The One piece The manga is currently showing the climax of the Egghead Island arc and has some pretty huge revelations in store in the next few chapters. The anime, on the other hand, is in the middle of the Egghead Island arc, where the Straw Hat Pirates are still busy exploring the scientifically advanced island. As fans prepare for the Elbaf arc, a new piece of information may have just surfaced. One piece fan base.
Recently, Mayumi Tanaka, the voice actress of Monkey D. Luffy, was seen with other voice actors. Most of them were known to fans, but one of them was not recognized. Since then, social media has been debating whether it could be one of the mysterious characters that has yet to be revealed. The only character that came to everyone’s mind was Imu-sama.
Imu-sama’s gender revealed
Imu-sama is the one who sits on the world throne, and the Gorosei are directly under his control. It was a shock to everyone One piece Fan to see someone more powerful than the Gorosei in terms of strength and authority. A few hundred chapters have passed since Imu-sama’s first appearance, but no one has been able to figure out his gender. But Mayumi Tanaka’s latest image may have answered the biggest question about Imu-sama.
A new group photo of Luffy’s voice actress Mayumi Tanaka with the voice actors of Cobra, some of the Gorosei and Wapol after the recording of episode 1119 of Onepiece pic.twitter.com/XrSa6Odaeo
— Pew (@pewpiece) July 19, 2024
In the picture, you can see Mayumi Tanaka and several other voice actors posing in front of the camera. Besides Luffy’s voice actor, there was Wapol’s voice actor, Nefertari Cobra’s voice actor and some of Gorosei’s voice actors, but there was one more person who was not recognized by the fan community. With One piece Episode 1119 is knocking on the door, fans think it could be Imu-sama’s voice actor. Since the voice actor is a man, Imu could also be a man.
There have been several fan theories about Imu-sama being a female, but the latest image may prove otherwise. Imu-sama will appear in the upcoming episodes, and that may be one of the reasons to believe the theory. There have been cases where female voice actors have voiced male voice actors, including Monkey D. Luffy and Son Goku, but not the other way around. Ultimately, it all falls on Eiichiro Oda.
Fans react to Mayumi Tanaka’s picture
Mayumi Tanaka’s latest group photo sent the One piece Fanbase in uproar. The news about Imu-sama’s gender reveal spread like wildfire. Soon, everyone started commenting on the post. There were several claims about how the unknown voice actor would give a voice to Imu.
Argh
We want to know who VA is for imu, damn it— Luffy-Stan (@luvme3k) July 19, 2024
IMUS A MAN LETS GO
— . (@Bruh13841) July 19, 2024
Don’t tell me that the voice of an old man, Imu, pic.twitter.com/w6Q8V8PMUW
— Punky Jag (@lou_sio) July 19, 2024
Hello, ahhh, so Imu is a boy, so our dream of Imu being a girl is completely shattered pic.twitter.com/8gjy6MjdMq
— Dhanu (@Dhanush___p) July 19, 2024
The “Imu is a woman” preachers in the original: pic.twitter.com/IPh2eYICfR
— Vis D. Gizoid/Emerl 🇵🇸🆖 (@Gemerlpiece) July 19, 2024
Although it is not yet confirmed whether Imu-sama is male or female, there is a pretty good chance that it is the former. The picture was taken after the recording session of One piece Episode 1119. The mysterious leader is supposed to appear in the coming episodes. But until the episode is released, everything remains speculation.
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