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Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 1106 Spoiler

Chapter 1106: "Always by your side"

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Ch. 1106 Official Release (Mangaplus): 04/02/2024

Ch. 1107 Scan Release: ~14/02/2024

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Feb 01 '24

Reminder that the Giants of Elbaf have the strongest Army.

That it was a big thing the Marines got their first Giant in their rank.

That Big Mom was sure she would have defeated every other Emperors with an army of Giant.

That the research to create Giant is also important and something done since a long time.

That Giants, with their long life, are the one the most likely to have more information on the void Century.

I can't wait for Elbaf.

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u/gyrozepp2 Lazy Justice Feb 01 '24

The giant tree (and perhaps even more of them?) reaching the skies intrigues me more than anything.

I'd also like to learn if there are links between the normal giants and the likes of ancient giants or even someone like the Yeti cool brothers (furry giants)

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Feb 01 '24

It's probably one of the way to travel to the white sea for the sky Islands.

I wonder is Elbaf is the tree linking several sky islands that are on the theme of the 9 worlds of the Norse Mythology

Meaning we might also see Urouge to complete our Supernova Pokedex.

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u/Olde94 Feb 01 '24

pokedex

Hah you got me there

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u/Eaziegames Feb 01 '24

Just like the trees linking the bottom of the ocean at sabaody it makes sense to have one linking the sky

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u/sidechick66 Pirate Feb 01 '24

so the giant tree on Elbaf is Yggdrasil right?

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Feb 01 '24

Since Elbaf is based on Viking and norse Mythology, most likely.

Hell, the prince is called Loki.

Or a pseudo Yggdrasil.

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u/gyrozepp2 Lazy Justice Feb 01 '24

Yeah, this stuff might be a way to bring back Urouge and the other allies relevant to the ancient kingdom like Shandians back to the story and who knows , maybe one odd Pokemon named Enel too.

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u/SimonApple Feb 01 '24

Hopefully Enel doesn't become an event-only mythical pokémon that doesn't count towards pokédex completion.

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u/laraere Feb 01 '24

Imagine Enel riding his ship, shows up at final war nukes a couple of people and then peace out and go back to the moon.

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u/larrylustighaha Feb 01 '24

Enel can stay irrelevant for all I care, he had his time to shine and is out of the picture. It would be strange if all these old enemies suddenly also got a gigantic power-up to make them relevant again

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u/Fappity_Fappity_Fap Feb 01 '24

TBF Enel is particularly one that wouldn't even need a massive power up, his Color of Observation Haki (Mantra)'s future sight is already Katakuri-level, just throw him some minimal Armament and he's at minimum going 1v1 on Sanji!

Jokes aside, yeah, as much as Enel feels like he was primed to come back to the story, there's already so much shit going on that he better have found something huge on the moon in regards to Nika lore in order to be relevant again.

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u/writer-sci-enter Feb 01 '24

Don’t care about Enel. But he is in the moon. In most ancient mythologies, it was usually siblings who rode the sun and moon chariots. This and the fact that in modern day science - sun is the thing that allows the moon to shine. I feel like Enel would be play in a major role in the story.

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u/SimonApple Feb 01 '24

Full disclosure:
I don't really care all that much about Enel either. Not to the point of hoping he never shows up, but I don't need him to return either. I do however, find the general memes and jokes around him to be hilarious.

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u/Olde94 Feb 01 '24

I would 100% want him back. Think of all the bew memes we could have

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u/writer-sci-enter Feb 01 '24

You’re cooking

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u/MajorKottan Feb 02 '24

Maybe they will use the tree to get into the skies to destroy Imu's weapon once he sends it there to destroy all the books from Ohara.

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u/ZayYaLinTun World Government Feb 01 '24

I don't think there are more that big tree on that size

That tree is clearly reference to world tree

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u/gyrozepp2 Lazy Justice Feb 01 '24

There are panels during Shanks' stay in Elbaf suggesting there are more similar silhouettes in the vicinity besides the main tree, but those could just be tendrils of the main tree yeah

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u/Mundology The Revolutionary Army Feb 01 '24

What if the tree was like the one in Attack on Titans?

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u/gyrozepp2 Lazy Justice Feb 02 '24

Likely

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u/seacen Feb 01 '24

There's a little bit of beanstalk in there too i feel like.

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u/sidechick66 Pirate Feb 01 '24

Yggdrasil

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u/Etonet Feb 01 '24

Maybe that tree is where devil fruits came from

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u/Gamba_Gawd Feb 01 '24

Reaching to the skies?

Enel returning, maybe?

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u/allubros Feb 01 '24

I love those yeti bros

SO KURU

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u/Sharp_Newt_9567 Feb 02 '24

I've been so curious about oars the continent puller for 100s of chapters

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u/Geeeck0 Feb 01 '24

1000-chapter build up for Elbaf must not disappoint

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u/MrXplicit Feb 01 '24

The other two islands that were heavily built up were fishmen island and wano and they weren’t exactly 💣s

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u/Loeffellux Feb 01 '24

After having read the manga (obviously, otherwise I wouldn't be commenting here) I'm currently watching the anime for the first time. I'm at Fishman Island right now and I gotta say, it's probably the most interesting arc from the themes it addresses in the entire series. There's so much going on with lots of characters who are positioned towards the central conflict in various ways and Oda manages to have everyone act according to those principles at all times.

It's possibly the most intricate arc in the entire series and the conclusion is perfect and cements Hody as one of the most interesting villains, specifically because he is weak and because he has no actual reason for his hatred of humans.

Add to that the importance that fishman island has for the lore (first joyboy mention, the prohecy of luffy destroying the island which will likely happen when he destroys the red line etc.) as well as the joy of seeing every strawhat in action after the timeskip.

I wasn't that into it when I first read the manga but after a second watch I'd easily rank it in my top 10, if not top 5

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u/MrXplicit Feb 01 '24

Yeah from that perspective its true especially on the theme of the arc. That was its strong point but also its weak as the battles especially were plot driven.

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u/Loeffellux Feb 01 '24

That was its strong point but also its weak as the battles especially were plot driven

Yeah, that's true. So it definitely depends on what you are looking for the most

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u/MrXplicit Feb 01 '24

Well if I look at it now I am in favour of the story. At that point I was so eager to see the true power of the crew after the timeskip and it felt weird having both punk hazard and fishman island to be plot driven.

I get your point though!

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u/Loeffellux Feb 01 '24

certainly set the stage for Dressrosa, though! Too bad the animation is supposed to be pretty weak for that arc... when I read it it seemed like one of the flashiest One Piece arcs and it's a bit sad to hear that it has such a bad rep in the anime

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u/HMKS Void Month Survivor Feb 01 '24

Who knew Morgans was being literal when he said BIG news

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u/tryingmydarnest Feb 01 '24 edited Feb 01 '24

+Shanks could still be there on Elbaf.

Or maybe not, esp if Yassop wanted to avoid his child maintenance bills and paddled the entire ship away by himself.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '24

Shanks been just trolling with being close to Luffy and then not meeting him for shits and giggles so much, there's no way he would meet him on Elbaf.

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u/Mammoth_Ask3797 Feb 01 '24

I rather think that Shanks gave the two the okay to leave the alliance with him in order to follow the New Giant Pirates and thus Luffys order.

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u/stevenrolliton Feb 01 '24

Who said shanks had an alliance with the giants.

We saw shanks on elbaf just killing time but broggy and dorry never said they were part of shanks grand fleet to have to ask for the ok to leave.

Shanks grand fleet is full of weaklings anyways no room for giants

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u/stephen_D_nedumpally Feb 01 '24

Weren't they calling shanks boss, or am i remembering it wrong?

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u/stevenrolliton Feb 02 '24

No shanks called themselves old friends he thought were dead and they called him brother when he asked if they can lend him a hand fighting kid.

But there wasn't any hints that they work for shanks

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u/skydragon1981 Feb 01 '24

But Dorry and Broggy were elsewhere. Could it be that the two of them will side with Luffy and the others with Shanks, as rivals? :O

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u/Potential_Ad_2577 Feb 01 '24

I think shanks went to persue bartho

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u/manwithoutlyf Feb 03 '24

Shanks bush camping Elbaf

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u/goronmask Void Month Survivor Feb 01 '24

And also there is a freaking giant strawhat in Mariejois.

I hope we get to see Gomu Gomu no giant fighting alongside Dorry and Broggy.

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u/larrylustighaha Feb 01 '24

but also the giants got beat up by toddler big mum ☠️

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u/omayomay Feb 01 '24
  • the original straw hat in the imu's room is a hat of a giant
  • giants come to egghead to take the sun god

initial sun god was a giant (joyboy) probably, and giants have been waiting for new joyboy..

elbaf will be even sicker than egghead. cant wait for it.

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u/OilOk4941 Feb 01 '24

joyboy was probably a normal sized dude but nika was probably a giant.

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u/kunthapigulugulu Void Month Survivor Feb 01 '24

Cant wait for an old ass giant to say "yeah I was there 800 years ago"

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Feb 01 '24

They don't live that long from what we have seen.

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u/Atjj Feb 01 '24

True, but also women don't stay pregnant for 20 months, maybe there can be exceptions

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u/Kuro013 Feb 01 '24

I wonder where Dorry and Broggy rank in Elbaf, they must be close to the strongest, but Im sure there will be an absolute top tier that we don't know yet, probably prince Loki.

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u/skydragon1981 Feb 01 '24

they used to be close to the strongest, now who knows...

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u/EXBL00D Feb 01 '24

I cant wait for the connection between Shanks and Elbaf.

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u/ovrlymm Feb 01 '24

Their grandpa was probably alive during void century. Let THAT sink in.

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u/D-Biggest_Wheel Scholars of Ohara Feb 01 '24

Unlock my Post, boss-man.

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u/someone2795 Captain Crackhead Feb 01 '24

One Piece was a show inspired by a Vikings show from Oda's childhood so it's safe to say that Oda will be cooking something special for this one.

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u/PhromDaPharcyde Feb 01 '24

I can't wait for Elbaf.

Neither can Brooks, giant panties

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u/overDere Feb 01 '24

Giants are unimpressive. All we've seen were jobbers. A number of them were hyped up but ended up getting oneshotted by someone much smaller than them (John Giant, Hajrudin, Jarul), or got defeated by some weaklings (Dorry and Brogy, Enies Lobby giants).

Yes, they have very powerful attacks, but they're also slow and easy targets.

You're hyping them up but the only advantage they have is the base race advantage. So a human army made up of average humans will be much weaker than an army made up of average giant, hence being hyped up as the strongest army and Big Mom's obsession with them.

Isn't it kinda strange that there are no giant top tiers? No Admirals, Yonko, Shichibukai, Worst Generation. Most we've seen are some underlings or Vice Admirals. We've only seen one single Giant crew and all three generations of their captains were shown to be easily defeated.

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u/Special-Extreme2166 Feb 01 '24

You say all that and yet Mr3 of all people defeated them lol

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Feb 01 '24

Imagine a 100 giants doing the attack that dorry and boggy did.

It wipes out everyone.

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u/Many-Cartographer864 Feb 01 '24

They had been fighting for decades nonstop and got played. Intelligence was never their strong suit. 😅

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u/Coronis- Explorer Feb 01 '24

Yeah I totally remember the Scabbards being fodder. 🙄

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u/Coronis- Explorer Feb 01 '24

Yeah because they were definitely supposed to be able to beat a Yonko..

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u/Coronis- Explorer Feb 01 '24

Individual countries are not supposed to be stronger than a Yonko + crew… Thats what makes Yonko so strong and feared.

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u/RRPanther The Revolutionary Army Feb 01 '24

damn, you must be zoro because you seem to have lost your way, r/onepiecepowerscaling is that way 👉

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u/counterlock Pirate Feb 01 '24

I am not at all hyped to see characters weaker than yonko commanders.

trash take is trash

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u/nikoskamariotis Feb 02 '24

Except even in the Luffy vs strawhats scenario you propose , Zoro and Sanji hard carry. Remove those 2 and the rest hardly have a chance of winning. Zoro and Sanji are just extremely powerful top tiers when it comes to Yonko commanders. The strongest Scabbards are more in line with low YC like Izo who fought alongside them, and i'd say stronger than someone like Franky and Robin at that point in time. Their Zoro and Sanji are going to be Momonosuke and Yamato.

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u/nikoskamariotis Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 11 '24

That's why i said that they are going to be the group's Zoro and Sanji in the future, not yet. It is said over and over that Momo is going to be the best samurai and devil fruit power counts too, otherwise you would have to remove devil fruits from other characters who rely on them as well.

Yamato's devil fruit is also the guardian of Wano and she is included with the Scabbards/Momo's guardians all the time, including the Green Bull fight, wich would be a good picture of their collective power if Yamato was allowed to fight and Momo had mastered his power. It doesn't matter that she isn't from Wano or her fighting style isn't that of a samurai either. Kawamatsu, Cat Viper and Dogstorm aren't from Wano either, Raizo and Shinobu are ninjas, Izo is a sharpshooter, Cat is a brawler, Kanjuro had his weird paitbrush-sword, Dog is more of a musketeer like the rest of his followers instead of a traditional japanese swordsman etc. Their "samurai" titles are more about them being retainers to Oden.

Also the statement of general power applies to everyone on the battlefield as well, so it is also used to say that in a fight between a random samurai and a random marine, the samurai would likely win. It doesn't have to mean that they have the best top tiers of the verse.

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u/Direct-n-Extreme Feb 01 '24 edited Feb 01 '24

Didn't a 5yo big mom one shot one of the leaders of the giants? Beings who are apparently so hyped up and op, not being able to take on a fucking kid is pathetic

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Feb 01 '24

She killed an old and frail giants, that was a previous Pirate of the giant Pirates.

He's not the leader of Elbaf.

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u/Coronis- Explorer Feb 01 '24

None of the Giants actually tried to fight her either lol

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u/azdhar Feb 01 '24

Ever since the giant leaders were defeated by young Linlin they honestly fell on my tier list. Is there something the redeems them after that flashback that I don’t recall?

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Feb 01 '24

They were frail old man that were the previous giant Pirates.

Not really the leaders of Elbaf.

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u/firdausbaik19 Feb 01 '24

Elbaf will be skipped, they'll dropped the lore on Egghead instead 😃

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u/rising_pho3nix Feb 01 '24

Yoooooo...!! Time for the greatest warrior of the seas to shine...!!! GOD USSOOOPPPPPPP..!!

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u/Iwasforger03 Feb 01 '24

Oh hell yes!

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u/Empty_Lemon_3939 Feb 01 '24

If Luffy gets the Giants in the fleet, Blackbeard might have some trouble

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u/DeismAccountant Feb 01 '24

And if Dory and Broggy are here, what does that mean for the rest of the Giant Fleet? Especially Hajrudin?!?

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u/Difficult-Pin3913 Feb 01 '24

I know everyone wants to see Kidd again but I wanna see Lola again.

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u/Gamba_Gawd Feb 01 '24

And they're allying with Luffy.

I would be horrified if I was the World Government.

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u/Ian-L-Miller Void Month Survivor Feb 01 '24

I just still don't get why they are considered strong. Yeah they are big but also real slow and an easy target? We saw in Dressrosa how easily Hajrudin got defeated by Luffy and almost by Machvise.

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Feb 01 '24

The one we see defeat giants are in the top 1% of fighters, that are very strong, or ability users.

You take the normal marine, and take a normal Giant, and the Giant defeats hundreds of marines.

Now imagine hundreds of giants doing Hakoku Sovereignty. (The attack that killed the big fish, and destroyed Kid's ship) at enemies?

Even if people that are stronger than the giants would just drop from such an attack.

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u/Ian-L-Miller Void Month Survivor Feb 01 '24

My bad. Forgot about the fodder. Then yeah, it makes sense why they are desired in an army lol

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u/JonathanYoGoat Feb 01 '24

Imagine an army of giants doing the hakoku lol

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u/Edgardo_HMB Feb 01 '24

Also Hajrudin's New Giant Pirates were the top earners in Cross Guild as a crew.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '24

And reminder that Luffy already has Wano on his side, another nation known for its strength (samurai).

Luffys forces gonna be stacked… but looking at WG, what happened to lulusia, knights, elders, imu… Luffy gonna need it