(Pending — forward of this batch. The object-fruit mechanism’s full payoff and Vegapunk’s
war-tech are forward.)
Earliest known caller
(Unknown.)
Why this matters
The first canonical statement that the devil-fruit power mechanism is understood and
reproducible, and that fruit powers can be transferred into objects — a quiet rewrite of the
“devil fruits are mysterious” baseline. Cross-link Vegapunk,
Nature of Devil Fruits.