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What I'm wondering is...is it possible to know what devil fruit power a devil
fruit holds before a character eats it? Don't devil fruit eaters find out what
their devil fruit powers are by experiencing the powers first hand.

I'm asking this because how on earth would Brook know that he ate the revive-
revive fruit if he hasn't died yet? (For reference, in a flash back before he
became a skeleton, the crew members ask him how his revive-revive devil fruit
power works, to which he replies "I'm not exactly sure, I haven't died yet, so
I wouldn't know." -I'm paraphrasing of course)


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How did Brook know what his devil fruit was?


From the manga/anime, we do not know how Brooke learned which devil fruit he
had eaten, but we can safely speculate on different possible scenarios.

As the answer in the possible
[duplicate](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5919/how-is-the-ability-
of-a-devil-fruit-discovered) says, there is a "Devil Fruit Encyclopedia" which
lists the names and abilities of the known devil fruits (the encyclopedia is
not complete). Some devil fruits come with illustrations. This is how
Blackbeard was able to identify the Yami Yami no Mi fruit and steal it from
his nakama Thatch.

It is possible that the entry for Brook's Yomi Yomi no Mi fruit was
illustrated and therefore he knew what the fruit was before he ate it.
However, note that this fruit is rather peculiar in that it does not grant any
abilities while the user is still alive. Even though this is speculation, this
may be the **ONLY** fruit with that characteristic. Therefore, even if there
were no illustrations, one could have identified his fruit by the ability it
came with, or lack thereof.

**EDIT:** (After Kaine's comment)

In chapter 676, when the salamender Slime dies and turns into gas, the powers
of the artificial devil fruit he had eaten are re-introduced in a nearby
apple. That means that if a devil fruit user dies near another fruit, and that
fruit changes shape, one can know which type of devil fruit it is based on the
deceased user's powers.


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I think Brook did not know about the Devil Fruit and its powers. He ate it and
was surprised at no apparent changes, so he accepted his fate as the hammer.
(Couldn't swim for no apparent power gain)

Once he was dead, his soul return to this world from the underworld and that
was when he realized his Devil Fruit's abilities. So he return back to his
body but he couldn't find it and his body was turned to skeleton.


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