This Is What One Piece’s Five Elders’ Devil Fruits Are Based On

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One Piece manga chapter 1110 has finally revealed the Devil Fruits of every one of the Five Elders, and it’s tense. The Five Elders have abilities beyond anything we’ve seen in the series thus far – including telepathy and teleportation – and that’s without their Devil Fruit abilities. With them, these old men are easily the toughest opponents the Straw Hat crew have come up against to date.

Now that we have the full reveal of each of the Zoan-type Devil Fruit abilities that the Gorosei are using, it’s time to dig into their origins. We previously predicted that the Five Elders had mythical Yokai abilities, and that’s not inaccurate, but not the full story for the entire cast. For all of the details just scroll down below, and yes, major spoilers to follow.

Interestingly, none of these reveals actually mention a Devil Fruit, which Oda usually does when new abilities are unveiled. Could it be that the Five Elder Stars actually are these demonic creatures, and not simply using their abilities? Time will tell.

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St. Jaygarcia Saturn, The Gyuki

A number of One Piece theorists already nailed this one a while ago, which we explained in our mythical Yokai fruit theory. The Gyuki – also known as the Ushi-oni – has the head of an ox, with a spider-like abdomen and six legs. They love to eat humans, and use deadly venom – which matches what we’ve seen of Saturn in his battle with Luffy thus far.

St. Marcus Mars, The Itsumade

The Itsumade is an “eerie bird” with a human face, a curved beak, and saw-like teeth (thanks, Wikipedia). The word itsumade roughly translates as “until when” and the bird would repeat this phrase while sitting atop the palace’s main hall as people died of an epidemic. Interestingly, in the story the bird was shot down with an arrow, and in this chapter we see the giants shooting arrows.

St. Topman Warcury, The FengXi

It’s long been theorized that Topman would become a boar, thanks to his mustache resembling huge tusks, and the people were right. Known in Japanese as a "Hōki," FengXi is a two-headed boar that terrorizes the countryside, much like the "mountain god" that Oden slew in his backstory. FengXi is a rain deity, and also has connections to fertility.

St. Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, The Bakotsu

V. Nusjuro transforms into a skeletal horse, which makes sense, as bakotsu (“hakkotsu no uma”) roughly translates as “horse bones.” Adds up. It’s another one that’s tough to research on the English internet, though, possibly because we're simply seeing the Japanese name for a creature more common in Western mythology. We all know of a skeletal horse ridden by an omen of death, after all.

St. Shepherd Ju Peter, The Sandworm

Right, now, unlike the others, I can’t seem to think of a single thing that links the giant earthworm that is Ju Peter to any yokai. It’s not like Japan has many deserts, after all. While mythical yokai creatures are certainly a theme in One Piece, it’s common for Oda to take inspiration from global mythologies and stories, so this could always be a foreign influence, or it could just be based on Dune. After the Empty Throne’s heavy influence from Game of Thrones’ Iron Throne, anything’s possible.

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