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Now that the One-Punch Man verse is getting some noteworthy upgrades, some of us in the verse community have been looking back at Beefcake's feats with newly skeptical eyes. The debate centers around one issue- Beefcake's size.
Beefcake is stated to be 270 meters tall in the hero encyclopedia and this has been the accepted height so far. The currently accepted calc uses the 270 meter height and the vaporization end, with a 30 megaton result. However, I believe I confirmed what many of us have felt for a long time: Beefcake is normally depicted as being far taller than 270 meters and so the encyclopedia height seems to run counter to what we see in the manga. While Beefcake's height does normally range from 100-200 meters in those shots where he is compared to his brother Fukegou or Saitama, when we see Beefcake compared to the landscape- buildings tens of stories tall rise at most to his knees, more frequently falling below his ankles, he towers over cumulus clouds and mountains. Generally speaking he seems to be over 1000 meters. Consider the following list of landscape depictions:
Depiction 1, towering over mountains: 7133 meters
Depiction 2, towering over mountains again as he moves past hunters: 1200 meters~, mountains around waist height
Depiction 3, streaming towards city and towering over clouds: 2000-3000 meters
Depiction 4, wading through buildings with a 10-20 story building up to his knees: 500-600 meters
Depiction 5, swiping away city with fist larger than multiple story buildings: 900-1000 meters
Depiction 6, aftermath of city swipe towering over buildings: 233 meters
Depiction 7, taller than mountains when Saitama and his brother are on the shoulders: 1200 meters~ again
Depiction 8, standing over crater: 1013 meters
Depiction 9, crater shot 2, buildings not quite up to his ankles: 1000 meters
Depiction 10, Saitama flies towards him: while a 7 story building is around his ankles: 500-600 meters
Depiction 11, Beefcake falls on the city, dwarfing taller buildings by his calves: 1000 meter~
Rounding out the estimates, the mean height for these 11 depictions is 1584 meters. Adding three more close perspective shots (those shots where Beefcake must be small enough for Saitama and Fukegou to be visible), we get an average of 1339 meters.
I propose that Beefcake's feats be recalced with a new height, either the height shown in the feat panel or the average height between all panels. While encyclopedias and guidebooks are important, I recommend that we generally prefer the feats as they are depicted in the medium over such statements.
Beefcake is stated to be 270 meters tall in the hero encyclopedia and this has been the accepted height so far. The currently accepted calc uses the 270 meter height and the vaporization end, with a 30 megaton result. However, I believe I confirmed what many of us have felt for a long time: Beefcake is normally depicted as being far taller than 270 meters and so the encyclopedia height seems to run counter to what we see in the manga. While Beefcake's height does normally range from 100-200 meters in those shots where he is compared to his brother Fukegou or Saitama, when we see Beefcake compared to the landscape- buildings tens of stories tall rise at most to his knees, more frequently falling below his ankles, he towers over cumulus clouds and mountains. Generally speaking he seems to be over 1000 meters. Consider the following list of landscape depictions:
Depiction 1, towering over mountains: 7133 meters
Depiction 2, towering over mountains again as he moves past hunters: 1200 meters~, mountains around waist height
Depiction 3, streaming towards city and towering over clouds: 2000-3000 meters
Depiction 4, wading through buildings with a 10-20 story building up to his knees: 500-600 meters
Depiction 5, swiping away city with fist larger than multiple story buildings: 900-1000 meters
Depiction 6, aftermath of city swipe towering over buildings: 233 meters
Depiction 7, taller than mountains when Saitama and his brother are on the shoulders: 1200 meters~ again
Depiction 8, standing over crater: 1013 meters
Depiction 9, crater shot 2, buildings not quite up to his ankles: 1000 meters
Depiction 10, Saitama flies towards him: while a 7 story building is around his ankles: 500-600 meters
Depiction 11, Beefcake falls on the city, dwarfing taller buildings by his calves: 1000 meter~
Rounding out the estimates, the mean height for these 11 depictions is 1584 meters. Adding three more close perspective shots (those shots where Beefcake must be small enough for Saitama and Fukegou to be visible), we get an average of 1339 meters.
I propose that Beefcake's feats be recalced with a new height, either the height shown in the feat panel or the average height between all panels. While encyclopedias and guidebooks are important, I recommend that we generally prefer the feats as they are depicted in the medium over such statements.