After Elbaph, One Piece Sets Up The Official Strongest Devil Fruit Awakening Reveal

With the reveal of Nerona Imu in the climax of Elbaph in Chapter 1179, and an immense display of his strength recently in Chapter 1182, which was officially released in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #24 on May 10th, 2026, One Piece is now hurtling towards the end of the arc. Eiichiro Oda himself confirmed in his Jump Festa 2026 message that he intends to end Elbaph this year and set up an arc of major confrontations that follows after. This new arc is going to focus on the Four Emperors, the Revolutionary Army, and, of course, the World Government, which is at the center of it all. Through this new arc, Eiichiro Oda has set up the reveal of the official strongest Devil Fruit Awakening inOne Piece.