One Piece Finally Explains Luffy's New Devil Fruit Abilities
Warning: contains spoilers for One Piece: Road to Laugh Tale vol. 3!
Fans of One Piece were shocked by the recent revelation that the story's protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy, was hiding a completely different set of Devil Fruit powers and abilities than what was previously believed, and the special Road to Laugh Tale vol. 3 finally clarifies many of the mysteries surrounding the Sun God Nika and Luffy's Gear Fifth.
From the very first chapter in the series, One Piece readers believed that Luffy's powers came from eating the Gomu Gomu no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that gives a body the properties of rubber. During the fight against Kaido, however, Luffy was finally able to «awaken» his abilities, a term used to indicate that a person's mind and body are able to harness the true potential of their Devil Fruit. When this happened, it was revealed that Gomu Gomu no Mi was actually a fake name given by the World Government to another Devil Fruit, whose existence they wanted to keep hidden: the mythical Zoan Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika. As with every other Mythical Zoan, this fruit bestows powers connected to a legendary figure, in this case a mysterious god called Nika. Once awakened, Luffy displayed a bizarre set of powers, including the ability to alter his body and surroundings according to his imagination, which allowed him to defeat even «the world's strongest creature,» Kaido.
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The Road to Laugh Tale specials usually do not contain new information, but they provide insight and clarifications on some of the most important mysteries in the manga, such as confirming the fall of Kaido and Big Mom. Volume 3 focuses on Devil Fruit, and Luffy's
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