Neko Neko no Mi, Model Leopard
Zoan (carnivorous) · current: Rob Lucci
Profile
The Cat-Cat Fruit (Neko Neko no Mi), Model Leopard is a carnivorous Zoan eaten by Rob Lucci of CP9. It grants a leopard-man hybrid form (and full-leopard form), turning Lucci into a towering predator. The fruit is named on-page for the first time in Ch. 349 (“The Cat-Cat Fruit. Leopard… Model.”, pp. 4–5) inside the burning Galley-La HQ — the same chapter that delivers the first on-page enumeration of the three Devil Fruit classes (Logia / Zoan / Paramythia) and singles out carnivorous Zoan as the most aggressive combat type whose power amplifies with training (p. 6; see Nature of Devil Fruits). Lucci’s transformation begins, unnamed, at the Ch. 348 cliffhanger; it is named and fully shown here.
User chain
| Order | User | How they acquired it | First use | Death/lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rob Lucci | (acquired off-page; forward-canon) | Ch. 349 |
Named techniques
Lucci uses the Six Powers (Rokushiki) while transformed in Ch. 349. These are Six Powers techniques, NOT fruit-native abilities — recorded here only to show that Rokushiki stacks on top of a Zoan transformation:
| Technique | VIZ name | First use (this fruit’s user) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tempest Kick | Rankyaku | Ch. 349 p. 7 | Six Powers — detonates the third floor |
| Finger Pistol | Shigan | Ch. 349 p. 12 | Six Powers |
| Iron Body | Tekkai | Ch. 349 p. 14 | Six Powers |
| Leopard Tail | — | Ch. 421 p. 11 | Spinning tail-whirl strike — Rokushiki/martial technique layered on the Zoan hybrid form (not fruit-native) |
Awakening
Power limits & weaknesses
- Water/sea immobilization (universal Devil-Fruit weakness).
Lore & theories
- A carnivorous Zoan — the most aggressive class per the on-page taxonomy lecture (p. 6). Links to Nature of Devil Fruits for the classification doctrine.
- Lucci’s leopard tells the audience CP9’s “shipwrights” are apex-predator Zoan users — the template for the wider CP9 animal-theme system. See CP9 Carnivorous Zoan Animal-Theme System.
- Implicated in Ancient Weapons only via its user’s CP9 mission to recover the Pluton blueprints; the fruit itself is not implicated.