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==Superpowers==
As a shonen action series, naturally, One Piece is full of fighting. What separates it from a "vanilla" [[pirate]] series is the use of outright superpowers. Whilst there are plenty of examples of typical shonen-esque "just that strong" badasses and wacky martial arts, there are a couple of major sources of superpowers that pop up during the series.

===Devil Fruits===
The most ubiquitous form of power in the One Piece world, and certainly the most famous, are '''Devil Fruits'''. These magical (or possibly [[archeotech]], but fuck it, we'll stick with magic) fruits come in countless forms, united by the shared rules. Each specific fruit grants a single solitary power; you eat one bite of it, you get the power, and that fruit goes inert. Nobody can gain any benefit of that fruit until you die, whereupon the fruit "reincarnates" and becomes active again. Once you eat a Devil Fruit, you become vulnerable to water; immersion in standing water makes you weak and woozy depending on how much there is, and once it gets deep enough, you're basically totally paralyzed - doesn't matter how badass you are, if you fall into deep water, you become immobile and sink like a rock. This is why you travel with non-Fruit users; to save you from drowning. Also, you can only ever have '''ONE''' Devil Fruit power - if you try to eat another Devil Fruit, you'll die. You will literally disintegrate on the spot. There is a single exception to this rule; a villain named Blackbeard somehow acquires the power of a second Devil Fruit, and this is treated as a Big Fucking Deal by anyone who knows of it.

Also, you apparently can gain a Devil Fruit's power by cannibalizing its current holder before they die.

In addition to whatever powers they grant by default, Devil Fruits can undergo a mysterious phenomena called "Awakening". Very little is known about this phenomena, except that the end result is that it drastically augments the user's Devil Fruit abilities in some way. The earliest canonical example, Doflamingo's String-String Fruit, gave him the ability to transmute inorganic material in his surroundings into string his command, as well as producing string from his own body.

Devil Fruits are divided into three major categories, based on the type of powers they bestow. Whilst each Devil Fruit grants its own unique power, there can be a certain amount of redundancy; the existence of a Flare-Flare Fruit, which is the Logia of Fire, does not prevent the existence of the Magma-Magma Fruit (Logia of Magma), nor the Hot-Hot Fruit (Paramecia that lets you raise your temperature to "steel and stone '''melts in your presence'''" degrees).

'''Paramecias''' (or '''Paramythias''', depending on the translation) are the most common of Devil Fruits, and can largely be summed up as "The Devil Fruits which aren't Logias or Zoans". Seriously, Paramecias have the widest variety of possible powers, all wrapped in a single word or concept. Whilst the average pirate aware of Devil Fruits may consider them the weakest of the three Devil Fruit categories, the truth is that they operate on [[Jojo's Bizarre Adventure|Stand logic]], where it's less the ''fruit's strength'' and more the ''user's creativity'' that defines how powerful a Paramecia user can be. To put things in perspective, of the Seven Warlords and Four Emperors who have Devil Fruits, there is a grand total of one Logia (Crocodile) and one Zoan (Kaido) - the others are ''all'' Paramecia users. Doflamingo, for example, has the String-String Fruit, which lets him create and control string. This seemingly innocuous power lets him do shit like create "blades" of monofilament wire that can cut battleships in half from miles away, control people like puppets, pseudo-regenerate by stitching wounds back together as fast as he takes them, "fly" by grappling from cloud to cloud, and create expendable clones of people by making string "dollies" of those people which are under his perfect mental control. Or Kuma, whose Paw-Paw Fruit gives him pawpads on his palm that let him teleport himself and others to anywhere on the planet, compress air into explosions, or "push" the fatigue and pain out of one person and into another person. The smart sailor knows that a creative Paramecia user can be one of the most deadly beings on the planet.

'''Zoans''' are Devil Fruits that allow the user to shapeshift into a specific animal (yes, including Humans), with each Zoan Devil Fruit granting access to two forms; the animal form, and a hybrid form. Of all the Devil Fruits, Zoans have the most redundancies, with many cases of specific Zoan Devil Fruits for specific species. For example, the Cat-Cat Fruit has specific Devil Fruits that let you become a lion, a cheetah, a leopard, a tiger, a jaguar, etcetera. Zoans have two notable subcategories; ''Ancient Zoans'' allow the user to become a prehistoric animal, like a [[dinosaur]], whilst ''Mythic Zoans'' grant the forms of magical creatures, such as [[phoenix]]es or [[dragon]]s. Whilst the average pirate would consider Zoans to be more powerful than Paramecias, the same people who know of the potential strength of the Paramecia often consider ''Zoans'' to be the weakest type of Devil Fruit. Whilst they do seem to grant an overall increase in physical abilities, they are the definition of a one-trick pony; you can turn in a specific animal, and that's that. Creativity can help, but it can only go so far in this case.

Zoan Devil Fruits are worth noting for the existence of two related phenomena. The first are ''Zoan Items''; by unknown means, a weapon or tool can be "infused" with a Zoan fruit, turning it into a living creature that can shapeshift from item to animal and back (as well as into a hybrid form). This effectively can create very unusual but powerful weapons. Canon examples include a cannon that was "fed" a Dog-Dog Fruit, allowing it to shapeshift into both a warhound and a half-dog half-cannon that could move and fire itself, and a sword that was "fed" an Elephant-Elephant Fruit. The second phenomena are the ''SMILES''; these are an attempt to artificially replicate Zoan Devil Fruits, and whilst they can work, they are incredibly flawed. 9 out of 10 will simply afflict the user both with the "super-drowning" weakness of a Devil Fruit and an inability to express any emotion other than smiling and laughter. Of the 10% of SMILES that actually do grant a power, the result can be anything from "permanently have your body mutated into a part-animal in a useful way" (for example, a Horse SMILE turning you into a [[Centaur]]) to "gain a limited form of Zoan-style shapeshifting" to "have your body permanently deformed in a useless way by part-animal traits". This last result is particularly common and results in some truly appalling freaks of nature, such as one guy who found himself becoming the "tongue" of a giant hippo.

'''Logias''' are the rarest and generally accepted as the most powerful of the Devil Fruits, period. These are [[elemental]] Devil Fruits, giving the user the ability to create and/or manipulate a single specific element. Usually, the user can also transform their body into that same element, which makes them virtually impossible to harm, but there are exceptions (the most notable being the Dark-Dark Fruit). Some Logias have unexpected secondary powers as well - the aforementioned Dark-Dark Fruit can ''nullify'' an opponent's ability to use their own Devil Fruit powers if the Dark-Dark Fruit's user can touch their opponent.

===Haki===
The most well-defined of the "super martial arts" in the series, '''Haki''' (strength aura) was the big revelation at the halfway point of canon, offering the most viable alternative to Devil Fruits as the "main" superpower of the setting. At its core, Haki is the standard shonen "willpower affects reality" affair, but there are three distinct Haki skills.

''Armament Haki'' is the offensive Haki branch; by concentrating their will, the user can reinforce their body to nullify damage, and increase their own striking power. It's particularly useful in that Armament Haki can penetrate Devil Fruit-granted resistances; a skilled user could punch a Logia (who can normally just turn into elemental matter to let the blow pass harmlessly through them) or the eater of the Gum-Gum Fruit (which turns the body into living rubber, making the user immune to blunt force), and as such it's the most commonly seen and used of the three Haki branches.

''Observation Haki'' strengthens the user's perceptive skills, in ways ranging from augmenting their ability to sense danger to full-blown combat-usable precognition.

''Conqueror's Haki'' is the rarest of the three Hakis, and is the only one that can't be taught - you're either born with it, or you're not. It's basically a telepathic assault, allowing the user to knock the weak-willed unconscious or send them fleeing in irresistible terror through the sheer presence of their emotions.

===Rokushiki===
A World Government-controlled set of six super-powerful martial arts techniques, '''Rokushiki''' (''The Six Powers/Six Styles'', in English) were introduced as kind of a prototype to Haki, but quickly were forgotten once their users were defeated. They consist of:
* ''Geppo (Moonwalk):'' The ability to "fly" by literally walking on air, mechanically described as kicking so hard and fast that the user "pushes" off of the air as if it were a solid platform
* ''Tekkai (Iron Body):'' The ability to clench the muscles so tightly the skin becomes virtually impenetrable except by the most ridiculously strong.
* ''Rankyaku (Tempest Kick):'' The ability to strike so hard and fast that the wind pressure forms a projectile blade that can cut through steel and stone. Usually used as a kick, but it can be done with punches too.
* ''Soru (Shave):'' The ability to move with incredible speed, to the point the user can seemingly teleport, mechanically described as being able to kick off from the ground ten times in the span of one second.
* ''Shigan (Finger Pistol):'' The ability to jab a finger with such speed and strength it can punch through steel or leave bullet-like wounds in flesh.
* ''Kami-e (Paper Art):'' The ability to move with incredible flexibility, allowing one to "flow" around attacks with impossible grace and agility.

In addition, those who have mastered Rokushiki can use the hidden Seventh Technique, the secret art of the ''Rokuogan (Six King Gun)'', a powerful two-fist thrust that delivers a bone-pulverising shockwave into whatever it strikes.

Whilst two of the known masters of the Rokushiki are also able to use a technique called ''Seimei Kikan (Life Return)'' to manipulate their own bodies in unnatural ways, it is not a formal part of Rokushiki training but instead something they sought out on their own.