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· Although Imu's appearance and visuals, the biggest highlight of this episode, were impressive, the process was not smooth, making it difficult to enjoy 100%.
· The clumsiness of the story progression and the many comedic elements in this episode left much to be desired.
· It was a reminder that for a story to be enjoyable, the process is as crucial as the engaging progression. No matter how spectacular the development, it's hard to immerse oneself if the process is weak.

· Due to the implausible developments so far, anxiety about 'Will it really be okay?' overshadows the anticipation for future stories.
· If fundamental aspects like setting errors, nonsensical dialogue, and lack of character consistency are properly refined, it could become much more interesting.

· There's a contradiction in Garling's dialogue, stating his return before Sabaody became a holy ground.
· Even considering the difference in time between Elbaf and the outside world, if instantaneous transport methods like Abyss exist, the time difference is insignificant.
· Ultimately, it's highly likely that Garling's statement is chronologically incorrect, or Imu is unaware of Garling's return, or it's a depiction error.

· The setting of suffering from food shortages is hard to accept when there are near cheat-like transportation methods such as flight ability and Abyss.
· This is because it's possible to transport supplies and relocate bases using flight or Abyss.
· Raising the issue of food shortages without clear explanations of constraints seems like an forced plot device for drama.

· A setting conflict arises as the captain of the Fog Pirate Ship, previously unidentified, is identified as Loki in this episode.
· The idea of trying to recruit Loki, who is clearly an enemy targeting only the World Government, lacks credibility.
· Even if they intended to eliminate Loki, the rationale behind not subduing him when they had the chance and instead provoking him before leaving is unexplained.

· Imu's reaction of 'Who is that?' upon seeing Luffy during the Marineford War doesn't align with his status as the pinnacle of the World Government.
· Luffy had already defeated numerous strong opponents and rebelled against the World Government, and as the user of the Gomu Gomu no Mi fruit, which has been pursued for 800 years, it's hard to accept that Imu wouldn't know.
· This seems less like Imu's personal incompetence and more like information not being properly relayed to the Five Elders, or the World Government as a whole being depicted as incompetent to fill plot holes.

· The Holy Knights, who previously seemed impervious to almost all attacks, suddenly developed a weakness: 'regeneration is impossible if the heart is destroyed.'
· This weakness is not discovered naturally during combat but is abruptly presented when they are almost incapacitated, lacking plausibility.
· Furthermore, if destroying the heart means death, it creates a worst-case scenario for the Straw Hat Pirates, who do not kill, making it unclear how this setting will be utilized going forward.

· The dialogue where Loki asks, 'Why is it frozen?' and Lilith replies, 'No, its thermal energy was stolen,' is unnatural.
· The negative response 'No' sounds like a denial of the phenomenon of 'being frozen' itself.
· It would have been more natural to explain 'its thermal energy was stolen, causing it to freeze' without the preceding 'No.' This unnecessary 'No' creates awkwardness in the conversation.

· The scene of Imu's appearance itself was impressive in terms of production and visuals, sufficiently building anticipation.
· However, the연출 (production) of magic circles sequentially appearing in three locations—Mary Geoise, the sky, and Owl—feels somewhat excessive and cumbersome.
· There's a lingering regret that it would have been more concise and impactful to have Imu appear directly from the giant magic circle in the sky.