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If a Devil Fruit user goes to a bathtub full of water or gets into a spa, will
he drown?


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Can a Devil Fruit user drown in a bathtub?


From what we have seen previously it doesn't seem so.

![Luffy and Hancock in the bath](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dcTEX.png)


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A very nice description is given on the One Piece wikia , it says it depends
on the level of water, they don't completely immobilize if the water is only
knee deep . But their powers are affected that is they can't use their powers
in any form of water . Obviously if the bath tub is deep enough they can drown
.

Their powers when in water can be manipulated by outside forces as in we saw
during Arlong Park arc that Nojiko and Genzo pull Luffy by stretching his neck
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Like some of the other answers said: no. Small amounts of water are fine.

If you think about the sea stone and the similar effect it has on devil fruit
users, I think it's safe to assume that the water itself is not the problem,
but rather the sea element of the water. Rivers, oceans. etc are deadly for
this reason, but other water sources like drinking water, rain, etc are fine.


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No they won't drown because its not "sea water". Sea power basically sucks all
their devil fruit power away and considering the amount of water in a bathtub,
they won't drown even if it is full of sea water.


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Coming into contact with sea water (or seastone) renders devil fruit users
unable to use their power, and also they are unable to swim at all. Hence why
they will sink if thrown into the sea - cannot either swim or use any powers
to escape.

But as for bath tubs or spa, its not like normal users go swimming in them
either. Someone could probably knock out Luffy easily when he's standing in a
spa (since his rubber nature is negated) and then he'd die when his body
slipped into the water due to drowning. But otherwise I believe devil fruit
users could use spa normally even if it was salty water, so long as they are
able to breathe normally.


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So, straight from the [wikia on Devil
Fruit](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Devil_Fruit) :

> With this new power comes a weakness: the sea rejects the new Devil Fruit
> user and they become helpless while submerged in water (or "become a
> hammer," in Japanese parlance). Oda stated in SBS that Devil Fruit users are
> susceptible to all types of water, not just seawater. This includes the
> white sea surrounding Skypiea. He elaborated on this, saying that "moving"
> water, like rain or waves, does not weaken Devil Fruit users, while standing
> water does.
>
> Oda also said in an SBS that it is not until a Devil Fruit user is knee deep
> in water that they become immobilized. This is seen with the Gorgon sisters
> and Luffy in Boa Hancock's bath. Brook was also seen slowly losing his
> strength as the water levels increased in the floods in Ryugu Palace,
> demonstrating that being in contact with the sea does not instantly rob
> their strength unless it reaches a certain level.

So, it really depends upon the depth of spa or water tub. And since they lose
the ability to swim they will eventually drown if the water is deep enough.


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Any type of water will affect a Devil Fruit users if they're submerged in it,
including the cloud sea. But you need to be submerged in it for it to have an
effect. So something like Luffy standing in waist-high water (like when he
crashes in on Boa Hancock) isn't a problem. But if it gets higher than that,
then it starts to effect them and drains their powers and keeps them from
moving. And since you can't move, you can't swim.

So as long as you're careful about it, you won't drown. _But_ if they fall in
and nobody's around to help you, then you're screwed unless you're a fishman
like Mammoth Jack. Then, you'd be able to breathe underwater until eventually
someone hopefully stumbled onto you and pulled you out. You still wouldn't be
able to swim, but you at least won't drown if you're a fishman, so that's
something.

Anyways, it's a risk. Which is why Oda mentioned in an SBS that most Devil
Fruit users just take showers since, unlike standing bodies of water, showers
or rain don't affect Devil Fruit users and there's no chance of you drowning.

TLDR: They won't drown unless they're at least submerged up to their chest and
there's nobody around to pull them back out.


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I have always thought it referred to the Bible verse Luke 17:2 "It would be
better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their
neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble." The millstone is
sometimes restated as an anchor and isn't the devil fruit supposedly giving
super powers because of a demon inside them? The devil fruits weakness would
be better viewed as an anchor that is pulling the user down and that is why it
makes them feel weak and unable to swim. That's why it normally only effects
the user when it is in more than knee deep of water versus rain, it is
literally trying to drown the user. Just my thought on the matter.


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