A , (悪魔の実, Akuma no Mi) is a fictional fruit from the manga and anime series of '' One Piece '' by Eiichiro Oda . They were known as the '''''Cursed Fruit''''' in the now-defunct 4Kids dub.
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They are said to be the fruit of the Sea Devil and that the secret to their power is hidden in The Grand Line . Because encounters with them are rare (especially outside the Grand Line) a number of rumours about them have risen making it difficult to tell whether some things are fact or fiction. The average person knows nothing or very little about what they are.
The Devil Fruit, when consumed, gives the consumer a power or special trait. There are more than 100 types of Devil Fruit, ''One Piece Manga'' - Vol.45 Chapter 436, Fan question: Do all Devil Fruit have that swirly pattern on them? . There can be only one of each types of fruit. Only one bite is needed for the power of a Devil Fruit to be yours, and after that, the Devil Fruit becomes a simple, useless, disgusting fruit. Although, it has been shown that you do not even need to bite or chew it. If you swallow it whole, as Buggy did, the effects are still the same. Modern science has also found a way for inanimate objects to gain the power of a Devil Fruit; this means Devil Fruit objects such as Lassoo the dog/gun and Funkfreed the elephant/sword can now exist.
While the storyline hasn't revealed it, there seems to be certain ways of telling what powers a Devil Fruit will grant you. Shanks and his crew already knew Luffy's Devil Fruit was the Gomu Gomu no Mi (Gum Gum Fruit in the 4kids and Funimation dub) before he consumed it. Spandam mentions that the Devil Fruits he supplied to Kaku and Kalifa were not listed in any catalogs anywhere as to what powers they granted. He also mentions briefly that Devil Fruits have aura around them which can often help identify them and that the two Devil Fruits he had contained an unknown aura. Another example is Marshall D. Teach , telling Portgas D. Ace in chapter 440 that he had memorized the shape of the Darkness Fruit, thus knowing who he needed to kill to acquire the power he sought. In chapter 464, Sanji stated that, as a boy, he read a book listing different devil fruits and their powers.
In the original two pilots of One Piece , Luffy's Devil Fruit power, the Gomu Gomu no Mi, was the power of the Gomu Gomu tree that grew once every 50 years and there were no signs there existed other powers.
Many of the fruit names come from Japanese Onomatopoeia and Japanese vocabulary.
With this new power comes a weakness, as the Devil Fruit user is rejected by the sea and becomes helpless while submerged in water (or "becomes a hammer," in Japanese parlance.) Oda stated in SBS that Devil Fruit users are susceptible to all types of water, not just seawater. He elaborated on this, saying that "moving" water, like rain or waves, does not weaken Devil Fruit users, while standing water does. If a user of is not completely submerged, they can still use their powers from the parts of their body that are above the water. This was demonstrated by Kalifa, who was still able to produce bubbles from the parts of her body that were not under her bath water (although, as stated by Nami, this had effectively cut her strength in half while in the water). However, if the user's body has been permanently altered by the fruit, then the user's ability can be manipulated by outside sources; i.e., when Luffy was knocked into the pool at Arlong Park, other people dove underwater and stretched his neck so his head would be above water. Being weak against the sea proves deadly to many Devil Fruit users who are pirates sailing the Grand Line.
One rumor, as recounted by Cipher Pol's Jyabura , is that Devil Fruits house actual devils that will fight when placed in proximity of one another. The resulting battle would destroy the users' bodies. Nevertheless, Blueno contradicted this claim, stating that Grand Line scientists have noted that the phenomenon of one's body destroying itself only occurs when one consumes two Devil Fruits.
Devil Fruit powers can be affected by Seastone or Blackbeard's nullifying powers.
The effects of Devil Fruit and seastone have been researched heavily by Doctor Vegapunk, a Navy Scientist. He also devised the method that lets an object (such as a gun or a sword) merge with a Devil Fruit.
Fruits introduced so far, are classified into three different groups: , ''' Zoan ''', and ''' Logia '''.
, known as in the English anime.
- : These alter the user's body in some way. For example: Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Mi, which changes the user into stretchable rubber; also, Buggy The Clown's Bara Bara no Mi, which gives the user command over splitting apart his own body and controlling the pieces at will.
- : Grants the user the ability to do a trait that can be classified only as ' Superhuman '.
- : The Paramecia type is also the group that contains the powers or special traits that can be considered 'useless' to the user, granting little or no real advantage whatsoever. Paramecia types are also the easiest to fight against because while the strengths of their powers give them an advantage, they also make them easy to predict and often their Devil Fruit abilities are displayed to their fullest within a very short period of time.
- : Paramecias are the most common of the Devil Fruits types. Paramecia fruits can be divided into several subcategories, as it is impossible to generalize the powers. For instance, Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Mi is always active, meaning that he's a rubber human at all times. Other users, like Miss Valentine or Miss Doublefinger must mentally activate the changes in their bodies, while again others like Foxy and Mr. 5 can't change their bodies at all. They however all seem to come in two basic types, abilities that directly affect the body (Gomu, Bara, Sube, Kilo, Baku, Mane, Supa, Toge, Bane, Kage, Suke) and abilities that give the user some power (Bomu, Doru, Hana, Ori, Noro, Doa, Hiso, Awa, Kama, Goe, Yomi, Horo). Whatever powers a paramecia fruit gives, it is based on the concept of either a characteristic like slipperiness or slowness, or an object like a bomb or a door.
, from "Zoanthropy," is the Animal Transformation Class.
- : Allows the user to transform into an animal. This fruit provides three forms: the user's natural form, a full animal form (where the animal's size is often greatly exaggerated), and a hybrid form, combining both original and animal form (usually in a bizarre way). Despite rumors, these fruits cannot give human eaters the ability to talk to animals.
- : Mainly improves physical abilities and allows the user to use his or her 3 forms to adapt to a situation during a fight to find the form that gives the biggest advantage. In their hybrid form Zoan users experience enhanced senses as this form uses a combination of both forms abilities. This fruit type is most useful when applied to objects such as guns or swords, giving an otherwise inanimate object life and increasing its value to the owner of the item.
- : They are limited to the capabilities of the animal they are able to transform into. The Zoan type Devil Fruit is not wasted if eaten by the creature it represents. Instead they become the perfect example of said speciels. IE should a human eat the Hito Hito no mi, (the human human fruit) the human would become enlightened, and be considered a 'perfect' human (whatever that means).
- : While most users can only use the three forms, the Straw Hat Pirate's doctor Tony Tony Chopper can utilize more forms for a given amount of time with the aid of the "Rumble Ball", which he developed. It was stated by Chopper that carnivorous Zoans are considerably more bloodthirsty than other Zoans. A majority of the Zoan Devil fruits also come in different "models" that result in variations of the animal. For example, the Inu Inu (Dog) Fruit has a Jackal model, a Dachshund model and a Wolf model. The Ushi Ushi (Cow) Fruit has a Bison model and a Giraffe model. The Neko Neko (Cat) fruit has a Leopard model. A notable fact regarding The Tori Tori (bird) Fruit is that according to Pell there are only five known flying powers in the world. This was stated in chapter 169 in the manga. If a Zoan-user is knocked out while transformed into their half-beast or full-beast form, they will remain in that form while unconscious until they wake up to reverse the transformation. When Chopper is knocked out in one of his unique forms, he will revert to his most recently used regular form.
- :With these fruits, the user may actually become a natural element in its entirety. Ever since their abilities are gained, they are neither completely human nor element in their default state. However, Logia users have the option of turning completely into their element if they so wish. This is often used for crossing great distances quickly, or avoiding blows should their weakness have been discovered.
- : The most powerful of the three groups. Even in their default states, Logia users are near invincible, taking no damage from physical attacks. For example, a blow can pass right through the user, while he maintains the rest of his body, and even can hold onto objects at the same time. If the ability is honed well enough, the user can manipulate anything ''related'' to their element, as well. For instance, through Crocodile's sand powers, he could control dryness and absorb moisture. In a similar example, Enel could utilize the heat of his electricity to melt down, and reshape metals, by way of Smelting . Logia users can tap unlimited amounts of their respective elements from their own bodies, and the "extracted" element be manipulated however the user wishes.
- : Thus far there have been very few ways in which a person may do physical harm on a Logia user. The main method of causing harm to a Logia user (aside from exploiting the effects of the sea and seastone) are natural weaknesses which, when exploited, can ultimately negate the Logia power. An example of this is Luffy landing blows on Enel regardless of the Goro Goro no Mi's electric powers because of his rubber body. The only other time a physical blow may hurt the user is when he or she is caught off guard, as this gives the user no time to react to the attack. An example is when Luffy busts into a bar in Alabasta sending both Smoker and Portgas D. Ace (both Logia users) flying through a wall. However the powers of a Logia can be trained to counter this problem, an example being Sir Crocodile's , who honed his abilities to the point of being able to turn on his powers as a reflex to a blow. The most bizarre of the fruit's affects on the physical body is on Blackbeard, who can take physical blows even with his darkness fruit, but the enemy's attack allows him to use his fruit to its fullest potential by nullifying another's ability and allowing him to counterattack.
- : Logia is the rarest of the three groups of Devil Fruit. Logia users cannot control their elements if the element is in another state of matter (''i.e., Aokiji can control ice but not water''). However, they may manipulate their surroundings into generating their element. Examples are Aokiji freezing an ocean, Crocodile turning a field of grass into a mini-desert, and Enel turning a cloud into a thunder cloud. These Devil Fruits are also not limited to the classical elements: Fire , Water , Earth and Air but includes physical and non-physical states like Smoke , Sand and Darkness .
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