The awakening of a Devil Fruit, especially a Zoan type, is a rare occurrence in the One Piece world until the Wano storyline.

Haki is divided into 3 types: Armament, Observation and Conqueror. The first two types can be acquired through practice, but Conqueror’s Haki is an innate gift. And then we have devil fruits divided into 3 systems: Zoan, Paramecia and Logia. Eating a devil fruit will give the user corresponding superpowers.

While the Paramecia system affects the user’s body or the world around them, Logia turns the user into a “god” that controls natural elements (lightning, light, smoke…). The Zoan system allows the person who eats it to become all kinds of animals, even prehistoric dinosaurs or mythical creatures, like gods.

In the most recent chat on “Road to Laugh Tale”, Oda said that awakening the Zoan could be fatal to the user, because the nature of the animal or mythical creature could destroy the user’s consciousness. user. This happened to several prison guards at Impel Down prison, who were trapped in animal form and unable to return to normal.

The case of Kaido, who ate a mythical Zoan fruit but never awakened it during the battle with Luffy. Perhaps the former Yonko knew about these risks and chose not to take the risk. This makes us wonder about Luffy’s future, since his devil fruit is also the mythical Zoan.

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When Luffy uses his full power against Kaido, there is a “who are you?” moment, suggesting that there may be more going on than we imagined. Did the god Nika take over the war at some point? Luffy may even risk losing his identity if he overuses this power, possibly becoming Joy Boy/Nika. While it’s tough to face these limitations, it’s a way to keep things in balance. To be fair, Luffy’s power is awesome.