clear that if the sea devil reincarnated and was absorbed by Imu, then the original sea devil could have been fought by the original Nika, and this may have been the time when the devil fruit first came into existence, along with structures such as Red line.

One Piece is available to read through Viz Media. Fans can officially read the series for free on the Shonen Jump and Manga Plus apps. The release date of the next One Piece chapter, One Piece 1137, is set for January 26, 2025.

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Release date

October 20, 1999

Studio

Toei animation

Creator

Eiichiro Oda

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