If this is supposed to represent the final war to come of course, unless you assume that the Gorosei and the HKs are sailing on the Holy Land, comical
Everything going wrong at Real Madrid right now is like the aftermath of an entitlement the club created for itself after the three-peat era (2016 to 2018).
Since then, the club seems to have convinced itself that success in this sport can be sustained without actual strong tactical foundations or long-term sportive planning relying instead on mentality, individual brilliance, friendship within the squad. That kind of football no longer works consistently at the highest level of modern club football.
It’s outdated.
If Madrid doesn’t adjust, the gap with the other elite European clubs will only continue to grow.
The 2022 and 2024 Champions League titles largely masked deeper problems in the club’s sporting project.
They covered up years of questionable squad planning and recruitment decisions.
The strategy of focusing mainly on "crackitos" and especially wonderkids from Brazil and signing big established names on free transfers has not been the success it was meant to be.
One of the clearest examples of glaring sportive planning mistake was the decision not to properly replace Benzema after his departure, despite him being one of the team’s most important leaders and major points on the team.
On top of that, the gradual loss of Kroos then Modrić was never matched with serious or viable replacements capable of maintaining at least a decently close level of performance.
Add to this a highly questionable medical structure that has overseen an alarming number of major injuries over several years now.
The warning signs have been there for a long time, yet very few lessons seem to have been learned.
Major decisions need to be made at every level of the club because it would be unacceptable to enter another season after two trophyless seasons without a clear sporting direction or consistant long-term planning.
Consensus before his arrival in the battle was that Imu to vaporize Elbaf and no-diffing absolutely everyone there, suggesting that he was LEAGUES above Loki, Luffy ect..
Now that Loki is contending with him readers are scrambling with excuses such as
"Imu is playing with his food" when he adressed clearly his intention to not waste time and that’s the reason he left his Ivory tower.
"Imu is nerfed outside of Pangea Castle" irrelevant point full of cope, if he can’t translate his full power when he travels on the lower world, we have to consider that as his actual power to properly rate him, not on hypothetical scenarios that can not happen.
Or that "he was caught off-guard" when Loki was straight on his face when hammered him up.
Nah Imu did not magically turned off his conqueror haki coating (if you interpret it otherwise you’re pointing a genuine Imu skill issue that doesn’t help his case), Loki blew his ass and his "Joyboy" antics are not relevant to the discussion.
It’s a fight, you have to be on a full awareness mode especially when you’re that 800 years ruler coming to handle business with the next coming of your past enemies.
Copefest.
This segment of the story is entirely canon. And you have still readers that think "Pirate King" achievement is only a navigation feat that has no power level implication.
There are some characters that are a bit difficult to properly scale even with on-screen showings and Stussy is part of them, ambushing both Lucci and Kaku is a pretty good feat sure,
Her younger and not clone self in the Rocks Pirates gave no actual material to scale and compare her either so idk
No chapter this week unfortunately, so I would like to share my thought on a topic regarding the story as a whole and especially regarding ch.1181
The latest chapter suggests an existing relationship between Imu and Joyboy , potentially a friendship, yet a conflict still lingers within Imu, as explicited by the lingering echoes of his thoughts about him
The narrative pattern of former comrades turned enemies due to an ideological conflict is one of the richest tropes in fiction given the fact it blends emotional intimacy between two characters with their incompatibility on a political or moral level, highlighting a rupture rooted in fundamentally divergent shaped worldviews.
->Imu represents a form of authority, along with all the downward slide that can stem from it something he has embodied through the founding of the World Government. And under his very authority reigns Justice.
->JoyBoy, on the other hand, represents freedom in its most abstract form, despite the downward slide that can also stem from it.
As depicted throughout the story, the nature of this conflict is open to multiple interpretations. It is therefore up to each reader to draw their own conclusions.
Lacking all the necessary pieces to fully understand this divergence, I won’t attempt to give a definitive opinion.
On the contrary, I believe it’s important to recognize that the opposition which broke the bond between JoyBoy and Imu could very well reappear among characters we currently follow.
The first figure we must consider is naturally Monkey D. Luffy, whose similarities with JoyBoy no longer need to be proven. If he comes to read the Rio Poneglyph and discovers the One Piece, he will be forced to take a stance in this conflict.
Two characters with whom Luffy has formed deep bonds may end up opposing him because of this choice :
2/ Koby: For me, he is increasingly emerging as a counterpoint to Luffy’s ideals. He has expressed it since the very beginning. As a representative of the side of Justice, this divergence seems inevitable.
All them three (as frontrunners of the New Generation in the most important factions) embodies ideals that are susceptible to slipping into a dangerous downward spiral. It will be up to them to determine whether they can overcome what has plunged the world into dusk for 8 centuries by finding a true balance.
Feel free to add anything if I haven't covered all the topic. Thanks for reading !
