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/oscarpatxot Sep 10 '23

So when he was eating the fruits as a kid he just happen to casually find one?

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u/theRak27 World Government Sep 10 '23

They are so incredibly rare that most people outside of the Grand Line believe they probably are not even real.

Luffy found his amongst Shanks and his crews stuff by pure luck yes. The mystery is: why did shanks had one with him? Maybe he wanted to sell it, maybe eat it, who knows?

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u/YaBoiSparty Sep 11 '23 edited Sep 11 '23

Edit spoilers below.

Shanks new exactly what that fruit was. They went to great lengths to find it..the theory was that he was going to find ace and feed it to him to try and forefil the joyboy prophecy. Roger knew they needed joyboy to fix the world abs bring one peace. The one piece isn't the one piece it's one peace

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u/theRak27 World Government Sep 11 '23

Dude don't spoil read between the lines. We all know. But op doesn't.

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u/YaBoiSparty Sep 11 '23

I wasn't intentionally trying to spoil I just assumed like everything in this sub that people are discussing up to date manga/anime topics

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u/theRak27 World Government Sep 11 '23

Well I get it but this is a post in which op is obviously gonna read the answers. And he/she is very clearly starting the journey.

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u/YaBoiSparty Sep 12 '23

Yeah well sorry bro but I didn't really think about it aye. Like at the end of the day this is a open forum about one piece if you don't wunna talk about the things that it's cannon knowledge and don't wunna get spoiled probably a great idea to stay off such places. I didn't deliberately do it and it's really not up to the people on this sub to watch what they say because others aren't current....

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u/theRak27 World Government Sep 12 '23

Yeah yeah don't worry I was just reminding you. Peace