Imu is a PARROT!

Ladies and gentlemen, I think we've finally done it. I genuinely believe the One Piece community has reached its peak with the most out of thisworld ridiculous theory that could be and probably might be maybe extremely true. Here's the worst part, right? I started making this video as a joke. Complete joke. But the more I looked into it, the more everything started to make a disturbing yet hilarious amount of sense. And before I knew it, I was sitting in front of one of my many computers asking a very important question. And that question is, what if the ruler of the entire One Piece world is actually a parrot? This is a theory that Reddit has described as crazy but sensible. Because why does the word for parrot in Japanese also translate as King Moo? Why does Emo have the same voice as the South Birds from Ja? Why does Nefitari Lily have a very real connection to parrots that has gone unnoticed up until now? Why did Dol Flamingo originally develop the bird cage? And why did pirate king Goldie Roger laugh when he found out the truth of quote the world? Well, all of that and more is about to be explained in painful detail. So painful in what is either going to be the best or worst video that you have ever watched on YouTube. But the genesis of this theory is Emu's silhouette form and the idea that he does look, you know, rather burdensome, like the silhouette of some sort of crested cockatil, which would potentially explain scenes such as the giant straw hat hidden on Mariju or at least a straw hat that we assumed was giant. But why would hat be big is answer when emu could be small. Take a look at this panel again and I think you'll find that this is a perfectly normalsized straw hat for a very normalsized head. It's simply in the possession of a parrotsized silhouette. That's right, Joy Boy. He was never a giant. It just turns out that Emu was always pretty small. Something that was confirmed to us in chapter 1,81. Here we have the silhouette of both Joy Boy and Emu. And most of you with eyes will notice immediately that the Joy Boy silhouette, it is much more bigger than the emu silhouette. Man, on the internet, this is simply a matter of perspective. Have you not seen the DVD extras of Lord of the Rings? Emu's silhouette looks smaller and more cockular because he is standing in the background of the image whereas Joy Boy is in the foreground. And I think that this is a very sensible conclusion to make until we pan out and we see the full image in this expertly crafted sketch of what we assume were Oda's original intentions. And you will see that Joy Boy is clearly holding a parrot on his arm as all stereotypical pirates do. Remember that this dude, he was the first pirate, not to be confused with Emu, who was the first pirate. But the first pirate would need the first pirate in order to create the stereotype. And if Joy Boy also has an eye patch and a peg leg, then he would have the big three. And fans have been getting dangerously close to the truth of Emu for quite some time now. And one reader was even so bold to ask your odor in the SPS of volume 7, could Emu's true appearance be someone with a very long and pointy mouth. A pointy mouth, yes, like some sort of beak, you could say. And I have now said, and Oda, clearly under immense pressure of his bird twist about to be ruined, simply replied, "Okay, I'll just mark this as red because what other answer can he give?" He either says yes and ruins the greatest twist in the entire series, or he says no, and he blatantly lies to our faces, breaking our trust. But speaking of faces, it took a while to make the leap to bird as the drawing accompanying this question speculated that this was the true face of emu. An honorable attempt which while incorrect did bring us one step closer to the lusciously plumemed truth. However, in my personal opinion as a man on the internet, people place far too much focus on visual evidence. Is that evidence overwhelming? Obviously, yes. I mean, just look at this, this, and this. But when it comes to One Piece, it always pays sweet dividends to dive into the subtext. And in fact, on this occasion, we don't even need to go that far down. We just need to look at the text. And that text would be that the Japanese word for parrot is omu, which is, yes, quite shockingly similar to emu. They're both spelled in katakana and everything. But there is a minor difference in their names, which is that parrot contains the allimportant O. And if you are some sort of seasoned weeb, you will be aware that O is also the Japanese word for king. meaning that parrot when read excruciatingly literally as omu can also mean king moo. And I did debate whether or not to put this next part in the video. And if you're watching this right now, I guess I chose to do it. But omo isn't just the Japanese word for parrot. It's also the name of an infamous Japanese doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara, who I've talked about on my second channel, New World Review, because this real life figure is the inspiration behind Hunter Hunter antagonist Beyond Neter. Not going to go into what they did. it um it wasn't great, but the plan was to something something take over the world. And I find it quite strikingly similar to when Emu and the five elders speak to each other with this very religious intensity. Emu and the five elders often discuss matters concerning which lights to erase from the world, which Lucias are soon to have never existed. And Emu is of course currently speculated to be linked to the sea god who flooded the planet and created the landscape we currently inhabit at the end of the second world as stated in the Harley text. In fact, recently Emu even revealed that he has a sword named after the sea god. And in addition to looking like a parrot, his silhouette is also reminiscent of an um Bozu. And I just think that it's fascinating that when you put all three of these things together, King Moo, parrot, and doomsday cult, they all have the same name, which is Omu. And we're not done there because there is much more blatant text to be read. At the time of this recording, we don't know what Emu's exact connections to devil fruits are. However, in chapter 1,79, Mr. Narona emu was introduced with a power which is quote the devil's fruit. And one of the biggest questions that we have had since one piece began is why devil fruits are named in the way they are. You know gooo bar hana hana and the rest. Why not just call it goui? Why bother with gou? Well that is because if emu is indeed connected to the genesis of fictional fruit in some way shape or form then a parrot obviously needs to repeat the words. They mimic the sounds they hear. So, if someone starts saying their fruit name, then Emu is going to make sure it's being said twice. And at this point, you may think that I'm really reaching here and that we are running dangerously low on parrot-based evidence. But, mate, I'm here to tell you that we are not even halfway through and we haven't even gotten to the most convincing stuff yet. By the way, if this video isn't wasting enough of your day, then mate, I can fix that because I've built an entire second channel called The Calm Belt. Home to massive compilations of Grand Line Review videos, 2 hours of insane theories, bizarre One Piece facts, complete story lines, and more. So, if you want something substantially longer to throw on while you work, travel, sleep, or desperately otherwise try to avoid your responsibilities, then check out the calm belt link in the description where there is already over 100 hours of One Piece waiting for you. And please do subscribe because pressing that tiny button genuinely is a massive help to us so that we can continue building the biggest One Piece library on the platform. So definitely check it out. Link in the description. But for now, it's back to you, me. Cast your eyes upon this. It is the world government logo. A symbol designed to somewhat represent global unity with speculation that the four balls are each of the four seas. The middle is the grand line and the new world. And then something something unity. And quite frankly, I've never found any of that to be a convincing argument. However, to avid aviary enthusiasts, this mystery was solved long, long ago. as one of the most common bird toys is this rotating something or other, which just so happens to be the exact same shape as the world government logo. And just in case any of you have any doubt of just how appropriate this is, just look at this video evidence of a mighty beast sitting high above all and manipulating the world as its play thing. However, one of the most integral clues is something that we cannot rely on the manga alone to convey to us. This is where we desperately need the anime because it's not enough to simply read text. We need to hear text read to us. And it took over 1,100 episodes for us to eventually hear Emu's voice. And this was the result. It's very otherworldly. And at the time, I speculated that this was done so as not to reveal details that we hadn't seen yet in the manga. For example, Emu's gender. This was long before Narona Emu made his appearance on Elbuff. So I speculated that the Tolli anime gave Emu a multi-layered voice so that he could be interpreted as either male or female as both layers are definitely present and were arguable at the time. However, we were focusing on the wrong argument. Whilst fan artists were having visions of emu with colossal cannons, it turns out that Tolli had already given us the answer long ago because just listen to that emu voice clip again. We have actually heard this voice long long ago because this is the same vocal effect that the tollway anime used for the southbirds during Jia and Skypia. >> It's shocking. Absolutely shocking. But the South Bird has the same layered voice effect as Emu does. And to the best of my knowledge, these are the only two times that this effect has been used in the entire series. In the manga, it's stated that the southbird make an especially strange cry, making it easy to identify in the wild, and also apparently easy to identify when one is sitting on the empty throne in Pangia Castle. And given that Chopper could understand and speak to the southbird, one way to very quickly confirm this almost certainly laughably incorrect theory would be for Chopper to confront Emu and for Emu to say something in his secret bird language. Tweet, tweet, and for Chopper to understand. He's already speaking with Ragnar and possibly Biblau, so why not add a third ancient animal to our Albafian checklist. So, look, new idea. The parrot is an extremely strong hypothesis. I have to admit, almost too strong. However, we do need to look at this from an inworld perspective. And it could be equally as possible that Emu is actually a Southbird. And this is unbelievable. But I actually have a logically sound reason for why this could be true. The reason why the straw hats needed a southbird was because in ancient times, southbirds were used for navigation, as this was prior to the development of log poses. Sailors of ancient civilizations would need a southbird or a north bird, east bird, or west bird to navigate the seas. And because the straw hats log pose was locked onto Skypia, they needed a southbird to guide them to the knockup stream. These birds were so invaluable that gold statues were created by the societies that made use of them. And given that Joy Boy was the first pirate in an era without log poses, he would have needed some way to navigate. And that could be a certain Southbird named Emu. And then let's say that the Southbird got hungry one day and accidentally ate the devil's fruit or something something. I don't know. All I know is that as a result of this stupid theory, I have convinced myself that Joy Boy must have had a Southbird at some point. However, as the accomplished fictional pirate academics that we all are, we should not simply assume that this hypothetical bird belonged to Joy Boy when there is actually a much stronger contender for ownership in Nefitatari Lily. Lily, the person who Emu pines for. And because we only have this narrow human perspective, the idea has always been that Emu was in love with Lily, and he's trying to satisfy that 800-year-old plot thread right now with Vivy, which results in filthy, filthy gifts like this being made. I cannot believe this community. And look, I'm only showing it to you so that you know what not to look at if you see it in the wild. But here's the idea, right? Emu was a bird. A bird who belonged to Lily. And yes, he loved her, but not in that way. In the same way that every pet loves their owner, which is not that way. And Emu's sad, sad story could be one of waiting for his owner to return for the last 800 years before finally spotting a lily lookalike in Vivy. And insanely enough, I I cannot believe this actually exists. There is more evidence linking Nefitari lily directly to a parrot. There's a particular flower called this one and it's native to Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. But it's also found in Australia, which is relevant to me because anytime I get to mention Australia, is a win. However, this flower, it has a stupidly complicated name. I couldn't even say it. So, no one uses it, right? We got to call it something else. And the common names for this flower is either a princess lily, a parrot flower, or best of all, a parrot lily. And so again, emu may not have been Joy Boy's companion originally. Emu may have been Lily's parrot. And there is precedent for princesses of Alabaster being given bird-based companions as Vivy has the adorable duck Karu. And she also has Pel the falcon watching over her. But we'll mostly go with Karu for the sake of this video because if Vivy joined the crew, then Karu would have joined too. Karu is a straw hat member in spirit just like Vivy. He had the X on his arm and everything. And so if Lily joined Joy Boy's crew back in the day, she could have brought her bird companion with her as well. And so Emu's obsession again, it's not one of romance, but one of loyalty. And the Alabaster connection also goes a layer deeper. In chapter 823, we see the Alabaster entourage depart to participate in this year's revery with Vivy immediately taking her place in the very badly named Crow's nest of the ship. However, this causes Igaram to worry and he says, "Please get down from there. What if a great monstrous bird should appear and snatch you away?" Which in the modern day is seen as foreshadowing because Vivy did end up in the care of Big News Morgans, a bird who has arguably snatched her away. However, Morgans's could be a foreskinning red herring because the monstrous bird that I am spoke of is actually Emu who has commanded the five elder the four elders now to bring Vivy to him. And furthermore, Vivy is quite strongly associated with birds in general. Unlike most female One Piece characters, Vivy's name is not based on a bird. However, Oda has stated in the SPS of volume 76 that Vivy's animal resemblance would be a dove, which was chosen in consultation with Vivy's voice actress, which is a very common feature that most major One Piece characters have. All of the straw hats have canonical animal resemblances according to Oda. Some of those are obvious, like Monkey Duffy, and some are less obvious, like Usopp being a chameleon. But it's not just main characters. For example, all of the warlords of the sea have animal themes. Even the newer ones like Dfalgore, who Oda has associated with a spotted seal, although he was turned into a snow leopard for the animal merchandise because I guess it looked cooler and sold better. But the point is that animals are very much at the forefront of the mind of Oda. When it comes to pirates, there is no animal more iconic than the parrot. Maybe you could say the kraken. But I believe that most people are going to think of a parrot before the kraken. And so Oda must be saving the parrot for someone particularly important. Yes. Yes. But we also can't just have any old bird for emu. One Piece's grand animal figures have to be linked to some sort of ancient mythology, surely. And with that, I give you the Mayan Macau, named this, a demon bird said to have been quite arrogant. And his downfall was crafted by the hero twins who plotted to trick and defeat him. A bird who also falsely claims to be both the sun and the moon. And now, is there a figure in One Piece who could be described as a demonic bird? Well, yes, there is. His name is Nurona Emu. And was this bird antagonized by a pair of twins? Well, maybe not twins, but Emu does seem to have an equal disdain for both Joy Boy and Davy Jones, who he claims tormented him. And in the Mayan story, one of the heroes even loses an arm to the demon bird, which is about the most One Piece thing that could possibly happen. And the twins then go on to become the true son and the moon of present creation, which I'm just going to put this out there. Joy Boy is the symbol of the sun being inherited by Luffy. and Davy Jones is a symbol of the moon being inherited probably by Blackbeard, but also the Kosuki clan have strong moon symbology attached to them as well. Oda has all of the ingredients to bake the most delicious of Mayan cakes. And it's at this point I should say that even though this video started as a complete joke, I have to admit there is something to this idea. And that something is going to extend all the way into another bird, Adolf Flamingo. His ambition was to take revenge on the world nobles who refused to allow him back into Marisha and to eventually supplant Emu as the ruler of the world. And just how was he going to do this? Well, step one, attain perpetual youth, much like Emu seems to already have. And then step two, you need to defeat Emu. And so, there is something to the idea that Dolamingo's ultimate technique was called the bird cage because his sights were set on the very top. And in order to counter a bird who may or may not be immortal, Dol Flamingo created a bird cage with the intent of one day using it to imprison and deal with emu. But the biggest question that this theory solves is at the very heart of the entire series because it explains why Roger laughed when he reached Laugh Tale. Odin's journal states that when they arrived, the Roger pirates discovered the truth of the world. And if the truth of the world is that Emu was originally Joy Boy's parrot, then it's completely understandable as to why the entire crew broke out into laughter, discovering that the very core of the One Piece world is something so absurdly ridiculous that it made Roger jealous that he could not have lived in Joy Boy's time. Because in the end, no matter how stupid this idea may seem, One Piece has always been that level of ridiculous. Nothing is impossible, not even Emu being a parrot. And I'm not saying I believe this theory, but I am saying that I believe it significantly more now than when this video first started. But for now, I want you to let me know what you think about all of this in the comments below.