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Nikyu-Nikyu no Mi is devil fruit that eaten by Bartholomeo Kuma, this fruit
can be translated as Paw-Paw Fruit.

The power of this fruit are it can repelling any attack, or pain from our body
as we can see in Thriller Bark arc when Kuma repelling the pain from Luffy.
This fruit also can make other peoples flying for few days to somewhere place
in the world.

What I'm ask here is what the reason behind a paw that can "repel"? Is there
any myth or something that make this fruit named as Nikyu-Nikyu no Mi/Paw-Paw
Fruit?


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The reason of Bartholomeo Kuma's devil fruit named as Nikyu-Nikyu no Mi?


Paw-Paw fruit grants the user the ability to repel everything they touch, and
is physically represented as paws on the user's palms, making the user a Paw
Human. The Paw has variety of uses that leaves a paw-pad imprint resembling
the pads on his palms.

  * [Cats uses one paw to repel inferior life forms](http://bbs.boingboing.net/t/cats-using-one-paw-to-repel-inferior-life-forms/56922/3). **The Paw Of Do-Not-Want**. Which might also be the reason behind a paw that can "repel" of your question.  
Video: <https://twitter.com/boingboing/status/596558460382220288>

  * The fruit's name, **Nikyu** , comes from the word "Nikukyū" (肉球?) which means "Paw" in Japanese. Ref: [Nikyu Nikyu no Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Nikyu_Nikyu_no_Mi)
  * I did a little search online if there is a significant reason why its called Nikyu-Nikyu no Mi/Paw-Paw Fruit but I found none that its related to myths or something. So the name "Paw-Paw" is basically just from its Japanese name counter part "Nikyu-Nikyu".


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This will sound a bit nutty, but I would add to bot's "Niku-kyuu" answer that
it may be a Disney reference? Baloo the Bear from the Jungle Book sings "When
you pick a pawpaw (fruit), or a prickly pear, and you prick a raw paw, well
next time beware!" Kuma's catchphrase of asking where you would go on a trip
(and sending people to their personal hell/paradise) I think is likewise a
reference to Brer Bear as depicted in Song of the South, who got very excited
about Brer Rabbit's "Laughin' Place" that promises both honey and bees. It
even lines up nicely with how the final treasure island is called Laugh Tale
-- everybody's looking for the pot of (liquid) gold...

I'm personally persuaded of the Song of the South reference due to Oda linking
racialized exclusion from theme parks with a history of slavery on Saobody,
and foreshadowing this set up with the shadow zombies (ie slaves) in use at
"Thriller Bark", itself a mutation of the phrase Amusement Park (with a
Michael Jackson reference thrown in for good measure). I'd even argue that the
Davy Back fight was foreshadowing, the way it had sailors FORCED INTO
SERVITUDE in the midst of a BIG HAPPY CARNIVAL. They even sold Foxy
merchandise like he was Mickey Mouse.

And if the other Disney references pan out, I'd guess Aokiji is partly a
reference to the "blue bird" from Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, since they're cracking
jokes about discrimination like 2 or 3 pages into his introduction. Maybe
Water 7 is Splash Mountain! I could go on, but that's the gist of it


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