Gomu Gomu no Mi (2024)

The Gomu Gomu no Mi^[2] is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit^[4] that grants the user's body the properties of rubber, effectively making them a Rubber Human (ゴム人間, Gomu Ningen^?).^[2] Originally, the fruit was called Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika and classified as a Mythical Zoan-type fruit that allows one to transform into the legendary "Sun God" Nika (and gain his rubbery attributes), before being renamed and reclassified by the World Government to hide the truth.^[9] In the present, only a few are aware of the fruit's true nature, and its existence was never known to be recorded anywhere.^[10]

Around 900 years ago, the fruit belonged to a figure known as Joy Boy, believed to be the first ever pirate in existence.^[8] 13 years ago, the World Government had managed to capture and secure the fruit after chasing it for over 800 years. However, during transport, it was stolen by Shanks and his crew.^[11]^[12]^[2] Shortly after, it was heedlessly eaten by the series' protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy.^[1]

1 Etymology
2 Appearance
3 Transformations
4 Strengths
- 4.1 Awakening
5 Weaknesses
6 Usage
7 History
- 7.1 Past
- 7.2 Romance Dawn
- 7.3 Dressrosa Saga
  - 7.3.1 Dressrosa Arc
- 7.4 Wano Country Saga
  - 7.4.1 Wano Country Arc
8 Early Concepts
9 Adaptation Differences
10 Translation and Dub Issues
- 10.1 Name
- 10.2 Origin
- 10.3 Spelling of Gears
11 Trivia
12 References
13 External links
14 Site Navigation

Etymology[]

Gomu (ゴム^?) means "rubber" in Japanese, being borrowed from the Dutch word gom ("gum").
Hito (人^?) is Japanese for "person/human (being)".
Nika (ニカ^?), a nonstandard Japanese onomatopoeia for "smiling" or "grinning", represents the smiling mythical figure known as "Sun God" Nika, which the fruit is originally named after.
In the VIZ manga, 4Kids and Funimation dubs, it is called the Gum-Gum Fruit, "gum" being a soft, cohesive substance designed for chewing, with elastic properties, and its original name is called the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika.

Appearance[]

The Gomu Gomu no Mi is a violet, spherical shaped fruit, similar to a cantaloupe, with a stem sprouting out of the top, with swirls that go in a curly "S" like-pattern. Its overall appearance greatly resembles a Yubari King.^[2]

While its final design has the characteristic Devil Fruit swirls all over it, the fruit was initially drawn without them in the first version of Romance Dawn.^[13]

The Gomu Gomu no Mi in Shanks' treasure chest in the anime.

The Gomu Gomu no Mi in the live-action series.

Transformations[]

Due to its unique nature, this Devil Fruit grants the user a baseline body with the properties of rubber, though due to the fruit's true power being dormant, the user's body is limited to restrictions and transformations similar in nature to most Paramecias. After achieving an Awakening though, the fruit's true power as a Mythical Zoan is unleashed, giving the user a new transformation where their hair and clothes turn white, their eyes glow red with white ring-like pupils, and white clouds float around their neck, giving them the appearance of the mythical Sun God, Nika,^[9] granting their already rubbery body more strength and freedom and turning the user into the "Warrior of Liberation" (解放の戦士, Kaihō no Senshi^?).

Strengths[]

The fruit's major strength, as demonstrated by Luffy, is that the user's body permanently adopts the properties of rubber: their body can stretch, bend, bounce, inflate, and twist much like said substance, even when their power is nullified by way of submergence in water or Seastone exposure.

Indeed, unlike most other Devil Fruits, the effects of the Gomu Gomu no Mi are always active, making the user's body permanently rubbery. The user becomes nearly immune to blunt damage, including bodily attacks, blunt weapons, bullets, and even cannonballs, all of which will simply bounce off from their skin. Additionally, falls from great heights and heavy collisions that would kill a normal person end up being non-lethal or even painless, and certain traps and hazards are rendered ineffective considering the user's enhanced flexibility.^[14]^[15]^[16]

The fruit enables all parts of the consumer's body to behave like rubber, including their organs. This means that certain actions that otherwise would be impossible to do with a normal human body, such as pumping one's own blood or bones with air, can be achieved through this ability for extra speed or power. Furthermore, thanks to rubber's natural insulating properties, the user is also immune to electrical attacks, such as those from the Goro Goro no Mi, the Mink Tribe's Electro ability, and the special homie Zeus. Such immunity to electricity allows the Gomu Gomu no Mi's user to physically touch and hit the user of the Goro Goro no Mi (a lightning Logia) without needing Haki.^[17]

The user's ability to stretch and twist like rubber to extreme lengths not only makes them immune to injuries that originate from such, but it also grants them the skill to rebound from hard surfaces or reach people that are far away from their position. For offense, stretching allows the user to drastically increase the range of what would otherwise be considered a powerful close-range attack, turning it into a devastating mid-range or long-range attack. A stretched limb can be used to store potential energy like a stretched spring, increasing the velocity by stretching their arm back, resulting in increased power.

Luffy has shown a limited ability of moving in mid-air, by grabbing onto something with an extended limb and pulling himself away from what could have been a fatal attack. This gives the user the option of several jumping and airborne attacks that would have been disadvantageous to most other people.

In the anime, Luffy has used his stretching abilities to inhale great amounts of air to thus exhale a big gust of wind; this application of his powers was used to blow away Marigold's poisonous vapor from her venom spit and Magellan's poison breath.

Awakening[]

Once the fruit is "awakened", the user undergoes a drastic transformation where their hair and clothing turns white, their hair resembles flames, their eyebrows resemble spirals, and gains ringed pupils, in addition to steam wrapped around him. Similar to Luffy's Gear 3 and 4, the user can alter their physique without the need of inflating their bones or muscles. Kaidou has likened its awakening to the Zoan's transformation abilities and the Paramecia's environmental alteration as well,^[18] as Luffy can effect and transform his surroundings into rubber while in this form, even including elements like natural lightning.^[19] However, unique to this fruit is that its alteration abilities can extend to living beings, as Luffy could influence flesh as if it was rubber too. It can even allow Luffy to create objects from almost nowhere and alter surrounding objects into something new. Considering it similar to his previous Gears using the fruit, and initially unaware of its true nature, Luffy dubbed his awakening as "Gear 5". In this state, his rubbery body gains irregular adaptability that even stupefied the battle-hardened Kaidou.^[20]

According to the Five Elders, the fruit had not been awakened for centuries prior to Luffy's having done so.^[21] They believed that preventing the fruit from awakening would be worth incurring the wrath of Kaidou, one of the Four Emperors, suggesting that they greatly fear the fruit's power.^[9] When Luffy either activates this state or is in it for long periods of time, he exudes joyous and contagious joy and mirth, giving even hardened enemies a sense of fun during fights. He tends to laugh more and feels light and extremely creative.

Weaknesses[]

Despite all the great advantages the user gets by using the fruit, there are a number of weaknesses. One major risk of the user's powers is that their stretched limbs take a moment to retract back into place, leaving them vulnerable to attacks in the moments when their limbs are stretched, as Buggy and Kuro both took advantage of early on in the series. Luffy, however, has adapted his fighting style to minimize this risk.^[22]

Initially, the user's body was similar to a rubber band, requiring him to use excessive motion to "throw" an attack. After the timeskip though, the extra movement became unnecessary, and Luffy is able to stretch easily. Additionally, rubber has a maximum limit to how far it can stretch; in the first SBS, Oda stated that the user's maximum stretching distance is "72 Gomu Gomus".^[23] Attempting to go beyond this length can cause the user to bleed and be at risk of ripping.^[24]

Usage[]

Main article: Gomu Gomu no Mi/Techniques

In his youth, Luffy had a problem controlling his own abilities. Though he had an idea of how they would work, Luffy had trouble with aiming and the timing of his attacks, and he was continuously sent spinning by the recoil. However, he managed to counter these weaknesses with his continuous training in the jungle by the time he left to be a pirate.

The powers of the fruit have been used by Luffy in a variety of ways. These range from simply moving from one place to another in a rather reckless manner, to attacking an enemy with a barrage of fast and strong punches. He has also developed several peculiar methods of combat as time passed, adapting new forms by manipulating his elastic body, most prominent his "Gear 2" and "Gear 3" forms, allowing him to momentarily increase his strength in combat. After the timeskip, he has learned to use Haki in conjunction with the fruit's powers, as well as having more control over his forms. Later, during the time skip, Luffy developed a form known as "Gear 4".^[27]^[28]

Of course, Luffy, being who he is, does not only use his ability for battle. When with his crew, or even when partying with others, Luffy tends to use his elastic properties for the amusem*nt of others, such as making funny faces, or using his elastic body to play around. Often throughout the series he would stretch his arm and steal food from others, much to their annoyance. He also uses his powers for transportation purposes, a primary example being his Gomu Gomu no Rocket, which has him grab something with his arms and fire himself like a slingshot, which helps him travel great distances quickly. Luffy has no problem letting other people play with his stretching body, which people tend to take advantage of.

History[]

Past[]

The Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika has existed since at least the Void Century, where it was consumed by an individual named Joy Boy, who became the world's first pirate,^[8] and awakened the fruit's powers.^[29] According to the Five Elders, the World Government had attempted to obtain this fruit for 800 years since then, but never succeeded. The Elders theorized that this might be due to the will of the fruit itself.^[9] At some point, the Government changed the name of the fruit to the Gomu Gomu no Mi in order to conceal its true nature,^[21]^[9] with a picture and information on it listed in the newer Devil Fruit Encyclopedia,^[30] unlike the old Devil Fruit Encyclopedia that has no mention of the new name.^[31] While unknown if either versions of the encyclopedia listed the Devil Fruit's classification, it was believed to be a Paramecia-type instead of a Zoan-type.^[32]^[33]

By the time the fruit fell into the possession of the World Government through unknown means, it was viewed as a minor Devil Fruit that just makes the user rubbery.^[34] It was placed on an escort ship being guarded by CP9 agents including Who's-Who, but was attacked, resulting in it being stolen by Lucky Roux and Shanks of the Red Hair Pirates thirteen years before the main storyline.^[35]^[12] The results of Who's-Who's failure to protect the fruit directly led to his dismissal from CP9 and eventual imprisonment.^[11]

Romance Dawn[]

During their time in the friendly port of Foosha Village, the Red Hair Pirates kept the fruit in a small chest which Roux carried around with him. Then one day, while they were celebrating at Partys Bar, a young boy who admired the crew named Monkey D. Luffy unwittingly ate the fruit as dessert for his meal, thus gaining a rubbery physique but also losing the ability to swim forever.

Although Shanks and his crew were aghast to discover that Luffy had eaten the fruit, it remains unclear if they were aware of its true name or power.^[1]

Dressrosa Saga[]

Dressrosa Arc[]

After Luffy got exhausted from his first usage of Gear 4 against Donquixote Doflamingo, Jesus Burgess expressed interest in killing him in order to obtain the Gomu Gomu no Mi through unknown means.^[36] His attempt was stopped by the interference of Sabo, however.^[37]

Wano Country Saga[]

Wano Country Arc[]

After his third defeat against Kaidou, caused by the interference of Guernica, Luffy awakened the fruit's powers, becoming the "Warrior of Liberation."^[38] This was the first time the fruit had been awakened in centuries, something of great worry to the Five Elders.^[21]

Early Concepts[]

According to Eiichiro Oda, Luffy was conceptualized with stretching powers specifically to allow for a "silly" fighting style that could make battles amusing as well as dramatic.^[39] As such, the Gomu Gomu no Mi is one of the few elements apart from Luffy himself to appear in both of the series' Romance Dawn prototypes:

The first Romance Dawn, much like One Piece proper, depicts the fruit as the property of the Red Hair Pirates, which Luffy nonchalantly eats. It also describes the fruit's origins as a "legend tree" (幻の木, Maboroshi no ki^?) that appears only once every fifty years.^[40]
The second Romance Dawn depicts the fruit as the property of Luffy's grandfather (here an unnamed, retired pirate, but drawn largely identical to Monkey D. Garp), once again nonchalantly eaten by Luffy. This version notably depicts Luffy's first named attack: Right-Hand Stopper. Like in the final version of the One Piece manga, the fruit was first taken from an enemy.^[41]

(According to a separate interview, the fruit's original name was simply the "Gomu no Mi" (ゴムの実^?), but Oda changed it after an editor recalled this to be the name of a real-life fruit.^[42])

Adaptation Differences[]

In the manga, Luffy ate the fruit—unnoticed—while Higuma and his gang began accosting the Red Hair Pirates, and its ability was first demonstrated when Luffy tried to leave Partys Bar with Shanks holding onto his arm, causing his entire arm to stretch. The anime's adaptation of these events depicts Luffy eating the fruit out of anger directly stemming from Shanks' blithe attitude toward the bandits; in addition, Shanks notices almost immediately, and even heaves Luffy upside-down in an effort to dislodge it, resulting in Luffy's legs stretching as the first demonstration of the fruit's power.^[43]

(Most if not all subsequent adaptations of Chapter 1, such as the Episode of Luffy special and Episode 878, depict the scene closer to the manga's version of events.)

In the live-action series, the capabilities of the fruit have been somewhat altered. While the fruit gives Luffy the ability to stretch to incredible lengths, send back bullets and cannonballs used on him, and shrug off certain blows, his near invulnerability to blunt-based blows appears to have been reduced, where such blows would normally have been shrugged off or caused him no form of injury or discomfort.

Translation and Dub Issues[]

Name[]

VIZ, 4Kids, and Funimation all translate this fruit's name as the "Gum-Gum Fruit". This translation comes from the etymology of the Japanese word "Gomu". "Gomu" is a loan word from Dutch, it comes from "Gom" which is used in Dutch to refer to rubber to identify it as "natural rubber" instead of "synthetic rubber". This is not only true of Japanese, but most worldly languages derive their word for "Rubber" from "Gum".

Viz most likely selected "Gum-Gum" as a translation over "Rubber Rubber" due to "Gum" being phonically similar to "Gomu". The only English version of the series to ever translate it out as the "Rubber Rubber Fruit" is the Odex version. This is because it has no connections to the North American versions at all. Despite translating Gomu as "Gum", all English versions refer to Luffy as a "rubber man".

In the Filipino dub of One Piece, the word used is "Goma-Goma", "goma" being the Filipino word for "rubber".

In the anime, the description of Luffy's cell in Charlotte Mont-d'Or's book prison, the fruit's name is romanized as "Gomgom no mi".

Origin[]

Curiously, the VIZ manga describes the fruit as "of the Gum-Gum Tree" in at least two chapters (as well as an early promotional blurb), apparently in conflation with the origin given by the aforementioned Romance Dawn prototypes.^[44]^[45] To date, whether this origin actually applies to One Piece proper has been neither proven nor disproven in-story.

Spelling of Gears[]

In Japanese, the Gears are spelled with Arabic numerals with furigana over them. The furigana indicates that the number is to be pronounced as an ordinal number (second, third, fourth, fifth) rather than a cardinal number (two, three, four, five). Thus, Gear 2 is pronounced as "Gear Second" and so on. Oda has romanized the names of both Gear 4 and Gear 5 in English,^[46]^[47] which show that the number is intended to be written as a numeral rather than as the written pronunciation.

VIZ and the Funimation subs have elected to refer to the Gears using written out cardinal numbers (e.g., "Gear Two") even though it is not pronounced this way in Japanese. The Funimation dub keeps the ordinal pronunciations, but switches the word order to put the number first (e.g., "Second Gear"). While this is obviously a deviation from the Japanese, it does make more grammatical sense in English and also aligns with the terms for gears in an automobile.

Trivia[]

One Piece Magazine Vol.6 features an illustration of Roronoa Zoro having hypothetically been granted the Gomu Gomu no Mi's powers. It was drawn by Eiichiro Oda following a fan request.
The Gomu Gomu no Mi is the first Devil Fruit to be depicted in the series.
- Initially, the Gomu Gomu no Mi is depicted the first Paramecia-type Devil Fruit in the series; however, upon being revealed to be a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, this also makes it the first Zoan fruit to be depicted in the series, while the status of the first Paramecia was delegated to the Bara Bara no Mi.
  - Ironically, when Luffy first met Momonosuke in his Beast Form, he told the child that he could not help him revert out of this form due to his Devil Fruit not being classified as a Zoan.^[48]
  - This is the first Mythical Zoan based on a fully fictional creature that doesn't belong in any real-world folklore.
  - Since the Gomu Gomu no Mi's reveal as a Mythical Zoan, it is unknown if Luffy's Gear 5 form serves as his Beast form or his Human-Beast/hybrid form.
The Gomu Gomu no Mi has the most named techniques and attacks than any other Devil fruit in the series.
In Romance Dawn, Version 2, the Gomu Gomu no Mi was estimated by Luffy's grandfather to be worth 5,000,000,000.
- This value is the same as the one estimated by Diez Barrels for the Ope Ope no Mi.^[49]
There have been various instances where the Gomu Gomu no Mi can be replicated by other Devil Fruits.
- Gecko Moria's Kage Kage no Mi, particularly his Kage Kakumei technique, allowed him to manipulate Oars' body infused with Luffy's shadow to perform the rubber man's stretchy attacks.
- Charlotte Brûlée's Mira Mira no Mi allowed her to mirror Luffy's techniques after she became a mirror image of him.
- Gasparde and Charlotte Katakuri both mimicked the Gomu Gomu no Mi's rubbery physiology via their Devil Fruits that allows them to turn their bodies into a substance that possesses elastic properties:
  - Gasparde's Ame Ame no Mi turns his body into candy syrup, which he can use to stretch forward and create a slingshot effect with his arms similar to Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Rocket technique.^[50]
  - Katakuri's Mochi Mochi no Mi turns his body into sticky mochi, which he can stretch forward very much like Luffy's.^[51] He can also expand his limbs to mimic the Gomu Gomu no Elephant Gun.^[52]
- Jewelry Bonney's Toshi Toshi no Mi, particularly her Distortion Future technique, allowed her to age herself into a possible future where she has the rubbery properties of Nika, with her first usage to attack by enlarging her arm, similar to Luffy's Gear 3 attacks.
Other characters have also imitated the naming pattern of the fruit's techniques.
- Oars has used an attack called Gomu Gomu no Shirimochi during his fight against the Straw Hats.
- In the anime, Bentham tried to fool Magellan by using Gomu Gomu no Okama Pistol, Okama Gatling, and Okama Giant Scythe, though he only copied the naming pattern and not the attacks themselves.^[53]
- Bartolomeo intentionally named his Bari Bari no Pistol technique after Luffy's, using the name of his Bari Bari no Mi.
This is so far the only Devil Fruit to go by two different names and have two different classifications.
This is the only known Devil Fruit to have been awakened by more than one user.
In the mythology of the One Piece world, Nika is regarded as a god who would free slaves and captives from bondage.
- This mythology is reflected in Luffy fulfilling this role on a larger scale three times: first when he freed slaves from the Human Auctioning House on Sabaody Archipelago, then when he unwittingly instigated a mass breakout from the great prison Impel Down, then finally when he engineered a revolt at the Prisoner Mine in Wano.
  - Additionally, he has performed numerous other smaller-scale rescues as well as liberated entire nations from despotic rulers and usurpers, namely Shells Town, Orange Town, the Conomi Islands, Drum Island, Arabasta Kingdom, Skypiea, Fish-Man Island, Dressrosa, and Wano Country.
- Ironically, despite Luffy gaining the traits and the abilities of the Sun God, Nika, he used these powers against Enel, who believed himself to be God.
Most of the Gomu Gomu no Mi techniques and traits, especially with the Gear 3, 4, and 5 techniques, are most likely based on classic American animation, where the traits include rubber hose animation, cartoon logic, and effects.
In the 4Kids dub, the Gomu Gomu no Mi sound effects were changed to various synth sound effects.
Oda confirmed that Luffy's genitalia could stretch,^[54] and this was demonstrated in the series when Sweet Pea mistook his penis for a mushroom and tried to pull it off.^[55]

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 1 Chapter 1 (p. 13-15) and Episode 4, Unnoticed, Luffy takes the Gomu Gomu no Mi from the Red Hair Pirates' chest and eats it. In the manga (and some later anime adaptations), the fruit is fully depicted in a sketch by Lucky Roux.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 1 Chapter 1 (p. 20-21) and Episode 4, Shanks' crew notices the fruit is gone from the chest.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 1 Chapter 1 (p. 49-51) and Episode 1, Luffy is first seen using the fruit.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 30 (p. 104), the Gomu Gomu no Mi is confirmed to be a Paramecia.
↑ Road To Laugh Tale Vol. 3 (p. 8).
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 103 Chapter 1044 (p. 4) and Episode 1071.
↑ Road To Laugh Tale Vol. 3 (p. 11).
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 One Piece Manga — Chapter 1114 (p. 14-15).
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 103 Chapter 1044 (p. 4-5) and Episode 1071.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 106 Chapter 1069 (p. 8-9) and Episode 1100, Vegapunk explains the mystery around the fruit's existence and admits he does not know anything about its existence.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 101 Chapter 1017 (p. 17) and Episode 1039, Who's-Who reveals his past.
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 101 Chapter 1018 (p. 7) and Episode 1040, Who's-Who confirms that the Gomu Gomu no Mi was stolen by the Red Hair Pirates.
↑ Romance Dawn, Version 1, the Gomu Gomu no Mi is shown without any swirls in the first version of Romance Dawn.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 57 Chapter 556 (p. 16-17) and Episode 465, Luffy remarks that he will survive the massive drop because he is the only one made of rubber.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 3 Chapter 26 (p. 12-14) and Episode 10, Luffy falls off a cliff after falling asleep from hypnosis, and is unharmed.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 36 Chapter 346 (p. 3) and Episode 244, Luffy escapes from Lucci's stake traps.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 30 Chapter 279 (p. 14-16) and Episode 182, Enel's lightning attacks have no effect on Luffy's rubber body, and Luffy's attack bypasses Enel's Logia intangibility.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 103 Chapter 1045 (p. 3) and Episode 1072, Kaidou points out that Luffy's awakening has elements of both Paramecia and Zoan fruits.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 103 Chapter 1046 (p. 17) and Episode 1073, Luffy uses Gomu Gomu no Kaminari.
↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 103.
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 ^21.2 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 103 Chapter 1037 (p. 17) and Episode 1064.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 3 Chapter 18 (p. 8-9) and Episode 7, Luffy uses his Scythe technique against Buggy.
↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 4 (p. 90), Fan question: how far can Luffy stretch his arm?
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 85 Chapter 850 (p. 5) and Episode 816, Luffy pushes the limits of his power trying to escape Big Mom's prisoners book.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 10 Chapter 86 (p. 5-6) and Episode 39, Luffy survives drowning by having his head stretched out of the water.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 56 Chapter 544 (p. 5-6) and Episode 447.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 78 Chapter 783 (p. 19) and Episode 725, Luffy begins activating Gear 4.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 78 Chapter 784 (p. 9) and Episode 726, Luffy states he developed Gear 4 on Rusukaina.
↑ One Piece Manga — Chapter 1115 (p. 4).
↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 45 (p. 188), Oda explains a picture alongside information on the Gomu Gomu no Mi is in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 106 Chapter 1069 (p. 8) and Episode 1100, Vegapunk states there is no mention of the Gomu Gomu no Mi in the old Devil Fruit Encyclopaedia.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 27 Chapter 252 (p. 7) and Episode 165, Wyper identifies Luffy as a Paramecia user.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 69 Chapter 685 (p. 11) and Episode 611, Luffy states he is not a Zoan type.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 104 Chapter 1054 (p. 12) and Episode 1081, Who's-Who regards the Gomu Gomu no Mi as a minor Devil Fruit that just makes you rubbery.
↑ Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary (Card #0018), Lucky Roux's history reveals that he took the Gomu Gomu no Mi from an enemy crew.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 79 Chapter 786 (p. 8) and Episode 728, Burgess plans to kill Luffy for the Gomu Gomu no Mi.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 79 Chapter 786 (p. 16-17) and Episode 729, Burgess tries to kill Luffy, but is stopped by Sabo.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 103 Chapter 1044 (p. 2-6, 10-17) and Episode 1071, Luffy's Devil Fruit has awakened and activates Gear 5 for the first time.
↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 65 (p. 46), Oda explains why he gave Luffy rubber powers.
↑ Romance Dawn, Version 1, the first version of the Gomu Gomu no Mi.
↑ Romance Dawn, Version 2, the second version of the Gomu Gomu no Mi.
↑ Interview with website Manga Heaven, December 2007. Retrieved here, translated here. Note that "Gomu no Mi" is not known to be the name of any fruit in colloquial Japanese; on the other hand, real-life rubber trees do produce distinctive (if generally inedible) fruit.
↑ One Piece Anime — Episode 4.
↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 1 Chapter 2 (p. 23).
↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 3 Chapter 22 (p. 11).
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 89 Chapter 895 (p. 2) and Episode 870.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 103 Chapter 1044 (p. 17) and Episode 1071.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 69 Chapter 685 (p. 11) and Episode 611, Luffy tells Momonosuke that he is not a Zoan.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 77 Chapter 766 (p. 3) and Episode 705, Diez Barrels mentions how much money the deal with the Marines was worth.
↑ One Piece Movie — Dead End Adventure, Gasparde using his syrup body to mimic Luffy's rubber powers.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 87 Chapter 877 (p. 10-11) and Episode 849, Katakuri stretching his arm like Luffy's, and Carrot notes their similarities.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 87 Chapter 879 (p. 15-17) and Episode 852, Katakuri imitates Gomu Gomu no Elephant Gun.
↑ One Piece Anime — Episode 435.
↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 8 (p. 44), Oda confirms that Luffy's penis can stretch.
↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 53 Chapter 514 (p. 17-18) and Episode 408.

External links[]

Rubber Mimicry – Superpower Wiki article about the fruits' main power
Rubber – Wikipedia article about rubber
Yubari King – Wikipedia article about the actual fruit the Devil Fruit is apparently shaped after
Rubber Man - TV tropes wiki article on the rubber superpower trope
Firearm – Wikipedia article about firearms in general for which a majority of Luffy's Devil Fruit techniques are named after
Blood Doping – Wikipedia article on the process Gear 2 utilizes
Rubber hose animation - Wikipedia article on the awakened Devil Fruit's power

Site Navigation[]

[v·e·?]

Zoan
Standard:	Ushi Ushi no Mi, Model: Bison Hito Hito no Mi Tori Tori no Mi, Model: Falcon Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Dachshund Mogu Mogu no Mi Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Jackal Uma Uma no Mi Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Leopard Zou Zou no Mi Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Wolf Ushi Ushi no Mi, Model: Giraffe Hebi Hebi no Mi, Model: King Cobra Hebi Hebi no Mi, Model: Anaconda Kame Kame no Mi Sara Sara no Mi, Model: Axolotl Mushi Mushi no Mi, Model: Kabutomushi Mushi Mushi no Mi, Model: Suzumebachi Tama Tama no Mi Tori Tori no Mi, Model: Albatross Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Tanuki Tori Tori no Mi, Model: Eagle^(Non-Canon)^≠
Ancient:	Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Allosaurus Zou Zou no Mi, Model: Mammoth Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Spinosaurus Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Pteranodon Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Brachiosaurus Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Pachycephalosaurus Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Triceratops Kumo Kumo no Mi, Model: Rosamygale Grauvogeli Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Saber Tiger
Mythical:	Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika^{(Reclassified as a Paramecia)}^* Tori Tori no Mi, Model: Phoenix Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Daibutsu Uo Uo no Mi, Model: Seiryu Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Kyubi no Kitsune Hebi Hebi no Mi, Model: Yamata no Orochi Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Onyudo Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Okuchi no Makami Uma Uma no Mi, Model: Pegasus Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Bake-danuki^(Non-Canon)^≠ Batto Batto no Mi, Model: Vampire^(Non-Canon)^≠ Tori Tori no Mi, Model: Nue^(Non-Canon)^≠
Artificial:	Artificial Devil Fruit (SMILE)

Logia
Canon:	Moku Moku no Mi Suna Suna no Mi Mera Mera no Mi Goro Goro no Mi Hie Hie no Mi Yami Yami no Mi Pika Pika no Mi Magu Magu no Mi Susu Susu no Mi Numa Numa no Mi Gasu Gasu no Mi Yuki Yuki no Mi Mori Mori no Mi
Non-Canon:	Toro Toro no Mi Pasa Pasa no Mi Ame Ame no Mi

Undetermined Class
Canon:	Gunyo Gunyo no Mi
Non-Canon:	Zuma Zuma no Mi Meta Meta no Mi

Related Articles
Listings:	Unused Devil Fruit Concepts SBS Joke Devil Fruits
Deterrents:	Blue Sea Seastone Busoshoku Haki
Vehicles/Ships:	Billower Bike^{(Moku Moku no Mi)}^* Chiryaku Ten'nen Maru^{(Doru Doru no Mi)}^* Striker^{(Mera Mera no Mi)}^* Maxim^{(Goro Goro no Mi)}^* Ao Chari^{(Hie Hie no Mi)}^* Flying Gas Balloon^{(Gasu Gasu no Mi)}^* Island Ship^{(Fuwa Fuwa no Mi)}^^(Non-Canon)^≠ Groseade^{(Moa Moa no Mi)}^^(Non-Canon)^≠ Catapult^{(Gasha Gasha no Mi)}^*^(Non-Canon)^≠
Research:	Rumble Ball^{(Hito Hito no Mi)}^* Wapometal^{(Baku Baku no Mi)}^* SAD^(SMILE)^* Lineage Factor^{(Artificial Devil Fruit)}^* Punk Records^{(Nomi Nomi no Mi)}^* Green Blood^(Seraphim)^*
Races:	Zombies^{(Kage Kage no Mi)}^* Newkamas^{(Horu Horu no Mi)}^* Centaurs^{(Ope Ope no Mi)}^* Satyrs^{(Ope Ope no Mi)}^* Harpy^{(Ope Ope no Mi)}^* Toys^{(Hobi Hobi no Mi)}^* Homies^{(Soru Soru no Mi)}^*
Characters:	Lassoo^{(Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Dachshund)}^* Funkfreed^{(Zou Zou no Mi)}^* Smiley^{(Sara Sara no Mi, Model: Axolotl)}^^(Deceased)^† Ryunosuke^{(Fude Fude no Mi)}^^(Deceased)^† Bunbuku^{(Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Tanuki)}^* Kamijiro^{(Lion SMILE)}^* Gorishiro^{(Gorilla SMILE)}^* Kazenbo^{(Fude Fude no Mi)}^^(Deceased)^† Pato^{(Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Bake-danuki)}^^(Non-Canon)^≠ Alpacacino^{(Alpaca Zoan)}^^(Non-Canon)^≠ Lip Shark^{(Kyara Kyara no Mi)}^^(Non-Canon)^≠ Tot Musica^{(Uta Uta no Mi)}^*^(Non-Canon)^≠
Locations:	Mirro-World^{(Mira Mira no Mi)}^* Uta World^{(Uta Uta no Mi)}^*^(Non-Canon)^≠

[v·e·?]

Straw Hat Pirates

Crew:	Monkey D. Luffy Roronoa Zoro Nami Usopp Sanji Tony Tony Chopper Nico Robin Franky Brook Jinbe Nefertari Vivi^(Former)^‡
Companions:	Zeus Karoo^(Former)^‡
Main Ships:	Going Merry^(Destroyed)^† Thousand Sunny
Soldier Dock System:	Shiro Mokuba I Mini Merry II Shark Submerge III Kurosai FR-U IV Brachio Tank V
Other Ships:	Shimashima Shopping^(Destroyed)^† Karasumaru^(Former)^‡ Taru Tiger^(Former)^‡ Tarumanma^(Non-Canon)^≠^(Destroyed)^† Ma Ikkada^(Non-Canon)^≠^(Destroyed)^† Sexy Foxy^(Non-Canon)^≠^(Former)^‡

Abilities
Devil Fruit Based:	Gomu Gomu no Mi Main Techniques Gear 2 Gear 3 Gear 4 Gear 5 Hito Hito no Mi (Rumble Ball) Hana Hana no Mi Yomi Yomi no Mi
Fighting Style Based:	Haki Kenbunshoku Busoshoku Haoshoku No Sword Style Black Leg Style Diable Jambe Ifrit Jambe Fish-Man Karate Fish-Man Jujutsu
Weapon Based:	Three Sword Style One Sword Style Two Sword Style Nine Sword Style) (Wado Ichimonji Sandai Kitetsu Enma Yubashiri^(Destroyed)^† Shusui^(Former)^‡ Foxfire Style Art of Weather (Zeus) Usopp Tactics (Pop Green) Franken Soul Solid Raid Suit^(Destroyed)^† Nidai Kitetsu^(Former)^‡ Peaco*ck Slashers^(Former)^‡
Creations:	Kuro Kabuto Chopperphage Armored Me General Franky Clima-Tact^(Former)^‡ Perfect Clima-Tact^(Former)^‡ Standard Sorcery Clima-Tact^(Former)^‡ Grow Up Sorcery Clima-Tact^(Former)^‡ Ginga Pachinko^(Former)^‡ Kabuto^(Former)^‡ Cyborg Tactics^(Former)^‡ Omni-Cannon^(Non-Canon)^≠
Support:	Wapometal Voice of All Things

Related Articles
Associated Locations:	Goa Kingdom Foosha Village Mt. Colubo Rusukaina Shimotsuki Village Kuraigana Island Oykot Kingdom Conomi Islands Cocoyasi Village Arlong Park Weatheria Gecko Islands (Syrup Village) Boin Archipelago Germa Kingdom Baratie Momoiro Island Drum Island (Sakura Kingdom) Torino Kingdom Ohara Arabasta Kingdom Baltigo Water 7 Karakuri Island Florian Triangle Kenzan Island Fish-Man Island Tongari Island^(Non-Canon)^≠
Former Memberships:	Dadan Family Impel Down Arlong Pirates Usopp Pirates Germa 66 (Vinsmoke Family) Foxy Pirates Baroque Works Revolutionary Army Tom's Workers Franky Family Rumbar Pirates Ammo Knights Sun Pirates Seven Warlords of the Sea Big Mom Pirates
Instigated Events:	Davy Back Fight Celestial Dragon Hit-and-Run Incident Impel Down Great Escape Incident Nightmare of Baldimore Legend of the Sacred Burning Beast of Baldimore Operation SOP Raid on Onigashima Egghead Incident Operation TSO^(Non-Canon)^≠
Other:	Super Rookie Worst Generation Will of D. Inherited Will Straw Hat Straw Hat Grand Fleet Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance Four Emperors

[v·e·?]

Red Hair Pirates

Chief:	Shanks
First Mate:	Benn Beckman
Senior Officers:	Lucky Roux Yasopp Limejuice Bonk Punch Monster Building Snake Hongo Gab
Other Members:	Rockstar Uta^(Former)^‡
Subordinates:	Oli Puddle Pirates (Gerotini) Social Club (Fugar) Bourgeois Pirates (Pururu) Night Butterfly Pirates (Linaria)
Allies & Affiliates:	Giant Warrior Pirates
Ships:	Red Force

Abilities
Fighting Style Based:	Haki
Weapon Based:	Gryphon
Devil Fruit Based:	Uta Uta no Mi^(Non-Canon)^≠^(Former)^‡

Related Articles
Story Arc(s):	Romance Dawn Arc Loguetown Arc Jaya Arc Post-Enies Lobby Arc Marineford Arc Post-War Arc Levely Arc Wano Country Arc Uta's Past Arc^(Non-Canon)^≠ Egghead Arc
Cover Stories:	From the Decks of the World: The 500,000,000 Man Arc
Movies:	One Piece Film: Red
Specials:	Episode of Luffy Episode of East Blue
Locations:	Foosha Village Marineford Yukiryu Island Wano Country Elbaf
Belongings:	Gomu Gomu no Mi^(Former)^‡ Straw Hat^(Former)^‡
Others:	Four Emperors Monkey D. Luffy Roger Pirates

[v·e·?]

Dawn Island

Nobles:	Sterry Sarie Nantokanette Outlook III Didit Sabo^(Former)^‡ Ahho Desunen IX Ahho Zurako
Other Residents:	Monkey D. Luffy^(Former)^‡ Makino Woop Slap Gyoru Chicken Higuma^(Deceased)^† Lord of the Coast Monkey D. Garp Monkey D. Dragon^(Former)^‡ Portgas D. Ace^(Former)^‡^(Deceased)^† Curly Dadan Dogra Magra Minatomo Bluejam^{(Unknown status)}^? Porchemy^(Deceased)^† Pochi^(Non-Canon)^≠ Naguri^(Non-Canon)^≠^(Former)^‡ Gillian^(Non-Canon)^≠^(Former)^‡
Visitors:	Red Hair Pirates Jalmack Revolutionary Army
Groups:	Dadan Family Bluejam Pirates
Locations:	Goa Kingdom (Foosha Village Mt. Colubo Midway Forest Gray Terminal)

Abilities
Devil Fruit Based:	Gomu Gomu no Mi
Fighting Styles Based:	Haki

Related Articles
Story Arcs:	Romance Dawn Arc Loguetown Arc Post-Enies Lobby Arc Chapter 0 Post-War Arc Dressrosa Arc Wano Country Arc Uta's Past Arc^(Non-Canon)^≠
Cover Stories:	From the Decks of the World From the Decks of the World: The 500,000,000 Man Arc
Specials:	Episode of Luffy Episode of Sabo Episode of East Blue
Others:	Levely

[v·e·?]

Worst Generation

Members:	Monkey D. Luffy Roronoa Zoro Capone Bege Jewelry Bonney Basil Hawkins^{(Unknown status)}^? Scratchmen Apoo Eustass Kid^{(Unknown status)}^? X Drake^{(Unknown status)}^? Urouge Killer^{(Unknown status)}^? Trafalgar D. Water Law Marshall D. Teach
Crews:	Straw Hat Pirates Fire Tank Pirates Bonney Pirates Hawkins Pirates On Air Pirates Kid Pirates^{(Unknown status)}^? Drake Pirates Fallen Monk Pirates Heart Pirates Blackbeard Pirates
Ships:	Thousand Sunny (Shiro Mokuba I Mini Merry II Shark Submerge III) Nostra Castello^(Destroyed)^† Jewelry Margherita^{(Unknown status)}^? Grudge Dolph Stay Tune Victoria Punk^(Destroyed)^† Liberal Hind Hanjomaru Polar Tang^(Destroyed)^† Saber of Xebec

Abilities
Devil Fruit Based:	Gomu Gomu no Mi Shiro Shiro no Mi Toshi Toshi no Mi Wara Wara no Mi Oto Oto no Mi Jiki Jiki no Mi Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Allosaurus SMILE Ope Ope no Mi Yami Yami no Mi Gura Gura no Mi
Sword Based:	Wado Ichimonji Sandai Kitetsu Shusui^(Former)^‡ Enma Warabide Sword Saber Kikoku
Projectile Weapon Based:	Firearms KX Launcher
Other Weapon Based:	Punishers Four-Bladed Axe Seastone Spear
Fighting Style Based:	Three Sword Style/Nine Sword Style Foxfire Style Haki

Related Articles
Related Groups:	Four Emperors Seven Warlords of the Sea^(Former)^‡ Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance^{(Former:Disbanded)}^‡ Kid-On Air-Hawkins Alliance^{(Former:Disbanded)}^‡ Straw Hat Grand Fleet Beasts Pirates Big Mom Pirates^(Former)^‡ Sanji Retrieval Team-Fire Tank Alliance^{(Former:Disbanded)}^‡
Story Arcs:	Sea of Survival: Super Rookies Saga (Sabaody Archipelago Arc Marineford Arc Post-War Arc) Return to Sabaody Arc Fish-Man Island Arc Punk Hazard Arc Dressrosa Arc Zou Arc Whole Cake Island Arc Levely Arc Wano Country Arc Egghead Arc
Cover Stories:	Caribou's Kehihihihi in the New World "Gang" Bege's Oh My Family
Movies:	One Piece: Stampede
Others:	Pirate Super Rookie Bounties Duel on Banaro Island Sabaody Archipelago Celestial Dragon Hit-and-Run Incident Summit War of Marineford Will of D. Rocky Port Incident Payback War Wano Country Egghead Incident

[v·e·?]

Will of D.

Monkey Family:	Monkey D. Garp^{(Unknown status)}^? Monkey D. Dragon Monkey D. Luffy
Gol/Portgas Family:	Gol D. Roger^(Deceased)^† Portgas D. Rouge^(Deceased)^† Portgas D. Ace^(Deceased)^†
Nefertari Family:	Nefertari Vivi Nefertari Cobra^(Deceased)^† Nefertari D. Lili^(Deceased)^†
Other Carriers:	Marshall D. Teach Jaguar D. Saul Trafalgar D. Water Law Rocks D. Xebec^(Deceased)^†

Abilities
Devil Fruit Based:	Gomu Gomu no Mi Mera Mera no Mi^{(Deceased:Returned to Circulation)}^† Yami Yami no Mi Ope Ope no Mi Gura Gura no Mi
Fighting Style Based:	Haki
Weapons:	Kikoku Firearm Ace
Support:	Voice of All Things

Related Articles
Organizations:	Straw Hat Pirates Whitebeard Pirates Revolutionary Army Marines Roger Pirates Blackbeard Pirates Spade Pirates Heart Pirates Donquixote Pirates Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance Rocks Pirates Freedom Fighters^(Former)^‡
Others:	Grand Times

[v·e·?]

Davy Back Fight

Canon Participants:	Foxy Porche Hamburg Kibagaeru Fanged Toad Pirate Crewmembers Capote Monda Pickles Big Pan Nami Usopp Tony Tony Chopper Nico Robin Roronoa Zoro Sanji Monkey D. Luffy
Announcers:	Itomimizu Chuchun
Civilians:	Tonjit Shelly
Anime Only Participants:	Mashikaku Chiqicheetah Jube Girarin Komei Dojaku Kansho Franky Brook^{(Expelled before participating)}^*
Other:	Rokuroshi (Head Referee)^(Non-Canon)^≠

Abilities
Devil Fruit Based:	Noro Noro no Mi Gomu Gomu no Mi Hito Hito no Mi Hana Hana no Mi
Fighting Style Based:	Fish-Man Karate No Sword Style Afro Gorilla Puncher Gorilla Puncher 13 Gorilla Puncher 18^(Non-Canon)^≠

Related Articles
Story Arcs:	Long Ring Long Land Arc Adventure of Nebulandia^(Non-Canon)^≠
Locations:	Pirate Island Long Ring Long Land Kinoko Island^(Non-Canon)^≠
Locomotions:	Sexy Foxy Fanged Toad Pirates' ship Cutie Wagon Going Merry Taru Tiger Harem No Tango^(Non-Canon)^≠ Kani Crane^(Non-Canon)^≠ Kaji King^(Non-Canon)^≠ Oyakata Bune^(Non-Canon)^≠ Look Special^(Non-Canon)^≠ Mother Ship Coaster^(Non-Canon)^≠ Tarumanma^(Non-Canon)^≠ Ma Ikkada^(Non-Canon)^≠
Others:	Pirate Jolly Roger

[v·e·?]

Corrida Colosseum

Participants
Donquixote Family:	Diamante Senor Pink^{(Former:Absent)}^‡ Dellinger^{(Former:Absent)}^‡ Lao G^{(Former:Absent)}^‡ Machvise^{(Former:Absent)}^‡
A Block:	Jesus Burgess^(Winner)^* Miko Miko^(Non-Canon)^≠ CD Miyamo-To^(Non-Canon)^≠ Yosi Takas^(Non-Canon)^≠ Cherry Cherry P Sakuruda^(Non-Canon)^≠ Tera^(Non-Canon)^≠ Rimotaro^(Non-Canon)^≠ Komaking^(Non-Canon)^≠
B Block:	Bartolomeo^(Winner)^* Bellamy Elizabello II Dagama Abdullah Jeet Blue Gilly Tank Lepanto Ricky Hack Capman^{(Former:Absent)}^‡
C Block:	Lucy^{(Winner and Champion)}^* (Monkey D. Luffy → Sabo) Chinjao Sai Boo Bobby Funk Kelly Funk Hajrudin Jean Ango Ideo Ucy
D Block:	Rebecca^(Winner)^* Cavendish Suleiman Orlumbus Mummy Meadows Agyo Damask Rolling Logan Acilia Gardoa^(Non-Canon)^≠
Unknown Block:	Spartan^{(Former:Disqualified)}^‡ Hera Gambia^{(Former:Absent)}^‡ Inchikin^(Non-Canon)^≠ Justy^(Non-Canon)^≠
Former Participants:	Kyros^{(Former:Retired)}^‡ Zenran^(Non-Canon)^≠ Biezom^(Non-Canon)^≠

Others
Staff:	Gatz
Spectators:	Franky Issho Aremo Ganmi Mukkashimi Tower
Animals:	Fighting Fish

Abilities
Devil Fruit Based:	Gomu Gomu no Mi Bane Bane no Mi Bari Bari no Mi Jake Jake no Mi Sui Sui no Mi Hira Hira no Mi Ton Ton no Mi
Fighting Style Based:	Haki Fish-Man Karate Jao Kun Do Hasshoken Ryusoken Jio-Ken
Weapons Based:	Durandal

Miscellaneous
Locations:	Dressrosa Kano Country Mogaro Kingdom Prodence Kingdom Rommel Kingdom Majiatsuka Kingdom
Crews:	Donquixote Pirates Blackbeard Pirates Straw Hat Pirates Barto Club Beautiful Pirates Happo Navy New Giant Warrior Pirates
Organizations:	Revolutionary Army Marines Yonta Maria Grand Fleet
Story Arcs:	Dressrosa Arc

[v·e·?]

Super Rookie

Members:	Worst Generation (Monkey D. Luffy Roronoa Zoro Capone Bege Jewelry Bonney Basil Hawkins^{(Unknown status)}^? Scratchmen Apoo Eustass Kid^{(Unknown status)}^? X Drake^{(Unknown status)}^? Urouge Killer^{(Unknown status)}^? Trafalgar D. Water Law) Portgas D. Ace^(Deceased)^† Cavendish Caribou Coribou Bartolomeo
Crews:	Worst Generation (Straw Hat Pirates Fire Tank Pirates Bonney Pirates Hawkins Pirates On Air Pirates Kid Pirates^{(Unknown status)}^? Drake Pirates Fallen Monk Pirates Heart Pirates) Spade Pirates Caribou Pirates Beautiful Pirates Barto Club
Ships:	Thousand Sunny (Shiro Mokuba I Mini Merry II Shark Submerge III) Nostra Castello^(Destroyed)^† Jewelry Margherita^{(Unknown status)}^? Grudge Dolph Stay Tune Victoria Punk^(Destroyed)^† Liberal Hind Hanjomaru Polar Tang^(Destroyed)^† Piece of Spadille^(Destroyed)^† (Striker) Numabou^(Destroyed)^† Sleeping White Horse of the Forest Going Luffy-senpai

Abilities
Devil Fruit Based:	Gomu Gomu no Mi Shiro Shiro no Mi Toshi Toshi no Mi Wara Wara no Mi Oto Oto no Mi Jiki Jiki no Mi Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Allosaurus SMILE Ope Ope no Mi Mera Mera no Mi Numa Numa no Mi Bari Bari no Mi
Sword Based:	Wado Ichimonji Sandai Kitetsu Yubashiri^(Destroyed)^† Shusui^(Former)^‡ Enma Warabide Sword Saber Kikoku Durandal
Projectile Weapon Based:	Firearms KX Launcher
Other Weapon Based:	Punishers Four-Bladed Axe Seastone Spear
Fighting Style Based:	Three Sword Style/Nine Sword Style Foxfire Style Haki

Related Articles
Related Groups:	Four Emperors Seven Warlords of the Sea^(Former)^‡ Whitebeard Pirates Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance^{(Former:Disbanded)}^‡ Kid-On Air-Hawkins Alliance^{(Former:Disbanded)}^‡ Straw Hat Grand Fleet Beasts Pirates Big Mom Pirates^(Former)^‡ Sanji Retrieval Team-Fire Tank Alliance^{(Former:Disbanded)}^‡
Story Arcs:	Sea of Survival: Super Rookies Saga (Sabaody Archipelago Arc Marineford Arc Post-War Arc) Return to Sabaody Arc Fish-Man Island Arc Punk Hazard Arc Caesar Retrieval Arc^(Non-Canon)^≠ Dressrosa Arc Silver Mine Arc^(Non-Canon)^≠ Zou Arc Whole Cake Island Arc Wano Country Arc Egghead Arc
Cover Stories:	Caribou's Kehihihihi in the New World The Stories of the Self-Proclaimed Straw Hat Grand Fleet "Gang" Bege's Oh My Family
Movies:	One Piece: Stampede
Others:	Pirate Bounties Duel on Banaro Island Sabaody Archipelago Celestial Dragon Hit-and-Run Incident Summit War of Marineford Will of D. Rocky Port Incident Wano Country Egghead Incident

[v·e·?]

Impel Down

Staff
High Ranking Staff:	Hannyabal Magellan Saldeath Sadi Domino Shiryu^{(Former:Revoked)}^‡
Guards and Beasts:	Sukoshiba Kanish*toru Bazooka Unit Jailer Beasts (Minotaurus Minorhinoceros Minokoala Minozebra Minochihuahua) Basilisk Sphinx
Other Staff:	Muchana Marine Battleships Line

Prisoners

Canon:

Pankuta Dakeyan
Bellett
Senor Pink
Jean Goen^{(Level 1: Crimson Hell)}^*
An Zengaiina^{(Level 2: Wild Beast Hell)}^*
Kairo Kureyo^{(Level 5: Freezing Hell)}^*
Bentham^{(Level 5.5: Newkama Land)}^*^{(Former:Level 3: Starvation Hell)}^‡
Dobby Ibadonbo^{(Level 6: Eternal Hell)}^*
Doha Ittanka II^{(Level 6: Eternal Hell)}^*
Donquixote Doflamingo^{(Level 6: Eternal Hell)}^*
Morley^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Arlong^{(Former:Released)}^‡
Buggy^{(Level 1: Crimson Hell)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Galdino^{(Level 2: Wild Beast Hell)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Kinoko^{(Level 5: Freezing Hell)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Daz Bonez^{(Level 4: Blazing Hell)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Monkey D. Luffy^{(Level 5: Freezing Hell)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Newkamas^{(Level 5.5: Newkama Land)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡ (Emporio Ivankov^{(Former:Level 5: Freezing Hell)}^‡
Inazuma^{(Former:Level 5: Freezing Hell)}^‡
Usakkov
Tsunokkov
Francois)
Shiki^{(Level 6: Eternal Hell)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Portgas D. Ace^{(Level 6: Eternal Hell)}^*^{(Former:Transferred)}^‡
Jinbe^{(Level 6: Eternal Hell)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Crocodile^{(Level 6: Eternal Hell)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Shiryu^{(Level 6: Eternal Hell)}^*^{(Former:Released)}^‡
Catarina Devon^{(Level 6: Eternal Hell)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Sanjuan Wolf^{(Level 6: Eternal Hell)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Vasco Shot^{(Level 6: Eternal Hell)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Avalo Pizarro^{(Level 6: Eternal Hell)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡

Non-Canon:

Olive
Shuzo
Balzac's Prisoner Unit (Chameleone
Smash
Bürst
Dandy
Diamante
Lao G)
Emmy
Newkama Six Forces^{(Level 5.5: Newkama Land)}^*
Su^{(Level 5.5: Newkama Land)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Satchin^{(Level 5.5: Newkama Land)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Kei^{(Level 5.5: Newkama Land)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Miki^{(Level 5.5: Newkama Land)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Chico^{(Level 5.5: Newkama Land)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Reiko^{(Level 5.5: Newkama Land)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Noriko^{(Level 5.5: Newkama Land)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Mi^{(Level 5.5: Newkama Land)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Shimizu^{(Level 5.5: Newkama Land)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Saori^{(Level 5.5: Newkama Land)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Miho^{(Level 5.5: Newkama Land)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Patrick Redfield^{(Level 6: Eternal Hell)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Byrnndi World^{(Level 6: Eternal Hell)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Douglas Bullet^{(Level 6: Eternal Hell)}^*^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Jude^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Bulaniki^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡
Bulototo^{(Former:Escaped)}^‡

Abilities (Staff)
Devil Fruit Based:	Doku Doku no Mi
Weapon Based:	Kessui Raiu^(Former)^‡

Abilities (Prisoners)
Devil Fruit Based:	Bara Bara no Mi^(Former)^‡ Doru Doru no Mi^(Former)^‡ Mane Mane no Mi Supa Supa no Mi^(Former)^‡ Gomu Gomu no Mi^(Former)^‡ Horu Horu no Mi^(Former)^‡ Choki Choki no Mi^(Former)^‡ Fuwa Fuwa no Mi^(Former)^‡ Suna Suna no Mi^(Former)^‡ Mera Mera no Mi^(Former)^‡ Deka Deka no Mi^(Former)^‡ Ito Ito no Mi Oshi Oshi no Mi^(Former)^‡ Sui Sui no Mi Moa Moa no Mi^(Non-Canon)^≠^(Former)^‡ Gasha Gasha no Mi^(Non-Canon)^≠^(Former)^‡
Fighting Styles Based:	Okama Kenpo Haki Fish-Man Karate^(Former)^‡
Weapon Based:	Oto and Kogarashi^(Former)^‡ Buggy Balls^(Former)^‡ Raiu^(Former)^‡

Related Articles
Story Arcs:	Impel Down Arc Chapter 0 Fish-Man Island Arc Levely Arc
Cover Stories:	From the Decks of the World
Movies:	One Piece: Stampede
Locations:	Calm Belt Gates of Justice Levels (Level 1: Crimson Hell Level 2: Wild Beast Hell Level 3: Starvation Hell Level 4: Blazing Hell Level 5: Freezing Hell Level 5.5: Newkama Land Level 6: Eternal Hell)
Others:	World Government Seven Warlords of the Sea Baroque Works Revolutionary Army Prison Escape Team Kenju Haribarisō Newkamas Impel Down Great Escape Incident

[v·e·?]

Prisoner Mine

Staff:	Babanuki Dobon Daifugo Solitaire Alpacaman Madilloman Pudos Ibiributsu
Prisoners^{(Former:All Escaped)}^‡:	Kawamatsu Hyogoro Caribou Eustass Kid^{(Unknown status)}^? Monkey D. Luffy Killer^{(Unknown status)}^? Tsunagoro Cho Omasa Yatappe

Abilities
Devil Fruit Based:	SMILE Numa Numa no Mi Jiki Jiki no Mi Gomu Gomu no Mi
Fighting Style Based:	Haki Kappa Style Alpaca Kenpo
Support:	Seastone Mummy (Excite Bullets Excite Shot)

Related Articles
Story Arcs:	Wano Country Arc
Others:	Wano Country (Udon) Beasts Pirates Queen

[v·e·?]

World Government

Leaders:	Imu Five Elders (Jaygarcia Saturn Marcus Mars Topman Warcury Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro Shepherd Ju Peter) Kong
First Twenty:	Nerona Family (Nerona Imu) Nefertari Family (Nefertari D. Lili) Donquixote Family
World Nobles:	Rosward Shalria Charlos Jalmack Donquixote Mjosgard^(Deceased)^† Pluming Figarland Garling Donquixote Homing^{(Former:Renounced Title)}^‡ Donquixote Doflamingo^(Former)^‡ Donquixote Rosinante^(Former)^‡ Camael^(Non-Canon)^≠
Affiliate Nations:	Arabasta Kingdom Sakura Kingdom Ilisia Kingdom Sorbet Kingdom Black Drum Kingdom Goa Kingdom Ryugu Kingdom Dressrosa Prodence Kingdom Germa Kingdom^(Former)^‡ Lulusia Kingdom^(Destroyed)^† Kano Country Roshwan Kingdom Ballywood Kingdom Tajine Kingdom Shishano Kingdom Eigis Kingdom Whiteland Kingdom Deul Kingdom Frauce Kingdom Samba Kingdom Bestland Kingdom South Fire Kingdom Chaco Kingdom Jambalaya Kingdom Gingaball Kingdom Cameron Kingdom Nagagutsu Kingdom Beef Kingdom Ringo Kingdom Vodka Kingdom
Associated Groups:	God's Knights Figarland Family Manmayer Family Cipher Pol (0 5 6 7 9) Marines Seven Warlords of the Sea^(Former)^‡ Police Jailer Beasts Nobles
Significant Locations:	Gates of Justice Mary Geoise (Pangaea Castle) Enies Lobby^(Destroyed)^† Guanhao Impel Down Marine Headquarters (Marineford^(Former)^‡ New Marineford) Red Port

Government Employees
Cipher Pol Agents:	Guernica^{(Unknown status)}^? Joseph Gismonda Rob Lucci Hattori Spandam Funkfreed Stussy^(Undercover)^^(Former)^‡ Kaku Maha^{(Unknown status)}^? Blueno Kalifa Jabra Kumadori fckurou Nero^{(Former:Dismissed)}^‡ Spandine^{(Former:Retired)}^‡ Laskey^{(Former:Retired)}^‡ Who's-Who^{(Former:Dismissed)}^‡ Alpha Wanze Jerry
Enies Lobby Staff:	Baskerville Watchdog Unit of the Law Just Eleven Jurymen Oimo^{(Former:Defected)}^‡ Kashii^{(Former:Defected)}^‡ Gatherine Jorge
Impel Down Staff:	Hannyabal Magellan Domino Sadi Saldeath Shiryu^{(Former:Revoked)}^‡ Sukoshiba Kanish*toru Bazooka Unit Muchana Minotaurus Minorhinoceros Minokoala Minozebra Minochihuahua Blue Gorillas Puzzle Scorpions Manticore Basilisk Sphinx Wolf Unit
Other Agents:	Corgi

Abilities
Devil Fruit Based:	Doa Doa no Mi Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Leopard Zou Zou no Mi Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Wolf Ushi Ushi no Mi, Model: Giraffe Awa Awa no Mi Doku Doku no Mi Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Saber Tiger^(Former)^‡
Fighting Style Based:	Rokushiki Ramen Kenpo Seimei Kikan Four Sword Style Doriki Haki
Weapon Based:	Mother Flame Kessui Raiu^(Former)^‡

Related Articles
Story Arcs:	Loguetown Arc Drum Island Arc Arabasta Arc Jaya Arc Long Ring Long Land Arc Water 7 Arc Enies Lobby Arc Post-Enies Lobby Arc Thriller Bark Arc Sabaody Archipelago Arc Impel Down Arc Chapter 0 Post-War Arc Return to Sabaody Arc Fish-Man Island Arc Punk Hazard Arc Dressrosa Arc Whole Cake Island Arc Levely Arc Wano Country Arc Egghead Arc
Cover Stories:	CP9's Independent Report Germa 66's Ahh... An Emotionless Excursion
Movies:	One Piece Film: Gold One Piece: Stampede One Piece Film: Red
Events:	Levely Ohara Incident Duel at Banaro Island Celestial Dragon Hit-and-Run Incident Impel Down Great Escape Incident Summit War of Marineford God Valley Incident Egghead Incident
Possessions:	Straw Hat Gomu Gomu no Mi^(Former)^‡
Others:	Bounties Justice Empty Throne Red Line Margin^{(Former:Arrested)}^‡^(Non-Canon)^≠ Pororoka^(Deceased)^†^(Non-Canon)^≠ Mooji^(Non-Canon)^≠^{(Memoria Only)}^* Maitei^(Non-Canon)^≠^{(Memoria Only)}^* Insk^(Non-Canon)^≠^{(Memoria Only)}^* Rikaon^(Non-Canon)^≠^{(Memoria Only)}^*

[v·e·?]

Four Emperors

Current Members:	Shanks Marshall D. Teach Monkey D. Luffy Buggy
Former Members:	Edward Newgate^(Deceased)^† Charlotte Linlin^{(Unknown status)}^? Kaidou^{(Unknown status)}^?
Groups:	Red Hair Pirates Blackbeard Pirates Straw Hat Pirates (Straw Hat Grand Fleet) Cross Guild (Buggy Pirates Buggy's Delivery) Whitebeard Pirates^(Former)^‡ Big Mom Pirates^(Former)^‡ Beasts Pirates^(Former)^‡
Ships:	Red Force Saber of Xebec Thousand Sunny Big Top Blaster Moby Dick^(Destroyed)^† Queen Mama Chanter^(Former)^‡

Abilities
Devil Fruit Based:	Yami Yami no Mi Gura Gura no Mi Gomu Gomu no Mi Bara Bara no Mi Soru Soru no Mi^(Former)^‡ Uo Uo no Mi, Model: Seiryu^(Former)^‡
Fighting Style Based:	Haki
Weapon Based:	Gryphon Firearms Buggy Balls Murakumogiri^(Former)^‡ Napoleon^(Former)^‡ Prometheus^(Former)^‡ Zeus^(Former)^‡ Hera^(Former)^‡ Hassaikai^(Former)^‡

Related Articles
Locations:	New World (Yukiryu Island Foodvalten^{(Unknown status)}^? Hachinosu Karai Bari Island Totto Land (Whole Cake Island)^(Former)^‡ Wano Country (Onigashima)^(Former)^‡ Sphinx^(Former)^‡) Fish-Man Island
Story Arcs:	Loguetown Arc Jaya Arc Post-Enies Lobby Arc Thriller Bark Arc Marineford Arc Post-War Arc Fish-Man Island Arc Punk Hazard Arc Dressrosa Arc Zou Arc Whole Cake Island Arc Levely Arc Wano Country Arc Egghead Arc
Cover Stories:	From the Decks of the World: The 500,000,000 Man Arc
Others:	Pirate Bounties Three Great Powers Summit War of Marineford Rocky Port Incident Payback War Raid on Onigashima New Onigashima Project Will of D. Egghead Incident

FAQs

Who actually ate the gum gum fruit? ›

13 years ago, the World Government had managed to capture and secure the fruit after chasing it for over 800 years. However, during transport, it was stolen by Shanks and his crew. Shortly after, it was heedlessly eaten by the series' protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy.

Get More Info Here ›

Did Luffy eat the gum gum fruit or the nika nika fruit? ›

One Piece 1117: What To Expect From The Chapter

In doing so, Luffy also awakened his Devil Fruit. It was revealed to the fans that the Devil Fruit's true name wasn't the Gomu Gomu no Mi, but the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika, and it is hugely important to the overarching plot of the series.

See Details ›

What is the secret of the Gomu Gomu no Mi? ›

The Gomu Gomu no Mi, also known as Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika, is a Mythical Zoan-type fruit with powers of both Paramecia and Zoan. Luffy's awakening of the Gomu Gomu no Mi allows him to have a unique transformation and spread his rubber ability to his surroundings and even other living beings.

Find Out More ›

Does Luffy still say gomu gomu no? ›

Luffy always begins his attacks by saying "Gomu Gomu no..." and finishes with an attack-specific word, either in Japanese or English, such as Gatling or Yari. The majority of them are named after guns and various other firearms.

Discover More Details ›

Did Joy Boy eat the gum gum fruit? ›

Joy Boy ate the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika, a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit that allowed him to become an incarnation of the ever-playful sun god, Nika. It gave him a body with the properties of rubber, giving him the freedom to fight however he wanted.

Why did Shanks not eat a Devil Fruit? ›

If Shanks were ever to eat a Devil Fruit, he would become a less intriguing character. It would also go against the themes he and other characters have established since the beginning and how it takes more than the power of a Devil Fruit to be the Pirate King.

Find Out More ›

Did Shanks know it was the sun god fruit? ›

Shanks knew the true nature of Luffy's Sun God Nika Devil Fruit, confirming fan suspicions.

Is the gum-gum fruit fake? ›

The name "Gum-Gum Fruit" was made up by the World Government to hide the true nature of the Devil Fruit. Its actual classification is the Human-Human Fruit Model: Nika, a Mythical Zoan Fruit with the powers of the Sun God it's named after. It's only a matter of time before the other characters in the story find out.

Show Me More ›

Did Shanks want Luffy to eat the Devil Fruit? ›

However, while Shanks obviously planned to steal the legendary Devil Fruit, it's equally clear that he didn't want to feed it to Monkey D. Luffy.

Get More Info Here ›

What is the rarest Devil Fruit? ›

Logia. The rarest and most powerful of the three Devil Fruit types, Logia-type Devil Fruits allow their users to create, control, and transform their body into a natural element, such as sand, mud, smoke, lightning, plant life, and even darkness.

Discover More Details ›

What fruit did Chopper eat? ›

Chopper grew up on the winter island Drum, where he was an outcast among reindeer due to his blue nose. He ate the Hito Hito no Mi (ヒトヒトの実, Human Human Fruit), giving him the ability to speak, think, and transform into a human. This ability further alienated him from the other reindeer, and he was rejected by the herd.

Know More ›

What is the real power of the gum gum fruit? ›

The Gomu Gomu no Mi which is also referred to as “Hito Hito Model: Nika” It is a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit that enablhes the user's body to stretch, making the user a rubber Human (ゴム人間 Gomu Ningen).

View Details ›

Is Luffy asexual? ›

While you could argue that Luffy is just incredibly focused when it comes to his quest, plenty of fans have taken all this to mean he might actually be asexual, even though that hasn't been confirmed as canon. There are a few select moments that might call this into doubt though.

Keep Reading ›

Does Zoro eat Devil Fruit? ›

Zoro does not rely on Devil Fruits, but if he were to eat one, the Buki Buki no Mi would allow him to transform into multiple weapons, expanding his combat options.

Learn More ›

Did Shanks know about Nika? ›

Shanks already had information about Nika, the Sun God, and knew that the person who is destined to be Nika is not him. This is evident from the fact that Roger himself knew that he was not the next Joy Boy and that he had arrived too early.

Who ate gum-gum fruit before Luffy? ›

"Gomu" means "Gum" in Japanese. In the Viz Manga, 4Kids and FUNimation dubs, it is called the gum-gum Fruit. It was originally a treasure that Shanks and his crew took from a CP9 member Who's Who, but was accidentally eaten by the series protagonist Monkey D. Luffy.

Discover More Details ›

Did Luffy eat the gum-gum fruit on accident? ›

Shanks and his crew ultimately escaped from the clash with the Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit in their possession, and shortly after, they arrived in Foosha Village, where they remained until Monkey D. Luffy consumed it by accident.

Does Luffy really have the gum-gum fruit? ›

Luffy's Devil Fruit, the Gum-Gum fruit, is not exactly what it was once believed to be. Back in Chapter 1044, the Five Elders revealed that Luffy's Devil Fruit was actually the Human-Human fruit, and it's not a Paramecia type.

Learn More ›

Who did Shanks steal the gum-gum fruit from? ›

Fans already speculated that when Shanks stole the Devil Fruit from the World Government he knew that it was actually a much more powerful and dangerous one, and the manga clearly confirmed it, changing One Piece's relationship between Luffy and Shanks forever.

Gomu Gomu no Mi (2024)

Contents

Etymology[]

Appearance[]

Transformations[]

Strengths[]

Awakening[]

Weaknesses[]

Usage[]

History[]

Past[]

Romance Dawn[]

Dressrosa Saga[]

Dressrosa Arc[]

Wano Country Saga[]

Wano Country Arc[]

Early Concepts[]

Adaptation Differences[]

Translation and Dub Issues[]

Name[]

Origin[]

Spelling of Gears[]

Trivia[]

References[]

External links[]

Site Navigation[]

FAQs

Who actually ate the gum gum fruit? ›

What fruit did Chopper eat? ›