One Piece Creator Oda Sets Up The Legendary Water Devil Fruit

Devil Fruits were officially introduced to us at the very beginning of One Piece on July 18, 1997, in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 24, when the first chapter was published by Eiichiro Oda in the magazine. Since then, Devil Fruits have played a significant role in the story, and they continue to influence the narrative in numerous ways. If there is one rule that Eiichiro Oda had pertaining to Devil Fruits, it is that a water Devil Fruit was not to be introduced in the story due to its inherently overpowered nature.