One Piece: The Legendary Awakening Of The Mero Mero no Mi, Explained

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One Piece 1059 proved to be massive for both Boa Hancock and her powers, after years of her being away from the main story. Yonko Marshall D. Teach, better known as Blackbeard, made an attempt at stealing the Mero Mero no Mi from Boa Hancock by intruding on the Women's Island, Amazon Lily, while it was being raided by the Marines, taking advantage of the situation.

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Marshall D. Teach has only ever made three attempts at stealing a fruit – the first being when he murdered Thatch, the Fourth Division Commander on Whitebeard's pirate ship for the Yami Yami no Mi, the most powerful logia, and the second time being the Summit War in Marineford, when he finished off Whitebeard, who was already at his limit, to aquire the most powerful Paramecia, the Gura Gura no Mi. In One Piece 1059, he made a third attempt, when he tried stealing the Mero Mero no Mi from Boa Hancock but came out empty handed, thanks to the involvement of Dark King Rayleigh. Clearly, this means is that Blackbeard holds the Mero Mero no Mi in very high regard, and it seems he wanted to keep it for himself to eat as his third Devil Fruit. It would make little sense if he sought out the fruit fot its base abilities, however, the Awakening of the fruit could well make it very special.

The Mero Mero no Mi, or Love Love Fruit, is a supposedly Paramecia type Devil Fruit eaten by the Pirate Empress, Boa Hancock. This fruit, even without its Awakening, is deadly, as seen in the recent chapter 1059, where Hancock was able to turn two of Blackbeard's Commanders into stone effortlessly. These two Commanders were considered some of the most dangerous criminals ever by the Marines, and locked in Level 6 Impel Down. Of course, the fruit would