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Zoan is one of the three Devil Fruit types. This type of fruit allows the user to transform into another species and inter-species hybrid forms at will.[2] Zoan types are especially effective in close combat. The term was first used when Dalton's Devil Fruit was used to attack Wapol.[3]

Overview

Zoan Devil Fruits allow the user to transform into another species. This type of fruit provides three basic forms:

  • Human Form (人型, Hito-gata?)[4]: The user's natural form prior to consuming the fruit.
  • Human-Beast Form (人獣型, Jinjū-gata?)[4]: A hybrid form, combining both the original and the fruit-bestowed species into an unusual form (usually in a bizarre way where the size is greatly exaggerated).
  • Beast Form (獣型, Kemono-gata?)[4]: A fully transformed form.

However, through training, it is possible for Zoan users to unlock different transformations (for instance, Marco, who could transform selective parts of his body, and Chopper, who could transform into at least seven different forms even without the use of a Rumble Ball). The only known hybrid forms of human users shown so far that were not bipedal are the Gorgon Sisters' Hebi Hebi no Mi fruits (as snakes do not have legs). Another effect shown is that for many different known Zoan users, when in a half-human half-animal hybrid, sometimes the user tends to get bigger than they originally are, even to giant proportions.

A majority of the Zoan Devil Fruits also come in different "models" that result in variations of the animal. For example, the Inu Inu (Dog) Fruit has Jackal, Dachshund, and Wolf models; the Ushi Ushi (Bull or Cow) Fruit has Bison and Giraffe models; and the Hebi Hebi (snake) has AnacondaKing Cobra, and Yamata no Orochi models. Even for fruits without a model, there may be other fruits within the same series that do have one: an example is Chopper's Hito Hito no Mi and Sengoku's Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Daibutsu. Sengoku's fruit is also unique in that rather than turning him into a living being, it transforms him into an animate golden statue, making it rather unique among the Zoan-class.

Inanimate Object Zoan

Inanimate objects have been shown to be able to "eat", or otherwise consume Devil Fruits. The technique used to make objects "eat" a fruit was developed by Dr. Vegapunk, and has not yet been revealed, but is not limited to solid materials, as gaseous slime can also be used as a medium. So far, Zoan is the only type of Devil Fruit that inanimate objects have been shown as being able to absorb. Only six cases of this have been seen so far: Mr. 4's bazooka Lassoo (Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Dachshund), Spandam's sword Funkfreed (Zou Zou no Mi), Caesar Clown's pet slime Smiley (Sara Sara no Mi, Model: Axolotl), Tenguyama Hitetsu's teapot Bunbuku (Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Tanuki), and—non-canonically—Shuzo's bazooka Alpacacino and Patrick Redfield's pen Pato (Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Bake-danuki).

Objects that have ingested a Zoan fruit gain the mobility and intelligence of the animal they turn into. This can be a drawback as the object can also feel pain as well as become susceptible to diseases. In the animal form, they can be intimidated, as seen when Franky threatened Funkfreed.[5] Inanimate object Zoans also seem to be very loyal to whomever owns them.

Zoan-Type Users

See also the associated category: Zoan Devil Fruit Users.

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Zoan-Types

Ushi Ushi no Mi (Ox) series
  • Ushi Ushi no Mi, Model: Bison (English versions: Ox-Ox Fruit/Ox-Ox Fruit, Bison Model/Ox-Ox Fruit, Bison Form) - Allows the user to become a full bison or a half-bison hybrid. Eaten by Dalton.
  • Ushi Ushi no Mi, Model: Giraffe (English versions: English versions: Ox-Ox Fruit, Giraffe Model/Ox-Ox Fruit, Model: Giraffe) - Allows the user to become a full giraffe or a half-giraffe hybrid. Eaten by Kaku.
Hito Hito no Mi (Human) series
  • Hito Hito no Mi (English versions: Human-Human Fruit) - Allows any animal that eats it to get human characteristics like Tony Tony Chopper did when he ate the fruit.
  • Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Daibutsu (English versions: Human-Human Fruit, Daibutsu Model/Human-Human Fruit, Model: Buddha) - Allows the user to become a Daibutsu (a giant gold Buddha) or a half-Daibutsu hybrid. Eaten by Sengoku.
Tori Tori no Mi (Bird) series
Inu Inu no Mi (Dog) series
Neko Neko no Mi (Cat) series
Zou Zou no Mi (Elephant) series
  • Zou Zou no Mi (English version: Elephant-Elephant Fruit/Eleph-Eleph Fruit) - Allows the user to become a full elephant or a half-elephant hybrid. In the case of Spandam's sword Funkfreed, he becomes an elephant/sword hybrid.
  • Zou Zou no Mi, Model: Mammoth (English version: Elephant-Elephant Fruit, Model: Mammoth) - Allows the user to become a full mammoth or a half-mammoth hybrid. Eaten by Jack.
Ryu Ryu no Mi (Dragon) series
Hebi Hebi no Mi (Snake) series
Sara Sara no Mi (Salamander) series
  • Sara Sara no Mi, Model: Axolotl (English version: Sala-Sala Fruit, Model: Axolotl) - Allows the user to become a full axolotl or a half-axolotl hybrid. In the case of Caesar Clown's slime Smiley, it became an axolotl/slime hybrid until it's death.
Mushi Mushi no Mi (Bug) series
  • Mushi Mushi no Mi, Model: Kabutomushi (English version: Bug-Bug Fruit, Model: Rhinoceros Beetle) - Allows the user to become a full rhinoceros beetle or a half-rhinoceros beetle hybrid. The user can also fly in either form. Eaten by Kabu.
  • Mushi Mushi no Mi, Model: Suzumebachi (English version: Bug-Bug Fruit, Model: Hornet) - Allows the user to become a full hornet or a half-hornet hybrid. The user can also fly in either form. Eaten by Bian.
Batto Batto no Mi (Bat) series
Single model series
  • Mogu Mogu no Mi (English version: Diggy-Diggy Fruit/Mole-Mole Fruit) - Allows the user to become a full mole or a half-mole hybrid. The user can also dig underground. Eaten by Drophy.
  • Uma Uma no Mi (English version: Horse-Horse Fruit) - Allows the user to become a full horse or a half-horse hybrid. In the case of Gan Fall's pet bird Pierre, he resembles a Pegasus.
  • Kame Kame no Mi (English version: Turtle-Turtle Fruit) - Allows the user to become a full turtle or a half-turtle hybrid. In the case of Pekoms, he resembles a Tarasque.

Unnamed Fruits

This section lists the Zoan Devil Fruits that haven't been identified yet.

Canon

  • Minotaurus' fruit which allows him to take the form of a Holstein cow.
  • Minokoala's fruit which allows him to take the form of a koala.
  • Minorhinoceros's fruit which allows him to take the form of a rhinoceros.
  • Minozebra's fruit which allows him to take the form of a zebra.
  • Onigumo's fruit that lets him sprout spider-like arms from his back as well as grow a spider's abdomen.
  • Dalmatian's fruit which allows him to turn into a dalmatian.
  • Epoida's fruit which allows him to turn into a caterpillar.
  • Minochihuahua's fruit which allows him to take the form of a chihuahua.
  • Kaido's fruit which allows him to transform into an eastern dragon.

Non-Canon

  • Chiqicheetah's unnamed Devil Fruit that allows him to turn into a cheetah or a half-cheetah hybrid.
  • Alpacacino's unnamed Devil Fruit which gave him life and the ability to transform into an alpaca or an alpaca/cannon hybrid.
  • All-Hunt Grount's unnamed Devil Fruit that turns his left arm into a monstrously large gorilla-like arm that has red fur and claws.

Strengths

The Zoan fruits primarily improve physical abilities and allow the user to use his or her three forms to adapt to a situation during a fight to find the form that gives the biggest advantage.

Zoan powers are usually utilized for their hybrid form, as this form enhances the physical statistics of the user by combining positive attributes from both the user and the physical-level equivalent of the Zoan species. Zoan fruits are thus favored among already strong users who prefer to enhance their physical abilities for the use of martial arts, such as Kaku. This can help create new fighting styles. Another rather minor advantage is that depending on the scenario, a Zoan user can go undetected by simply changing the physical form they have to one unfamiliar to those around them. It also offers the element of surprise when the foe has little experience with fighting that particular form.

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This type can be applied to inanimate objects, thereby giving life to the objects.

In their hybrid form, Zoan users experience enhanced senses, as this form uses a combination of both the user's and the fruit's abilities. Skilled Zoan users are also capable of using their powers to shape-shift out of harm's way; this is particularly useful, especially when the Zoan's body has been restrained, as Chopper demonstrated so many times (such as Chopper switching from heavy point to the smaller brain point to dodge a strike).

In addition to an increase in physical strength and enhanced senses, some Zoan users may have a special ability affiliated with the animal their fruit is based off. Such examples are:

  • Tony Tony Chopper's human-type Zoan grants him increased intelligence and the ability to speak human language.
  • Pell's bird-type Zoan gives him wings that allow him to fly.
  • Miss Merry Christmas's mole-type Zoan allows her to tunnel through the earth.
  • Rob Lucci's leopard-type Zoan and Jabra's wolf-type Zoan gives them sharp claws and teeth.
  • Boa Marigold's king cobra-type Zoan allows her to spit venom.
  • Pekoms' turtle-type Zoan grants him a protective shell.

This fruit type is also useful for applying to objects such as guns or swords, giving an otherwise inanimate object life and increasing its value to the owner of the item. The method of application is however, as of yet, unknown.

Zoans could be considered among the seemingly least impressive type of Devil Fruits, as they primarily rely on brute force and some of them are physically very weak animals (such as a Dachshund). However, it is also the type that was most extensively experimented on so far, even leading to the creation of man-made Zoan Fruits.

However, rare Zoans such as those labeled "Mythical" can be considered as impressive and as powerful as Logias and may even display some attributes of the Paramecia and/or Logia classes to generate rare and incredible powers combined in one person. An example is Marco's rare ability as a phoenix to instantly regenerate from any wound, making him more than equivalent to Logia users in damage tolerance as well his ability to generate his own certain element: the blue phoenix flames.

Another type of rare Zoans is one labeled "Ancient," such as X Drake's Zoan Devil Fruit. He is able to transform into a large dinosaur, which explains the label of "Ancient." Ancient Zoans are supposedly stronger than regular Zoan users.

Carnivorous Zoan Users

File:Neko Neko no Mi Model Leopard.png

The Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Leopard is a Carnivorous Zoan.

As stated by Tony Tony Chopper, fruits that transform their users into carnivorous animals are called Carnivorous Zoan (肉食の動物ゾオン, Nikushoku no Zōn-kei?). Their users become more ferocious than others.

While many fruits with carnivorous animal themes were shown so far, the only confirmed Carnivorous Zoan fruit is the Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Leopard, which was eaten by Rob Lucci, who went as far as to maul his opponent in full-leopard form.[6]

Awakening

File:Jailer Beasts attack prisoners.png

The Jailer Beasts are Awakened Zoan.

Like all Devil Fruit abilities, Zoan types can be "awakened", granting far greater strength, speed, and durability than unawakened Zoan powers. This also includes faster recovery time, which functions involuntarily, even when the user is unconscious.

Awakened Zoan fruit users have yet to show signs of complex thought, seemingly acting out on instinct and power. All Awakened Zoan users seen so far are always in a form resembling their full beast form, but with human attributes. It is unknown if they became this way permanently upon awakening, or if these forms are a conscious choice.

Four of the five Jailer Beasts are all classified as awakened Zoan users, with the fifth one being unknown.[7]

Weaknesses

Physical powers granted are restricted to just the capabilities of the proportionate physical equivalent of the animal they are able to transform into. In hybrid form, these strengths of both species may be combined, but again seems to be just a mixture of both forms. While it is true that they enhance the strengths of the consumer, they rely primary on the consumer's already-established fighting skills and capabilities. Some users such as Pierre demonstrated little improvements in their capabilities overall. Therefore, depending on what species the user is and what the fruit has to offer, a Zoan fruit's abilities may end up nothing more than a physical change of appearance to that particular consumer. However this does not mean the fruit itself was worthless, as all Devil Fruits are subject to fate on who consumes them. As demonstrated by Kaku, when a Zoan Devil Fruit is first consumed, the most difficult task may prove to be simply learning how to fit the change of physical appearance to the fighting styles already known to the user. Kaku himself also seems to have little control at first over what form he took, in one case landing in the wrong form during the fights at Enies Lobby.

Like the Paramecia, Zoans may leave their users as "freaks" in their hybrid form due to the way that the combination of both physical forms is mashed together. Both Chopper and Kaku in particular were considered freaks due to the strange way their hybrid forms had materialized, with Chopper being considered a "monster" even by his family and Kaku ending up mocked for his heavily cube-like body.

Furthermore, inanimate objects brought to life through the use of Zoan fruits become living creatures that need to be fed and groomed. Also, these once-inanimate objects gain their own free will and basic life's weaknesses, such as Funkfreed being threatened by Franky[5] and Lassoo contracting a cold.

If an animal ate a Zoan-class Devil Fruit that is exactly the same as their original species (such as a human eating the Hito Hito no Mi), it would result in a complete waste, as they gain no transformation whatsoever, yet acquire all the typical weaknesses of Devil Fruit users.[8]

Sub-Classes

Among the Zoan Devil Fruits and users, some of them can be categorized together into common types with common traits depending on what type of animal they turn into.

Ancient Zoan

File:Jack's Mammoth Form.png

Jack's Zou Zou no Mi, Model: Mammoth is an Ancient Zoan.

The Ancient Zoan (動物ゾオン系」古代種, Zōn-kei Kodaishu?, literally meaning "Animal System Ancient Species") class is a much rarer type of Zoan. Fruits that fall under this class grant the ability to transform into ancient, extinct animals such as dinosaurs.

It is implied that Ancient Zoans bestow greater physical strength than normal Zoans,[9] something certainly in keeping with what has been exhibited by those wielding Ancient Zoan powers. For example, Drake, in his Allosaurus form, easily bit into a Pacifista's harder-than-steel armor, Jack made concrete buildings collapse with a swing of his Mammoth trunk, King could knock over the Queen Mama Chanter by ramming it in his Pteranodon form, and Page One was able to physically overpower a Raid Suit-donning Sanji.

Five Ancient Zoan powers have been revealed so far, all of which are wielded by members of the Yonko-led Beasts Pirates.

Mythical Zoan

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Marco's Devil Fruit is a Phoenix-type Mythical Zoan.

Fruits classed as Mythical Zoan (動物ゾオン系」幻獣種, Zōn-kei Genjūshu?, literally meaning "Animal System Mythical Beast Species") allow those who partake of them to transform into creatures that are the subject of myth and legend. They are the rarest subtype of Zoan, noted to be even rarer than Logia powers.[10]

In accordance with their rarity, Mythical Zoans seem very powerful and the strongest among Zoan types, especially because of their most distinguishing facet: the bestowing of special, unique abilities supplementary to the transformation itself (ex. the phoenix Zoan's creation of regenerative phoenix flames, or the Daibutsu Zoan's shockwave projection).

Five Mythical Zoan powers have been shown in canon:

Non-canonically, three more Mythical Zoans have been seen:

Artificial Zoan

Further information: Artificial Devil Fruit
File:Kaido's Artificial Zoan Army.png

Kaido's army of Artificial Zoan fruit users.

In the Punk Hazard Arc, it is revealed that Dr. Vegapunk attempted to create his own Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit. However, the resulting fruit was a failure. Momonosuke found the failed Devil Fruit and ate it out of hunger. As a result, he was transformed into an Eastern-type dragon, though he has shown little to no control over the ability.[11]

After that, Caesar Clown succeeded in designing specialized Artificial Devil Fruits which he named "SMILE", but is only able to produce Zoan types. They are created through the substance concocted by Caesar known as SAD. Kaido, one of the Yonko, uses them to create an army of Zoan users in collaboration with Doflamingo.[12][13] Unlike normal Devil Fruits, these artificial Devil Fruits have ring patterns rather than the typical swirl pattern. The fruit developed by Vegapunk also had these ring patterns.

Translation and Dub Issues

  • The name "Zoan" for these types of Devil Fruit likely comes from zoanthropy. Zoanthropy is a term that refers to metamorphosis of humans into animals, a term that is interchangeable with therianthropy.
  • The Japanese term Genjūshu has been translated wrongly as "Crypto Zoan" or "Cryptic Zoan" though 幻獣種 literally means "mythical beast type".
  • Going by the naming convention that Paramecia comes from the microbe Paramecium, Zoan shares a similar name to the microbe Protozoan.
  • The fact that all Dinosaur Zoans fall under the group of "Ryu Ryu no Mi" (meaning "Dragon") can be explained by how in most Asian languages, the word "Dinosaur" is the same as the word "Dragon".

Trivia

  • One Piece Green: Secret Pieces revealed an early concept of Marguerite, who was intended to have a black cat model of the Neko Neko no Mi, and Inazuma who was intended to be a Zoan Devil Fruit user who could turn into a crab.
  • The Zoan class was the last of the three types of Devil Fruit to be introduced in the story as well as the first type shown to be capable of "awakening".
  • The Zoan type is the only Devil Fruit type that has yet to be shown with two known users for a single fruit.
  • Two canon Mythical Zoan users introduced so far have an Epithet related to their transformation.
  • The Tama Tama no Mi, an unclassified Devil Fruit eaten by Tamago, allows the user to transform into an animal (in this case, evolve from an egg form into a chick, then a chicken), and to regenerate their body when broken.

References

  1. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 15 Chapter 132 (p. 12) and Episode 80, Dalton is introduced.
  2. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 15 Chapter 135 (p. 19) and Episode 81, The concept of Zoan Devil Fruits is introduced.
  3. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 15 Chapter 136 (p. 14) and Episode 82, The term Zoan was used for the first time.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 One Piece Blue: Grand Data File (p. 98-99), Zoan forms named and explained.
  5. 5.0 5.1 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 44 Chapter 423 (p. 9) and Episode 306, Funkfreed reverts to his animal form after Franky threatens him that he will blow a hole to his head.
  6. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 37 Chapter 349 (p. 6) and Episode 246, Chopper mentions how carnivorous zoans are more ferocious.
  7. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 56 Chapter 544 (p. 11) and Episode 447, Crocodile explains that the Jailer Beasts of Impel Down are "awakened" Zoans.
  8. SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 20 (p. 166), Oda reveals that a human eating the Hito Hito no Mi gives no change in the user.
  9. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 52 Chapter 509 (p. 10-12) and Episode 402, Drake reveals a dinosaur Zoan form to Kizaru.
  10. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 57 Chapters 553554 (p. 16-17, 2-3) and Episode 463, Marco is revealed to be a Phoenix Zoan.
  11. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 69 Chapter 685 (p. 14) and Episode 611, Luffy encounters Momonosuke who uses his levitation ability to allow them to escape the garbage disposal.
  12. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 69 Chapter 689 (p. 14-17) and Episode 615, Caesar explains the primary agenda of his experiments for Joker's underworld trafficking.
  13. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 70 Chapters 697698 (p. 16-19, 13-17) and Episodes 623625, Law explains Doflamingo and Kaido's business dealings.

External Links

  • Therianthropy - A Wikipedia article about human to animal metamorphosis.

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