Devil Fruits are the embodiment of people's dreams, that grow on the treasure tree Adam
on Laugh Tale. In other words, devil fruits, the treasures of the sea, are part of the one
piece. [shanks calls them treasure of the sea] At least that's gonna be my current answer to
the question, what Devil Fruits are and where they originally came from. Yes, there is still
a lot we don't know about these magical fruits, that give people incredible powers,
but there also is actually quite a trail of bread crumbs for us to follow throughout one piece.
The most basic observation I can make, when I look at a devil fruit like the
mera mera no mi, is that this is a plant. A pretty extraordinary plant,
that will turn my body into fire, yes, but nonetheless a plant.
It's a bad tasting fruit with a stem that didn't just pop into existence, but that had to
grow somewhere. I think the smile factory on Dressrosa, that is actually full of important
clues, is a great example for this. Now, as you know, it seems like devil fruits can reincarnate
in a suitable fruit close to where the previous user died, as we saw with Caesar's pet Smiley and
probably when Blackbeard took Whitebeards fruit, but these two are people who know way more about
how these fruits work than most people. And don't forget that they must have come from
somewhere in the first place. So there must be some original place, where these fruits come from.
What’s up, my name is Manu, and even though I really don’t have a green thumb when it
comes to keeping plants alive, why do I still believe that this should be a tree and not,
I don't know, a devil fruit ranch, where you grow all types of fruits in different ways?
Well first of all in Romance dawn, the one shot that was the blue print for One Piece,
Luffy's fruit was explicitly stated to have grown on a tree. But also because trees are
one of the most important symbols in one piece, similar to how whales represent laugh tale,
as I discussed in my last video. We have the sun tree eve, the treasure tree Adam,
the tree of knowledge on Ohara, the whale tree on Zou, and the sacred trees both on shandora
and in Wano, that are believed to hold the souls of their ancestors.
Now, what do you think do all these trees have in common?
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Yup, trees in one piece represent the void century and the ancient kingdom.
Eve is connected to both Marijoe and fishman island, with Poseidon and Joy Boys apology.
Ohara was studying a poneglyph and the true history of the world. Both Shandora and Wano
were closely connected to or maybe even part of the ancient kingdom. By the way,
You also have the giant jack on skypea, that holds the golden bell. And we also have a number
of trees that literally hold souls. The tree on thriller bark as well as kingbaum and the
entire forest on whole cake island, again close to a road poneglyph. The whale tree on Zou,
is even more special, because it combines both symbols, the tree
and the whale. Zou is connected to the ancient kingdom AND gives direction to laugh tale.
And there is actually another very important tree in one piece. This one right here [].
So what does drum island have to do with everything? Well plants in one piece, are closely
connected to one specific group of characters: Doctors. And this goes for devil fruits as well.
Chopper is seen using herbs to make medicine and drugs, the mushroom that poisoned Hiluluk,
cherry blossoms, the herbs and medicinal knowledge in the Torino Kingdom, Doc Q and his explosive
apples, Crocus being named based off the flower on his head, Law wouldn’t be able to do any
advanced surgery (cutting drugs out of the kids) without eating his devil fruit plant and Beladonna
of Amazon Lilly, being named after the flower ‘atropa belladonna’ which is a medical plant.
There is also Noland, who cures the Shandorans,
with his chestnut hat,And of course the master of them all Dr. Vegapunk.
Drum island is an important link here in many ways. For one the
image of a giant cherry blossom tree, yes, but
Drum island is especially famous for its doctors. [Ho, the doctor form alabasta talking about drum]
Which got me wondering: Why? Yes, chopper and Kureha are great doctors,
but what makes this country stand out from other doctors like law or
the island that chopper went to train on during the time skip?
Well there are two oddities on drum island, that make it special from a medical perspective:
Dr. Kureha's long life as well as choppers rumble balls.
The rumble balls are especially interesting to me, because they seem to unlock the hidden
potential in CHopper's fruit. And did this young reindeer, who was studying under a quack
really come up with such an advanced technology all by himself? Or could there be some hidden
knowledge on Drum island about the real nature of devil fruits. I also don't think it's a
coincidence that blackbeard want there, because everything he does is planned out very neatly.
Also remember that Chopper himself is connected to trees as well. []
Now, let's address the elephant in the room. Why
are there 3 big trees in the one piece world, that all have an obvious biblical theme?
We have two trees called Adam and Eve, both of whom lived in paradise.
In this garden called eden, there were two special trees. The tree of life,
that grants immortality, as well as the forbidden tree of knowledge. Just like the
tree of knowledge on Ohara. Eve was tempted by a snake to eat an apple from the tree of knowledge,
the forbidden fruit, for which her and Adam where made mortal and cast out of paradise.
This snake is often seen as an embodiment of the devil. Now, this is of course pure coincidence,
the people of ohara were called devils by the government for their research.
Oh yeah and I almost forgot, we are talking about literal devil fruits here.
Now as you know, whenever Oda-sensei takes inspiration for his story,
he never copies everything one to one, but gives things an interning twist. The story
of Adam and Eve, in Christianity, Judaism and Islam, represents the original sin of humanity.
Being seduced by the devil and eating the forbidden fruit.
In one piece on the other hand, the people of Ohara, like robin,
clearly are portrayed as good people interested in truth, and
just painted as devils by the government. So I think it's clear that in the world of one piece,
the government, in other words, Imu, the Gorosei and the other celestial dragons represent god,
only that here, god is the bad guy. The tree of knowledge on Ohara would then represent
the 'sin' of gaining the same knowledge as the government and how they came into power.
As I discussed in detail in this video here,
there is a good chance, that the life tree, that grants immortality,
is the sun tree eve, that seems to be located inside the red-line reaching up towards marijoe.
It might be this tree that gives literal immortality to the celestial dragons,
that live in 'paradise' on top of the red line. By the way, as you know Marijoe is located
exactly where the red line crosses the grand line, diving the world into four oceans.
And even though I'm not very religious, I found that there is this line from Genesis, that reads
'A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.'
Another very interesting re-occuring theme here, that I completely overlooked at first,
is that of the forbidden fruit being an apple. The fruit of the devil being an apple. This
pops up quite a lot. Doc q's apples, the smile fruits all being apples, smiley's devil fruit
reincarnating into an apple, Enel the god eating an apple. There's definitely a pattern here.
So the only aspect of the garden eden reference that has
no clear role yet is the treasure tree Adam.
The story goes that god made eve from a part of Adam,
which would suggest that the sun tree eve was made from the treasure tree Adam as well.
As Franky explains to us, once, long, long ago, an endless war raged on an island. People died,
and the island was destroyed by a rain of bullets and left in ruins. However, the people
kept coming back to rebuild the nation near a giant tree, the only one that remained intact,
and that was Adam. Not only does that sound suspiciously like the ancient kingdom to me,
but there is also the idea of rebirth, not unlike the devil fruits themselves.
So could the treasure tree Adam be the original devil fruit tree,
that grows on laugh tale? I think a big hint here is its name, the treasure tree.
Treasure makes me think immediately of the one piece. Not only that,
but devil fruits are called the treasures of the sea. And when you think about it,
treasure and trees are a theme in the story as well.
Nami's treasure is buried under the tangerine trees. The library is under the tree on ohara,
the road poneglyph is under the whale tree. Also, as I've discussed in these videos, I believe that
Laugh Tale was the left eye of Jaya, that was swallowed by a giant whale and is now
at the bottom of the sea. The other city on jaya, shandora also has a giant sapling growing, well at
least until the straw hats cut it down. And if laugh tale was at the bottom of the sea,
that would explain why its called the treasure of the sea and the fruits of the devil. After all,
the ancient kingdom would have been the devil to the gods of the world government, just like
the people of ohara. These fruits now float to the surface and are spread across the world.
Now at the beginning of all this, I mentioned that Devil Fruits are
literally the incarnations of peoples dreams. What do I mean by that?
Well this idea is part of Yuderon's mega theory about one piece, that
once again blew my mind. The basis for this idea are rogers last words. []
You have inherited will, that is first introduced by dr Kureha back on drum island. Callback. I
already talked about the possibility that devil fruits might actually inherit part
of the previous users will to whoever eats it. People's dreams. And the passing of the ages,
that means that people's dreams are inherited thought the ages and never die.
This idea is confirmed by none other than blackbeard himself, who is not only and absolute
devil fruit nerd, but also seems to be the only person who knows how to consume multiple fruits.[]
This man's most important statement is that
peoples dreams never end. I think haki plays a role here as well.
Because we know that people can manifest their wills into reality in this world.
We also know that souls are not only real in one piece,
but that they are said to enter trees in the cultures of Wano and Shandora,
that are both connected to the ancient kingdom. Chapter 225, titled 'people's dreams'
has Hachi on the cover page, dreaming under a tree of making takoyaki on a deserted island,
like the deserted laugh tale. And in general, I don't have to tell you, that dreams is one of
the most important concepts in the entire story. All the big trees in one piece collect something.
The tree of knowledge on Ohara collects wisdom. The sun tree eve collects the sunlight, the trees
on SHandora collect souls and so I believe that the treasure tree Adam collects people's dreams.
The dream to be a bird, the dream to be fire itself or the dream to turn everything into a toy.
All these abilities are fantastical and things that can only come from people's
imagination. And Oda-sensei might have made that a quite literal part of the story. This
is why there are only smile devil fruits. You can take the lineage factor from an
animal and try to merge it with a human, but you can't make an artificial logia or paramecia fruit.
Now this possibility absolutely blew my mind,
but it gets so so much crazier when you look at the big picture.
The idea that laugh tale and the devil fruit tree are at the bottom of the sea
is part of a much much larger theory, that puzzles together the biggest mysteries in one pice.
And that’s why you really shouldnt ignore this video, because it will make you question
everything you thought you have known about one piece.