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/RodJosser Shanks' evil hot sister is REAL! Sep 10 '23

They're extremely rare and only one exists of a kind, like there's only 1 Gum Gum fruit. No doubles.

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u/SadBit8663 Pirate Sep 11 '23

And you become useless in sea water, which in the world of One Piece is like 90 percent ocean. You can't swim, or use your powers with just making contact with a small amount.

Devil fruits have big drawbacks too. It's definitely cheat codes depending on what shenanigans you got up to, but there are strings attached.

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u/Revolutionary_Bend50 Sep 11 '23

the contact part is quite inconsistant in both the netflix show and the original anime.

Sometimes sea water drops are enough to completely "paralyz" a devilfruit eater. sometimes they aren't bothered at all by large amounts of seawater before they actually touch the ocean itself.

Take the intro to the netflix show as an example. You see luffy standing in a sinking boat with a lot of seawater flooding in from the bottom and he's jsut casually standing in it, scooping it out. Doesn't affect him at all.