This Devil Fruit is similar to the

This Devil Fruit is similar to the Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Tanuki. However, the bake-danuki model is based on the supernatural version of tanuki featured in Japanese folklore, while the tanuki model is based on the real animal. Coincidentally, both fruits were "eaten" by inanimate objects.This Devil Fruit is also similar to the Fuku Fuku no Mi in which they both can transform leaves into another object.This is the first non-canon Mythical Zoan to appear and the first Mythical Zoan to be named.The ability to transform leaves comes from the legend of the tanuki, which are often referred to as raccoon dogs. The legend was that a tanuki turned leaves into gold to pay for sake, once he had left however, the gold had changed back into leaves.