Gara Gara no Mi/Spice Coating

**❝** *By cladding my body with all the built-up spices, condiments, seasonings, and herbs...and surrounding my legs...I'll amplify the effects several folds and increase my capabilities and kicking power..!* **❞** *— Hestuser introduces the technique.*

## Statistics

### Fighting Style Focus:

Legs and Feet, Midair, Jumping and Acrobatics, Condiments, Seasonings, Herbs, Spices, Gara Gara no Mi

**Enrobage D'épices** is a technique where Hestuser lets all the spices, herbs, condiments, and seasonings his body has gathered and stored flow out. Then, he focuses them to his legs, granting his lower limbs the properties of every single spice, herb, condiment, and seasonings stored within his body all at once. In doing so, Hestuser can prioritize which specific spices, herbs, condiments, and seasonings are being used and can alter all of their properties to a greater degree than typically possible. Hestuser can utilize this technique with his right or left leg, as well as using it with both legs at the same time.

When this technique was first unveiled in the Shadows of the North Blue event, it was activated by letting all of the spices, herbs, condiments, and seasonings flow out of his body, seemingly at random. By spinning around, Hestuser could focus the spices, herbs, condiments, and seasonings and compact them around his legs. In doing so, the properties combine and heavily magnitude the kicking power of Hestuser's legs. This technique was shown to have adverse effects, as even the mild usage caused a severe drainage on the spices stored in Hestuser's body. Similarly, it was so strenuous that after its usage the legs lose the coating and temporarily prevents Hestuser from walking on his own.

Hestuser's basic attacks and speed are several magnitudes stronger with this technique active, amplifying Hestuser's Doriki by almost a full 200 points. The breakdown for this amplification is as follows: 1.375x (Chivalry Boost) - ~1.42x (Normal) Strength & Durability Stat, and 1.5x (Chivalry Boost) - ~1.56x (Normal) Speed Stat.

## Techniques

Hestuser uses a French naming convention when activating this technique, and the techniques he uses are all much stronger variants of his normal techniques. Similarly, while this technique is active, the techniques name change to gain a french convention. However, along with this, his techniques temporarily gain a stage while this is active, allowing them to always be a single stage stronger than they typically are. Below is the list of techniques that Hestuser utilized when Enrobage D'épices was activated:

* **Sky Walk** (スカイ散歩（スカイウォーク）, *Sukaiu~ōku*?, literally meaning "Sky Stroll"): Hestuser dashes forward and propels himself into the air. While in the air, Hestuser delivers a tremendous amount of force that releases pressurized shockwaves heavy enough that, when under his body, propel him into the sky. This allows Hestuser the ability to continue staying in the air, and by continuously kicking to release pressurized shockwaves he can control the direction and height he reaches. This technique was first used to save Ainya from one of Sam Deepfin's Fishman Karate Water Shark Turrets. This technique is the only named technique that retains its english name and original Stage. There is a french alcohol named Dieu du Ciel, which when consumed enough imitates the effects you'd feel after getting drunk, as if you were strolling in the sky. The French name for this technique is **Ciel Épice**, which means "Spice of the Sky". While *Enrobage D'épices* is active, this technique is still considered **Stage 2**.

* **Salt** (塩（セル）, *Seru*?, literally meaning "Salt"): An enhanced version of the original **Salt** attack. With all of the spices, herbs, condiments, and seasonings cladding his leg Hestuser focuses the Salt to the forefront. Hestuser then concentrates it and augments its properties, allowing it to layer up repeatedly to make it as hard as iron. Afterward, he delivers a horizontal kick and unleashes a massive amount of Salt from his foot toward his target. This technique is so strong that not only does it have its base versions properties, but it can also go through and completely overpower Fishman Karate attacks that were coated in Haki. This technique was first used against Sam Deepfin to counter the incoming Water Shark Turrets attack, quickly overpowering and bombarding Deepfin. Interestingly, the name comes from an unrefined form of salt sought for the purity and rich natural flavors called *Sel Gris*. ***Sel*** is the french term for salt. While *Enrobage D'épices* is active, this technique is considered **Stage 3**.

* **Poivre** (コショウ（ポワーヴル）, *Powāvuru*?, literally meaning "Pepper"): An enhanced version of the original **Pepper** attack. With all of the spices, herbs, condiments, and seasonings cladding his leg Hestuser focuses the Pepper to the forefront. Hestuser then concentrates it and augments its properties, layering it up around the tip of his foot. After getting close enough to his target, he slams his foot into the eye of his opponent, causing the Pepper to flow into the eye at a much heavier and stronger rate than typical. This technique was first used against Sam Deepfin as part of a combination of attacks. The force of this attack was so strong that it permanently blinded Sam Deepfin when used as it took out his eye, and also sent Sam Deepfin flying away. *Poivre* is also the name of a famous french dish that consists of Steak coated with coarsely cracked peppercorns. ***Poivre*** is the french term for pepper. While *Enrobage D'épices* is active, this technique is considered **Stage 3**.

* **Sésame** (速度増加ごまだ（セサミ）, *Sesami*?, literally meaning "Speed Boosting Sesame Seeds"): An enhanced version of the original **Sesame** attack. With all of the spices, herbs, condiments, and seasonings cladding his leg Hestuser focuses the Sesame to the forefront. Hestuser then concentrates it and augments its properties, layering it up around his leg in a much more oiled fashion, drastically speeding him up. This technique was first used to save Ainya from one of Sam Deepfin's attacks. *Gencive* is also the terminology used to describe the flesh where the teeth grow, likely a reference to the fact that part of the mouth is incredibly slippery, which is a property of this attack. ***Sésame*** is the french term for Sesame. While *Enrobage D'épices* is active, this technique is considered **Stage 2**.

* **Épice Moulue** (粉末スパイス（エピス ムリュ）, *Episu Muryu*?, literally meaning "Ground/Powder Spice"): An enhanced version of the original **Ground Spice** attack. With all of the spices, herbs, condiments, and seasonings cladding his leg Hestuser focuses the spices and augments their properties. In doing so, Hestuser moves around to slam his feet into his opponent's stomach, sending them crashing to the ground. This technique was strong enough that when it was first used the sheer aftermath caused a crater that formed and went down several hundred feet. This technique was first used after dodging one of Sam Deepfin's attacks. The technique's Japanese name references the fact that this technique does not require a mesh of dirt and powdered spices. The reason for this is Hestuser's legs are naturally concealed by the immense amount of spices surrounding them, making it nigh impossible to tell where his kicks are coming from or aiming at. ***Épice Moulue*** is the french term for Ground Spice. While *Enrobage D'épices* is active, this technique is considered **Stage 3**.

* **Épices Entières** (燃えるハーブ（エピス・アンティエール）, *Episu Antiēru*?, literally meaning "Burning Herbs/Whole Spice"): An enhanced version of the original **Whole Spice** attack. With all of the spices, herbs, condiments, and seasonings cladding his leg Hestuser focuses the Whole Spice into his spice coating as he gets high up into the air. Due to the spices around his legs as well as his augmentation, he makes the Whole Spice as strong as iron but as flammable as gasoline. While in the air, Hestuser turns his body 180 degrees so his head faces his target while his legs combust into flames. The spices surrounding Hestuser's legs also serve as a barrier of protection so the flames do not burn him. Then, Hestuser and augments their properties as he lets gravity pull him forward, and intertwines it with **Sky Walk** to speed up even more as he spins around so his legs are facing his target. Then, in an instant he collides his feet with his opponent, causing all of the flames to release right onto his target, searing them not just on the outside, but also from the inside. This technique had the strength to completely put holes in Sam Deepfin's body, and the flames melted his organs from the inside out as the spices were causing a complete shutdown of Sam's body. The aftermath sent Sam flying several hundred feet into the ground. However, this technique does severely damage Hestuser's legs, and it is by far his strongest attack at current. ***Épices Entières*** is the french term for Whole Spice. While *Enrobage D'épices* is active, this technique is considered **Stage 3**.

## History

### Shadows of the North Blue Event

Hestuser first developed and unveiled this technique against Torrent in an effort to combat and kill the Fishman to protect Ainya when he realized his normal attacks weren't strong or fast enough to defeat him. Ultimately, he proved it to be a great success by awakening this new advancement with his Devil Fruit and fighting style.

## Trivia

* The French Naming convention was a tribute to the Food-Leg Style's naming convention.
* Like the typical Spice-Leg Style, this augmentation and technique allows Hestuser to also use **Sky Walk**.
	+ **Sky Walk** is the only shared technique between the Food-Leg Style, the normal Spice-Leg Style, and **Enrobage D'épices**.
* This is one of the few advancements and fighting style developments that occured during an event instead of over the course of a Story Saga.
* The functions of this technique is similar to, though drastically different from, Sanji's Diable Jambe, and is a tribute to that through this.
	+ This is most prevalently seen through Hestuser's **Whole Spice** attack, which is very similar to Diable Jambe.
* All of the hidden meanings behind the technique names were sheer coincidences discovered through using a French Naming convention.
* When using Enrobage D'épices, Hestuser's fighting style alters slightly as he becomes much more careless with how he attacks, aiming to finish a fight quickly by using all of his strong moves at the start instead of gauging his opponent first.