On August 23, 2026, One Piece Chapter 1191 officially dropped in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #39. After the magazine went on a break following the Obon Festival in Japan, Eiichiro Oda made his grand return this week with a sensational chapter and, in doing so, unveiled some of the most exciting fights in this Elbaf arc.
With the battle between Nerona Imu and Monkey D. Luffy ongoing, we were expecting the protagonist to power up even further and potentially even gain new transformations. Much to the surprise of all readers, Eiichiro Oda ended up doing the opposite and gave Imu a transformation instead. This new transformation is easily the strongest in the entirety of One Piece, and all of it stems from the powers of his Akuma no Mi Devil Fruit.
Nerona Imu first arrived in Elbaf on April 5, 2026, in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #19 with the release of Chapter 1179. This descent upon Elbaf came against all odds and surprised every single reader of the story. Nerona Imu was always believed to be the final villain of One Piece, and as such, most of us believed that he would only make his presence known at the very end of the story in the Great War. However, Imu surprised us when he decided to make a direct appearance in Elbaf in order to confront the threat posed by Loki and Luffy.
"Elders, the Holy Land shall be without Mu for a while!" — Nerona Imu leaves Marijoa to fight Loki and Luffy, One Piece Chapter #1178
Since then, Nerona Imu has gone on quite a run, taking on a multitude of powerful fighters and overwhelming them all. Much of this has been possible due to the use of his Devil Fruit called Akuma no Mi, or The Devil's Fruit. Nerona Imu's Akuma no Mi is quite a special Devil Fruit and doesn't function like the others that exist in the world. For one, this Devil Fruit has a unique naming pattern and is simply known as “The Devil's Fruit,” suggesting that it precedes all the other fruits that we have seen in One Piece to date. It gives him the power to turn into the true Devil God of the One Piece world and grants him an ability known as God's Domination or a Contract with the Devil, Nerona Imu.
لۆکی: کەواتە دەسەڵاتی تۆ هەژموونی خودایە؟ وابزانە مەبەستت گرێبەستە لەگەڵ شەیتان!
ئیمو: خوایە؟ ئەهریمەن؟ جیاوازی چییە؟
— Loki explains Nerona Imu's God's Domination, One Piece Chapter #1181
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