

In chapter 702, we see Ace's Devil Fruit 'Mera Mera no Mi' being showcased as
the prize of the event held in the Colosseum. The announcer of the event
mentions that the "fruit is reborn."

Does it mean every Devil Fruit has that ability to be reborn once the user
dies, or is it an artificial Devil Fruit made by Doflamingo's factory?


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In One Piece, does a Devil Fruit reappear after the user dies?


Taken from the _One Piece_ Wiki on [Devil
Fruits](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Devil_Fruit):

> When a Devil Fruit user dies, their ability is reborn into another fruit of
> the same kind. Instead of growing from a plant, the ability simply
> regenerates inside the closest appropriate fruit, as seen when Smiley "died"
> and the [Sara Sara no Mi, Model:
> Axolotl](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Sara_Sara_no_Mi,_Model%3a_Axolotl)
> transplanted itself into a nearby apple. Another characteristic of a Devil
> Fruit's growth is that the stem becomes noticably curlier than it was when
> the fruit was not endowed with the ability.

So, in other words, the Devil Fruit "respawns" when the user that had it dies.


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Do you remember ceaser? In one of episodes of smiley, you could see him eating
a giant candy that made him turn to purple, near him there is a wagon that
soldiers wanted to ride, but it started melting. Moreover, at the wagon there
is a bag full of apples and one of them turned into purple, I think it's a
devil fruit, but I don't know who it's user is.


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The devil fruit was smiley devil fruit because when ever a devil fruit eater
died the devil fruit will be reborn to nearby fruit that is how the apple
became a devil fruit in episode 602 in one piece.


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I'm not sure why [Robin's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/2985/6166)
was not accepted, but **it has indeed been long confirmed that Devil Fruits
re-appear after the user dies**. On the other hand, whether artificial Zoan
fruits re-appear has not been confirmed at the time of writing.

In [chapter 676](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Chapter_676), it was the first
time we could see a fruit re-spawn.
**When[Smiley](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Smiley) dies, we can see the
nearest apple change form** into the [Salamander fruit, model
Axolotl](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Sara_Sara_no_Mi,_Model:_Axolotl),
which was the fruit that was injected into the poisonous H2S gas, creating
[Smiley](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Smiley). It seems like at least all
pirates related to [Donquixote
Doflamingo](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Donquixote_Doflamingo) know about
this process, as [Caesar](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Caesar) put a bag of
apples on the sledge on purpose, commented that he will meet Smiley again.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qzi1Lm.png)

In [chapter 703](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Chapter_703), **it was then
finally confirmed that Devil Fruits do indeed re-spawn after a user dies**.
When [Luffy](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Monkey_D._Luffy) and
[Franky](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Franky) were interrogating one of
Doflamingo's underlings, he revealed that the [Fire
Fruit](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Mera_Mera_no_Mi) would be put up as the
price for the Colosseum contest. He then confirmed that a fruit can exist only
once and that they are indeed reborn, making this Fire Fruit,
[Ace's](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Ace) Fire Fruit.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IUgW5m.png)

> The Devil's fruit... It is said two of the same kind can't exist at the same
> time. However... It appears that when an ability user dies, that Devil's
> fruit is reborn somewhere in this earth! Fire fist Ace's _Fire Fruit_ was
> unknowingly, brought back to this world after his death... And is now in
> possession of the young master!


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