D: Hello, Oda-sensei! I have a question. Is Whitebeard, Edward Newgate, a Logia or a Paramecia? I personally think he's Logia, since he took Aokiji's attack without turning to ice, but...? P.N. NY
O: I guess that's difficult. The answer is
Paramecia. "Gura Gura no Mi" is considered as one of the most powerful paramecia fruits. It's easy to think that he's an "Earthquake Human" and must be
Logia, but if that was so, he'd have to become an earthquake himself. Whitebeard
creates earthquakes, in other words he's a "Vibration Human".
That means he's a Paramecia who isn't any weaker than the Logias.