Did Gol D. Roger also eat the gum-gum fruit in one piece?

Rachit Ajitsaria and Anirudh Murali have given good reasons to why Roger didn't eat the fruit in question. And the theory is good. However, it touches upon topics that are not yet revealed in the manga, so it is hard to find connections of this theory to the actual story line. read more

No, Gol D. Roger didn’t eat the gum-gum fruit. It’s one of those “wouldn’t it be cool” theories which only make sense if you are intentionally blind to everything we know about Roger. First of all, Roger’s crew thought eating Devil fruits is stupid. read more

Either way this could also be one of the reasons Shanks gives Luffy Gol D. Roger's straw hat and believes he'd be strong enough to reach him in the New World and why Garp was determined to convince Luffy that he was going to become a Marine and always attacked him whenever he mentioned becoming a pirate. read more