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Unknown. The manga never states what happened during the Void Century.
Ch. 1115, p. 10open pagesettled: no
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Imu created Devil Fruits that prevented people from swimming, so that he could drown powerful people
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The manga never states what happened during the Void Century. The sources instead describe the aftermath of an ancient conflict whose scars never healed. ch. 1115, p. 10 Continental fragments of the land masses that once were now form the world we live atop, as the ancient world was swallowed by the ocean. ch. 1115, p. 11 The seas one must traverse are so vast and perilous that travel between islands is excruciatingly difficult, a fact that is common knowledge. ch. 1115, p. 11 "AND THOSE SCARS NEVER HEALED....!!!" "CONTINENTAL FRAGMENTS OF THE LAND MASSES THAT ONCE WERE!!" "THE ANCIENT WORLD WAS SWALLOWED BY THE OCEAN!!" ch. 1115, p. 10-11
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1 chapter · first raised in ch. 1115Theories in the race
6d ago · neronainferno
Imu created Devil Fruits that prevented people from swimming, so that he could drown powerful people
The drawback of the Devil Fruits was created by Imu so he could control his most powerful enemies
Imu does not act like a man who defeated Joyboy. Even centuries later, JB's haki is enough to make Imu tremble and clutch at his emotional support butterflies. If Imu did not defeat Joyboy outright, then how exactly did JB lose? How did his crew fail him?
1mo ago · enroyred
THE FAILED WORLD THEORY
What if the Void Century wasn’t simply the story of Joy Boy versus Imu, but the aftermath of a world-changing failure? The Harley describes three Worlds: two end in separation, while the Third promises that “they will surely meet.” Joy Boy failed. Roger arrived “too early.” Rocks believed he could overthrow Imu, yet was also too early. Meanwhile, Lily preserved the truth, the Ancient Weapons survived, Poseidon was born eight centuries later, and Loki now carries the power of the ancient Warrior God who once fought the Sun God. What if these aren’t separate mysteries? What if history keeps recreating the same failed configuration and Luffy’s generation is the first to bring its missing pieces together?
Imu, joyboy and Davy Jones were brothers just like Luffy, Ace and Sabo.
Joyboy was Binks, the first pirate and Davy Jones' brother, who went on a voyage, met Imu, and crashed Davy's wedding to Princess Lili, leading to Imu's corruption by the devil Mu after finding the Great Grimoire.