User blog comment:Neowitch/663 - Namji and Smoshigi/@comment-4630086-20120412031641

So, I think the samurai guy ate a Tanuki Zoan DF or a Paramecia with an illusion ability.

inb4, the Tanuki legend (afaik)

Tanuki, or a Chopper of some sort, is a mythical animal from Japanese folklore which can deceive lost travelers with food and warm clothes, that actually leaves and stones.