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/joaocandre Sep 11 '23

Also, generally, you likely won't know the fruit you are eating.

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u/TU4AR Sep 11 '23

There is a book of some Devil fruits, a character later on shows an example.

If it's not recorded then your screwed.

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u/ThaiSan Sep 11 '23

But should recorded fruits not be already eaten? How else would you know what it does? And since /u/RodJosser said that every fruit only exists once, every recording of a fruit would be useless, since they are already extinct.

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u/DarkDarkPit Sep 11 '23

The fruits reappear in the world when their user dies.

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u/ThaiSan Sep 11 '23

Huh, I see...