Sara Sara no Mi, Model: Axolotl

The Sara Sara no Mi, Model: Axolotl is a Zoan-type Devil Fruit that allows its user to turn into an axolotl hybrid and a full axolotl at will. It was "eaten" by Smiley, but with its death, the fruit has returned into circulation.

Etymology

 * "Sara" is short for "salamander" (サラマンダー).
 * In the Viz manga, this fruit is called Sala-Sala Fruit, Axolotl Model.

Appearance
Following the death of Smiley, the Sara Sara no Mi, Model: Axolotl has taken the form of an apple, as Smiley was near a bag of apples when it was killed. It is a relatively-small, dark blue round fruit with a swirl pattern. It also has a curly stem, which curled when the apple was transformed.

Strengths and Weaknesses
Being a Zoan fruit, this fruit gives its eater the ability to transform into an axolotl, an amphibious creature related to the salamander. Despite axolotls being rather small in size, Smiley was able to grow to a gigantic size, several times larger than a human. However, it is unknown if this Devil Fruit grants its user any combat abilities.

Being a Devil Fruit power, this fruit grants its user the standard weaknesses of a Devil Fruit, as the user will lose the ability to swim. However, axolotls are strictly-aquatic, water-breathing creatures and cannot survive on land. Therefore, it is unknown if this fruit can be used by living creatures or if it can only be used on inanimate objects.

Usage


Smiley is seen using its powers for movement and transforming into an alternate form that suits the situation, such as after Kin'emon slashed off globs of Smiley. Its sentience is also preserved within pieces the main body may separate from itself, as seen when Smiley launched over many smaller pieces of itself across the lake of Punk Hazard, all of which displayed the same degree of independent thought and reacting to their surroundings as the main body would have.

History
One year after the Punk Hazard Incident, Caesar Clown returned to the labs and created Smiley by condensing the H2S gas from the experiment into a slime form and then "feeding" it the Sara Sara no Mi, Model: Axolotl.

After Smiley died as part of Caesar's Shinokuni demonstration, the Devil Fruit reformed in a nearby apple.

Anime and Manga Differences
The anime shows that the sled that carried the newly reborn Sara Sara no Mi, Model: Axolotl was consumed by the H2S poison that was breaking down from Smiley's body.

Trivia

 * An Axolotl is a kind of salamander native to a few lakes in central Mexico. Its name means "water monster" in the Nahuatl language.
 * This is the first Zoan-type fruit based on an amphibious species, and the only known one besides the Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Spinosaurus.
 * This model is particularly odd since, unless they are artificially induced to undergo metamorphosis, axolotls remain aquatic their whole lives.
 * It is also the first Devil Fruit seen to be reborn after the user died, being reformed out of a normal fruit as a base.
 * The fruit's name was not revealed in the anime, because the adaptation of Chapter 673 did not show Smiley's infobox.

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