One Piece Theory: Their Periodic Table Isn’t Like Ours
The One Piece world having different elements and compounds could explain many of its oddities that seem to defy real-world science and logic.
The One Piece world functions noticeably differently from the real world. There are fruits that grant magical abilities, organisms that grow much bigger than they ever could in real life, and all sorts of oddities that seem to defy the laws of nature and even physics. A lot of this can be explained as simple cartoon logic, but there might be another more grounded reason for some of these phenomena.
The One Piece world likely has elements in it that don't exist in the real world. This would explain why there are so many differences in technology, biology, chemistry, and many other fields of science. One Piece's periodic table probably has all the elements that exist in the real periodic table and then some.
How Do We Know One Piece's Periodic Table is Different?
The most obvious sign that One Piece's periodic table is different comes from the use of NHC10. This is the addictive stimulant Caesar Clown was giving to the children he was experimenting on. The compound is apparently a reference to C10H15N, the chemical formula for methamphetamine. One might assume that changing the chemical name slightly like this wouldn't make much of a difference, but it does.
In reality, it's impossible to form such a compound as NHC10. Inherent zero point energy would instantly cause such a molecule to dissociate. Even absolute zero temperatures wouldn't be able to help with this.
What Does One Piece's Periodic Table Change Do for the Series?
The existence of a completely different set of elements in the One Piece world could explain a lot of its logic-baffling oddities, starting with biology. In the real world, most organisms could never grow as big as they do in One Piece because they'd be crushed by their weight. The ability for One Piece characters to grow exponentially powerful could justify this, but then there would need to be an explanation for just how they can develop such superhuman physiology and abilities. Normally, the answer would be shonen battle anime logic, but if there are unknown elements that help compose living organisms in One Piece, that could justify their size, strength, and many other things about them.
Such defiances of real world things don't have to apply just to living beings, either. The presence of unknown substances could result in all sorts of oddities in the One Piece world: the wild variations of weather and climate along the Grand Line, the existence of cartoon physics, the unnatural ways in which water flows, and certain technological advancements that surpass even real-world science. Even Devil Fruits might be explained through some unknown element, though the real answer to how they work should be coming soon. In any case, the existence of unknown elements with new properties that don't exist could explain all of these phenomena in One Piece.
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The existence of substances with seemingly-supernatural properties could also explain One Piece's fictional elements and compounds. Besides NHC10, it would explain other drugs like Hero Water, Energy Steroids, and the Rumble Ball. It would explain chemicals like SAD, Dance Powder, and Chopperphage. It would explain metals, alloys, and minerals like Wapometal, amber lead, and Seastone. It would also explain Adam Wood and Taolf Wood. Most of these things can't exist in the real world, but the introduction of new elements could easily change that.
It's hard to say just how many unknown elements exist on One Piece's periodic table, but they're almost certainly on there. At the very least, it's a fact that there are substances in the One Piece world that don't exist in the real world. Thus, the possibilities for what can or can't be done in this world are virtually endless.