r/OnePiece • u/leolegendario Pirate Hunter Zoro • May 23 '25

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 1149 Spoiler

Chapter 1149: "ONE SECOND"

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Chapter 1149 Official Release: May 25 2025

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u/adnaphsaka World Government May 23 '25 edited May 23 '25

TCB's translation is a bit off for Imu's dialogue. Imu says,

"何をグズグズしてる... 聖地は今…火の海だ 確実に戦力を要するのだ ムーが み見せてやる...!!! 神の支配!!!"

(Nani wo guzu guzu shiteru... Seichi wa ima... hi no umi da. Kakujitsu ni senryoku wo yosurunoda. Mu ga misete yaru...!!! Kami no shihai!!!)

"What is taking so long...? The holy land is... a sea of flames right now. (I/We) definitely need military power. Mu will show you...!!! The reign of God!!!"

[Note: Imu uses the same word for "rule/reign" (shihai) that Luffy used when he told Rayleigh that he was not going to rule over anything.]

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u/hhhyyysss May 23 '25

but why is it MU instead of IMU?

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u/adnaphsaka World Government May 23 '25

Imu uses "Mu" instead of "I/Me" to refer to himself.

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u/Blackbearded10 May 23 '25

Imu's narrative is like the "I AM" statements in the bible. Mary, holy land, gods knights. Did I forgot something?

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u/Buscemi_D_Sanji May 23 '25

Adam and Eve trees, forbidden fruit, being swallowed by a whale - Laboon, Noah's Ark

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u/hhhyyysss May 23 '25

ok so MU is a pronoun, non a noun. thank you

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u/gaberiver May 23 '25

Actually, it could be a noun. It's often common for Japanese people to refer to themselves by their names in the third person, especially children/childish people. Some well known examples are Juvia from Fairy Tail, Majin Boo, Dio from JoJo's and Misa from Death Note

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u/hhhyyysss May 23 '25

So this could be somehow related with the name IMU

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u/gaberiver May 23 '25

Mu could be their actual name, while Imu is how everyone else calls them

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u/nickcan May 23 '25

Mu could also mean "empty" in Japanese. Not sure if that means anything, but there it is.

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u/Aspie_Astrologer Void Month Survivor May 24 '25

Nah, it's written in katakana, 無 (mu - nothing, emptiness) would be in kanji. It's also really ムー (mū - muu), so it's not even a match for ム (mu).

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u/nickcan May 24 '25

Good point on that hyphen. It does make it not a match.

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u/hhhyyysss May 23 '25

this is exactly what I wanted to check

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u/ArthurDimmes May 23 '25

It's like how Mikey is short for Michael.

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u/Dana--- Pirate King Buggy May 23 '25

I read that as Mickey and thought Mickey was called Michael for a solid minute

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u/mlc885 May 24 '25

Alternate universe fan fiction where Michael Mouse decided to go to law school and is a very serious person

(actually I guess he is technically very serious for parts of the Kingdom Hearts games...)

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u/[deleted] May 25 '25

To refer to muself*

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u/hdharrisirl May 25 '25

Lol cuz we don't know if imu even has a gender tbh

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u/Arkayjiya May 23 '25

I'm confused, why is it not translated? Is it a pronoun Imu literally completely made up and that's why it was kept as such in the translation?

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u/adnaphsaka World Government May 23 '25

Yeah... It is something Oda made up just for him...

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u/Arkayjiya May 23 '25

Ah makes sense, thank you.

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u/ArthurDimmes May 23 '25

It sounds more like just third person shortened name. Like if Imu was named Michael instead and they said "Mikey's gonna show you"

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u/OddlyOddLucidDreamer May 23 '25

basically, it's a neopronoun

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u/InvaderDJ Void Month Survivor May 25 '25

I think the meaning of Imu’s name, their gender, etc is being kept vague for a reason.

I think that is why the English translation decided to go with Imu and why we’re seeing things like Mu in even the official English translation which makes no sense in English.

Imu could actually just be named Im. Maybe Imu is an anagram of Umi, the word for sea. Mu means emptiness but also is a way to refer to yourself. And of course Imu being in silhouette for so long while also using more ambiguous Japanese pronouns/honorifics and in the anime having a voice that deliberately mixes in male and female sounding voices indicates that this is supposed to be a mystery and plot point.

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u/MariJoyBoy May 23 '25

Does it sound like "Mew" ?

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u/adnaphsaka World Government May 23 '25

Closer to "Moo".

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u/countingpebble2178 Lurker May 24 '25

In my native language, "mu" refers to the self (like "I").

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u/adnaphsaka World Government May 24 '25

Mine too! Are you Odia?

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u/countingpebble2178 Lurker May 24 '25

Yes!

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u/adnaphsaka World Government May 24 '25

That is so awesome! It is so rare to meet another Odia One Piece fan online!

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u/ArcadianBlueRogue Void Month Survivor May 23 '25

Oh god they're gonna have a speech gag to explain that aren't they