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Buku Buku no Mi

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Charlotte Mont-d'Or's Paramecia fruit grants control over books. He can seal a living creature within the pages of a book, halting its aging, cast book-based illusions over foes, and link Den Den Mushi together for mass communication.

Type: Paramecia
Meaning: Book
Human Type: Book Human
Japanese Name: ブクブクの実
First Appearance Chapter: Chapter 846
First Appearance Episode: Episode 810
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Overview

Falling under the Paramecia class, this Devil Fruit lets its owner control books, which turns them into a Book Human. The eater is Charlotte Mont-d'Or of the Big Mom Pirates. The name derives from bukku, how the English term "book" is spoken in Japanese.

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Mechanics

The fruit gives its holder telekinetic command over any nearby books no matter their size, letting them float the volumes about and even stand on them as platforms. Its greatest power is locking a living creature away inside the world of a book, achievable by two separate methods. Holding an open book above a target places that target under a visual illusion of being inside the book's world, an effect that breaks the moment the book is closed. The other approach physically converts a captive into a drawing on the page, a state in which aging stops entirely; Mont-d'Or typically pins captives with oversized, seemingly unbreakable nails. These inner worlds have no boundaries of space or design, since the user's imagination shapes them, and a special bookmark slipped into a page lets a person pass freely between the book and the outside. The fruit also enables wide, remote communication: Mont-d'Or once rang many Den Den Mushi simultaneously by connecting them all through a book. Being placed under such a scenic illusion dims eyesight alone, so the ensnared person keeps moving and relying on their remaining senses, and anyone bound within the pages can still speak to the outside so long as their page is left open. Burning a book frees whoever is held inside, though the flames endanger them too. The standard Devil Fruit weaknesses otherwise apply.

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Notable Users

Charlotte Mont-d'Or mainly uses the fruit to hold Big Mom's collection of rare beasts and her prisoners captive inside enormous picture books, nailing them down and shelving them in a vast library within Whole Cake Chateau, with strange creatures kept in the regular library and ordinary prisoners in an underground Prisoner Library. He also coordinates the Big Mom Pirates by chaining several Den Den Mushi together to reach many crewmates at once. In a fight, he treats normal-sized books as airborne footholds to fly and drops foes into his book-world illusions, leaving them distracted and exposed. His signature technique, "Hon" no Sekai, or World of Books, hovers an open book over an enemy to snare them in the illusion until the book shuts.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the meaning of Buku Buku no Mi?

Buku in Buku Buku no Mi comes from the Japanese pronunciation of the English word book, reflecting the fruit's power to control books; it is officially called the Book-Book Fruit.

What does the Buku Buku no Mi do?

The Buku Buku no Mi is a Paramecia Devil Fruit that gives its user telekinetic control over books and the ability to seal a living creature inside a book's pages. It was eaten by Charlotte Mont-d'Or of the Big Mom Pirates.

What happens to someone trapped inside a book by the Buku Buku no Mi?

A creature sealed inside a book by the Buku Buku no Mi stops aging entirely while trapped, and can only be freed if the book is burned, though the flames also endanger them.

How does Charlotte Mont-d'Or use the Buku Buku no Mi?

Charlotte Mont-d'Or uses the Buku Buku no Mi to imprison Big Mom's rare beasts and prisoners inside giant picture books shelved in the Whole Cake Chateau library, and he also links multiple Den Den Mushi through a book to communicate with many crewmates at once.

What is Charlotte Mont-d'Or's signature Buku Buku no Mi technique?

Charlotte Mont-d'Or's signature technique, Hon no Sekai, or World of Books, hovers an open book over an enemy to trap them in a visual illusion until the book is closed.

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