Mori Mori no Mi

The Mori Mori no Mi is a Logia-type Devil Fruit which allows the user to create, control, and transform into plants at will, making the user a Forest Human (森人間). It was eaten by Aramaki, better known as Admiral Ryokugyu.

Etymology

 * Mori (森) is the Japanese word for "forest".

Strengths and Weaknesses
I'm a "Forest Human" through the Mori Mori no Mi!!! A creator of life rivaling the "Seas"!!! I'm "Logia" [Nature] itself!!!

A holder of this Logia power can create, control, and transform into plants: namely those that make up forests. The user's body can partially or fully take on the characteristics of trees (from wood to foliage) as well as flowers, vines, moss, grass, etc., making them akin to a living forest (and making this the only known Logia whose element comes as a form of organic matter). The plants spawned by this ability can be grown rapidly and made to move around freely, seemingly being not limited by the rigidity and stiffness that some plants, like trees, would normally possess.



The user can generate large quantities of plants to unleash overwhelming large-scale attacks, like underground root tentacles that can ensnare multiple targets, or even enormous creatures such as dragons, at once. Additionally, those plants can rapidly absorb any liquid they touch, which includes dehydrating living creatures after impaling them, leaving them as shriveled husks.

Another benefit bestowed by this Logia is that the user can undergo photosynthesis with their plantlike body (the process by which plants use CO2 from the air, water from the ground, and sunlight to synthesize nutrients and oxygen), allowing the ability user to sustain themself indefinitely so long as they are exposed to light and water, without conventionally eating.

The user also appears to have direct influence on a land's fertility, leaving behind a trail of various plant life wherever they walk. Local levels of pollution do not seem to hinder the plant growth, meaning even a deadly, poisonous wasteland can become brimming with lush plant life almost immediately after a visit from the user of this Logia. It is currently unknown if this is passively active effect or something the ability user has to do on purpose.



Unlike most other Logia Devil Fruits, this fruit turns the user into a solid element instead of a fluid, making it similar to the Hie Hie no Mi (which deals with equally solid ice). This means that the user is unable to let attacks pass through their body, though said attacks are still harmless to them if their opponent does not use Busoshoku Haki, as they can simply regenerate from wounds like any Logia. Should the user's entire body be destroyed, their regeneration begins as a sapling spouting out of the ground before rapidly growing and returning to their original form.

While the fruit's power has an obvious weakness to fire, the user can train and adapt themselves against this fault by making their wooden body fireproof. That said, the user is still vulnerable to powerful enough fire techniques that can instantly incinerate their body. Aside from that, the user displays all the general weaknesses common to Devil Fruits.

Usage


Ryokugyu utilizes his abilities primarily in combat. He can use wooden, root-like tentacles to restrain enemies, enwrapping them and absorbing the moisture out of their bodies to sap their strength, until they have become too weak to fight back. Ryokugyu appears to be able to taste liquids he absorbs through his wood, shown when he impaled a barrel of alcohol with a branch and remarked on its flavor.

During combat, Ryokugyu was seen transforming himself into a large tree man, using this large version to attack opponents with his enlarged fists, taking advantage of the resulting height difference. This enables him to even fight as-high-as the large tree version he uses for combat.

Ryokugyu can also perform highly unorthodox feats with the plants he generates, such as growing a giant flower on his back and using it to fly by spinning it rapidly like a propeller. He can utilize Busoshoku Haki in conjunction with his plant appendages to increase their penetrating power as well.

Ryokugyu is also well aware of his natural weakness against flames, although as a Marine admiral, he has worked to circumvent this, even mocking those who fail to burn him down.

Techniques



 * Kinniku Mori Mori: Ryokugyu generates wood from his arms and manipulates it to shape a giant wooden golem rising to the surface that covers his original body; this is further indicated by the attack name being a pun on kinniku (筋肉) and morimori, the Japanese onomatopoeia for bulging muscles (in other words, flexing one's muscles in order to communicate strength). His golem form is able to reach gigantic sizes, seen in his fight against Morley and towered over the infrastructure of Mary Geoise. This is called Groves of Wrath in the English adaptations.


 * Bokarin (防火林): Ryokugyu makes his tree body less susceptible to fire-based attacks. This is called Firebreak Forest in the VIZ manga.

Trivia

 * The fruit's ability is similar to the non-canon Mosa Mosa no Mi, as both enable their consumers to control plants and make them grow, although the Mosa Mosa no Mi can only control existing plants and does not enable the user to transform. It also has a similar ability of the Suna Suna no Mi and the Shibo Shibo no Mi of drying their opponents.

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