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Is there any possibility of Brook dying?

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

I mean, you can't really kill him, because his soul always comes back. Do you
have to destroy his bones? But if I remember right, the Samurai on Thriller
Bark broke a part of his skull. But now it healed, so is there no way that
Brook can die?


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Is there a way to kill Brook?


Brook can be killed, but it's not overly easy. Busoshoku haki lets you strike
the true body of a devil fruit user, which would allow you to hit whatever
he's possessing with a haki-infused axe and strike his soul.

So yeah, he is killable, but only if you have sufficient haki and strength.


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According to the [Wiki for the Yomi-Yomi no
Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Yomi_Yomi_no_Mi), the person who eats it
revives _once_. So Brook can still just as easily be killed, as he will not
revive again.


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It was mentioned in the anime that if you smash his spine really good he will
die. Can't look for prooflink right now. At fishmen island as far as I
remember, during the fight...


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You made a mistake in thinking his soul could come back as many times as it
pleases. A Yomi Yomi no Mi user can only be resurrected once. He does seem
immortal as we have seen him be beheaded and damaged several times, from which
he had healed back by drinking calcium rich drinks such as milk. The only two
possibilities there are to killing him is by either submerging him into water
or by crushing his entire body forcing the soul to leave the body. This would
indeed make him quite immortal.

**How many times does the Yomi Yomi no Mi resurrect the soul?**

[The wiki page on the Yomi Yomi no
Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Yomi_Yomi_no_Mi) states:

> The major strength of the fruit, as demonstrated by Brook, is that it gives
> its user another life after dying **once** before.

[The wiki page on
Brook](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Brook/Abilities_and_Powers) states:

> While he was still alive, Brook ate the Yomi Yomi no Mi, a Paramecia-class
> Devil Fruit. Should the user of this fruit die, it allows them the **one-
> time** opportunity to return to life.

**Will the soul be able to come back regardless of the state of the user's
body?**

[The wiki page on the Yomi Yomi no
Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Yomi_Yomi_no_Mi) states:

> After death, the user continues to exist in whatever state they were revived
> as and can even go as far as to grant a form of "immortality" that lasts
> until the user suffers a second death. This of course is **negated if the
> user's cause of death was drowning, and their body remains in the water** ,
> or if their body is completely destroyed.

**What will kill a Yomi Yomi no Mi Devil Fruit user?**

[The wiki page on
Brook](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Brook/Abilities_and_Powers) states:

> One advantage is that because he is just comprised of light weighted bones,
> he can use his speed and light weight to run across water, but, like all
> Devil Fruit users, he can still **drown when submerged**.

[The wiki page on the Yomi Yomi no
Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Yomi_Yomi_no_Mi) states:

> After death, the user continues to exist in whatever state they were revived
> as and can even go as far as to grant a form of "immortality" that lasts
> until the user suffers a second death. This of course is **negated** if the
> user's cause of death was drowning, and their body remains in the water, or
> **if their body is completely destroyed**.

**What will _not_ kill a Yomi Yomi no Mi Devil Fruit user?**

[The wiki page on
Brook](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Brook/Abilities_and_Powers) states:

> He has also proven that calcium (such as in milk) will rapidly heal any
> **damaged bones**.

If the user's **bones are only partially destroyed** , he will be able to
regenerate them through consumption of calcium. Eg This was seen after Brook
fought Ryuma and was severely damaged.

[![Milk
!](https://i.stack.imgur.com/o3AOcm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/o3AOc.jpg)

[The wiki page on the Yomi Yomi no
Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Yomi_Yomi_no_Mi) states:

> As long as his bones are not hurt any attacks will not go to his core like
> when Zeo **beheaded** Brook, his soul managed to repair it and connect his
> bones together again.

[![Zeo
!](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RwyfDm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RwyfD.jpg)


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If you want to degenerate his bones, acid is your best bet, especially HCl as
it attacks calcium, you can try on a piece of chalk or some chicken bone.

And don't let him touch any milk in the process as it may regenerate him.

So, maybe any kind of food that is not calcium friendly can help, such as
cassava or some very sour fruits.


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Killing brook might be nearly impossible. The methods normally used for
killing devil fruit users might not apply to him because,

  1. He's too light to drown and he has no lungs. So even if someone submerges him into the sea, he'll just lie there but wont die as he doesn't suffocate.
  2. His soul returned to him after his body decomposes completely and the only thing left of his body are bones. So you'll need to completely destroy his body until nothing is left.

Had his soul returned to him when he still had his body and organs, It would
be possible to kill him. Even submerging him underwater might had killed him
as he would have lungs and lose his breath(The soul would attach to his living
body which can be killed). But now his soul is attached to his bones and will
stay within them until they are completely obliterated.

You can think of him as darth nihilius of one piece.


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