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Luffy’s rubber-like stretching powers are a result of Oda’s desire for the fighting style to be silly, so that no matter how tense a situation gets, the reader can relax without becoming stressed out.
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The Devil Fruit Luffy gained his abilities from was originally called the Gomu no Mi (fruit of gum), but after Oda’s editor pointed out that a real Gomu no Mi existed, the name was changed to Gum-Gum Fruit (Gomu Gomu no Mi?, fruit of gum gum).
