Elbaph may have guarded more than one Devil Fruit in One Piece

Modified Dec 01, 2024 03:05 GMT

Elbaph may have guarded more than one Devil Fruit in One Piece (Image via Toei Animation)

One of the most exciting aspects of One Piece’s Elbaph Arc finally being at hand is the massive lore and worldbuilding implications which will likely be key to the arc’s events. Such a significant informative presence for the arc has been set up for quite some time, and further doubled down on via the arc’s opening chapters thus far.

One Piece chapter 1132 continues this trend by establishing that Elbaph is split into three realms. The lowest is the Underworld, where Loki is kept prisoner, the middle layer of Yggdrasil is the Sun World, and the highest is Heaven World. While these names may be seemingly insignificant, they could speak to Elbaph having protected more than one Legendary Devil Fruit throughout history.

Each of Elbaph’s realms in One Piece could have a Legendary Devil Fruit of their own to guard

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To first establish why this may be the case, it’s best to explain the most obvious link first. This would be Elbaph’s Sun World to One Piece’s Nika Fruit, formally titled the Mythical Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika.

The connection is obvious by the nature of Nika being known as the Sun God, clearly linking it to the Sun World of Elbaph. This also makes sense since it seems to be where the Giants have settled on Elbaph, likely including the royal family.

Loki’s words from earlier in the arc also suggest that Elbaph’s royal family was tasked with protecting the Nika Fruit, especially since Loki calls himself the Sun God. This further supports the idea that the Sun World is linked to the Nika Fruit, the Fruit of the Sun God’s powers.

It would also explain why the Sun World is called the Sun World, since it’s the realm where the Sun God’s powers are safeguarded.

From here, it’s relatively easy to establish potential Legendary Devil Fruits connected to the Underworld and Heaven World realms.

The Underworld immediately brings to mind several options, especially acting under the assumption that each realm’s Devil Fruit was considered to be of a Legendary status. In turn, the Underworld’s Fruit could represent a god of death or god of the afterlife, possibly even using Hel from Norse mythology as its base.

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However, virtually every mythology on Earth has something akin to a god of death or the underworld, making the options here all but limitless. Generally speaking though, a Fruit linked to some culture’s god of death or underworld ruler makes the most sense.

What’s more difficult to decide on is the Heaven World’s Fruit, but there are still some obvious options, just none that distinguish themselves from others like the Underworld’s Fruit.

Something representing another god or angelic force would be the obvious connection. Mythological figures like Zeus of the Greek Olympian gods or Odin of Norse mythology would make the most sense as the leaders or rulers of their respective mythological realms.

It’s also possible that some generic angel route is taken here, still fulfilling the heaven aspect without marrying itself to any specific powers or cultural reference.

Final thoughts

Luffy's Devil Fruit may not be the only one with connections to Elbaph (Image via Toei Animation)

While the aforementioned is speculative, the coincidental naming of the Sun World serves as fairly strong evidence that more Devil Fruits may have been once guarded by Elbaph. Hopefully, fans will start getting answers to this and more with chapter 1133’s official release on Monday, December 9, 2024, at 12 am Japanese Standard Time.