One Piece finally reveals two Devil Fruits from the Dressrosa Arc

Devil Fruits are a staple of the pirate-themed One Piece franchise, allowing their users to gain a variety of superhuman powers in exchange for their ability to swim. The upcoming One Piece Magazine Vol. 19 has revealed the design of two Devil Fruits introduced during the Dressrosa Arc—Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit and Leo’s Stitch-Stitch Fruit.

Both of these Devil Fruits fall into the category of Paramecia, a class including all Devil Fruits that do not give their user an animal transformation, such as Zoan-types, or a natural element, such as Logia-types. Read on to find out everything to know about their aesthetic appearance and peculiar abilities.

Eiichiro Oda reveals what the Hobby-Hobby Fruit and the Stitch-Stitch Fruit look like in One Piece Magazine Vol. 19

Sugar’s Devil Fruit in One Piece

Sugar and the Hobby-Hobby Fruit (Image via Shueisha)

Set to officially release on December 4, 2024, the latest One Piece Magazine will allow fans to see for the first time what the Hobby-Hobby Fruit looks like. According to the publication’s leaks, this Devil Fruit has a classic roundish shape with a yellow core that shows a spiral-shaped pattern.

A red outer shell with the typical swirling pattern that all Devil Fruits have covers the fruit’s diameter from top to bottom. At the top of the fruit is the stem, which is shaped like a winding key. Admittedly, at first glance the Hobby-Hobby Fruit resembles a yo-yo for kids, a childish look that matches its bizarre powers.

Hobbies are activities done for pure enjoyment, and no hobby is more spontaneous than children playing with their toys. While seemingly epitomizing this concept, One Piece’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit transcends it to give their user a wide range of surreal abilities based on a rather twisted view of playfulness.

Sugar as seen in the One Piece anime (Image via Toei Animation)

Sugar, a subordinate of the former Warlord Donquixote Doflamingo, is the only known owner of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit, as well as its current user. Known as Hobi Hobi no Mi in the original Japanese spelling, this Paramecia-type Devil Fruit allows Sugar to transform other humans into toys.

Whenever Sugar turns someone into a toy, any memory of the transformed person’s existence will be instantly erased from everyone else’s mind. Any witness of the scene will think that the toy simply appeared out of nowhere, and that the transformed person never existed in the first place.

In addition to this, Sugar can use the Hobby-Hobby Fruit to halt her aging process, essentially gaining eternal youth. A testament to this, Sugar is a 22-year-old woman, but looks like a ten-year-old child, meaning that she has stopped aging for 12 years after eating the Hobby-Hobby Fruit at the age of ten.

Sugar using the Hobby-Hobby Fruit (Image via Toei Animation)

However, Sugar needs to physically touch her targets in order to transform them into toys. Of course, this may prove to be difficult or even prohibitive depending on the target’s individual capabilities. Another aspect to keep in mind is that if Sugar is incapacitated, the transformation induced by the Hobby-Hobby Fruit on her targets will immediately get cancelled.

Killing Sugar or simply knocking her unconscious will cause the transformed people to return back to normal and their acquaintances to regain their memories with immediate effect.

Even though Sugar’s individual skills were relatively mediocre, the special powers of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit made her an integral component of Doflamingo’s plans. The former Warlord would have Sugar turn his opposers into toys, not only incapacitating them but also effectively erasing their existence from the minds of their friends, which would be quite advantageous.

Sugar defeated by Usopp (Image via Toei Animation)

Protected by Trebol, Doflamingo’s trusted advisor, Sugar would use her Devil Fruit powers on the citizens of Dressrosa, the fighters defeated in the Corrida Colosseum’s competitions, and anyone else inconvenient to Doflamingo’s organization. During the Dressrosa Arc, she even targeted Luffy and Trafalgar Law.

Unaware of Sugar’s identity and Devil Fruit ability, Luffy and Law were fooled by her appearance as a harmless child and let her approach them carelessly. Just as Sugar was about to touch them, however, Usopp saved the day by taking her down with a timely long-range attack.

Leo’s Devil Fruit in One Piece

Leo and the Stitch-Stitch Fruit (Image via Shueisha)

Apart from Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit, the latest One Piece Magazine also revealed the design of the Stitch-Stitch Fruit, a Paramecia-type item known as Nui Nui no Mi in the original Japanese version. The Stitch-Stitch Fruit features the swirling pattern typical of all Devil Fruits, but otherwise has its own unique appearance.

Clearly reminiscent of a knitting needle and thread, the stem of the fruit consists of two parts, a needle-like blue structure that pierces the main body from top to bottom, and a light green branch that grows through what could be called the needle’s eye. The main body resembles a peeled orange made up of several wedges, each of a different color, all bound together by stitch-like sutures.

Leo as seen in the One Piece anime (Image via Toei Animation)

The Stitch-Stitch Fruit was eaten by Leo, one of the many allies of the Straw Hat Pirates during the Dressrosa Arc. A dwarf of the Tontatta Tribe, Leo lived with his his fellows on the island of Green Bit before befriending Usopp and joining the Straw Hats in the struggle to free Dressrosa from the clutches of Donquixote Doflamingo.

After the conflict in Dressrosa ended, the dwarves of the Tontatta Tribe became a pirate crew known as the Tontatta Pirates, with Leo standing out as their captain. Along with six other pirate crews, the Tontatta Pirates vowed to serve under the flag of Monkey D. Luffy. This marked the establishment with the Straw Hat Grand Fleet.

Leo thus became the captain of the fifth ship of the huge fleet formed by the seven crews that pledged their allegiance to the Straw Hat Pirates. Like the other dwarves, Leo can move at great speed. Despite being a humanoid small enough to fit in the palm of a normal human hand, he also has incredible physical strength for his size.

Leo using the Stitch-Stitch Fruit (Image via Toei Animation)

The Stitch-Stitch Fruit allows Leo to literally stitch his targets to any surface. He can pin people to the ground, or even to other nearby individuals, binding them all together. It should be noted that the victims of Leo’s stitches aren’t harmed, even though their bodies appear to be punctured by the sutures. Likewise, Leo can undo the stitches without harming his targets.

That said, the stitches are strong enough to hold relatively powerful fighters without them being able to break free. Exploiting his uncommon agility, Leo can use the Stitch-Stitch Fruit to swiftly bind multiple opponents at once. At one point, Leo even used his stitches to reattach a severed limb, proving that Devil Fruit can also be useful for purposes different from combat.