Hito Hito no Mi Users Compared From Chopper to Luffy’s Gear 5

Last updated on November 18th, 2025 at 11:15 am

I read Chapter 1044 and was like, “No wayyy the Gomu-Gomu no Mi is a Hito Hito no Mi all along? It sent me down a rabbit hole where I compared every user we’ve seen. Apparently, the Hito Hito no Mi Model animals are a lot more varied than I originally believed.

Here’s what I discovered when I compared them side by side.

The 4 Named Users of Hito Hito no Mi

For now we’ve seen four users between various models, courtesy of Oda. They all function in completely different ways, which is nuts because they’re all technically “Human-Human Fruits.”

Chopper: The Original Model

Chopper’s version is the baseline. As a reindeer, once he ate that one, Duel gained the intelligence of a human as well as the abilities to switch between three forms Walk Point (fully reindeer), Brain Point (half and half) and Heavy Point (mostly human). What’s interesting about that, however, is what according to the One Piece Wiki is just the regular zoan type model no mythical powers.

Heck he had monster point because of the Rumble Ball experiments, but that’s artificial augmentation not a natural fruit ability. Chopper’s fruit feels almost… primitive next to the others? But it established the blueprint for what a Hito Hito no Mi does: stand as the bridge between animal and human.

Sengoku: Model Daibutsu (Mythical Zoan)

And then you have the Sengoku Daibutsu model and we’re getting into a bit of mythology here. He changes into a thunderbolt-firing giant golden Buddha. I looked up theories on Reddit for this one, and folks say he has some cool: his fruit doesn’t just impart physical power it carries symbolic weight.

The transformation of the Buddha acts as divine and wisdom. Sure, combat power is part of it. When you contrast that with Chopper’s fruit, it shows how Mythical Zoans go beyond the basic transformation. Sengoku gets beefed-up durability, colossal size, and those shockwave attacks Chopper could never do.

Onimaru: Model Onyudo (Mythical Zoan)

Here’s one that doesn’t get nearly enough airplay. The Wano fox Onimaru ate the model of an Onyudo. It transformed him into a towering monk warrior with a naginata. This figure is drawn from Japanese folklore an onyudo being a giant monk yokai.

The biggest difference you notice between Onimaru and Chopper is the way it handles skills. Chopper acquired some smarts, sure, but so did Onimaru AND a bunch of new martial arts moves to go with it. It’s something I noticed with Mythical Zoans too, they don’t just transform your body but give skills associated with the story itself.

Luffy: Model Nika (Mythical Zoan, Awakened)

And then there’s Luffy. The big one. The fruit that just couldn’t be tamed by the internet.

Model Nika is what the Gomu Gomu no Mi really was this whole time. When I look at this next to the other Hito Hito no Mi models, it’s huge by comparison. Firstly, Luffy’s awakening Gear 5 grants him cartoon physics. I don’t mean just reality bending on the level of Looney Tunes. As reported on Gear5World, he can bounce around his surroundings like rubber and morph his attacks to have properties that shouldn’t be reality.

Chopper’s fruit made him smarter. Sengoku’s made him divine. But with Nika’s model Luffy is free. That’s the leitmotif that it has woven into itself freedom for form, freedom for physics, freedom from traditional combat rules.

Key Differences Across Models

Here is what distinguishes these users when you put them in a row:

Intelligent Animal: Chopper’s fruit gave him sentience. Mythical models apparently provide instincts associated with the legends rather than actual knowledge.

Physical Scale: That standard model has you more or less human-sized. Mythical models? Sengoku turns into a giant Buddha, Onimaru looms over his opponents and Luffy can blow himself up like a balloon to planet-shattering sizes.

The Awakening Potential: We have only seen Luffy’s awakening up to now. That makes me wonder… Can Chopper awaken his fruit? The general rule of thumb that I’ve seen on reddit is that standard Zoans have “easier” awakenings than mythical.

Lore Connection: This one’s the showstopper. Mythical Zoans carry narrative weight. Nika is the model that directly relates to Joy Boy and The Void Century. Daibutsu model refers to the justice of God. The standard model? It’s just… a fruit.

What This Means Going Forward

These users illustrate how Oda has developed the idea. He began with a basic concept animal has human fruit and becomes wiser and transformed it into god-tier abilities that alter the course of entire battles.

My guess is, if we ever get more Hito Hito no Mi models, they’d be mythical. The generic worked fine with Chopper. Now Oda is getting into what happens when you connect the transformation of humanity to legends and gods and folklore.

That’s what makes the Hito Hito no Mi line so fascinating. Same team, entirely different results in terms of the model. Chopper fixes, Sengoku commands and Luffy frees. Three users, three completely different directions all from the same fruit type.

It’s pretty wild when you consider it.

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