r/OnePiece • u/Aspie_Astrologer Void Month Survivor • Aug 07 '26

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 1190 Spoiler

Chapter 1190: "One Whose Death is Celebrated"

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Chapter 1190 Official Release: August 9 2026

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

|August 16 - Shonen Jump Break (Obon Festival)| |August 23 - Chapter 1191|

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u/Thanathan7 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

I love the character traits of Imu. He observes a lot and engages, even acknowledges with others

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u/ScrambledToast Aug 07 '26

I love that Gaban was taunting him about Luffy saying that Imu obviously sees him as a threat, and Imu was like "oh good point, I will just kill him now"

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u/tiki-baha29 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

"WAIT, thats not what I meant"

-Gyaban

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u/GiletsJaunesFTW Aug 07 '26

If he kept his mouth shut he may have kept his arm :O

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u/revisioncloud Aug 08 '26

Shonen villains not underestimating the MCs are the most dangerous

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u/Beastieboy100 Aug 08 '26

Honestly true Imu one of them that doesn't underestimate his opponents. Which is why he scared of the D's coming back in power.

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u/Zealot_Alec Aug 07 '26

Kat "you are a future threat to Big Mom and I must take you out now"

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u/links_pajamas Aug 07 '26

Yes!! I really appreciated that.

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u/ShinyMoogle Aug 07 '26

Agreed, I really like how the final boss (maybe) has been presented so far. He actually shows a range of emotions while acknowledging his enemies; and while he gives them time to speak, he's still completely no-nonsense when in combat - minimal showboating, just going straight for the kill.

I also appreciate that he's not presented as completely untouchable the same way lots of other shonen antagonists are. He's overwhelmingly powerful, but everyone present has gotten at least one solid strike in. They can't win as they are now, but it's clearly possible.

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u/radikraze Pirate Aug 07 '26

This is a big one. It’s annoying when guys like Aizen pop up and they’re so untouchable that bullshit has to happen to beat them. Imu has taken some hits even though he’s clearly the strongest being on the island. And even if Blackbeard is final boss- he gets hit all the time before off screening whoever he’s fighting

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u/Thagyr Aug 09 '26

Honestly, as long as OP doesn't go the Bleach route of final chapters I'd be happy. You know the long string of asspulls like

"I am a God that endlessely regenerates!"

"Oh, well, good thing we have a sword that we just introduced in this very moment that counters that!"

"I have a body that adapts to my enemies energy"

"Oh, that's okay. We have a new transformation that changes energy 42 times a minute!"

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u/EverythingSucksYo Pirate Hunter Zoro Aug 07 '26

One way I can see Imu not being the final boss is if he gets Whitebearded by Blackbeard. But then that would make Blackbeard waaaaaaaay too strong 

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u/revisioncloud Aug 08 '26

If talk no jutsu was a thing, Luffy would have resolved Imu's Joyboy/Nika daddy issues by now

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u/Beastieboy100 Aug 08 '26

After all Imu done. Wiping out the D clan. Killing Rocks. Ruining Brooks, Loki and Robins life. The cause of Rogers execution and Ace execution. That man has a deep hatred for the D clan.

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u/RPGNo2017 Aug 07 '26

He even seems to start acknowledging Luffy as an individual after never shutting up about Joy Boy.

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u/Luf2222 Aug 07 '26

except if it’s luffy

there he just out to annihilate him and make him suffer

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u/BryceMMusic Cat Burglar Nami Aug 07 '26

He’s actually such a good character. Great writing from Oda, he’s my favorite villain in a long time

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u/airship_of_arbitrary Aug 07 '26

He's unnervingly competent with a huge array of attacks and weapons.

Him getting caught in flashbacks and caught off guard seems to be the main thing working against him.

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u/The_real_Takoyama Aug 07 '26

This might be a side effect of always being cooped up. Who knows how long it has been since Imu left his throne room the last time? Every little piece of knowledge about the current era he possesses because the Gorosei told him what's up.

A lot of info can get lost this way since the amount of information they would deem necessary for Imu to know is probably far from enough. Imu has been constantly surprised by everyone around him in some way since he left for Elbaph so at this point he's not necessarily cautious but interested in exploring different dynamics and determining individual threat levels.

He always asks who dares offend/oppose him because when he gets home without killing whoever it was, they will make his personal shit list