This article contains spoilers from One Piece's Elbaf Arc.
Summary
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Imu is confirmed as a male sky dragon based on his title like Imu Sei, not Imu Guu.
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IMU can change bodies, and while he is male, his vessels can still be female.
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IMU can target queens and princesses for their vessels and suggest a possible female vessel.
A bit Elbaf Arc has shifted lots of focus to IMU, the most important antagonist in the entire series, and for good reasons. Which is clear in the story already IMU has emerged as the main antagonist in the Elbaf arch, and this is achieved by taking control of Gunko's body.
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As this bow continues, very exciting information about Gunko and IMU will finally be revealed, and fans absolutely cannot wait to see how Oda delivers. When it comes to IMU, fans want to know in particular the answer to an important question and that is their gender. While many fans are still scratching their heads, ODA has already given the answer to this question a long time ago.
IMU is a confirmed male in one piece
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Imu called an 聖 (“sei”)
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Female Celestial Dragons called 宮 (GUU)
When it comes to IMU's gender, fans have discussed what IMU is strong. Some believe that IMU will be male, while a significant part of the fans believe that IMU will prove to be female. The truth is that the answer is more complicated than just male or female, which has already been confirmed by ODA.
Let Mu show you a God's dominance! – Imu
At least Imu, in their core, is male. This is confirmed by Oda himself. The five elders refer to IMU as Imu Sei, which means he is a male heavenly. If Imu was female, he would be called Imu Guu. In Japanese, male heavens are called 聖 (-sei), while women are called 宮 (-guu). The fact that the elders use the former for IMU confirms that IMU is really male.
That said, this does not respond to anything in the great thing and the mystery of IMU's gender goes even deeper. This is because IMU is now confirmed to be able to have vessels and switch bodies.
IMU's vessel complicates the problem
Imu may have a female ship
While IMU, in reality, is male, the fact is that IMU's vessels can still be female. This is evident from the fact that Oda still hides the real form of IMU, and even their voice in anime is not finished. If IMU is already called male, Oda would have had no reason to hide IMU. In addition, fans have rightly pointed out that the main body like IMU looks like a woman.
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In addition in the ELBAF -arc of A bitOda clearly pulled IMU in control of Gunko. This means that IMU can very well use others as a ship, and although Gunko can be severely limited, some others will probably be able to host IMU better.
Imu can still be a woman
IMU can still prove to be a female villain, simply based on the fact that they seem to want to focus on queens and princesses, probably for their ship. Lily of Arabasta was a queen who disappeared 800 years ago and never came back from Marijoa, which was when the line passed to her brother, Vivi's ancestor. IMU can have control over Lily's body.
At the same time, fans know very well that IMU wants Vivi at all costs, possibly to use as its ship. In addition, Gunko also seems to be a previous princess. All this indicates that IMU has a female ship in the last story, even though it is actually male.
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- Release date
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October 20, 1999
- Network
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Fuji TV
- Board members
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Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hirouu, Hirau, Kaku, Kakhita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hirouu, Hiruu, Kaku, Kakhita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hirouu, Hirou, Kaku, Kakhita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hirouu, Hirou, Kaku, Kakhita, Yoko Ikaa, Ryota Nakamura, Hiruura, Hiruura, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu, Hiruu. Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hirroyuki Satou
- Author
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Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Momokah Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoechi Takahi, Momoka, Momokay,
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Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (Voice)
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Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa zoro (voice)