Questions & Mysteries Zoan Awakening … revised?

[Herasux]

Now, it’s been a while since I’ve made a thread, but since it’s this subject has brief come up again fairly recently, I decided to go ahead with this.
Paramecia Awakening seems to effect objects as we’ve seen from Doflamingo, and I am inclined to believe that Logia Awakening will permanently change the landscape such as what happened during Kuzan and Akainu’s fight, but Zoan awakening seems to be the worst of the three, and so, what could be done to make it better or rather, more interesting?

‘I’ve already heard some murmurings that Ancient Zoans are sorta already like what Awakened Zoans already are, so it doesn’t really make sense to keep Awakened Zoans as Tough with a Fast Recovery Rate. Some others disagree. What do YOU think would make sense as far as revising Zoan Awakening from so many chapters ago? Or is there nothing more than can be done?

 

[Warchief Sanji D Goat]

Super durability and fast recovery for Zoan Awakening sounds lame and generic. It should have been a new form or limbs regeneration.

 

[Herasux]

Super durability and fast recovery for Zoan Awakening sounds lame and generic. It should have been a new form or limbs regeneration.

Those are interesting ideas, especially new forms! Though I wonder if limb generation - as a apart of awakening - would only be for a certain type of zoans such as lizards as only those type can really do that.

I, myself, was thinking about a different / new form as well--more something like Dinosaurs shifting into bigger, stronger Dinosaurs that are similar to what they are originally like the Brachiosaurus and another bigger / larger sauropod dinosaur like Argentinosaurus.

 

[Finalbeta]

Super durability and fast recovery for Zoan Awakening sounds lame and generic. It should have been a new form or limbs regeneration.

I just hope Goda will get creative with zoan awakenings and won't let Hybrid modes constitute them or else it would look way too easy to unlock them Also cheap writing

 

[ArturCantSpeakJapanese]

its always been a new form. zoan awakening = monster chopper, but without drugs

 

[TheAncientCenturion]

What do YOU think would make sense as far as revising Zoan Awakening from so many chapters ago?

I'd probably make each category of zoan have a different form of awakening that fits with the hierarchy of zoans.

Regular Zoan awakenings being added stamina and durability, making them effectively Ancient Zoans.
Ancient Zoan awakenings being added unique abilities, making them effectively Mythical Zoans.
Mythical Zoan awakening being a new form altogether, increasing their synchronization between devil fruit and user.


So for example on Regular Zoans, Rob Lucci's awakened fruit now grants him every benefit of a peak Ancient Zoan.

For Ancient Zoans, the Brachiosaurus fruit accumulates muscle mass specifically in the arms (paying homage to its name "Arm Lizard") giving Queen the Plague vastly superior physical strength alongside causing minor shockwaves each time his fists strike a target. So now you have a physically dominating foe that can send out Fishman Karate adjacent damage as a supplementary strike to the punch.

Pteranodon's (and pterosaur's in general) are known for their powerful and muscular upper bodies, so work with that and have the Pteranodon Fruit similarly gain some increased physical power with awakening. Have that extra wing power be used to justify some level of wind/air manipulation, allowing King the Wildfire to send out powerful slashes of air or wholly create gale force winds / tornado's with a flap of his wings. Borrow some Naruto logic and you could have King the Wildfire toss in his namesake to make it a blazing twister.

Mythical Zoans are just very easy. Take whatever the hybrid is and go to the next level. Marco the Phoenix gains the direct use of his hands back, maybe transition them into talons as well, with the wings materializing on his backside. He's able to materialize additional arms/legs if he needs to with his Phoenix Flames, allowing for him to really lay into opponents similar to what Katakuri did with his mockery of Jet Gatling. If he needs any extra pizazz, make it so his Phoenix Flames burns away at his opponent's stamina instead of at their body, making them useful but sticking with a niche for his abilities.

 

[Finalbeta]

its always been a new form. zoan awakening = monster chopper, but without drugs

That would be pretty neat and way more substantial.

But if that was the case I hope at least Kaido will unleash one. 🤔

Big Mom's soul mode is probably her own awakening.

 

[Herasux]

I'd probably make each category of zoan have a different form of awakening that fits with the hierarchy of zoans.

Regular Zoan awakenings being added stamina and durability, making them effectively Ancient Zoans.
Ancient Zoan awakenings being added unique abilities, making them effectively Mythical Zoans.
Mythical Zoan awakening being a new form altogether, increasing their synchronization between devil fruit and user.


So for example on Regular Zoans, Rob Lucci's awakened fruit now grants him every benefit of a peak Ancient Zoan.

For Ancient Zoans, the Brachiosaurus fruit accumulates muscle mass specifically in the arms (paying homage to its name "Arm Lizard") giving Queen the Plague vastly superior physical strength alongside causing minor shockwaves each time his fists strike a target. So now you have a physically dominating foe that can send out Fishman Karate adjacent damage as a supplementary strike to the punch.

Pteranodon's (and pterosaur's in general) are known for their powerful and muscular upper bodies, so work with that and have the Pteranodon Fruit similarly gain some increased physical power with awakening. Have that extra wing power be used to justify some level of wind/air manipulation, allowing King the Wildfire to send out powerful slashes of air or wholly create gale force winds / tornado's with a flap of his wings. Borrow some Naruto logic and you could have King the Wildfire toss in his namesake to make it a blazing twister.

Mythical Zoans are just very easy. Take whatever the hybrid is and go to the next level. Marco the Phoenix gains the direct use of his hands back, maybe transition them into talons as well, with the wings materializing on his backside. He's able to materialize additional arms/legs if he needs to with his Phoenix Flames, allowing for him to really lay into opponents similar to what Katakuri did with his mockery of Jet Gatling. If he needs any extra pizazz, make it so his Phoenix Flames burns away at his opponent's stamina instead of at their body, making them useful but sticking with a niche for his abilities.

I like this idea and to be honest, we only did see those Awakened Zoans as Normal Zoans, so maybe it is different for each category of Oda wanted to go that far. It's a good idea.

 

[Herrera95]

I hate that Paramecia awakening like Doffy and Katakuri. Kid and Law are useless awakenings.

Zoan awakening seems interesting at least.

Logia awakening also doesn't seem cool.

 

[Monkey D Theories]

Zoan awakening is fine

I’d honestly put the jailer beasts above some of the tobi roppo

 

[Loki D. Terror]

--Mythical zoan awakening will be fire


--Imagine kaido lifting bunch of islands or marco possibly using ranged blue flames

--Drake won't get awakening though

 

[Finalbeta]

--Mythical zoan awakening will be fire


--Imagine kaido lifting bunch of islands or marco possibly using ranged blue flames

--Drake won't get awakening though

I would calm my tits before being so confident tbh