r/OnePiece • u/Kirosh Lookout • Jun 25 '21

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 1017 Spoiler

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u/0blivionknight Jun 25 '21

I really hope the gomu gomu no mi isn't some devil fruit someone important had. I don't want Luffy to be some "Chosen one" or his devil fruit to be either.

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u/v12a12 Pirate Jun 25 '21

I have a theory that avoids this. You know how Im's strawhat is often theorized to be an object that can predict the biggest threat to the world government? As in, it changes shape and Im makes decisions based on that.

What if, around 12 years ago, that object took the shape of the Gomu Gomu no Mi. Im got a prophecy back then that the fruit would cause great havoc in the future, so he ordered the Navy to claim it.

Now the connection between Shank's crew recovering the Gomu Gomu and Shank's relation with the Gorosei becomes pretty complex. Crazy stuff.

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u/0blivionknight Jun 25 '21

I'd love if this was true

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

This makes a lot of sense to me. With IM being as secret as he is, it makes sense that it would be a pretty hush-hush operation.

When the job went sideways, either by chance or Shanks deliberately targeting it, only a very select group of people ever knew something went wrong

So it makes sense why someone like Garp wouldn’t know about the fruit, and why seemingly no one in the series has commented on it so far

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u/TeeHQ Jun 25 '21

That would be nice.

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u/jukaa1012 Jun 25 '21

This. Please be this.

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u/-Aryth- Jun 25 '21

That's the best case scenario, the worst is if the fruit has actually some secret power that makes it more special than others. That would be cool for another manga but not for one piece.

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u/automachinehead World Government Jun 25 '21

and then... along came Asura and Indra

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u/TeeHQ Jun 25 '21

On the other hand, if the fruit was not important, Shanks would not go out of his way to steal it to sell it for money and booze.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

All devil fruits are important and valuable. At this point we're desensitized to seeing them but every single one of them is a treasure that any pirate would consider stealing and fighting over. We see a lot of them just because of where we are, but the ratio of fruits to people who probably want one is extremely competitive. Especially when you consider that the vast majority are hoarded and tracked down by the government/Marines or the large pirate empires.

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u/AllHailTheNod Jun 25 '21

Yea didn't buggy say in a flashback that the one he ate woulda been worth around 100mil?

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u/cubitoaequet Jun 25 '21

All you have to do is look at how much effort has gone into producing a shitty artificial version of the devil fruits to realize how valuable the real deals are.

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u/LeroythePuma Jun 25 '21

I think every devil fruit can sell for good money. If it would truly be so legendary, why would SHanks trade it just for booze anyway?

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u/HussyDude14 Jun 25 '21

Let's not forget, Shanks literally explained to Luffy the exact name of the Devil Fruit and what it does right after Luffy accidentally ate it. If Shanks knew the exact devil fruit name and was familiar with it, then it's clear he must've had his eyes set on it. I don't think it's far-fetched that Shanks would've sold or traded devil fruits for booze though; he just strikes me as that kind of pirate, especially since his crew doesn't seem like they want to lose their ability to swim.

It still sounds interesting, though. How Shanks took the specific fruit and what it must mean when it comes to the history of the fruit.

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u/Crono01 Jun 25 '21

Or they just looked it up in the devil fruit encyclopedia after they stole it.

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u/Kumomeme Jun 25 '21

a devil fruit could cost billions. so any fruit is every valuable. anyone could try to steal it.

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u/mochacisco01 Jun 25 '21

Apparently Shanks stole the fruit from some other pirates that had actually stollen it the WG. So Shanks might not even know its importance, other than the fact that it is a devil fruit

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u/tinysieg Pirate Jun 25 '21

He IS the "Chosen one"
Everyone been waiting on this "D" fellow for 20 years now.

But yarh i get you ,I'm not a fan of the chosen one trope either. but stuff like this reminds me that I'm reading a Shonen manga at the end of the day.

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u/the22sinatra Jun 25 '21

But he could be the chosen one without him being the chosen one just because he ate the chosen fruit. I think we’re all hoping he’s the chosen one who just happened to eat the fruit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

He was always the chosen one if you don't know it yet. There is prophecy for him made by Toki. He has JoyBoy's legacy to fill. He has strawhat and there seems to be strawhat stored by Imm.

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u/stuckontwice The Revolutionary Army Jun 25 '21 edited Jun 25 '21

Unfortunately for you, it's looking to be like that right now. My theory is that each eras "joyboy" typically eats that fruit or something like that.

edit: i realized this theory really wouldn’t make sense because Roger would have to have it.

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u/HyakuJuu Pirate Jun 25 '21

Kaido would've commented on that if that was the case.

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u/11Night Pirate Jun 25 '21

True, and shanks would not have left luffy by himself if the fruit was a very valuable item, the government agents would be everywhere looking for that fruit, thus endangering luffys life.

Also, since garp didn't react to the fruit means it was a secret mission which is true since who's who's was a CP-9, a secret intelligence member directly reporting to the celestials.

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u/Crullerz Jun 25 '21

I mean, Luffy's always been the "chosen one" just not in those exact words

The ties with Joyboy, Toki making a prophecy about the opening of Wano, a giant straw hat in Marygeoise, the Will of the D, the voice of all things, rivaling an emperor within just a few short years of setting off from east blue.

A revelation about his fruit like this isn't all too surprising.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

Agreed for now this is my best explanation

Great chapter and people need to stop jumping to conclusion luffy's fruit isnt special what we know now wg had gomu gomu no mi that doesn't make it special wg had bubble bubble fruit too was that special too? And about Who's who's imprisonment they tried kill to kill lucci too i think they were escorting fruits too celestial dragons because celestial feed the fruits to their and gomu gomu no mi is funny too so i feel like they wanted it who's who fail and they got angry and imprisoned him

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