The Soru Soru no Mi is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to freely interact with and manipulate human souls. It was eaten by Charlotte Linlin, better known as Big Mom.[2]
Etymology
- "Soru" comes from "Sōru" (ソウル?), the Japanese pronunciation of "soul".
Strengths and Weaknesses
The fruit's power of soul manipulation, as demonstrated by Big Mom, consists of drawing out and manifesting fragments of humans' souls into a somewhat ghostly but tangible, light-colored substance, which the user extracts by grabbing at the substance which surrounds the body and pulling it out.[1] This effectively steals from a target's very lifespan,[3] the amount of which being determined by the user, shown to be up to and possibly beyond decades at once[1] and down to the second if desired.[4] Thus, if they lose too many years at once, victims may be killed instantaneously.[1] However, the extraction process does not seem to be painful to its victims, at least when they are only losing smaller portions of lifespan.[5]
The aura of Big Mom's soul is emitted by her Vivre Card.
By infusing objects and living animals with soul fragments, the user can "humanize" them. Recipients (which Big Mom refers to as "homies")[6] develop human-like intelligence, with inanimate objects gaining a life of their own in the first place, and undergo transformations to more closely resemble humans; though the only prominent change in objects are their human faces,[7][8][9] animals will more so have their general physique affected to varying degrees, such as becoming able to stand up-right.[10][11] If a Vivre Card is infused with a soul fragment, instead of becoming anthropomorphic, the card will exude a bright aura which only homies can see.[12]
In addition to stealing and using the souls of other people, the user may manifest their own soul into living fragments (which Big Mom refers to as "incarnations") in the form of roughly human-sized, black, somewhat humanoid blobs, which possess limited sentience and can absorb people's souls as well.[5][2]
Brook's powerful soul energy overpowering those of the homies.
The power to infuse soul fragments cannot be used on other humans or on corpses.[13] Furthermore, the emotional state of a target affects the user's ability to take their lifespan away in a currently unexplained manner; for example, if they display fear of the user, they are rendered more vulnerable to having their lifespan stolen.[3] Similarly, if homies experience extreme fear, they instantly die and wither away.[14] Homies cannot attack anything infused with the user's soul, even if such an object is in the hands of an enemy.[12] Homies created from others' souls are also weak to the powers of the Yomi Yomi no Mi and will faint against its user if they exude the energy from their own soul (Homies created from Big Mom's own soul are immune to this).[15][16] Homies are also susceptible to physical pain and can be injured or even killed with a lethal enough move. Prime examples include King Baum, who was killed after being bisected by Amande and Prometheus, who was wounded by Brook. Otherwise, the user experiences the standard Devil Fruit weaknesses to water and Seastone.
Usage
Big Mom has imposed a toll on all citizens of Totto Land, forcing them to give up a month's worth of their soul and lifetime every six months or leave. Those soul fragments are collected by her "incarnations" and sprinkled all over the islands of Totto Land, where they settle into random objects or animals to turn them into homies.[2] She has also used the power to kill people by taking a lethal amount of lifespan from them.[1]
Big Mom's own soul, which is extremely strong, prevents all homies from approaching anything that is imbued with it.[12]
Applications
Incarnation of Big Mom's Soul collect the biannual toll from citizens.
- The incarnations (化身, Keshin?) are large, black, humanoid blobs who collect the Totto Land residents' biannual payment of a month's worth of their lifespan. They are made from pieces of Big Mom's own extremely powerful soul, and are themselves capable of extracting other people's souls.[2] They are intelligent enough to be capable of human speech[5] and understand basic orders.[4]
- The homies are the result of infusing the collected soul portions into animals and objects, who are subsequently anthropomorphized.[6] The fragments cannot revive dead humans or enter living ones.[13] Also, they are unable to approach something infused with Big Mom's own soul, the incredible presence and power of which only they can sense.[12]
Big Mom using her two special homies to control weather.
- Linlin used her own soul fragments to create three particular homies: Napoleon the bicorne, Zeus the thundercloud and Prometheus the sun. Because of her own powerful soul, they are able to overpower the Yomi Yomi no Mi's effects over normal homies.[16] They also act as her personal bodyguards when she sleeps.[17]
- Zeus and Prometheus answer to her summons and commands without question, and with them, she can manipulate the weather to tremendous scales, creating destructive storms as a manifestation of her rage, which is noted to be unstoppable.[18] She can use them as close-range combat weapons, releasing massive waves of flames and lightning.[19]
- Napoleon, who Big Mom wears for the entire day and sleeps in her room at night, can receive signals over Whole Cake Chateau, sensing any intruders and relaying it to Big Mom. It can also reveal a blade and handle to become a sword for combat.[20][17]
Techniques
- Heavenly Fire (天上の火 (ヘブンリーファイアー), Hebunrī Faiā?): Big Mom grabs Prometheus and throws it down, causing a large fiery explosion. It was first used during her rampage in Sweet City,[21] but was only named when used against the Sanji Retrieval Team.[22]
Trivia
- This fruit's power resembles that of the Kage Kage no Mi, as it can take a normally intangible part of a person (in this case, souls instead of shadows) and insert it into something else, which becomes animated, and that when the said part is taken, it becomes detrimental for the owner.
- Similar to the Kage Kage no Mi technique Doppleman, the user of this fruit is able to project part of himself that share some of their abilities, called incarnations.
- One of the major differences between the two is that while a Kage Kage no Mi user takes the shadows of humans and can insert them into any other form of life, even other humans and corpses, a user of the Soru Soru no Mi cannot insert the soul fragments into another human or a corpse. This makes a taken shadow retrievable while a taken soul fragment not.
- Another difference is that the shadows taken by the Kage Kage no Mi will disappear when the original host will die, while the Soru Soru no Mi can take the entire lifespan of the target and its soul is still usable.
- This fruit is the second one to display soul-related powers, the first one being the Yomi Yomi no Mi.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 One Piece Manga — Vol. 83 Chapter 829 (p. 13-14), Big Mom drains 40 years of Moscato's lifespan, killing him.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 One Piece Manga — Vol. 83 Chapter 835 (p. 15-16), Pound names and explains the powers of the Soru Soru no Mi.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 One Piece Manga — Vol. 83 Chapter 829 (p. 13), One of Moscato's allies notes that Big Mom will take his lifespan away if he cowers.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 One Piece Manga — Vol. 83 Chapter 830 (p. 8), Mont-d'Or orders an Incarnation to not leave behind a single second of Moscato's stolen lifespan.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 One Piece Manga — Vol. 83 Chapter 835 (p. 3), Incarnations take months away from the citizens' lifespans.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 One Piece Manga — Vol. 83 Chapter 835 (p. 16), Pound explains how the homies are created.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 82 Chapter 825 (p. 4), The door to Sanji's room has a human face and consciousness.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 82 Chapter 827 (p. 8-9), Nitro the jelly and Rabiyan the carpet are introduced.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 82 Chapter 827 (p. 16-17), Dozens of formerly inanimate homies are seen dancing with Big Mom.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 83 Chapter 831 (p. 10), A humanized crocodile homie appears.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 83 Chapter 831 (p. 16), Randolph, a rabbit homie, appears.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 One Piece Manga — Vol. 83 Chapter 836 (p. 13), Baum reveals that the homies cannot attack Nami because she is holding a Vivre Card infused with Big Mom's soul.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 One Piece Manga — Vol. 83 Chapter 835 (p. 16), Pound notes that soul fragments cannot be infused into living humans or corpses.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 83 Chapter 836 (p. 5), Several tree homies wither away and die upon being severely intimidated and frightened by Cracker.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 84 Chapter 848 (p. 14-15), Brook overwhelms the Homies with his soul.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 One Piece Manga — Vol. 85 Chapter 853 (p. 2-3), Big Mom introduces her three special Homies to Brook.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 One Piece Manga — Vol. 85 Chapter 855 (p. 6-7), Prometheus, Zeus and Napoleon attacking a fly for interrupting Big Mom's sleep.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 84 Chapter 843 (p. 9), Pound reveals that Big Mom unleashed a powerful storm to defeat Urouge using two special Homies.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 85 Chapter 851 (p. 8-9), Big Mom using Zeus and Prometheus as handheld weapons against Brook.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 84 Chapter 848 (p. 4-5), Napoleon relaying happenings to Big Mom.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 83 Chapter 829 (p. 8), Big Mom throws Prometheus during her rampage.
- ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 85 Chapter 855 (p. 11-12), Big Mom uses Heavenly Fire.
External Links
- Soul - Wikipedia article on the concept of a soul
- Life Expectancy - Wikipedia article about life spans
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