Most of the pre time skip good dads, tom, zeff, Hiruluk, clover, we’re raising other people kids
now Oda wants to “post time upscale” his pre time skip patterns by making the good dads cucks too
Why would new abilities be a sign of anything? He’s been using new abilities on Loki too
you have prove the abilities are stronger that the previous ones he used on loki
also you guys forget that Imu was slapped by base Loki as well.
And don’t forget that Imu blocked Sanji and Zoro. He didn’t tank Sanji or Zoro’s attacks. He blocked them. Imu has never been shown to be that hard of a tank if he needs to actively block weaklings like Zoe and Sanji
Doesn't matter. His been smile diffing Loki this entire time. If he now pulls out even newer abilities, then that confirms he was holding back against Loki this entire time, and therefore the abilities he used against Loki were all his "holding back" abilities this entire time.
He didn't use those new abilities (the ones we'll see him use against Luffy) until Luffy came into the fight.
Nope. All it takes a change of demeanor (the smiles his been giving Loki this entire time) and that'll be more then enough to confirm it.
The only way to prove otherwise is if he uses the same abilities against Luffy that he already did, which won't happen, or if he explicitly says so, which, again, won't happen because Nika's been rent free in his head this entire time.
*Imu allowed base Loki to slap him around because he was handling him with kiddy gloves
His reaction to Nidhogg vs Joy Boy btw.
If that happens when he sees Luffy, then that just means he was holding back against Loki all this time and base Luffy punch > everything Loki did up until that point.