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Like, the question actually made him pause and be like "I hadn't really thought about that" before giving the okay.

The fact this was glossed over in the 20+ years of him writing One Piece and Oda hadn't really considered the common power source for most of the world (as the Grand Line islands have their own unique energy supply, when you think about it), especially when there seems to be obvious moments that a location should be using electricity instead of candlelight..

Cola energy would definitely be still a unique thing for very obvious reasons. Like, hello, powered by carbonation?

Does it really matter? Not really. One Piece is a fantasy focused on adventure.

This Spanish, foot-pedalled communist utopia coral-harvesting, "fish boat" submarine:

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And this steam powered sub designed by an English clergyman/inventor. It had a whole ass furnace with a chimney that heated steam tanks for days before submerging. The machine was unbearably hot and a potential carbon monoxide death trap. A Swedish industrialist came along and funded the project, put his own name on the patent and every boat they built thereafter. He also put torpedoes on them and sold them to the Russians (who refused to pay).

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None of these inventors built their own machines. They had teams of designers and craftsmen to fulfil their visions. I truly hate the myth of the sole genius, it's a breeding ground for parasites like Elon Musk and I don't want to perpetuate it in fiction. Even Vegapunk split himself because he couldn't do everything alone. What I'm trying to say is that I disliked the idea of the Polar Tang being the product of one single man so much that I built a plot around it not being that way.

Fish.

-maybe its obvious but most cancer treatment effects your ability to heal; if you can’t heal things get dicey real quick.

-similarly most cancer treatments wipe out your immune system and that increases your chance of infection

-inflammation in the body is pretty high when you have cancer (duh) and tattoos make it worse (also duh), its an easy way to overload your system

-fresh tattoos and MRI machines don’t mix, FRESH TATTOOS AND MRI MACHINES DONT MIX! depending on the ink it can cause tattoos to migrate or burn you if its not 6 months healed

-most MRI techs won’t image you if you have a fresh tattoo bc of these risks and I have to get scans every 3 months (i had a fresh tattoo when i was first diagnosed and they literally said “get in the machine and see what happens”)

-if you have a port and get an infection (ie bc your shit won’t heal) you can get sepsis so fast and die 🥴

-if you are on chemo your bodily fluids are toxic; aka you put your tattoo artist at risk