Remember back in the days, there was an interesting theory about sea kings and terrestrial momsters that ruled the lands and the seas for centuries until eventually being reawakened to a collective soul called devil fruit.
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Which one do the Elders refer to in terms of 'awakening'? An already existing DF or the 'manifestation' of one primitive ability?
Good question. I think it's the manifestation of an ability within a DF we already know. Or Zunesha is linked to some kind of DF they are aware of but we aren't. Like something I noticed while looking up Zunesha is this.
---Zunesha's eye
----Im's eye.
Perhaps I'm simply spitballing here but the eyes are drawn far too similar to be a coincidence imo. Perhaps the 'awakening' of Zunesha means that Im is doing something he hasn't done for centuries? The other theories as the Kibi dango controlling Zunesha are a bit too far fetched for me even with it supposedly working beyond the death of the previous user.
A close second to me is the Toki Toki no mi. Perhaps it did more than we realized but I'm secretly hoping Oda only keeps it for that one plot device. One piece really doesn't need time travel after all those years.
All in all it could also be the Gomu fruit. Why else punish Who's Who so severely for losing a devil fruit that the majority of opponents mock when they first set their eyes upon it.
It could have an awakening unique to it compared to other paramecia's.
