The Gunyo Gunyo no Mi is an unknown-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to create and control clay, making the user a Clay Human (粘土人間, Nendo Ningen?, VIZ: "Clay-Man").[3] It was eaten by Prince Grus.
Etymology[]
- Gunyogunyo (グニョグニョ?) is a Japanese onomatopoeia for a soft, pliable substance (like clay) being squished.
- The VIZ manga renders the fruit's name as Glorp-Glorp Fruit.
Strengths and Weaknesses[]
A golem reforms its body.
A user of this fruit's power can generate clay from their body and mold it into different shapes akin to clay modeling. This includes the creation of human-like, animated figures called "golems" that can fight on the user's behalf, being invulnerable to damage.[3] It seems that the ability's user can freely alter the hardness of the clay, from creating large massses of soft, mushy clay[4] to making smaller, hardened constructs, like weapons.[5]
No weaknesses of this ability are known apart from the standard Devil Fruit weaknesses.
Usage[]
Grus wielding a clay-made morning star.
Grus uses the clay he creates for offensive, defensive, and auxiliary purposes. He chiefly uses his power to create animated golems that fight for him while he can stay out of harm's way, observing at a safe distance.[3] He can manipulate clay in its soft state (such as summoning large, shapeless masses to cushion a ship's fall onto land)[4] or harden clay to fashion solid weapons to wield by hand (e.g., a spiked morning star),[5] or large defensive structures.[6]
Applications[]
- Golems (
泥人形 , Gōremu?, literally meaning "Mud Puppet"): An ability that involves Grus forming realistically human-looking figures out of clay; it is unknown to what degree these golems possess sentience/autonomy, though they are capable of fighting on their own and even speaking. Being made of clay, they are invulnerable to conventional attacks like gunfire and, upon taking damage, will reform from clay in a Logia-like fashion.[3] Grus seems to keep three golems as his signature entourage, in the form of three hulking men.[2]
Techniques[]
Grus using Nyudo Gunyo.
- Nyudo Gunyo (入道
粘土 , Nyūdō Gunyo?, literally meaning "Priestly Clay"): A technique where Grus calls forth a massive, cushiony wave of clay to cover the ground in front of him. He was first seen using the move to soften the fall of Monkey D. Garp's airborne ship onto the island of Hachinosu.[4] The technique's name is a pun on nyūdōgumo (入道雲?), a Japanese word for "cumulonimbus", referencing the cloud-like appearance of the claybed that is created (with nyūdō being a term that refers to someone entering Buddhist priesthood). The VIZ manga calls the technique Cumulo-Glorpus.
Grus using Gunyo no Su.
- Gunyo no Su (
粘土 の巣, Gunyo no Su?, literally meaning "Clay Web"): A defensive technique where Grus brings forth an enormous clay net shaped like a spiderweb, with which he can block out incoming threats. He was seen using the net to catch falling pieces of rubble created when Koby destroyed Avalo Pizarro's massive "island" arm in the air above Garp's ship, the clay wrapping around the debris as it fell into the sea.[6] The technique's name phonetically resembles kumo no su (蜘蛛の巣?, lit. "spiderweb"). In the VIZ manga, the technique is called Glorp Web.
Trivia[]
- In Jewish folklore, a golem is a humanoid figure artificially constructed from clay or mud and endowed with life by magical means (like a spell or Kabbalistic rite involving a piece of paper, inscribed with Hebrew words, being inserted into the golem's mouth).
- It is currently unknown whether this fruit is a Paramecia or Logia. Clay is a naturally occurring substance and the golems created by Grus were compared to Logia users, but it is unknown whether Grus himself can transform into clay.
- Grus' golem-creating ability is reminiscent of Charlotte Cracker's Bisu Bisu no Mi power, which likewise involves the creation of human-like beings from inanimate matter (in this case biscuit material). In Cracker's case though, his Biscuit Soldiers were not sentient on their own.
- During the Marineford Arc, the pirate Elmy used an unnamed ability to control a massive golem of sorts, made from a clay-like substance and thus resembling this fruit's power (though such resemblance is lost in the anime).[7]
- Grus' Gunyo no Su technique resembles Doflamingo's string-based Kumo no Sugaki technique.
References[]
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 96 Chapter 966, cover story: "Gang" Bege's Oh My Family Vol. 16, Prince Grus debuts with a golem.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 105 Chapter 1061 (p. 11) and Episode 1090, Prince Grus with his golems at Marine Base G-14.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 107 Chapter 1080 (p. 10, 13) and Episodes 1113–1114, Grus's ability is named and demonstrated.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 107 Chapter 1081 (p. 3-5) and Episode 1114, Grus uses Nyudo Gunyo.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 One Piece Manga — Vol. 107 Chapter 1087 (p. 6-7, 13), Grus is seen wielding a morning star made of hardened clay.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 One Piece Manga — Vol. 107 Chapter 1088 (p. 16-17), Grus uses Gunyo no Su to block the debris from Avalo Pizarro's massive stone arm.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 57 Chapter 561 (p. 12) and Episode 470, Elmy uses an ability similar to the Gunyo Gunyo no Mi's.
External links[]
- Clay – Wikipedia article on clay.
- Modeling clay – Wikipedia article on clay used for building/sculpting.
- Golem – Wikipedia article about golems.
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