<p>Brook ate the <a href="http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Yomi_Yomi_no_Mi" rel="noreferrer">Yomi Yomi no Mi</a> devil fruit.</p>

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  <p>The <a href="http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Yomi_Yomi_no_Mi" rel="noreferrer">Yomi Yomi no Mi</a> is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit which enhances the
  user's soul to the point where they can come back to life after dying
  once, remaining alive until their body is sufficiently damaged, and to
  use several other soul-based abilities, making the user a Reviving
  Human (復活人間 Fukkatsu Ningen?). The name is derived from Yomigaeru
  (よみがえる), meaning "Resurrection", also, Yomi (黄泉) is the name of the
  Japanese underworld.</p>
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<p>As for why he is a skeleton.</p>

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  <p>Brook's soul was able to return to the mortal world thanks to the powers of his Devil Fruit. Unfortunately for him, he had lost his body because of the fog in the area (it made it hard to find the ship) and had to search for it for one year. When he finally found his body, it was just a pile of bones.
  <img src="https://i.sstatic.net/jh5g5.jpg" alt="Brook finding his body"></p>
</blockquote>

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Robin
<p>One of the Strawhat pirate crew members, Brook, is obviously a skeleton. How is it that he's still alive? Even when his shadow is returned, why doesn't he just '<em>move on</em>' like his other companion? Is there any explanation?</p>

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How is Brook alive?
# How is Brook alive?
Posted by: username_0 on 2013-05-30
One of the Strawhat pirate crew members, Brook, is obviously a skeleton. How is it that he's still alive? Even when his shadow is returned, why doesn't he just '*move on*' like his other companion? Is there any explanation?
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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-05-30. Score: 9 | Accepted answer
Brook ate the [Yomi Yomi no Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Yomi_Yomi_no_Mi) devil fruit.

> The [Yomi Yomi no Mi](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Yomi_Yomi_no_Mi) is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit which enhances the
> user's soul to the point where they can come back to life after dying
> once, remaining alive until their body is sufficiently damaged, and to
> use several other soul-based abilities, making the user a Reviving
> Human (復活人間 Fukkatsu Ningen?). The name is derived from Yomigaeru
> (よみがえる), meaning "Resurrection", also, Yomi (黄泉) is the name of the
> Japanese underworld.

As for why he is a skeleton.

> Brook's soul was able to return to the mortal world thanks to the powers of his Devil Fruit. Unfortunately for him, he had lost his body because of the fog in the area (it made it hard to find the ship) and had to search for it for one year. When he finally found his body, it was just a pile of bones.
> ![Brook finding his body](https://i.sstatic.net/jh5g5.jpg)
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