

In the whole Cake Island arc, Big Mom has a feast with the Vinsmoke family.
(Episode 809 is when the Vinsmokes first meet with Big Mom to discuss the
wedding.) All of the food were homies during the scene.

My question is, do the homies feel pain, and why do they not display it if so?


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Do Big Mom's homies feel pain?


Homies have displayed pain, or some signs that might suggest it, in several
occasions. Covering as many cases as I can think of, but with no pretense of
listing everything:

  * chapter 846: Kingbaum, while being slowly cleaved in half by Amande, describes his situation as unbearable pain and begs for death.
  * chapter 849: a few animal-based homies scream in pain when they are hit in a fight (a somewhat obvious case).
  * chapter 853: Prometheus laments that a seemingly minor injury received from Brook keeps hurting.
  * chapter 890: Prometheus screams right before and right after being hit with water, and Zeus screams after he's been cut in half by Brook.
  * chapter 1001: Prometheus screams after being cut in half by Zoro.

Homies in chapter 845/episode 809 do not seem to feel pain, so it's debatable
whether they don't altogether or they do but don't show. They might be sharing
with the croquembouche homies from chapter 826 a psychological mechanism that
has them crave so strongly being eaten by a person who would praise their
flavour, that it overrides their self-preservation instinct.

As for the reason why either of these options might be, it's the rabbit hole
of how the Soru Soru no Mi works. It's apparent that some homies - chiefly the
ones based on animals, the special homies made using Big Mom's soul and some
strong regular ones like Kingbaum - have a deeper psychology, while most of
the others have the bare minimum amount of sentience that enables them to
perform their task. I find it obvious that much of it should depend on how Big
Mom _designs_ the homie upon its creation, although I can't rule out the
possibility that limitations in the raw material play a role. I am unaware of
a conclusive, detailed description of this mechanic, and I would refer you to
fandom wiki <https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Homies> for a few reasonable
suggestions that may or may not agree with my opinion.


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