Kato Kato no Mi

The Kato Kato no Mi is a Special Paramecia-type devil fruit that turns the user into a **Mars** **Human,** granting them the values of the planet, as well as as single aspect through which to emphasize the planet's power.

By activating this devil fruit, the user will see themselves adorned in a durable suit of battle armor, though it is in fact considered to be their now-outermost layer of skin. As it's based by Mars, the armor itself is mostly earthen, though it can be shifted to metallic to a certain extent, though mostly exclusively for recrafted edge. The make is roughly 70/30, representing earthen and metallic composition respectively.

The armor gleams red, and gains durability/strength in relation to the presence of conflict, be it physical, verbal, or otherwise. The desire for war in the air directly contributes to how powerful this armor will be, with a small scuffle only giving it a moderately above-average grade, while an all-out battle or warzone will make it nigh-impervious to any common blade.

## Etymology

To comes from the Japanese word for 'soil'

## Strengths and Weaknesses

The user's own thoughts change the strength of the armor as well, it accommodating to their own temperament towards a situation as well. (If one were to view something as a battle, but their opponent didn't, it would still produce a strong suit of armor. If both believed it to be a battle, it would further strengthen. Conversely, if the user didn't believe it to be a battle the armor would weaken much more considerably than if the enemy didn't, however it is unlikely that this fruit would even be activated if such was the case.

At a maximum capacity, aka a situation filled with absolute strive for victory or absolute bloodlust from either the user or the opponent, the armor will appear to have swirling flames in it's make. If hit bare, it would alongside the natural feeling of hitting armor, strike the aggressor with a sensation of burning, though they would not actually be burned.

The user can sacrifice parts of their armor and recraft them into weapons, however they can only be made into melee weapons. For example, the user could sacrifice the plate covering an arm to make a sword, or sacrifice their helmet to make a spear etc. The recrafted weapons would hold the same rate of durability and strength of the armor converted to durability and strength of the blade

The user can make a shield with the same durability of the armor by recrafting, it requiring approximately 25% of the user's armor to be crafted into it, regardless of shape and size.

Lastly, there is no need to worry about the armor falling off due to incomplete connections to it's parts as it is directly sewed atop the user's skin. Meaning, it does not have to connect to the rest of the armor to work as intended. (Could have an armored hand, no armor on the arm, then armor on the body with no adverse effects)

Essentially, all recrafted parts are considered the "armor" that the fruit produces, and by that same coin, the armor itself acts as a durable extension of the user's body, making them quite durable indeed.

While armor can be re-manifested as weapons made of the armor, over a prolonged fight the user will passively generate more armor, and if emotions of bloodlust and anger or the like are prevalent in emphasis after the user has recrafted some armor into a weapon, they will be able to generate more armor, essentially maximizing at a capacity of both full armor and a sharp blade.

If a fight is fierce, this fruit becomes extremely powerful, however if it's plain, then this fruit has nearly no effect whatsoever

The user of this fruit feels an inclination towards brawling.