I'm the biggest Narutard here.

I'm just not delusional about its quality relative to One Piece.
I've never believed Imu is the final villain, but I appreciate the similarities to Kaguya. I didn't like the reveal at first, but that was 8 years and 274 chapters ago.
That's still more than 20 years into serialisation, but I think that's a symptom of Oda taking way too long with Lore Piece revelations. 1180 chapters in and we still know fuck all about the Ancient Kingdom.
Oda's post-skip pacing has been pretty shit to be kind, and it's annoying how he introduces concepts like Haki, black blades and DF weapons, etc. but refrains from expounding because he wants to preserve novelty for characters he puts on a pedestal.
I'm just enjoying the hype of finally getting payoffs for mysteries we've been waiting on for decades now. It's making me very nostalgic for the days they felt fresh.
Imu is filling a lot of lore gaps, if nothing else.