Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Pteranodon

The Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Pteranodon is an Ancient Zoan-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to transform into a pteranodon hybrid and a full pteranodon at will. It was eaten by King.

Etymology

 * Ryū (竜) is Japanese for "dragon" and can be found in the Japanese term for "dinosaur", kyōryū (恐竜), and dinosaur-related terms, such as yokuryū (翼竜).

Strengths and Weaknesses
The major strength of this fruit is that it allows the user to turn into a pteranodon, a large and powerful predator from the prehistoric era. The user is capable of flight, and can cover great distances through the air in a short amount of time. The full-beast transformation is extremely large and powerful, being several times bigger than an average-sized human like Sanji and big enough to leave a notable-sized attack on the immensely large Queen Mama Chanter.

Due to the combination of tremendous speed, size, and strength, the user is capable of inflicting significant wounds and damage to anything they fly into, as shown when King managed to knock the Queen Mama Chanter backwards in midair, as well as greatly challenge the defensive abilities of Sanji's Raid Suit to the point of even intending to split Sanji in half. Much of the user's offensive power comes from their large beak, which has been shown to be a strong and sturdy pointed weapon.

No weaknesses are currently known aside from the standard Devil Fruit weaknesses.

Usage
King uses this fruit in combat. He has been shown to utilize aerial combat against his targets and fly into them with great force and power to inflict damage.

Trivia

 * King possessing this fruit and the "Conflagration" epithet bears resemblance to the kaiju Fire Rodan, a pteranodon who resides in a volcano and among the major reoccurring kaiju in the Godzilla franchise.
 * This is the second Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit not based on a dinosaur, the first being the Zou Zou no Mi, Model: Mammoth, although unlike the other, it still falls under the Ryu Ryu no Mi series.
 * Despite not being dinosaurs, pterosaurs are still close cousins to them. The two families are part of the "Avemetatarsalia" clade from which only three families are known to have come from.

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