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Could maki be a form of "weakened" or old Haki you know.. something that was trapped for too long inside Imu's body After he died ??

Or, Maki is something Related to his fruit, his power of the Devil.

Like, Imu seems to control some Kind of Haki too, because he was able to transfer and transmute his own dark energy INTO the weapons and the 20 swords of the World Government... And, is also able to provide power to the HKs..

So, either it might be a corrupted energy or a specific type of mastered Haki..

and, his defensive skills in GValley proved me wrong about the Ancient generations.

Some Kind of Armor is protecting his Body during his fights.. before he runs out of gas.

I am sure he finally will show Off some Haki fighting skills of some Kind aside from his transformations.

And, something triggered me when Imu said that "Joyboy was killed long time Ago..." Could that mean that he was the previous Joyboy or the original One from the first World ?? And, later on he created the Devil fruits After he died as a Memory of his own World ??

To Die, Imu will need to pass down a Knowledge of the Ancient World maybe ??

Imagine Luffy finds a way to beat up Imu and take him out off Elbaf. His dark Aura, his Akuma no mi power is weakened and finally, the Shadow aura slowly disappears, fades out and the Only thing that rests is an old Body of an old Lunarian man.

His Body, very old and apparently dying, the Goroseis Have no other choices but to appear to save Imu and bring him Back to Mary geoise.

Finally, the biggest secret of the WGov gets exposed.

He was Once called "Joyboy".

The Strongest and most powerful man that ever lived. His Legacy became the fruit of his own desires.

Unfortunately, greed and egoism consumed him, his soul and his appetite for an eternal return Turned him upside down into a demonic form..

Would be cool, ain't it true ?

It is a type of Haki created from the will of Joyboy, it can directly liberate people of their own condition.

The counter part of is a huge energy and stamina loss for Joyboy or the user of that type of power/Haki.

It sets people along with Joyboy, create a bond for a moment, but everything can be Turned upside down and proven fake, because the power has a time limit, for sure.

The power of liberation has a down Side, an Side that makes people loose the Boost and motivation gain. And, in that moment, they become highly vulerable to Imu's control and Domination. This is how Joyboy lost, because his purpose is not to set people free reverse them, but to show them that the devil is a choice, Not a permanent State of being. This is why people used to love Joyboy..

It could be a potential scenario too, what are you thinking of this version of the story ?? It would Make Sense.

If Imu was, indeed, the original owner of the fruit, or Nika, it would be Logic to admit that the World Government was created After the events of the great War and the Void Century no ??

Like, the Motherflamme was Stolen from Imu, Imu killed JBoy for his sin and as a result of that loss, Imu loses the fruit, the Nika Fruit and become Void. An entity is created from nothingness. The World was Plunged INTO darkness, Nika becomes the Void.

And, the creation of new Devil fruits comes right After this event. But, they might have existed long before. Imu was l'EFT with no choiced, but with the Only One choiced : to eat the forbidden Sun, the Akuma no mi, empowered by the mother flamme. The forbidden fruit.

This is the Only way to recapture his own soul, because Nika is an eternal being. At least, his Body was special. This is why Luffy is Not Joyboy, because he is Not Nika. But, he possesses the fruit.

And, Imu, a.k.a the first Nika, is Now like an Android, or a Seraphim whom Received a golden heart, or an artificial one. And, his blood is still special, this is where he Gets his strength from and why he is so powerful and Stronger than anyone else yet.

Like, they originally where Strangers to the other, Imu, Joyboy, Davy Jones, but they decided on purpose to create an alliance. And, someone betrayed an other.

As we know, Imu killed Joyboy during the great war, before the Void century. That event lets Imu create devil fruits and capture Vegapunk. As we know, the devil fruits did not existed before the Void century and the great war.

So ,VGPK can create a new version of the original mother flamme, the artificial Sun, the so called "forbidden Sun". The first Sin of Humanity.

This power is directly associated with Imu's akuma no mi, the first Devil fruit. Creator of the Wgov. And the first alliance between the 20 kingdoms.

The swords are also carrying a portion of that power.

But, i think that Imu did not kill Joyboy, someone else did it on purpose.. and, this one person is maybe Lily D. Nefertari.

As Joyboy was loosing against the alliance of the 20 and slowly starting to lose the upper hand for the Ancient Kingdom, lily, whom was a Friend of Joyboy and close to the Ancient kingdom, is charged to protect the knowledge around the mother flamme. Because, Joyboy discovered Imu's devilistic mascerade and Understood the purpose and longevity of this mastermind plan. He bets his life on the future of the Blue planet, and calls it the One piece.

.Joyboy tells him the truth about it, the One piece counter plan to overthrow Imu in 800 years. lily understand her rôle, she knows she is wearing a mask, two sides face. This is where she changed her name for D. And why there is a double sense to it. The half moon people and the full moon ones.

.Jboy Asks her to spread the poneglyphs around the world in 800 years from now.

.as Joyboy was the original Sun God of this first World, he was maybe already able to stretch his body. Or, so strong that hé could jump and lift very heavy rocks or things. iDK.

But, the fruit of Nika did not existed at that time. And, no one could imagine such an awakening of some kind of DFruits. Nika is him, he becomes the legend later on.

.Imu thinks he won that time and realizes that the artificial mother flamme is uncomplete, the "world is not full yet". This is where his hatred for Vegapunk comes from.

. The world government was a group of Kings/queens and ruler that were tricked by the devil, the first devil fruit born out of the will of Saint Nerona Imu. 20 Kings pledged allegiance to the dark ruler in exchange of their own soul and the power to feed greed, envy and desire for anything.

Imu is the creator of the D. Curse, so the will of D. Makes only sense because some people wants to fight it, fight the will of the fruits.

.I call it, Imu's fruit erases temporary his memories, the One of the HK's too when he awakens his winged suit. The devil takes on and the curse is activated.

. when everything was only a lie. So, If Imu awakens again and is beaten up, he will realize the mistake he commited 800 years ago.

.Yet, Imu does not really knows he is dying or threathened, but the Goroseis have discovered the truth about his plan. So, they will serve Luffy, to be called the next Joyboy.

Because, imu is the only one able to tell if someone is truly the "chosen one" to become the Joyboy of this new world. Because, they already fought him in the past.

The mother flamme was maybe an ancient artifact, an energy from Elbaf protected by Joyboy and Nidhoggr. And, because of their fight and with the world government confrontation, it was stolen to create the devil fruits , also the Gomu Gomu no mi.

First, the fruit was predistined to someone very specific. Maybe Shanks.

But, as Shanks was saved by Monkey D. dragon, he learned everything about his origins, the DF on Roger's ship.

And, decided to steal the fruit and place it in the Hand of Luffy.

With this perspective, both Shanks and Dragon are aware of Imu's power and "masterplan". Let say it, it gives me hope for monkey D. Dragon lmao...

This is not complete, but i share it anyway for pleasure

Luffy definitely needs a great power up, overall greater conqueror Haki and observation too il would say. His barrée skills ans ability to See in the future against Imu were do bad that it en des up in leds than 20 seconds. Imagine then a fight to death between Shanks and Luffy, how could je survive this ?? A good Amont of battlespeed and new skills in order defeat Imu and survive the 20 kings project should be a must be by now.

I mean, what WE just witnessed with the sacred swords in chap. 1189 is definitely a sign of superiority from Imu in terms of Haki, embodiment of strength and ryuo/transmission of power INTO blades/objects. How could Luffy imagine for 1 second fight and win against an evil King that is able to invoque at Any given moment a sword that possesses the power of some ancients kings and a specific ability ?? This is really a great Wall to surpass ..

Because, i can See what Kind of ancient Betrayal that led Imu to kill Joyboy. Due to his Lack of responsibilty and personnality also, broboy could Have Not been able to keep and support Imu how Imu Saw his own World. So, their alliance for some Reasons Felt down and did Not last. Imu was encline to domination and power, where Joyboy was more encline to Mastery of energy or Haki, but had No plan, strategy of long terme, no will to Reign i guess...

I you Think now about it, the Haki knot that Joyboy Sealed into Emet's body during the Egghead Saga was more an insurance against the WG than a true weapon. And, i BET that disagreement Between Imu and Joyboy comes from the weaponisation of their own power and will.

Joyboy could Have been a Pacifica man.

Imu fears Joyboy's return, Not in the common Sense of a common fear for Life or a fight, but rather has some apprehension in a way i would say because Joyboy was maybe a dumbass or a danger due to his condition and his power. He could Not read Between the lines and could believe easily that his Friends were actually the bad guys.

What Imu excelled for actually was this. Observation, strategy and oriented action. This is why, at some point, Imu decided to steal Joyboy his power and killed him, because he was too powerful to control and to keep in the alliance.

And, knowing that One day he would come Back in some form, his goal is to Make Joyboy his greatest Ally. Not Friend, Ally to the WG. But, everything is bullshit ya know..

When the Gomu fruit reappears and why, Imu does Not know, and can Not predict. This is why it is his greatest fear.. because, Imu fears what je can Not control and ne prepared for. ✌️🤔

There is two version of Nika, the Liberator and the destructor One. Depending on the type of awakening and the form the user or the Gomu Gomu no mi : MODEL Nika is. The white and and the Black.

With this perspective, I Think that Blackbeard will Have his time to Shine, his moment to incarnate the dark Nika. The Black hole that shapes the new Dawn of the World. But first, Luffy will need to power up and beat Imu.

One was a healer, the other One is a version of that same person, but a fighter for freedom and the fighter of the oppresssed people.

The Liberator. Brings freedom and peace INTO places of oppression in the World. It can mean bringing chaos and destruction into some places, the dark Nika : the destructor.

Imu knows this and, as his Body is dying of old Age and probably of an incurable disease, he will need Luffy to Find the One Piece first in order to awaken the rythm of Liberation and the rythm of Joyboy, the Only One that can beat Imu and heal his cursed Body. Imu Wants Joyboy. But, current Luffy is Not embodying Joyboy's previous abilities and identity. This is why Imu will surely Die. Because this version of Joyboy is Now lost INTO the Abyss of the World. And, either will Luffy Die for it and Make Mu, the Demon of the Abyss, disappear, or he will become the new Imu.

For instance, i bet that the stabbing attack that Luffy just Received in Elbaf vs Imu will show it is the true power of the Void's sword and his purpose. The Void's purpose is to Make Luffy better. The speed of the attack and the sword probably needs to absord the Vital energy of the ennemy, this is why Imu also Adds the current Luffy is Not Joyboy.

My idea on Imu-joyboy's relation is that Joyboy was Turned 800 years Ago by a certain someone INTO a Seraphim After his death. Thus, creating the "Akuma no mi", The first Devil fruit in itself incarnated. Imu. Fruit of the Devil.

Either this was a Stolen pact concluded Between Imu and Joyboy, and why he lost.

Because the World was entering a chaotic phase and Imu Made Joyboy accept to sacrify Himself to save it.

The current defeat of Luffy VS. Imu on elbaf is surely designed by Eichiro oda to create his next arrival..

But, Later. like when Kaido lost against Luffy, or the opposite first and je Made a comme Back in G5. Because, every defeat endured by Luffy are a way for serving his purpose, his path towards the One Piece. A story wrotten with ITS hero finding ways to bounce Back and up for finishing the storyline Oda follows.

It seems, After Imu said to Luffy that he, "thee is Not Joyboy", that he awaits Luffy to be ready to fight him properly to take the throne Back..

Imu saying : "you are Not the One who is going to save the World"...

But, what World, what uncomplete World ?

And, from Imu's perspective, the World is still uncomplete, but because of what ??

I Think, this is because Imu took on Joyboy 800 years Ago for some specific Reasons. A good One would be Imu waiting for the return Of Joyboy, the Only One who can defeat Himself.

It can mean

1. Imu is under the effect of a curse for 800 years Now and hopes to be delivered. The Only One able to do it will become the next Joyboy.

(Previous Nika that had to curse Himself to save the World ??)

2. Imu Waits for the awaited joyboy to become strong enough to restaure his own dying body.

But, as yet Luffy is Not Strong enough or Smart enough for it, Well goûts Waits a little more.

3. Imu used to put an end to the great War 800 years Ago. Not by winnong or using the mighty force, but by Not deciding Wich Clan won.

And, it LEFT the World uncomplete because of his intervention. This is where his curse begann. Trapped on an empty throne for so long, and Imu totally forgot how everything happenned and erased his own Memory.

Maybe that he was Considered as Joyboy, and he died during the same process, because he did Not choose Himself, he choosed the World for Himself. What created the Void, Imu, the Only entity that belongs nowhere.

WE could witnesss Imu being forced to retreat because his Body can Not support/endure Nika, Luffy's will or a certain type of Haki anymore. That said, him being forced to go Back to Mary geoise After Losing 1,2,3 Holy knights around him.. would let US witness his true apparence and body, form.

Like, Imu is Not that Strong or special, but he seems just like a boosted humanoid with augmented genetics and biological modification brought out to his own body, you know..

This would reveal his own, true form and the essence of his Devil fruit. 'cause, his DF probably is the key for his strength, his form and speed. But, under the form, there is like an old-body dying and very sickdue to old âge.

It could be the first Nika, but i don't want to speculate on this..

What about your thoughts ??

Joyboy is the continuation of the will Davy. What makes it real. The will of Davy consists as making someone rich and safe in an unfair World. As Rocks D. Xebec said, Davy D Jones never Wanted to rule the World on his own. As Rocks was also, Joyboy was One of a few of the Strongest (Stronger than Imu first...), but never Wanted to take an Upper hand. In fact, he was fair, honnest and A genuine dude.

So, on his ship, he was not really a captain as Luffy uses to Behave with his crew.

He was the Nemesis of Jones.

Davy Jones was a pirate And became corrupted by his own Odessa, his own fragile nature that Wanted to create his own safe and fair World, where he could fully decided of the Sense of Justice.

Therefore, he Turned to evil Side.

Acknowing that Joyboy alone could Not deal with his own Powers against another crew, it was only Reserved for his close Friends (Allies and crewmates).

So, Jones tricked him and Davy D Jones takes him for a Davy Back fight, the fight that decides of the fate of the World and resulted with the creation of the World Government, how Jones betrayed JOYBOY :

Joyboy and Jones had two different crew, clan as Roger and Rocks had.

They shared the same common will, to go for the same Destiny. Im-sama was One of the second in command in Joyboy's crew, his first mate and maybe best Friend too. Even like a Yonko commander or smtg Alike.

Jones saw an opportunity and proposed a Request to Joyboy : If he wins the Davy Back Fight, Jones Wants that Guy on his ship, Imu-sama, the Holder of a specific power and greatest fighter on the ship. Also OP Haki.. etc...

Joyboy accepted with One condition : Jones had to Make the promise, the promise that One day, they will meet Again, him, Joyboy and Imu-sama ans that Joyboy would gather Back his crewmates, Friends and get Back his Friends.

Davy Jones would respect Joyboy's will to set the World free.

What Jones accepted.

The deal was set, but a deal is a deal.

So, Jones finally lied to JB and used Imu-sama awakened Powers to control Joyboy's crew (Domi reverso) and Turned them back against him. What finished with a War and JoyBoy's death.

Turing everyone against One because man because of greed, violence, jealousy, non-genuine personnality, cupidity and the will of gathering Mor and more ressources, power and influence.

Could be Imu the Guardian of something outrageaously big or important that can reveal the path to Becoming Joyboy or his personnality ?? Or, even the One Piece ??

Like, Imu seems also to Have a relation to music and sounds, oppression, something very special, specific about Sounds ans natural order of things..

Imu would Have realize that his blood and family origines out him in a position that was Not predestined for him, and decided to okay the role of the Devil in order to guide Monkey De Luffy for Becoming that man, the next Joyboy..

That means also he had been previously Considered as some sort of "Joyboy" Guy in his past but by mistake, or was predestined to become that figure by his family.

The Man, only king who would free Humanity (but, from the point of view of celestial dragons and oppressors ..) ?

And, Joyboy, he was the first Man to Carry his will of an own, the will of D., the will of the drums of liberation (the first Anika) was tricked by Imu, the celestials and later enslaved by the family in order to get the fruit.

Later, when Joyboy died during the war, the fruit vanished Again. And Imu understood at that point.. it was Not him.

To later reappear in nature.

So, Imu could possess the Ancient body of the first Nika and tried, in fact, to Accomplish an impossible mission. Now that he is Sick, his illness or a form of Course needs to be cures and only Joyboy can heal him from it.

The race against the sun.

Also, from old age, his body accelerated aging..

So, in m'y opinion, Imu is by far Not invincible at the moment and WE will discover the Real power of Luffy and Joyboy. The power to liberate, heal and tolerate people, even the good that Turned Evil.

Okay, so probably that Imu's is an absolut terryfying fighter, the Goat in terms of strength, anticipation, strategical observation, behavorial calculation, pure combat Skulls ans movement. Even his Powers are non-human and where created to Try to understand Joyboy's power.

But, Joyboy's unfair advantage that could Not be predicted by Imu and was directly Related to his fruit, the V.O.A.T, the voici of all things and all beings.. was Imu's biggest fear.

I thought about that idea : what If Imu's Haki is non totally human and lowered by his condition of the Devil, like a half-complete form of Haki (Maki) or a missing Piece of something that makes his Haki weaker than normal users..?

And, thus everything because Joyboy Sealed a part of his soul 800 years Ago, knowing he would lose or Die, because of Imu's Betrayal or something Related to the devil. So, as an inssurance for the prosperity of future generations and the next Nika user, Joyboy actually Sealed the One Piece missing for Imu's World completion, of his World (like inner World...) somewhere in the World.. and sens it INTO the future as a promise of return, or a promise that they would meet Again and Imu would understand it.

So, it could either be the fruit directly, the missing Piece that never Belong to Imu, because Imu's consideration of the World presuppose that everything is evil and belongs to him or the Only thing that sera him free, the power of Nika.

Imu had been blinded because of Joyboy's sunlight and Imu could Not See him properly and predict his moves, what Made joyboy Stronger and surpass Imu.

This would explain why Joyboy was more dangerous and got Stronger, because he could predict and counter every Imu's moves in the first place.

Maybe that, he was Not Stronger physically better or faster, but he was able to strategically anticipate many moves ahead from Imu, what got Imu enraged and Turned him into a Devil Piece of One. jBoy laughed when Imu got enraged. Because, basically, he was leds of a fighter, but a cheater.

Imu tought he had to See it all or forcast everything, when in fact Joyboy cheated and was calculating based on a weakness.

This is What actually blinded Imu and mislead his Haki. Smart nope ?? It was pure evil magic at top Hidden Level.

At this point, i dont know where to go, but Joyboy might have been playing with Imu's monde before him and this Turned Imu INTO a Devil.. seeking for revenge.. bad trying to out his grands on this power for 800 years, what could Not be archives by anyone elle than the future Joyboy, ester of the Gomu Gomu no mi, model Nika.

The eyes on the top ring of Imu's Back seemingly are to One eyes of the Captured souls/Fallen Kingdom's sovereigns killed or abducted by Imu's will of Conquest.

So, it could mean the 19 Kingdom's affiliated to the WG. Pledged an allegiance to the WG and only One Remaining Kindgom refused to cooperate because Imu could Not Conquer it..

the Ancient Kingdom ruled by an alliance of Pirates : Joyboy, Davy Jones and maybe also Lily, the missing princess. The One Piece maybe.

I was thinking also, a Kingdom ruled only by women and Joyboy could be the place where the Ancient Kingdom used to be.. the Amazon Lilly, the Only place known to be ruled by Woman only, were mans were used and Turned into slaves. Could be that Kingdom, as Imu's will of Dominion seems to be his dogma.

Joyboy could Have been that man and he Turned as a gay man, a joyfull man, because he was Surrounded by Woman and very Happy of having zero issues with those womans..

Imu wants all races of the world under the banner of the world government under his control.

In that perspective, Joyboy was probably not and ancient Giant, but a man that ate the rubber rubber fruit, the only one prophetic fruit that the World Government never collected in 800 years, and arrived at some point in Elbaf and started to be befriended with the Giants. He later formed an alliance and was tricked by this guy Imu.

The WGov capturing new born childs to get informations about them and extracting maybe a part of their essence is not anymore a secret in my opinion at this point of the story. This is potentially the origin of Imu's power source/strength and longevity.

And, also remember this with Vegapunk's brain, used as a devil fruit and as an unlimited source of informations provided to Imu and the Gorosei can be a game changer.

Imu's plan is actually to be able to control the world and to sit above everything : people, races, weather, flloods, devil fruits, creation, distribution and to collect a sample of every races living on earth in order to acknowledge their weakpoints/strengths and to overcome them. So that Imu can rule them all. And, the final demonic form of Imu might be that final awakened form that requires the strongest alliance to be defeated. Is the final great war happening in Elbaf then ??

Imu's goal is to make the Davy lineage Holy knights, so that when the times of the flood comes and the arrival of Nika, a.k.a "Joyboy" happens, Imu will definitely make a use of the thrid ancient Weapon, uranus, for what Imu can not control or overcome and erase it.

The Davy H.K. would take over and protect the Lineage of Mu, because they are immune to the Sun and the side effects of such a destruction..

✌️😂😉

Moreover, i do think that Imu was an orphan too and got captured by Davy Jones 800 years ago back after the captain of the crew lost in a Davy back fight. Now, Imu is hidding is true identity, but could be a Davy too and Davy Jones eternal vessel.

Davy Jones's plan was to create the greatest crew and most powerful family of all times and make his bloodline and lineage prosper. The D. Lineage.

The creation of the world government ideal.

Imu had to make a pact with Davy Jones back in the day after having been choosen in a Davy back fight and is now forever under Davy Jones's command. And, even the HK's are orphans found along the way.

But, here is the thing, as Imu was still a child, he was not able to understand the meaning of that joke and the stupidity of that game. He swore allegiance to Davy Jones. And, either Imu's essence got absorbed by Jones's fruit, the Akuma no mi, the original devil fruit or had to ate it.

King Ruven was probably a Davy -

Davy D. Rocks

Brook was a Davy too and an orphan, now a soul king.

Monkey D. Dragon, son of monkey D. Garp and i am Sure that Garp backstory is related to orphan child too. Because, Garp never intended to enroll the Marine. There must be a twist behind it all.

And, at some point Imu took back his consciousness and now wants to erase his own lineage, the D. Clan.

We know that the World government disposes of the artificial mother flamme created by Vegapunk.

And, this is most likely working as an Artificial intelligence that empowers figthers, provides energy and helps the Holy knights, Imu to get their buffs and stats.

This combined with the brain of Vegapunk, wich is also a devil fruit, represents the greatest and biggest source of informations and knowledges about the current World.

It is also possible that all the devil fruits, "akuma no mi" included and the "Black flammes" awakened types are the creation of the world government and the direct manifestation of the Black Sun energy ??

I had this idea because, in opposition, the Gomu Gomu no mi : model Nika fruit and the Nidhoggr fruit are from Elbaf directly and probably growth out of the Adam fruit. Plus, the Nika fruit awakening manifests itself with white flammes.

2. They where grown out and kept in secret in Elbaf long ago, so that the World Government would never put their hands on one of those two fruits.

Maybe that the fruits are the direct manifestation of humans desires from Elbaf and the origin of the D. Clans. Remember : Elbaf is the D. Aka "Nerona Imu". (...).

Now, the world Government fights in desperate hope because they want to get the control of the Nika fruit and stop the curse. But, it is impossible, because Nika is human when Imu is artificial. Nika is the manifestation of a desire and Imu is a creation to control humanity and the world.

3. So, i am currently thinking that the fruit of nerona Imu is a permanent creation of the World Government, like an eraser of the mistakes of this World. It serves as a Kingdom eraser or as an ancient weapon even. Assets : the right ajustments.

When the Nika fruit is a creation that resulted out of humans Desires and the members of the D. Clan. Assets : survival.

4. Their where four original Gods, Earth, Sun, Sea and Forest Gods. Imu is an imposter, the Moon God or something like this, a fallen Lunarian descending from heaven to earth ready to kill the Sun and correct the world.

5. Finally, monkey D. Dragon knows the truth thanks to Vegapunk and is hidding it for the final show, the final dance. Their must be a relation between Vegapunk, Dragon and the creation of Imu and the holy knights.

Imu might have been the result of the first missed expérimenté of Vegapunk and it turned against himself. And now, it wants to correct the world and erase it's corruption. But, the problem is that Imu is a corruption. So, Imu awaits in the shadow of this World for the return of Joyboy, the One who will bring a new dawn.

Thanks for Reading, have a good day !

Yet, we do not even know nothing of Imu's identity and if Imu's power is real alone without the 20 Kings's haki.

Imu and Joyboy both had the same idea for the devil fruits as an opportunity/idea to conquer the world, but from a different point of view. Joyboy wanted freedom and the possibility to live freely where Imu wanted first some control and an opression to maintain life and stability.

My idea is that Imu was in fact the first companion and friend of Joyboy. Together, they dreamed of a world of peace and freedom.

I bet that Both Joyboy and Imu where believers or musicians and had some perspective of their own music/rythm of life. What led to the creation of inner Kingdoms. But, for one of them, they never could agree together.

In that way, i had an idea related to the will of Imu to control his Inner energy/haki and to avoid the destruction of those vindicated Kingdoms, what he can not stands for and accept. Imu doesn't accept the Kingdoms that are set to fall, the fall of life and this is why he always has a plan to kidnapp Kings and Queens from falling Kingdoms in order to keep them under control and to have them for him alone forever after.

Imu's world might be the world of Eternal life and eternal prosperity, wich was actually unconceivable. It is quite similar to the Castle in the Sky of Myasaki and the unfatomable fall of life and his cycle of regenaration. It is unavoidable. But, one has to fall and become alive again to accept it.

Imu's first victim might have been Joyboy probably, because Joyboy was the creator of the Ancient Kingdom, the first one king that decided, based on the most powerful idea of reuniting people of the world under one and only one banner, wanted to created a Kingdom of peace, prosperity and abundance for everyone living in it. Wich was a big Utopia. And, Imu was either jealous or certain that it would never really work for so long.

So, Imu started a war against Joyboy because Joyboy's power and the energy of this so called "Ancient Kingdom" was not controlable and yet too powerful.

In order to stop it, Imu fought Joyboy and killed him at the end of it. And, as a legacy for the world, Imu decided to create the mother flamme, a better and ameliorated version of that energy from the Ancient Kingdom that could be provided to anyone in the future with the devil fruits. That was the promise made from Imu to Joyboy.

So, Imu created the first devil in human history and also invented the Gomu Gomu no mi : Model Nikka after the death of Joyboy.

I even bet that Imu was Joyboy and he extracted his own energy out of his body in order to invent the mother flamme, the first AI related to Dr. Vegapunk's brain and future to give himself death.

Imu is a remanent dead consciousness in a body powered by the mother flamme.

Imu might be thr remanent consciousness of joyboy's mistakes and the events of the past VOID century implemanted in a Body from that same era (Void century) that Turned evil. Maybe even the first Nika's body.

Joyboy from the Void Century or Nika, in the perspective of the enslaved people, had a special Body that originated from a special Hybrid bloodline. Half Lunarian and Half Bucaneer.

In fact, I Think that Joyboy was a Lunarian that had a great heart and was willing to help people from the Lower World.

As we know, the Lunarians used to live at the top of the current location of Mary geoise on the Red Line.

He, JB, was from the Richest and most powerful family and was Considered as One of the Strongest being there. Maybe the One successor of the current empty throne.

Imu, that was near the equal of Joyboy in terms of rank and strength in the family or even was his brother, was very lucid about the consequences that could happen If Joyboy decided to go alone in a little voyage out there.

And the things that Joyboy could Not understand about their bloodline, the sacred lineage of Joyboy and the reproduction worried Imu.

Joyboy, by himself, decided to go alone in a quest to help and support the people of the Lower World even against the resistance of his own Clan/family. He was the first to defy his own blood.

At some point, Joyboy met a Woman and Felt in love with her. He Wanted to build a Real family where he could once for all be understood.

Obviously, he had maybe some childs with her and those childs are Now The First descendant of the actual D. clan.

The Reason of their strength obviously ans rarity. And why the WGovernment are After the D.

Imu Saw the potentially mistakes trough the propagation of Joyboy's blood, Which was Considered dangerous and decided to emprison the Kids. They enslaved them at the top of Red Line.

Joyboy discovered the outrageous "Betrayal" from his own Clan/family and got enraged against them for enslaving those people.

This was The beginning of the War for freedom vs. control of people and oppression. But, that oppression was for a specific Reason that Joyboy never understood.

As an act of courage and revenge, Joyboy created an alliance and fought Back the Lords and Imu.

But, he lost that War and could Not free the slaves..

So, as Joy Boy could Not save his Friends, he Made a pact, a promise to Come Back 800 years Later in the future and let a gift behind his own existence, the One Piece that would change the World 800 years Later. As the prophecy says.

And, this gift is either a sample of his own blood or a Song, a Code written by Joyboy himself that could lead Humanity to the reunion of all humans. Like, a sanctuary of his own knowledge about the World and his mistakes.

As an insurance and After killing Joyboy, Imu created the Devil fruits to Make sure that the day Joyboy would be Back, he would never Make that mistake Again.

And the Only One Devil fruit that kept escaping the WGov. was the Gomu Gomu no mi, model Nika, the One that decides of the faith of the World.