Bane Bane no Mi

The Bane Bane no Mi is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to turn their limbs into springs, making the user a Spring Human (バネ人間). It was eaten by Bellamy.

The power of the fruit was hinted at with the state of the site where Roshio was defeated. The fruit's actual power was revealed when Bellamy and his crew attacked the leaders of the Saruyama Alliance in order to steal Mont Blanc Cricket's gold.

Etymology

 * "Bane" (ばね) means "spring" in Japanese.
 * It was originally called the Boing-Boing Fruit in the Viz Manga, the onomatopoeia for bouncing. It has since been renamed to the Spring-Spring Fruit.
 * It is called the Spring-Spring Fruit in the Funimation dub.

Strengths


The major strength of this fruit is that it gives its user the ability to transform parts of their body into springs. By turning their legs into springs, the user can launch themself at high speeds, often moving too fast for the opponent to see, similar to Kuro's Cat out of the Bag attack. The user is then able to launch themselves towards the opponent suddenly, allowing for greater momentum.

Due to the reactive force of bouncing off a solid surface, the user can break apart said surfaces, as the Going Merry was split in half as a result. By applying this ability to other parts of the body, such as the arms, the user can also create strong, longer-ranged punches.

Weaknesses


One weakness of this fruit's power lies within the self-propulsion by turning the legs into springs; the user can only be propelled in a straight direction, making it easy for the opponents to predict the user's trajectory and counterattack, and if they do, the user's current speed can cause said counterattack to become more severe.

Also, the user requires both solid surfaces and sufficient space to allow for optimal movement. Therefore, the potential of this fruit is dependent on the nature of the battlefield; spaces with walls and open floors may serve more useful than enclosed spaces or flat grounds. Lastly, the destructive nature of the bouncing may cause unwanted collateral damage depending on the power of the bounce.

Other than that, this fruit has the standard Devil Fruit weaknesses.

Usage
The fruit's bestowed powers, as used by Bellamy, have been used primarily for combat. His usage between the two sides of the timeskip varies.

Pre-Timeskip Techniques
Prior to the timeskip, the basic concept of Bellamy's usage of this power was to turn his legs into springs and then launch himself as a projectile, with his fist held in front of him to punch an opponent at heightened velocity. Bellamy liked to use his powers for executions of people that had crossed him regardless of their physical condition, such as his murder of Roshio while the latter was already in a critical state.

Outside of combat purposes, the fruit's powers have been seen being used by Bellamy to jump to the top of a tower where Luffy was calling out for him.


 * Spring Snipe (スプリング): Turning both his forelegs into springs, Bellamy launches himself directly at his opponent with a punch. This was first seen being used on Shoujou when Bellamy and his crew attacked the Saruyama Alliance leaders. While doing this attack, Bellamy inadvertently also broke the Going Merry in half. In the Funimation dub it is called the Spring Sniper.




 * Spring Hopper (スプリング): Bellamy's ultimate attack. Using the surrounding geography like the buildings in Jaya's square, he bounces from one spot to the next, increasing in speed with each successive spring, while also disorientating opponents with the continuous sound of springing. He keeps increasing his speed to such a level that he seemingly disappears to spectators. Then he simply has to aim himself fist first at the target and let the accumulated momentum do the rest. This is the technique Bellamy used to defeat Roshio, which caused a good deal of collateral damage on the surfaces he bounced off of, and was first properly seen when he battled against Luffy, the latter of whom possessed enough reflex and insight to keep up with Bellamy's increasing speed and completely nullified the Spring Hopper by punching Bellamy right in the head. After the time-skip, Bellamy combined this with Busoshoku Haki, managing to strike Luffy, who was too restricted by his emotions to counterattack like two years ago.

Post-Timeskip Techniques
After the timeskip, Bellamy's style of usage of the power seemingly improved and somewhat changed, such as enforcing his punches by turning his own arm into a spring, as well as evading an enemy by changing one leg for a quick evasive maneuver. He is also able to change both of his legs into one single spring to supplement his acrobatic skills, and utilize his spring-arms as extensions, similar to Luffy's rubbery arms.




 * Spring Death Knock (スプリング): An attack similar to Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Pistol, Bellamy turns his arm into a spring and compresses it. He then releases it as a long-ranged and powerful punch. This was first seen used against Tank Lepanto in the Corrida Colosseum.

Anime and Manga Differences
In the manga, Bellamy's legs appear to join up as one spring to take out Abdullah and Jeet; in the anime, Bellamy transforms his legs as well as his hips into springs, keeping his legs apart.

Trivia

 * In the anime, after being forced to defeat Bellamy a second time by Donquixote Doflamingo, Luffy created an attack that simulated his Spring Hopper technique called Gomu Gomu no Spring Bullet as an homage to him.

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