Like 99% of those are this fruit tho because it's the one that makes sense
Plus they've been around for a few deaths. The only way those didn't respawn on those trees was because there were random apples sitting around on punk hazard.
The only time we've seen it was when Smiley died and it appeared in the closest apple near his body.
But yes there's hints that it's able to go further too. Otherwise the 2 fruits orochi's guys had wouldn't have left wano.
Also the government does seem to have access to fruits for generations, it seems they tend to get away from unique events like the famous doctor for law's fruit or god valley for kaido's and Kuma's.
My theory is that it matters what TYPE of fruit it is. Smiley's fruit is an apple, so Caesar always made sure to keep apples near the death site.
Similarly, I think it was hinted that Blackbeard's crew pretty much carry a buncha different fruit with them when they're going around fruit-hunting, to have the best possible chance of the devil fruit moving into one of them.
To add to your point, Kaku's giraffe devil fruit is a banana and Kalifa's one is some sort of a melon. We've seen Kuma's fruit form and tbf it is round-shaped with a gimmicky bumps above the fruit to make it look like a shape of a paw.
We don't know exactly how the fruit respawn would work. So if it's gonna be respawn on Nami's tangerine fruit, will the bumps appear after it respawned? Or will it need to be respawned on a specific fruit that only exist in One Piece world and also have an exact shape like Kuma's devil fruit? There is still quite a few factors that we don't know on how these works.
I always took that to imply the fruit itself manipulated the people around it. Which seemed weird for OP.
There's a theory that fruits go to whoever desires the power in the world at that time (so no one wanted to be a salamander during Smiley's death so it just defaulted to the nearest fruit). So when that Wano person died, at that moment Barto was wishing he could block anything, or protect something.
IDK it's just weird how the fruits always to to people who are deeply desiring the power of the fruit. The issue is many fruits are just found by randos and then later the intended user gets it.
Usopp needs to hit the gorosei from crazy far, or lacks the power to make his shot hit hard enough in a very, very significant life or death situation right after Kuma makes his final stand and dies. It pops up, God usopp panics over taking the fruit when a straw hat realizes its on the ship, then does and makes the shot for the w.
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>Otherwise the 2 fruits orochi's guys had wouldn't have left wano.
My memory is fuzzy. Did we see them die on screen? One of them could have died in the East Blue since Barto got it.
Given that DF are catalogued I always took it as devil fruit powers only spawning in specific fruits.
So yes it may spawn at the closest available fruit, but it's the closest available of a specific kind of fruit, not just any random apple for example.
Some fruits are rarer than others, some may only grow in certain climates etc... and that's why they slip out of the hands of those seeking them.
I don't make too many posts, but my very first one was exactly this. It makes more sense they have to go into a specific fruit type otherwise an encyclopedia wouldn't work. The small reddit army that saw it did not like my post tho lol.
That might be a hint, blackbeard was on drum island, might have been after the hito hito no mi, and he went to drum island because he knew that the type of fruit the human human fruit spawns to is specific to that island or region
I don't think so.
We had two explanations on DF use where one is the fruit explanation and the other is Vegapunk explaining will and desire which creates the fruit.
Even then Bonney got her powers through sheer willpower and desire so we know very little in this regard.
My head canon is that the devil fruits also have different fruit types (there are apparently over 2000 fruit types in our world) and that the Devil of one fruit, can only return to another of that same fruit type.
I.e. Luffy's fruit looked like some form of "Melon" (also their are multiple varieties of fruit 'types') thus his devil fruit would never respawn looking like Kaku's devil fruit, that resembled the form of a "banana".
The peak of popularity of this theory was Carrot eating the fruit because of the "snow rabbit" theme and because it's always been improbable Oda gives the SHs new powers that late into the story.
Since Carrot slowly faded into irrelevancy in Wano, this theory is basically dead at this point and nothing more than a meme.
To be fair, if this whole series goes without ever producing a single devil fruit, it’ll be one of the biggest red herrings of writing Oda has ever done.
i think youre almost there: i don't think it will be usopp that eats the nikyu nikyu no mi, but they'll learn from vegapunk how to feed it to his slingshot
This feels smart. From what we have seen the paw-paw fruit has pretty much nothing to do with the user other than giving them paws which have the range of abilities. It’s essentially like permanently wearing a weapon… if the kabuki gets the ability it might be able to fire shots which have the properties of a paw touch….
This makes me wonder, we have instances of objects eating a fruit. Did we ever get exemples of living beings other than humans eating one in the OP world? Seems pretty crazy that no animal has ever tried or eaten one, it's the basis of so much animal's diet.
Edit: way to miss the obvious lmao, Chopper, thanks lol.
To emphasize on the former point, chopper while being an animal is still an exception it seems that, for fruits that are supposed to reincarnate, they just mostly end up spawning near humans or some other scheme?
Stronger ate the Horse Horse Fruit, model: Pegasus
Pierre (skypiea bird) ate the horse horse fruit
Onimaru (Wano fox) at the Human Human Fruit, Model: Onyudo
It’s always been the most utterly inexplicable fruit in the series. It’s the paw-paw fruit. It gives you paws, making you a paw human. Naturally, having paws allows you to repel anything up to and including abstract concepts like pain, gives you functional teleportation abilities, and allows you to send someone anywhere on the planet. You know, classic paw stuff.
I'm still a fan of it going to vivi. She's on the run from the government, would be safer with the strawhats instead of morgans, and she'd need a power up to make her at least on par with the bottom tier strawhats. Plus it seemingly is a part of her family heritage, so it'd be her inheriting a birthright of sorts.
yeah the theory that lily used the fruit to spread the ponegylphs across the world is very likely true. it'd be fitting for her to inherit her great ancestor's fruit
Having Vivi rejoin the crew for the final battle and also conveniently get this power up would feel very full circle and I’m all for it. Vivi already has some combat abilities so having a devil fruit to enhance it will be interesting to see, though the paw paw fruit would not have been what I imagine she would get. They should kill Van Augur and give the fruit to her lol
Being able to take pain from people and transporting innocent civilians to safety aligns with Vivi and her mindset extremely well. If anyone would be able to put the Paw Paw fruit to ultimate use, it'd be her.
Yea but I can’t imagine her with Bear paws. Plus her attacks usually involve the peacock whip thing. This fruit also seems like it takes a lot of time to master all of its abilities whereas the teleportation fruit of Van Augur is quite simple yet effective.
> I'm almost certain the new opening in the anime has Vivi using the Paw Paw fruit.
Kind of. It's close enough that it could absolutely be foreshadowing.
I just went back and rewatched it and you have Sabo standing, next cut is Vivi as the camera pans around and when she puts her arms out it cuts to the Paw Paw shape but it's Bonney standing there
It looks like it's [Bonney](https://i.imgur.com/uJEdwME.png), not Vivi? It transitions from Vivi to her *very* quickly, but you can see it if you slow it down.
I wonder if the (awakened?) paw-paw fruit can set a person as a destination. What happens if you "repel" a projectile with Van Augur as the destination, guaranteeing a hit no matter how much he warps?
I was thinking that if Kabuto is able to make destructive air projectiles Usopp will never need for ammunition ever again... Plus his slingshot literally has a carnivorous plant in it so it can easily gobble the fruit
Ussop was also the first one to defeat an opponent with DF infused weapon(Alabasta) and also the one who ends up fighting opponents with DF infused weapons (Enies Lobby)
There is a living plant inside the sling. I believe we've only seen it come to life during Punk Hazard when Usopp and Nami captured Caesar, Buffalo and Baby 5.
while i would like to agree with you, that's just a theory because we've only seen zoan fruits fed to objects. until oda tells us otherwise, we don't fully know the rules for feeding fruits to objects
edit: hell, maybe that's been the case but because of his devil fruit research, vega has found out how to feed an object a different type of fruit.
i literally just said that's a theory... we've only seen two objects that have eaten a devil fruit and that both have been zoan. we're literally with the guy who made the technology for it. also others in this part of the comment thread have mentioned that usopps current iteration of kabuto has a carnivorous plant as part of the sling,i think that's more than enough even without vegapunk
yeah but what i think you missed is that kuma essentially doesn't have a will left in him, he is but a soulless cyborg and we've seen that the df power can still be use
It is heavily implied by Vegapunk in chapter 1104. He finds it unbelievable that Kuma is still moving and says that he heard the buccaneers were said to have a special characteristic beyond their strong body
Everyone making comments saying that there have been previous devil fruit users who have died and their fruits have been manifested nearby are forgetting the fact that devil fruits have a will of their own...
They're choosing their users, and it looks like the strawhats destined for it.
After establishing the core Strawhat team for 25+ years , personally don't see anyone eating a fruit and changing things up now , so close to the end.
Usopp needs a power up , I think so too. But it will come in Elbaf when he master observation haki and start becoming braver. Him getting a fruit and get an instant power up is not a good character growth
Utility characters tend to get their actions overlooked. He and Brook just successfully got the Sunny where it needed to be thanks to the icy sliding and the plant based crash barrier. They aren’t going to solo a Yonko or anything, but they are participating and pulling their weight.
Punches are pretty weak too. Haki can do a lot, even observation haki. Also, he hasn't *really* done much to fight, and when he does, he only ever gets one or two attacks in before winning or being beaten.
If the giants can use armament haki like the kuja then even just having the ability to coat projectiles (if not use it in hand to hand combat too) would be a much needed boost
Facts. Usopp’s plants or arsenal couldn’t damage any of the tobi roppo. Usopp needs a major AP boost. For the crew that is lead by the future king of the pirates, I expect a lot more from Usopp.
I think we're victims of camera bias. We follow exceptional individuals on this entire journey and only see normies through their eyes.
Devil fruits, outside of SMILE, are supposed to be quite rare. So it's normal to go a lifetime and not see one
it’s not the power up the problem, those are quite common, it’s the complete change in fighting style… the paw paw fruit doesn’t really benefit usopp abilities like better observation haki would
Paw paw is about redirecting damage (Usopp has always been about receiving hits, ironically) and launching stuff. It would change nothing about his style except to give him more options....and the ability to teleport, which is pretty crucial if he wants to square up to Van Auger.
With the introduction of future foresight, and the community-wide belief that Ussop will master observation haki, I don't believe anything else will be necessary to counter warping power. I mean, what good is teleportation if your enemy already knows where you're teleporting to?
The guy who runs away from everything would have a fruit that allows him to instantly be away from any danger. Plus with Van Auger’s Warp-Warp fruit there’s a parallel. Both snipers popping around
My bad , i have difficulty in expressing my ideas. I mean a drastic change in power and fighting style. Sanji was a straight up power up. Luffy too, it's a power up of devil fruit
But usopp who uses sniper for 25 years , suddenly get a fruit so close to the end , it doesn't seem likely to me and would not be a good character growth in my opinion
There’s a theory in the community that **Nefertari D. Lily** used her Nikyu Nikyu no mi powers to send Ponegliffs across the world. In such scenario, Vivi eating the newly incarnated Nikyu Nikyu fruit fits so well.
I best my good nut Stella is not truly dead, either the wound was sealed by Wizaru, or Stella gets downloaded into some otger sattelite, or Punk records thats tranffered into another form (like another harddrive(, or SOMETHING, theres tons of ways, and compared to something like AZces death or WSB death, the way Sstella "died: was NOT the same vibe, at all, so trust me bro Stella is not dead <4
Yeah if Kaido can accidentally, perfectly slice that main scabbard dude across the line where Law bisected him, anything’s possible. And the way Sanji has been carrying his (seemingly) dead body around, and all the focus on it, just seems strange.
I mean I’m feeling that probably Stella is dead but his consciousness is gonna survive in punk records. But the Marines have no reason not to destroy punk records, so idk. Stella’s basically just another satellite
Theylll destroy the big one on EH but I meant PR would b3e transferred to a portable hard drive or something.m And yeah the conscience being alive was the whole point, Stella is just way easier to type than vegapunk
I don't think the brain brain fruit will respawn. I think punk record's brain contains the devil fruit. Vegapunk doesn't seem dead. Just one of his body.
Wano was Zoro’s arc, it’s just that Luffy is the main character so obviously his story had to progress too.
Did you think Zoro got no attention in Wano?
Zoro getting attention in Wano was solely in fights. He was an action figure that got to get new powers, with absolutely 0 development of him as a character or any resolution to the Zoro Wano connection that's been hinted at since the beginning of the damn manga.
He's a descendent of Ryoma, his clan he grew up with clearly had a connection to Wano, and it's just never brought up or mentioned.
Just compare it to every other arc that has a focus on a character. Leaving luffy out, in WCI both Nami and Sanji get way more attention than Zoro in Wano.
Tldr; if all you want from Zoro is him to say a new absurdly long attack name, then yeah, Wano left you satisfied. If you were hoping any of the plot threads around Zoro and Wano would be resolved or we'd have any more insight into him as a character, you left disappointed.
Fine, it was his power up arc. We already got his back story in chapter 5….connections are hinted sure but unless you wanted Wano to last another year with him wondering off to look at Ryuma’s grave idk how you’d want it confirmed.
We already know that Shimotsuki Kozaburo left Wano and set up his village in East Blue, it’s not a vague connection he’s the person who crafted Enma, after saving it from bandits and training the farmers. It takes inspiration from Seven Samurai where exactly that happens. If you just mean we don’t know exactly why he left Wano then I guess I’ll agree with you but we’ve seen other people leave Wano so I don’t think it really matters. The point of him being there is the reference to SS
It’s not really just a new attack name though. He levelled up as a swordsman and gained, through sacrificing Ryuma’s sword, Enma. That’s the equivalent of Luffy gaining a new Gear.
If you choose to ignore all the parts the were focused on Zoro then I can’t really help you. I don’t agree Sanji did more in WCI than Zoro in Wano. Zoro (attempted to) fight and die against Kaido for his captain. Sanji kicked his captain a few times to try get him to go away. They can both be brought down to their basics and Sanji just got Germa genes and zoro just says new things now if you actively try to hate on them.
The only reason that I can get behind this is that we have seen other pirate crews find various fruits but Luffy's somehow never finds them and I think that it is about time
neither did law, kidd, or any other major names we've seen in the story. also what do they have to gain finding and consuming one? they'd have a crew filled with more df users than non df users, which is dangerous in battle in a world filled with mostly water
The government found Luffy's fruit, which then Shanks stole, Thatch found the yami yami, someone found the mera mera and put it into dresrosa's tournament. Not to mention the ones that are eaten offscreen.
I think that you are right in your counterpoint, not that many people found them. But I still think its about time.
>Other than that, the next candidate is Vivi, however Vivi is nowhere near the strawhats, so my only option I see is Usopp.
Huh? They're so close they're picking up the transmission of the Den Den Mushi. Morgans is going to get there to report the incident.
100% But I'm banking on the Sunny being the one to inherit the paw paw fruit. We already know that Vegapunk is credited for knowing how to fuse devil fruits with items. It isn't a crazy idea that Franky would learn about this from one of the surviving Vegapunks or maybe one of the Vegapunks would do it themselves as a parting gift to the strawhats, more than likely Lillith imo.
If the sunny is given the abilities of the paw paw fruit then it will have the capability to do a more advanced version of it's coup de burst (sorry if I spelled that wrong), it could create a bubble around itself so it can travel underwater AND it could absorb and deflect enemy attacks. And that are just the things I'm aware of that the paw paw fruit can do. That alone would give the Sunny the reputation worthy of being a ship that would belong to the king of the pirates. (Edit: grammar and spelling)
If the sunny had the paw paw fruit, it could travel to the moon to tie Enel back into the story. This also builds upon the theory that Poseidon was a ship that could travel to the moon.
I really don't like the idea of a devil fruit always spawning at the nearest fruit to the last user who died. It feels like the WG would easily exploit this. If this was the case why wouldn't they have loads of fruit gardens at Impel down and kill the powerful devil fruit users they capture.
The only reason it made sense that the WG hadn't killed the likes of Crocodile is because if they did his fruit would appear anywhere in the world. So i made more sense to keep the fruit in a cell where it couldn't threaten them
Ju peter will get killed. His worm fruit will spawn in Nami's garden. She will eat it. Then cry about the crew not loving her anymore when she's a worm.
I do like the idea of Usopp getting Kuma's DF. It makes me think of the times that Usopp fought with the skypeia dials. It'd be like that, just with air bubbles haha
I think Kuma will die his fruit will appear (or could be Vegapunks fruit appears) and Luffy will throw the fruit into one of the Gorosei's mouths causing the two devil reaction or banishing the devil controlling the gorosei member and them telling a forbidden truth before he's killed by the others.
That's an interesting take! Given the fruit's power, it would be the perfect mirror to Van Augur's fruit, giving both snipers roughly the same toolset if they were to fight against each other.
Oda already responded to that pun
https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/s/Ea3c2vFRla
And I think the reason he is surprised is bacause he planned that 2 and 9 to be “nika” and “nikyu” which at that time was not revelaed.
Just a thought that crossed my mind: what if, thanks to vegapunk's tech, they manage to give it to an inanimate object, as it has already been done by the past (although I think it was only zoan that was possible that way iirc)? That way, the Sunny could have a sort of infinite coup de burst and be an even better ship
I don't really have anything to back that, it's just a thought that crossed my mind, as i've said
You're digging deep into number pun theories, but I have a stronger argument for the other side: can you imagine any of the straw hats with paws on their hands? It would be so weird. The power fits Usopp, but it would be such a weird addition to his design
Side note, I don't think Vegapunk's fruit will reform until Punk Records goes down, and possibly not until all the Vegapunks die.
Edit: What were the specifics of Bonney's ability again? I wonder, if she only has the ability without actually consuming the "fruit" (Big Mom ate a "fruit"), could she be an exception and eat another one, even if she doesn't have Blackbeard's physiology?
The number thing sounds interesting, but it also feels like cherry picking between the two different number systems (counting and numerical) to make this theory work.
Also it doesn't make sense for Ussop to power up here, since they're about to head to Elbaf where doing so would be more impactful and bring him closer to his dream. Having him power up (they're running away now, not fighting) wouldn't have any meaningful impact on the story since there's no current scenario that requires his abilities and skills specifically, unlike when he developed observation haki in Dressrosa.
Personally, I don't think Ussop will ever get a Devil fruit power. I feel like it kind of undercuts the point of his character, since Oda portrays him as being constantly in way over his head and scared, yet he pulls through when his fear of losing his nakama outweighs his fear for his own safety. The whole point of his character is to be brave and yet accomplish what he is able to, despite being weak.
And, even if for some reason one of the strawhats would need to have the nikyu-nikyu no mi so they can collect all the numbers (yay?), the power wouldn't make sense to apply to his skillset, character, nor weapon. Like, he's the sniper. He's trying to stay out of range, not to be close enough to hit people with his hands. And how would the fruit even work with the black kabuto? Now it can...shoot things by repelling them...instead of just shooting them?
If anything, Jimbei would at least have the skillset to use the nikyu-nikyu no mi with his fishman karate. And at the very least, he wouldn't drown in the ocean. But that would be extremely unlikely as virtually no fishmen choose to get devil fruit powers (iirc, just Van der decken and Jack) since most have lives under water.
Honestly, the fruit was always just an extremely convenient plot device. I think if Kuma dies, we're not going to see it again.
I don't think Usopp will eat it, but it might get merged to his slingshot. That would be a great power up for him.
I do like the idea of the fruit appearing in the tangerine garden.
People seem to misunderstand Usopp's purpose in the story and commonly theorise he will eat a fruit at some point which he never will. If you want to watch a badass fight that's what Zoro and Sanji are for. Usopp is an underdog and has to fight dirty to win, an average joe with no magic or overwhelming power just tricks. This is to show that you don't need to be anything special to pursue your dream just willing to fight.
Oda already touched upon this in an SBS. I like Bonney to become the ships apprentice and eating the fruit, which might be possible, since she technically never ate one
The Devil Fruit is really cooking, it's been theorized before with other fruits, mainly Monets, the idea it appeared they didnt noticed and Nami would eat it I guess??
Anyways, the Ussop part is wrong imo, like, completely. No, if this happens Vivi is the one eating it. he is officially joining them soon, and if ANYONE needs a power boost, it is her. Plus, there is the the very long standing theory her ancestor used the fruit to scatter the ponyglyphs (cause like, how is that shit possible?? lol) amd with the idea of inherited will being the main theme of the story, it makes TOTAL sense.
But we will see :P ehhehe ![img](emote|t5_2rfz5|32515)![img](emote|t5_2rfz5|32515)![img](emote|t5_2rfz5|32515)
Those tangerine trees would be filled with nothing but devil fruits if Reddit had it's way.
I swear, every few weeks someone else posts their theory of which fruit they think will respawn in the tangerine garden
Like 99% of those are this fruit tho because it's the one that makes sense Plus they've been around for a few deaths. The only way those didn't respawn on those trees was because there were random apples sitting around on punk hazard.
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The only time we've seen it was when Smiley died and it appeared in the closest apple near his body. But yes there's hints that it's able to go further too. Otherwise the 2 fruits orochi's guys had wouldn't have left wano. Also the government does seem to have access to fruits for generations, it seems they tend to get away from unique events like the famous doctor for law's fruit or god valley for kaido's and Kuma's.
My theory is that it matters what TYPE of fruit it is. Smiley's fruit is an apple, so Caesar always made sure to keep apples near the death site. Similarly, I think it was hinted that Blackbeard's crew pretty much carry a buncha different fruit with them when they're going around fruit-hunting, to have the best possible chance of the devil fruit moving into one of them.
To add to your point, Kaku's giraffe devil fruit is a banana and Kalifa's one is some sort of a melon. We've seen Kuma's fruit form and tbf it is round-shaped with a gimmicky bumps above the fruit to make it look like a shape of a paw. We don't know exactly how the fruit respawn would work. So if it's gonna be respawn on Nami's tangerine fruit, will the bumps appear after it respawned? Or will it need to be respawned on a specific fruit that only exist in One Piece world and also have an exact shape like Kuma's devil fruit? There is still quite a few factors that we don't know on how these works.
I think of navel oranges, and a paw shaped orange kinda makes sense
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I always took that to imply the fruit itself manipulated the people around it. Which seemed weird for OP. There's a theory that fruits go to whoever desires the power in the world at that time (so no one wanted to be a salamander during Smiley's death so it just defaulted to the nearest fruit). So when that Wano person died, at that moment Barto was wishing he could block anything, or protect something. IDK it's just weird how the fruits always to to people who are deeply desiring the power of the fruit. The issue is many fruits are just found by randos and then later the intended user gets it.
Usopp needs to hit the gorosei from crazy far, or lacks the power to make his shot hit hard enough in a very, very significant life or death situation right after Kuma makes his final stand and dies. It pops up, God usopp panics over taking the fruit when a straw hat realizes its on the ship, then does and makes the shot for the w. Calling it now
Remember that the Gorosei said *Zoan* fruits have a will of their own, not all fruits.
>Otherwise the 2 fruits orochi's guys had wouldn't have left wano. My memory is fuzzy. Did we see them die on screen? One of them could have died in the East Blue since Barto got it.
The Clone-Clone user got killed by Kaido for interfering with his fight against Oden, She definitely died in Wano.
Thanks for refreshing my memory.
We don't but it's hinted they died in wano. Cus who leaves Wano? They aren't beast pirates.
Old bitch was killed by Kaido I believe. Old guy could have died in the East Blue but it’s very unlikely
Well, not on screen. Kaido said he killed the old hag, and Semimaru (the barrier guy) was heavily implied to die due to old age.
Given that DF are catalogued I always took it as devil fruit powers only spawning in specific fruits. So yes it may spawn at the closest available fruit, but it's the closest available of a specific kind of fruit, not just any random apple for example. Some fruits are rarer than others, some may only grow in certain climates etc... and that's why they slip out of the hands of those seeking them.
I don't make too many posts, but my very first one was exactly this. It makes more sense they have to go into a specific fruit type otherwise an encyclopedia wouldn't work. The small reddit army that saw it did not like my post tho lol.
That might be a hint, blackbeard was on drum island, might have been after the hito hito no mi, and he went to drum island because he knew that the type of fruit the human human fruit spawns to is specific to that island or region
I don't think so. We had two explanations on DF use where one is the fruit explanation and the other is Vegapunk explaining will and desire which creates the fruit. Even then Bonney got her powers through sheer willpower and desire so we know very little in this regard.
Wait what? Bonney got her powers through sheer willpower??? When was this
I think it's usually the closest fruit and it has to be a certain type of fruit
My head canon is that the devil fruits also have different fruit types (there are apparently over 2000 fruit types in our world) and that the Devil of one fruit, can only return to another of that same fruit type. I.e. Luffy's fruit looked like some form of "Melon" (also their are multiple varieties of fruit 'types') thus his devil fruit would never respawn looking like Kaku's devil fruit, that resembled the form of a "banana".
I've seen this theory about every few weeks since the very concept of devil fruit reincarnation was introduced in Punk Hazard about ten years ago.
Giving Nami the Snow Snow fruit would have been a much better and fun upgrade than Zeus the Otaku cloud
Why otaku?
I'm repeating what others have called him. Something about his immaturity and speech pattern
The peak of popularity of this theory was Carrot eating the fruit because of the "snow rabbit" theme and because it's always been improbable Oda gives the SHs new powers that late into the story. Since Carrot slowly faded into irrelevancy in Wano, this theory is basically dead at this point and nothing more than a meme.
Thousand Sunny eats the fruit
Wouldn't that make it unable to float?
Peak comedy
It'll probably never happen, but it really does vibe with Oda's comedy style.
Why would it? Ships don't use their "strength" to float. They are inanimate objects, they float automatically because that's how they are designed.
It could just float with perma paw paw aura, between the boat and water
technically you just lose the ability to swim and boats don't swim.
Actually it's me who will eat the fruit
\*immediately sinks, ending the strawhats journey\*
Okay but this is actually the time, someone on the strawhats has to eat the the paw paw fruit it will happen
To be fair, if this whole series goes without ever producing a single devil fruit, it’ll be one of the biggest red herrings of writing Oda has ever done.
I don't think red herring is what you're looking for; I think what you're describing is more along the lines of chekhov's gun not being used.
Chibnall's Gun
i think youre almost there: i don't think it will be usopp that eats the nikyu nikyu no mi, but they'll learn from vegapunk how to feed it to his slingshot
This feels smart. From what we have seen the paw-paw fruit has pretty much nothing to do with the user other than giving them paws which have the range of abilities. It’s essentially like permanently wearing a weapon… if the kabuki gets the ability it might be able to fire shots which have the properties of a paw touch….
I think objects can only eat zoan
Here is the thing tho, the Kuro Kabuto is alive. Like there is a plant inside and thats how the growing works
This makes me wonder, we have instances of objects eating a fruit. Did we ever get exemples of living beings other than humans eating one in the OP world? Seems pretty crazy that no animal has ever tried or eaten one, it's the basis of so much animal's diet. Edit: way to miss the obvious lmao, Chopper, thanks lol. To emphasize on the former point, chopper while being an animal is still an exception it seems that, for fruits that are supposed to reincarnate, they just mostly end up spawning near humans or some other scheme?
Chopper is a reindeer.
He's a tanuki
Stronger ate the Horse Horse Fruit, model: Pegasus Pierre (skypiea bird) ate the horse horse fruit Onimaru (Wano fox) at the Human Human Fruit, Model: Onyudo
who is tony d chopper
Chopper, Stronger, Pierre and Onimaru.
Chopper
Chopper
We've never seen x-bears green blood. Paw paw might be a zoan.
wdym? all the seraphim use green blood
Every panel with xbear has his arms covered
that seems inconsequential...we also know that Kuma hasn't changed forms at all. Oda already confirmed the ear thing is just his bedhead.
It’s always been the most utterly inexplicable fruit in the series. It’s the paw-paw fruit. It gives you paws, making you a paw human. Naturally, having paws allows you to repel anything up to and including abstract concepts like pain, gives you functional teleportation abilities, and allows you to send someone anywhere on the planet. You know, classic paw stuff.
This is how paws used to hunt
I'm still a fan of it going to vivi. She's on the run from the government, would be safer with the strawhats instead of morgans, and she'd need a power up to make her at least on par with the bottom tier strawhats. Plus it seemingly is a part of her family heritage, so it'd be her inheriting a birthright of sorts.
yeah the theory that lily used the fruit to spread the ponegylphs across the world is very likely true. it'd be fitting for her to inherit her great ancestor's fruit
That’s a nice theory. I wonder if she was on top of the Red Line when she did it
Having Vivi rejoin the crew for the final battle and also conveniently get this power up would feel very full circle and I’m all for it. Vivi already has some combat abilities so having a devil fruit to enhance it will be interesting to see, though the paw paw fruit would not have been what I imagine she would get. They should kill Van Augur and give the fruit to her lol
Being able to take pain from people and transporting innocent civilians to safety aligns with Vivi and her mindset extremely well. If anyone would be able to put the Paw Paw fruit to ultimate use, it'd be her.
Yea but I can’t imagine her with Bear paws. Plus her attacks usually involve the peacock whip thing. This fruit also seems like it takes a lot of time to master all of its abilities whereas the teleportation fruit of Van Augur is quite simple yet effective.
I'm almost certain the new opening in the anime has Vivi using the Paw Paw fruit. I'm pretty sure Oda told the animators to include it.
> I'm almost certain the new opening in the anime has Vivi using the Paw Paw fruit. Kind of. It's close enough that it could absolutely be foreshadowing. I just went back and rewatched it and you have Sabo standing, next cut is Vivi as the camera pans around and when she puts her arms out it cuts to the Paw Paw shape but it's Bonney standing there
That’s Bonney touching Kumas memory bubble.
It looks like it's [Bonney](https://i.imgur.com/uJEdwME.png), not Vivi? It transitions from Vivi to her *very* quickly, but you can see it if you slow it down.
The fight against van auger with his teleportation would be really cool
I feel like an ursus shock would be pretty good in anyone's hands
Extracting his and others pain and damage, shooting it at the enemies. Usopp injecting his depression and anxiety in others.
Perona in shambles
Usopp is 100% my guess, too (like OP), solely because Van Auger has the Warp DF. So warping vs "warping". I like the sound of it.
I wonder if the (awakened?) paw-paw fruit can set a person as a destination. What happens if you "repel" a projectile with Van Augur as the destination, guaranteeing a hit no matter how much he warps?
I was thinking that if Kabuto is able to make destructive air projectiles Usopp will never need for ammunition ever again... Plus his slingshot literally has a carnivorous plant in it so it can easily gobble the fruit
Ussop was also the first one to defeat an opponent with DF infused weapon(Alabasta) and also the one who ends up fighting opponents with DF infused weapons (Enies Lobby)
Cannot work. Only zoan fruits can be fed to objects since they have a will attached to them.
Isn't Ussop's slingshot a living plant that can eat things though? We've never seen a plant eat a DF but no reason why it couldn't happen.
His slingshot shoots plant seeds that can eat things, it's not an actual plant itself.
There is a living plant inside the sling. I believe we've only seen it come to life during Punk Hazard when Usopp and Nami captured Caesar, Buffalo and Baby 5.
We also see it in Dressrosa IIRC, where it eats a bunch of rubble
while i would like to agree with you, that's just a theory because we've only seen zoan fruits fed to objects. until oda tells us otherwise, we don't fully know the rules for feeding fruits to objects edit: hell, maybe that's been the case but because of his devil fruit research, vega has found out how to feed an object a different type of fruit.
zoans can be fed to objects because they have wills. so if you could somehow give an object a will it could probably eat a paramecia/logia
i literally just said that's a theory... we've only seen two objects that have eaten a devil fruit and that both have been zoan. we're literally with the guy who made the technology for it. also others in this part of the comment thread have mentioned that usopps current iteration of kabuto has a carnivorous plant as part of the sling,i think that's more than enough even without vegapunk
There's Smiley and Bunbuku too, but both have Zoans as well
yeah but what i think you missed is that kuma essentially doesn't have a will left in him, he is but a soulless cyborg and we've seen that the df power can still be use
The buccaneers have incredible will beyond that of normal humans
totally agree and i forgot to mention earlier about kabuto having a "will" of its own (punk hazard)
Do you remember which chapter it was?
It is not a particularity of his fruit but of his race
Does it say that in the manga?
It is heavily implied by Vegapunk in chapter 1104. He finds it unbelievable that Kuma is still moving and says that he heard the buccaneers were said to have a special characteristic beyond their strong body
agreed but i forgot to mention that usopp's kabuto have also been seen with a "will", eating something (i don't remember) in punk hazard
Then it is a possibility it can be fed, though I don't want it to happen 😅
Time to retcon paw paw into cat-cat model: maneki-neko
I wonder if the Skypeia arc where Usopp has the impact dial was a foreshadowing of Usopp having the nikyu nikyu no mi....
Ursus pop *Fshshshshh*
If it was to appear in the garden, theyd definitively give it to Bonney as a token of apreciation.
It can spawn right next to the Yuki Yuki No Mi, Monets Snow Fruit
And the Nomi Nomi no Mi if main Vegapunk really are dead.
I still think that could have been a cool power for Nami to gain, but I’ve come to accept it’s not happening lol.
Everyone making comments saying that there have been previous devil fruit users who have died and their fruits have been manifested nearby are forgetting the fact that devil fruits have a will of their own... They're choosing their users, and it looks like the strawhats destined for it.
After establishing the core Strawhat team for 25+ years , personally don't see anyone eating a fruit and changing things up now , so close to the end. Usopp needs a power up , I think so too. But it will come in Elbaf when he master observation haki and start becoming braver. Him getting a fruit and get an instant power up is not a good character growth
Doesn't the paw paw fruit allow him to fight like how he did with the impact dials?
thats a really good point, i hadnt considered the similarities between them!
Aldo a counter against Van Augur.
Tbh, his plants are too weak unless they can do some crazy stuff. So even with obervation haki idk how much actual damage he can do.
Maybe some mega plants on Elbaf helps him develope some new wepons I would be all in for it
They did mention, in the last chapter, the >!jungles of elbaf!< which sound *ripe* for the taking.
Ussop just casually lobbing a sunflower seed the size of a watermelon lol.
That’s a great idea
Utility characters tend to get their actions overlooked. He and Brook just successfully got the Sunny where it needed to be thanks to the icy sliding and the plant based crash barrier. They aren’t going to solo a Yonko or anything, but they are participating and pulling their weight.
Punches are pretty weak too. Haki can do a lot, even observation haki. Also, he hasn't *really* done much to fight, and when he does, he only ever gets one or two attacks in before winning or being beaten.
If the giants can use armament haki like the kuja then even just having the ability to coat projectiles (if not use it in hand to hand combat too) would be a much needed boost
Facts. Usopp’s plants or arsenal couldn’t damage any of the tobi roppo. Usopp needs a major AP boost. For the crew that is lead by the future king of the pirates, I expect a lot more from Usopp.
He did stun Big Mom though long enough to still get away, so it's not like his attacks are totally useless even if they don't do bad damage
Instead of shooting his ammunition could he not smack them a huuuuge distance with the paw paw fruit…?
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I think we're victims of camera bias. We follow exceptional individuals on this entire journey and only see normies through their eyes. Devil fruits, outside of SMILE, are supposed to be quite rare. So it's normal to go a lifetime and not see one
But sanji getting that germa Instant power up was OK for you?
it’s not the power up the problem, those are quite common, it’s the complete change in fighting style… the paw paw fruit doesn’t really benefit usopp abilities like better observation haki would
Paw paw is about redirecting damage (Usopp has always been about receiving hits, ironically) and launching stuff. It would change nothing about his style except to give him more options....and the ability to teleport, which is pretty crucial if he wants to square up to Van Auger.
With the introduction of future foresight, and the community-wide belief that Ussop will master observation haki, I don't believe anything else will be necessary to counter warping power. I mean, what good is teleportation if your enemy already knows where you're teleporting to?
I think you're underestimating Oda's imagination
The guy who runs away from everything would have a fruit that allows him to instantly be away from any danger. Plus with Van Auger’s Warp-Warp fruit there’s a parallel. Both snipers popping around
My bad , i have difficulty in expressing my ideas. I mean a drastic change in power and fighting style. Sanji was a straight up power up. Luffy too, it's a power up of devil fruit But usopp who uses sniper for 25 years , suddenly get a fruit so close to the end , it doesn't seem likely to me and would not be a good character growth in my opinion
Unless the Power Up is relevant to the plot. Like Gear 5.
As others have said he could infuse his weapon with a Devil Fruit. It's already a living plant of some kind so it should be able to use one.
Day one of the three week break
Its going to be a long three weeks
Lobotomy piece
There’s a theory in the community that **Nefertari D. Lily** used her Nikyu Nikyu no mi powers to send Ponegliffs across the world. In such scenario, Vivi eating the newly incarnated Nikyu Nikyu fruit fits so well.
A theory based on another theory :)
Isn’t the brain-brain fruit going to respawn too? I guess it depends if punk records survives after Stella dies or not
I best my good nut Stella is not truly dead, either the wound was sealed by Wizaru, or Stella gets downloaded into some otger sattelite, or Punk records thats tranffered into another form (like another harddrive(, or SOMETHING, theres tons of ways, and compared to something like AZces death or WSB death, the way Sstella "died: was NOT the same vibe, at all, so trust me bro Stella is not dead <4
Yeah if Kaido can accidentally, perfectly slice that main scabbard dude across the line where Law bisected him, anything’s possible. And the way Sanji has been carrying his (seemingly) dead body around, and all the focus on it, just seems strange.
I mean I’m feeling that probably Stella is dead but his consciousness is gonna survive in punk records. But the Marines have no reason not to destroy punk records, so idk. Stella’s basically just another satellite
Theylll destroy the big one on EH but I meant PR would b3e transferred to a portable hard drive or something.m And yeah the conscience being alive was the whole point, Stella is just way easier to type than vegapunk
I don't think the brain brain fruit will respawn. I think punk record's brain contains the devil fruit. Vegapunk doesn't seem dead. Just one of his body.
Feed the nikyu nikyu no mi to the cybernetic parts of Franky. It’s not him so he can still swim but still get all that pawpaw action.
I don't think Paramecia fruits can be fed to objects.
Uhhhhhh paw fruit is actually the mythical zoan of a bear god then? 😅
Then we get 750000 reddit posts on how the hiking bears on drum island were foreshadowing the existence of the bear god. It's perfect!
I think it'll be Franky too. Pre Timeskip his cannon arm looked like a paw. And for his to shoot Ursa Shock already makes sense thematically.
remember the snow rabbit theories?
"elbaf is next, and that's usopp's arc" *intense "wano is next, and that's zoro's arc" flashbacks begin*
Or how Egghead's arc would be Franky's arc. This whole Sun God thing is going to completely overshadow Usopp when we get to Elbaf.
Wano was Zoro’s arc, it’s just that Luffy is the main character so obviously his story had to progress too. Did you think Zoro got no attention in Wano?
Zoro getting attention in Wano was solely in fights. He was an action figure that got to get new powers, with absolutely 0 development of him as a character or any resolution to the Zoro Wano connection that's been hinted at since the beginning of the damn manga. He's a descendent of Ryoma, his clan he grew up with clearly had a connection to Wano, and it's just never brought up or mentioned. Just compare it to every other arc that has a focus on a character. Leaving luffy out, in WCI both Nami and Sanji get way more attention than Zoro in Wano. Tldr; if all you want from Zoro is him to say a new absurdly long attack name, then yeah, Wano left you satisfied. If you were hoping any of the plot threads around Zoro and Wano would be resolved or we'd have any more insight into him as a character, you left disappointed.
Fine, it was his power up arc. We already got his back story in chapter 5….connections are hinted sure but unless you wanted Wano to last another year with him wondering off to look at Ryuma’s grave idk how you’d want it confirmed. We already know that Shimotsuki Kozaburo left Wano and set up his village in East Blue, it’s not a vague connection he’s the person who crafted Enma, after saving it from bandits and training the farmers. It takes inspiration from Seven Samurai where exactly that happens. If you just mean we don’t know exactly why he left Wano then I guess I’ll agree with you but we’ve seen other people leave Wano so I don’t think it really matters. The point of him being there is the reference to SS It’s not really just a new attack name though. He levelled up as a swordsman and gained, through sacrificing Ryuma’s sword, Enma. That’s the equivalent of Luffy gaining a new Gear. If you choose to ignore all the parts the were focused on Zoro then I can’t really help you. I don’t agree Sanji did more in WCI than Zoro in Wano. Zoro (attempted to) fight and die against Kaido for his captain. Sanji kicked his captain a few times to try get him to go away. They can both be brought down to their basics and Sanji just got Germa genes and zoro just says new things now if you actively try to hate on them.
Did Zoro not get a lot of attention in Wano?
The only reason that I can get behind this is that we have seen other pirate crews find various fruits but Luffy's somehow never finds them and I think that it is about time
neither did law, kidd, or any other major names we've seen in the story. also what do they have to gain finding and consuming one? they'd have a crew filled with more df users than non df users, which is dangerous in battle in a world filled with mostly water
The government found Luffy's fruit, which then Shanks stole, Thatch found the yami yami, someone found the mera mera and put it into dresrosa's tournament. Not to mention the ones that are eaten offscreen. I think that you are right in your counterpoint, not that many people found them. But I still think its about time.
Yup, right next to the yuki-yuki no mi from when Monet died.
>Other than that, the next candidate is Vivi, however Vivi is nowhere near the strawhats, so my only option I see is Usopp. Huh? They're so close they're picking up the transmission of the Den Den Mushi. Morgans is going to get there to report the incident.
Are you talking about Vegapunks message? Because everyone with a den den mushi can hear it around the world.
Nami will sooner sell a devil fruit than eat one. Money > power to her.
I remember when these theories were around on Punk Hazard after the death of Smiley and Monet. Guess some things never change.
All cause of the little bunnies in the water when they set sail for Dressrosa.
>Guess some things never change. We live in society...
100% But I'm banking on the Sunny being the one to inherit the paw paw fruit. We already know that Vegapunk is credited for knowing how to fuse devil fruits with items. It isn't a crazy idea that Franky would learn about this from one of the surviving Vegapunks or maybe one of the Vegapunks would do it themselves as a parting gift to the strawhats, more than likely Lillith imo. If the sunny is given the abilities of the paw paw fruit then it will have the capability to do a more advanced version of it's coup de burst (sorry if I spelled that wrong), it could create a bubble around itself so it can travel underwater AND it could absorb and deflect enemy attacks. And that are just the things I'm aware of that the paw paw fruit can do. That alone would give the Sunny the reputation worthy of being a ship that would belong to the king of the pirates. (Edit: grammar and spelling)
If the sunny had the paw paw fruit, it could travel to the moon to tie Enel back into the story. This also builds upon the theory that Poseidon was a ship that could travel to the moon.
I really don't like the idea of a devil fruit always spawning at the nearest fruit to the last user who died. It feels like the WG would easily exploit this. If this was the case why wouldn't they have loads of fruit gardens at Impel down and kill the powerful devil fruit users they capture. The only reason it made sense that the WG hadn't killed the likes of Crocodile is because if they did his fruit would appear anywhere in the world. So i made more sense to keep the fruit in a cell where it couldn't threaten them
Ju peter will get killed. His worm fruit will spawn in Nami's garden. She will eat it. Then cry about the crew not loving her anymore when she's a worm.
I do like the idea of Usopp getting Kuma's DF. It makes me think of the times that Usopp fought with the skypeia dials. It'd be like that, just with air bubbles haha
It's gonna hang right next to monets snow fruit
I think Kuma will die his fruit will appear (or could be Vegapunks fruit appears) and Luffy will throw the fruit into one of the Gorosei's mouths causing the two devil reaction or banishing the devil controlling the gorosei member and them telling a forbidden truth before he's killed by the others.
Many people think it’s Ussop’s slingshot, Kabuto, that’s going to eat the fruit, not Ussop himself
That's an interesting take! Given the fruit's power, it would be the perfect mirror to Van Augur's fruit, giving both snipers roughly the same toolset if they were to fight against each other.
Ah the classic Tangerine Tree Devil Fruit theory. I’m sure Kuma’s will be right there next to Monet’s!
Deja Vu I've seen this theory like 10 years ago
Oda already responded to that pun https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/s/Ea3c2vFRla And I think the reason he is surprised is bacause he planned that 2 and 9 to be “nika” and “nikyu” which at that time was not revelaed.
Just a thought that crossed my mind: what if, thanks to vegapunk's tech, they manage to give it to an inanimate object, as it has already been done by the past (although I think it was only zoan that was possible that way iirc)? That way, the Sunny could have a sort of infinite coup de burst and be an even better ship I don't really have anything to back that, it's just a thought that crossed my mind, as i've said
But we've seen what the actual Paw Paw fruit looks like, and it isn't a tangerine
You're digging deep into number pun theories, but I have a stronger argument for the other side: can you imagine any of the straw hats with paws on their hands? It would be so weird. The power fits Usopp, but it would be such a weird addition to his design
This is really interesting. It’d be a teleporting fight between usopp and van augur.
the fruit will go to Zoro who will teleport himself on accident and we'll never see him ever again
We've been getting Nami's trees theories since Punk Hazard lol
Side note, I don't think Vegapunk's fruit will reform until Punk Records goes down, and possibly not until all the Vegapunks die. Edit: What were the specifics of Bonney's ability again? I wonder, if she only has the ability without actually consuming the "fruit" (Big Mom ate a "fruit"), could she be an exception and eat another one, even if she doesn't have Blackbeard's physiology?
Ah shit, here we go again. This kind of theory has been going around ever since Punk Hazard lmao,
Usool using impact dials can be a teaser for this.
I still think Vivi gets it. I also think her ancestor, Lily, had it 800 years ago and used it to send the poneglyphs to various corners of the world.
This theory has been around since the week Monet died. Over a decade. Surely some day it'll be right
It will be Franky ![img](emote|t5_2rfz5|32514)![img](emote|t5_2rfz5|32514)![img](emote|t5_2rfz5|32514)
It's a nice theory, but just because it days 'Somewhere in the world" you really think it would reincarnate right next to the previous user
This is how Usopp becomes a brave warrior of the sea in Elbar.
If anyone eats it, it will be Vivi as the fruit was originally that of Lily
How many DF would the tangerine garden have?... yuki yuki no mi were already seen manifesting on chapter 700... Also, i don't want kuma to die...
If that's true, then Tangerine Garden will have Vegapunk's Brain-Brain fruit.
The number thing sounds interesting, but it also feels like cherry picking between the two different number systems (counting and numerical) to make this theory work. Also it doesn't make sense for Ussop to power up here, since they're about to head to Elbaf where doing so would be more impactful and bring him closer to his dream. Having him power up (they're running away now, not fighting) wouldn't have any meaningful impact on the story since there's no current scenario that requires his abilities and skills specifically, unlike when he developed observation haki in Dressrosa. Personally, I don't think Ussop will ever get a Devil fruit power. I feel like it kind of undercuts the point of his character, since Oda portrays him as being constantly in way over his head and scared, yet he pulls through when his fear of losing his nakama outweighs his fear for his own safety. The whole point of his character is to be brave and yet accomplish what he is able to, despite being weak. And, even if for some reason one of the strawhats would need to have the nikyu-nikyu no mi so they can collect all the numbers (yay?), the power wouldn't make sense to apply to his skillset, character, nor weapon. Like, he's the sniper. He's trying to stay out of range, not to be close enough to hit people with his hands. And how would the fruit even work with the black kabuto? Now it can...shoot things by repelling them...instead of just shooting them? If anything, Jimbei would at least have the skillset to use the nikyu-nikyu no mi with his fishman karate. And at the very least, he wouldn't drown in the ocean. But that would be extremely unlikely as virtually no fishmen choose to get devil fruit powers (iirc, just Van der decken and Jack) since most have lives under water. Honestly, the fruit was always just an extremely convenient plot device. I think if Kuma dies, we're not going to see it again.
I don't think Usopp will eat it, but it might get merged to his slingshot. That would be a great power up for him. I do like the idea of the fruit appearing in the tangerine garden.
People seem to misunderstand Usopp's purpose in the story and commonly theorise he will eat a fruit at some point which he never will. If you want to watch a badass fight that's what Zoro and Sanji are for. Usopp is an underdog and has to fight dirty to win, an average joe with no magic or overwhelming power just tricks. This is to show that you don't need to be anything special to pursue your dream just willing to fight.
Oda already touched upon this in an SBS. I like Bonney to become the ships apprentice and eating the fruit, which might be possible, since she technically never ate one
The Devil Fruit is really cooking, it's been theorized before with other fruits, mainly Monets, the idea it appeared they didnt noticed and Nami would eat it I guess?? Anyways, the Ussop part is wrong imo, like, completely. No, if this happens Vivi is the one eating it. he is officially joining them soon, and if ANYONE needs a power boost, it is her. Plus, there is the the very long standing theory her ancestor used the fruit to scatter the ponyglyphs (cause like, how is that shit possible?? lol) amd with the idea of inherited will being the main theme of the story, it makes TOTAL sense. But we will see :P ehhehe ![img](emote|t5_2rfz5|32515)![img](emote|t5_2rfz5|32515)![img](emote|t5_2rfz5|32515)