Powers & Abilities Why don’t everyone eat devil fruits?

#21
At the start of the manga it is established devil fruits are very rare and indeed people are after them and ready to pay a lot of money (depending on the fruit but it is always a huge sum) to get one. Then as the manga goes on and the islands the straw hats visit get increasingly more "elite" then you see more devil fruit users and stronger ones.
 
#23
I don't think there are enough devil fruits to feed everyone.

As for the strong people who can hunt a DF, for some it's about the fighting style (e.g. Mihawk and Garp). For some I have no idea like why doesn't Shanks want one?

There is going to be a Yonko, with the help of a scientist, starts creating factories that would produce artificial zoan devil fruits that would get fed to his massive crew.

So I think this sums up the reason why most people who want power doesn't eat devil fruits. There's just not enough for all that one of the strongest pirate decided to create artificial ones.

Yonko means "Four Emeperors", they rule the "New World" which is the latter half and the more dangerous part of the Grand Line. First half of the Grand Line is called "Paradise".
 
#25
Sure.

That doesn't contradict my point though. Even if buff provided by DF is say 10%, that is still a significant enough buff.

And when it comes to the most powerful DFs, that isn't even the case. I mean the buff is substantial.
With Marco's DF, Roger wouldn't have to worry about taking damage.
Base Luffy is at minimum a tier below his G4/G5.
Logia DFs in the hands of Roger, Mihawk, Shanks etc would at least jump them up a sub tier, if not a tier. Even if the DFs can't provide attack power comparable to advanced Conqueror's swordsmanship, the boost to CQC from the Logia would itself make a significant difference. At their levels of speed and observation haki, they would be doing Katakuri stuff. Same for any mythical zoan, just keep being swordsmen but with heightened speed and strength in hybrid.
Etc.

There is no practical reason they don't eat a good DF
So people like WB and Kaido have weaker haki to be equal to guys like Roger and Oden? What about Garp? He has no DF or weapon? At least with weapons you don't get a downside (not counting an undisciplined Enma).

The last two arcs should have made this very clear why DFs can become very disadvantageous apart from just the drowning stuff. Look at BM in Wano, needs her cuffs to be removed. Luffy and Kid mostly neutralized. Orochi not being able to transform because of a small needle. And now in Egghead we have the bubbles, look at how Stussy dealt with Kaku and Lucci.
 
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#32
Totally new to One Piece, didn’t know it existed before the Netflix show. I am liking it a lot. Could someone tell me why don’t everyone just eat devil fruits, since it give super powers? The sea water thing is enough of a reason not to eat them? (I have just watched 3 episodes.) Do they explain this further on?
  • DF are rare , One cannot simply get hands on one.
  • Big organisation have monopoly over DF
  • DF takes away your ability to swim which is very imp in one piece world. Let's say if everyone in the crew eats one , and ship somehow drowns. Who is saving them?
  • Sometime DF have after effects , like Sugar Fruit , Magallen Fruit.
  • DF can countered Hard by Haki.
  • Reaching peak of DF isn't something everyone can do.
 

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#33
It still makes no sense.

Let's even say they just want to maintain their fighting style. There is no downside to eating a Zoan and fight the same way in hybrid. It's always a buff

I can even grant that haki contribution is higher. Even if DF provides just 10% buff, that alone is worthy enough to go for it
Author fiat.

Oda wants strong characters that don't have DFs.

But it's plausible that sufficiently powerful haki just flat out suppresses DFs anyway (Shanks vs Aramaki).

So DFs just may not grant a tangible advantage against haki masters.
 
#34
Author fiat.

Oda wants strong characters that don't have DFs.

But it's plausible that sufficiently powerful haki just flat out suppresses DFs anyway (Shanks vs Aramaki).

So DFs just may not grant a tangible advantage against haki masters.
Obviously in the case of stronger haki vs weaker, you get Greenbull even with a OP DF.

But what if Greenbull also had haki relative to Shanks?

But yeah, it's as simple as you said really - Loda wishes it. I suppose the message is that with the highest level of haki, DF basically becomes am afterthought?
Roger ~ Whitebeard, when both were blade users and had relative Conqueror's haki. Even though WB had one of the strongest DFs in the series. The highest level of Conqueror's haki just completely dwarf the impact of even the strongest of DFs is the message?

But still, there is simply no getting around the fact that at least impact from going hybrid is a boost to speed/CQC at bare minimum, even if physical strength becomes a non factor at highest levels of haki.

It's just Loda being retarded I guess
 
#35
Totally new to One Piece, didn’t know it existed before the Netflix show. I am liking it a lot. Could someone tell me why don’t everyone just eat devil fruits, since it give super powers? The sea water thing is enough of a reason not to eat them? (I have just watched 3 episodes.) Do they explain this further on?
Its a curse you cqnt swim . Its totally cool power but drawback is you ll hate sea water. Its opposite for anyone who wants to adventure.
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Author fiat.

Oda wants strong characters that don't have DFs.

But it's plausible that sufficiently powerful haki just flat out suppresses DFs anyway (Shanks vs Aramaki).

So DFs just may not grant a tangible advantage against haki masters.
Garp, Roger ,Rayleigh, Shanks, Mihawk are the real deal.
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Totally new to One Piece, didn’t know it existed before the Netflix show. I am liking it a lot. Could someone tell me why don’t everyone just eat devil fruits, since it give super powers? The sea water thing is enough of a reason not to eat them? (I have just watched 3 episodes.) Do they explain this further on?
Wow. :cheers:

I like Live action as well. Trust me East blue saga is pinch in the series. The grandline is where strawhat meet their match. Crocodile, Ace , Smoker , Vivi , i think Steve Maeda may have tough time dealing with chopper the new crew member as doctor as he will be talking reindeer.

Ill say wait for Nico Robin she is going to be coolest character. Cant wait for her appearance.
 
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