Summary
- Devil Fruits in One Piece offer unique and creepy powers, like memory manipulation and body possession.
- Some Devil Fruit powers in One Piece border on horror, leading to nightmare fuel scenarios for characters.
- The unsettling yet creative Devil Fruit powers in One Piece have the potential to creep out and shock readers.
One Piece is considered by many to be the undisputed king of shonen manga. Its ongoing, absurdly compelling storytelling is among the longest ongoing plots in Shonen Jump history. While One Piece’s art is an acquired taste, the manga has time and again subverted fan expectations. The character development, running gags, emotional beats, and over-the-top action are second to none. One Piece has plenty of uniqueness, but the one standout element is the Devil Fruit powers and how quirky they are.
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Devil Fruits give users a variety of power sets that make for exciting and creative uses, especially in fights. Luffy’s Gum-Gum fruit allows him to stretch and morph his body, and Crocodile can turn his body into sand. While those seem pretty much a shonen staple, there are quite a few frightening ones that border on horror and will make people’s skin crawl.
8 Hobi Hobi no Mi (Sugar)
A Horrifying Fate Awaits Victims Who Turn Into Toys With A Simple Touch
While a lot of Devil Fruit powers from One Piece have wild and unsettling utility, few can compete with the creepiness of Hobi Hobi no Mi. Sugar is the Devil Fruit user who has this power, and she maximizes its ill intent. The power allows her to turn anyone she touches into toys. But that’s just the start of it, as there is a lot more going on once the Devil Fruit transforms the victim — everyone who knows them forgets about them.
Another thing that the Hobi Hobi no Mi Devil Fruit can do is bind the transformed toy into a contract. This means that the toy, really a kidnapped victim, has to obey the terms of the contract and cannot disobey. A simple touch can trigger such a grim fate.
7 Jake Jake no Mi (Kelly Funk)
Body Possession Potential And Implications Will Creep People Out
One Piece’s silliness and laugh-out-loud moments often overshadow elements of creepiness that go unnoticed. That’s why Jake Jake no Mi is an underrated yet eerily creepy Devil Fruit power. It allows the user to turn themselves into a sentient jacket that others can wear. The size difference doesn’t matter as the jacket will grow and contract to accommodate the wearer.
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The Jake Jake no Mi might not seem like a powerful or all that useful Devil Fruit power, but context is important. Imagine seeing a jacket and putting it on, only to realize the jacket can speak and can take over the wearer’s body. It can also possess and magnify the Devil Fruit user’s abilities of the one wearing it. The possession implications are quite disturbing and should give readers pause.
6 Ope Ope no Mi (Law)
A Frankensteinian Predicament For Anyone Under The Influence Of This Creepy Devil Fruit Power
The Ope Ope no Mi allows Law to bend the laws of reality within a specific area called the room. He can literally swap objects and people from one place to another within the room’s influence. Law can also perform precision surgery or cut things without harm to the victim within the room’s domain. The Ope Ope no Mi can dissect and entrap his foes or put them in impossible predicaments.
Law might be a fan-favorite character from One Piece, but there’s no doubt that his Devil Fruit ability is incredibly creepy. Think about how it could be used for nefarious and truly diabolical torture. Things like removing and replacing body organs with objects, or even removing a person’s soul and placing it in someone else’s body, are child’s play for him.
5 Memo Memo no Mi (Charlotte Pudding)
Gaslighting Taken To The Extreme With Devious Memory Manipulation And Trickery
Whether willingly or under coercion, Charlotte Pudding has one of the creepiest Devil Fruit powers in One Piece. She can literally cut memories like tangible film reels from a person’s mind with a pair of scissors. The cut memories are then stored away, and they can be implanted in someone else’s mind to manipulate them. This is the sort of power that can effectively break people's minds through gaslighting and constant confusion.
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Another way the Memo Memo no Mi is so potent at messing with people is that it allows the creation of fake memories. While it won’t physically harm someone, the memory distortions will make people question everything. The psychological warfare that can instill paranoia in people and make them erratic from this power should not be taken lightly.
4 Horu Horu no Mi (Emporio Ivankov)
Hormonal Changes That Are Nightmare Fuel And Make The Affected Have An Identity Crisis
If there’s one creepy Devil Fruit power in One Piece that can make people want to question reality itself, it’s the Horu Horu no Mi. The eccentric character of Emporio Ivankov is known to have miracles like healing and stamina boost that can turn the tide of battle. However, many fail to understand that there is a cost to it all. By injecting the hormones of the Horu Horu no Mi user, it flips the gender of a person — among other things, like body type, skin pigmentation, and hair.
The Horu Horu no Mi can also enlarge the size of the head or other appendages cartoonishly. The disproportionate body horror is going to make the victim suffer trauma that will never heal the mental scars, even if the physical body returns to normal.
3 Hana Hana no Mi (Nico Robin)
Constant Creep Factor Of Not Knowing When And Where A Limb Might Sprout Next
Nico Robin's air of confidence, her dark humor, and eye-catching fashion sense make her a fan favorite among fans. Her unnerving ability, the Hana Hana no Mi , ranks highly among the creepiest Devil Fruit powers in One Piece, and with good reason. Robin can sprout multiple limbs, typically arms or legs, and can even create different clones that can also conjure their own limbs to immobilize or kill someone.
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Unlike other flashy powers, this ability is so lethal because of its seeming plainness and subtlety. The element of surprise in Hana Hana no Mi by summoning a limb directly on someone else’s body is akin to a surreal Eldritch experience. Knowing that someone can use this kind of power will put people on edge, and they’ll never be able to sleep peacefully.
2 Kage Kage no Mi (Gecko Moria)
A Fate Worse Than Death, The Devil Fruit Power Allows Necromancy And Shadow Stealing
A strong contender for having one of the funniest and most annoying laughs in One Piece, Gecko Moria, also has one of the creepiest Devil Fruit powers, too. The Kage Kage no Mi ability can cut off people’s shadows and stick them to corpses for reanimation. Not only that, but after removing a person’s shadow, the victim cannot come under direct sunlight, or they’ll burn to a crisp.
The Kage Kage no Mi also allows its user to conjure their own shadow to fight. Being a blob-like entity, the shadow cannot be pummeled into submission and will not tire or experience fatigue. The shadow can take on deadly shapes of weapons as well. Not knowing when a person’s shadow can turn on them, go missing, or play tricks on them should creep people out.
1 Bara Bara no Mi (Buggy The Star Clown)
Feel The Chill From Seeing Body Parts That Still Function After Dismemberment
Clowns are just plain scary, no matter what. A clown that can slice itself at will and still have a slithering smile on its face while its body parts inch towards the victim is nightmare central. That’s exactly the kind of creepiness that the Bara Bara no Mi Devil Fruit ability depicts in One Piece. Sure, it's got more to do with Buggy’s appearance, which makes the whole thing such a haunting visual — but even a regular Joe with this ability is still going to spook people to the bone.
The Bara Bara no Mi Devil Fruit power has both physical harm and mental shock potential, which makes it so vile. There’s just no escape if this ability user targets someone.
One Piece
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- October 20, 1999
- Main Genre
- Anime
- Seasons
- 21
- Studio
- Toei Animation
- Creator
- Eiichiro Oda
