Controversial Why people are so salty because of Imu and his Gorosei could be the final bosses in the series

So who is the final villain in the series?

  • Imu the immortal king of WG

    Votes: 76 73.8%
  • BlackBeard

    Votes: 19 18.4%
  • Akainu who will dethrone Imu

    Votes: 6 5.8%
  • Shanks, but he will be not villain, but will fight Luffy in funny fight

    Votes: 2 1.9%

  • Total voters
    103
#81
If anything. People are most salty about Blackbeard being part of the endgame lol. And being an evil equivalent to joyboy.

Because that would mean Akainu is just another guy.

While Luffy, Imu and Blackbeard are directly connected to void century.
Akainu was the one to actually kill ace though, that's enough to make him endgame material imo. Like Luffy saw that last conversation go down, and it probably sticks in his craw.
 
#82
Akainu was the one to actually kill ace though, that's enough to make him endgame material imo. Like Luffy saw that last conversation go down, and it probably sticks in his craw.
Luffy isn't fighting 3 endgame villains though. Sabo fighting Akainu is more fitting imo.

And Blackbeard is directly a threat to Imu.
 
#83
I expect that the battle between Shanks and Teach will happen just as Luffy starts off for Laugh Tale, stalling him long enough.

Also, I do believe Teach is the one to reactivate Pluton. As Pluto, in Japanese, is Meiosei, or "Darkness King Star". How oddly fitting...
So you think Blackbeard will invade Wano, wipe out the samurai, Yamato and co and destroy the country to acquire Pluton buried beneath it?

I think that would just make Wano even worse in retrospect.
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Blackbeard is the final boss of the series and I think oda has made that pretty clear imo.

1. BBs first target was Luffy and would have dogged his ass at the time
2. Instead, Blackbeard captures Ace and sets up his execution. Luffy holds him personally responsible.
3. Introduced as an exact foil with a mirrored dream, more of a rival than any other Worst Gen pirate.
4. Consistently growing in power and stays several arcs ahead of Luffy
5. Blackbeards darkness fruit is the thematic opposite of Luffy
6. Oh yeah, did I mention he got Ace killed for a Warlord title he immediately used to shit on Luffy's new friend who carried marineford

Akainu was just doing his job, so while Luffy hates him and might even want to kill him, Blackbeard only did it for the clout. And so Akainu humbled Luffy, and Blackbeard infuriated him.

Imu sounds like the natural choice, but this is a manga about pirates and Oda claims that things wrap up shortly after finding the One Piece. A pirate fight for the One Piece fits better, and depending on how Blackbeard folds there might be no one to mourn. Hence Oda gets to have one big blow out party funded by the treasure found.

edit: and if the WG could locate laughtale or follow one of the pirate crews there, they'd just Mother Flame all of them at the same time.
How would that work though? So the Strawhats turn around, backtracking several weeks and with all their global allies take down the WG with forces far more powerful than the Blackbeard pirates with much greater stakes resolving a conflict of over 800 years….only to then turn back around and spend several weeks again going down the Grandline to get to Laughtale and fight the much smaller force of the Blackbeard Pirates who patiently waited for them all that time (and all the Strawhat allies have decided to no longer help) for much smaller stakes for a treasure that’s now pointless because they’d already overthrown the WG before even finding out the secrets of 900 centuries ago and don’t even have to worry about coming up with a different decision than the Roger Pirates because it never really mattered anyway and Rayleigh was just pulling their legs?
 
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#84
The Yankers are mad BC the marines have stronger fighters and shanks isn't the coolest kid on the block

The Ladmirals are mad BC the admirals looked like shit just for some old creeps and a left at the alter bridetyrant to swing around catching W's. It'd be fucking rough losing to another faction let alone a few old dudes from your own....

These are the only ones who really lose from seeing these mfs flex their shit tbh
 
#85
There is severe cognitive dissonance in thinking Imu is the final foe, but somehow, the gorosei won't end up stronger than the admirals and be the final fights.

Meaning the gorosei could be as individuals above the yonko. They are most certainly above the admirals. That much really isn't up for debate.

So we will see that the so the end game power hierarchy could be:

Luffy>Imu>Strawhat and allies who beat Gorosei> gorosei>yonko>admiral

And allies in that third tier could include Dragon, Blackbeard, Law etc
 
#86
I find it quite fitting for them to be the final bosses.
I don't remember exactly but i have the impression that most of the evil that luffy has beat through his journey were created by those mf's.
Even Bb when oda draw him as a child was a really sad boy and him wanting to destroy this rotten world is more justified than CD killing innocent defenseless people.
So yes, gorosei and IM should be taken down as the final bosses and the whole world will restart again imo.
 
#87
There was hundreds posts about Imu as the final villain and why he shouldn't be final villain, his comparison to Kaguya from Naruto, and that became a reason why proper thread about Imu should exist.
The issue is one of direct impact vs indirect impact. Direct impact is when a villain personally gets their hands dirty, versus indirect impact is when a villain is moving from the shadows having others do the dirty work for them.

Akainu and Teach stand out more than IMU, right now because they have had direct impact on the story and more importantly Luffy. Teach directly captures Ace and Akainu directly kills him. We can assign blame to many of the WG/Marines higher ups for these events too, but it would all be indirect impact of them allowing or encouraging certain events to occur rather then getting their hands dirty themselves.

It’s very easy for Oda to shift a villain from indirect impact to direct impact though. If IMU showed up on egghead and killed Nami or Ussop in front of Luffy, suddenly IMU’s impact would become direct and it’s very doubtful anyone would have a problem with FV IMU.

The concern with comparing him to Kaguya, is that this will not happen since we are near the end of the story. IMU will never have direct impact until the final battle and will be poorly established as direct villain to the series. I don’t think Oda will do this, but I understand the fear.
 
#88
The issue is one of direct impact vs indirect impact. Direct impact is when a villain personally gets their hands dirty, versus indirect impact is when a villain is moving from the shadows having others do the dirty work for them.

Akainu and Teach stand out more than IMU, right now because they have had direct impact on the story and more importantly Luffy. Teach directly captures Ace and Akainu directly kills him. We can assign blame to many of the WG/Marines higher ups for these events too, but it would all be indirect impact of them allowing or encouraging certain events to occur rather then getting their hands dirty themselves.

It’s very easy for Oda to shift a villain from indirect impact to direct impact though. If IMU showed up on egghead and killed Nami or Ussop in front of Luffy, suddenly IMU’s impact would become direct and it’s very doubtful anyone would have a problem with FV IMU.

The concern with comparing him to Kaguya, is that this will not happen since we are near the end of the story. IMU will never have direct impact until the final battle and will be poorly established as direct villain to the series. I don’t think Oda will do this, but I understand the fear.
Well he did kill Cobra for starters. If Vivi is captured and he tortures her to death, then maybe that would be good enough for a main villain
 
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Sasaki Kojirō

#92
Sure, Hagoromo gets beaten by Sennin Mode Naruto. Makes totally sense.
Äh,is kaido now pain or Hagoromo?
The strongest character in Naruto is Kaido in One Piece in comparison. A specific character whom Blackbeard, the final villain, calls a fearsome monster, and those closest to Imu are afraid to provoke him.
While Doflamingo blackmails Imu-sama. :suresure::suresure:Another insane L of Imu-sama, aside from, of course, failing to knock out Sabo, while Base Kaido is knocking out top-tier fighters and monsters like Oden in his basic form. @Sentinel
 
#93
The issue is one of direct impact vs indirect impact. Direct impact is when a villain personally gets their hands dirty, versus indirect impact is when a villain is moving from the shadows having others do the dirty work for them.

Akainu and Teach stand out more than IMU, right now because they have had direct impact on the story and more importantly Luffy. Teach directly captures Ace and Akainu directly kills him. We can assign blame to many of the WG/Marines higher ups for these events too, but it would all be indirect impact of them allowing or encouraging certain events to occur rather then getting their hands dirty themselves.

It’s very easy for Oda to shift a villain from indirect impact to direct impact though. If IMU showed up on egghead and killed Nami or Ussop in front of Luffy, suddenly IMU’s impact would become direct and it’s very doubtful anyone would have a problem with FV IMU.

The concern with comparing him to Kaguya, is that this will not happen since we are near the end of the story. IMU will never have direct impact until the final battle and will be poorly established as direct villain to the series. I don’t think Oda will do this, but I understand the fear.
Imu will kill Dragon for sure, and will kidnappe Vivi, maybe he will be also the one who will kill Shanks.
 
#94
The strongest character in Naruto is Kaido in One Piece in comparison. A specific character whom Blackbeard, the final villain, calls a fearsome monster, and those closest to Imu are afraid to provoke him.
While Doflamingo blackmails Imu-sama.
Obito was also wary of Nagato/Pain. Does it mean Pain > EOS Obito, let alone Madara?

Kaido being Pain fits more because after that arc the final saga started. Naruto was also recognized as a hero who saved Konoha and he basically beat his first top tier opponent with help as well.
Shall I keep going?
 
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Sasaki Kojirō

#95
Obito was also wary of Nagato/Pain. Does it mean Pain > EOS Obito, let alone Madara?

Kaido being Pain fits more because after that arc the final saga started. Naruto was also recognized as a hero who saved Konoha and he basically beat his first top tier opponent with help as well.
Shall I keep going?
I'm not convinced by anything that would make me believe that any of your hypotheses are correct, to be honest. Look at where you've gotten to, thinking this has turned into Naruto? Find a statement from Pain claiming to be the strongest ninja above Madara, Obito, Itachi, and others.
 
#96
I'm not convinced by anything that would make me believe that any of your hypotheses are correct
Of course you are not convinced; after all, you believe One Piece's Pain equivalent is the strongest character alive which is just bull.

Look at where you've gotten to, thinking this has turned into Naruto?
I don't know, I just quoted your post, #63, which says Hagoromo is apparently Kaido.
It's not my fault you used a Naruto analogy to prove your point, lol. Why are you constantly dodging Sasaki?

Find a statement from Pain claiming to be the strongest ninja above Madara, Obito, Itachi, and others.
Lol, find me a statement of Kaido claiming to be strongest pirate, above Roger and Primebeard. As far as I know, Kaido didn't even sniff Laugh Tale, let alone ever beating Roger on a battle.
 
#99
I have to. His wank is becoming annoying when he started targetting final villains. At least stick to the admirals man...
Sasaki's recent posts and threads reek insecurity by the way.
The overwank gets annoying honestly lmao. It was never a good investment to put Kaido as this top 3 guy all-time. He lost before the final saga even started. Kaido remaining in the top 10 all-time conversation will be the absolute best case scenario for him, feats will reach new heights in the final stretch.
 
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