Does Haki overshadow devil fruits?

Key insights

• Haki in One Piece eclipses the original Devil Fruit system, providing a universal advantage to almost every character.
• Haki acts as a gathering weakness for Devil Fruits, making fights less about strategy and more about brute force.
• The introduction of Haki causes fights against strong enemies in One Piece to turn into slugfests, reducing the need for creative solutions.

One piece always had an interesting energy system. Harnessing the strange and mysterious powers of devil fruits fundamentally alters the consumer's body, resulting in a range of interesting and powerful abilities. Although not every character uses the powers on their own, the devil fruits act as the main power system in the early stages of One piece.

However, as the show grew, a new power system was eventually introduced One piece. The Haki system introduced a universal ability that increased the strength of almost all characters in the series. Although this new staple is a more traditional “power-up,” it has some interesting aspects that make it a quick favorite among fans. Unfortunately, there are some aspects of this One piece Haki system that overshadows some of the more interesting elements of the original Devil Fruit system.

Haki and devil fruits: two energy systems in harmony

A tale of two powers

Devil fruits in One piece has a very simple premise. When a person eats a devil fruit, their body changes in some way, giving them some abilities. At the same time, however, they become hated by the sea and lose their ability to swim. Devil Fruits come in many different varieties and grant a wide range of abilities, ranging from Buggy's Chop-Chop Fruit to Chopper's Human-Human Fruit.

Maybe nothing in this world happens by chance – Rayleigh

Haki, on the other hand, is an ability that most of the strongest characters possess One piece own. Haki allows characters to use their spiritual energy to perform superhuman feats. This power comes in three forms; Armament, which allows the user to perform more powerful attacks, Observation, which grants the user a degree of additional vision and spatial awareness, and Conqueror, which allows the user to impose their will on others and potentially incapacitate them. One piece Armament Haki also has the added effect of allowing the user to hit devil fruit powers, even if the power would originally prevent them from being hit.

Haki makes it too easy to deal with devil fruit users in one piece

Every weakness is Haki

While Haki was officially introduced One piece Towards the middle of the series, the power itself has been present since the beginning of the series. Despite this, Haki still feels like a new system compared to Devil Fruits. Although the two systems work well together, Haki potentially overshadows some elements of Devil Fruits that made the first major battles against Devil Fruit Users so interesting.

First, Haki in One piece gives characters without devil fruits a much easier way to deal with devil fruit users. For example, if Zoro were to fight a character like Akainu, it would be impossible for the swordsman to even hurt the Admiral, putting the non-Devil Fruit user at a serious disadvantage. However, through the use of Haki, Zoro is able to bypass the intangibility granted by the Magma Magma Fruit and level the playing field.

While this makes sense from a power scaling perspective, the use of Haki overshadows one of Devil Fruits' previous key weaknesses One piece. In the past, the only way to defeat a devil fruit was to exploit its natural weakness. Instead of just attacking with Haki, the characters had to outsmart Devil Fruit users, creating interesting battles that truly explored all aspects of Devil Fruits.

Haki creates a one-note solution in one piece

No more creative solutions

Now, with the advent of Haki, One piece Fights against strong enemies only result in slugfests that don't fully explore the strengths and weaknesses of their devil fruit powers. In the past, Luffy has had to discover and exploit weaknesses, such as: B. Use water to solidify and beat Crocodile to counter his Logia Devil Fruit, or bind and remove parts of Buggy's body to emerge victorious. Now it seems like every fight has the same solution; Hit the target harder and harder until a winner emerges.

Haki is a power that lies dormant in all creatures in the world. – Rayleigh

While these two energy systems in One piece work very well together, in that small way Haki puts Devil Fruits to shame. However, due to the nature of Devil Fruits, having Haki act as a gathering weakness for Devil Fruits is probably a better decision in the long run. In the end, Oda will hopefully feature some interesting Devil Fruit weaknesses in the future One piecewithout relying too much on Haki being the solution to every problem.