[One Piece] Gol D Roger's Disease and Devil Fruit Power

Gol D Roger's Disease and Devil Fruit Power

Disclaimer: I'm not the original writer of this... credit below. This is just a Fan Theory without confirmation.

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It's common knowledge that Gol D Roger had some sort of incurable disease before his death, but nobody actually knows what that disease was. Admittedly, I didn't think this was noteworthy at first, but then I noticed something. Over the series, Oda has made it a point to draw the similarities between Roger and Luffy:

-They both smiled on the execution platform in Lougetown
-They both wore the same hat
-They share the same idea about piracy, http://bit.ly/19eqbVu (later on rayleigh also asks luffy if he can conquer the grand line, and although it doesn't show it in the manga, the anime paralleled luffy's response with a shot of roger)

So, obviously they're alike in many ways, and Oda has been making it a point to show that to his audience. I submit, that not only did they share these aforementioned things, but they also shared devil fruit powers, and that's exactly how Roger obtained his disease.

This may sound a bit far fetched, but I believe that before Shanks met Luffy, he was in East Blue searching for Roger's devil fruit (devil fruits respawn when their owner dies). And again, I'm merely speculating that the fruit exists in East Blue based on what we've been shown. Anyways, Shanks meets Luffy and realizes that not only does he share Roger's spirit, but OH SNAP he just ate Roger's fruit (you can tell how important that fruit was to Shanks by his reaction). So, understanding how fate governs so much in the one piece universe, Shanks submits and passes on his dream of becoming the pirate king (he gives Luffy the strawhat).

How does any of this relate to how Roger got that disease, you ask? I think, like Luffy, Roger learned how to activate the "gears". As we know, going into gear mode drastically shortens your life. What we don't know is HOW it shortens your life, and by this theory, I believe I've answered that.

Roger was the former Rubberman and he contracted his "disease" by his use of "gear mode".
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Posted by: pobeb


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That could be possible but for me I think Gol D. Roger didn't have any devil fruit power. I can assume that he was not a devil fruit user because it has not been stated or hinted and there are no concrete references to it.

Another point is that, Roger didn't have seastone handcuffs during in his execution. If I were in the Marines and if Roger has a devil fruit power, I'll put seastone handcuffs in his hands just to make sure he won't mock everyone and escape. I would consider everything. So, I doubt that Roger had a devil fruit power and IMO, it would make him less cool with that.