Summary
Devil Fruits inOne Piecehas always been one of the most interesting power systems in all anime. By trading the ability to swim, a Devil Fruit user can unlock a unique, and often powerful ability. Ranging from deadly to downright disturbing, at the very least, most Devil Fruits provide an interesting power to explore and utilize in the world ofOne Piece. Well, most Devil Fruits do anyway.
One ability, despite being apowerful Devil Fruit inOne Piece, is anything but interesting. So far, from all that’s been shown, Jesus Burgess and his Strength-Strength Fruit may be a contender for one of the most boring fruits in all ofOne Piece. With a straightforward ability and no clever strategies or variations, it could create. Hopefully, Oda, the king of making simpler powers interesting, will build upon the concept of the Strength-Strength Fruit.
One Piece’s Devil Fruits Have a Fundamentally Interesting Design
Logia, Paramecia, and Zoan
Devil Fruits inOne Piececome in three varieties; Paramecia, Zoan, and Logia. Zoan Fruits, the simplest of the three, allows the user to transform into an animal, or animal hybrid. This includes Devil Fruits likeChopper’s Human-Human Fruit. Logia Fruits, arguably the rarest and most powerful kind, allows users to transform their body into an element of nature and control it. These Devil Fruits include things like Akainu’s Magma-Magma Fruit. Finally, Paramecia Fruits is sort of like a catch-all for everything else and includes things ranging from Kelly Funk’s Jacket-Jacket Fruit to Whitebeard’s Quake-Quake Fruit.
Talk about weak…
It’s this final category of Devil Fruits where some of the most amazing andweirdest Devil Fruits in all ofOne Pieceare born, including the Strength-Strength Fruit. First appearing in chapter 1063, the Strength-Strength Fruit gives the user an abnormal amount of strength. Whether the user must manually activate the ability or how much strength the fruit provides is still unknown.
The Strength-Strength Fruit Just Makes You Stronger
Making a Strong Character Stronger
Despite the Strength-Strength Fruit currently adding to the list ofOne Piece’sbest mysteries, so far, it leaves something to be desired in terms of creativity. Simply providing a buff to strength is something that has been shown throughout the series with characters like Urouge and his Devil Fruit. In fact, many characters, like Luffy himself, gain physical strength through the use of his fruit, on top of the other benefits the Human-Human Fruit: Model Nika provides.
Additionally, when you compare Jesus Burgess’s Strength-Strength Fruit with the other fruits ofOne Piece’sBlackbeard Pirates, it’s easy to see that Burgess drew the short stick. With Devon’s interesting mythical Zoan fruit, Pizarro’s island-shaping fruit, and Doc Q’s disease-spawning abilities, the Strength-Strength Fruit seems boring. Even compared to Sanjuan Wolf and his Huge-Huge Fruit, a Devil Fruit that makes him larger, the Strength-Strength Fruit still falls flat in terms of visual appeal.
The Strength-Strength Fruit of One Piece Could Become More Interesting
A New Hidden Awakening
However, despite the Strength-Strength Fruit being boring right now inthe current world ofOne Piece, that doesn’t mean it will be boring forever. Oda has a knack for turning simple powers into interesting abilities. With abilities like the Door-Door Fruit being used to disorient opponents or the Bubble-Bubble Fruit smoothing foes into submission, boring powers have been given amazing applications in the past. The Strength-Strength Fruit may be hiding some hidden potential, waiting to be awakened. Who knows, maybe under the layers of the Strength-Strength Fruit lies the hidden potential of the Human-Human Fruit: Model Hercules.
I’m a wrestling champ!
As it currently stands, the Strength-Strength Fruit is the most boring Devil Fruit. However, this doesn’t mean it’sthe weakest fruit in all ofOne Piece. In fact, the Strength-Strength Fruit seems to be extremely powerful in its simplicity, allowing Burgess to lift a mountain over its head. In the end, maybe Burgess, a man obsessed with fighting and physical prowess, doesn’t need a complex Devil Fruit. Maybe the simple strength of the Strength-Strength Fruit is perfect for Burgess in his own unique,One Pieceway.
