The author of One Piece shared why awakening a Zoan devil fruit might be more difficult than you think. In the One Piece universe, which is filled with action sequences like any shounen manga, there are two great powers, Haki and devil fruit.
Haki is divided into 3 types: Armament, Observation and Conqueror. The first two types can be acquired through practice, but Conqueror’s Haki is an innate gift. And then we have devil fruits divided into 3 systems: Zoan, Paramecia and Logia. Eating a devil fruit will give the user corresponding superpowers.
While the Paramecia system affects the user’s body or the world around them, Logia turns the user into a “god” that controls natural elements (lightning, light, smoke…). The Zoan system allows the person who eats it to become all kinds of animals, even prehistoric dinosaurs or mythical creatures, like gods.
In particular, if people eat devil fruit, if they awaken, they will have an even more outstanding upgrade, they will be given more “powerful” and terrible abilities. But according to Eiichiro Oda, the awakening of the Zoan devil fruit is no joke compared to the other two types.
In the most recent conversation on “Road to Laugh Tale”, Oda said that awakening the Zoan can be fatal to the user, because the nature of the animal or mythical creature can destroy the user’s consciousness. user. This happened to several prison guards at Impel Down prison, who were trapped in animal form and unable to return to normal.
The case of Kaido, who ate a mythical Zoan fruit but never awakened it during the battle with Luffy. Perhaps the former Yonko knew about these risks and chose not to take the risk. This makes us wonder about Luffy’s future, since his devil fruit is also the mythical Zoan.
When Luffy uses his maximum power against Kaido, there’s a “who are you?” moment, suggesting there may be more going on than we imagined. Did the god Nika take over the war at some point? Luffy may even be at risk of losing his identity if he abuses this power, possibly becoming Joy Boy/Nika. Although it’s difficult to deal with these limitations, it’s a way to keep things in balance. To be fair, Luffy’s strength is amazing.