6 weak characters with powerful devil fruits

Throughout One Piece series, there have been countless Devil Fruits, which is to be expected considering they are the primary part of the franchise's power system. These fruits can range from weak to incredibly powerful, as some of the strongest and most important characters in the setting have been shown to use them.

Just like that, it's pretty clear that not all Devil Fruits are included One Piece are built equally, because there are some whose potential is absolutely astronomical, but they belong to characters that are relatively weak. In this article, let's break down those who fall into this category and see exactly why this is the case for them.

Sugar's Devil Fruit is one of the strongest in the series

Fruit: Hobi Hobi no Mi

Sugar's Devil Fruit is not only the strongest fruit on this list, but it can comfortably sit as one of the most powerful Devil Fruits in all One Piece. With just a single touch, this Paramecia type can turn their target into a toy that will remain subservient and will erase all memory of that specific person from anyone who ever knew them, making it something that not even the strongest characters are safe from.

But the trade-off is that whoever eats the fruit stops aging, remaining the age they were when they first ate it. In Sugar's case, she remained in a child's body despite being over 20 years old, which also allowed her to be very easily scared and surprised, and even had no Haki. Once unconscious, everyone she had ever turned reverted to their original forms.

Haki would grossly overpower Robin's fruit

Fruit: Hana Hana no Mi

Nico Robin has one of the coolest Devil Fruit abilities in the entire story, which essentially allows her to create duplicates of herself or her body parts on any surface she wants. Through his mastery of its applications, Robin has even made gigantic versions of himself that can destroy many weak enemies at once.

Although not weak by any means, Robin wastes the true potential of Hana Hana no Mi due to his lack of Haki. By even learning basic Armament Haki, Robin's overall strength and utility with this Devil Fruit will skyrocket, so she must learn the power before the final war officially begins, despite not even being a primary fighter for the Straw Hats.

Caribou's Logia Fruit barely does anything for him

Fruit: Numa Numa no Mi

Caribou was first introduced right after the time jump, where he managed to prove himself to be an incredibly unpleasant and untrustworthy character. His fruit, Numa Numa no Mi, turns his body into a swamp, effectively giving him the properties of clay to create and control at his will.

Although Numa Numa no Mi is not the strongest in its category, it is still a Logia Fruit, which automatically makes it a valuable Devil Fruit by all metrics, especially considering that it gives Caribou an unlimited amount of storage. However, Caribou is laughably weak, as he doesn't even have Haki, was shown to be easily defeated by weak characters, and was even put into a barrel that he couldn't escape from.

Caesar had one of the strongest Logia fruits

Fruit: Gasu Gasu no Mi

Like Caribou, Caesar Clown had a Logia Devil Fruit, automatically setting it as one of the stronger fruits in the series as a whole by default. Essentially, this fruit gave Caesar the ability to turn into and completely manipulate gas, making it the strongest possible version of Smoker's fruit, as Caesar was shown to siphon oxygen from others, turn into gas, and create powerful vapors.

But despite his apparent strength, Caesar had no qualms about not being a fighter of any kind. In fact, the true reason behind his notoriety is his brilliant scientific mind, which allowed him to conduct inhuman and cruel experiments to create powerful weapons. Due to his lack of Haki and desire to be a fighter, Caesar was not very strong.

Orochi was the worst mythic Zoan user in the series

Fruit: Hebi Hebi no Mi, Model: Yamato no Orochi

One of the most miserable and pathetic characters in the entire series, Kurozumi Orochi possessed a remarkable Devil Fruit power that belongs to the Mythical Zoan category. Mythical Zoans are by far the rarest, most valuable, and often the strongest Devil Fruits in the series, even capable of turning an incredibly weak character into a formidable fighter.

However, Orochi turned this gift of a mythical Zoan fruit into something as pathetic as him. Although, like all zoans, this fruit gave him enhanced physical attributes, he did nothing with this power-up, and despite seemingly having many lives due to the nature of the fruit, Orochi still died in a very pathetic way.

Foxy wasted one of the most broken abilities ever

Fruit: Noro Noro no Mi

In any fictional setting, the ability to manipulate time and motion will always be one of the most powerful and broken abilities possible, especially within a series that One Piece. Such a power actually exists and belongs to Foxy the Silver Fox, a hilariously useless pirate who relies only on cheating and underhand tactics to get what he wants.

His Devil Fruit, Noro Noro no Mi, allows Foxy to emit small particles that can completely slow down his target to an incredible degree for about 30 seconds. In the hands of literally anyone, this Devil Fruit would be a completely broken power, but with Foxy, it's just a fruit whose true potential is wasted by someone very weak.

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