I think it is extremely likely that the skypiea arc was foreshadowing for the final war. In this arc, Luffy defeats a man who believes himself to be god. This is very similar to the final war, where Luffy will fight Imu, who likely views himself as god, as all CDs have this view and Imu is the king of the CDs.
Anyways, the main villains of the skypiea arc were the birkans, led by Enel. Enel destroyed his own homeland and subsequently colonized skypiea. While he is one of the sky human races, he removed(or lost) his wings and replaced them with a set of drums.
I believe that something similar could be the case for Imu. The Lunarians seem to be an extremely overpowered race. So one really must wonder, how were they destroyed by the celestial dragons? What if, they were destroyed by one of their own?
I think with Imu paralleling Enel, its very possible that Imu is a lunarian who destroyed his race and helped the celestial dragons take over mariejois and claim themselves as Gods, while Imu secretly ruled from the shadows. Similar to Enel removing/having lost his wings, Imu too is missing his wings. As for his flames, well we know that lunarians can turn those off.
In any case, given how much hype Oda is giving lunarians, I think it makes a lot of sense for the final villain to be a lunarian. I mean really who else could top someone like Teach and Kaido?
Lunarian genes will give Imu the perfect body. With advanced haki and an OP DF, he will be near invincible. Only Luffy will be able to bring him down.
Anyways, the main villains of the skypiea arc were the birkans, led by Enel. Enel destroyed his own homeland and subsequently colonized skypiea. While he is one of the sky human races, he removed(or lost) his wings and replaced them with a set of drums.
I believe that something similar could be the case for Imu. The Lunarians seem to be an extremely overpowered race. So one really must wonder, how were they destroyed by the celestial dragons? What if, they were destroyed by one of their own?
I think with Imu paralleling Enel, its very possible that Imu is a lunarian who destroyed his race and helped the celestial dragons take over mariejois and claim themselves as Gods, while Imu secretly ruled from the shadows. Similar to Enel removing/having lost his wings, Imu too is missing his wings. As for his flames, well we know that lunarians can turn those off.
In any case, given how much hype Oda is giving lunarians, I think it makes a lot of sense for the final villain to be a lunarian. I mean really who else could top someone like Teach and Kaido?
Lunarian genes will give Imu the perfect body. With advanced haki and an OP DF, he will be near invincible. Only Luffy will be able to bring him down.