Talk:Imu

"They" Question
Why does the article keep referring to Im as "they", as if there's more than one?Strawhatmsd (talk) 22:12, June 17, 2018 (UTC)
 * Apparently, the gender is hard to tell, so everyone is using gender-neutral terms for the moment.Observer Supreme 22:14, June 17, 2018 (UTC)

Trivia FMA
Is it really necessary to mention Full metal alchemist. It's not that unique for an antagonist to be interested in the protagonist, to rule behind the scenes, etc.... Seems kind of farfechted.

193.202.17.249 08:43, June 19, 2018 (UTC)

Oh it's gone now, okay. 193.202.17.249 08:44, June 19, 2018 (UTC)

Imu
the official translation translates his name as "Imu" since both im and imu is a possible transscription, and the official english source trsnscribes it to imu, i think we should move the page CharlotteSmoothie (talk) 00:26, June 21, 2018 (UTC)

It doesn't have any more weight just because it's official. Since there's an Im in real-world mythology, that's what I'd go with at least. Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 02:53, June 21, 2018 (UTC)

I doubt the mythology thing is an actual reference, the giant's name is spelled イーム in Japanese rather than イム and it's a very minor mythological figure. 07:46, June 21, 2018 (UTC)

Imu is more correct due to how Japanese works. Also Oda only does giant myth references with actual giants. SeaTerror (talk) 03:55, June 22, 2018 (UTC)

We should really move this since Imu is correct. SeaTerror (talk) 21:51, October 3, 2018 (UTC)

Imu and Im are both correct (similar to Sham). So it's more about preference for the time being. I personally prefer Im. Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 17:28, October 10, 2018 (UTC)

It isn't preference. This is how Japanese works. SeaTerror (talk) 19:03, October 10, 2018 (UTC)

Do you actually know how Japanese works? I gave Sham (シャム) as an example to show that Japanese does work like that. Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 19:36, October 10, 2018 (UTC)

So then you're saying Sham's article should be moved. More people use Imu too. SeaTerror (talk) 05:19, October 11, 2018 (UTC)

Drum(u), Maxim(u), Absalom(u), Bentham(u), Blenheim(u), Bluejam(u), Braham(u), Brahm(u), Gram(u), Holdem(u), Igaram(u), King Baum(u), Ohm(u), Sam(u), Sham(u), Sodom(u), Spandam(u), Tom(u), Wallem(u), hey remember that time when the community banned SeaTerror for a year for pulling stupid shit on talk pages and that that was supposedly the last straw and he said he'd improve his behavior, e.g, "I'll just take the 6 month ban so I can think about my behavior anyway" and "People say nothing about my actions have changed which isn't true. You can see from my edits that I don't even do those edits that I did to get banned in the first place anymore. If it's about behavior I have also changed that too.", Attach(i), Hawkins(u), Beer(u), Blackback(u), Buhichuck(u), Hancock(u), Bogard(o) and literally every other name and place that ends in a non-'n' consonant. 45.56.153.104 10:23, October 11, 2018 (UTC)

Funnily enough, Sham's name just got romanized. And what's with this "more people use it" argument? I'm pretty sure more people use Eneru too. Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 11:43, October 11, 2018 (UTC)

Only Gokudo does. Sham is Sham then but doesn't mean this one is Im. SeaTerror (talk) 18:43, October 11, 2018 (UTC)

Trivia
IMO this is 100% a reference to the ancient Canaanite sea god Ym which would go perfectly with イム. I've edited the Trivia page to reflect this. It's a great enemy in the mythos, possibly the greatest, and has a palace in the depths of the ocean. it's a fantastic name. 2605:A601:A200:E59:B84A:FDB8:A895:11DF 19:51, October 3, 2018 (UTC)

Im was first referenced in Chapter 793
https://pm1.narvii.com/6042/b8a1f9ecee4f811c8866f64642ba7eec5f86dff2_hq.jpg

As the image shows, Akainu seems to think there is a power above the Gorosei. Since the Gorosei are the highest-ranking Celestial Dragons, only Im would be above the Gorosei. It’s certain that this was foreshadowing the existence of Im.

Either way this was the first reference to a power being above the Gorosei, even if Akainu would not be in the knowing of this.

Someone should edit that in somewhere, perhaps in the History section or Trivia

KozukiClan (talk) 07:13, November 2, 2019 (UTC)

How about "s/he" instead of "they"?
Zorianff9 (talk) 23:03, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Im did not send weapon within seconds of tracing Sabo's call
Sorry but Im did not send a weapon to Lulusia within seconds of tracing Sabo's call. One of the Elders clearly says "An unlucky man" and the other says "No, it is simply destiny". At the time I wondered WTF they were talking about but then I realised that whatever weapon it was was already scheduled to go to Lulusia and they were wondering if Sabo was unlucky, but then thought it was just his destiny.

Sorry if I messed up. I don't know anything about how this works. This is my first time here and I've tried to put something like 6 times

Imu
After Chapter 1085, it's appears clear that Imu is official name. GoldTesoro (talk) 15:21, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

Imu's relation to Luffy
As the title states, isn't it about time we add Imu and Luffy's relation to their relationship sections or should we wait?

Justin Holland (talk). 22:50, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

There's not really anything to put. Luffy doesn't know Imu exists, and unless I'm forgetting something, we don't know what Imu decided to do/thinks about Luffy. Walrsu (talk) 00:32, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Things from the Japanese wiki this one doesn’t have
So I was looking through the japanese wiki and noticed it has trivia that This wiki doesn’t have should it be added?

Copying it and pasting it here:

"Imu" can be read as "abhorred" in kanji. If you turn it upside down and write it in kanji, it becomes ``wuwei,'' a Buddhist term that refers to something that is absolutely unchangeable, separate from cause and effect.

The name "Imu" is written as "IMU" in alphabetical form. It is the exact opposite of " UMI" (sea).

If you use slang to substitute U for YOU, you can read it as "I'm U". Im can also be written as "I'm" ("I am..." in English). It can be said to be a kind of absolute oath and a declaration of existence.

From the line in the play, ``Let's put out the light before history, we can read ``Turn off the light = dim (DIM) by removing the `` D  and read `` IM . D is a very important keyword in One Piece, but... It is said that the Ainu have a disease called ``imu'' that causes them to faint when they are startled. Speaking of fainting from surprise, there's that person who wears similar clothes...?

An example of a similar name is Eem, the "frost giant" who appears in Norse mythology. Im's name seems to be a combination of Adam's and Eve's names.

The arrangement of the letters ``Imu does not fail to look like `` Buddha . Furthermore, since the character ``French means ``France, it also hints at a connection to the French Revolution, which is said to have something to do with the One Piece scenario.

The theory is that if you shift I and M down one level in the Japanese syllabary, it becomes ``Ume, which is why it is compared to ``Shochikubai, a word that has been used since ancient times to represent lucky charms and grades. However, in this case, Im himself corresponds to "bamboo", so there is an even higher existence that corresponds to "pine"...

Imhotep is a real person in ancient Egypt. He was a priest, architect, and physician who was eventually deified and identified with Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine.

Imhotep 's name and words such as "priest", "deification", and "architect" clearly hint at a connection with Im...? RayTheFlyingSquirrel476 (talk) 18:53, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

No, we don't need to add every fan speculation of the name; most are going to be irrelevant to the character in the end. All of these were added by an anonymous editor to their wiki, so their validity is questionable (doubly so for these machine translations). Dragonus Nesha (talk) 23:59, 19 November 2023 (UTC)