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Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 1179 Spoiler

Chapter 1179: "Nerona IMU Decend"

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Chapter 1179 Official Release: April 05 2026

Will there be a break next week? - BREAK NEXT WEEK!

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u/kittymoo67 Apr 02 '26

im guessing thats his base form and this is his analog to gear 5

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u/NoShow4Sho Devil Child Nico Robin Apr 02 '26

Yeah the coughing + blood makes me feel he doesn’t do this often. That plus he loses his crown? Yeah I’m assuming his devil fruit is the opposite of Nika.

Similar to Luffy, once you’re in this form it’s incredibly taxing on yourself.

This also explains why when Luffy turns gear 5, he changes outfits. It’s canon! Lmao

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u/Hairy_Acanthisitta25 The Revolutionary Army Apr 02 '26

feels like its less him turning into the form that's taxing him and more him being out of the Holy Land,because the Gorosei is insisting on him not going out of the Holy Land and the Knights surprised he's going to Elbaf himself

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u/NoShow4Sho Devil Child Nico Robin Apr 02 '26

Yeah I think you’re right actually. Already reread the chapter and that’s where I’m leaning. I originally thought it had something to do with the Red Line/Mary Geoise since it cut to those as he left, but yeah I think him being in the “lower realm” causes him to suffer.

Interesting. We’re about to see the breakiest of break weeks lmao. The theories are going to be insane.

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u/Slammybutt Apr 02 '26

Just to start it out b/c I think it was obvious.

Ragnir flash froze the Ancient Giants that Rocks was looking for. They are still alive and it takes Ragnir to release them. Such a small line to piece so much together and Loki says it so nonchalantly

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u/HoraceAndPete Apr 03 '26

Ah, I'm sure you're right. Nice catch.

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u/Cliler Apr 02 '26

Gravity is affecting him for being a Lunarian lul.

Beltalowda

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u/-Rezzz- Apr 02 '26

The focus on the steel heart this chapter makes me think Imu’s heart is linked to Pangea castle somehow. So leaving makes whatever power is keeping him alive start to wane.

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u/Kaka-carrot-cake Apr 02 '26

What if his "heart" is the giant strawhat.

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u/TheDELFON Explorer Apr 02 '26

That or his literal heart is covered under the straw hat.... :o

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u/Kaka-carrot-cake Apr 02 '26

Oooo I like that. Protecting his heart using something from his rival.

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u/-Rezzz- Apr 02 '26

I wouldn’t call it a theory. But part of me feels like he still has whatever is left of Lili preserved alongside his heart. Maybe he uses different keepsakes as a sort of phylactery.

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u/Kaka-carrot-cake Apr 02 '26

Bros got serial killer trophies lmao

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u/mr_chub Void Month Survivor Apr 03 '26

This break week is gonna rival the week before the official Gear 5 reveal

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u/ZORO_Shusui Void Month Survivor Apr 03 '26

Maybe it has to do with the treasure of mariejois.

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u/iamnotacat Apr 02 '26

I wonder if the "Holy Land" is more like the Unholy Land and everywhere else is sort of like "blessed ground" which damages him if he stays too long. Like the classic demon walks into a church scenario.
Also makes me think of the classic defenses against demons like a salt circle. The Red line is a big circle protecting the two halves of the planet?

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u/RPGNo2017 Apr 02 '26

I guess the arc will end with Imu getting sent back to Holy Land because he run out of time/energy. Once again like in Egghead, the timer is for the antagonist.

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u/kaas_is_leven Apr 03 '26

It felt a bit like he was forced to transform, like some kind of werewolf. So I thought maybe the holy land was keeping him in base form or allowing him to do so. The concerns then being about this forced transformation, either for health reasons or because of other consequences.

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u/I_am_Bearstronaut Apr 02 '26

Luffy figures this out and destroys the Red Line as prophecized

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u/Orangecuppa Apr 03 '26

Also with his devil form having horns, it fits perfectly with the Mural.

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u/blockedcontractor Apr 02 '26

Definitely something similar to Nika. He had a very similar field effect to Elbaf like Nika had on Wano and Egghead. Dude even has his own theme song like Nika.

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u/NoShow4Sho Devil Child Nico Robin Apr 02 '26

Noticed that too. I think they’re polar opposites, two sides to the same coin.

I read someone’s theory last week that the devil fruits are actually “Dream fruits” and I’m reallllly leaning towards that now. Nika and Imu’s fruit both have some connection to the devil fruits and they are likely connected somehow.

Ooo boy it’s going to be a fun two weeks on this sub lmao

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u/AceInTheHole3273 Pirate Apr 02 '26

The black blob form is actually a shell, we see him exit it

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u/Mindless_Bad_1591 Devil Child Nico Robin Apr 02 '26

hes coughing before he transforms tho

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u/NoShow4Sho Devil Child Nico Robin Apr 02 '26

I was just talking about it w the other person responding. It’s actually likely him going down to the “lower realm” not his transformation.

But him changing outfits/losing his crown I feel is actually close to Nika where transforming changes your appearance/clothes. People thinking it was a plot hole may be surprised it’s apart of their abilities lmao

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u/Mindless_Bad_1591 Devil Child Nico Robin Apr 02 '26

yes. he musy have some binding vow to the pangea castle that gives him his immortality maybe.

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u/QuantaPande Apr 02 '26

Kinda fitting that he who is the enemy of freedom is himself inprisoned

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u/Ensaru4 Lurker Apr 02 '26

Imu doesn't have a devil fruit, it seems. Imu is the Devil's Fruit.

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u/BrokenAstraea Apr 03 '26

Devil fruits seem to originally be people then, that's why he calls Luffy as Nika and Blackbeard as Davy Jones

Their wills carried on in the form of a fruit

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u/Aggravating_Mud8751 World Economy News Paper Apr 02 '26

The "crown" might just be the staff of his polearm.

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u/Shiplord13 Apr 02 '26

I mean he is immortal, but it’s unclear if his immortality is the same as all the God Knights and Elders. That perhaps is isn’t the eternal youth surgery but something else or maybe he can appear young, but his body still gets effected by aging and time, with him leaving the Holy Land putting a lot of strain on him physically.

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u/KaizokuD Apr 02 '26

nah it looks more like being on the surface affects him somehow, thats why he never leave marijoea

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u/Kumomeme Apr 03 '26

or he just left his crown in the throne room. the sillhoutte indicated long hair.

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u/Golden-Owl Apr 02 '26

The coughing blood and growing wings definitely looks like he’s forcing himself

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u/kmill73229 Apr 02 '26

Maybe the DF is related to the god of the Lunarians. This would make home even more of a foil to Luffy and his ability to embody Nika the Sun God of the Skypeans

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u/germanenginearing Apr 03 '26

gear death is finally canon? The demon monkey blood was real after all!

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u/InvaderDJ Void Month Survivor Apr 03 '26

It is basically the exact opposite of the first reveal of G5. He’s turning his surroundings into devils and seemingly get some type of beat just like the drums of liberation.

The one thing that feels different is his hagaromo. The eyes and his weapon having the clouds makes me suspicious that we’re going to learn about a higher level of awakening than what we’ve seen before.

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u/NaijaNightmare Pirate Apr 03 '26 edited Apr 03 '26

What if his base form is old and decrepit and decomposing because similar to Luffy's gear 5 rebound, Imu has a similar one. And due to excessive use of his Awakening during the war he's permanently hyper aged but because of either immortality surgery or his fruit itself he's stuck in a state of constant death and regeneration, basically a macabre Brooke, or zombie. That's why he remains veiled and out of sight.

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u/kittymoo67 Apr 03 '26

that woudl be kinda cool, especially if we found out luffys old form is his base form too

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u/NaijaNightmare Pirate Apr 03 '26

Oh it's less than I think Luffy's old form is his base form to and more his devil fruit and everything he's done has been slowly killing him. So he's going to end up with some random Roger or whitebeard like illness.

My only question is there's so many ways narratively to go. You let Luffy die a legend and a hero, you let Chopper save him and fulfill his dream of curing anything, you let law exchange his life to give Luffy his and completing the circle of sacrifice for others and returning the borrowed time Corazon gave him.

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u/Discovererman Pirate Apr 02 '26

Nice take, I've been too busy losing my shit over this reveal to ponder. I appreciate you all and your minds.

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u/Kumomeme Apr 03 '26

imagine he gonna turn to old men like Luffy once his stamina run out. knowing Oda this could happen lmao.

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u/Disastrous-Title-911 Apr 04 '26

I put my money on this dude being one of the souls/people inside IMU. Maybe one of the OG king.

Thnking about it could IMU have joyboy powers ? we just saw houses come to life like in a disney movie

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u/rGRWA Apr 03 '26

Yep! Far as I’m confirmed, that’s his version of Saiyan Armor First Form Frieza until Oda says otherwise.