[One Piece] Im Targeting Luffy, Blackbeard, or Vivi? The Bounties, the Photos, and the Meaning Behind Them
#17 LEVELY
Im-sama · June 2018 · Who Is the World Government Trying to Erase?
The scene wasn’t loud, but it felt dangerous. Torn bounties, a stabbed photo, and one image held quietly in hand. If Im is choosing who to erase from history, who is actually on the list?
The Visual Clues: Bounties, Photos, and Im’s Intent
403: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Luffy and Blackbeard’s bounties → torn apart and scattered Shirahoshi’s photo → sword stabbed through the eyes Vivi’s photo → inside Im’s hand Feels like it’s hinting at something, right?
421: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>403 Luffy and Blackbeard → always causing trouble, feels like they’ll do something big and it pisses him off Shirahoshi → Poseidon isn’t needed Vivi → wants to erase her from history
228: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 There’s no way they can erase Blackbeard.
Im “Five Elders… come here.”
Five Elders “Another ‘light’ that must be erased from history…” “Have you decided?” “If so—speak the name.”
252: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Having both the Dark-Dark and Quake-Quake fruits is completely out of control.
Why Luffy and Blackbeard Are Treated as Special
252: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Im is clearly targeting Luffy and Blackbeard among the D clan, so the current World Government is probably going to be destroyed by these two. In the end, one of them becomes Pirate King. Well, obviously that’s Luffy.
38: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Why is it only Luffy and Blackbeard among the D clan? Is Shirahoshi because she’s Poseidon?
130: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 I imagine the Five Elders saying “Who do we erase next?” And Im silently shows Vivi’s photo. So I think the target is Vivi.
Replies on D, Laugh Tale, and Threat Level
47: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>38 Law not being known might be part of it, but those two are D and have a high chance of reaching Laugh Tale.
55: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>47 Ignoring Dragon more than Law feels weirder.
67: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>55 Maybe Im thinks reaching Laugh Tale is more dangerous than directly attacking the Government. Honestly, it feels like they look down on the Revolutionary Army.
88: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>38 They’re the two Ds who rose up as Emperors in the last two years. They’re also the ones shaking the balance of the world. >>67 From the Ohara flashback, the Government feared the will of D more than Ancient Weapons. They were clearly wary of the Revolutionary Army during the last Reverie.
Theories About Ancient Weapons
63: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>38 What if Luffy is Uranus and Blackbeard is Pluton? Marco said Blackbeard’s body is abnormal. Maybe Blackbeard is the result of modifying Pluton, or he’s storing it inside with the Dark-Dark fruit.
64: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>38 Whitebeard told Blackbeard “you’re not the one,” so I thought Blackbeard is a D but off the main path.
80: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 After the Reverie, Fish-Men mess things up and get erased from history.
Vivi, Shirahoshi, and “Erasing from History”
121: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 The one Roger was waiting for inherits the will of D. Blackbeard was quickly denied, but he’s still D. Shirahoshi and Vivi are people connected to Ancient Weapons. Honestly, no idea who gets erased.
104: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>64 It just means Blackbeard doesn’t inherit Roger’s will. Only inheriting Roger’s will doesn’t mean you get One Piece anyway. I kind of want that concept broken.
84: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 The light to be erased from history is probably Shirahoshi. Related to that, a Straw Hat figure destroys Fish-Man Island.
109: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>84 Yeah lol She’s Poseidon. Pluton is still somewhere, so the Nefertari family is in danger too.
125: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Cobra was already sick, so there’s a high chance he dies here. Im targets D and Ancient Weapons. If all Five Elders’ decisions were top-down from Im, I need to reread everything.
148: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Ace is also on Im’s erase list. Shanks knows about Im and tried to stop it by warning Whitebeard. Im is someone who manipulates fate.
Late-Thread Speculation
243: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 People say Blackbeard is the final boss, but his goal doesn’t really line up with Luffy’s. Was there ever a clear scene of Blackbeard aiming to be Pirate King?
254: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>243 When he fought Ace, he said the steps to becoming king were already in place.
327: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 The ones Im stabbed — Shirahoshi, Blackbeard, and Luffy — might themselves be Ancient Weapons. The wall painting Enel saw also shows three warriors.
358: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 >>327 That’s possible. But how Uranus and Pluton connect to Luffy and Blackbeard is unclear. Is Franky making Pluton? What even is Uranus?
376: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 Im definitely has some kind of personal feeling toward Vivi.
482: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/14 If Im lived 800 years ago, he might know Shirahoshi is Poseidon. Not sure about Vivi and Pluton though. If that’s true, it risks the Poneglyph issue. I think Pluton is what Luffy will use to destroy the Red Line. Uranus might be Urouge.
154: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/16 Vivi isn’t going to die… right? People rarely die in this series… Please… seriously…
179: Anonymous Pirate. 2018/06/16 >>154 Neither Vivi nor Shirahoshi will die. They’ll stay important until the end. The one in real danger right now is Cobra.
(´・ω・`) Maybe it really is Vivi…
👉 Why Japanese Fans Read Im’s Choice as Symbolic
In these comments, Im isn’t viewed as choosing targets based on raw power alone. Japanese readers repeatedly frame Im’s actions as symbolic erasure — not killing, but removing meaning, legacy, and continuity. The different treatments of Luffy, Blackbeard, Shirahoshi, and Vivi reflect how each threatens the world’s story, not just its balance.
👉 What “Erasing from History” Really Means Here
Readers interpret Im’s hand on Vivi’s photo as the most unsettling sign, because it implies control over memory, lineage, and recorded truth. In that sense, Vivi isn’t weak at all — she’s dangerous precisely because she connects history, weapons, and legitimacy.
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