Speculations Could Imu’s base form actually be a Zoan form that has taken over the user ?

[Urouge]

Like the awakened Zoan users in Impel Down, or Luffy at present, a case where the fruit possesses the user

Could Imu be possessed by his fruit, the demon within the fruit that had supposedly taken control of his mind and body

If you look at the appearance of Luffy’s new form (in which he lets out monkey cries and acts in a chaotic manner) he is entirely black and has a very simple shape

exactly like Imu in his base form, who is all black and has a very simple shape

 

[SkySanji]

Imu is entirely black because he's a silhouette.

Nika Luffy is not entirely black, he has white all over his body and distinguishable features.

 

[Urouge]

Imu is entirely black because he's a silhouette.

Nika Luffy is not entirely black, he has white all over his body and distinguishable features.

Luffy's Monkey form entire skin of the body is black except for the spirals on his back and arms

 

[SkySanji]

Luffy's Monkey form entire skin of the body is black except for the spirals on his back and arms

So... not entirely black...

And he has distinguishable features.

Nika Luffy does not look like a silhouette, Imu objectively does.

 

[Urouge]

Imu is entirely black because he's a silhouette.

Nika Luffy is not entirely black, he has white all over his body and distinguishable features.

In One Piece no silhouette has ever been shown in profile with visible depth

And no other figure has ever been sliced into pieces the way Imu was sliced by Xebec

 

[Urouge]

So... not entirely black...

And he has distinguishable features.

Nika Luffy does not look like a silhouette, Imu objectively does.

Yes, you’re right, there are differences.
There are details such as the cloud collar and cloud armbands, as well as white hair, a white marking on the muzzle, the mouth and the fangs, and white spirals on the back and arms.

But let’s imagine that the Devil Fruit’s demon, upon taking control of the user, envelops them in a shroud of dark substance, with two eyes manifesting from the power itself. In this scenario, Imu wouldn’t just be a silhouette, but rather an individual who has lost control over their Devil Fruit, encased in a dark material, with two eyes belonging to the fruit

 

[nik87]

Imu's thin form may not be a form whatsoever but merely a disguise to look more human...
His Zoan is his latest form.

 

[Urouge]

Imu's thin form may not be a form whatsoever but merely a disguise to look more human...
His Zoan is his latest form.

I also quite like this hypothesis

 

[D. Plant]

Imu's thin form may not be a form whatsoever but merely a disguise to look more human...
His Zoan is his latest form.

The weird thing is that Imu's latest form has minions singing the rhythm while the monkey form has no drum of liberation like G5 does. The rhythm is what to be recognized, Zunisha reacts to it, Emet says G5 looks just like Joyboy. Why is that? Isn't tapping into the raw power gives the drum of liberation?

 

[nik87]

The weird thing is that Imu's latest form has minions singing the rhythm while the monkey form has no drum of liberation like G5 does. The rhythm is what to be recognized, Zunisha reacts to it, Emet says G5 looks just like Joyboy. Why is that? Isn't tapping into the raw power gives the drum of liberation?

Too early to say.
Maybe Joyboy never took this monke form.

 

[D. Plant]

Too early to say.
Maybe Joyboy never took this monke form.

This might be the case. However the kids and the giants seems to have the knowledge of it being a destroyer and black.