Does anyone else ever think about the sciences of one piece? I sure do. 
So with these devil fruit, Do you think that Smoker can still get cancer? How do Luffy's bones function?
I don't know if I'm just being persnickety or stupid… but I like to think about this stuff...
I want to understand the clouds better.
What about Ballemy with his Bane Bane fruit? Why won't his bone snap?
How did Usopp get doves inside of the Clima Tact?
Originally posted by Jacobo@May 2 2005, 07:51 PM
I want to understand the clouds better.
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You mean like with dance powder? Dance Powder is based on the substance Silver Iodide, which is used to "seed" clouds.
The appearance of "giants" that are just shadows (like in my sig) is based on a real phenomenon. I forget what it's called. Something German, with a "b" I think.
Gold does, indeed, conduct electricity. Rubber is an insulator.
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Originally posted by VildaHawk+May 2 2005, 06:45 PM–>QUOTE(VildaHawk @ May 2 2005, 06:45 PM)
I'm pretty sure that the "land cloud" and "sea cloud" is made up. But I could be wrong.
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Originally posted by VildaHawk@May 2 2005, 08:45 PM
**The appearance of "giants" that are just shadows (like in my sig) is based on a real phenomenon. I forget what it's called. Something German, with a "b" I think.Gold does, indeed, conduct electricity. Rubber is an insulator.
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Brocken Effect?
Originally posted by Right Click@May 3 2005, 03:50 AM
**Does anyone else ever think about the sciences of one piece? I sure do.How do Luffy's bones function?
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i sometimes wonder how can he suport himself. i mean how can he stand if he is made of rubber
How did Mihawk destroy so many ships so fast? Why does a reindeer have a blue nose (and live on the ocean), why is there a giant sea cow? I could go on forever.
About Smoker, doesn't he extract the smoke from his body, so if the smoke never stays in how could he get cancer?
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I've pondered how Buggy can live with his head detached (lack of oxygen to the lungs should kill him) and how he can still move around (signals aren't being sent from the brain).
Well, if the fact that he's still subject to pain that's inflicted to separated body parts, Buggy is certainly still "connected" to his body. IOW, his signals from his brain can still affect parts that are far from him.
Good point, but I wonder how that would work… :mellow:
What about Franky's cyborg body? :blink:
Actually, I sometimes wonder if the world of One Piece was in fact more technologically advanced in the past, when the ancient weapons were built, but everything was destroyed. That seems kind of like a cliche idea, though. Still, it would explain something about the ancient weapons and Franky too, since he has the blueprints to Pluton.
THis is one thing I love about ONe Piece, when you first see it, it just looks silly but when you get really into the sciences of it it's interesting…
Originally posted by changsho@May 3 2005, 04:11 PM
Well, if the fact that he's still subject to pain that's inflicted to separated body parts, Buggy is certainly still "connected" to his body. IOW, his signals from his brain can still affect parts that are far from him.
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Phantom Limb Syndrome? :blink:
Some things I think are just obviously the "magic" of manga. Devil's Fruit, for example. You just have to accept it. Other phenomena are more subject to question, and more likely to have a scientific explanation - or not, apart from speculation.
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I think that Luffy's body just has the attributes of rubber. So even his bones can stretch, and he can support himself normally with his muscles when he wishes to. Just a speculation, but seems logical to me. 
Let's see if I can apply some physiological and biochemical explanations here…
Disclaimer: Oda's One Piece world is NOT intended for much logic and it's been months since I had a proper biology course. Hence, any loop holes are to be, er, blinked upon and forgiven. Yes?
General Stuffs:
As we all know, alteration of the phenotype is very well related to the alteration in the genomic level. The Devil Fruits may play a very important part in evolution of OP verse, if one could be as bold to speculate that it's an inherited ability. Suppose that the modified genes are to be truncated in the meiosis, or further mutations may happen to hide their expressions, then there's another possibility that the Devil Fruit ability is not inherited. Subject is open for discussion.
Luffy's Rubber Body:
-The Gomu Gomu Fruit may alter the mechanical properties of Luffy's overall cells, including his osteoblasts and osteocytes, and extracellular matrix. It's unclear how far the alteration may go to various cells, though. If it were the case of a truly elastic material, any transient load subjected to the rubber will not deform the material after it's lifted. However, Luffy can break his skin and bleed. Those symptoms indicate that it's possible for his cutaneous and subcutaneous layers to be infiltrated until a capillary or a vessel breaks.
In conclusion, the degree of elasticity in his various cells all over the body are not the same. In addition, Luffy needs momentum to use his elastic power in a fight, generated by his muscles. To pack power and speed into one long rubber requires a hell lot of momentum, hence you can imagine just how strong Luffy actually is.
Buggy's Mystery Parts:
-Facts:
Buggy is able to separate any parts of his body consciously.
Buggy is able to feel pain inflicted in any of those separated parts.
Those separated parts are alive and fresh, even though they've been separated for a long period of time.
Buggy is able to re-connect his parts consciously.
He does not bleed when separated.
I've heard of a phenomenon where an electron miles away can influence the conduct of another electron. This may be one of the many explanations of Buggy's mystery. But I will take the more traditional approach, based on the body's ingenious neural system. The body uses neurotransmitter and electric current to respond to stimuli. In Buggy's case, I'd have to say that his body optimizes the electrical system to include the currents in the space/medium.
Why doesn't he bleed? Perhaps an extraordinarily fast case of blood coagulation?
Again, subject is open to discussion.
Phew.
Wow…that was impressive, Ranier. It seems plausible, too. XD
If Ussop made a powerfil weapon like the clima-tact…how come he doesnt make a cool weapon for himself?
YES :blink: I really wonder what Luffy's bones would look like. I mean what if you X-rayed it..how would it look like?! :lol:
Originally posted by CosmicDebris@May 3 2005, 11:15 PM
Wow…that was impressive, Ranier. It seems plausible, too. XD
Thanks. 
I doubt it's what Oda thinks when he made Luffy like that, but I couldn't resist.
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_Originally posted by Ranier+May 4 2005, 09:32 AM–>QUOTE(Ranier @ May 4 2005, 09:32 AM)
_Originally posted by CosmicDebris+May 3 2005, 11:15 PM–>QUOTE(CosmicDebris @ May 3 2005, 11:15 PM)Wow...that was impressive, Ranier. It seems plausible, too. XD
Thanks.I seriously doubt Oda put that much thought into it at all, really. XD
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If Ussop made a powerfil weapon like the clima-tact…how come he doesnt make a cool weapon for himself?_That's actually a good question….the funny thing about Clima Tact is that Usopp apparently didn't really know the full extent of it's power himself, but Nami was able to figure it out. It's like he built it intuitively without understanding the science. He's quite the nutty inventor. XD_
Take a shot at explaning Ace now…..
Fire is a form of energy, not a substance. Same goes for lightning. I would say that some Logia users like Ener and Ace can reform their cells into their appropriate forms of energy, and turn back at will.
Ace's pyrokinetic skills are an existent phenomenon in real-life. It's just that he has the ability to change his own body into fire and back at will.
I think that sort of explains Ener's too.
About Clima Tact:
Since each Tact can create different bubbles, I can only assume that Usopp has the skills to invent a gadget than can convert Oxygen(the air around) or Carbondyoxide(our exhaled breath) into condensed heat (warm bubble), water (H20) or electricity(a form of energy)
Though it leaves some questions on how fast the rate of the back and forth transformation is and whether or not both transformations reversible. Because even though it goes like this: cell–>energy-->cell, you cannot take pure energy and mold it into macromolecules without any other factors.
Here's what I think in Ace's case:
Rapid cell to cell friction will lead to heat and since we're talking about a situation where logical parameters just don't fit, maybe they can even generate spark, thus fire. But as changsho has kindly pointed out, pyrokinetic phenomenon does exist in our world. I'm curious about it now... hm.
Then how does he transform back from energy to substance? How does he differentiate parts of his body to combust with only will? How does he stay alive? Does he absolutely need a medium (air) to use his ability?
In fact, let me rephrase the last question. Do all people with Devil Fruit powers need air to utilize their abilities?
Ener's implied death when he went to the moon answers that, I think.
I have an interesting theory:
Suppose that there is a dimension filled with flames.
Suppose that Ace can substitute any part of his body with those flames from that other dimension.
Suppose that a SeaStone paralyzes the DF user so he can't substitute his body with those elements/substances/forms of energy from the other dimension…
Hmm, was just thinking, couldn't it be possible that somehow the devil fruit leave something in one's body after you've eaten it that could help you trigger your power?
I mean, offcourse it must be something in a devil fruit that gives one the power from that df, but, hmm, not sure how to explain what im talking about…
Allright, like this then: cell+df-->energy+df-->cell+df
At least Ace doesn't wear a shirt. I guess his pants and hat are flame retardent. XD
The goodness of being Logia is that your clothes become elemental, too XD Don't have to worry about it being damaged!
Some Paramecia users have the ability to modifiy their clothes, too. I think Buggy's clothes can be separated and not get torn…
Heh, I guess that's true. Stuff like that always bugs me, though. Like in Android Kikaider, whenever Jiro shed off his human skin to turn into his battle form, his clothes all ripped off, but then they just appeared back on him again. XD People always try to come up with explainations to thigns like this. Like In Transformers fandom, everyone talks about "subspace", that is, each character has their own pocket of space in which they can store not only weapons and accessories, but mass as well, which expains i.e. the disappearance of Optimus Prime's trailer, and also Megatron's abilityt to shrink down to gun size. B)
