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| − | Viz, 4Kids and FUNimation all translate this fruit's name as the "Gum-Gum Fruit". This translation comes from the etymology of the Japanese word "Gomu". "Gomu" is a loan word from Dutch, it comes from "Gom" which is used in Dutch to refer to rubber to identify it as " |
+ | Viz, 4Kids and FUNimation all translate this fruit's name as the "Gum-Gum Fruit". This translation comes from the etymology of the Japanese word "Gomu". "Gomu" is a loan word from Dutch, it comes from "Gom" which is used in Dutch to refer to rubber to identify it as "natural rubber" instead of "synthetic rubber". This is not only true of Japanese, but most worldly language derive their word for "Rubber" from "Gum". |
| − | Viz most likely selected "Gum-Gum" as a translation over "Rubber Rubber" due to "Gum" being phonically similar to "Gomu". The only English version of the series to ever translate it out as the "Rubber Rubber Fruit" is the [[Odex]] version. This is because it has no connections to the North American versions at all. Despite translating Gomu as "Gum", all English versions refer to Luffy as a " |
+ | Viz most likely selected "Gum-Gum" as a translation over "Rubber Rubber" due to "Gum" being phonically similar to "Gomu". The only English version of the series to ever translate it out as the "Rubber Rubber Fruit" is the [[Odex]] version. This is because it has no connections to the North American versions at all. Despite translating Gomu as "Gum", all English versions refer to Luffy as a "rubber man". |
In the Filipino dub of One Piece, the word used is "Goma-Goma", "goma" being the word for "rubber". |
In the Filipino dub of One Piece, the word used is "Goma-Goma", "goma" being the word for "rubber". |
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The Gomu Gomu no Mi[1] is a Paramecia-type[4] Devil Fruit that gives the user's body the properties of rubber, making the user a Rubber Human (ゴム人間, Gomu Ningen?).[1] It was originally a treasure that Shanks and his crew took from an unspecified enemy,[1] but was accidentally eaten by the series protagonist Monkey D. Luffy.[5] In the second version of Romance Dawn, it originally belonged to Luffy's grandpa who took it from an unspecified enemy.[6]
Etymology
- "Gomu" means "rubber" in Japanese.
- In the Viz Manga, 4Kids and Funimation dubs, it is called the Gum-Gum Fruit, "gum" being a soft, cohesive substance designed for chewing, with elastic properties.
Appearance
The Gomu Gomu no Mi in Shanks' treasure chest.
The Gomu Gomu no Mi is a violet, spherical shaped fruit with a stem sprouting out of the top, with swirls that go in a curly "S" like-pattern. Its overall appearance greatly resembles a Yubari King.[1]
While its final design has the characteristic Devil Fruit swirls all over it, the fruit was initially drawn without them in the first version of Romance Dawn.[7]
Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths
Luffy showcasing his elasticity.
The fruit's major strength, as demonstrated by Luffy, is that the person's body can stretch like rubber even when the ability user himself is nullified (for instance, when Nojiko pulls Luffy's head out of the water at Arlong Park). It also makes them almost entirely immune to blunt attacks, including hand-to-hand combat, bullets or even cannonballs, an ability which can be further reinforced with the application of Busoshoku Haki. Thanks to Luffy's own creativity both in and out of combat, this fruit has consistently proven itself to be among the most formidable, versatile, and unpredictable within the Paramecia class. The user's rubber-like body also allows the user to survive falls from heights and collisions that would kill a normal person.[8][9]
Luffy's rubber body not only allows him to hit Enel, whose body is made of electricity, but also prevents Luffy from suffering electric shocks.
The user's ability to stretch and twist like rubber to extreme lengths not only makes him immune to injuries that originate from such, but it also allows him to even rebound, that can give him a great advantage in or out of battle. Stretching also allows the user to drastically increase the range of what would otherwise be considered a powerful close-range attack, turning it into a devastating mid-range or long-range attack. A stretched limb can also be used to store potential energy like a stretched spring, increasing the velocity by stretching his arm back resulting in increased power. Combined with Haki, his power is increased even more. Owing to rubber-like natural insulating properties, the user is also immune to electrical attacks and is also able to hit an electric Logia user without Haki.[10] Additionally the user is immune to the electricity produced by Electro.
Luffy's body is similar to a rubber band, requiring him to use excessive motion to "throw" an attack. After the time-skip though, the extra movement is unnecessary, and Luffy is able to stretch easily.
Luffy's elasticity reaching its limits, and starts to tear.
In the first SBS, Oda stated that Luffy's maximum stretching distance is 72 Gomu Gomus.[11] Going beyond this elasticity can cause the user to bleed and be at risk of ripping.[12]
By training his abilities, Luffy has found unexpected ways to increase his fighting ability, such as the ability to stretch his blood vessels wider to increase the speed of his blood flow in order to become faster and stronger, at a cost of depleting his body's energy at a faster rate. Furthermore, with the application of Haki, he is even capable of igniting a limb for an even more devastating attack. Luffy can even inflate his bones to increase the volume of his body and significantly increase his attacks, at the cost of his body becoming smaller for a short period of time (although after the timeskip Luffy has seemingly been able to overcome this weakness as after he used "Gomu Gomu no Elephant Gun" on the Kraken and he did not revert to his smaller size afterwards).
The fruit enables all parts of the consumer's body to behave like rubber, including organs. As such, Luffy has a bigger appetite than the average human, eating more than anyone else in his crew and always digesting it before anyone else is hungry again.
In the anime, Luffy has used his stretching abilities to inhale great amounts of air to thus exhale a big gust of wind; this application of his powers was used to blow away Marigold's poisonous vapor from her venom spit and Magellan's poison breath.
Given Luffy's elastic properties he is shown to be able to withstand great pressure, as shown near Fishman Island when fighting Hody. Though he was still weakened by the sea water around him, he was seemingly unaffected by the intense underwater pressure.
Weaknesses
Despite all the great advantages Luffy gets by using his fruit, he can however still be hurt by cutting or stabbing attacks, as well as non-physical attacks such as fire or ice. One major risk of Luffy's powers is that he is vulnerable to attacks in the moments when his limbs are stretched to their limit, as Buggy and Kuro both demonstrated early on in the series. Luffy, however, has adapted his fighting style to minimize this risk as shown when Buggy attempted to exploit this weakness of Luffy.[13]
Luffy has also shown a limited ability of moving in mid-air, by grabbing onto something with an extended limb and propelling away from what could have been a fatal attack. This gives Luffy the option of several jumping and mid-air attacks that would have been disadvantageous to most other people as it would have left them vulnerable.
Luffy struggled to control his Devil Fruit powers as a child.
In his youth, Luffy had a problem controlling his own abilities. Though he had an idea of how they would work, Luffy had trouble with aiming and the timing of his attacks, and he was continuously sent spinning by the recoil. However, he managed to counter these weaknesses with his continuous training in the jungle by the time he left to be a pirate.
Luffy, of course, also suffers the same weaknesses to water,[1] like Fishman Karate and Seastone, as other Devil Fruit users. However, he sometimes appears to forget about his weakness to water, as he always wants to try some type of water sport in the sea and will often dive into the ocean when he sees someone drowning (only to end up drowning himself). And while contact with water and Seastone does drain Luffy of his energy and nullify his rubber-like ability to absorb blunt attacks (as with Smoker's jutte), his actual body still maintains its rubber-like make, allowing a third party to stretch his body for him.
The Gomu Gomu no Mi user is also susceptible to Busoshoku Haki. Similar to water's effects, the usage of Haki only nullifies Luffy's ability to absorb blunt attacks. It does not however, revert Luffy's body to unstretchable flesh. Through the use of Busoshoku Haki, Luffy's grandfather was able to hurt him using only his fist (though Garp attributed this to "love").
When Luffy's crewmates (usually Nami) get angry at him, their punches are able to bypass Luffy's immunity to blunt attacks, although this is purely for comedic effect.
Another weakness noted by Doflamingo is that when Busoshoku Haki is applied to a part of Luffy's body, it is not rubbery anymore. This is proven with Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Thor Elephant Gun, where despite rubber being a natural insulator of electricity, the Busoshoku Haki-enhanced attack itself negates the rubber and discharges electricity. This weakness is negated in Gear Fourth however.
Usage
Luffy uses his Gomu Gomu no Mi abilities to power a fan-propelled boat.
The powers of the fruit have been used by Luffy in a variety of ways. These range from simply moving from one place to another in a rather reckless manner, to attacking an enemy with a barrage of fast and strong punches. He has also developed several peculiar methods of combat as time passed, adapting new forms by manipulating his elastic body, most prominent his "Gear Second" and "Gear Third" forms, allowing him to momentarily increase his strength in combat. After the timeskip, he has learned to use Haki in conjunction with the fruit's powers, as well as having more control over his forms. Later, during the time skip, Luffy developed a form known as Gear Fourth.[14][15]
Of course Luffy, being who he is, does not only use his ability for battle. When with his crew, or even when partying with others, Luffy tends to use his elastic properties for the humor and joy of others, such as making funny faces, or using his elastic body to play around. Often throughout the series he would stretch his arm and steal food from others, much to their annoyance. He also uses his powers for transportation purposes, a primary example being his "Gomu Gomu no Rocket," which has him grab something with his arms and fire himself like a slingshot, which helps him travel great distances quickly. Luffy also has no problem letting other people play with his stretching body, which people tend to take advantage of.
History
Past
About 13 years ago, the fruit was obtained by the Red Hair Pirates' Lucky Roo during a raid.[16]
Romance Dawn Arc
As Higuma and his gang arrive at a restaurant in Foosha Village, Luffy accidentally and unknowingly eats the Gomu Gomu no Mi.[17] After Shanks' encounter with Higuma, when Luffy attempts to get back at Higuma for attacking Shanks, the latter grabs his arm, only to see it stretch, which surprising everyone in the restaurant, including Shanks' crew. Lucky Roo then shows Luffy the Gomu Gomu no Mi he ate.[18]
Dressrosa Arc
After Luffy gets exhausted from using Gear Fourth, Jesus Burgess expresses interest in killing him in order to obtain the Gomu Gomu no Mi.[19] His attempt is stopped by Sabo, however.[20]
Early One Piece
Luffy's stretching powers were a result of Oda's desire for the fighting style to be silly, so that no matter how tense a situation got, the reader could relax without becoming stressed out.[21] Oda originally just called the fruit the 'Gomu Fruit', but his editor pointed out that there is a Rubber fruit, so Oda changed the name.[22]
Oda rewrote several details about the Gomu Gomu no Mi in his early version of One Piece Romance Dawn, Version 1 and Romance Dawn, Version 2. In V.1, the Devil Fruit was the same except the Gomu Gomu no Mi was the fruit of the Gomu Gomu tree which grew once every 50 years and there were no named attacks in V.1.[23] In V.2 the first named attack is given, but rather than saying "Gomu Gomu no..." at the start of all his moves, Luffy simply said "Right hand stopper!". Little detail was given on the Devil Fruit itself in V.2.[24]
Translation and Dub Issues
Viz, 4Kids and FUNimation all translate this fruit's name as the "Gum-Gum Fruit". This translation comes from the etymology of the Japanese word "Gomu". "Gomu" is a loan word from Dutch, it comes from "Gom" which is used in Dutch to refer to rubber to identify it as "natural rubber" instead of "synthetic rubber". This is not only true of Japanese, but most worldly language derive their word for "Rubber" from "Gum".
Viz most likely selected "Gum-Gum" as a translation over "Rubber Rubber" due to "Gum" being phonically similar to "Gomu". The only English version of the series to ever translate it out as the "Rubber Rubber Fruit" is the Odex version. This is because it has no connections to the North American versions at all. Despite translating Gomu as "Gum", all English versions refer to Luffy as a "rubber man".
In the Filipino dub of One Piece, the word used is "Goma-Goma", "goma" being the word for "rubber".
In the anime, the description of Luffy's cell in Charlotte Mont-d'Or's book prison, the fruit's name is romanized as "Gomgom no mi".
Trivia
- This is the first Devil Fruit, as well as the first Paramecia-type devil fruit to be seen in the series. It is also the first Devil Fruit to be seen before its consumption.
- Luffy's first demonstration of his ability and his reason for eating the Devil Fruit differ between the manga and the anime. In the manga, Shanks grabbed Luffy's hand while Luffy was walking away causing his arm to stretch, with Luffy later claiming to have eaten the Fruit thinking it was dessert. In the anime, Shanks witnessed Luffy eating the Devil Fruit out of anger and tried to make him spit it out by grabbing the boy by the ankles and shaking him up and down, which caused Luffy's legs to stretch to the point where his face hit the floor. However, in the Episode of Luffy, the manga version of events is shown.
- Luffy has far more named Devil Fruit attacks than any other Devil Fruit user.
- Both Gekko Moriah and Charlotte Brûlée were able to imitate the usage of the Gomu Gomu no Mi using their Devil Fruits, the Kage Kage no Mi and Mira Mira no Mi respectively.
- While Brûlée mirrored the techniques herself, Moriah used Kage Kakumei to manipulate Oars' shadow to perform the attacks.
- Other characters have imitated the naming pattern of the fruit's techniques.
- Gasparde and Charlotte Katakuri both mimicked the Gomu Gomu no Mi's rubbery physiology via their Devil Fruits that allows them to turn their bodies into a substance that possesses elastic properties:
- Gasparde's Ame Ame no Mi turns his body into candy syrup, that he can stretch forward, and create a slingshot effect with his arms similar to Luffy's "Gomu Gomu no Rocket".[26]
- Katakuri's Mochi Mochi no Mi turns his body into sticky mochi, which he can stretch forward very much like Luffy's.[27] He can also expand his limbs to mimic the "Gomu Gomu no Elephant Gun".[28] As an added twist, he can generate more limbs out of mochi to mimic the "Gomu Gomu no Hawk Gatling" with more limbs than Luffy, and coupled with his superior speed and strength, all these replicated techniques proved to be more effective than Luffy's.[29]
SBS-Based Trivia
- One of fans asked Oda if Luffy's penis could stretch, and Oda answered that could.[30]
- One of fans asked Oda why he give Luffy Devil Fruit's weakest power how rubber, and Oda answered that give him funniest power, that no matter how serious the story in the manga was, the reader would be able to relax and observe with interest what is happening.[31]
- This question was asked from Oda twice, first in Shonen Jump, and then in SBS.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 1 Chapter 1 (p. 19) and Episode 4, Shanks' crew notices the fruit is gone from the chest. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "first devil fruit named" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 2.0 2.1 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 1 Chapter 1 (p. 19) and Episode 4, the Gomu Gomu no Mi is shown fully in a notebook by Lucky Roo.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 1 Chapter 1 (p. 48-50) and Episode 1, Luffy is first seen using the fruit.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 30 (p. 104), the Gomu Gomu no Mi is confirmed to be a Paramecia.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 1 Chapter 1 (p. 12 & 14) and Episode 4, Luffy eats the fruit without anyone noticing and knowing.
- ↑ Romance Dawn, Version 2, the Devil Fruit differences in the second version of Romance Dawn. It is also noted that this is a legendary Devil fruit.
- ↑ Romance Dawn, Version 1, the Gomu Gomu no Mi is shown without any swirls in the first version of Romance Dawn.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 57 Chapter 557 (p. 16-17) and Episode 465, Luffy remarks that he will survive the massive drop because he's the only one made of rubber.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 3 Chapter 26 (p. 12-14) and Episode 10, Luffy falls off a cliff after falling asleep from hypnosis, and is unharmed.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 30 Chapter 279 (p. 14-16) and Episode 182, Enel's lightning attacks have no effect on Luffy's rubber body, and Luffy's attack bypasses Enel's Logia intangibility.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 4 (p. 90), fan question: how far can Luffy stretch his arm?
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 85 Chapter 850, Luffy pushes the limits of his power trying to escape Big Mom's prisoners book.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 3 Chapter 18 and Episode 7, Luffy uses his Scythe technique against Buggy.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 78 Chapter 783 (p. 19), Luffy begins activating Gear Fourth.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 78 Chapter 784 (p. 9), Luffy states he developed Gear Fourth on Rusukaina.
- ↑ Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary (p. 18), Lucky Roo's history reveals that he took the Gomu Gomu no Mi from an enemy crew.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 1 Chapter 1 (p. 13-15) and Episode 4, Luffy accidentally and unknowingly eats the Devil Fruit.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 1 Chapter 1 (p. 19-20) and Episode 4, The Red Hair Pirates are surprised to see Luffy's arm stretch.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 79 Chapter 786 (p. 8) and Episode 728, Burgess plans to kill Luffy for the Gomu Gomu no Mi.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 79 Chapter 786 (p. 16-17) and Episode 729, Burgess tries to kill Luffy, but is stopped by Sabo.
- ↑ Shonen Jump — Interview with Eiichiro Oda
- ↑ Interview with Oda part 2.
- ↑ One Piece Manga, One Shot — Romance Dawn, Version 1, the first version of the Gomu Gomu no Mi.
- ↑ One Piece Manga, One Shot — Romance Dawn, Version 2, the second version of the Gomu Gomu no Mi.
- ↑ One Piece Anime — Episode 435.
- ↑ One Piece Movie — Dead End Adventure, Gasparde using his syrup body to mimic Luffy's rubber powers.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 87 Chapter 877 (p. 10-11), Katakuri stretching his arm like Luffy's, and Carrot notes their similarities.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 87 Chapter 879 (p. 15-17), Katakuri imitates Gomu Gomu no Elephant Gun.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 87 Chapter 879 (p. 11-13), Katakuri imitates Gomu Gomu no Hawk Gatling.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 8 (p. 44), Fan question: Oda-sensei. Since Luffy is a Gomu Human, does that mean his "penis" can stretch, too?
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 65 (p. 46), Fan question: In the ONE PIECE of these days, all kinds of strong ability users whom even Luffy can't compete with have been appearing, one after the other. In general manga and anime, I feel that the protagonist is established to be the strongest of all, but why did you decide to turn Luffy into a pretty weak-looking rubber Devil Fruit user?
External links
- Rubber - Wikipedia article about rubber
- Yubari King - Wikipedia article about the actual fruit the Devil Fruit is apparently shaped after
- Blood Doping - Wikipedia article on the process Gear Second utilizes
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