Hello fellow users. This is my next Devil Fruit canon app and, hot take, most likely my last (will explain below) and this is going to be on the previously banned (or unbanned I was told it was unbanned but someone said it still was banned). Anywho, it's going to be on the Gomu Gomu no Mi (or Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika as it's the true name). This app is interesting because the Gomu in canon has been renamed from Nika due to the threat level of it. Since this is going to be a case of apping for this fruit, I will go over a few things to be sure.
What are your plans for this Devil Fruit?
For starters, obviously this is going to be for one of my characters, [[Angrboda D. Aonuki]]. Unlike other characters who I apped DFs for, Aonuki's page I've had up ahead of time instead of just creating it out of the blue. That was because that she was originally going to have the Cell Fruit before I decided to give it to Curie being much more useful for the doctor. But I digress. My plans for this fruit is that Aonuki is going to be one of many Seiryuu's children to recieve a big push around the Seiryuu's final arc and afterwards. She is going to be one of the infamous rookies that would be causing some trouble in the New World thanks to her powers. I also plan to debut the fruit in an RP that will feature all of Seiryuu's main children meeting with each other discussing him (it's going to be a semi-big rp featuring Masamune and Nitro alongside some others as well).
How do you plan to impliment it into the FC?
Now, this is going to be the biggest question here in the FC and this is going to be me making my case here. I am going to answer some questions that I feel why this Devil Fruit should be allowed and how it being in the FC shouldn't be too big of an issue. Of course let me know of any and all questions?
Should this Devil Fruit be unbanned? Of course! Plenty of other Devil Fruits have be reallowed into the FC such as Ope and Yami and both have game-breaking abilities. The Gomu's awakening may make the user into a living cartoon character, but just a reminder that this Devil Fruit has a massive weakness as it drains the hell out of the user as well as still retaining it's normal weakness to cutting/piercing attacks. Many characters in the FC have swords, weapons, claws, etc. that could still easily get by this and Aonuki herself is far from being Luffy's level in strength, so I feel like this wouldn't be an issue. My usage of this fruit is for Aonuki to use it effectively in fights and mess around with others. Plus, getting this fruit doesn't automatically make her the MC of my FC. We all know Yang will always keep that role and no one will ever replace him!
Should this Devil Fruit follow the lore presented in Canon? I feel like it shouldn't or it doesn't have to. This Devil Fruit in the canon is considered a massive deal to the point that the World Government renamed the fruit itself to prevent others from discovering it's true powers. However, this fruit in the FC doesn't have to follow the same deal. I'm using my example of the Gura Gura no Mi, despite being considered the "Strongest Paramecia" in Canon is only that way because of Whitebeard himself. It is usually the user themselves that make the fruit truly special. However, the Gomu has an incredible amount of lore in Canon that makes use of it in the FC next to impossible I feel and will narrow it down real quick:
- Joyboy is a major figure that people like Roger and Zushenia know about. In the FC, it was agreed to that those two and a very few amount of others are kept canon in the FC. Joyboy is, so far, an unseen figure that has only ties to the fruit itself.
- The World Government personally had CP9 hang onto the fruit due to how important it is. However, it was then stolen by the Yonko Shanks. It is a case where the Devil Fruit is personally kept by higher figures due to the threat level; but I feel the FC is built differently around stuff like this. Plus, let's be real, it was only made more important because of Luffy being the MC. It's kind of a way that the most "strongest MZ" had chosen Luffy. That's why I feel like despite it's verstile abilities, I don't feel like it needs to be treated as a big deal here. Going back to Gura that if a CP0 character had it, I feel like people won't freak out about it over someone like Whitebeard having it. Makes sense you know?
Do you think the name should be kept as Gomu Gomu no Mi, or Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika? I feel like it should be the latter but the former name can be kept. Remember, the reason why it's called the Gomu Gomu no Mi is because the WG renamed it from the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika to hide the fruit's true existance. This case does contridict each other since I already wanted to drop the lore behind it meaning that, techically, it should keep the Nika name. However, for the sake of this it will still be referred to has the Gomu Gomu no Mi mainly while still having the Nika name on the backburner. It doesn't have to ever be called as such in the FC, nor it has to be treated a big deal (remember the lore is only there because of Luffy himself being the main character). Naturally, I do want the awakening abilities to be kept but yeah that is pretty much my view of this!
Do you think that it should keep all of the same techiques as Gomu? This is another big question and no it doesn't have to. I remember being told that the Gears cannot be used if one should ever app for the Gomu Gomu no Mi. And it makes sense because Luffy developed them in a variety of ways, such as Gear 2 from watching CP9's Soru or Gear 3 from watching giants.
However, I feel like Aonuki could still develop her own versions of her moves that I, as seen on her pages, incoperated her martial arts into instead and from watching animals. Like I feel like I can still have my own spins of Gear 2 and Gear 3 as Aonuki can shift her legs into that of a cheetah and Gear 3 has gorilla arms. That's why I named them the "Stances" which is a term used in martial arts that refers to different animal poses. I believe that is perfect replacement for them especially since there are so many different types. I will be expanding upon more than just Stance 1 and Stance 2 but I went ahead and use those two as the basis for it. Also, I feel like a lot of the basic moves can be kept like Pistol but things like UFO wouldn't be use. Aonuki does name her attacks from a lot of animals after all (I did post examples of how they would work on the Gomu page). To go furthur into this, Aonuki has her own spin of techiques such as turning herself into a ball and hardening her whole body in Haki to become a wrecking ball. Of course going to list moves that I can on the main page.
Can you go over how you made this fruit differently or things you kept the same?
Sure thing. I know I mentioned this already above and showed some examples on my Gomu page, but I just wanted to clarify them here to make 100% sure (hey I love to be organized after all!)
- One of the main things I'm keeping the same is some of the more basic moves. For example, Gomu Gomu no Pistol is literally just a stretched-out punch so I feel that is something Aonuki can pick up. However, a key difference on this subject is the naming of the moves. Luffy names most of his basic moves after weapons, so Aonuki will be naming them after animals (Luffy does for his Gear 3rd/4th techiques but that's later). So in this case, the Gomu Gomu no Pistol will be the Gomu Gomu no Paison (Python in English).
- Another thing I am keeping is the properties of the rubber itself. Luffy really does like to eat a lot, but that's purely because of his stomach being made of rubber. I feel like this could apply to anyone that has this fruit. Aonuki also will develop a taste for fish instead of meat which is a small chance I will make.
- Another difference, however, is that Aonuki has much other pratical uses of it. Aonuki, in general, is a lot smarter than Luffy when it comes to common sense and other stuff and she hows what she can do with her powers to help out others. For example, she can store things in her stomach such as large objects in order to use for later. She could also use her rubber powers to help insulate electricity from things. Those are just a few things that I actually haven't seen the Gomu do in canon as the user can clearly stretch a great amount.
- Another small difference I'm added is that Aonuki can now shape her limbs specifically to use them in a variety of ways. Luffy has shown to be able to shape some of his powers in order to attack (such as bending his arms for certain attacks for example) so I feel like Aonuki can, for example, stretch out her tail to make a lasso or even shape them into other animal parts to be used in a variety of ways. It makes her a sort of "imintation shapeshifter" which does fit with the tanuki lore behind her.
- The biggest difference of the chance is going to be the Gears. Since that is something Luffy came up with himself in a variety of different ways, Aonuki will have her own state of this known as "Stances." For example, Stance 1 is activated by mimicking the nature of cheetah legs allowing her to move as quick similar to Gear 2nd. And Stance 2 has her turning both of her arms into gorilla arms by pumping air into them like a piston (she can dope herself with her own blood). And Stance 3 allows her to suck in a bunch of air and trap it inside her body giving her a sort of Gear 3rd state where she can transfer the air to her arms, fingers, etc. I feel like this could be a nice change from the regular Gears.
- Of course, another keeper is the awakened form since, well, that's what untimely this fruit's true power. Now, I will say she will also keep the laughs and Drums of Liberation heartbeat; but as I've said above, the lore of that doesn't really need to be established in the FC so it can be just erractic heartbeating unique to the fruit that others are free to comment towards.
Don't you have a lot of Devil Fruits already?
Yes I do but, remember, I do plan on getting rid those I haven't been using in awhile. I even have a list typed up already for all of the fruits that I plan on opening. Now, the fruits I'm opening will always be the case so even if this app doesn't pass, I'm still opening them. HOWEVER, me claming this fruit will still put me above the 8 hard limit so I will be willing to give up the Wapu Wapu no Mi as well should this app be accepted. Like I said, I already got the others I'm opening back up typed down and will be sending them around the time of this app. I do hope to consider this!
Do you think she should be able to achieve the awakening?
I do. Now, to go over another thing real quick, the biggest point of the Gomu Gomu no Mi is more of the awakening itself. The "Nika" part of the fruit is the awakening aspect itself which, to me, I felt was a bit confusing. Like I said above, the name really means nothing in this case as only the awakening itself is established as it can turn surrouding things into rubber to be manipulated in a variety of ways. This was fully explained on the Gomu page on my end, so I will just go into it and say that yes, Aonuki I feel can achieve it. It may sound soon for a character I just had, but remember that Aonuki's story I've written for both her uprising as part of Seiryuu's crew, to starting her own adventure, to of course the timeskip. Awakenings can be apped for even if the user's page had been recently debuted which was the case for Ieyasu as he was able to gain his awakening once I've explained it througohly. I hope I made it the case here and, if not, of course it can be a future thing. Remember one big thing: Aonuki isn't Luffy's strength. Far from it. Just because she'll be using the awakening at this point in the FC doesn't mean she will one-shot people up and down. From my perspective, Yang, Houshoku, and Masamune are still far stronger than her and she'll still have her weaknesses. She will, of course, improve upon her power as it goes. I personally feel awakening doesn't have to always mean "This is what the most the character can do. No more adding onto it." That is just my main case for this. Now I do want to be sure if the awakening doesn't get accepted at the time, then that will be fine. Just to drop real quick!
Alright I think that is it for this app! I hope I made my case well for this. If you have any other questions, let me know! Thanks!
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