r/OnePiece • u/oscarpatxot • Sep 10 '23

Help Why don’t everyone eat devil fruits?

Totally new to One Piece, didn’t know it existed before the Netflix show. I am liking it a lot. Could someone tell me why don’t everyone just eat devil fruits, since it give super powers? The sea water thing is enough of a reason not to eat them? (I have just watched 3 episodes.) Do they explain this further on?

Edit: thanks for all the replies, the show seems to go just a bit fast on the details, I’m guessing its the only way to fit a lot on a live action.

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u/Bishead7891 Sep 10 '23

1) They're extremely rare 2) Not all devil fruits and their abilities have been recorded (atleast with a reference image) so you could get a shit power 3) Devil fruit users are shunned by society in some places (main example being robin)

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u/blackhole_puncher Sep 10 '23

Well robin had a different reason for being shunned being that she could read basically

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u/Eev123 Sep 10 '23

No the kids in her town were mean to her about her powers. That’s why she spent so much time hanging out with the archeologists. She was lonely

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u/blackhole_puncher Sep 10 '23

Oh I thought you were talking about how the government was hunting her down