I think imu is just like enel. Enel probably was the initial draft for oda as final villain(before stretching one piece for money). Just the factors are changing. Probably using Uranus instead of Enels DF, pretty much same thing, anyone who is against him...he just dumps them remotey. Also luffy was a natural enemy of Enel being rubber...and here he is natural enemy of a god as being member of D/Joyboy.
Oda copying from his old self now.