Susu Susu no Mi

The Susu Susu no Mi is a Logia-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to create, control, and transform into soot at will. It was eaten by Karasu.

Etymology

 * Susu (煤) means "soot" in Japanese.

Strengths and Weaknesses
This fruit's ability is to create, control, and become the natural element of soot: fine black particles of carbon residue created by the incomplete combustion of organic matter (wood, coal, etc.). When transformed into this powdery substance, the user becomes intangible like most Logia users and invulnerable to physical means of attack like gunfire, while at the same time being able to float in midair thanks to the lightness of the soot. By condensing the soot making up their body (or that they additionally create) into a semi-solid state, the user may mold it into any shape they wish, on top of scattering their body into separate pieces while retaining conscious control over each individual one.

No weaknesses of this ability are known apart from the standard ones for Devil Fruits in general and Logia types in particular, such as Busoshoku Haki.

Usage
Karasu's go-to method of using his powers is to divide up his body into a murder of crows made of compressed soot. In this divided state he can fly at high speed, relay information (e.g., by delivering newspapers) or generally communicate by speaking and listening through individual crows, on top of carrying objects or even allies with him through the air (a single crow being able to carry an average-sized human on its back). It is shown that, in this way, the crows can operate a significant distance away from Karasu's main body.

In combat, Karasu is able to disarm a multitude of enemies by snatching away their weapons with the crows faster than they can react, as well as attack by having them fly into and peck enemies in rapid flocking assaults. Apart from crows, Karasu may condense the soot into other formations, such as tall spikes that shoot up from the ground.

Techniques

 * Karasusu: Karasu's signature technique, where he breaks off portions of soot from his body and compacts them to create crows. These birds carry Karasu's consciousness (seeing as they are made from his body) and can serve various tasks: both in combat by attacking or disarming enemies, and outside of combat by, for instance, receiving/relaying information or transporting objects/people. The technique was first properly shown when Karasu disarmed members of the Peachbeard Pirates during the Lulusia Kingdom's liberation but was not named until the Revolutionaries' assault on Mary Geoise. The technique's name is a portmanteau of karasu for "crow" and susu for "soot". In the VIZ manga, the technique is called Kara-Soot.
 * Karasu Renkon.pngu Renkon: An attack where Karasu breaks his body apart into a murder of crows to assail a specific opponent, by having the crows fly into and peck said opponent in rapid succession. The technique was first seen when used to attack Fujitora, forcing the Marine Admiral on the defensive. The attack's name is a pun on karashi renkon (辛子蓮根), a local dish from Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture: deep-fried lotus root stuffed with a karashi and miso paste mix. The word karashi is replaced with karasu for "crow" while the word renkon ("lotus root") is replaced with the kanji ren (連) for "lead/join/connect" and kon (魂) for "soul/spirit". In the VIZ manga, the technique is called Crow Soul Lotus.




 * Obelisusu: An attack where Karasu moves swiftly past enemies on the ground while transformed into soot, leaving traces of it between their feet. He then causes the residual soot to shoot upwards as thin, obelisk-shaped spikes that pierce and send his enemies flying. This technique was first seen when used to take out some World Government agents in Mary Geoise. The name is a pun on oberisuku (オベリスク), the Japanese way of pronouncing the word "obelisk" (with the first two kanji derived from the more obscure term hōsenchū (方尖柱), also meaning "obelisk"). The VIZ manga calls the technique Obeli-Soots.

Trivia

 * This is the second known Devil Fruit with a name whose first part comprises a single quadrupled katakana, namely: su (ス). The first such fruit to be introduced is Streusen's Kuku Kuku no Mi.
 * The Susu Susu no Mi's proper introduction and naming (Chapter 1083) came 12 years and 9 months after its powers were first alluded to (the crows appearing for the first time in Chapter 593).
 * Karasu's bird-themed soot powers may be a nod to the traditional Italian folk legend about the "days of the blackbird" (the last three days of January, considered the coldest of the year). As the legend goes, once during those days, a blackbird and its chicks, originally white, were said to have taken refuge inside a chimney, from which they emerged on February 1 all black because of the soot; from that day on all blackbirds were black.

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