"Kuku" is short for Kukku (クック?), the Japanese pronunciation of "cook".
In the official English translation, it is called the Cook-Cook Fruit.
Strengths and Weaknesses[]
With this fruit, the user has easy access to food to feed themselves and others just by transforming any object into food. The user does not even need to cook the food.[1] The user can also turn an object into food in order to make it less dangerous or otherwise more useful.[3]
However, while the food created by the user can provide nourishment, it apparently does not taste good, as Big Mom remarked.[4] Other than that, the user is still affected by the standard Devil Fruit weakness.
Usage[]
Sixty-three years ago, Streusen was seen making meat out of a log by cutting it, and was immediately able to eat the meat.[1] Streusen is very skilled in using his Devil Fruit, as he was able to transform an entire castle into food in an instant.[3]
Techniques[]
Veränderung Gourmet (変化食,Feaenderun Gurume?, meaning "Transformation Food"): Streusen stabs his sword into an object and transforms it into food. It was first used to change the collapsing Whole Cake Chateau into a real sponge cake with whipped cream in order to save the people on it and the residents of Sweet City below from the debris.[3]Veränderung is German for "change". This technique is called Gourmetamorphosis in the VIZ manga and Funimation adaptations.
Trivia[]
This fruit bears similarity to several other Devil Fruits:
Both this and the Ato Ato no Mi can transform everyday objects according to the user's imagination.
This is the first of two known Devil Fruits introduced with a name whose first part is composed of a single, quadrupled katakana: in this case ku (ク?). The other such fruit is Karasu's Susu Susu no Mi.
↑One Piece Anime — Episode 832, Streusen uses his power on the wedding venue floor to bring out the wedding cake.
↑ 3.03.13.2One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 87Chapter 872 (p. 11) and Episode 843, Streusen saves the tea party attendees and Sweet City by turning the falling Whole Cake Chateau into sponge cake.
↑One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 87Chapter 872 (p. 15) and Episode 843, Big Mom comments about Streusen's newly made sponge cake.