Are the powers of the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit the most OP in One Piece? We break down the Paw
Paw Fruit and its user, Kuma, and uncover his tragic past. Then, we explore the shocking
reveal of Stussy, the clone of a former Rocks crew member, and the implications of her vampire
Zoan Devil Fruit. Could Sanji's father, Judge, have made her in an attempt to create the
perfect kid soldiers? Find out in our latest breakdown of One Piece!
**Hook 2**
The One Piece manga just showed us the amazing true powers of the Paw Paw Fruit. It might
be the strongest Devil Fruit in the story and it could even give its user the ability
to copy other Devil Fruit powers. After eating it, the user can repel anything they touch.
Not only that, but it's one of the few Devil Fruits that changes the user's appearance
permanently. They get paws on the palms of their hands, which help them repel anything
they come in contact with.
And I mean anything: We've seen it used for some incredible things. It can be used to
teleport people, protect them from powerful attacks, and and in maybe the most famous
scene of One Piece, it is used to expel all of Luffy's pain from his body, which Zoro
then takes on in his stead. And now, Eiichiro Oda, the author of One Piece, has finally
fully explained how its powers work. Instead of just being able to repel any physical object,
like a sword or a person, the Paw Paw Fruit additionally also has the special ability
to repel IN-tangible things as well, like it did with Luffy's pain. Pretty cool, right?
That means that you can also use this fruit to expel all KINDS of things. It can remove
memories, feelings, and thoughts from someone's body and turn them into something you can
touch. This is usually in the form of a big bubble that looks like a paw. For example,
Zoro stepped into this one containing luffy’s pain. And in this new manga chapter, there
is a sphere containing someone’s entire memories. This fruit is so powerful--you can
repel anyone, no matter how strong they are, and travel incredibly fast to wherever you
want. It can also push out someone's emotions or pain and then use it on someone else or
store it somewhere. But the best part is, this fruit can do even more than what we know
so far. In this chapter, we find out that Bartholomew Kuma, who ate the Paw Paw Fruit,
was not only Vegapunk’s test subject for the pacifista and the seraphim, super advanced
clone soldiers developed for the world government, but Vegapunk used Kuma’s special devil fruit
ability to do all sorts of other experiments too.
And being able to take something invisible like imagination and turn it into a real thing,
sounds a lot like Vegapunk's theory about how Devil Fruits are made. Supposedly, they
are created out of people's imaginations. So it's possible that Vegapunk may have used
Kuma's Devil Fruit power for his experiments with Devil Fruits. The best evidence for this
are actually this elephant, this racoon and this dog. Because none of them are real animals,
but objects that have eaten a Devil Fruit—a sword that ate an Elephant Devil Fruit, a
teapot that ate a Raccoon Fruit, and a cannon that can become a dog. We know that this new
technology was created by Vegapunk, but how can an object eat a Devil Fruit? Well according
to this new explanation of Kuma’s abilities, it should be possible to push out the intangible
power of a Devil Fruit and put it into a new object. so you take the elephant fruit, have
Kuma extract the power inside and place a sword inside the sphere. So you take the Elephant
Fruit, have Kuma take out the power inside, which would look like one of his paw shaped
spheres, and put the sword inside the sphere. So just how Zoro could absorb Luffy’s pain,
the sword would absorb the devil fruit power. If that's true, then there's no argument that
the Paw Paw Fruit is the best Devil Fruit in One Piece. But we didn’t only learn a
lot about this devil fruit in chapter 1072 - we also learned a lot of new things about
its user.
Now in case you don’t know for whatever reason, Bartholomew Kuma is not only the person
who ate the Paw Paw fruit, but he also has been one of the most mysterious and influential
characters in the entire story for Luffy and the straw hats. He has gone full circle from
one of the most terrifying enemies of the straw hats, to one of their biggest allies
and protectors. Here’s a quick recap:
The straw hats first met Kuma in chapter 483, after they just barely beat the ancient giant
oars, who had been transformed into a zombie by Gekko Moria, one of the seven warlords
of the sea, who worked for the world government. Luffy was still knocked out from the fight
and the straw hats were all tired from the battle, when Kuma suddenly showed up on the
island. It turned out that he was another warlord of the sea, who had been instructed
by the government to kill anyone who saw Moria's defeat. In order to protect Luffy, Zoro and
Sanji offered themselves as sacrifice. This led to my favorite scene of One Piece, where
Zoro took on all of Luffy's pain in exchange for his freedom. We also found out that Kuma
was actually a person who was turned into a cyborg by Dr. Vegapunk, which was a great
hint to what happened on Egghead Island and Vegapunk telling us the truth about Kuma in
chapter 1072.
A short time after their first encounter, the straw hats run into Kuma again, during
the sabaody archipelago arc. After punching one of the celestial Dragons, the highest
crime a person can commit in the One Piece world, Kuma arrives together with admiral
Kizaru and Sentomaru, again mirroring the current events in the story. And while Kizaru
is kept busy by Rayleigh, the Straw hats are absolutely decimated by Kuma, as Luffy has
to witness every last of his crew mates vanish before his eyes. At this point in the story,
it really seems like Kuma is the worst enemy the crew ever had to face.
After their major loss at Sabaody, the truth about Kuma slowly came to light. It turned
out that Kuma was trying to protect the Straw Hat Pirates from Admiral Kizaru by sending
each of them to the ideal place to improve their abilities during the time skip. He had
lost much of his free will when he became a cyborg weapon for the government, and that's
why he had attacked the Straw Hats on Thriller Bark. Yet, he still retained enough of his
humanity to save them and later protect their ship, the Thousand Sunny, while it lay unguarded
in a Sabaody harbor during the time skip.
Kuma wanted to help the straw hats because he was one of the three founders of the revolutionary
army, lead by Luffy's father, Dragon. Kuma and Dragon are also friends with Vegapunk,
so Kuma let the scientist experiment on him and turn him into a weapon for the government.
Although we still don't understand why this is the case. With his daughter Bonney about
to step into his bubble of memories however, it seems very likely that we will be getting
a tragic Kuma flashback in the next chapters, that will answer a lot of our questions. Make
sure to subscribe to the channel, if you don’t want to miss the breakdown of that.
Before he became a cyborg or joined the revolutionary army, Kuma was actually the king of a country.
Jinbei tells us, that Kuma got his title of ‘the tyrant’ for being a cruel ruler.
However according to his daughter Bonney, that is not true. And honestly, everything
we have seen of Kuma, including his flashback with Vegapunk in chapter 1072, makes it look
like Kuma was actually a really good person with a tragic past. We know that it’s tragic,
because Vegapunk tell Bonney that he promised Kuma not to tell her the truth about why he
became a cyborg, because it would be too painful for her to hear. So whatever it is, it sounds
like we should prepare a box of tissues once we see what really happened to him. One thing
that we do know, is that Kuma is part of a special race and that . And while it hasn’t
been confirmed yet officially, it is very likely, that Kuma is a member of the almost
extinct lunarian race. The only other known member of this race is King, the right hand
man of Kaido, who just like Kuma, was heavily experimented on by the government. The lunarians
were a race of winged humans, that lived on top of the red line before the world government
was established, who were known as gods. They have dark skin and are able to generate fire
from their bodies. And there are a few pieces of evidence that kuma is a lunarian.
He has the same dark skin as King. He was used as the prototype for the Seraphim soldiers,
who all have Lunarian wings, fire and skin. Luna means moon in Japanese, hinting at the
fact that the lunarians were the advanced civilization that lived on the moon, that
we saw in a cover story with Enel. If Kuma was a lunarian, it would also explain why
Kuma hated the world government so much and why he formed the revolutionary army with
Dragon, just how king joined the dragon Kaido. In addition to that, just like the other warloards,
KUma has an animal theme. Kuma in Japanese literally means bear. And as one really smart
reddit user noticed, the Asian black bear in Japanese is called ツキノワグマ tsukinowaguma,
which literally means "**ring-of-the-moon** bear". Apparently this is also the inspiration for
the pokemon Teddiursa which has a crescent moon, Ursaring who has a new moon, and Ursaluna
which has a full moon on his head.
And as Vegapunk is arguing with Bonny about Kuma, we actually see the real Kuma in chapter
1072, who has teleported himself to the foot of the red line, trying to climb to the top.
He is shot down by marine soldiers, but he seems determined to reach his goal, whatever
that might be. Hopefully we will get the flashback for Kuma soon.
But there was obviously another major reveal in this chapter that we have to talk about:
Stussy of the CP0 agency has just betrayed Lucci and Kaku. AND it is revealed that she
is a clone of a former Rocks crew member. The very first successful clone made by Vegapunk’s
team of crazy scientists. AND Stussy seems to have what looks like a vampire zoan devil
fruit, that just looks absolutely badass. And all this has opened up even more questions
we need answers to: For example, is Stussy the secret female member of Vegapunk’s MADS
science group that we saw in the cover the other chapter? Or was it maybe the original
stussy that got cloned? We know for a fact that as the clone of a rocks pirate, Stussy
must be incredibly strong. But then, why didn’t Sanji’s father recognize her during the
wedding ceremony? They were sitting at the same table. The next question is: Is stussy
the mysterious person, that Vegapunk contacted to help them? Because she sure did help by
knocking out Kaku, but then again there could still be someone else. Also, if stussy is
a perfect clone, that actually begs the question who else in the story could be a clone. Anyone
could be really. Maybe Luffy is a clone too. Who knows with Oda. Then we have to ask: Where
is that original stussy of the rocks pirates now? It seems like the correct answer seems
to be this stunningly beautiful lady here, the mother of Edward Weevil. Her name is Bucking.
While Stussy is introduced as the clone of Miss Buckingham stussy. The name seems to
match. Also, Bucking claims that her son is the biological son of whitebeard, which would
make sense if they were in the same pirate crew. And while she doesn’t look it now,
if she looked the same as stussy does in her youth, I could absolutely see Whitebeard going
for her. Weevil is a very interesting case anyways. He could be a clone too, after all
he has those stitch marks that Franky has too. Or he could be Whitebeard’s actual
son. During his introduction, Kizaru comments that he definitely has the same power as a
young whitebeard.
So now we have two versions of a rocks crew member. One seems to be on Vegapunks side,
who made her in the first place. While the original seems to be working with the government.
I love how this entire situation suddenly got super intriguing. And there is actually
one MORE thing i want to talk about with stussy that one of the awesome members of my subreddit
brought to my attention. Have you ever realized that she looks very very similar to Sanji’s
mother? same eyes, same hair, but shorter, same lips. Stussy was cloned by the mads science
group. And Sanji’s father judge was a member. Could judge have made another version of Stussy
for himself, to create his perfect kid soldiers with the DNA of a former rocks member? It
is also interesting that Queen hates Judge so much, which he reveals to Sanji during
their fight. After all they were crew mates. And we also know that Queen deals really poorly
with being rejected by women. It happens with both Hiyori and one of the Geisha’s during
the fight with Sanji, who saves her life. Could it be that Queen hates Judge for having
married a version of Stussy, a woman that he fell in love with? Who was part of their
crew as well?
As I said more questions than answers. Instead, let’s talk about Garp setting out to fight
blackbeard. If you havent heard my thoughts on the crazy last chapter, then make sure
to check out that discussion right here. Thanks for watching.