Eustass Kid: Supernova, Jiki Jiki Fruit, and Luffy’s rival

⚡ Profile: Eustass Kid

🧲 The Jiki Jiki no Mi: absolute magnetism

The Jiki Jiki no Mi is a Paramecia Devil Fruit that grants its user complete control over magnetism and metal. Kid can attract, repel, assemble, and launch all metallic materials in his surroundings—turning any battlefield into a giant arsenal at his disposal.

His most spectacular technique is Assign, which magnetizes his opponents and draws them toward him, as well as the colossal mechanical creations he assembles in combat—notably "Kid Metal" and his giant scrap-metal arm. Combined with his advanced Armament Haki, Kid's Devil Fruit makes him one of the most difficult Supernovas to face in open terrain.

🌊 Origins and rise in South Blue

Eustass Kid is from South Blue. Unlike Luffy or Zoro, whose childhoods are explored in the manga, Kid's origins remain partially mysterious — contributing to his aura as a character who emerges from nowhere, armed with a rage whose sources are not yet fully known.

What we know: Kid lost his left arm when he was captured by the Marines. He replaced it with a mechanical prosthesis, built thanks to his Devil Fruit and his talent for mechanics. This loss did not slow him down — it made him more dangerous. His bounty rose to 3 billion berries, reflecting his meteoric rise on the Grand Line.

Killer: the unfailing right-hand man

Kid would not be Kid without Killer, his second-in-command and childhood friend, known by the nickname "Masa Kata" (The Butcher). Their mutual loyalty is one of Kid's few constants — in a world where alliances are formed and broken, Killer has remained by his side through the worst moments, including when he was transformed by SMILE.

💀 The Worst Generation: Kid among the Supernovas

When eleven pirates with bounties exceeding 100 million simultaneously reach the Grand Line, the Marines group them under the name "Worst Generation." Eustass Kid is part of this elite group — and he is one of the few to have attacked them even before Luffy arrived at Sabaody.

Kid attacked a crew affiliated with the Tenryubito (Celestial Dragons) on Sabaody, triggering a massive military response long before Luffy's incident. This act of pure rebellion reveals his attitude toward the world: he does not calculate the consequences; he acts according to his convictions.

🐉 Wano Arc: Kid vs. Big Mom

The Wano Arc is when Kid definitively proves that he belongs among the pirates capable of defeating a Yonko. In a forced alliance with Trafalgar Law, he faces Charlotte Linlin (Big Mom) in a titanic battle on the roof of Onigashima.

The fight is brutal and asymmetrical: Big Mom is physically indestructible, her Soul Soul no Mi grants her superhuman endurance, and her Three Disasters, Prometheus and Napoleon, make her nearly impossible to stop alone. Yet Kid and Law manage it—combining their Devil Fruits creatively to send Big Mom into a chasm.

The victory over Big Mom is one of the most impressive feats in the saga. It places Kid in a category of his own among the Supernovas—he is no longer merely a rival to Luffy, but a Yonko conqueror in his own right. But this triumph will be short-lived.

💥 After Wano: Defeat by Shanks

After Wano, Kid sails toward Elbaf—the island of giants—with a new bounty of 3 billion. He crosses paths with Red-Haired Shanks. What follows is one of the most shocking scenes in the final saga: Shanks defeats Kid's entire crew in a few seconds, using Conqueror's Haki with a level of violence and precision never before shown in the manga.

Kid is reduced to nothing. His ship is destroyed, his crew annihilated, and he himself knocked out without Shanks even deigning to get up from his chair. This scene shocked fans for two reasons: first, the brutality of the defeat, but above all what it reveals about the gap between the Supernovas and the true old giants of the previous era.

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