Capone Bege’s power-up theory one piece

Capone is an interesting Supernova. His bounty was one of the lowest and because of his powers, a lot of people don’t think he’s that strong. I’m a little more forgiving. I like all the Supernovas and I see all of their potential. And pieces seem to be moving for Capone as well to making him have one of the most formidable armies in the series.

STRENGTHS:

1. He has a Devil Fruit which was not yet named (Likely Shiro Shiro no mi: Castle/Fortress Fruit)
2. Tactically intelligent and level-headed nature
3. Scores of loyal subordinates and weaponry that he can unleash at any time
4. Strong element of surprise with his abilities

WEAKNESSES​:

1. No apparent individual combat prowess
2. Has not displayed any super human qualities

One more thing that needs to be addressed about Capone is his theme. He’s a mafia boss. He gives orders and that’s how he fights. With the help of the family. So perhaps most of his power-ups will deal with this type of indirect combat and thus, what makes him a threat is what kind of weapons he can get a hold of.

We have seen glimpses of Capone Bege’s Devil Fruit, but it appears to be a fruit that grants the user the ability to become a castle or fortress. Within which the individual can house men, artillery, horses and what not to become a walking deployment bay for an army. What I will focus on first is the threshold that appears around him when he uses his powers. When things pass from the inside out, they appear to enlarge back to their original size.

I’m going to assume the reverse is also true. That things are shrunk down to a minuscule size when they cross from the outside in. Hence how he manages to store them within him in the first place. This has many defensive attributes.

It means any attacks going towards him are shrunk upon crossing that line, which of course reduces the power by an exponential factor. Think about all the weapons used that are dangerous to a normal person that Capone completely ignores. Bullet, Swords, Spears, all of them shrunk to the size of toothpicks and specs of dust as they pass through his barrier. It means to fight Capone you have to have weapons with extremely large size or AoE that can do damage when they are reverted down to their smaller scale.

Even explosives that would usually detonate with a radius of a 12 metres, suddenly explode within his area and only cause damage in a 12 inch area. It’s also about the reduced force.

Force = Mass x Acceleration. If the Mass of the incoming attack is suddenly reduced, the resultant force can only be drastically affected. In many ways Capone’s fruit is one of the best pure defensive fruits in the series (alongside Bartolomeo’s). But it’s not just defensive, there are offensive aspects to his fruit.

So basically for this fruit we have several key defensive skills, but the reverse is also true. I believe that anything crossing from within the aura going outwards is enlarged. While the people coming out of Capone are returning to normal size, I believe Capone himself, will be able to cross his own threshold somehow, by being able to control where the barrier is in relation to himself. Thus enlarging his normally human sized hand, to Giant proportions of arm length, reach and power.

Explaining why he has no need for physical power, because he can unleash a giant punch any time. But also he could do this with weapons and I think this is more likely because of the type of fighter he is. Imagine a normal size pistol crossing the barrier and become a giant cannon. Or a sword becoming a giant sized Cleaver. Therefore, Capone actually has the ability to wield the power of a giant just by enlarging already regularly sized objects that are within the radius of his abilities.

So we have two abilities defined. He may already have these skills, but now to add power to his lineup. And let’s not forget Capone’s theme. He fights mainly through his subordinates, so depending on how dangerous his subordinates are, drastically improves his overall threat as an enemy.

The image of tanks, fighter planes and naval ships being deployed from within him to me is really what Oda is going for. The idea of a One-Man Army personified in One Piece. I don’t have much to support this but I feel like Capone will definitely become a strong player in the series and he will have everything he needs to be considered a top New World Pirate I think all the Supernova are.

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