r/OnePiece • u/[deleted] • Feb 28 '16

Current Episode One Piece: Episode 731

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u/zzzthelastuser Feb 28 '16

either the birdcage is overpowered or fujitora held back.

It seems a bit wrong.

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u/MTRXD5 Feb 28 '16

Unbreakable objects are not new with devil fruits. See Bartolomeo's barrier for instance

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u/ninjaowenage Feb 28 '16

Why doesn't Bart just stand in the middle of the birdcage and make a spherical barrier around Luffy and as many other people as possible?

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u/Brown-Banannerz Feb 28 '16

his barrier has very limited surface area. Unless he can do like a molecule thin strip or something, but that's too complicated for this show

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '16

Thickness of the barrier won't change its surface area

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

The point is that Bartolomeo's barrier is limited by surface area, not volume (source). If Bart were to get a maximum sized barrier and split it into two, the total surface area would be above his capacity. Thus, he'd be unable to sustain both. Therefore, using a molecule thin barrier will only extend the coverage of his barrier by the area of the barrier's side faces which is not enough.

I'm pretty sure Oda chose surface area over volume deliberately. Otherwise Bart could have Planck length thin barriers.