Sube Sube no Mi

Sube Sube no Mi
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Japanese Name:	スベスベの実
Official English Name:	Slip-Slip Fruit (Viz, 4Kids); Smooth-Smooth Fruit (FUNimation)
Meaning:	Smooth
Usage Debut:	Chapter 51 (cover); Episode 45
Current User:	Alvida

The Sube Sube no Mi is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that makes the user's body slippery, which in turn makes most attacks and all objects slide off his or her body, protecting the user from harm in most situations. As seen with Alvida, if one is overweight in any way they will become slim. It also appears to share characteristics with the Gomu Gomu no Mi in that the user seems to be permanently altered after consuming the fruit, since Alvida was not seen reverting to her former state after getting captured and coming into contact with nets lined with seastone, because her fat had already slid off her body. "Sube" means "smooth" in Japanese. Sube may also come from suberin, a fat that can be found in cells. Furthermore, "sube sube" can mean "young and sexy". It is called the Slip-Slip Fruit in the Viz Manga and 4Kids dub, and the Smooth-Smooth Fruit in the FUNimation dub. It was eaten by Alvida.

Strengths and Weaknesses

This fruit makes the user immune to attacks either by weapon or by hand to hand combat, as those attacks would just slip off of the body. The fruit's powers also extend to whatever items or clothing on the user's person; this was very apparent when a chunk of rubble simply bounced off Alvida's body despite the fact that it hit her while she was still wearing her coat.

As part of the fruit's power, all the excess fat of the eater "slips off", granting a much skinnier physique. Despite this, the user seems to have retained their full strength, as Alvida can still wield her Iron Mace with ease.

While the fruit's powers render the user literally untouchable, they can still be affected by certain aspects. For example, Smoker was able to restrain Alvida, along with Buggy and his crew, by summoning smoke around them using his Devil Fruit powers. Besides that, they are still affected by standard Devil Fruit weakness.

Usage

Immediately upon consumption, Alvida lost all of her excess fat and weight from her former obesity, as well as smoothing out her freckles, granting her a much slimmer build and attractive appearance, though her delusions of her former morbid obesity led to her be oblivious to this fact.

Alvida's main usage of this fruit's power is to allow attacks to slip off her, rendering her untouchable and immune to conventional damage. She can also use the slipperiness to reduce friction, allowing her to slide at considerable speed, given the right boost.

• Sube Sube Spur (スベスベシュプール, Sube Sube Supā^?, literally meaning "Smooth Smooth Spur"): Buggy's crew sets up a ramp for Alvida. She takes off her sandals and slides down it with her Sube Sube no Mi powers and slides along the ground at about the same speed as Buggy's Bara Bara Car. In the Viz Manga and 4Kids dub, this technique is called Slip-Slip Tracks, while in the FUNimation dub, it's called Smooth-Smooth Tracks.

Trivia

Lola, if she had eaten this fruit.

• This Devil Fruit is very similar to the Awa Awa no Mi, as both have the ability to smooth things, but in this case, Sube Sube no Mi only makes user become smooth.
• A fan asked Oda how Lola would look like if she were the one that ate this fruit. Oda responded to this reader's question as "She hasn't changed much. But her skin has become amazingly smooth". But as Alvida, she will become slim.

External links

• Traction - Wikipedia entry on phenomenon controlled by Alvida's Devil Fruit.
• Weight Loss - Wikipedia entry on side effect of Alvida's power.