One Piece Chapter 1192 is scheduled to officially release on September 6, 2026, but spoilers have already revealed a bizarre detail involving Imu. Luffy and Loki reportedly break through Imu’s Shield of Emptiness with their combined “Gomu Gomu no Dawn Thor Bullet”, only for Imu’s body to react in a way that has fans questioning whether the mysterious ruler could be a Devil Fruit user.
The strange moment comes when Luffy’s attack lands and Imu’s body stretches outward like rubber, confirming that Gear 5’s rubberizing awakening can directly manipulate Imu’s physical form. However, whether this reaction reveals Imu’s true biological nature or simply proves that even the World Government’s supreme ruler is subject to Nika’s cartoonish physics has sparked massive debate among fans
Warning: Chapter 1192 spoilers ahead.
Why Is Imu’s Body Stretching?
The most immediate explanation points directly to Luffy’s awakened Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika.
Gear 5 grants Luffy the ridiculous ability to extend rubber-like properties beyond himself, bending the environment and living opponents to his will.
Eiichiro Oda established this dynamic during the climax of Wano, where Luffy repeatedly stretched Kaido’s face and torso, punched straight through his skull like cartoon putty, and later turned Admiral Kizaru into a flattened pancake on Egghead.
Under this lens, Imu’s stomach stretching isn’t a defensive tactic by the sovereign, it is simply another visual testament to Nika’s reality-warping awakening forcing Imu’s physical form to bend to rubber physics.
However, the second, more compelling question isn’t just how Imu stretched, but what it says about Imu’s vulnerability: Can Gear 5 bypass the supernatural defenses of the Void Throne?
Up to this point, the series has framed Imu and the Five Elders not merely as standard Devil Fruit users, but as eldritch, demonic entities operating on rules outside typical Devil Fruit logic, complete with summoning circles, telepathy, and relentless regeneration. If Luffy and Loki’s combined strike managed to shatter the Shield of Emptiness and force Imu’s body to stretch upon impact, it signals that Imu is not intangible or completely immune to blunt physical force when coated in Sun God Nika’s awakening.
Alternatively, some fans speculate whether Imu’s body naturally lacks standard human anatomy altogether. The shadow-like silhouette, the manifestation of the Tohu and Vohu swords, and the dark tendrils seen at the Reverie suggest Imu’s physical composition could be liquid, amorphous, or tied to a Mythical Zoan transformation. If that is the case, the stretching reaction might be an instinctual dispersion rather than pure rubberization.
For now, the chapter leaves the exact mechanics up for interpretation. Whether this moment simply reaffirms the absurd reach of Luffy’s Gear 5 or marks the very first crack in Imu’s divine armor, it provides the most tangible look yet at how the final war against the World Government’s shadow ruler will be fought.
Note: The story will be updated after the official chapter release.
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