<p>According to wiki there is a nice explanation about weakness of <a href="http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Devil_Fruit" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Devil fruit</a>. I would like to highlight few points which might help you.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Oda stated in an <a href="http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/SBS" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SBS</a> that Devil Fruit users are susceptible to all
types of water, not just seawater.</p>
<p>This includes the white sea surrounding Skypiea. He elaborated on
this, saying that &quot;moving&quot; water, like rain or waves, does not weaken
Devil Fruit users, while standing water does. This was also shown
first when Monkey D. Luffy was in the Dance-Powder induced rain and
did not feel his power slipping away, and again when on Zou, the sea
water that Zunisha used to shower did not affect him despite being sea
water as it was &quot;moving&quot; water.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>So the main conclusion which is given in wiki that:</p>
<p><strong>Devil Fruit user will not be restricted in the water if he or she is not physically touching the water.</strong></p>
<p>So according to me it might affect as long as devil fruit users are physically touching them.</p>
<p>Photo</p>
<h3>Luffy and Brook losing strength as a result of being submerged in water.</h3>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/mFDnD.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/mFDnD.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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2016-06-05T07:51:10.483Z
i understand but what i meant was say if luffy was standing in a river up to his waist, would he become weak? Because the water is flowing but it's not deep enough to drown. so would he still be able to play around, or would he just loose all of his strength?
Dragon
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2016-06-05T12:42:34.653Z
@Dragon See edit... The scenario is complete similar to what you just said. And conclusion: Yes they will loose strength
Light Yagami
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2016-06-05T20:30:57.993Z
then again, in the scene where luffy dropped down into the bathroom of bon hancock while she's having a shower, but neither of them are paralysed, would it be that the amount of strength lost depending on the level of water?
Dragon
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2016-06-05T06:56:15.790Z
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Light Yagami
<p>The sea stone, which is the weakness of devil fruit users, was said to have the same power as the ocean, and it was said that the sea rejected the devil fruit users. I understand that devil fruit users can't swim, but if they were standing in a river or fresh water of any sort, would they still lose all their strength and be unable to do anything?
I tried to search for it, but they closed it and archived it, so can anyone help please?</p>

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2016-06-05T04:07:37.877Z
i don't think fresh water affects them as it was keeping himself covered in water which was Luffy's plan to defeat Crocodile
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would devil fruit users be affected in fresh water
# would devil fruit users be affected in fresh water
Posted by: username_0 on 2016-06-05
The sea stone, which is the weakness of devil fruit users, was said to have the same power as the ocean, and it was said that the sea rejected the devil fruit users. I understand that devil fruit users can't swim, but if they were standing in a river or fresh water of any sort, would they still lose all their strength and be unable to do anything?
I tried to search for it, but they closed it and archived it, so can anyone help please?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: i don't think fresh water affects them as it was keeping himself covered in water which was Luffy's plan to defeat Crocodile  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-06-05. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
According to wiki there is a nice explanation about weakness of [Devil fruit](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Devil_Fruit). I would like to highlight few points which might help you.

> Oda stated in an [SBS](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/SBS) that Devil Fruit users are susceptible to all
> types of water, not just seawater.
>
> This includes the white sea surrounding Skypiea. He elaborated on
> this, saying that "moving" water, like rain or waves, does not weaken
> Devil Fruit users, while standing water does. This was also shown
> first when Monkey D. Luffy was in the Dance-Powder induced rain and
> did not feel his power slipping away, and again when on Zou, the sea
> water that Zunisha used to shower did not affect him despite being sea
> water as it was "moving" water.

So the main conclusion which is given in wiki that:

**Devil Fruit user will not be restricted in the water if he or she is not physically touching the water.**

So according to me it might affect as long as devil fruit users are physically touching them.

Photo

### Luffy and Brook losing strength as a result of being submerged in water.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/mFDnD.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/mFDnD.png)
> **Comments:**
> **username_0** (2016-06-05): i understand but what i meant was say if luffy was standing in a river up to his waist, would he become weak? Because the water is flowing but it's not deep enough to drown. so would he still be able to play around, or would he just loose all of his strength?  
> **username_2** (2016-06-05): @Dragon See edit... The scenario is complete similar to what you just said. And conclusion: Yes they will loose strength  
> **username_0** (2016-06-05): then again, in the scene where luffy dropped down into the bathroom of bon hancock while she's having a shower, but neither of them are paralysed, would it be that the amount of strength lost depending on the level of water?  
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