Most of us were surprised by chapter 1044. Though a few people predicted that Luffy's fruit would turn out to be a Mythical Zoan. They had noticed two things: Luffy's superhuman endurance and his shapeshifting via Gear 4. Paramecias don't cause that. Zoans, however, let you switch between human and animal forms and they ramp up your stats in general. Apart from the characteristics of the particular animal, they increase your energy, regeneration, strength and so on. Paramecias grant only specific abilities. Wapol also gained alot more from eating his fruit than just his tin jaw and strong stomach.
Luffy developed his Gear forms. Wapol can change form too. He can fuse with things, or people, by eating them. Even without input, he can eat himself and spit out a slimer version. Its more than a weight loss technique. It changes Wapol's bone structure, like a zoan transformation.
Wapol took a bite from the Going Merry, so Luffy punched him away. He was pulled out of the water. When he arrived in Drum, Dalton cut him up. Some say decapitated. His doctors stitched him back together and, without taking a break, he continued on his way to his castle. The doctors, that treated him, were some of the best in the world, but even those can't work miracles. Kureha went on to lead the 20. When Nami was her patient, she still needed rest. Wapol has unexplained extreme regeneration.
The case for Wapol, having eaten a Mythical Zoan, is stronger than it was for Luffy. Luffy's endurance could be explained by willpower, by being the protagonist, by coming from a great bloodline, by getting toughened up by Garp or by competing with Sabo and Ace. In contrast, Wapol grew up as a spoiled prince. He doesn't train. He evades any physical effort. Instead of walking, he lets himself get carried by Robson. He lets Chess and Charismo do most of the fighting. He never displayed great Willpower, quite the opposite: exceptional cowardice. Despite all this, he has superhuman tenacity and recovery. A Zoanfruit would make it make sense.
Wapol's Munch Munch Fruit is called Baku Baku no Mi in japanese. Baku stands for the sound of chewing, however it is also the name of a dream eating Yokai. The real name of the fruit might therefore be Elephant Elephant, or Tapir Tapir, Model Baku. Wapol can already eat indegestibale things. Perhaps the awakening would allow him to eat intangible things, like dreams, aswell.
