Hebi Hebi no Mi, Model: Yamata no Orochi

The Hebi Hebi no Mi, Model: Yamata no Orochi is a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to transform into a hybrid and full version of the Yamata no Orochi, an eight-headed snake or dragon in Japanese mythology. It was eaten by Kurozumi Orochi, but with his death, the fruit has returned to circulation.

Etymology

 * Hebi (蛇) is Japanese for "snake".
 * The "Yamata no Orochi" is a legendary eight-headed, eight-tailed snake/dragon monster from Japanese mythology, the name meaning "eight-branch giant snake".

Appearance
The fruit is violet and seems to have the scaled features and shape of a pineapple, with the typical swirls on the scales. There are seven green stem leaves on top of the fruit with a round triangular shape on each end.

Strengths and Weaknesses


This fruit grants the user eight separate heads, each one with an extremely long neck. Each one capable of speech on their own. It appears that the user has some degree of control over the number of heads that can sprout at once, with eight being the maximum limit. Curiously, some of Orochi's human form features, such as his crown and mustache, are present only in one of the heads while the other seven possess a simpler and more generic appearance. Additionally, Orochi's main head is a darker shade of green than the others.



As a Zoan, the user receives a boost to their physical abilities, though Orochi was never seen using his enhanced physical capabilities in battle. However, in his eight-headed serpent dragon form, he was able to deal considerable damage to the room he was in and attack the people who were there with him, though it is unknown exactly how much damage the people took. He was also strong enough to easily lift up a person with just one of his mouths. With their multiple heads with long necks, the user has the ability to attack in multiple directions at once and reach targets that are further away than he could normally reach. Furthermore, the user is able to attack and trap their targets with their considerably strong jaws. The user also has an incredible amount of durability in their transformed state, with Orochi being capable of sustaining damage from a ceiling collapsing on his head with few repercussions, as well as surviving a Zeus-enhanced lightning bolt.

The fruit's multiple heads also allow the user to survive decapitation, even in Human Form, resulting in the user being required to be beheaded eight times in order to die. As such, Orochi survived his human head being decapitated by Kaidou and the Red Scabbards decapitating six of Orochi's remaining seven heads, resulting in his death only when his last remaining head was decapitated by Denjiro.

Although the user is capable of surviving decapitation number of times equivalent to the number of heads they have, they cannot regenerate any of the heads they have already lost, thus reducing their lifeline each time they suffer a "death". Attacks that can decapitate multiple heads at once, in particular, further reduces this survival ability's efficiency. Aside from that, the fruit possesses the standard Devil Fruit weaknesses.

Usage
Orochi used this fruit in combat, as well as to intimidate people, doing so in his meeting with CP0 and when confronting Komurasaki. Orochi was also seen crunching his subordinates. However, Orochi's skills with his transformations were limited by his low combat capabilities, having heavily relied on others to fight his battles for him.

His ability allows him to survive decapitation, up to seven times. He used this to his advantage to launch hidden counterattacks on his unsuspecting foes.

History
If you follow my instructions...I shall grant you the power you need to become shogun!! The fruit was acquired by Kurozumi Higurashi over 41 years ago, and she offered to give it to Orochi if he followed her instructions to take the title of shogun. Some time prior to Orochi successfully becoming shogun, he already consumed the fruit.

Orochi ultimately died after Denjiro decapitated his eighth and final head, and the fruit returned to circulation.

Trivia

 * When the fruit was shown in the Shonen Jump magazine release of Chapter 965, it lacked the usual swirls of a Devil Fruit and had more scales. This was fixed in the volume release of Volume 96, with the swirl pattern replacing some of the scales.
 * In Japanese mythology, the Yamata no Orochi possesses eight tails in addition to eight heads. However, this fruit's transformation seems to give the user just one tail.
 * This fruit's user having the ability to survive decapitation is not a trait noted in the original Yamata no Orochi myth; in the myth, the Yamata no Orochi is killed by having its whole body cut into pieces. This ability is more reminiscent of the Lernaean Hydra, a well-known multi-headed serpent in Greek mythology.
 * According to Greek myth, the Hydra was defeated by cutting off its head(s) and burning the stump so it would not regrow. This might be referenced in Orochi's latest defeats which involves him being burned while his head(s) were cut by members of the Nine Red Scabbards.

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