BARTOLOMEO AND HIS NEW POWERS

Now Bartolomeo is a fan favorite character who is adored in the community because he himself is a fan of the straw hats. In this theory, I will talk about how his powers might improve. I will not be talking about awakening in this theory.

Bartolomeo has eaten the Bari-Bari no mi. Now before we actually see his power ups, lets see his limitations.(Apart from the standard devil fruit limitations)

• He has to cross his fingers to create barriers.
• He can produce only one barrier at a time with a max area of 50,000 Bari Baris as stated by Oda.
• His barriers has to be in contact with something solid. Though not stated explicitly, all the barriers he has created are touching something solid.

Now let's talk about his power ups. His first limitation will be used by Oda as long as he finds it funny. So this is something I can't say anything about.

Now if Bartolomeo can create multiple barriers, it will make him seriously strong. He can attack and defend at the same time. He can protect people he wants to protect and attack the enemy. Making him really overpowered.

If he can overcome his third limitation, he will be able to fly. He can create a podium and carry s many people with it. He can create constructs and wave it around. (Like swinging a baseball bat). This actually makes him a lot like green lantern, Yes he might not be able to create lasers, robots, dragons or missiles but he can create pretty much any solid construct green lantern can such as swords, bubble barriers, fists etc.

 

In fact, if he can trap an enemy inside a barrier, he can contain that person. He can do this to even seriously strong people such as Akainu and make them completely useless.

But this might not work on Balck beard or Kizaru because Devil fruit powers are useless on BB and Light seems to be the only thing that can penetrate Bartolomeos's barriers which is what Kizaru is. But none the less trapping someone like Akainu requires tremendous strength which might not be there in Bartolomeo's barriers and Akainu can just break it and come out.(I'll talk about this later)

We might see a lot of Luffy based attacks as well such as Bari Bari no Gattling gun, Bari Bari no Giant pistol, Bari Bari no Bazooka etc.


Also, I said that Bartolomeo's barriers might get broken if he traps someone like Akainu. Now, this is very much possible.


And it is only once the barrier breaks, will Bartolomeo get stronger. Because until then he will be like 'Do whatever you want. I will chill within this barrier'. Once Bartolomeo's barrier breaks, he will start using the barriers differently. He might use them offensively.

If he learns haki, he can infuse his haki within his barriers to make them stronger. This way he can create much stronger barriers which will not break.

And since haki is pretty similar to will power, this makes Bartolomeo even more similar to GL because even his barriers are powered by willpower.