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Yomi Yomi no Mi

Character

Brook owes his second life to this Paramecia fruit, which fortifies the soul so strongly that its owner comes back once after dying. Beyond resurrection it unlocks an array of soul-based feats, and it is the reason a living skeleton walks, talks, and fights with the Straw Hats.

Type: Paramecia
User: Brook
Meaning: Resurrection
Japanese Name: ヨミヨミの実
First Appearance: Chapter 442; Episode 337
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Overview

A Paramecia consumed by Brook, this fruit toughens a person's spirit until it can return them to life a single time following their first death, alongside several further powers drawn from the soul, turning the eater into a Reviving Human. Its name traces to yomigaeru, meaning to be reborn or resuscitated, rooted in yomi, the Japanese underworld, so the label reflects a return from the afterlife. Translations dub it the Revive-Revive Fruit. The fruit itself is a golden sphere with a green stem and four stubby bumps beneath that lend it a skull-like silhouette, marked all over with the usual swirls.

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Mechanics

Its headline strength grants a fresh chance at living after one death has occurred, a form of borrowed immortality lasting until a second death arrives; until that first death, though, the power lies dormant and the eater gains nothing but the standard vulnerabilities. When the soul does return from the land of the dead it does not snap back into place, so the disembodied spirit must hunt down its own corpse to rejoin it, and the body keeps decaying meanwhile. Crucially the revived being still feels pain, proof of true life, which sets it apart from the mindless zombies of the Kage Kage no Mi. After the timeskip Brook learned to project his soul from his mouth like astral travel, passing through walls, and mastering the energy his soul radiates lets him mend his bones, freeze foes with an underworld chill, and even overwhelm the small borrowed souls that make up Big Mom's homies.

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Notable Users

Brook is the fruit's holder. Its secondary gifts keep him effectively alive as a skeleton: he speaks without vocal cords, tastes and digests food, and even produces tears, blood, and other matter despite lacking the organs to make them, with milk swiftly repairing his broken bones through its calcium. His light frame lets him leap enormous heights and dash across water, though he still sinks like any Devil Fruit user if submerged, and his lack of flesh spares him from attacks that rely on tearing tissue while making him electrically fearless. His named soul-powered techniques, mostly sword arts such as Kasuriuta: Fubuki Giri and Ekakiuta: Hitoyogiri, channel the freezing Chill of the Underworld into his blade Soul Solid.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What can the Yomi Yomi no Mi do?

The Yomi Yomi no Mi is a Paramecia Devil Fruit that strengthens the eater's soul enough to bring them back to life once after their first death, and it grants a range of other soul-based abilities, such as speaking and feeling without a physical body.

Who eats the Yomi Yomi no Mi?

Brook is the only known user of the Yomi Yomi no Mi, the fruit responsible for his return as a living skeleton with the Straw Hat Pirates.

Is the Yomi Yomi no Mi immortal?

The Yomi Yomi no Mi grants a form of borrowed immortality that lasts only until the user's second death; before the first death occurs, the power stays dormant and grants no other benefit.

What does Yomi Yomi no Mi mean?

The name Yomi Yomi no Mi comes from yomigaeru, meaning to be reborn or resuscitated, which is rooted in yomi, the Japanese word for the underworld; it is translated in English as the Revive-Revive Fruit.

What happens when Brook's soul returns to his body after using the Yomi Yomi no Mi?

When the Yomi Yomi no Mi returns Brook's soul from the afterlife, the spirit does not snap back into his body automatically; it must hunt down its own corpse to rejoin it while that body keeps decaying in the meantime.

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