Talk:Kyōki Kyōki no Mi/@comment-4080028-20160415212845

Hmm, I think I could see a lot of potential in this if given to the right Devil Fruit user actually. Though that's because the way I see this fruit's powers at work may be different from what you've envisioned. Like, I see the whole "being unable to fight" aspect being a case by case thing for certain people, depending on what kind of madness they're subjected to. If someone thinks the whole world, including the victim, is on fire, they're most likely going to run around and scream and act as if everything and everyone really is slowly burning to death. Not much of a fighter there. However, if someone has a psychotic level of paranoia and thinks everyone is out to get the victim, then the fight or flight syndrome kicks in; if "flight," the victim will most likely not be able to fight as they'd be too scared to do anything except run away and live in isolation. If "fight," well... that's self-explanatory, and that makes the victim even more dangerous to everyone else (possibly even making the victim dangerous to himself too, if he doesn't stop to consider his own safety.)

Likewise, I can actually see curing others of insanity being helpful in certain situations too. Imagine curing an unstable powerhouse of a fighter from insanity so that they can use their full power at its maximum potential. Or hell, imagine the user going around pretending (or believing) to be a miracle worker who cures the insanity from others or removes the insanity they placed on someone in the first place. I say "believe" because, well, the user's going to be insane anyway, so why not have them be deluded into thinking they have miracle healing powers? Honestly, it's a great way to manipulate an entire town or society if the user can get enough of a grip on reality long enough to pull off such a scheme. Like:

Devil Fruit User: I have cured the entire village of its insanity!

Villager: This guy's our hero! We'll do anything for him!

Devil Fruit User (thinking): ''And now they'll all be my pawns in my master plan! Mwahahahaha!''

That's more or less my train of thought here, and it proves to be very useful and fun if given to the right character. Albeit, that's only the case if the character was evil or antagonistic. If heroic or decently good at all, well... hmm... Maybe just a very wacky but tragically deluded protagonist or supporting character? Could make for great story telling!

Heh, anyway, sorry for the lengthy comment, I had a lot on my mind as far as the uses and potential for this fruit goes. In any case, despite the little detail put onto the page so far, I'm already very interested in what could be done with this particular fruit. Nice idea, Krookodile. ^_^