Violet’s New One Piece Power Has Fans Crying Foul — A Rare Oda Misstep?

Dressrosa gave us plenty of chaos, but there is one moment that still short-circuits my brain: Violet crying so hard that her tears morph into two giant orange whales that charge the battlefield. It looks like a Sanji rescue beat mashed with a Finding Nemo stampede, and then the story never brings it up again. Not explained, not referenced, nothing. We all saw it. Oda pretended we didn’t. That whiplash is why people still bring it up years later.

Wait... Violet summons whales now?

Quick recap of the scene: Violet breaks down, the tears hit the ground, and suddenly two enormous whale-shaped water constructs erupt forward and bulldoze through trouble. It’s dramatic. It’s also completely at odds with everything we know about her Devil Fruit.

What her fruit actually does

Violet ate the Giro Giro no Mi, a power set that is pure recon. It’s not a water element, not animal creation, not feelings-turned-into-beasts. It’s surveillance and intel, full stop.

• See across vast distances and through solid objects
• Scan a person’s emotions and memories
• Project images directly into someone else’s mind

In other words: walking spy satellite meets lie detector meets live drone feed. Yes, it’s a Paramecia, but the kind that messes with perception and information, not one that conjures physical monsters. It’s definitely not a Logia-style element controller, and it’s not a Zoan that turns her into a kaiju. So whales made of tears? That’s not in the kit.

The joke Oda could not resist

Here’s the part language nerds will appreciate: the attack name is 目鯨 (mekujira), which is a pun on 目くじら (mekujira) — literally 'corner of the eye' and commonly tied to the idea of flaring up or taking offense. Oda swapped the kana くじら for the kanji 鯨, which means 'whale.' Tears from the eye, whale in the name... you see where this went.

'Violet cried = whales showed up.'

It’s a clever play on words, no question. But it also reads like Oda tossed power logic out the window for a one-off gag so over-the-top even Usopp might side-eye it.

The wasted potential problem

What makes the whole thing extra frustrating is that Violet’s power is secretly one of the most terrifying support abilities in One Piece. In the right hands, she could flip wars, expose traitors in minutes, pinpoint hostages and weapons, track spies, and call out weak points on the fly. She should be a nightmare asset for any major crew or government branch.

Instead, her flashiest spotlight is Tear Whales. Imagine the fight we could have had: Violet forcing an enemy to relive their worst memory mid-combat, or feeding her crew a constant stream of intel while tagging vulnerabilities in real time. That would feel like a true Giro Giro showcase.

So where does that leave Violet?

Honestly, the Tear Whales moment is peak One Piece in the most chaotic way. It makes no sense, wasn’t meant to, and somehow became iconic anyway. Still, I’m holding out hope Oda gives Violet a proper battle someday that actually uses the full, terrifying scope of her surveillance powers.

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