Zoan

Zoan is one of the three Devil Fruit types. This type of fruit allows the user to transform into another species and inter-species hybrid forms at will. Zoan types are especially effective in close combat.

Overview
Zoan-type Devil Fruits grant the user the ability to transform into another species. Zoan Fruits provide the user with three basic forms:


 * Human Form: The user's natural form prior to consuming the fruit.
 * Human-Beast Form: A hybrid form, combining both the original and the fruit-bestowed species into an unusual form (usually in a bizarre way where the size is greatly exaggerated).
 * Beast Form: A form in which the user is fully transformed into the fruit-bestowed species.

However, through training, it is possible for Zoan users to unlock additional transformations, some users have to use a "Rumble Ball" in order to access these additional transformations.

A majority of the Zoan Devil Fruits come in different groups, known as "series", differentiated by specific species classification, known as "models". These groups are divided based on the different variations of animal. Even for fruits without a model, there may be other fruits within the same series that do have one. Zoan hybrid forms are almost always bipedal. Another effect shown is that for many different known Zoan users, when in a half-human half-animal hybrid, sometimes the user tends to get bigger than they originally are, even to giant proportions.

Inanimate Object Zoan
Some years before the current timeline, Dr. Vegapunk discovered a technique that allows one to make an inanimate object "eat" a Devil Fruit. The details of the technique have not yet been revealed. So far, Zoan is the only type of Devil Fruit that inanimate objects have been shown as being able to absorb. Inanimate object Zoans seem to be very loyal to whomever owns them.

Objects that have "ingested" a Zoan Fruit gain the mobility, abilities, and intelligence of the animal they turn into. This can be a drawback, as the object also gains a living creatures ability to feel pain, fear, and becomes susceptible to disease.

The technique that allows an object to eat a Zoan fruit is not limited to solid materials, as gaseous slime can also be used as a medium.

Sub-Classes
The Zoan class Devil Fruit has three known sub-classes: Ancient, Mythical and Artificial. The first two are considered to be more rare than regular Zoan.

Ancient Zoan is a sub-class of Zoan that allows the user to transform into ancient, extinct animals, such as dinosaurs. Ancient Zoan Fruits are much rarer than regular Zoan's. It is implied that Ancient Zoans bestow greater physical strength than normal Zoans,something certainly in keeping with what has been exhibited by those wielding Ancient Zoan powers.

Mythical Zoan is a sub-class of Zoan that allows the user to transform into creatures that are the subject of myth and legend. They are the rarest sub-class of Zoan, noted to be even more rare than Logia powers. In accordance with their rarity, Mythical Zoans seem very powerful and the strongest among Zoan types, especially because of their most distinguishing facet: the bestowing of special, unique abilities supplementary to the transformation itself.

Artificial Zoan is a type of Zoan Devil Fruit created through non-natural means.

Zoan Users
List of known Zoan Users:

Kyoko Kawamura