User:Kaido King of the Beasts/Draft Pages/Bonney's Devil Fruit

The Toshi Toshi no Mi is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit which allows the user to manipulate the ages of him or herself and other living beings. It was eaten by Jewelry Bonney.

Strengths and Weaknesses
The user can alter the ages of him or herself and others, rapidly aging their intended targets into their senior years or regressing them into small children. This is particularly useful in battle, as it can turn opponents who are in their prime into children or elderly people who cannot fight effectively.

The ability allows the user to disguise themselves quite effectively, as Bonney stole a pizza as an old woman and then transformed into a child in order to escape detection.

However, it does not affect the clothing of those used on, though it is natural as clothes do not change in size even as they age. A group of Marines affected by it became too small for their own clothing once aged down to children.

The user may need their hands to use the power, as Blackbeard kept Bonney in line simply by chaining her hands to a post, though it is also possible that the chains were lined with seastone, preventing her from accessing her powers. Other than that, the user is affected by the standard Devil Fruit weaknesses.

Usage
Bonney can apparently change her age and other people's ages simply by willing it, although a full process has not been shown. She uses the fruit in combat, in order to render her opponents ill-suited for battle. She has also altered her own age in order to escape detection and recognition, having once stolen a pizza when looking like an old lady and turning into a child while escaping, preventing anyone from noticing her. She also takes advantage of the benefits certain age groups have, as she rescued Zoro from the World Nobles in child form in order to stave off attack and pretend to be Zoro's sibling, which likely would not have worked in her normal form. Bonney apparently wears skimpy clothing and suspenders so that her clothes will fit when she becomes a child.

In the anime, one of these transformations is heard, yet not seen, implying that her powers work through a process, rather than in a flash. She also briefly speaks a line in her adult voice while in child form after saving Saint Charloss from Zoro.