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I believe that Luffy's Bajrang Gun calc should not be considered multi-continental. I know that this is going to get a lot of hate, but I hope you guys can see my reasoning.
The argument basically relies on Luffy's fist being almost as big as Onigashima. The issue with this however is that panelling in One Piece is more often than not very inconsistent and it's not meant to scale.
Here are a few examples from these very same chapters.
On the top panels, we can see Momotsuke being somewhat comparable to Onigashima in size. And before you say that Momotsuke must simply be massive in this panel, we can see Yamato on his back. So he can't be that massive.
Literally 2 panels earlier we see her not being much smaller than him again.
Again.
And again.
And again. Bottom on the first panel we see Momotsuke's size directly compared to the island as he's pushing it. On the second panel we once again see that he's not much larger than Yamato.
By this logic, should Yamato and base Luffy's sizes be upscaled to several kilometers due to Momotsuke appearing to be relatively not so small compared to the island, much like Luffy and Kaido? Of course not.
Even Kaido's size is not consistent, as one panel he's dwarfed by Luffy's fist, the other panel his head is as big as it.
Of course, you may argue that "It's just inconsistency, Oda didn't draw it to scale.". And that's precisely the point. These panels are not consistent, and are not meant to be scaled. Unless, again, base Luffy and base Yamato will get upscaled to being kilometers tall. So it's fallacious to use the maximum possible high-ball of these panels to try to scale Luffy's fist to the size of Onigashima while ignoring the inconsistencies.
This is why I believe that the calculation should be removed. The characters may or may not be multi-continental, but I believe that this specific calc is not valid as of now. Especially when Kaido's size has never been depicted as being nearly as big as Onigashima anywhere else. I believe that we should wait until we get an official confirmation on what Gear 5 Luffy's size is, given the inconsistencies.
Link to the scans in black and white.
The argument basically relies on Luffy's fist being almost as big as Onigashima. The issue with this however is that panelling in One Piece is more often than not very inconsistent and it's not meant to scale.
Here are a few examples from these very same chapters.
On the top panels, we can see Momotsuke being somewhat comparable to Onigashima in size. And before you say that Momotsuke must simply be massive in this panel, we can see Yamato on his back. So he can't be that massive.
Literally 2 panels earlier we see her not being much smaller than him again.
Again.
And again.
And again. Bottom on the first panel we see Momotsuke's size directly compared to the island as he's pushing it. On the second panel we once again see that he's not much larger than Yamato.
By this logic, should Yamato and base Luffy's sizes be upscaled to several kilometers due to Momotsuke appearing to be relatively not so small compared to the island, much like Luffy and Kaido? Of course not.
Even Kaido's size is not consistent, as one panel he's dwarfed by Luffy's fist, the other panel his head is as big as it.
Of course, you may argue that "It's just inconsistency, Oda didn't draw it to scale.". And that's precisely the point. These panels are not consistent, and are not meant to be scaled. Unless, again, base Luffy and base Yamato will get upscaled to being kilometers tall. So it's fallacious to use the maximum possible high-ball of these panels to try to scale Luffy's fist to the size of Onigashima while ignoring the inconsistencies.
This is why I believe that the calculation should be removed. The characters may or may not be multi-continental, but I believe that this specific calc is not valid as of now. Especially when Kaido's size has never been depicted as being nearly as big as Onigashima anywhere else. I believe that we should wait until we get an official confirmation on what Gear 5 Luffy's size is, given the inconsistencies.
Link to the scans in black and white.
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