Like any major Shonen series, A piece has its own power supply. There are two types of powers in: A piece-Haki and devil fruits. Haki is of three types: armament, observation and Haki of the conqueror. Weapons and Observation Haki can be awakened by a character if they train hard enough. However, Conqueror’s Haki can only be used by characters who are naturally born with it. Haki has advanced stages and a character who can use the advanced forms can become extremely strong. On the other hand, devil fruits are special fruits that grant their users special powers. Once a person eats a devil fruit, it gains a new power, but loses its ability to swim. This makes the open sea or any other body of water their worst enemy. Like Haki, there are three types of devil fruits: Zoan, Paramecia, and Logia.
Paramecia-like devil fruits are the most common type of devil fruits, and they give their users the ability to change their bodies, influence their environment, or create a specific substance. Some examples of paramecia-type devil fruits are: Ope Ope no Mi, Soru Soru no Mi, and Gura Gura no Mi. Devil fruits of the Logia type are the rarest types of devil fruits, and they allow their user to master a natural element. Without Haki, it’s nearly impossible to hit a character who’s eaten a logia-esque devil fruit, making them seem almost invincible. Mera Mera no Mi, Hie Hie no Mi and Magu Magu no Mi are some examples of logia-like devil fruits. The last type is devil fruit of the zoan type. These devil fruits allow their user to turn into certain animals. The users can partially or completely turn into animals. In addition to these two modes, Zoan users can also transform into a hybrid form of a human beast.
There are two kinds of zoan devil fruits: ancient and mythical. Both devil fruits are rarer than common zoans and, according to Kizaru, mythical zoan-type devil fruits are even rarer than logia-type devil fruits. Ancient zoans give their bearers the ability to turn into prehistoric creatures, for example Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Allosaurus, Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Brachiosaurus and Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Pteranodon. All these devil fruits allowed their users into dinosaurs, which existed many years ago.
Mythical zoan types allow their users to turn into mythical characters that appear in various folklores. Tori Tori no Mi, Model: Phoenix, Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika and Uo Uo no Mi, Model: Seiryu are some mythical zoan-like devil fruits shown in the series. However, unlike Paramecia and Logia type devil fruits, zoan type devil fruits carry a certain risk that can be fatal to their users.
Harmful awakening
Despite being the second most common type of devil fruit, hardly any users of the zoan type have awakened their devil fruit, and there is a big reason for that. In the most recent edition of “Road to Laugh Tale,” Eiichiro Oda revealed that zoan-type awakenings can be deadly for their users. The nature of the animal can consume the user’s consciousness, which is very scary. Oda emphasized this problem by citing the example of the Impel Down guards.
They had eaten zoan-like devil fruit, but they could not return to their human form. They remained animals throughout the arc. The jailers at Impel Down had overused their devil fruit and eventually this resulted in the devil fruit taking over. It has also been previously mentioned that zoan-type flesh-eating devilish characters are much wilder and more violent.
Impact on the rest of the story
Kaido has a mythical zoan-like devil fruit, but he didn’t use the awakening while fighting Luffy, suggesting the former Yonko may have been aware of the dangers of using it. So to keep his sanity, Kaido improvised and created drunken forms to provide more variety in combat. This begs the question of what will happen to Luffy, as his devil fruit is actually a Zoan-type mythical devil fruit. The real name of Luffy’s devil fruit is Hito Hito no Mi, model: Nika. When Luffy woke up his devil fruit in battle against Kaido, he was surprised by Luffy’s behavior.
He was surprised and even asked Luffy who he was. With Oda’s new statement, it seems very likely that not only Luffy fought against Kaido, but Nika as well. This claim is further supported by several incidents that took place during the battle. When Kaido landed what appeared to be the knockout punch on Luffy, every Observation Haki user said they could no longer hear Luffy’s voice. Then Zunesha said that after 800 years it heard the drums of liberation, and he also confirmed that Joy Boy had returned. This is yet another example suggesting that zoan-type devil fruits have their own will. Considering all the incidents, it’s very likely that if Luffy continues to use Gear Fifth, it could lead to him losing himself and becoming Joy Boy/Nika. While this is a nasty condition, it’s an extremely efficient way to control Luffy’s strength. Otherwise he couldn’t possibly stop, because his devil fruit is extremely overpowering.
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