The first to debut and most basic type of Devil Fruit in the world of One Piece, Paramecia Types are everywhere. One Piece is known for all kinds of ridiculous abilities scattered throughout the world, but Paramecia brings some of the most looney kind yet. While they all have some sort of trick up their sleeve, these Fruits aren’t as basic as they’re made out to be.
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What are Paramecia Types?
The most common type of Devil Fruit across the Grand Line, Paramecia, or Paramythia depending on translation, is like a wild card. These essentially cover any sort of power that doesn’t involve turning into an element or animal. That means it can range from anything from chopping your own body up to creating bubbles. They’re easily found throughout the world when considering the availability of Devil Fruits, too.
Of course, they’re not all made the same. Just like Logia and Zoan, some Paramecia are useless while others are overpowered as hell. There are some that aren’t even meant for battle, but simply offer some sort of quirk like Kin’emons which just create articles of clothing. It’s really a gamble to eat any Devil Fruit without knowing what it is, but Paramecia makes it even more haphazard, to say the least.
Special Paramecia
Only one Special Paramecia exists in the universe so far, and it belongs to Charlotte Katakuri. His Mochi-Mochi Fruit was at first thought to be a Paramecia, but with the Logia properties, it was given a different class. All by itself, the Mochi-Mochi Fruit is the only known Special Paramecia. What makes it so special is how it’s able to function, which may just be thanks to Katakuri’s skill.
Of course, he’s able to spawn mochi from thin air however he wants, utilizing it for weapons and attacks. Makes it seem like a Paramecia, but then Katakuri is also able to turn his entire body into mochi like a Logia Fruit. He does this for his Mochi Buzzsaw ability, and his Awakening further solidifies his Fruit as Paramecia.
Massive Variety
There are more Paramecia Fruits than absolutely anyone needs at any one time. Even in just the canon Devil Fruits, there are eighty-nine so far in the story. These can range from all different kinds of abilities too, from things like body alteration, to substance generation and just manipulating the world around the user. It’s an incredibly diverse set of Devil Fruits and allows a lot of variations with what creator Eiichiro Oda does for different powers.
While some offer the ability to alter the user’s body, it isn’t quite the same as Logia. This usually involves just manipulating the shape or size of the body, or something about how it works. Say for someone like Urouge who turns damage to strength or Mister One who can turn any part of his body to a honed edge.
Bodily Manipulation Paramecia List
- Chop-Chop Fruit is eaten by Buggy the Clown.
- Slip-Slip Fruit eaten by Alvida.
- Kilo-Kilo Fruit eaten by Miss Valentine.
- Flower-Flower Fruit eaten by Nico Robin.
- Munch-Much Fruit eaten by Wapol.
- Clone-clone fruit eaten by Bon Clay,
- Dice-Dice Fruit eaten by Mr. One
- Spring-Spring Fruit eaten by Bellamy the Hyena.
- Berry-Berry Fruit eaten by Very Good.
- Wheel-Wheel Fruit eaten by Sharinguru.
- Revive-Revive Fruit eaten by Soul King Brook.
- Clear-Clear Fruit eaten by Absalom formerly, currently by Shiryu of the Rain.
- Age-Age Fruit eaten by Jewelry Bonney.
- Castle-Castle Fruit eaten by Capone ‘Gang’ Bege.
- Tone-Tone Fruit eaten by Scrachmen Apoo.
- Snip-Snip Fruit eaten by Inuzuma.
- Tremor-Tremor Fruit eaten by Edward ‘Whitebeard’ Newgate formerly, currently by Marshall D ‘Blackbeard’ Teach.
- Twinkle-Twinkle Fruit eaten by Jozu.
- Pocket-Pocket Fruit eaten by Blamenco.
- Float-Float Fruit eaten by Shiki.
- Huge-huge fruit eaten by Sanjuan Wolf.
- Arms-Arms Fruit eaten by Baby Five
- Spin-Spin Fruit eaten by Buffalo.
- Glare-Glare Fruit eaten by Viola.
- Jacket-Jacket Fruit eaten by Kelly Funk.
- Pop-Pop Fruit eaten by Gladius.
- Mirror-Mirror Fruit eaten by Charlotte Brulee.
- Memo-Memo Fruit eaten by Charlotte Pudding.
- Puff-Puff Fruit eaten by Charlotte Daifuku.
- Heat-Heat Fruit eaten by Charlotte Oven.
- Pile-Pile Fruit eaten by Charlotte Newshi.
- Millet-Millet Fruit eaten by Otoki.
- Time-Time Fruit eaten by Kozuki Toki.
- Ripe-Ripe Fruit eaten by Shinobu.
- Warp-Warp Fruit eaten by Van Augur.
- Strong-Strong Fruit eaten by Jesus Burgess.
- Brain-Brain Fruit eaten by Vegapunk.
- Isle-Isle Fruit eaten by Avalo Pizarro.
- Glug-Glug Fruit eaten by Vasco Shot.
Environmental Paramecia List
- Ride-Ride Fruit eaten by Bluegrass.
- Whip-Whip Fruit eaten by Kujaku.
- Pump-Pump Fruit eaten by Belo Betty.
- Push-Push Fruit eaten by Morley.
- Cook-Cook Fruit eaten by Streusen.
- Wring-Wring Fruit eaten by Charlotte Smoothie.
- Book-Book Fruit eaten by Charlotte Mont-d’or.
- Scroll-Scroll Fruit eaten by Raizo.
- Heal-Heal Fruit eaten by Masherry.
- Calm-Calm Fruit eaten by Donquixote Rochinante.
- Brush-Brush Fruit eaten by Kurozumi Kanjuro.
- Stone-Stone Fruit eaten by Pica.
- Ripple-Ripple Fruit eaten by Diamente.
- Swim-Swim Fruit eaten by Senor Pink.
- Art-Art Fruit eaten by Giolla.
- Stitch-Stitch Fruit eaten by Leo.
- Barrier-Barrier Fruit eaten by Bartolomeo the Cannibal.
- Press-Press Fruit eaten by Fujitora.
- Hobby-Hobby Fruit eaten by Sugar.
- Garb-Garb Fruit eaten by Kin’emon.
- Mark-Mark Fruit eaten by Vander Decken IX.
- Wash-Wash Fruit eaten by Tsuru.
- Horm-Horm Fruit eaten by Emporio Ivankov.
- Love-Love Fruit eaten by Boa Hancock.
- Straw-Straw Fruit eaten by Basil Hawkins.
- Op-Op Fruit eaten by Trafalgar D Water Law.
- Magnet-Magnet Fruit eaten by Eustass Kid.
- Paw-Paw Fruit eaten by Bartholomew Kuma.
- Shadow-Shadow Fruit eaten by Gecko Moria.
- Hollow-Hollow Fruit eaten by Perona.
- Rust-Rust Fruit eaten by Shu.
- Door-Door Fruit eaten by Blueno.
- Slow-Slow Fruit eaten by Silver Fox Foxy
- Cage-Cage Fruit eaten by Hina.
Substance Paramecia List
- Bomb-Bomb Fruit eaten by Mister Five.
- Wax-Wax Fruit eaten by Mister Three.
- Spike-Spike Fruit eaten by Ms. New Year’s Eve.
- String-String Fruit eaten by Donquixote Doflamingo.
- Bubble-Bubble Fruit eaten by Kalifa.
- Venom-Venom Fruit eaten by Magellan.
- Stick-Stick Fruit eaten by Trebol.
- Soul-Soul Fruit eaten by Charlotte ‘Big Mom’ Linlin.
- Lick-Lick Fruit eaten by Charlotte Perospero.
- Bis-Bis Fruit eaten by Charlotte Cracker.
- Butter-Butter Fruit eaten by Charlotte Galette.
- Cream-Cream Fruit eaten by Charlotte Opera.
- Mochi-Mochi Fruit eaten by Charlotte Katakuri.
- Sick-Sick Fruit eaten by Doc Q.
Strengths
The real strength of Paramecia Fruits lies in their sheer variety, and how the user approaches fights with their powers. Not everyone is going to use the same Devil Fruit the same way, like how Ace and Sabo use their Logia differently. This means that even if someone else has Buggy’s Chop-Chop Fruit, they won’t end up making ridiculous moves out of knives and flying limbs. Hopefully, they wouldn’t have the idea to turn into a car either.
The other thing about Paramecia is that they’re only as good as the user. The ability can be basic as all hell, like the Bubble-Bubble Fruit, but when used by Kalifa it’s incredibly dangerous. The various Paramecia are also not weak to Armament Haki like Logia types are, though their defensive capabilities vary.
Weaknesses
Like every Devil Fruit, Paramecia Types have an overall weakness to water. Depending on the power though, they can have ways around that, like flight with the Spin-Spin Fruit. It makes things interesting though, because different Paramecia have different weaknesses. Buggy for instance is immune to being sliced, but stabs are a whole other ballgame and will absolutely hurt him.
Some others are double-edged swords for their users. Magellan has the Venom-Venom Fruit, but the drawback is that it also poisons everything he eats. It leads to him spending most of his days in the bathroom, but there’s really the question of whether he does it intentionally or not. Some Paramecia may have no offensive capabilities whatsoever as well, like Mansherry’s Heal-Heal Fruit.
Devil Fruit Awakening
Paramecia are the first type of Devil Fruit to show an Awakening in the series. This allows the user to, depending on what their Paramecia powers are, apply it to their surroundings. In the first instance seen through Donquixote Doflamingo’’s String-String Fruit, he can turn the surrounding buildings and ground into massive string tendrils. Meanwhile, Katakuri is able to create mochi out of his surroundings, capturing his enemies by surprise.
There are still questions as to what some other abilities would lead to in Awakenings though. Someone like Buggy with his Chop-Chop Fruit isn’t an easy one to figure out, and that’s almost just the tip of weird powers. Kind of brings into question what would happen if something like the Arms-Arms Fruit has an Awakening. Maybe it just spawns bazookas as far as the eye can see.
While they may be the most common type of Devil Fruit, Paramecia still holds the same amount of mystery all the others do. They’re strange, and the odd variety only adds to that. When the time comes, they’ll probably have a lot of elaboration for Paramecia Fruits like Vegapunk did with Zoans in Egghead. Until then, there are plenty more ridiculous Fruits waiting in the wings to pop up.
