Imu already beat Joyboy. Meaning he’s faced a user of the Nika fruit before. He knows exactly what Luffy is capable of and probably how to beat him.
So what’s going to be different between this time and the last? My guess is Luffy’s allies.
Unlike Joyboy, Luffy will have much stronger allies and they will probably help him beat Imu.
I think the biggest will be Zoro, Kid, and Law. Like on the rooftop.
Zoro will take some immense amount of pain for Luffy. Like he did with hakai and against Kuma. I think he could also scar Imu.
Law will give Luffy immortality. In the past Imu had the ope ope no mi user on his side, allowing him to become immortal. Now Luffy has Law as an ally, and will probably get immortality from him in order to be able to stand up to Imu.
Lastly I think Luffy will get something from Kid as Kid has consistently been shown as one of Luffy’s biggest allies, helping him in both sabaody and Wano. I think Luffy could get a prosthetic arm from Kid. Luffy’s idol is Shanks, Shanks gave up his arm for Luffy. It would be pretty poetic if in the end, Luffy gave up his arm to save someone. Maybe Bonney or Vivi?
Ultimately Luffy will have other allies. Dragon, Shanks, and Garp come to mind. But I think Zoro and the captains are special.
They all got special roles in Wano helping Luffy and it would tbh not make sense for any of Luffy’s other allies to upstage them in the final war.
So what’s going to be different between this time and the last? My guess is Luffy’s allies.
Unlike Joyboy, Luffy will have much stronger allies and they will probably help him beat Imu.
I think the biggest will be Zoro, Kid, and Law. Like on the rooftop.
Zoro will take some immense amount of pain for Luffy. Like he did with hakai and against Kuma. I think he could also scar Imu.
Law will give Luffy immortality. In the past Imu had the ope ope no mi user on his side, allowing him to become immortal. Now Luffy has Law as an ally, and will probably get immortality from him in order to be able to stand up to Imu.
Lastly I think Luffy will get something from Kid as Kid has consistently been shown as one of Luffy’s biggest allies, helping him in both sabaody and Wano. I think Luffy could get a prosthetic arm from Kid. Luffy’s idol is Shanks, Shanks gave up his arm for Luffy. It would be pretty poetic if in the end, Luffy gave up his arm to save someone. Maybe Bonney or Vivi?
Ultimately Luffy will have other allies. Dragon, Shanks, and Garp come to mind. But I think Zoro and the captains are special.
They all got special roles in Wano helping Luffy and it would tbh not make sense for any of Luffy’s other allies to upstage them in the final war.
