Devil Fruits form the primary power system in the world of One Piece and were introduced in the very first chapter of the series on July 18, 1997, in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 34. Since then, Devil Fruits have been expanded upon greatly, and Eiichiro Oda has elaborated upon the classes and subclasses of these mystical fruits.

Devil Fruits themselves come with a set of rules that, in the vast majority of cases, must be obeyed by those who consume them. However, there are some Devil Fruit rules that can be broken. In One Piece chapter 1198, released officially on November 8, 2026, in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump issue 50, one such major Devil Fruit rule was broken pertaining to the Mythical Zoan class. Up until now, Eiichiro Oda led us to believe that Mythical Zoan fruit users get a new transformation in their awakened state. Now, Oda is expanding upon this concept and adding new rules to it, changing how we see Zoan awakenings forever.

Devil Fruit awakenings as a concept were first mentioned in the Dressrosa arc by Eiichiro Oda , specifically in Chapter 785 on May 11, 2015, in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 24. Back then, Doflamingo showed us the Devil Fruit Awakening of the Ito Ito no Mi, which was a powerful Paramecia Devil Fruit. Upon witnessing this awakening, Luffy mentioned that his Devil Fruit was starting to behave unlike a Paramecia type. As the story continued, more Devil Fruit awakenings were revealed to us, such as Charlotte Katakuri's Mochi Mochi no Mi in the Whole Cake Island arc and eventually Monkey D.

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