Pika Pika no Mi

The Pika Pika no Mi is a Logia-type Devil Fruit consumed by Admiral Kizaru. "Pikapika" is an onomatopoeia of glimmering or shining light, making Kizaru the "Light Man". In the Viz Manga and FUNimation subs, it is called the Glint-Glint Fruit.

Like most Logia fruits, this fruit makes the user immune to normal attacks by turning his body into light and allows him to create beams of light from his body. It also enables him to move at the speed of light and transport himself by means of reflection.

Strengths and Weaknesses
The fruit's major strengths, like other Logia types, allows the user to become the element they control. In this case, Kizaru is able to transform into light. From this, Kizaru is able to utilize light-based attacks, all of which are very devastating, and is able to avoid normal attacks by turning into light and allowing the attack to pass through him completely. Kizaru is also able to travel, and attack at the speed of light and is able to reflect himself to any desired location. It is likely that he can be reflected like ordinary light while in light form. He is also extremely accurate with his abilities, able to hit the key to Ace's handcuffs from a far distance.

This fruit's power doesn't seem to have any weaknesses other than the standard Devil Fruit weaknesses. However, though this is a Logia-class Devil Fruit that renders the user intangible, Silvers Rayleigh used Haki to suppress the power of the Devil Fruit, nullifying Kizaru's intangibility, and allowing him to kick away his attacks, as well as cut him with a sword. Also, considering it is light-based, his attacks and abilities can only travel in direct, straight lines, and enemies may be able to take advantage of reflective surfaces.

Usage
Kizaru has so far been shown using this fruit to travel at the speed of light (to the point of claiming Monkey D. Luffy in his Gear Second mode "slow"), augment his kicking strength dramatically, launch light-energy attacks that have explosive or piercing properties (depending on his way of using it), blind his opponents, and form an energy blade out of pure light.

His Devil Fruit was further researched by Doctor Vegapunk, recreating his blasts in the Pacifista Bartholomew Kuma and his likeness.

Below is a list of his named techniques, all of them are named after one of Japan's Three Sacred Treasures:


 * Yata no Kagami (八咫鏡, Eight Span Mirror): Kizaru forms light in between his hands, and reflects it off any surface he wishes. He then rides the light to get to his desired location, as well as blinding his opponents. It was first seen against Scratchmen Apoo, though the second time, it was stopped by Rayleigh by cutting the beam of light with a sword. It's named after the Yata no Kagami. In the FUNimation subs, it is called Yata Mirror.


 * Ama no Murakumo (天叢雲剣, Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven): Kizaru forms a long sword out of light, similar to Admiral Aokiji's "Ice Saber" technique. It was first used against Silvers Rayleigh. It's named after the Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi, which is later known as the Kusanagi no Tsurugi. It also looks similar to the lightsabers used in the Star Wars series. In the FUNimation subs, it is called Ama no Murakumo Sword.


 * Yasakani no Magatama (八尺瓊曲玉, Eight Shaku Curved Jewel): Kizaru shoots in succession many powerful energy beams from both of his hands. It was first used against Whitebeard but blocked by Marco. Used again when attempting to strike down the Heart Pirates' submarine, in which the attack is shown to have a wider range than against Whitebeard, and can penetrate deep into the sea. It's named after the Yasakani no Magatama.

Trivia

 * Kizaru's attacks are named after the three sacred treasures of the Imperial Regalia of Japan, which gives him a theme of the Shinto religion.
 * Kizaru's fight against Rayleigh could be a reference to a phenomenon of scattering light that was named after the physicist Lord Rayleigh as "Rayleigh scattering".
 * Like the other three Admirals, Kizaru's Devil Fruit, whose attacks often give off a yellowish color, matches his nickname, "The Yellow Monkey".