The Reason Hito Hito no Mi Nika Luffy Doesn't Have a Full Zoan

The appearance of Nika Luffy's Hito Hito no Mi awakening in One Piece 1045 raises questions. Before One Piece 1045 it was mentioned that

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If Luffy's fruit is a mythical zoan, and gear 5 (Nika Man) is supposedly his full form, does that mean that the other gears were hybrid forms? - Quora

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One Piece Chapter 1044 plot revealed: Luffy's Devil Fruit is actually Hito Hito no Mi

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5 reasons why G5 Luffy has Toon Force; and why he doesn't. - Gen. Discussion - Comic Vine

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Oda said that Devil Fruit Users instinctively know the name of their fruit. So, how did Luffy not realise he had the Hito Hito no Mi Model Nika, and not the Gomu

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