So when vegapunk talks about desires leading to supernatural powers, we have actually seen that before. This is basically confirmed to be what Sanji's fire is, as he stated in his fight against Queen that his flames come from his passion.
Yet despite being able to manifest his desire into a clearly DF-like power, Sanji has no weakness to water and can swim as fast as a fishman. Similarly Zoro also seems to have this ability with his demon aura: asura technique, yet he too can swim.
This proves that Vegapunk is wrong, manifesting powers doesn't inherently cause the sea to hate you. There has to be some other reason why DF users are weak to water. imo, its because of Imu's design. Imu has one of the strongest minds in the world and is capable of manifesting many different powers. He manifested the devil fruits and intentionally gave them a weakness to water so that no DF user could stand against him, as he gave himself the power to control the ocean.
I think the Nika fruit is a rogue creation of his. I think originally, it might have been just a rubber fruit. However, the desires of the slaves transformed it into something entirely different. This is why Joyboy wasn't able to overthrow the world government in the past, because he had to fight and ultimately lost to the creator of his DF. The creator of all DFs. Imu.
Yet despite being able to manifest his desire into a clearly DF-like power, Sanji has no weakness to water and can swim as fast as a fishman. Similarly Zoro also seems to have this ability with his demon aura: asura technique, yet he too can swim.
This proves that Vegapunk is wrong, manifesting powers doesn't inherently cause the sea to hate you. There has to be some other reason why DF users are weak to water. imo, its because of Imu's design. Imu has one of the strongest minds in the world and is capable of manifesting many different powers. He manifested the devil fruits and intentionally gave them a weakness to water so that no DF user could stand against him, as he gave himself the power to control the ocean.
I think the Nika fruit is a rogue creation of his. I think originally, it might have been just a rubber fruit. However, the desires of the slaves transformed it into something entirely different. This is why Joyboy wasn't able to overthrow the world government in the past, because he had to fight and ultimately lost to the creator of his DF. The creator of all DFs. Imu.
