Imu

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Im (伊姆) 261
Alias(es)	King of the World; master of the Void Throne; God of Earth 203 411 640
Gender	Unclear; narration uses both masculine and feminine pronouns, while Im’s voice is described as indistinguishable in gender 394 415
Affiliation	World Government; commands the Five Elders and Knights of God 171 397
Occupation/Role	Hidden ruler of the World Government 261 411
Status	Active; regenerates after injuries sustained in battle 669
First Appearance	Chapter 171 171

Background / History

Im has ruled from the Void Throne for eight hundred years, suppressing threats associated with the Clan of D, Joy Boy, and Nika while keeping the truth of that history buried 414 432. Joy Boy is the ancient opponent Im remembers with dread; Rocks also knows a method to seal and defeat Im, making him a target of the World Government 213 628.

Im ordinarily acts from the Holy Land through subordinates and possessed vessels. At God Valley, Im possesses Saint Saturn and faces Garp, Roger, and Rocks. Bringing combatants back from the battle leaves Im with a soul wound; Im then expends more Dark Energy healing the injured Five Elders and Knights of God 177 203.

Appearance

Im’s appearance changes markedly between vessels and true-body forms 393 415 574 586.

• Eyes — ringed or concentric eyes appear in possessed vessels; Im’s true body is also shown with dark-crimson eyes 394 415 574.
• Junzi vessel — a woman carrying a spiral longsword, with a body sustained by Divine Power 393 408.
• True body — initially concealed beneath a loose black robe and oversized hood. During the confrontation with Loki, Im expands to roughly fifty meters, revealing bronze skin, ancient horns, and a writhing, many-eyed black cloud behind the back 574 585 586.

Personality

Im treats subordinates as tools for maintaining rule, but preserves their fighting strength when it remains useful 203 397. Humiliation can overturn Im’s composure: Chen Ye’s mockery provokes a self-sacrificing attack, while the destruction of a substitute at Elbaf drives Im to leave the Holy Land despite the Five Elders’ pleas 411 567 569. Im can also set provocation aside when pursuing a specific objective, ignoring Chen Ye’s challenge to target Giant children as leverage over Elbaf 575.

Abilities & Skills

Possession and multi-body control

Im can project consciousness into stand-ins and subordinates, retaining command after a vessel is lost 414 415.

• Possesses Junzi, whose original owner, Princess Shuri, briefly awakens and disrupts Im’s control 413.
• Takes over Saint Saturn, then controls all five Elders together and coordinates their attacks 415 425 434.
• A vessel’s resistance is a vulnerability: Shuri’s intervention prevents Im from attacking Chen Ye 413.

Darkness, demonic energy, and regeneration

Im uses dark power to attack, restore bodies, and empower servants 203 399 432 582.

• The Black Turn magic circle demonizes people caught in its halos, turning allies against one another 391 399.
• Dark Energy repairs injured subordinates and restores much of the Five Elders’ damage, though wounds inflicted by Chen Ye’s Chaos power prove harder to heal 203 432.
• Im draws residual demonic energy from the battlefield to replenish power and can turn Knights of God into stronger, mindless fighters 582 637.
• Nika’s white light suppresses and purifies the demonic energy on which Im’s forces rely 629 632.

Void and divine power

Im’s attacks can erase targets and defend through distortions of space 190 409 416.

• While occupying Saturn, Im destroys the Ancient Robot with a micro black hole; Chen Ye identifies the underlying ability as Void authority 416.
• Divine Wall · Sighing Wall folds space into defensive fault lines, but Roger, Rocks, and Chen Ye break through it together 409.
• Im’s destructive strikes and barriers can overwhelm powerful opponents, though Chen Ye’s combined powers repeatedly injure vessels 409 412 421.

Earth God authority

Against Luffy, Im reveals dark-gold markings and a primordial power distinct from demonic energy 640 641.

• Alters gravity and the battlefield, drawing ice boulders from the ground and exerting pressure strong enough to disrupt Luffy’s white flames 640.
• Forms dark-gold defenses and earth-forged chains, but the first Nika’s sword suppresses this power and shatters Im’s barrier 646 649.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Spiral longsword — wielded through Junzi; its presence cracks the surrounding space. Im later sacrifices it and the vessel’s life force for an attack on Chen Ye 393 411.
• Crescent weapon — a fifteen-meter-long, light-devouring weapon summoned in Im’s giant form; its patterns pulse in time with Im’s breathing 587.
• Codex Sword — a pitch-black sword Im creates after absorbing residual demonic energy. It corrodes what it touches and can cut space 637 643.
• Ancient teleportation array — used to bring Im’s true body from the Holy Land to Elbaf, despite painful retaliation from the Holy Land’s barrier 569 571 572.

Relationships

• The Five Elders — subordinates whom Im empowers, heals, and eventually controls directly; they fear Im even while trying to prevent the journey to Elbaf 397 425 432 569.
• Chen Ye — recurring opponent who defeats Im’s vessels and draws Im’s true body toward Elbaf 409 414 569.
• Joy Boy — ancient arch-enemy whose name and former weapon evoke Im’s dread 628 644 647.
• Monkey D. Luffy — Nika’s current wielder and a threat to Im’s demonic power. Im eventually concedes that Luffy is “no worse than Joy Boy” 629 632 663.
• Rocks D. Xebec — knows how to seal Im and repeatedly confronts Im alongside other pirates 213 394 409.
• Princess Shuri — original soul of the Junzi vessel; her resistance temporarily severs Im’s control 413.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• God Valley — Im’s possession of Saturn draws Garp, Roger, and Rocks into a joint confrontation. The aftermath leaves Im wounded and forces a costly restoration of injured subordinates 177 203.
• Egghead — Im sends Junzi, empowers the Five Elders, and unleashes Black Turn. After Chen Ye defeats Junzi, Im takes Saturn’s body and then controls all five Elders against Luffy 391 399 414 425 432.
• Elbaf — the destruction of another substitute prompts Im to bring the true body to the battlefield. Im fights Loki, then faces Luffy’s awakened Nika power and the first Nika’s sword, which drives Im back and damages the Codex Sword 567 572 625 629 646.
• Later confrontation — Im reveals Earth God power, and a larger dark form emerges after Luffy’s Nika power wanes. Im launches a darkness-based attack while acknowledging Luffy’s will and strength 640 661 663.

Notable Quotes

“This nauseating fire of freedom has appeared once again.” 633

“You’re no worse than Joy Boy.” 663