This thread explains why I believe that luffy’s actual devil fruit is not the Gomu Gomu no mi, but instead it is a Mythical Zoan type: the Hito-Hito no Mi Model Hanuman.
Why is luffy’s current devil fruit identity suspicious in the first place -The fruit acts unlike other paramecias, prompting some people to consider it as a “special paramecia” due to the fact that luffy’s body is always in a state of rubber mimicking a Logia type.
- Luffy’s power exhibits “transformations” and “forms” unlike any other paramecia, mimicking Zoan types. -Luffy’s forms tend to power-up his physical attributes more than anything else, mimicking a Zoan type.
- The revelation that CP9 and Who’s Who were guarding the fruit, and when it was stolen by Shanks, the latter was sent to impel down. While Rob Lucci was promoted to CP0 although his failure was worse than loosing a “simple” devil fruit.
- In Romance Dawn, Version 2, the Gomu Gomu no Mi was estimated by Garp to be worth 5 billion Berrys. The same value as the one estimated by Diez Barrels for the Ope Ope no Mi. This may be considered non canon, but raises a bit of suspicion.
A Deity related fruit:
- Luffy’s gear 4th looks exactly like the Vajrapani (Buddhist Deity), when we know that Luffy is not really a religious person. -Hyogoro during the raid on Onigashima, notices that Luffy’s Gear 4th resembles the “Wisdom King” a Buddhist Deity.
The Monkey-God Hanuman: Hanuman is a Hindu God of Wisdom, Strength, Courage, Devotion and Self-Discipline. The mythic texts speak of him as a monkey child of the Wind God (Luffy being the son of Dragon?!), as possessing enormous strength, keen intellect.
Bhakti movement saints have positioned Hanuman as a symbol of nationalism and resistance to persecution. He is also described as someone who constantly faces very difficult circumstances, yet he finds an innovative way to turn the odds.
One morning in his childhood, Hanuman was hungry and saw the rising red-coloured sun. Mistaking it for a ripe fruit, he leapt up to eat it. The king of gods Indra intervened and struck Hanuman with his thunderbolt. It hit him on his jaw, and he fell to the earth dead.
This led lord Shiva to intervene and resuscitate Hanuman. As the mistake was done by the god Indra, he grants Hanuman a wish that his body would be as strong as Indra’s Vajra (thunderbolt weapon), and that it also cannot harm him.
Along with Indra other gods have also granted him wishes: the God Agni granted Hanuman a wish that fire won’t harm him; God Varuna granted a wish for Hanuman that water won’t harm him. Hanuman was also bestowed upon 8 Siddhis (superpowers) and 9 Nidhis (divine treasures).
The 8 Abilities:
1.Aṇimā: Ability to reduce one’s size
2.Mahima: Ability to increase one’s size
3.Garima: Ability to increase one’s weight infinitely
4.Laghima: to become lighter than the lightest
5.Prāpti: to have access to any place in the world
6.Prākāmya: Ability to know whatever one desired
7.Iṣiṭva: Lordship over creation
8.Vaśitva: Ability to win and subjugate anyone.
The Hito Hito no Mi model Hanuman: -Ability to reduce and increase size, might not be a rubber property, but rather a power of the Hanuman fruit. -The rubber proprety might be a special attribute deriving from the fact that the fruit is a Mythical zoan fruit. The fact that Hanuman is immune to Indra’s thunderbolt might explain why Luffy is immune to Enel’s lightening attacks, and Big Mom’s lightening attack on the rooftop, which has the same name “INDRA”.
-The fact that the god Agni granted Hanuman immunity from fire would explain why Luffy wasn’t harmed by Kaido’s boro-breath.
-The ability to know whatever one desired, would explain why Luffy can sense people’s intentions.
-Hanuman is also described as having 5 forms, that would explain the Gears/forms and even the forms in gear 4th (of which we have 3 right now, tankman-boundman-snakeman, rhyming with Hanuman haha)
Importance to the story and world government: -The Hanuman is a figure of resistance in the face of persecution. -The fact that it is a Mythical Zoan and very rare fruit.
-The Hanuman also had the power and strength to move mountains and can have an effect in Onigashima.
or the end game of the story against the world government and the ultimate goal of one piece, with multiple signs hinting toward a feat of huge proportions. – The fact that Luffy can rally so many people to his side may be another result of the fruit.
It’s all just a hypothesis that the author of the article, Ben Moon, has come up with. Thanks for watching.
