Bari Bari no Mi

The Bari Bari no Mi is a Paramecia-class Devil Fruit that allows the user to generate barriers for defending or striking at will, turning the user into a Barrier Human (バリア人間). Bari comes from baria, the Japanese way of pronouncing the word "barrier". It was eaten by Bartolomeo.

Strengths and Weaknesses
The main strength of this fruit is that it allows the user to form invisible barriers, though they can be solidified to become visibly transparent. This protects the user from attacks from either front or back. The barriers appear to be immovable by any outside force. The barriers are strong enough to defend against even a fishman's high-powered punch, which injured said fishman's hand in return. Even the shock wave produced from Elizabello II's punch, which could allegedly take down an entire fortress, could not breach the shield, nor the area behind it. The shield can also be used for offensive purposes, launching forward to create powerful forces to strike the targets.

It is unknown if the barriers have a damage limit, but so far the ability appears to reacts to considerable amounts of force, as Bellamy was able to touch Bartolomeo with an outstretched hand, rather than a punch; as well as the barrier reacting to Hack's punch while Bartolomeo wasn't facing him, this may indicate a passively-active fruit. Besides that, it shares the standard weaknesses of Devil Fruits.

Usage
Bartolomeo uses the fruit's power to protect himself in combat, sitting idly by while his unsuspecting foes attack him and injure themselves. He can also use the shields offensively to strike down and repel his targets. Along with pinning them down and immobilizing them.

Attack List

 * Barrier Crash (バリアクラッシュ): Bartolomeo forms a transparent barrier in front of himself and sends it towards enemy so fast it crushes his enemy. The crush is powerful enough to defeat Elizabello II and create a shock wave. It was first shown being used against Elizabello in Corrida Colosseum right after it shielded Bartolomeo from the King Punch. He showed what appears to be a variation of this technique earlier, kicking Hack with an invisible force boosting the strike.

Trivia

 * The sign Bartolomeo makes with his fingers comes from the japanese mockery and also the sign of repelling something or someone impure or disgusting, followed by saying "engacho" (えんがちょ).
 * This fruit also shares this similarity of activating with an specific positioning of the hands withFoxy's Noro no Mi Noro Noro no Mi and Robin's Hana Hana no Mi.

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