Key takeaways
- Some characters in One Piece should never eat Devil Fruits due to their established identities, skills, and weaknesses.
- Characters like Bepo, Dracule Mihawk, and Monkey D. Garp have unique powers and abilities that will be negated by eating Devil Fruits.
- Eating Devil Fruit weakens the character growth, fighting style, and efficiency of characters like Coby, Shanks, and Franky.
devil's fruit is the signature power system a pieceAnd anyone who eats one of them will automatically gain a strange but useful superpower. However, these mysterious fruits are very rare and not every important character in the series has had the chance to eat one. And some of them shouldn't.
Many prominent figures in a piece The world has built its entire identity around its mastery of another power system, such as Haki or Rokushiki, and thus, eating a Devil Fruit goes against their established character. On top of that, they also give their users a weakness to water, which can be a huge disadvantage in this vast semi-aquatic world. The following characters should not consume any of these strange fruits.
8 bepo
This mink has a big advantage over its brothers
- First appearance: Chapter 498 (Manga) Episode 392 (Anime)
Members of the Mink tribe have two efficient weapons in their arsenal: their Electro ability and their Sulong transformation, so most of them do not need to consume Devil Fruit to fight their opponents. However, Sulong can be very unreliable, as it only activates when there is a full moon in the night sky. But a special mink, bepoThis is not a problem.
Thanks to Tony Tony Chopper, Bepo has access to a potion that can activate his Sulong form regardless of the moon's position. When combined with his solid martial arts skills, this transformation is very effective, not to mention allowing Bepo to swim across the ocean to save his captain, Trafalgar Law. So only Satan's fruit cancels them all.
7 Dracul Mihawk
What would be the point of being the strongest swordsman?
- First appearance: Chapter 49 (Manga) Episode 23 (Anime)
Dracul Mihawk The whole is established as a “strong swordsman”. a piece World since the first story arcs of the series. He certainly stayed true to this prestigious title, as his skill with the sword is unparalleled, as he can cut through large battleships or icebergs without any problems.
Mihawk can also use Haki, but unlike Shanks and other swordfighters of a similar skill level, he does not rely on it when fighting. It's clear that he worked hard to get there, so eating a devil fruit completely undermines his efforts and makes his title of strongest swordsman lose all meaning. It feels like cheating.
6 Monkey d. Garp
He became a Marine's hero without one
- First appearance: Chapter 92 (Manga) Episode 68 (Anime)
There is no doubt about it Monkey d. Garp Ma is one of the strongest personalities a piece Ever since he did the infamous Rocks D. Defeated Zebeck (with help from Gol D. Roger) and earned the title “Hero of the Marines”. After that, he detained dangerous pirates and even started mentoring young marines like Kobi and Helmeppo.
With a combination of immense physical strength, Rokushiki techniques and three types of Haki, Garp is an absolute beast in battle and has managed to pull off impressive feats such as his powerful Galaxy Impact, which completely obliterated most of Hachinosu. Garp has gotten this far without even thinking about eating a Devil Fruit, so he definitely doesn't need one now.
5 Cabbage
This goes against his inspiring character growth
- First appearance: Chapter 2 (Manga) Episode 1 (Anime)
There is no character a piece Coby has grown as much: he went from a weak kid who wanted to join the Marines to a heroic Marine captain who is so strong that he can destroy an entire island with his powerful honesty effect. It is immediately apparent that Coby is Garp's protégé, and he shares a similar fighting style with his boss.
What's particularly important about Kobe is that he also worked very hard to get to where he is today, and eating the Devil Fruit will have less of an effect on his character growth and development. Of course, Devil Fruit users still have to put a lot of effort into their fighting and training (Monkey D. Luffy being the obvious example), but Kobe wouldn't benefit from eating one at this point.
4 Shanks
He is already one of the most skilled hockey users in the series
- First appearance: Chapter 1 (Manga) Episode 4 (Anime)
“red hair” Shanks There is only one emperor a piece Without any Devil Fruit powers, and he would never have been able to earn and keep this title if it wasn't for his impeccable hockey skills, which have always been so powerful that even Whitebeard himself recognized him for them. All this is expected from someone who trains under Gol de Roger.
After Luffy faced many threatening enemies with crazy devil fruit powers, like Big Mom or Kaido, Shanks' main role in the story is now to prove how far a Haki master can go. His crushing victory over the Ryokugyu and Kid revealed that he has absolute mastery over the three types, and that there is no one else in the world as skilled at using Haki as he is. Not only did this mean Shanks shouldn't eat Devil Fruits, but he practically never needed them.
3 Frankie
He already has his advanced cyborg technology
- First appearance: Chapter 329 (Manga) Episode 233 (Anime)
When it comes to the Straw Hat Pirates, Eiichiro Oda has managed to achieve almost perfect balance, as only 4 out of 10 of the crew have eaten Devil Fruits. And while there is an argument that some of them may eventually eat one, there are others who should never do so. Frankie is one of the most definitive 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 a flexible metal body, multiple weapons, and can even pilot a giant mech, so he wouldn't benefit from the Devil Fruit anyway. Interestingly, Franky is one of the few characters who said he didn't want to eat the Devil Fruit because Luffy offered Mera Mera No Me during the Dressrosa arc, but he turned it down because he didn't want to lose himself. Ability to swim.
2 Winsmoke Sanji
He is a skilled swimmer with super human abilities
- First appearance: Chapter 43 (Manga) Episode 20 (Anime)
It has been established Sanji One of the best swimmers among the Straw Hat Pirates, he was often the first member of the crew to jump into the water to save Luffy or Chopper from drowning. It would be a shame if he ever ate a devil fruit because it would take away one of his most useful abilities.
Not to mention that the Devil Fruit's power wouldn't even give him the upper hand in battle, as Sanji could already perform many impressive techniques without one: he was already a skilled martial artist, and he could even set his legs. On fire with his deadly diable Ziambe. On top of that, he recently instilled genetic modifications in his body, making him faster, stronger and more resistant.
1 Jinbe
It would literally ruin his entire character and fighting style
- First appearance: Chapter 528 (Manga) Episode 430 (Anime)
Fish-men and merfolk are all about their innate amphibious abilities and thus, any member of these races would be deterred by the possibility of eating a Devil Fruit, as evidenced by only 2 examples in the series, Vander Decken IX and Jack. Jinbe No exception, as he is essentially the most skilled swimmer of the Straw Hat Pirates. He is also the helmsman of the crew, meaning that his position always puts him close to sea water to be a major disadvantage.
On top of that, Jinbe is also a master of Fish-Man Karate and Fish-Man Jujutsu, two unique martial arts that rely on the ability to swim and manipulate water. So, this weakness of water would completely invalidate the skillful fighting style he had been using for so many years. If Jinbei has Devil Fruit abilities then there will be zero benefits for him, and it is certain that he will reach the end of the series uneaten.