Hira Hira no Mi

The Hira Hira no Mi is a Paramecia-class Devil Fruit that allows the user to turn himself and anything he touches into a flag, making the user a Flag Human (旗（フラッグ）人間). "Hirahira" is the Japanese onomatopoeia for flapping. In the FUNimation sub, it is called the Ripple-Ripple Fruit. It was eaten by Diamante.

Strengths and Weaknesses
This fruit allows the user to make anything the user touches to flatten like a flag and still retain its natural characteristics like its toughness, strength and sharpness, but the weight is drastically reduced to the same as a flag, and flexibility increases to create ripples and flutters. It also allows the user to reform anything into different forms and shapes. He is also able to change his shape into a flag, though it is unknown if the power can be used on other living things.

This fruit does not seem to have any specific weaknesses, aside from the standard Devil Fruit weaknesses.

Usage
Diamante has been seen using a cape made from a steel block as a shield as well as reshaping his sword into the form of a bull's head. By combining the waviness of the affected sword, Diamante can use the blade to assault at various unsuspecting angles. He can also hide a mace by flattening it into a medal, and folding it up. He has also shown to be able to flatten his entire body into a flag-like state, allowing him to safely float when falling. He has also been shown to use his fruit to extend the length of his sword.

Attacks

 * Lock (ロック): Diamante makes something that he has flattened become firm again. Diamante first used this technique to change the shape of his sword.
 * Corrida Glaive (闘牛（コリーダ）グレイブ): Diamante uses his sword and flattens it to reform and fold it in the form of a bull's head, effectively forming a stylized mace, which he uses to strike his opponent.
 * Army Bandera (陸軍旗（アーミーバンテラ）): Diamante makes the ground he's standing on ripple; hindering his foe's movement in the process. "Bandera" is the Spanish and Catalan word for "flag".

Trivia

 * This fruit is very similar to the Choki Choki no Mi since objects manipulated by the user gain flexibility without compromising any structural fortitude.
 * The word "hira" means "diamond" in Urdu and Hindi, which fits with the name of the fruit's current user.
 * It is ironic that the Hira Hira no Mi, a fruit which gives the power to flex things, has been eaten by Diamante, since diamonds are the hardest thing existing in nature.
 * This is one of the few powers that is most effective in combat when strategically switched on and off

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