The Gomu Gomu no mi is not what you think it is.

There is a reason, why Shanks went out of his way to steal the fruit and a reason why

it makes Luffy so special.

And it's time to find out what it is.

Because maybe shanks used the fruit to determine the man who can bring the dawn.

And maybe, just maybe, it's not actually the Gomu Gomu no mi after all, but a mythical

devil fruit.

Hi my name is Manu, and as you can tell, I have been on a bit of a streak with videos

on Luffy lately.

Even though Zoro is my favorite Character, Luffy is not far behind for me.

And I have made several videos already about why I think he's the best-written shounen

protagonist out there.

But recent developments in One Piece have had me obsessed about Luffy's true nature

and powers and how Oda is clearly teasing us with something about Luffy that he's deliberately

holding back right now.

For the longest time, it seemed to me like Luffy eating the Gomu Gomu no mi was merely

a coincidence.

He was hanging out with Shanks and his men, who had brought the fruit with them and while

they were looking away Luffy took it as a nice little snack in between.

Good for you luffy, eating healthy.

Later Shanks apparently on a whim saw something special in Luffy, so he motivated him to become

a pirate and gave him his hat as inspiration.

And it was only thanks to Luffy's creativity that the Gomu Gomu no mi seemed more than

average at best to me as a power.

AH.

Remember when one piece seemed that simple.

Now everything has seemed to have changed and to me this first chapter of One Piece

seems filled to the brim with foreshadowing and setup for the endgame of the story.

But looking at all I have to share with you in this video, it's so exciting, I can't really

complain.

With Oden's flashback, we have gotten a lot of new insights into the workings of Roger

and his journey to Laugh Tale.

Shanks has turned out to be one of the most influential characters in the story, with

ties to Roger, the other Yonko and the Gorosei alike.

Instead of a simple pirate that likes to party most of the time, he is the man pulling the

strings on political developments and the future of the world---and still likes to party

most of the time.

As you might know, I'm convinced that Shanks did not simply show up in Fusha Village, because

he was aimlessly sailing around the east blue.

Shanks was extremely close to Roger and even inherited his precious straw hat.

We now know that Roger and his men came to Laugh Tale to early and that the pirate king

was waiting for the one who could bring the dawn.

That's why he created the new pirate era to inspire as many people as possible to find

it.

He then ordered his men, to find the right person and guide him towards the last island,

to find the one piece.

That is why Rayleigh was waiting at the entrance to the new world, as the only one able to

coat ships, keeping a close eye on everyone who came though and immediately recognising

Luffy for who he was.

Why crocus was guarding the entrance to the Grandline at reverse mountain, where he surely

recognised Luffy the same way and made sure he found his way.

I bet he didn't give out a free log pose to everyone and explained how to use it.

And finally, Shanks was tasked with finding the right member of the D. Family to inherit

Rogers Will.

I would bet my favorite coffee mug, that Shanks came to Fusha village to find Ace, not Luffy,

the son of his former captain, that was determined on having a son of his own to succeed him.

And it's the same reason, he left right away, never to be seen in the east blue again, right

after entrusting Luffy with Roger's hat and sacrificing his arm to ensure he would become

the one who can bring the dawn.

Whether he knew how powerful luffy would become and who his parents were, I don't know.

However, I will make videos on both, Luffy's possible powers after Wano and a who his mother

might be soon, so if you want to see those and are a true mad-lad, make sure to subscribe.

And now, with recent chapters, speculation around devil fruits and more specifically

Luffy's fruit has gotten a lot of fresh wind.

From here on out Spoiler warning if you are not caught up with the story yet.

I was completely shocked, when we found out form Who's Who that Shanks did not simply

stumble across this specific devil fruit, but went out of his way to steal if from the

world government itself, while it was protected by CP9.

That and the reveal of Sun God Nika, which will actually be important later on.

And so it now begs the question, whether Shanks didn't just chose Luffy as the next possible

pirate king, because he reminded him of Roger, but because Luffy snacked on the most important

fruit in the whole story.

And so I now want to discuss with you all the exciting possibilities for what could

possibly make a the rubber devil fruit so special.

But before we eat desert, first some veggies.

Let's assume that the fruit wasn't special after all?

Why did Shanks go out of his way and risk war with the government to steal it, if it

wasn't super important to him?

One possibility could be that shanks actually made a bit of a woopie when stealing the fruit.

Since he seems to have been the only one aware of how dangerous blackbeard truly is, he might

well be aware of his connection to Rocks D. Xebec or wherever Teach got the idea for the

Yami Yami no mi from.

Maybe the government mistook the gomu gomu no mi for its much more powerful counterpart

and information about it leaked through to Shanks.

Only after stealing the fruit did he realize that he had not gotten his hands on the Yami

Yami no mi after all.

Another possibility is that one of the celestial dragons had purchased Luffy's fruit for a

lot of money and wanted to use it for one of their slaves, which is why CP9 was instructed

with its transport.

But I personally think, that Oda wouldn't have gone out of his way to bring Shanks stealing

the fruit from the government up like this, if it weren't important in some way or form.

As I discussed in my character analysis of shanks, he is someone that usually tries to

avoid conflict and fighting, trying to be the mediator with pirates and the gorosei

alike.

So, I feel there must be something very special about the Gomu Gomu no mi, for him to actually

attack a government ship.

I think that the fruit is special in some way and Shanks used it to find the next Joy

boy.

So, once Luffy had eaten it, there was no alternative for him, but to bet everything

on Luffy.

So what could be so special about it?

I think there are three different options here.

Number 1: It's not about the fruit itself, but who wielded it before luffy.

Number 2: The fruit actually has a hidden power, that makes it way more powerful and

dangerous than it appears.

Or number 3: The name of Luffy's devil fruit is actually not the Gomu Gomu no mi at all,

but actually a legendary Zoan fruit.

Let's start with one.

This is based on a theory of mine about the true nature of devil fruits that I've shared

before.

If you want to hear my full line of reasoning and proof for this, I suggest you check out

that video, but here's what you need to know:

It seems like devil fruits posses a will of their own.

Some sort of spirit, that is related to the devil that gives its user their power.

This seems likely as we have seen inanimate objects gain consciousness by eating a devil

fruit.

And we do know that the soul is a real thing in One Piece from Brook's and Big Mom's abilities.

Another major theme in one piece is that of inherited will.

I suspect that when someone eats a devil fruit, they merge with their own soul and once the

user dies, a part of them lives on in the devil fruit.

Once someone else consumes this fruit, they seems to take on some traits of the previous

user.

We have seen this with Sabo, after eating ace's fruit.

Saying the same things and using the same abilities, even though sabo never saw ace

use the fruit.

[] Or with Big Mom, who behaves a lot like mother caramel after consuming her---fruit.

The point Im trying to make, is that the Gomu fruit might have belonged to someone very

important, someone who's will Luffy now has inherited.

The prime two candidates here are Roger and Joy Boy.

Roger possibly finding the fruit on laugh tale, eating it and then passing away soon

after.

And indeed, only shortly after eating the fruit, Luffy starts saying the same things

as Roger, something he keeps doing throughout the story.

So maybe, Luffy inherited Rogers or Joy boys will through the GOmu GOmu no mi and that's

why it was so important to shanks.

One thing that I think is important to address here: If the fruit is that important, why

didn't shanks eat it himself?

He stated in the story that neither he nor any of his crew would eat a devil fruit, since

they all need to be ablate swim.

I'm not sure why, but I feel like this will be important at some point.

Okay, Two.

The Fruit has a hidden power, that we don't yet know about.

A possibility here is that the Gomu Gomu no mi might be the perfect counter to another

fruit.

We have already seen this happen with Enel, who also wielded an incredibly powerful fruit.

Another good fit could be the gura gura no mi, the strongest paramecia fruit.

In theory, Luffy's awakening might be the perfect counter to Blackbeards abilities.

Rubber doesn't break.

And luffy as sun god Nika is the natural enemy of Blackbeard's darkness.

A problem with this idea is that the gura gura no mi was still in possession of Whitebeard

12 years ago.

So only if shanks knew that Blackbeard was after the fruit would that make sense.

But who knows, maybe the previous user was Rocks and Shanks suspected Blackbeard would

try to gain it for himself.

But maybe the power is not really related to another fruit, but what it can do on its

own.

Maybe the Gomu GOmu no mi in some way or form is the key to changing the world.

Some ability you will need on laugh tale to unlock the one piece.

One idea of how this might become relevant is Luff's ability to enlarge his body parts

into that of giants.

And as you know there is a lot of interest in giants in one piece.

Everyone wants them.

The government, Big Mom even Kaido with the numbers.

Giants appear a lot in past events.

We have a D. Giant with Saul, we have the giant frozen straw hat in marijoe and we even

have seen a giant with Luffy's personality, with Oars.

So it's quite possible that Luffy's fruit might allow him to turn into a giant, which

might be the key to bringing the dawn.

The third option is probably my favorite one, though I have to say upfront even for my standards,

it's a bit of a stretch.

Since we're talking about Luffy, that might be okay.

And its an incredibly fun one.

This theory is by a reddit user called The biggest wheel, maybe a wheel of Time reference,

who proposes that the fruit the Gorosei are discussing in chapter 1037 is actually Luffy's

and that the Gomu GOmu no mi is just a name that the government came up with to erase

its true nature from history.

The base of this theory is Luff's resemblence with the Wisdom King Myouou [] as well as

the introduction of sun god Nika.

Both of these gods can be linked to luffy.

The idea then, is that Luffy actually ate the mythical Zoan devil fruit of the wisdom

king.

Basically Luffy's rubber abilities stay the same, however they're just part of his creature,

like the healing ability for Marco's phoenix.

Going off the latest chapter, that this fruit hasn't awakened in centuries, the author then

argues, that the original owner of this fruit might have been the very person, that was

seen as god Nika, in other words, Joy Boy himself.

So maybe Luffy is just awakening this very unique devil fruit right now?

The design of gear fourth is so fundamentally different from anything we have seen so far

from luffy.

Not only does he literally resemble a wisdom king, but he has 3 forms of gear 4th, just

like Zoan fruits have multiple forms, as we can see with chopper.

The key to this is really, another unexplained power that luffy has.

Red hawk has been pretty much a mystery ever since luffy was able to use it.

And now we actively see him using red roc, the only attack Kaido has bothered dodging

so far.

Wisdom kings are usually depicted with firey hair, just as sun god Nika seems to be.

And Oda once made this street fighter Ken version of Luffy, but Ken clearly doesn't

have fire hair.

The design of the wisdom king pops up A lot throughout one piece.

We have Enel, who pretends to be a god, this figure during the fire festival and of course

king, who has fire powers as well.

Nika and the wisdom king.

Shandora and Wano, two nations closely connected through their history and their ties to the

ancient kingdom.

So the craziest, but most existing option here, is that Shanks stole the GOmu GOmu no

mi, because in reality it is one of the strongest devil fruits out there and belonged to Joy

Boy himself.

But even if we assume that the GOmu GOmu no mi is just the rubber fruit, there are still

a lot of great possibilities for luffy's awakening.

And there is a lot more to learn about devil fruits.

So check out either of these two video here to learn More.