But only, as stated by that same video, in a pure oxygen atmosphere - which is pretty much too hostile for any chemical element, in the first place. See here
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No matter how much boiling lava you bury it under, diamond will come out unharmed.
edited 16th Feb '10 2:23:00 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus."Fire" meant "normal flame" in that context, which is just gas at around 750 degrees Celsius (1000 max). Magma is 1200 C on average, gets as hot as 1500 degrees C and no less than 950 C (and that's on the Earth's surface; God knows how hot they are 100 kms deep, right in the semi-molten mantle and close to where diamonds form.), and is composed of semi-molten igneous rock.
Semi-molten igneous rock trumps ordinary gases, and magma is considerably hotter than normal flames. So it stands to reason that the magma powers of Akainu's unnamed Devil Fruit would beat the flame powers of Ace's Meramera Fruit.
EDIT: Eleven posts till "Number of the Beast".
edited 16th Feb '10 5:02:01 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Logia users have Nigh-Invulnerability to normal, physical attacks - and that's because they become practically intangible blobs (The Sandman, anyone?). Nobody said anything about Nigh-Invulnerability to other Logia powers.
edited 16th Feb '10 5:05:23 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Um, how do you expect smoke and flame to harm each other? The former doesn't burn, and the second doesn't need fuel to burn, so it's perfectly logical that they don't affect each other.
Now, if it were a water Logia user against Ace... well...
edited 16th Feb '10 5:07:16 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.My point was that we've seen him shrug off attacks from other logias, so your implication that logias are naturally weak to each other is flawed, not that smoke has some kind natural advantage against flame.
Akainu's attacks are essentially physical ones that happen to be much hotter than normal, anyway.
Okay... I guess I'm a little under-knowledged in this department, so I'll take your word for it. Scratch that. Enel, a lightning Logia user, was specifically mentioned to be weak to rubber due to its natural insulating property (making Luffy, user of an "inferior" Paramecia, his natural nemesis). Take a look here for further reading
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We can all agree on the whole "Devil Fruit hierarchy" thing and its Real Life basis in the "Akainu vs. Ace" example, as well as the fact that since Jose repelled one Admiral and then was taken out by another, they're not necessarily out of his league, though... Right?
As mentioned during the "Mr. 3 vs. Magellan" clash: Devil Fruit matchups can be quite surprising and unpredictable.
Five posts till "Number of the Beast".
edited 16th Feb '10 5:29:27 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Yeah, these things can be unpredictable. All I was trying to say is that there's no reason to assume Akainu wouldn't be able to harm Jozu.
Now Marco, I really can't see anyone not wielding seastone dealing any kind of permanent damage to him. Unless they drown him or something.
edited 16th Feb '10 5:54:33 PM by Gilphon
Or if they kill him instantly in one blow, but that never happens in One Piece. Alternatively, it's possible that, like Crocodile, he's vulnerable to relatively small amounts of water. Or maybe he can't regenerate from wounds inflicted with Ambition/Haki. Who knows?
Currently taking a break from the site. See my user page for more information.Please do keep in mind that a phoenix is also said to reincarnate in a burst of flames upon death; killing Marco in his phoenix form may not be even enough to keep him down permanently.
One post till "Number of the Beast".
edited 16th Feb '10 6:11:03 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.are people really questioning magma burning fire with real world logic? it's easier to question how he's made of magma in the first place, and the answer is he ate a devil fruit. The point I'm trying to make is that if the creator of One Piece says magma can burn fire there then accept it and move on with your lives. Did anyone question how a ship made of gold could fly? or how snails allow for communication?
I wasn't questioning the 'Magma burning fire' incident. It clearly happened, and therefore it is possible in the One Piece world. I was simply citing it as a reason that we shouldn't be surprised if it turns out Akainu can hurt Jose.
Other people tired to justify that incident in terms of real world things after I said that, though.
edited 16th Feb '10 8:08:14 PM by Gilphon
Never think too hard about things in the One Piece world, like how does some kind of sap from trees allow for ships to travel underwater? how does carbonated soda allow for a pirate ship to have its own wave motion gun? if Luffy recovered from several deadly poisons in 20 hours with the help of hormones that were only supposed to increase the chances of living 2%-3% and take 3 days to work could he have survived without them (although probably taking longer)? these are the kind of thoughts that lead to madness.
edited 16th Feb '10 8:21:32 PM by adoltin
The gold ship was a large magnet that flied through the use of the world's (assumed) magnetic field, not through buoyancy (like Magneto). Gold is an extremely good electrical conductor.
As for the other stuff, because it's unexpected.
edited 16th Feb '10 8:28:39 PM by Canondorf
Here's a thought, if they ever invent GOOD virtual reality and made it so you could either play out the story as your favorite Straw Hat, or made it MMORPG style where you create your own character and may or may not be able to choose what devil fruit ability you get (or whether you got one at all), would you play it? as for me I really wouldn't care which version I would still play it, but if it was the MMORPG style I would hope for a Mythical Zoan Dragon Model.

Diamond can burn. [1]
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.