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Currently Onigashima is calculated to be 57 KM in diameter, with the another landmark of Wano Country; the Flower Capital, being calculated to be 404 KM across from it, and Luffy's attack the Bajrang Gun being calculated to be 89 KM in diameter based on comparison to Onigashima as well. These values are all not only heavily inconsistent, but also outright contradicted by other information from the manga.
Onigashima: Narratively Onigashima is objectively less than1 or 6 kilometers big, since it sank into Old Wano. We see that light penetrates down there in chapter 1055, which means it's not at deep sea level. Light doesn't penetrate below 1 kilometer depth, and in One Piece this is seen where at a depth of 6 kilometers the characters were in pitch blackness.
For Onigashima to sink into this body of water, naturally it's smaller than it as well.
The Skull Dome of Onigashima only has several floors in it shown consistently in multiple maps, which'd make no sense if the height of the Skull Dome is 18.5 KM as the current calculation states.
Based on it's structure and repeated views of the interior, we can tell that it shouldn't be as big as proposed.
Onigashima is also consistently shown to be nowhere near as big as this calculation would suggest in various wide-shots of the island. So there is no consistency to this calculation whatsoever.
The Skull Horn also doesn't dwarf a building. This would contradict the current value for the Horn of the skull to be 3.8KM in diameter.
The current calculation also uses outdated information, which is Hatcha's height being 67.80 meters. However he was retconned to being 36.75 meters tall.
The Flower Capital: This place is CONSISTENTLY shown to be just a small town with several city blocks on it, and it's buildings are always depicted as normal-sized. The most noticeable landmark of the Flower Capital is Orochi's castle which we can see in comparison to multiple ordinary buildings and yet also see it from afar thus this place is nowhere near 404 KM in diameter, and it's still larger than Onigashima.
Luffy's Bajrang Gun is not only narratively smaller than Onigashima according to Yamato, but it's also seen not fully dwarfing Kaido, whose head is only a bit larger than a normal-sized person consistently. Luffy's main body. Is also not fully dwarfed by his own Bajrang Gun, even tho Luffy was no longer in his giant form at that time. This goes against the current calculation of the fist's diameter being 89KM.
Given all of this the current calculation for Onigashima should be removed, as well as the calculations for the Bajrang Gun and the Flower Capital.
Edit: As pointed out in the thread, the photic and aphotic zones are mentioned, with it being directly stated that at a 3000 feet depth ( 0.9km ) there isn't much light, similar to how at Old Wano there was dim light as noted by Robin. Even before they reach a depth of 6 kilometers, we see that the waters start to get pitch black below them, which is also directly mentioned by Usopp as well.
Beyond that we see that Fuga, who is 37 meters tall, reaches and damages the seiling when he runs inside the floors of Onigashima. The current calculation would require these floors to each be over a kilometer tall, if not more for them to work.
Edit: I've crossed-out the 1 kilometer value to focus on information from the manga itself. It's possible that light in the show goes below 1KM depth, given how at a 0.9KM depth the characters can still see without much difficulty, although it's still dimmer to them, where as IRL it's quite a bit darker at such depth. With that I believe it's better to focus on the limit given to us by the manga, with a 6KM depth being pitch-black.
Agree: Damage3245, Therefir, TheRustyOne
Neutral: Dalesean027
Disagree: CloverDragon03
Onigashima: Narratively Onigashima is objectively less than
For Onigashima to sink into this body of water, naturally it's smaller than it as well.
The Skull Dome of Onigashima only has several floors in it shown consistently in multiple maps, which'd make no sense if the height of the Skull Dome is 18.5 KM as the current calculation states.
Based on it's structure and repeated views of the interior, we can tell that it shouldn't be as big as proposed.
Onigashima is also consistently shown to be nowhere near as big as this calculation would suggest in various wide-shots of the island. So there is no consistency to this calculation whatsoever.
The Skull Horn also doesn't dwarf a building. This would contradict the current value for the Horn of the skull to be 3.8KM in diameter.
The current calculation also uses outdated information, which is Hatcha's height being 67.80 meters. However he was retconned to being 36.75 meters tall.
The Flower Capital: This place is CONSISTENTLY shown to be just a small town with several city blocks on it, and it's buildings are always depicted as normal-sized. The most noticeable landmark of the Flower Capital is Orochi's castle which we can see in comparison to multiple ordinary buildings and yet also see it from afar thus this place is nowhere near 404 KM in diameter, and it's still larger than Onigashima.
Luffy's Bajrang Gun is not only narratively smaller than Onigashima according to Yamato, but it's also seen not fully dwarfing Kaido, whose head is only a bit larger than a normal-sized person consistently. Luffy's main body. Is also not fully dwarfed by his own Bajrang Gun, even tho Luffy was no longer in his giant form at that time. This goes against the current calculation of the fist's diameter being 89KM.
Given all of this the current calculation for Onigashima should be removed, as well as the calculations for the Bajrang Gun and the Flower Capital.
Edit: As pointed out in the thread, the photic and aphotic zones are mentioned, with it being directly stated that at a 3000 feet depth ( 0.9km ) there isn't much light, similar to how at Old Wano there was dim light as noted by Robin. Even before they reach a depth of 6 kilometers, we see that the waters start to get pitch black below them, which is also directly mentioned by Usopp as well.
Beyond that we see that Fuga, who is 37 meters tall, reaches and damages the seiling when he runs inside the floors of Onigashima. The current calculation would require these floors to each be over a kilometer tall, if not more for them to work.
Edit: I've crossed-out the 1 kilometer value to focus on information from the manga itself. It's possible that light in the show goes below 1KM depth, given how at a 0.9KM depth the characters can still see without much difficulty, although it's still dimmer to them, where as IRL it's quite a bit darker at such depth. With that I believe it's better to focus on the limit given to us by the manga, with a 6KM depth being pitch-black.
Agree: Damage3245, Therefir, TheRustyOne
Neutral: Dalesean027
Disagree: CloverDragon03
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