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Many speculations that the Straw Hats will lose but I believe Luffy will win, off course the win conditions may be arguable (probably Imu will have to retreat due to his limit outside, but Luffy will fight him and hold him off till he has to leave, so you could say its more like a stalemate if you want).

But for the purpose of the post, I believe his going to hold Imu off. Loki will definitely get defeated soon, but just when Imu is about to kill/transform Loki after his defeated, Luffy is going to intervene and fight Imu.

We'll see the true power of the Nika fruit on display here and I believe we have seen nothing yet.

We're going to see what "Nika's fantasy" truly is:

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We are going to see the true power of the Nika fruit against Imu, why it was feared by the WG and that is why its going to allow Luffy to win. The Nika fruit is implied to be on a whole different level of power in comparison to Nidhogg and even Imu's own DF, Loki and Niddhog didn't really surprise Imu as we're seeing, but Nika and especially Joy Boy put the fear of god into him.

I believe we're going to see Imu getting PTSD again. What we've seen from Luffy so far is just the "entrance" if going by Oda's statements. It was just the teaser, we're going to see what its truly capable of in Elbaf.

I'm not sure if it'll include a new form, but I agree to the theories of him getting a full ring like Imu, putting life into inanimate objects etc etc like Imu did and more potentially.

I also believe this will be a battle of time limits. Both Luffy and Imu are on a time limit and Luffy will be forced to address this issue here, leading to Imu's "defeat" and returning and resulting in a improving of Luffy's G5 time limit or it becoming limitless, with the new time limit being applied elsewhere (maybe if he uses full ring attacks or the full ring form being separately limiting).

It's also possible that he'll lose control entering Nika's fantasy, will need to see indicators before this however once Luffy's gets back up since Oda will likely foreshadow it first.

Hi,

Recently, I bumped into one of my old school friends after work. We kind of talked about what we did after we left school and he told me he has been a bartender for several years now, he recently did a degree in film and is now looking to get out due to stagnation and go into a better career now. He asked me for advice, if there are any positions open where I work and I told him I'd email him something out of reflex, but I'm really not even sure honestly. I know where I work they've winded down intake since the new year and I don't want to be blunt as I do think his not too well aware of the state of the job market right now overall since his been bartending throughout it all.

Is there even any point in putting that degree on your CV if you got a 3rd? His got several years of working experience (at the same place), however, and his a Team Leader.

I'm personally thinking that'd be more valuable then his degree but still no idea where to point him towards. He mentioned wanting grad schemes, animation, IT, business management and something else I forgot. Can a 3rd even get into grad schemes? All the ones I saw were 2:1 and above and even then it was insanely competitive in my experience. No clue what kinds of roles there are in animation. He has bartender leadership experience, though. Can it get you into business management? I did a IT short course with a company whilst I was looking so I'm going to send that to him and then he can look at it but have no clue regarding the other stuff.

Any help appreciated, thanks.

Hi guys,

Property valuation/real-estate. Basically, I'm currently doing a apprenticeship in it. Wasn't a "pick and choose" market at the time (or yet) so I took what I could get.

Salary isn't bad, around what a lot of grad schemes I've seen.

Big thing is, I genuinely enjoy my job currently. Every day is different, its a technical role that predominantly involves decision-making based on data and majorly office-based with home working on 2/5 days and rarely client-facing (again, another thing I love). Not even close to what I pictured myself doing 2 or so years ago, but here we are.

It was between this, a entry level Law position (around the same salary), and a project manager apprenticeship, didn't succeed at the Project Manager interview, though.

I ended up cancelling the interview with the Law one ultimately, already had recieved the offer and because it didn't advertise any scope for future career progression. At my current job I'm guaranteed a promotion upon completing the apprenticeship, then will get the opportunity to either go their Msc apprenticeship (real estate) route and then get a further promotion or manager training.

That being said, my background isn't in the field. After graduating my prior goal was to go into medical lab research, but the competition was insane and barely got interviews (and even if I did, I'd be unsuccessful), money became tight and started going for everything with the idea that I'd work a few years, make some money, then get my Msc in a research (Medical interested me the most)-related field, then try my luck again with the job market.....Now I'm at a crossroad and its honestly pretty daunting because either choice is going to lock me into a career path I will likely be in for the rest of my life.

I've been contemplating it and I've got give or take 1.5 years before I have to make that choice now:

The Msc apprenticeship where I work is fully paid. No loans and a salary throughout it. It'll put me into a role that gives about 55k (with London scaling), I know there are consultancies that can push it up above and potentially into the 6 figures with experience but that's just looking at the job adverts on Google right now, no idea what the ground reality is.

OR,

There is my original goal. I have scouted out a few unis and courses if I were to go down this route, but I'll have significantly more experience in my current field by the time I'm apply, in fact, more work experience in this industry then in any other (few months in retail, social services and academia before this). I'd probably have to start in a entry-level and work myself up again (just judging by how rediculously competitive it was, like, competing against Msc and Mres for night-shift med lab MLA positions that had occasional weekend working on the job description) from what I remember was 27k (London-scaled) (I'm on quite a bit more right now....). I'm thinking this is what I'd have to do to get my foot into the door and work my way up, but its the field I'm most passionate about.

Basically, its now come to this:

Safe, nice job in a office with all the other countless office workers. Work-life balance, best working environment I've ever been in before, aight pay, rumoured to earn more moving through the industry, enjoy doing the work.

Vs

My passion and my dream ever since I was a kid. Likely would need significant work experience and/or a PhD and specialise in something if I want to make the big, big bucks (do not ever plan on going that far, Msc is going to be my peak when it comes to academia, no matter where it goes). Was incredibly hard to break in to from my experience, however.

And I can't get rid of the feeling that I have "failed" somewhat... Idk. My mum kind of disapproves of it, as if I failed because I didn't get the job in the field. I also can't help but feel like I failed and settled for 2nd? Idk. I always remembered seeing all those suits on the underground early morning and I pictured myself doing it differently, somewhere in the lab looking at microbes or in the wild somewhere in a different country type thing.

Obviously, reality is and was a LOT more different. Appreciate any advice or perspectives, thank you.