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The future role and return of the former Tyrant God of Skypiea: Enel.

Enel was a Birkan, one of the three winged races that came from the moon that for some reason acquired the ability of Goro-Goro No Mi.

Enel was apparently born in a sky island, and in which after discovering the history of his ancestors, the Birkan, originating from the moon which he refers to as the “Fairy Vearth”, decided to devise a plan to go to the moon and claim it as his own.

Note that he claims himself that he was born not in Birka, but in the Fairy Vearth, which he refers the moon as a “sky island”. It appeared to me that he hated the Birkans because they are contented in living in the clouds when their real lineage lived in the moon.

Enel gathered an army of Birkan warriors and destroyed his own hometown, and after which he also dethroned Gan Fall and took over Skypiea.

All for one goal; to build the Ark of Maxim and venture into the “Fairy Vearth” or the Moon, in which he traced his lineage came from.

Once in the moon, he discovered the story of his ancestors, the Birkans, along with the Skypieans and the Shandians (and the 4th race in which the Tenryuubitos came from) inscribed in the carvings in the wall of the city that had been buried underneath the moon.

But I gotta ask a question: Is Enel really a lifetime resident of Sky Island?

I think Oda is trying to throw us off a little here.

First of all, we have seen the almost every sky islands inhabitants are innocent and does not know too much about the world below.

So why would Enel know something about things like this in the blue seas?

And who did Enel refer to when he said “It took us months to find the central ruin…”?

It could easily be the 4 priests he is commanding, but why did he said “find” instead of “discover” or “stumble upon”? And he specifically mentioned that the 4 priests are not aware of this ruins under the clouds.

Was he specifically looking for the Shandora Ruins?

Why exactly would Enel know about an “Archeologist”?

As far as I know, Conis and Pagaya never even knew about the real meaning of “Pirates” and they seemed that they judged the word “Pirates” based on what was taught to them by those who ruled over them and Gan Fall only knew it because he met Gol D. Roger.

And what bugs me is why does Enel knows about non-existent Sky Island people like Archeologists but he never knew what rubber was.

Just like the innocent people of Skypiea.

But unlike the Sky islanders, it’s mind boggling to me why Enel know way too much about the history and the blue sea occupations but he never knew such a trivial thing such as rubber? It’s no wonder though that Gan Fall and other knew metallic things, it’s because they collect things that was sent from blue seas by the Knock-Up Stream.

And from what we have seen from Sky Islanders who never knew the worth of gold, I can’t put a finger on it but I always thought there’s something wrong with Enel, when you observe it, there are only 2 kinds of people in Skypiea (except the Shandians): the sheeps, which are the innocent followers

and the ruler, and that ruler still does not know too much about the blue seas and their greatest desire mostly is just the chunk of soil they call “Vearth”.

Now do you guys gets what i’m trying to say?

Yes. Enel was not born in Birka. Enel was born in Marijoes.

Enel was a Tenryuubito that got a Birkan lineage.

I believe we can uncover Enel’s history clearer if we do it using storytelling.

Enel I believe was born as a Tenryuubito in Marijoies, and like almost all the people inside the Holy Kingdom, Enel grew up never really knowing the hardships of the outside world and in effect, always saw himself higher than other people.

Seems awfully similar right?

Although adorned only with precious things and pampered all his life, Enel, like Doflamingo was one of the physically stronger people in their lineage, and it’s not no wonder when you got Birkan blood flowing in your veins.

And it’s no wonder why Enel never knew about rubber, because Tenryuubito prolly never seen a rubber their entire life as well. It’s just Oda’s way to throw us off into thinking that Enel was always in the sky.

I mean just look how dumb and conceited guys from Marijoies were:

After some time, Enel discovered about his Birkan lineage, in which for this reason he became a Cipher Pol member.

Because we all know that Cipher Pol is the intelligence agency of the World Government.

Yes, Enel acquired the Devil Fruit he had now, the Goro-Goro No Mi, from the World Government, specifically, the Gorosei.

This raises up a question though: if Enel was a member of Cipher Pol, shouldn’t he show Rokushiki moves?

While I agree that Enel should have known Rokushiki moves, it can also be said for Kizaru. I think it’s the best explanation if that’s the case.

They know they got strong abilities.

And moreover, I can change the prediction to “Enel was not a Cipher Pol member but a Tenryuubito who just set out to find his Birkan lineage along with some world government officers” and this theory will not change in any form.

I just threw in the Cipher Pol connection because they are the “Intelligence Agency” of WG per se.

Along with his Cipher Pol unit, Enel and his crew reached Skypiea without the knowledge of Gan Fall and discovered the ruins of Shandora.

His team was the guys Enel referred to as “us” when he was talking to Nico Robin.

I don’t want to make a guess on what happened but the other members of Cipher Pol Enel was with, all died.

After that, Enel probably headed to Birka, which is just South of Skypiea and tried to learn his lineage, in which I said earlier that he destroyed the entire village when he learned that they originally from the moon but they are contented settling in the clouds.

Enel spared the guys who wanted to go to “Fairy Vearth”. which in turn became the priests and militia.

Exactly how he did in Skypiea.

It’s not hard to tell Captain McKinley that he was “born” in Birka (in which in his mind is the moon) and McKinley instantly believing it because McKinley, like all the Skypiean people are sheeps.

So the rest was history, Enel took over Gan Fall as God and started taking the gold from the ruins of Shandora to build Maxim.

He never wanted the “Vearth”, he was after the gold in the ruins, reason why he took monopoly on Upper Yard and only gave certain areas to the priests.So what’s the point of this Enel’s story theory?

This ties on how Enel would go back to the Blue Sea.

Enel, after spending enough time on the moon, would ultimately return to the Blue Sea because of one thing:

After inspecting and finally figuring out the meaning behind the carvings in the moon, he would realize that the moon people gone down from the moon to the blue seas and lived there.

So in his mind, who obviously is a megalomaniac from the start, he should also reign over the blue seas.

Enel would come back down to the Blue Sea and into Marijoies along with Captain Spacey and the Automatas.

Of course, the Gorosei knowing about Enel’s abilities and little knowledge about the Void History will given privileges and right to reside in Marijoies, in which they can control him.

And Enel would not try to hurt the Tenryuubito, because in a sense, he just came home.

I have to say that Enel’s would return around the same time after the Shichibukai gets dissolved, so he would be like, an unofficial Shichibukai, meaning an outside force that’s not a Marine but will be on World Government’s side on the final war.

To be specific, there are 5 outside forces that would still be on World Government’s side in the final war:

1. Bartholomew Kuma – a former Shichibukai who by that time would be a full-blown Pacifista.
2. Donquixote Doflamingo – a former Shichibukai and Tenryuubito who is still allowed to stay at Marijoies because of him working under the WG and him knowing the secret of the World Government.
3. Dracule Mihawk – a former Shichibukai and a current Tenryuubito, however, he would not be at the final war at Marijoies, but instead fighting alongside Shanks against Blackbeard.
4. Star Clown Buggy – A former Shichibukai and the leader of Pirate Dispatch Crew, he is World Government’s side just to have the protection while he is looking for treasures.
5. Enel – A Tenryuubito who was allowed to stayed at Marijoies because of his lineage.

*Theory by beck26

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Let’s examine Enel’s goro goro no mi attacks and the nature of electricity.

The Physics:
To really understand how Enel’s electric attacks affected the Straw Hats, we’ll have to start with a mini lesson on the nature of electricity. Now, Enel’s attacks which hit you with millions of volts may sound absurdly crazy. After all, your standard AA batteries only supply a measly 1.5 volts. But then again, a tabletop Van-DeGraff generator can hit you with 100,000 volts. Hell, even a well placed socks-on-carpet induced static shock can carry around 40,000V. These can definitely hurt a bit (or a lot), but they certainly won’t kill you. Why is that?

The most common answer you’ll hear is “It’s not the voltage that kills you, it’s the current!”. I don’t want to say this answer is wrong, because there is some truth to it….kind of….. At best, it’s partially right, at worst it’s horribly misleading. Okay, okay, let me back up for a second. It’s true, static shocks come with a huge voltage, and a tiny current. But here’s the thing, current and voltage are inexorably linked together by this thing called Ohm’s law. Ohm’s law says that voltage is equal to the current times the resistance of the system. V=I*R. Rearranged, the current is equal to the Voltage divided by the resistance. I=V/R. But humans have a pretty consistent resistance which means the only way you can deliver a shock with a bigger current is to raise the voltage. Put more simply, since I=V/R and R must stay constant, the only way to make I bigger is to make V bigger. Conversely, if you deliver a shock with a bigger current, you must have upped the voltage as well! so if the current kills you doesn’t the voltage kill you too??? See, it’s misleading. But I’m here to clear this all up.

When people bring up the “It’s not the voltage, it’s the current” thing they usually refer to something like a wall outlet, which can kill you under the right circumstances, but only has about 120 volts. Given the large resistance of the human body (around 1000 Ohms), outlets can only deliver a current of around .12Amps. Going back to our previous case with static electricity, you’re getting a peak shock of 10,000/1000=10A which is way more than our wall socket. What gives!!??

Okay , here’s the secret: TIME. You see, current is a description of electric current flowing per second. When discussing lethality, quoting a current is basically useless without also including HOW LONG THE CURRENT WAS APPLIED. Looking back to our static shock example, that huge current of 10A was applied for a little less than a millionth of a second. That’s less than 1 micro second in science terms. On the other hand, something like a wall socket will supply a current for as long as you’re in contact with it. Furthermore, given the nature of our nervous systems, you’re likely to clamp down on whatever is shocking you: maintaining contact. So this relatively small current is applied for a much longer time which leads to a much higher volume of electric charge transferred through your body.

To sum this up in a nice little package, we can look at the total ENERGY transferred from the shocking source to you. To do this, we just look at the power (V * I) which gives us watts, and multiply that by the total time the shock was applied. For our static shock this gives us a total energy of about (100,000V) * 10A * (10^-7 S)= .1 Joule. On the other hand, if you’re shocked by your wall outlet for about 1 second, you’re getting hit by about (120V) * .12 * 1 = 14.4. Typical sources cite about 5 Joules as the requirement to kill you which illustrates why a static shock probably won’t kill you but an outlet certainly could. Now, these are absurdly simplified calculations for discussing resultant current, discharge times, and overall lethality of an electric shock. Simply take this as a basic conceptual guideline.

So the next time you hear from someone that “it’s not the voltage that kills you, it’s the current!” you can (politely of course) let them know that it really comes down to the total energy delivered in the shock which often has more to do with the duration than voltage or amperage.

One Piece:
Okay, so how does this apply to the world of One Piece? As I discussed above the key to determining the lethally of Enel’s shocks lies the duration of each attack. The problem here is that the original source material, the manga, gives little clue to the passage of time and the anime is notorious for being very liberal with time. Enel’s goro goro no mi, the thunder fruit, gives Enel’s power a connection to lightning. Not just electricity, but specifically with lightning. Since this would technically make all of his attacks some form of lighting, I’m going to use lighting as the basis for his attack duration.

Lighting isn’t composed of a single strike but rather a series of strokes and return strokes as the clouds and ground reach electrostatic equilibrium. However, the bulk of the energy is transferred in a single stroke of about 30 microseconds. In one of his first attacks that he names a voltage, Enel hits Gan Fall with 30,000 Volts. Using 1000 Ohms as a standard human resistance, we get a total energy transfer of V * I * T= V * V * T / R = (30,000,000² ) * 3 * 10^-5 / 1000 = 2.7 * 10⁷ Joules. This is a pretty monstrous transfer of energy. At this point I could try to rationalize this some more; discussing the lower air pressure on skypeia, path the charge took, clothing, ect. but in reality I don’t think I can explain this one away. Put simply, by real world terms, Enel’s attacks would kill just about anyone. But what about Luffy?

As we all know Luffy is a rubber man. That means in assigning a resistance value we have to treat him as rubber. The resistance coefficient of rubber is about 10¹³ ; about a billion times larger than water. However to assign it a resistance value in Ohms, we have to take into account the volume of substance the current is flowing through. To make things simple I’ll just say the path the current wooed take is through 2/3 the total volume of a human body worth of rubber. This gives .07 * (2/3) * 10¹³ = 4.6 * 10¹¹ Ohms. This is about 100 million times the resistance of a normal human. Doing the same calculations with Enel’s “200 Million volt Vari” attack, we get (200,000,000² ) * 3 * 10^-5 / 4.6 * 10¹¹ = 2.6 Joules which is definitely less lethal dose of 5 Joules.

I’m pretty happy with this. Sure, Enel’s attacks should have killed every non-rubber human, but keeping in line with some very simplified physics calculations, it looks like Luffy really would be immune to even Enel’s strongest attacks! That’s awesome!!!

TL;DR In the real world, Enel’s attacks would kill everyone except for Luffy. Luffy would actually be fine.

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