One Piece author Oda reveals Imu's two biggest weaknesses

Saint Imu Nerona is one of the most powerful characters of all One Pieceand fans have recently been given a good glimpse of his abilities by Oda. When the Imu arrived in Elbaf, it was quite clear that their strength knew no bounds. But that was just a small glimpse of what they were really capable of. One Piece's The Loki flashback has shed light on Imu's powers more than ever before, and if it wasn't already clear, they are simply invincible, or at least that's how it appears on the surface. Imu is incredibly overpowered, and there's no denying that. But, Oda has already revealed the two biggest weaknesses of Imu.

In fact, Oda has even laid out the exact plan one must follow to take down Imu, and all of it is right in front of the readers' eyes. Over time, someone will take advantage of Imus' two biggest weaknesses and eventually take them out. These two weaknesses were specifically stated in the Loki flashback by Rock's D. Xebec, the man descended from Davy Jones. According to Rocks D. Xebec, one needs two specific Devil Fruits to topple the world government, meaning two specific fruits are needed to beat the Imu and crush their order.

Rocks wanted two specific Devil Fruits to beat Imu

Nika Fruit Hard Counters Imu's Powers

• Yami Yami no Mi is needed to fight Imu

• Hito Hito no Mi, model: Nika can counter Imu

Rock's plan, right from the start, was to execute the promise of his ancestor, Davy D. Jones. Being a member of the Davy clan himself, Rocks was adamant about keeping the promise Jones made to Imu.

What this promise was is not known yet, but what fans do know is that Davy Jones wanted to tear Imu down from the top of the world, and that's what Rocks wanted as well. When asked about his goal, he clearly stated that he wanted “The World”. In other words, Rocks wanted to crush Imus' world government, as promised by Davy D. Jones.

When Rocks first met Imu in Marijoa, he didn't fight him, and the reason for that is simple. Rocks himself knew he couldn't do anything against Imu, so he left with a warning that he would return when he was ready. Later, Rocks said he needed two Devil Fruits to fulfill his plan to crush the government. In other words, Rocks wanted two Devil Fruits to beat Imu. Rocks wanted Harald to eat one of these fruits, and he probably wanted to eat the other himself.

Connecting all the dots, it is very easy to derive it Imu's two biggest weaknesses are they two specific Devil Fruits that Rocks wanted to hit him with. The first of these two is most certainly the Nika fruit. This is also likely the fruit that Rocks wanted Harald to eat, given that the legend of the sun god Nika is tied to Elbaf, and the fact that Jarul confirmed that Harald was trying to be Nika in his own way. With the power of the Nika fruityou could counter Imu's Domi Reversi and all abilities derived from the power of evil, and this is because the fruit is the opposite of Imu itself.

The other ability would be Yami Yami no Mi, the strongest Logia. This fruit is special because it absorbing the devil's power. In other words, not even Imu can fight its powers.

Haki at the level of joy Boy needed

Imu can only be countered with the strongest Haki

There are also powerful Haki needed to fight Imubut it must be of the highest class. Rocks used his Haki in the fight against Imu, but it didn't work because it wasn't strong enough. But in Egghead, Joy Boy's Haki clearly worked against the Elderswho all get their powers from Imu. As such, the second one would need to beat top class Imu Haki.

One Piece's next chapter comes out this week. As usual, One Piece will be released on Sunday. In Japan, One Piece will be released at 12pm JST on Monday. However, the vast majority of international readers will see the chapter available on November 2nd. Fans can read the chapter for free on Manga Plus.

Release date

October 20, 1999

Network

Fuji TV

Directors

Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Ma Shihi Endo, Toshihiro Ma Shihi Endo, Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou

Author

Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji 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)