One Piece Sets Up A New Devil Fruit Class Surpassing Mythical Zoans

One Piece introduced the concept of Devil Fruits as a power system in Chapter 1 of the story on July 18, 1997. Since then, the creator of the series, Eiichiro Oda, has greatly expanded upon this system and introduced various classes, such as Paramecia, Logia, Zoan, and other sub-categories such as Ancient and Mythical Zoan, among others. While most Devil Fruits that exist in the world of One Piece fall under these categories, One Piece's Elbaf Arc climax, specifically Chapter 1179, which was released in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #19 on April 6, 2026, unveiled the power of Nerona Imu's Akuma no Mi. This Devil Fruit surpasses all other classes that exist in the world of One Piece and exists in a class of its own, making it the most unique Devil Fruit to exist in the world of One Piece.