One Piece's The Elbaf Arc is heating up with each passing chapter, and now, after months of waiting, the main battles have finally begun. This also means that Oda has put a lot of focus on the cursed prince Loki, who is known to hold the power of Elbaf's national treasure, which is also said to be a legendary devil fruit. In last week's One Piece chapter, Loki's Devil Fruit power was finally unleashed, and it was clear to see that he could transform into an absolutely huge dragon. But the true nature of this Devil Fruit was not revealed. There are several mythological dragons that exist in the world, and Oda could theoretically have joined any of them. One Piece chapter 1175 fixes this by confirming the name of the Devil Fruit once and for all. It has now been confirmed that Loki's devil fruit is after all inspired by Norse mythology and is the Nidhogg fruit.
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Loki has the power of the Nidhogg Devil Fruit
As most fans had expected, Loki's Devil Fruit turned out to be the Nidhogg Fruit, but the classification of this Devil Fruit is quite interesting. Loki's fruit is technically a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit, called the Ryu Ryu no Mi model Nidhogg. This devil fruit is said to be a legendary fruit and the national treasure of Elbaf, meaning it has existed in the land for centuries. It is said that in the olden days Elbaf's god of war had the power of the Nidhogg Devil Fruit, and he also had the ice squirrel Ratatoskr with him. The war god was so powerful that he could even clash with the sun god Nika.
It looks like the Guardian Squirrel has done its duty and the fruit has chosen Loki. — Jarul, One Piece chapter 1175
Clearly, Loki himself is the second coming of the god of war. Loki's Nidhogg powers are incredibly massive, and what's most striking about them is his sheer size. It was stated by Jarul that the size of the Nidhogg is directly proportional to the size of the user. If a normal human eats the Devil Fruit, their dragon will be significantly smaller than Loki's. Even a normal giant dragon cannot bring out the full potential of this fruit. It is only when an ancient giant or someone with the blood of an ancient giant consumes this devil fruit that their true power of this ability can be brought out.
As is the case with most Devil Fruit abilities, Loki's Nidhogg fruit grants him two unique transformations.
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The full dragon transformation
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The giant-dragon hybrid
So far, Loki has only used his hybrid form against Harald briefly, but Oda kept it in silhouette. He will surely use it later.
How the Nidhogg Devil Fruit suits Loki perfectly
The true power of the Nidhogg Devil Fruit is absolutely immense, and it goes without saying. For someone like Loki, this is a perfect fit, but Nidhogg Fruit is more than just a strong ability for Loki. In fact, it's actually a thematic fit as well. As stated in the story, Loki was chained at the foot of the Adam tree for years. Meanwhile, in Norse mythology, the Nidhoggen is said to gnaw at the root of the Yggdrasil tree. Clearly, Oda skillfully drew a parallel between these two, and as such, Nidhogg is the perfect fit for him.
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I am the sun god who will destroy the world. — Loki
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It is also said that Ratatoskr, which is the ice squirrel, is Nidhoggen's messenger in Norse mythology. Again, Loki having the power of Ragnir, who is actually a squirrel, fits here thematically as well. The Nidhog brings great destruction, and Loki, being the god of war in that sense, also fits the bill perfectly. Oda carefully crafted the perfect Devil Fruit for Loki, and its powers are also absolutely phenomenal.
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Loki's powers can end the world
IN One Piece Chapter 1175, it was quite clear to see that Loki is strong enough to destroy the world if he wants to. His large size allows him to use immense physical strength, but more than that, his lightning manipulation ability is what is truly deadly. Loki can throw lightning at entire countries in an instant with his powerful ability, and as such he can destroy countries just by passing over them.
It makes perfect sense why the people of Elbaf said that Loki is a destroyer and that he can continue to destroy the world, look at his abilities. Over the course of the next three chapters, Loki will surely use his powers against the likes of Imu, and that's when the true potential of this fruit will shine.
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- Release date
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October 20, 1999
- Network
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Fuji TV
- Directors
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Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Ma Shihi Endo, Toshihiro Ma Shihi Endo, Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou
- Author
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Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda
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Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
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Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)
