Key Takeaways
- Some characters in One Piece should not eat the Devil Fruit due to their established identities, skills, or weaknesses.
- Characters such as Bepo, Dracule Mihawk, and Monkey D. Garp have unique strengths and abilities that are negated by consuming a Devil Fruit.
- Consuming the Devil Fruit reduces the growth, fighting style, and efficiency of characters such as Coby, Shanks, and Franky.
devil fruit Signature power system. one pieceAnyone who eats one of them automatically gains strange but useful superpowers. However, this mysterious fruit is quite rare and not every important character in the series has had the opportunity to eat it. And some of them should never do that.
Several key figures in one piece The world has built its entire identity around the domination of different power systems like Haki and Rokushiki, so eating a Devil Fruit goes against their established personality. Moreover, they also give their users a vulnerability to water, which can cause great harm in this vast semi-aquatic world. The following characters should never consume one of these bizarre fruits:
8 bepo
This mink has a huge advantage over his brethren
- First appearance: Episode 498 (Cartoon) Episode 392 (Animation)
Members of the Mink tribe have two effective weapons in their arsenal: the electric ability and the Sulong transformation, so most people do not need to consume a devil fruit to fight their enemies. However, Sulong is very unreliable as it only activates when there is a full moon in the night sky. But one of the special minks, bepoThere is no problem with this.
Thanks to Tony Tony Chopper, Bepo has access to a drug that can activate his Sulong form regardless of the moon's position. When combined with solid martial arts skills, this transformation is very effective, not to mention it allows Bepo to swim out to sea and save his captain, Trafalgar Law. So the devil fruit just nullifies all that.
7 Dracula Mihawk
What makes you the strongest swordsman?
- First appearance: Episode 49 (Cartoon) Episode 23 (Animation)
Dracula Mihawk He has established himself as the ‘strongest swordsman’ in the world. one piece The world after the series' first story arc. He certainly lives up to this prestigious title, as his skill with a sword is unparalleled, capable of splitting massive battleships or icebergs apart without a problem.
Mihawk can also use Haki, but unlike Shanks and other similar swordsmen of his near-skill level, he does not rely on Haki when fighting. It's clear that he worked hard to get there, so eating the Devil Fruit will completely weaken his efforts, and his title as the strongest swordsman will lose its meaning. You will feel like you are being cheated.
6 Monkey D. Garp
He became a Marine Corps hero without a single thing.
- First appearance: Episode 92 (Cartoon) Episode 68 (Animation)
no doubt Monkey D. Garp One of the most powerful characters. one piece With the help of Gol D. Roger, he defeated the infamous Rocks D. Xebec and earned the title “Marine Corps Hero”. Afterwards, he continued to detain dangerous pirates and even began mentoring young Marines like Covey and Helmeppo.
Combining incredible physical strength, Rokushiki techniques, and three types of Haki, Garp is an absolute beast in battle and has achieved impressive feats such as the powerful Galaxy Impact, which completely obliterated most of the Hachinos. Garp has come this far without even thinking about eating the Devil Fruit, so I guess he doesn't need it anymore.
5 kobe
That would go against his inspiring character growth
- First appearance: Chapter 2 (Cartoon) Episode 1 (Animation)
no characters one piece Koby has grown so much. He went from a weak kid who wanted to join the Marines to a heroic Marine Captain strong enough to destroy part of an island with his powerful Honesty Impact. It immediately becomes clear that Koby is Garp's disciple and shares a similar fighting style to his master.
What's particularly important about Kobe is that he's worked extremely hard to get to where he is, and taking the Devil Fruit will have less of an impact on his character growth and development. Of course, Devil Fruit users still have to put a lot of effort into combat and training (Monkey D. Luffy is a clear example of this), but Coby would not benefit from taking the Devil Fruit at this point.
4 Shanks
He is already one of the most skilled Haki users in the series.
- First appearance: Chapter 1 (comic) Episode 4 (animation)
“red hair” Shanks is the only emperor one piece Without his Devil Fruit abilities, or without his Haki skills strong enough for Whitebeard himself to recognize him, he would never have been able to earn and maintain this title. This is all to be expected from someone who trained under Gol D. Roger.
After Luffy faces numerous menacing enemies with crazy Devil Fruit powers like Big Mom and Kaido, Shanks' main role in the story is now to prove just how far a Haki master can go. His crushing victory over Ryokugyu and Kid demonstrated that he had complete mastery of all three types and that there was no one in the world who used Haki as efficiently as Haki. All of this means that not only is Shanks not supposed to eat the Devil Fruit, he was actually written to not need it.
3 Franky
He already possesses advanced cyborg technology.
- First appearance: Episode 329 (Cartoon) Episode 233 (Animation)
When it comes to the Straw Hat Pirates, Eiichiro Oda has achieved almost perfect balance. Because only 4 out of 10 of these crew members ate a devil fruit. And while it could be argued that some of them should end up eating one, there are others who absolutely should not. Franky This is one of the most obvious examples.
The point of Frankie as a character is to introduce cyborgs into the story and show all that a smart and talented engineer can achieve with cutting-edge technology. He already has an elastic metal body, numerous weapons, and can even pilot giant machines, so he wouldn't be able to benefit from the Devil Fruit anyway. Interestingly, Frankie is one of the few characters who has stated that he does not want to eat the Devil Fruit after Luffy suggested Merameranomi in the Dressrosa arc. However, he refused because he did not want to lose his Devil Fruit. swimming ability.
2 Vinsmoke production area
He is a skilled swimmer with superhuman abilities.
- first appearance: Chapter 43 (comic) Episode 20 (animation)
It has been established that Sanji He is one of the best swimmers among the Straw Hat Pirates, and is often the first member of the crew to jump into the water to save Luffy or Chopper from drowning. It would be a shame because eating a devil fruit would take away one of his most useful abilities.
Since Sanji can already perform many impressive techniques without the Devil Fruit, it goes without saying that the power of the Devil Fruit would not give him the edge in battle. He was already a skilled martial artist and could even build his own legs. On fire with his deadly Diable Jiambe. Additionally, he has recently awakened genetic modifications in his body that have made him faster, stronger, and more resistant.
1 Jinbe
It will literally ruin his entire personality and fighting style
- first appearance: Episode 528 (Cartoon) Episode 430 (Animation)
Fish-Men and Merfolk are both about innate amphibian abilities, so any member of this race can be hindered by the possibility of eating a Devil Fruit, as evidenced by Vander Decken IX and Jack, the only two examples in the series. Jinbe He is no exception, as he is the most skilled swimmer among the Straw Hat Pirates. He is also the crew's helmsman. That said, his position always puts him too close to the ocean for this to be a major weakness.
Additionally, Jinbe is also a master of Fishman Karate and Fishman Jujutsu, two unique martial arts that rely on the ability to swim and manipulate water. Therefore, this weakness to water completely nullifies the efficient fighting style he has used for years. Having devil fruit powers would be of no benefit to Jinbe, and he would most certainly end the series without eating one.
